Fertility & birth rates in Ukraine and Zimbabwe

Fertility rate in Ukraine vs Zimbabwe chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Ukraine was 0.98 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.

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The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Ukraine	Zimbabwe
1960	2.29	7.2
1961	2.2	7.21
1962	2.15	7.23
1963	2.11	7.23
1964	2.01	7.23
1965	1.94	7.23
1966	2.04	7.2
1967	2.04	7.16
1968	2.03	7.11
1969	2.01	7.04
1970	2.08	6.98
1971	2.11	6.94
1972	2.13	6.94
1973	2.04	6.94
1974	2.06	6.88
1975	2.05	6.83
1976	2.04	6.77
1977	1.98	6.71
1978	1.97	6.66
1979	1.96	6.59
1980	1.95	6.52
1981	1.92	6.45
1982	1.95	6.33
1983	2.1	6.2
1984	2.08	6.04
1985	2.03	5.87
1986	2.12	5.69
1987	2.07	5.5
1988	2.04	5.28
1989	1.93	5.07
1990	1.85	4.88
1991	1.77	4.72
1992	1.67	4.57
1993	1.56	4.39
1994	1.47	4.28
1995	1.4	4.15
1996	1.33	4.11
1997	1.27	4.08
1998	1.21	4.07
1999	1.13	4.06
2000	1.11	4.01
2001	1.09	3.98
2002	1.13	3.93
2003	1.17	3.86
2004	1.22	3.78
2005	1.22	3.69
2006	1.3	3.64
2007	1.34	3.68
2008	1.44	3.78
2009	1.47	3.95
2010	1.44	4.04
2011	1.46	4.13
2012	1.53	4.13
2013	1.52	4.11
2014	1.47	4.01
2015	1.39	3.91
2016	1.39	3.83
2017	1.3	3.77
2018	1.23	3.74
2019	1.22	3.75
2020	1.21	3.75
2021	1.15	3.77
2022	0.9	3.77
2023	0.98	3.72
2024	0.99	3.67
2025	1	3.62
2026	1	3.57
2027	1.01	3.52
2028	1.02	3.47
2029	1.02	3.43
2030	1.03	3.38
2031	1.04	3.33
2032	1.04	3.29
2033	1.05	3.25
2034	1.05	3.21
2035	1.06	3.17
2036	1.06	3.13
2037	1.07	3.09
2038	1.07	3.06
2039	1.08	3.02
2040	1.09	2.99
2041	1.09	2.96
2042	1.1	2.93
2043	1.1	2.9
2044	1.11	2.87
2045	1.11	2.84
2046	1.12	2.81
2047	1.13	2.78
2048	1.13	2.75
2049	1.14	2.72
2050	1.14	2.69

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Ukraine	Zimbabwe
1960	26.7%	47.3%
1961	27%	47.7%
1962	27.1%	48.1%
1963	27.1%	48.5%
1964	26.8%	48.8%
1965	26.4%	48.7%
1966	26.1%	48.6%
1967	25.8%	48.5%
1968	25.5%	48.5%
1969	25.1%	48.4%
1970	24.8%	48.3%
1971	24.4%	48.2%
1972	24%	48.2%
1973	23.6%	48.1%
1974	23.2%	48.1%
1975	22.8%	48.1%
1976	22.4%	48.2%
1977	22.1%	48.3%
1978	21.7%	48.5%
1979	21.5%	48.8%
1980	21.4%	48.7%
1981	21.4%	48.4%
1982	21.4%	48.3%
1983	21.5%	48.2%
1984	21.6%	48.1%
1985	21.7%	48%
1986	21.7%	47.9%
1987	21.7%	47.9%
1988	21.7%	47.9%
1989	21.7%	47.6%
1990	21.6%	47.1%
1991	21.5%	46.6%
1992	21.4%	46.8%
1993	21.2%	47.1%
1994	21%	46.6%
1995	20.6%	45.9%
1996	20.2%	45%
1997	19.7%	44%
1998	19.2%	43.1%
1999	18.5%	42.4%
2000	17.9%	41.9%
2001	17.1%	41.5%
2002	16.3%	41.4%
2003	15.7%	41.5%
2004	15.1%	41.7%
2005	14.7%	41.9%
2006	14.3%	42%
2007	14.1%	42.1%
2008	14%	42.4%
2009	14%	42.7%
2010	14.1%	43%
2011	14.2%	43.4%
2012	14.4%	43.7%
2013	14.6%	43.9%
2014	14.9%	43.9%
2015	15.1%	43.8%
2016	15.3%	43.6%
2017	15.4%	43.3%
2018	15.4%	42.9%
2019	15.4%	42.5%
2020	15.3%	42.2%
2021	15.1%	41.9%
2022	14.8%	41.6%
2023	14.3%	41.3%
2024	13.9%	40.9%
2025	13.7%	40.3%
2026	13.4%	39.6%
2027	12.9%	39%
2028	12.4%	38.4%
2029	12%	37.8%
2030	11.6%	37.4%
2031	11.2%	37%
2032	10.9%	36.8%
2033	10.6%	36.5%
2034	10.4%	36.3%
2035	10.2%	36.1%
2036	10%	35.8%
2037	9.95%	35.6%
2038	9.95%	35.3%
2039	9.92%	35.1%
2040	9.9%	34.8%
2041	9.92%	34.6%
2042	9.97%	34.3%
2043	10%	34.1%
2044	10.1%	33.8%
2045	10.1%	33.5%
2046	10.2%	33.2%
2047	10.2%	32.9%
2048	10.2%	32.6%
2049	10.2%	32.2%
2050	10.2%	31.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 13.9% of the population in Ukraine and 40.9% in Zimbabwe in 2024, compared to 21.6% and 47.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Ukraine and Zimbabwe compared.

