Fertility & birth rates in United States and Zimbabwe

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

Check the United States 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 States	Zimbabwe
1960	3.65	7.2
1961	3.62	7.21
1962	3.46	7.23
1963	3.32	7.23
1964	3.19	7.23
1965	2.91	7.23
1966	2.72	7.2
1967	2.56	7.16
1968	2.46	7.11
1969	2.46	7.04
1970	2.48	6.98
1971	2.27	6.94
1972	2.01	6.94
1973	1.88	6.94
1974	1.84	6.88
1975	1.77	6.83
1976	1.74	6.77
1977	1.79	6.71
1978	1.76	6.66
1979	1.81	6.59
1980	1.84	6.52
1981	1.81	6.45
1982	1.83	6.33
1983	1.8	6.2
1984	1.81	6.04
1985	1.84	5.87
1986	1.84	5.69
1987	1.87	5.5
1988	1.93	5.28
1989	2.01	5.07
1990	2.08	4.88
1991	2.06	4.72
1992	2.05	4.57
1993	2.02	4.39
1994	2	4.28
1995	1.98	4.15
1996	1.98	4.11
1997	1.97	4.08
1998	2	4.07
1999	2.01	4.06
2000	2.06	4.01
2001	2.03	3.98
2002	2.02	3.93
2003	2.05	3.86
2004	2.05	3.78
2005	2.06	3.69
2006	2.11	3.64
2007	2.12	3.68
2008	2.07	3.78
2009	2	3.95
2010	1.93	4.04
2011	1.89	4.13
2012	1.88	4.13
2013	1.86	4.11
2014	1.86	4.01
2015	1.84	3.91
2016	1.82	3.83
2017	1.77	3.77
2018	1.73	3.74
2019	1.71	3.75
2020	1.64	3.75
2021	1.66	3.77
2022	1.66	3.77
2023	1.62	3.72
2024	1.62	3.67
2025	1.62	3.62
2026	1.62	3.57
2027	1.62	3.52
2028	1.62	3.47
2029	1.62	3.43
2030	1.62	3.38
2031	1.62	3.33
2032	1.62	3.29
2033	1.63	3.25
2034	1.62	3.21
2035	1.63	3.17
2036	1.63	3.13
2037	1.63	3.09
2038	1.63	3.06
2039	1.63	3.02
2040	1.63	2.99
2041	1.63	2.96
2042	1.63	2.93
2043	1.63	2.9
2044	1.63	2.87
2045	1.64	2.84
2046	1.64	2.81
2047	1.63	2.78
2048	1.64	2.75
2049	1.63	2.72
2050	1.64	2.69

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	United States	Zimbabwe
1960	31.3%	47.3%
1961	31.4%	47.7%
1962	31.3%	48.1%
1963	31.1%	48.5%
1964	30.9%	48.8%
1965	30.7%	48.7%
1966	30.4%	48.6%
1967	30%	48.5%
1968	29.5%	48.5%
1969	29%	48.4%
1970	28.6%	48.3%
1971	28%	48.2%
1972	27.4%	48.2%
1973	26.6%	48.1%
1974	25.9%	48.1%
1975	25.2%	48.1%
1976	24.4%	48.2%
1977	23.8%	48.3%
1978	23.2%	48.5%
1979	22.8%	48.8%
1980	22.4%	48.7%
1981	22.1%	48.4%
1982	22%	48.3%
1983	21.8%	48.2%
1984	21.7%	48.1%
1985	21.5%	48%
1986	21.3%	47.9%
1987	21.3%	47.9%
1988	21.3%	47.9%
1989	21.5%	47.6%
1990	21.6%	47.1%
1991	21.7%	46.6%
1992	21.8%	46.8%
1993	21.9%	47.1%
1994	21.9%	46.6%
1995	21.8%	45.9%
1996	21.7%	45%
1997	21.5%	44%
1998	21.4%	43.1%
1999	21.3%	42.4%
2000	21.2%	41.9%
2001	21%	41.5%
2002	20.9%	41.4%
2003	20.7%	41.5%
2004	20.5%	41.7%
2005	20.3%	41.9%
2006	20.2%	42%
2007	20%	42.1%
2008	19.9%	42.4%
2009	19.8%	42.7%
2010	19.7%	43%
2011	19.6%	43.4%
2012	19.5%	43.7%
2013	19.4%	43.9%
2014	19.3%	43.9%
2015	19.2%	43.8%
2016	19.1%	43.6%
2017	18.9%	43.3%
2018	18.8%	42.9%
2019	18.6%	42.5%
2020	18.4%	42.2%
2021	18.1%	41.9%
2022	17.9%	41.6%
2023	17.6%	41.3%
2024	17.3%	40.9%
2025	17.1%	40.3%
2026	16.9%	39.6%
2027	16.7%	39%
2028	16.6%	38.4%
2029	16.4%	37.8%
2030	16.3%	37.4%
2031	16.1%	37%
2032	16%	36.8%
2033	16%	36.5%
2034	15.9%	36.3%
2035	15.9%	36.1%
2036	15.9%	35.8%
2037	15.9%	35.6%
2038	15.9%	35.3%
2039	15.9%	35.1%
2040	15.9%	34.8%
2041	16%	34.6%
2042	16%	34.3%
2043	16%	34.1%
2044	16%	33.8%
2045	16%	33.5%
2046	16%	33.2%
2047	16%	32.9%
2048	16%	32.6%
2049	15.9%	32.2%
2050	15.9%	31.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.3% of the population in the United States and 40.9% in Zimbabwe in 2024, compared to 21.6% and 47.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the United States and Zimbabwe compared.

