Fertility & birth rates in United Arab Emirates and Uruguay

Fertility rate in United Arab Emirates vs Uruguay chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in the United Arab Emirates was 1.2 children per woman in 2023, compared to 1.41 in Uruguay in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check the United Arab Emirates vs Uruguay population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	UAE	Uruguay
1960	6.5	2.83
1961	6.49	2.85
1962	6.49	2.87
1963	6.5	2.88
1964	6.49	2.86
1965	6.5	2.84
1966	6.5	2.82
1967	6.51	2.78
1968	6.53	2.77
1969	6.52	2.77
1970	6.52	2.77
1971	6.52	2.77
1972	6.5	2.78
1973	6.46	2.86
1974	6.41	2.96
1975	6.35	3.02
1976	6.29	3.01
1977	6.22	2.9
1978	6.15	2.83
1979	6.06	2.71
1980	5.95	2.59
1981	5.81	2.53
1982	5.66	2.51
1983	5.48	2.49
1984	5.3	2.47
1985	5.13	2.47
1986	5	2.47
1987	4.88	2.49
1988	4.77	2.5
1989	4.65	2.5
1990	4.51	2.48
1991	4.25	2.45
1992	4.09	2.43
1993	3.82	2.41
1994	3.76	2.42
1995	3.28	2.4
1996	3.06	2.36
1997	2.83	2.33
1998	2.77	2.27
1999	2.79	2.25
2000	2.73	2.2
2001	2.62	2.16
2002	2.54	2.16
2003	2.49	2.12
2004	2.38	2.09
2005	2.23	2.1
2006	1.96	2.07
2007	1.79	2.05
2008	1.52	2.03
2009	1.58	2.02
2010	1.57	2.01
2011	1.54	1.99
2012	1.53	2.01
2013	1.53	2.03
2014	1.48	2.03
2015	1.42	2.04
2016	1.37	1.97
2017	1.35	1.82
2018	1.29	1.68
2019	1.25	1.57
2020	1.29	1.5
2021	1.16	1.45
2022	1.15	1.43
2023	1.2	1.41
2024	1.21	1.4
2025	1.21	1.39
2026	1.21	1.38
2027	1.21	1.38
2028	1.22	1.38
2029	1.22	1.38
2030	1.23	1.38
2031	1.23	1.39
2032	1.24	1.39
2033	1.25	1.39
2034	1.25	1.39
2035	1.26	1.4
2036	1.26	1.4
2037	1.27	1.4
2038	1.28	1.4
2039	1.28	1.41
2040	1.28	1.41
2041	1.29	1.41
2042	1.29	1.42
2043	1.3	1.42
2044	1.3	1.42
2045	1.31	1.42
2046	1.31	1.42
2047	1.31	1.43
2048	1.32	1.43
2049	1.32	1.43
2050	1.33	1.44

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	UAE	Uruguay
1960	37.8%	27.6%
1961	36.7%	27.6%
1962	35.8%	27.7%
1963	35.1%	27.8%
1964	34.5%	27.9%
1965	33.9%	27.9%
1966	33.2%	28%
1967	32.1%	28%
1968	31.2%	27.9%
1969	30.6%	27.8%
1970	29.8%	27.8%
1971	29%	27.7%
1972	28.3%	27.5%
1973	27.8%	27.4%
1974	27.4%	27.4%
1975	27.2%	27.4%
1976	26.9%	27.4%
1977	26.8%	27.3%
1978	26.9%	27.3%
1979	27.1%	27.2%
1980	27.4%	27%
1981	28%	26.9%
1982	28.8%	26.7%
1983	29.5%	26.6%
1984	30.2%	26.5%
1985	30.7%	26.4%
1986	31.2%	26.2%
1987	31.2%	26.1%
1988	30.9%	26%
1989	30.3%	25.8%
1990	29.6%	25.6%
1991	28.8%	25.3%
1992	28.1%	25.1%
1993	27.4%	24.9%
1994	26.7%	24.7%
1995	25.9%	24.7%
1996	25.2%	24.6%
1997	24.3%	24.6%
1998	23.1%	24.5%
1999	22%	24.5%
2000	20.8%	24.4%
2001	19.8%	24.2%
2002	18.9%	24.1%
2003	18.3%	23.9%
2004	17.8%	23.7%
2005	17.5%	23.5%
2006	17.2%	23.3%
2007	17%	23.1%
2008	16.9%	22.8%
2009	16.9%	22.6%
2010	16.9%	22.3%
2011	16.8%	22%
2012	16.8%	21.7%
2013	16.8%	21.5%
2014	16.8%	21.3%
2015	16.8%	21.1%
2016	16.8%	21%
2017	16.8%	20.8%
2018	16.7%	20.5%
2019	16.6%	20.2%
2020	16.6%	19.8%
2021	16.5%	19.4%
2022	16.5%	19.1%
2023	16.3%	18.7%
2024	16.1%	18.3%
2025	16%	17.9%
2026	15.9%	17.5%
2027	15.9%	17.1%
2028	15.9%	16.7%
2029	15.9%	16.3%
2030	16%	15.8%
2031	16.1%	15.4%
2032	16.3%	15.1%
2033	16.5%	14.8%
2034	16.7%	14.7%
2035	16.9%	14.6%
2036	17.1%	14.5%
2037	17.3%	14.5%
2038	17.5%	14.4%
2039	17.7%	14.4%
2040	17.9%	14.3%
2041	18%	14.3%
2042	18.1%	14.3%
2043	18.2%	14.2%
2044	18.3%	14.1%
2045	18.3%	14.1%
2046	18.3%	14%
2047	18.3%	13.9%
2048	18.3%	13.8%
2049	18.2%	13.7%
2050	18.1%	13.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 16.1% of the population in the United Arab Emirates and 18.3% in Uruguay in 2024, compared to 29.6% and 25.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the United Arab Emirates and Uruguay compared.

