Fertility & birth rates in United States and Yemen

Fertility rate in United States vs Yemen chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in the United States was 1.62 children per woman in 2023, compared to 4.59 in Yemen in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check the United States vs Yemen 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 States	Yemen
1960	3.65	7.99
1961	3.62	8
1962	3.46	8.01
1963	3.32	8.03
1964	3.19	8.07
1965	2.91	8.1
1966	2.72	8.14
1967	2.56	8.17
1968	2.46	8.19
1969	2.46	8.22
1970	2.48	8.23
1971	2.27	8.26
1972	2.01	8.27
1973	1.88	8.29
1974	1.84	8.33
1975	1.77	8.37
1976	1.74	8.42
1977	1.79	8.47
1978	1.76	8.5
1979	1.81	8.67
1980	1.84	8.71
1981	1.81	8.75
1982	1.83	8.79
1983	1.8	8.83
1984	1.81	8.85
1985	1.84	8.86
1986	1.84	8.86
1987	1.87	8.83
1988	1.93	8.79
1989	2.01	8.71
1990	2.08	8.61
1991	2.06	8.46
1992	2.05	8.27
1993	2.02	8.05
1994	2	7.8
1995	1.98	7.53
1996	1.98	7
1997	1.97	6.82
1998	2	6.64
1999	2.01	6.49
2000	2.06	6.32
2001	2.03	6.14
2002	2.02	5.97
2003	2.05	5.84
2004	2.05	5.71
2005	2.06	5.56
2006	2.11	5.41
2007	2.12	5.26
2008	2.07	5.11
2009	2	5
2010	1.93	4.81
2011	1.89	4.63
2012	1.88	4.63
2013	1.86	4.62
2014	1.86	4.62
2015	1.84	4.62
2016	1.82	4.61
2017	1.77	4.61
2018	1.73	4.61
2019	1.71	4.6
2020	1.64	4.6
2021	1.66	4.6
2022	1.66	4.59
2023	1.62	4.59
2024	1.62	4.5
2025	1.62	4.41
2026	1.62	4.33
2027	1.62	4.23
2028	1.62	4.14
2029	1.62	4.06
2030	1.62	3.97
2031	1.62	3.87
2032	1.62	3.8
2033	1.63	3.73
2034	1.62	3.66
2035	1.63	3.59
2036	1.63	3.51
2037	1.63	3.44
2038	1.63	3.38
2039	1.63	3.32
2040	1.63	3.26
2041	1.63	3.21
2042	1.63	3.16
2043	1.63	3.12
2044	1.63	3.07
2045	1.64	3.02
2046	1.64	2.97
2047	1.63	2.93
2048	1.64	2.89
2049	1.63	2.85
2050	1.64	2.81

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	United States	Yemen
1960	31.3%	40.3%
1961	31.4%	40.4%
1962	31.3%	40.4%
1963	31.1%	40.6%
1964	30.9%	40.9%
1965	30.7%	41.3%
1966	30.4%	41.8%
1967	30%	42.3%
1968	29.5%	42.8%
1969	29%	43.3%
1970	28.6%	43.8%
1971	28%	44.3%
1972	27.4%	44.8%
1973	26.6%	45.3%
1974	25.9%	45.7%
1975	25.2%	46.2%
1976	24.4%	46.6%
1977	23.8%	47%
1978	23.2%	47.5%
1979	22.8%	47.9%
1980	22.4%	48.3%
1981	22.1%	48.7%
1982	22%	49.1%
1983	21.8%	49.4%
1984	21.7%	49.7%
1985	21.5%	50%
1986	21.3%	50.3%
1987	21.3%	50.5%
1988	21.3%	50.7%
1989	21.5%	50.9%
1990	21.6%	51.1%
1991	21.7%	51.2%
1992	21.8%	51.2%
1993	21.9%	51.2%
1994	21.9%	51.1%
1995	21.8%	50.9%
1996	21.7%	50.6%
1997	21.5%	50.3%
1998	21.4%	49.9%
1999	21.3%	49.5%
2000	21.2%	49%
2001	21%	48.6%
2002	20.9%	48.1%
2003	20.7%	47.6%
2004	20.5%	47.1%
2005	20.3%	46.5%
2006	20.2%	45.9%
2007	20%	45.3%
2008	19.9%	44.7%
2009	19.8%	44.1%
2010	19.7%	43.5%
2011	19.6%	43%
2012	19.5%	42.7%
2013	19.4%	42.3%
2014	19.3%	42.1%
2015	19.2%	41.8%
2016	19.1%	41.7%
2017	18.9%	41.6%
2018	18.8%	41.5%
2019	18.6%	41.4%
2020	18.4%	41.4%
2021	18.1%	41.4%
2022	17.9%	41.3%
2023	17.6%	41.2%
2024	17.3%	41.1%
2025	17.1%	41%
2026	16.9%	40.9%
2027	16.7%	40.8%
2028	16.6%	40.6%
2029	16.4%	40.3%
2030	16.3%	40%
2031	16.1%	39.6%
2032	16%	39.2%
2033	16%	38.7%
2034	15.9%	38.2%
2035	15.9%	37.7%
2036	15.9%	37.1%
2037	15.9%	36.5%
2038	15.9%	36%
2039	15.9%	35.4%
2040	15.9%	34.8%
2041	16%	34.3%
2042	16%	33.8%
2043	16%	33.4%
2044	16%	33%
2045	16%	32.6%
2046	16%	32.3%
2047	16%	32%
2048	16%	31.7%
2049	15.9%	31.4%
2050	15.9%	31.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.3% of the population in the United States and 41.1% in Yemen in 2024, compared to 21.6% and 51.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the United States and Yemen compared.