Natural population change in United States vs Zimbabwe by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.25% in the United States 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 States	Zimbabwe
1960	2,565,530	126,959
1961	2,571,681	131,531
1962	2,406,337	136,317
1963	2,289,826	140,984
1964	2,245,099	145,848
1965	1,943,030	151,164
1966	1,749,387	156,014
1967	1,669,181	161,205
1968	1,565,507	166,865
1969	1,702,487	172,626
1970	1,824,965	178,979
1971	1,640,519	185,427
1972	1,301,355	193,725
1973	1,165,499	201,885
1974	1,218,968	208,806
1975	1,252,644	216,947
1976	1,264,604	221,419
1977	1,431,556	225,139
1978	1,402,283	222,979
1979	1,597,894	223,657
1980	1,608,450	241,179
1981	1,652,153	271,361
1982	1,714,317	279,934
1983	1,636,544	286,545
1984	1,627,192	290,052
1985	1,689,258	290,756
1986	1,656,917	289,894
1987	1,720,252	286,766
1988	1,735,943	277,498
1989	1,875,826	270,838
1990	2,026,068	265,444
1991	1,926,543	260,943
1992	1,875,328	255,291
1993	1,717,685	228,045
1994	1,633,302	216,343
1995	1,546,031	206,695
1996	1,510,137	205,269
1997	1,501,014	216,288
1998	1,573,857	225,614
1999	1,564,050	232,393
2000	1,664,758	236,343
2001	1,595,826	227,909
2002	1,581,938	244,170
2003	1,653,615	243,057
2004	1,698,271	248,307
2005	1,684,445	248,545
2006	1,849,955	248,963
2007	1,897,757	261,805
2008	1,794,154	280,527
2009	1,717,920	309,316
2010	1,548,182	335,570
2011	1,441,697	359,572
2012	1,411,822	371,135
2013	1,322,711	374,757
2014	1,357,281	366,350
2015	1,270,126	356,203
2016	1,197,627	348,772
2017	1,028,037	344,035
2018	955,022	345,883
2019	887,476	348,798
2020	208,862	354,790
2021	199,137	349,908
2022	399,926	371,243
2023	502,372	372,505

Maternal mortality chart: United States vs Zimbabwe

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 358 deaths in Zimbabwe.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	United States	Zimbabwe
1985	11	573
1986	11	525
1987	11	480
1988	12	431
1989	12	382
1990	12	353
1991	12	332
1992	11	333
1993	12	331
1994	11	332
1995	12	332
1996	11	352
1997	11	357
1998	11	368
1999	12	399
2000	12	405
2001	13	467
2002	13	418
2003	13	455
2004	13	451
2005	13	454
2006	13	480
2007	13	519
2008	14	526
2009	15	540
2010	15	567
2011	15	564
2012	16	558
2013	16	525
2014	17	468
2015	17	428
2016	18	411
2017	18	389
2018	18	386
2019	18	388
2020	22	380
2021	31	446
2022	20	368
2023	17	358

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.65% in the United States 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 States	Zimbabwe
1960	3.01%	15.2%
1961	2.95%	14.8%
1962	2.89%	14.4%
1963	2.83%	14%
1964	2.77%	13.5%
1965	2.71%	13.1%
1966	2.64%	12.7%
1967	2.57%	12.4%
1968	2.49%	12.1%
1969	2.41%	11.8%
1970	2.32%	11.7%
1971	2.24%	11.5%
1972	2.15%	11.5%
1973	2.06%	11.4%
1974	1.97%	11.4%
1975	1.88%	11.4%
1976	1.79%	11.5%
1977	1.71%	11.5%
1978	1.63%	11.5%
1979	1.56%	11.3%
1980	1.5%	11.1%
1981	1.44%	10.7%
1982	1.39%	10.1%
1983	1.34%	9.5%
1984	1.3%	8.87%
1985	1.27%	8.31%
1986	1.24%	7.86%
1987	1.21%	7.61%
1988	1.19%	7.55%
1989	1.16%	7.69%
1990	1.12%	7.97%
1991	1.09%	8.33%
1992	1.05%	8.73%
1993	1.01%	9.16%
1994	0.98%	9.52%
1995	0.95%	9.83%
1996	0.92%	10%
1997	0.89%	10.1%
1998	0.87%	10%
1999	0.86%	9.92%
2000	0.84%	9.83%
2001	0.83%	9.79%
2002	0.82%	8.48%
2003	0.81%	8.85%
2004	0.81%	9.17%
2005	0.8%	9.23%
2006	0.79%	9.4%
2007	0.77%	9.47%
2008	0.76%	9.34%
2009	0.75%	9.03%
2010	0.73%	8.5%
2011	0.72%	7.88%
2012	0.7%	7.14%
2013	0.69%	6.55%
2014	0.68%	6.18%
2015	0.68%	5.98%
2016	0.67%	5.69%
2017	0.66%	5.5%
2018	0.65%	5.23%
2019	0.65%	5.11%
2020	0.65%	5.01%
2021	0.65%	4.76%
2022	0.65%	4.6%
2023	0.65%	4.42%