Fertility & birth rates in United Kingdom and Zambia

Fertility rate in United Kingdom vs Zambia chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in the United Kingdom was 1.56 children per woman in 2023, compared to 4.1 in Zambia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check the United Kingdom vs Zambia population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	United Kingdom	Zambia
1960	2.69	6.95
1961	2.78	6.98
1962	2.86	7.01
1963	2.88	7.06
1964	2.93	7.09
1965	2.86	7.12
1966	2.78	7.14
1967	2.68	7.15
1968	2.6	7.18
1969	2.51	7.18
1970	2.44	7.22
1971	2.41	7.26
1972	2.2	7.3
1973	2.04	7.34
1974	1.92	7.36
1975	1.81	7.42
1976	1.74	7.39
1977	1.69	7.35
1978	1.75	7.29
1979	1.86	7.22
1980	1.9	7.14
1981	1.82	7.07
1982	1.78	7.04
1983	1.77	7.01
1984	1.77	6.97
1985	1.79	6.93
1986	1.78	6.87
1987	1.81	6.8
1988	1.82	6.7
1989	1.79	6.64
1990	1.83	6.57
1991	1.82	6.46
1992	1.79	6.35
1993	1.76	6.3
1994	1.74	6.26
1995	1.71	6.23
1996	1.73	6.18
1997	1.72	6.12
1998	1.71	6.07
1999	1.68	6
2000	1.64	5.92
2001	1.63	5.85
2002	1.63	5.77
2003	1.7	5.71
2004	1.75	5.7
2005	1.76	5.7
2006	1.82	5.68
2007	1.86	5.61
2008	1.91	5.53
2009	1.89	5.45
2010	1.92	5.36
2011	1.91	5.26
2012	1.92	5.14
2013	1.83	5.01
2014	1.81	4.89
2015	1.8	4.78
2016	1.79	4.67
2017	1.74	4.57
2018	1.68	4.49
2019	1.63	4.42
2020	1.57	4.32
2021	1.58	4.25
2022	1.56	4.18
2023	1.56	4.1
2024	1.55	4.04
2025	1.54	3.97
2026	1.53	3.91
2027	1.53	3.85
2028	1.53	3.77
2029	1.52	3.72
2030	1.52	3.67
2031	1.52	3.61
2032	1.53	3.56
2033	1.53	3.5
2034	1.53	3.45
2035	1.53	3.4
2036	1.53	3.35
2037	1.53	3.3
2038	1.53	3.25
2039	1.53	3.19
2040	1.53	3.15
2041	1.54	3.11
2042	1.54	3.07
2043	1.54	3.03
2044	1.54	3
2045	1.54	2.96
2046	1.54	2.93
2047	1.54	2.9
2048	1.54	2.87
2049	1.55	2.84
2050	1.55	2.81

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	United Kingdom	Zambia
1960	23.3%	46%
1961	23.3%	46.2%
1962	23.2%	46.3%
1963	23.2%	46.5%
1964	23.3%	46.7%
1965	23.4%	46.9%
1966	23.5%	46.9%
1967	23.7%	47%
1968	23.9%	47.1%
1969	24%	47.2%
1970	24.1%	47.4%
1971	24.1%	47.7%
1972	24%	48%
1973	23.9%	48.3%
1974	23.6%	48.6%
1975	23.3%	48.8%
1976	22.9%	49.1%
1977	22.4%	49.2%
1978	21.9%	49.4%
1979	21.4%	49.5%
1980	21%	49.5%
1981	20.6%	49.4%
1982	20.2%	49.3%
1983	19.8%	49.1%
1984	19.5%	49%
1985	19.3%	48.9%
1986	19.1%	48.8%
1987	18.9%	48.7%
1988	18.9%	48.6%
1989	19.1%	48.5%
1990	19.1%	48.4%
1991	19.3%	48.3%
1992	19.4%	48.2%
1993	19.5%	48.2%
1994	19.6%	48.2%
1995	19.5%	48.2%
1996	19.4%	48.2%
1997	19.3%	48.2%
1998	19.3%	48.2%
1999	19.2%	48.1%
2000	18.9%	48%
2001	18.7%	47.8%
2002	18.5%	47.6%
2003	18.4%	47.4%
2004	18.3%	47.3%
2005	18.2%	47.1%
2006	18%	47%
2007	17.9%	46.8%
2008	17.8%	46.6%
2009	17.8%	46.4%
2010	17.8%	46.3%
2011	17.7%	46.1%
2012	17.8%	45.9%
2013	17.8%	45.7%
2014	17.8%	45.5%
2015	17.9%	45.2%
2016	18%	44.9%
2017	18%	44.5%
2018	18.1%	44.1%
2019	18%	43.8%
2020	18%	43.3%
2021	17.8%	42.9%
2022	17.6%	42.4%
2023	17.4%	42%
2024	17.2%	41.5%
2025	17%	41%
2026	16.7%	40.5%
2027	16.5%	40%
2028	16.2%	39.6%
2029	16%	39.2%
2030	15.7%	38.8%
2031	15.5%	38.5%
2032	15.3%	38.1%
2033	15.2%	37.8%
2034	15.1%	37.5%
2035	15%	37.1%
2036	14.9%	36.8%
2037	14.9%	36.5%
2038	14.8%	36.1%
2039	14.8%	35.8%
2040	14.8%	35.4%
2041	14.8%	35.1%
2042	14.8%	34.7%
2043	14.9%	34.4%
2044	14.9%	34%
2045	14.9%	33.7%
2046	15%	33.3%
2047	15%	33%
2048	15%	32.6%
2049	15%	32.3%
2050	15.1%	32%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.2% of the population in the United Kingdom and 41.5% in Zambia in 2024, compared to 19.1% and 48.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the United Kingdom and Zambia compared.