Natural population change in United Arab Emirates vs Uruguay by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.93% in the United Arab Emirates and +0.19% in Uruguay. 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
	UAE	Uruguay
1960	3,418	30,438
1961	3,657	30,975
1962	3,901	31,441
1963	4,157	31,824
1964	4,410	31,340
1965	4,675	30,807
1966	4,955	30,293
1967	5,264	29,514
1968	5,588	29,103
1969	6,138	28,805
1970	6,922	28,737
1971	7,839	28,584
1972	8,818	28,896
1973	9,822	30,213
1974	10,835	32,221
1975	11,859	33,393
1976	12,876	33,199
1977	15,787	31,321
1978	18,879	30,076
1979	21,987	27,456
1980	25,005	25,451
1981	27,560	24,968
1982	29,585	25,224
1983	31,480	24,146
1984	33,250	23,684
1985	34,855	23,988
1986	36,829	24,505
1987	37,741	24,469
1988	38,861	25,071
1989	40,148	25,322
1990	41,339	25,699
1991	41,409	25,422
1992	42,119	24,847
1993	41,324	24,212
1994	42,976	24,637
1995	38,685	24,872
1996	37,886	24,635
1997	38,207	23,737
1998	41,176	22,114
1999	46,198	21,844
2000	49,993	21,060
2001	52,789	20,729
2002	55,922	20,073
2003	59,118	18,628
2004	60,344	18,067
2005	60,046	18,926
2006	54,338	17,783
2007	55,048	17,422
2008	55,426	16,838
2009	66,521	16,947
2010	69,907	16,231
2011	73,496	14,934
2012	78,682	15,520
2013	82,977	16,318
2014	84,277	16,238
2015	85,044	16,194
2016	87,028	14,008
2017	89,382	10,907
2018	86,840	7,322
2019	86,296	3,873
2020	87,871	4,048
2021	76,802	-5,621
2022	81,758	-2,964
2023	92,698	298

Maternal mortality chart: United Arab Emirates vs Uruguay

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 3 deaths per 100,000 live births in the United Arab Emirates, compared to 15 deaths in Uruguay.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	UAE	Uruguay
1985	19	41
1986	19	41
1987	19	41
1988	19	39
1989	19	36
1990	19	35
1991	19	33
1992	19	33
1993	19	31
1994	19	30
1995	18	29
1996	16	28
1997	14	27
1998	12	25
1999	10	24
2000	8	23
2001	7	24
2002	5	23
2003	5	23
2004	4	21
2005	4	20
2006	3	20
2007	3	19
2008	3	19
2009	3	18
2010	3	17
2011	4	17
2012	4	16
2013	4	16
2014	3	16
2015	3	16
2016	3	16
2017	3	16
2018	3	16
2019	3	16
2020	6	20
2021	6	49
2022	2	20
2023	3	15

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.5% in the United Arab Emirates and 0.67% in Uruguay. 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
	UAE	Uruguay
1960	20.1%	6.33%
1961	19%	6.21%
1962	18%	6.06%
1963	16.9%	5.93%
1964	15.8%	5.83%
1965	14.8%	5.77%
1966	13.7%	5.74%
1967	12.6%	5.7%
1968	11.6%	5.64%
1969	10.6%	5.53%
1970	9.62%	5.4%
1971	8.72%	5.33%
1972	7.89%	5.34%
1973	7.12%	5.39%
1974	6.43%	5.46%
1975	5.8%	5.49%
1976	5.23%	5.41%
1977	4.7%	5.18%
1978	4.22%	4.83%
1979	3.78%	4.41%
1980	3.4%	3.98%
1981	3.06%	3.6%
1982	2.77%	3.31%
1983	2.52%	3.1%
1984	2.31%	2.95%
1985	2.12%	2.84%
1986	1.97%	2.74%
1987	1.83%	2.62%
1988	1.71%	2.51%
1989	1.61%	2.42%
1990	1.51%	2.37%
1991	1.43%	2.32%
1992	1.37%	2.29%
1993	1.31%	2.25%
1994	1.26%	2.19%
1995	1.21%	2.12%
1996	1.18%	2.03%
1997	1.15%	1.93%
1998	1.12%	1.84%
1999	1.09%	1.76%
2000	1.07%	1.7%
2001	1.05%	1.66%
2002	1.03%	1.62%
2003	1.01%	1.58%
2004	1%	1.52%
2005	0.98%	1.44%
2006	0.96%	1.35%
2007	0.94%	1.27%
2008	0.92%	1.19%
2009	0.9%	1.13%
2010	0.88%	1.08%
2011	0.86%	1.04%
2012	0.84%	1%
2013	0.82%	0.97%
2014	0.79%	0.93%
2015	0.77%	0.89%
2016	0.73%	0.85%
2017	0.7%	0.81%
2018	0.67%	0.77%
2019	0.63%	0.74%
2020	0.6%	0.71%
2021	0.56%	0.7%
2022	0.53%	0.68%
2023	0.5%	0.67%