Fertility & birth rates in United Kingdom and Zimbabwe

Fertility rate in United Kingdom vs Zimbabwe 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 3.72 in Zimbabwe in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check the United Kingdom 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
	United Kingdom	Zimbabwe
1960	2.69	7.2
1961	2.78	7.21
1962	2.86	7.23
1963	2.88	7.23
1964	2.93	7.23
1965	2.86	7.23
1966	2.78	7.2
1967	2.68	7.16
1968	2.6	7.11
1969	2.51	7.04
1970	2.44	6.98
1971	2.41	6.94
1972	2.2	6.94
1973	2.04	6.94
1974	1.92	6.88
1975	1.81	6.83
1976	1.74	6.77
1977	1.69	6.71
1978	1.75	6.66
1979	1.86	6.59
1980	1.9	6.52
1981	1.82	6.45
1982	1.78	6.33
1983	1.77	6.2
1984	1.77	6.04
1985	1.79	5.87
1986	1.78	5.69
1987	1.81	5.5
1988	1.82	5.28
1989	1.79	5.07
1990	1.83	4.88
1991	1.82	4.72
1992	1.79	4.57
1993	1.76	4.39
1994	1.74	4.28
1995	1.71	4.15
1996	1.73	4.11
1997	1.72	4.08
1998	1.71	4.07
1999	1.68	4.06
2000	1.64	4.01
2001	1.63	3.98
2002	1.63	3.93
2003	1.7	3.86
2004	1.75	3.78
2005	1.76	3.69
2006	1.82	3.64
2007	1.86	3.68
2008	1.91	3.78
2009	1.89	3.95
2010	1.92	4.04
2011	1.91	4.13
2012	1.92	4.13
2013	1.83	4.11
2014	1.81	4.01
2015	1.8	3.91
2016	1.79	3.83
2017	1.74	3.77
2018	1.68	3.74
2019	1.63	3.75
2020	1.57	3.75
2021	1.58	3.77
2022	1.56	3.77
2023	1.56	3.72
2024	1.55	3.67
2025	1.54	3.62
2026	1.53	3.57
2027	1.53	3.52
2028	1.53	3.47
2029	1.52	3.43
2030	1.52	3.38
2031	1.52	3.33
2032	1.53	3.29
2033	1.53	3.25
2034	1.53	3.21
2035	1.53	3.17
2036	1.53	3.13
2037	1.53	3.09
2038	1.53	3.06
2039	1.53	3.02
2040	1.53	2.99
2041	1.54	2.96
2042	1.54	2.93
2043	1.54	2.9
2044	1.54	2.87
2045	1.54	2.84
2046	1.54	2.81
2047	1.54	2.78
2048	1.54	2.75
2049	1.55	2.72
2050	1.55	2.69

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	United Kingdom	Zimbabwe
1960	23.3%	47.3%
1961	23.3%	47.7%
1962	23.2%	48.1%
1963	23.2%	48.5%
1964	23.3%	48.8%
1965	23.4%	48.7%
1966	23.5%	48.6%
1967	23.7%	48.5%
1968	23.9%	48.5%
1969	24%	48.4%
1970	24.1%	48.3%
1971	24.1%	48.2%
1972	24%	48.2%
1973	23.9%	48.1%
1974	23.6%	48.1%
1975	23.3%	48.1%
1976	22.9%	48.2%
1977	22.4%	48.3%
1978	21.9%	48.5%
1979	21.4%	48.8%
1980	21%	48.7%
1981	20.6%	48.4%
1982	20.2%	48.3%
1983	19.8%	48.2%
1984	19.5%	48.1%
1985	19.3%	48%
1986	19.1%	47.9%
1987	18.9%	47.9%
1988	18.9%	47.9%
1989	19.1%	47.6%
1990	19.1%	47.1%
1991	19.3%	46.6%
1992	19.4%	46.8%
1993	19.5%	47.1%
1994	19.6%	46.6%
1995	19.5%	45.9%
1996	19.4%	45%
1997	19.3%	44%
1998	19.3%	43.1%
1999	19.2%	42.4%
2000	18.9%	41.9%
2001	18.7%	41.5%
2002	18.5%	41.4%
2003	18.4%	41.5%
2004	18.3%	41.7%
2005	18.2%	41.9%
2006	18%	42%
2007	17.9%	42.1%
2008	17.8%	42.4%
2009	17.8%	42.7%
2010	17.8%	43%
2011	17.7%	43.4%
2012	17.8%	43.7%
2013	17.8%	43.9%
2014	17.8%	43.9%
2015	17.9%	43.8%
2016	18%	43.6%
2017	18%	43.3%
2018	18.1%	42.9%
2019	18%	42.5%
2020	18%	42.2%
2021	17.8%	41.9%
2022	17.6%	41.6%
2023	17.4%	41.3%
2024	17.2%	40.9%
2025	17%	40.3%
2026	16.7%	39.6%
2027	16.5%	39%
2028	16.2%	38.4%
2029	16%	37.8%
2030	15.7%	37.4%
2031	15.5%	37%
2032	15.3%	36.8%
2033	15.2%	36.5%
2034	15.1%	36.3%
2035	15%	36.1%
2036	14.9%	35.8%
2037	14.9%	35.6%
2038	14.8%	35.3%
2039	14.8%	35.1%
2040	14.8%	34.8%
2041	14.8%	34.6%
2042	14.8%	34.3%
2043	14.9%	34.1%
2044	14.9%	33.8%
2045	14.9%	33.5%
2046	15%	33.2%
2047	15%	32.9%
2048	15%	32.6%
2049	15%	32.2%
2050	15.1%	31.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.2% of the population in the United Kingdom and 40.9% in Zimbabwe in 2024, compared to 19.1% and 47.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the United Kingdom and Zimbabwe compared.

