Fertility & birth rates in Tuvalu and Zimbabwe

Fertility rate in Tuvalu vs Zimbabwe chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Tuvalu was 3.21 children per woman in 2023, compared to 3.72 in Zimbabwe in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Tuvalu vs Zimbabwe population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Tuvalu	Zimbabwe
1960	5.15	7.2
1961	5.09	7.21
1962	5	7.23
1963	4.91	7.23
1964	4.83	7.23
1965	4.73	7.23
1966	4.64	7.2
1967	4.49	7.16
1968	4.36	7.11
1969	4.23	7.04
1970	4.08	6.98
1971	3.94	6.94
1972	3.81	6.94
1973	3.71	6.94
1974	3.63	6.88
1975	3.58	6.83
1976	3.55	6.77
1977	3.56	6.71
1978	3.59	6.66
1979	3.65	6.59
1980	3.73	6.52
1981	3.8	6.45
1982	3.88	6.33
1983	3.91	6.2
1984	3.95	6.04
1985	3.97	5.87
1986	3.97	5.69
1987	3.94	5.5
1988	3.88	5.28
1989	3.8	5.07
1990	3.75	4.88
1991	3.79	4.72
1992	3.86	4.57
1993	3.92	4.39
1994	3.92	4.28
1995	3.96	4.15
1996	3.95	4.11
1997	3.95	4.08
1998	3.95	4.07
1999	3.92	4.06
2000	3.84	4.01
2001	3.75	3.98
2002	3.64	3.93
2003	3.58	3.86
2004	3.55	3.78
2005	3.55	3.69
2006	3.53	3.64
2007	3.45	3.68
2008	3.42	3.78
2009	3.43	3.95
2010	3.44	4.04
2011	3.46	4.13
2012	3.47	4.13
2013	3.39	4.11
2014	3.33	4.01
2015	3.31	3.91
2016	3.3	3.83
2017	3.3	3.77
2018	3.33	3.74
2019	3.33	3.75
2020	3.31	3.75
2021	3.28	3.77
2022	3.24	3.77
2023	3.21	3.72
2024	3.17	3.67
2025	3.14	3.62
2026	3.1	3.57
2027	3.06	3.52
2028	3.03	3.47
2029	3	3.43
2030	2.97	3.38
2031	2.94	3.33
2032	2.91	3.29
2033	2.88	3.25
2034	2.84	3.21
2035	2.82	3.17
2036	2.79	3.13
2037	2.77	3.09
2038	2.74	3.06
2039	2.72	3.02
2040	2.69	2.99
2041	2.67	2.96
2042	2.65	2.93
2043	2.63	2.9
2044	2.61	2.87
2045	2.58	2.84
2046	2.57	2.81
2047	2.54	2.78
2048	2.52	2.75
2049	2.5	2.72
2050	2.48	2.69

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Tuvalu	Zimbabwe
1960	41%	47.3%
1961	42.1%	47.7%
1962	43.1%	48.1%
1963	43.9%	48.5%
1964	44.1%	48.8%
1965	43.9%	48.7%
1966	43.9%	48.6%
1967	44.1%	48.5%
1968	44.3%	48.5%
1969	43.9%	48.4%
1970	43.2%	48.3%
1971	42.3%	48.2%
1972	41.3%	48.2%
1973	40.2%	48.1%
1974	39.4%	48.1%
1975	38.9%	48.1%
1976	38.1%	48.2%
1977	37%	48.3%
1978	35.5%	48.5%
1979	34.5%	48.8%
1980	34%	48.7%
1981	33.4%	48.4%
1982	32.8%	48.3%
1983	32.1%	48.2%
1984	31.6%	48.1%
1985	31.7%	48%
1986	32.3%	47.9%
1987	32.9%	47.9%
1988	33.5%	47.9%
1989	34.1%	47.6%
1990	34.5%	47.1%
1991	35%	46.6%
1992	35.4%	46.8%
1993	35.9%	47.1%
1994	36.1%	46.6%
1995	36.2%	45.9%
1996	36.3%	45%
1997	36.3%	44%
1998	36.3%	43.1%
1999	36.2%	42.4%
2000	36.3%	41.9%
2001	36.3%	41.5%
2002	36.3%	41.4%
2003	36%	41.5%
2004	35.5%	41.7%
2005	35%	41.9%
2006	34.5%	42%
2007	34%	42.1%
2008	33.5%	42.4%
2009	33.1%	42.7%
2010	32.8%	43%
2011	32.6%	43.4%
2012	32.5%	43.7%
2013	32.4%	43.9%
2014	32.1%	43.9%
2015	31.9%	43.8%
2016	31.8%	43.6%
2017	31.6%	43.3%
2018	31.6%	42.9%
2019	31.7%	42.5%
2020	31.7%	42.2%
2021	31.6%	41.9%
2022	32%	41.6%
2023	32.6%	41.3%
2024	32.9%	40.9%
2025	33%	40.3%
2026	32.9%	39.6%
2027	32.7%	39%
2028	32.3%	38.4%
2029	31.8%	37.8%
2030	31.2%	37.4%
2031	30.6%	37%
2032	29.9%	36.8%
2033	29.3%	36.5%
2034	28.7%	36.3%
2035	28.2%	36.1%
2036	27.8%	35.8%
2037	27.5%	35.6%
2038	27.1%	35.3%
2039	26.9%	35.1%
2040	26.9%	34.8%
2041	26.9%	34.6%
2042	26.9%	34.3%
2043	27%	34.1%
2044	27.1%	33.8%
2045	27.3%	33.5%
2046	27.4%	33.2%
2047	27.6%	32.9%
2048	27.7%	32.6%
2049	27.8%	32.2%
2050	27.8%	31.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 32.9% of the population in Tuvalu and 40.9% in Zimbabwe in 2024, compared to 34.5% and 47.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Tuvalu and Zimbabwe compared.