Natural population change in United States vs Yemen by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.25% in the United States and +3.02% in Yemen. 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 States	Yemen
1960	2,565,530	122,994
1961	2,571,681	129,787
1962	2,406,337	131,262
1963	2,289,826	133,781
1964	2,245,099	147,299
1965	1,943,030	155,398
1966	1,749,387	164,091
1967	1,669,181	173,637
1968	1,565,507	182,518
1969	1,702,487	196,305
1970	1,824,965	207,613
1971	1,640,519	219,095
1972	1,301,355	229,322
1973	1,165,499	240,235
1974	1,218,968	252,737
1975	1,252,644	266,815
1976	1,264,604	281,078
1977	1,431,556	296,115
1978	1,402,283	312,439
1979	1,597,894	336,378
1980	1,608,450	355,767
1981	1,652,153	374,482
1982	1,714,317	392,302
1983	1,636,544	414,823
1984	1,627,192	434,674
1985	1,689,258	455,576
1986	1,656,917	464,665
1987	1,720,252	493,337
1988	1,735,943	513,296
1989	1,875,826	530,464
1990	2,026,068	549,654
1991	1,926,543	565,837
1992	1,875,328	582,072
1993	1,717,685	595,459
1994	1,633,302	602,363
1995	1,546,031	607,966
1996	1,510,137	588,786
1997	1,501,014	604,443
1998	1,573,857	615,488
1999	1,564,050	633,166
2000	1,664,758	646,694
2001	1,595,826	658,704
2002	1,581,938	672,494
2003	1,653,615	694,457
2004	1,698,271	710,493
2005	1,684,445	726,708
2006	1,849,955	750,082
2007	1,897,757	764,780
2008	1,794,154	779,123
2009	1,717,920	798,911
2010	1,548,182	803,246
2011	1,441,697	806,359
2012	1,411,822	845,645
2013	1,322,711	884,929
2014	1,357,281	920,330
2015	1,270,126	939,922
2016	1,197,627	975,697
2017	1,028,037	1,006,725
2018	955,022	1,020,238
2019	887,476	1,056,432
2020	208,862	1,086,322
2021	199,137	1,103,622
2022	399,926	1,153,375
2023	502,372	1,198,150

Maternal mortality chart: United States vs Yemen

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 17 deaths per 100,000 live births in the United States, compared to 118 deaths in Yemen.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	United States	Yemen
1985	11	430
1986	11	430
1987	11	400
1988	12	388
1989	12	371
1990	12	359
1991	12	341
1992	11	330
1993	12	319
1994	11	311
1995	12	296
1996	11	282
1997	11	271
1998	11	260
1999	12	250
2000	12	241
2001	13	231
2002	13	218
2003	13	205
2004	13	194
2005	13	181
2006	13	171
2007	13	161
2008	14	153
2009	15	149
2010	15	144
2011	15	140
2012	16	137
2013	16	135
2014	17	134
2015	17	135
2016	18	134
2017	18	142
2018	18	134
2019	18	131
2020	22	135
2021	31	156
2022	20	125
2023	17	118

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.65% in the United States and 3.93% in Yemen. 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 States	Yemen
1960	3.01%	42.9%
1961	2.95%	42.2%
1962	2.89%	41.5%
1963	2.83%	40.8%
1964	2.77%	40%
1965	2.71%	39%
1966	2.64%	38%
1967	2.57%	36.8%
1968	2.49%	35.6%
1969	2.41%	34.3%
1970	2.32%	33%
1971	2.24%	31.8%
1972	2.15%	30.6%
1973	2.06%	29.5%
1974	1.97%	28.4%
1975	1.88%	27.2%
1976	1.79%	26%
1977	1.71%	24.7%
1978	1.63%	23.4%
1979	1.56%	22.1%
1980	1.5%	20.8%
1981	1.44%	19.6%
1982	1.39%	18.4%
1983	1.34%	17.2%
1984	1.3%	16.2%
1985	1.27%	15.3%
1986	1.24%	14.6%
1987	1.21%	14%
1988	1.19%	13.4%
1989	1.16%	12.9%
1990	1.12%	12.5%
1991	1.09%	12.1%
1992	1.05%	11.8%
1993	1.01%	11.6%
1994	0.98%	11.3%
1995	0.95%	11.1%
1996	0.92%	10.8%
1997	0.89%	10.5%
1998	0.87%	10.2%
1999	0.86%	9.77%
2000	0.84%	9.32%
2001	0.83%	8.84%
2002	0.82%	8.36%
2003	0.81%	7.9%
2004	0.81%	7.47%
2005	0.8%	7.06%
2006	0.79%	6.68%
2007	0.77%	6.33%
2008	0.76%	6.02%
2009	0.75%	5.74%
2010	0.73%	5.49%
2011	0.72%	5.3%
2012	0.7%	5.14%
2013	0.69%	4.95%
2014	0.68%	4.84%
2015	0.68%	4.9%
2016	0.67%	4.77%
2017	0.66%	4.66%
2018	0.65%	4.7%
2019	0.65%	4.59%
2020	0.65%	4.32%
2021	0.65%	4.24%
2022	0.65%	4.08%
2023	0.65%	3.93%