Natural population change in United Kingdom vs Zimbabwe by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.16% in the United Kingdom 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
	United Kingdom	Zimbabwe
1960	314,400	126,959
1961	311,519	131,531
1962	340,800	136,317
1963	337,995	140,984
1964	405,000	145,848
1965	364,132	151,164
1966	333,356	156,014
1967	346,145	161,205
1968	292,622	166,865
1969	260,577	172,626
1970	244,918	178,979
1971	257,123	185,427
1972	162,650	193,725
1973	112,389	201,885
1974	67,476	208,806
1975	33,735	216,947
1976	-5,621	221,419
1977	0	225,139
1978	16,859	222,979
1979	61,872	223,657
1980	95,734	241,179
1981	73,234	271,361
1982	56,314	279,934
1983	61,966	286,545
1984	84,633	290,052
1985	79,170	290,756
1986	90,690	289,894
1987	136,325	286,766
1988	136,628	277,498
1989	119,861	270,838
1990	154,569	265,444
1991	143,562	260,943
1992	149,709	255,291
1993	103,893	228,045
1994	127,304	216,343
1995	87,028	206,695
1996	98,884	205,269
1997	99,138	216,288
1998	87,730	225,614
1999	64,551	232,393
2000	70,671	236,343
2001	65,032	227,909
2002	65,308	244,170
2003	89,471	243,057
2004	131,974	248,307
2005	144,963	248,545
2006	176,455	248,963
2007	196,232	261,805
2008	216,325	280,527
2009	230,422	309,316
2010	251,066	335,570
2011	259,361	359,572
2012	248,473	371,135
2013	198,830	374,757
2014	206,784	366,350
2015	175,738	356,203
2016	177,139	348,772
2017	145,125	344,035
2018	119,321	345,883
2019	108,342	348,798
2020	-4,272	354,790
2021	30,612	349,908
2022	39,751	371,243
2023	34,589	372,505

Maternal mortality chart: United Kingdom vs Zimbabwe

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 358 deaths in Zimbabwe.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	United Kingdom	Zimbabwe
1985	2	573
1986	2	525
1987	3	480
1988	4	431
1989	5	382
1990	6	353
1991	7	332
1992	7	333
1993	8	331
1994	9	332
1995	9	332
1996	8	352
1997	9	357
1998	10	368
1999	11	399
2000	12	405
2001	13	467
2002	13	418
2003	14	455
2004	13	451
2005	12	454
2006	12	480
2007	11	519
2008	11	526
2009	11	540
2010	10	567
2011	10	564
2012	9	558
2013	9	525
2014	9	468
2015	9	428
2016	9	411
2017	9	389
2018	9	386
2019	9	388
2020	14	380
2021	13	446
2022	15	368
2023	8	358

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.45% in the United Kingdom and 4.42% 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
	United Kingdom	Zimbabwe
1960	2.66%	15.2%
1961	2.61%	14.8%
1962	2.56%	14.4%
1963	2.49%	14%
1964	2.42%	13.5%
1965	2.34%	13.1%
1966	2.28%	12.7%
1967	2.22%	12.4%
1968	2.18%	12.1%
1969	2.14%	11.8%
1970	2.1%	11.7%
1971	2.06%	11.5%
1972	2%	11.5%
1973	1.94%	11.4%
1974	1.87%	11.4%
1975	1.8%	11.4%
1976	1.72%	11.5%
1977	1.64%	11.5%
1978	1.57%	11.5%
1979	1.49%	11.3%
1980	1.41%	11.1%
1981	1.34%	10.7%
1982	1.27%	10.1%
1983	1.22%	9.5%
1984	1.17%	8.87%
1985	1.14%	8.31%
1986	1.11%	7.86%
1987	1.08%	7.61%
1988	1.04%	7.55%
1989	0.99%	7.69%
1990	0.93%	7.97%
1991	0.87%	8.33%
1992	0.82%	8.73%
1993	0.77%	9.16%
1994	0.74%	9.52%
1995	0.72%	9.83%
1996	0.7%	10%
1997	0.69%	10.1%
1998	0.68%	10%
1999	0.67%	9.92%
2000	0.65%	9.83%
2001	0.64%	9.79%
2002	0.63%	8.48%
2003	0.63%	8.85%
2004	0.61%	9.17%
2005	0.6%	9.23%
2006	0.59%	9.4%
2007	0.58%	9.47%
2008	0.56%	9.34%
2009	0.54%	9.03%
2010	0.52%	8.5%
2011	0.5%	7.88%
2012	0.48%	7.14%
2013	0.46%	6.55%
2014	0.45%	6.18%
2015	0.45%	5.98%
2016	0.44%	5.69%
2017	0.44%	5.5%
2018	0.44%	5.23%
2019	0.44%	5.11%
2020	0.44%	5.01%
2021	0.44%	4.76%
2022	0.45%	4.6%
2023	0.45%	4.42%