Natural population change in Tuvalu vs Zimbabwe by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.48% in Tuvalu and +2.34% in Zimbabwe. The chart below illustrates the comparison of the absolute yearly changes resulting from births and deaths.

Table

Year	Population change due to births and deaths
	Tuvalu	Zimbabwe
1960	126	126,959
1961	120	131,531
1962	113	136,317
1963	106	140,984
1964	98	145,848
1965	93	151,164
1966	91	156,014
1967	92	161,205
1968	97	166,865
1969	102	172,626
1970	102	178,979
1971	101	185,427
1972	94	193,725
1973	101	201,885
1974	102	208,806
1975	108	216,947
1976	117	221,419
1977	128	225,139
1978	141	222,979
1979	158	223,657
1980	173	241,179
1981	186	271,361
1982	198	279,934
1983	206	286,545
1984	212	290,052
1985	215	290,756
1986	219	289,894
1987	219	286,766
1988	215	277,498
1989	208	270,838
1990	204	265,444
1991	203	260,943
1992	196	255,291
1993	202	228,045
1994	195	216,343
1995	191	206,695
1996	182	205,269
1997	177	216,288
1998	172	225,614
1999	166	232,393
2000	159	236,343
2001	151	227,909
2002	141	244,170
2003	136	243,057
2004	132	248,307
2005	131	248,545
2006	129	248,963
2007	125	261,805
2008	125	280,527
2009	130	309,316
2010	136	335,570
2011	142	359,572
2012	148	371,135
2013	148	374,757
2014	149	366,350
2015	153	356,203
2016	157	348,772
2017	163	344,035
2018	169	345,883
2019	166	348,798
2020	161	354,790
2021	151	349,908
2022	150	371,243
2023	137	372,505

Maternal mortality chart: Tuvalu vs Zimbabwe

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 170 deaths per 100,000 live births in Tuvalu, compared to 358 deaths in Zimbabwe.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Tuvalu	Zimbabwe
1985	230	573
1986	226	525
1987	252	480
1988	300	431
1989	296	382
1990	291	353
1991	289	332
1992	312	333
1993	286	331
1994	284	332
1995	281	332
1996	277	352
1997	249	357
1998	245	368
1999	242	399
2000	237	405
2001	235	467
2002	234	418
2003	210	455
2004	209	451
2005	230	454
2006	226	480
2007	222	519
2008	219	526
2009	215	540
2010	213	567
2011	169	564
2012	168	558
2013	168	525
2014	168	468
2015	169	428
2016	170	411
2017	171	389
2018	153	386
2019	155	388
2020	206	380
2021	157	446
2022	220	368
2023	170	358

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.99% in Tuvalu and 4.42% in Zimbabwe. Below is the historical data on under-five mortality rates.

Table

Year	Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
	Tuvalu	Zimbabwe
1960	17.7%	15.2%
1961	17%	14.8%
1962	16.3%	14.4%
1963	15.6%	14%
1964	14.9%	13.5%
1965	14.2%	13.1%
1966	13.6%	12.7%
1967	12.9%	12.4%
1968	12.3%	12.1%
1969	11.7%	11.8%
1970	11.1%	11.7%
1971	10.5%	11.5%
1972	9.93%	11.5%
1973	9.37%	11.4%
1974	8.81%	11.4%
1975	8.31%	11.4%
1976	7.84%	11.5%
1977	7.43%	11.5%
1978	7.08%	11.5%
1979	6.76%	11.3%
1980	6.49%	11.1%
1981	6.26%	10.7%
1982	6.06%	10.1%
1983	5.9%	9.5%
1984	5.76%	8.87%
1985	5.66%	8.31%
1986	5.59%	7.86%
1987	5.53%	7.61%
1988	5.47%	7.55%
1989	5.42%	7.69%
1990	5.37%	7.97%
1991	5.31%	8.33%
1992	5.24%	8.73%
1993	5.15%	9.16%
1994	5.05%	9.52%
1995	4.94%	9.83%
1996	4.81%	10%
1997	4.67%	10.1%
1998	4.52%	10%
1999	4.39%	9.92%
2000	4.26%	9.83%
2001	4.16%	9.79%
2002	4.07%	8.48%
2003	3.98%	8.85%
2004	3.89%	9.17%
2005	3.8%	9.23%
2006	3.68%	9.4%
2007	3.56%	9.47%
2008	3.42%	9.34%
2009	3.28%	9.03%
2010	3.14%	8.5%
2011	3.02%	7.88%
2012	2.91%	7.14%
2013	2.8%	6.55%
2014	2.71%	6.18%
2015	2.61%	5.98%
2016	2.52%	5.69%
2017	2.43%	5.5%
2018	2.35%	5.23%
2019	2.27%	5.11%
2020	2.19%	5.01%
2021	2.12%	4.76%
2022	2.05%	4.6%
2023	1.99%	4.42%