Natural population change in United Kingdom vs Zambia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.16% in the United Kingdom and +2.87% in Zambia. 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
	United Kingdom	Zambia
1960	314,400	102,335
1961	311,519	106,318
1962	340,800	110,173
1963	337,995	114,555
1964	405,000	117,197
1965	364,132	122,814
1966	333,356	127,164
1967	346,145	131,938
1968	292,622	137,315
1969	260,577	142,660
1970	244,918	149,380
1971	257,123	155,249
1972	162,650	161,648
1973	112,389	168,258
1974	67,476	174,484
1975	33,735	182,258
1976	-5,621	186,762
1977	0	191,557
1978	16,859	194,933
1979	61,872	197,578
1980	95,734	198,817
1981	73,234	202,822
1982	56,314	207,621
1983	61,966	212,712
1984	84,633	216,695
1985	79,170	221,351
1986	90,690	224,768
1987	136,325	227,813
1988	136,628	230,118
1989	119,861	233,429
1990	154,569	235,835
1991	143,562	237,957
1992	149,709	239,953
1993	103,893	245,917
1994	127,304	252,023
1995	87,028	257,897
1996	98,884	262,468
1997	99,138	268,198
1998	87,730	275,568
1999	64,551	283,297
2000	70,671	293,186
2001	65,032	302,682
2002	65,308	316,041
2003	89,471	331,189
2004	131,974	349,352
2005	144,963	368,756
2006	176,455	387,891
2007	196,232	403,729
2008	216,325	419,560
2009	230,422	434,458
2010	251,066	448,337
2011	259,361	459,743
2012	248,473	469,406
2013	198,830	476,846
2014	206,784	483,663
2015	175,738	491,021
2016	177,139	497,521
2017	145,125	504,630
2018	119,321	515,644
2019	108,342	528,089
2020	-4,272	536,484
2021	30,612	535,629
2022	39,751	563,456
2023	34,589	577,660

Maternal mortality chart: United Kingdom vs Zambia

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 8 deaths per 100,000 live births in the United Kingdom, compared to 85 deaths in Zambia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	United Kingdom	Zambia
1985	2	596
1986	2	619
1987	3	630
1988	4	635
1989	5	635
1990	6	625
1991	7	611
1992	7	581
1993	8	532
1994	9	507
1995	9	466
1996	8	433
1997	9	403
1998	10	392
1999	11	378
2000	12	340
2001	13	306
2002	13	274
2003	14	250
2004	13	260
2005	12	264
2006	12	262
2007	11	324
2008	11	394
2009	11	406
2010	10	332
2011	10	291
2012	9	256
2013	9	213
2014	9	174
2015	9	154
2016	9	158
2017	9	141
2018	9	117
2019	9	103
2020	14	99
2021	13	140
2022	15	89
2023	8	85

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.45% in the United Kingdom and 4.47% in Zambia. 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
	United Kingdom	Zambia
1960	2.66%	20.5%
1961	2.61%	20.1%
1962	2.56%	19.8%
1963	2.49%	19.5%
1964	2.42%	19.2%
1965	2.34%	19%
1966	2.28%	18.9%
1967	2.22%	18.7%
1968	2.18%	18.5%
1969	2.14%	18.3%
1970	2.1%	17.9%
1971	2.06%	17.4%
1972	2%	16.9%
1973	1.94%	16.3%
1974	1.87%	15.9%
1975	1.8%	15.5%
1976	1.72%	15.4%
1977	1.64%	15.3%
1978	1.57%	15.3%
1979	1.49%	15.4%
1980	1.41%	15.5%
1981	1.34%	15.6%
1982	1.27%	15.7%
1983	1.22%	15.9%
1984	1.17%	16.2%
1985	1.14%	16.6%
1986	1.11%	17%
1987	1.08%	17.3%
1988	1.04%	17.7%
1989	0.99%	17.9%
1990	0.93%	18.1%
1991	0.87%	18.1%
1992	0.82%	18.1%
1993	0.77%	17.9%
1994	0.74%	17.7%
1995	0.72%	17.3%
1996	0.7%	17%
1997	0.69%	16.7%
1998	0.68%	16.3%
1999	0.67%	15.9%
2000	0.65%	15.3%
2001	0.64%	14.4%
2002	0.63%	13.4%
2003	0.63%	12.4%
2004	0.61%	11.4%
2005	0.6%	10.5%
2006	0.59%	9.71%
2007	0.58%	9.14%
2008	0.56%	8.62%
2009	0.54%	8%
2010	0.52%	7.57%
2011	0.5%	7.31%
2012	0.48%	7.04%
2013	0.46%	6.72%
2014	0.45%	6.38%
2015	0.45%	6.15%
2016	0.44%	5.9%
2017	0.44%	5.61%
2018	0.44%	5.52%
2019	0.44%	5.41%
2020	0.44%	5.24%
2021	0.44%	4.92%
2022	0.45%	4.67%
2023	0.45%	4.47%