Natural population change in Ukraine vs Zimbabwe by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.56% in Ukraine 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
	Ukraine	Zimbabwe
1960	538,812	126,959
1961	508,602	131,531
1962	481,887	136,317
1963	449,648	140,984
1964	391,120	145,848
1965	334,365	151,164
1966	337,794	156,014
1967	313,899	161,205
1968	295,162	166,865
1969	274,858	172,626
1970	291,839	178,979
1971	305,849	185,427
1972	309,785	193,725
1973	274,938	201,885
1974	273,486	208,806
1975	256,787	216,947
1976	247,323	221,419
1977	216,932	225,139
1978	206,554	222,979
1979	197,294	223,657
1980	197,223	241,179
1981	182,839	271,361
1982	194,101	279,934
1983	241,741	286,545
1984	222,430	290,052
1985	201,011	290,756
1986	225,751	289,894
1987	198,850	286,766
1988	162,002	277,498
1989	106,431	270,838
1990	48,463	265,444
1991	-16,486	260,943
1992	-95,857	255,291
1993	-169,405	228,045
1994	-238,820	216,343
1995	-281,629	206,695
1996	-305,154	205,269
1997	-306,549	216,288
1998	-318,299	225,614
1999	-348,286	232,393
2000	-364,143	236,343
2001	-374,734	227,909
2002	-364,544	244,170
2003	-351,299	243,057
2004	-344,157	248,307
2005	-337,857	248,545
2006	-300,787	248,963
2007	-282,659	261,805
2008	-229,086	280,527
2009	-197,918	309,316
2010	-180,388	335,570
2011	-158,372	359,572
2012	-130,451	371,135
2013	-129,662	374,757
2014	-140,216	366,350
2015	-147,107	356,203
2016	-135,710	348,772
2017	-158,390	344,035
2018	-227,491	345,883
2019	-236,296	348,798
2020	-307,533	354,790
2021	-449,941	349,908
2022	-349,284	371,243
2023	-283,185	372,505

Maternal mortality chart: Ukraine vs Zimbabwe

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 15 deaths per 100,000 live births in Ukraine, compared to 358 deaths in Zimbabwe.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Ukraine	Zimbabwe
1985	53	573
1986	50	525
1987	46	480
1988	44	431
1989	42	382
1990	40	353
1991	40	332
1992	40	333
1993	42	331
1994	45	332
1995	46	332
1996	45	352
1997	41	357
1998	37	368
1999	34	399
2000	32	405
2001	30	467
2002	28	418
2003	28	455
2004	27	451
2005	27	454
2006	27	480
2007	27	519
2008	26	526
2009	24	540
2010	21	567
2011	20	564
2012	20	558
2013	20	525
2014	19	468
2015	17	428
2016	17	411
2017	16	389
2018	16	386
2019	16	388
2020	18	380
2021	26	446
2022	16	368
2023	15	358

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.81% in Ukraine 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
	Ukraine	Zimbabwe
1960	-	15.2%
1961	-	14.8%
1962	-	14.4%
1963	-	14%
1964	-	13.5%
1965	-	13.1%
1966	-	12.7%
1967	-	12.4%
1968	-	12.1%
1969	-	11.8%
1970	-	11.7%
1971	3.23%	11.5%
1972	3.13%	11.5%
1973	3.04%	11.4%
1974	2.96%	11.4%
1975	2.89%	11.4%
1976	2.84%	11.5%
1977	2.78%	11.5%
1978	2.74%	11.5%
1979	2.69%	11.3%
1980	2.62%	11.1%
1981	2.55%	10.7%
1982	2.47%	10.1%
1983	2.39%	9.5%
1984	2.29%	8.87%
1985	2.21%	8.31%
1986	2.13%	7.86%
1987	2.05%	7.61%
1988	1.99%	7.55%
1989	1.95%	7.69%
1990	1.92%	7.97%
1991	1.92%	8.33%
1992	1.94%	8.73%
1993	1.97%	9.16%
1994	2%	9.52%
1995	2.02%	9.83%
1996	2.03%	10%
1997	2.01%	10.1%
1998	1.97%	10%
1999	1.9%	9.92%
2000	1.83%	9.83%
2001	1.75%	9.79%
2002	1.66%	8.48%
2003	1.58%	8.85%
2004	1.51%	9.17%
2005	1.45%	9.23%
2006	1.4%	9.4%
2007	1.34%	9.47%
2008	1.29%	9.34%
2009	1.23%	9.03%
2010	1.17%	8.5%
2011	1.12%	7.88%
2012	1.07%	7.14%
2013	1.02%	6.55%
2014	0.98%	6.18%
2015	0.94%	5.98%
2016	0.91%	5.69%
2017	0.89%	5.5%
2018	0.87%	5.23%
2019	0.85%	5.11%
2020	0.84%	5.01%
2021	0.82%	4.76%
2022	0.85%	4.6%
2023	0.81%	4.42%