Fertility & birth rates in Uruguay and Venezuela

Fertility rate in Uruguay vs Venezuela chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Uruguay was 1.41 children per woman in 2023, compared to 2.08 in Venezuela in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Uruguay vs Venezuela population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Uruguay	Venezuela
1960	2.83	6.38
1961	2.85	6.3
1962	2.87	6.23
1963	2.88	6.16
1964	2.86	6.07
1965	2.84	5.98
1966	2.82	5.87
1967	2.78	5.75
1968	2.77	5.61
1969	2.77	5.47
1970	2.77	5.32
1971	2.77	5.17
1972	2.78	5.04
1973	2.86	4.91
1974	2.96	4.79
1975	3.02	4.69
1976	3.01	4.59
1977	2.9	4.49
1978	2.83	4.4
1979	2.71	4.3
1980	2.59	4.2
1981	2.53	4.1
1982	2.51	4.01
1983	2.49	3.93
1984	2.47	3.86
1985	2.47	3.79
1986	2.47	3.73
1987	2.49	3.67
1988	2.5	3.6
1989	2.5	3.52
1990	2.48	3.45
1991	2.45	3.37
1992	2.43	3.29
1993	2.41	3.22
1994	2.42	3.15
1995	2.4	3.08
1996	2.36	3.02
1997	2.33	2.97
1998	2.27	2.91
1999	2.25	2.86
2000	2.2	2.79
2001	2.16	2.78
2002	2.16	2.74
2003	2.12	2.7
2004	2.09	2.64
2005	2.1	2.63
2006	2.07	2.6
2007	2.05	2.52
2008	2.03	2.48
2009	2.02	2.42
2010	2.01	2.4
2011	1.99	2.4
2012	2.01	2.38
2013	2.03	2.33
2014	2.03	2.3
2015	2.04	2.25
2016	1.97	2.22
2017	1.82	2.18
2018	1.68	2.15
2019	1.57	2.13
2020	1.5	2.12
2021	1.45	2.11
2022	1.43	2.09
2023	1.41	2.08
2024	1.4	2.08
2025	1.39	2.06
2026	1.38	2.04
2027	1.38	2.03
2028	1.38	2.01
2029	1.38	2
2030	1.38	1.99
2031	1.39	1.98
2032	1.39	1.97
2033	1.39	1.96
2034	1.39	1.95
2035	1.4	1.94
2036	1.4	1.93
2037	1.4	1.92
2038	1.4	1.91
2039	1.41	1.91
2040	1.41	1.9
2041	1.41	1.89
2042	1.42	1.88
2043	1.42	1.87
2044	1.42	1.86
2045	1.42	1.86
2046	1.42	1.85
2047	1.43	1.84
2048	1.43	1.84
2049	1.43	1.83
2050	1.44	1.83

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Uruguay	Venezuela
1960	27.6%	46.8%
1961	27.6%	46.9%
1962	27.7%	47%
1963	27.8%	47%
1964	27.9%	47%
1965	27.9%	46.9%
1966	28%	46.8%
1967	28%	46.6%
1968	27.9%	46.3%
1969	27.8%	46%
1970	27.8%	45.6%
1971	27.7%	45.2%
1972	27.5%	44.7%
1973	27.4%	44.3%
1974	27.4%	43.8%
1975	27.4%	43.3%
1976	27.4%	42.9%
1977	27.3%	42.5%
1978	27.3%	42.1%
1979	27.2%	41.7%
1980	27%	41.3%
1981	26.9%	41%
1982	26.7%	40.6%
1983	26.6%	40.3%
1984	26.5%	39.9%
1985	26.4%	39.6%
1986	26.2%	39.3%
1987	26.1%	39%
1988	26%	38.7%
1989	25.8%	38.4%
1990	25.6%	38.1%
1991	25.3%	37.8%
1992	25.1%	37.4%
1993	24.9%	37%
1994	24.7%	36.6%
1995	24.7%	36.2%
1996	24.6%	35.8%
1997	24.6%	35.3%
1998	24.5%	34.9%
1999	24.5%	34.5%
2000	24.4%	34%
2001	24.2%	33.6%
2002	24.1%	33.1%
2003	23.9%	32.7%
2004	23.7%	32.2%
2005	23.5%	31.8%
2006	23.3%	31.4%
2007	23.1%	31%
2008	22.8%	30.6%
2009	22.6%	30.3%
2010	22.3%	29.9%
2011	22%	29.5%
2012	21.7%	29.2%
2013	21.5%	28.9%
2014	21.3%	28.5%
2015	21.1%	28.2%
2016	21%	27.9%
2017	20.8%	27.8%
2018	20.5%	27.9%
2019	20.2%	28%
2020	19.8%	27.8%
2021	19.4%	27.4%
2022	19.1%	26.8%
2023	18.7%	26.2%
2024	18.3%	25.5%
2025	17.9%	24.9%
2026	17.5%	24.3%
2027	17.1%	23.8%
2028	16.7%	23.2%
2029	16.3%	22.8%
2030	15.8%	22.4%
2031	15.4%	22%
2032	15.1%	21.7%
2033	14.8%	21.5%
2034	14.7%	21.4%
2035	14.6%	21.4%
2036	14.5%	21.4%
2037	14.5%	21.5%
2038	14.4%	21.5%
2039	14.4%	21.4%
2040	14.3%	21.4%
2041	14.3%	21.3%
2042	14.3%	21.2%
2043	14.2%	21.1%
2044	14.1%	20.9%
2045	14.1%	20.7%
2046	14%	20.5%
2047	13.9%	20.3%
2048	13.8%	20%
2049	13.7%	19.8%
2050	13.6%	19.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 18.3% of the population in Uruguay and 25.5% in Venezuela in 2024, compared to 25.6% and 38.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Uruguay and Venezuela compared.

Natural population change in Uruguay vs Venezuela by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.19% in Uruguay and +1% in Venezuela. 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
	Uruguay	Venezuela
1960	30,438	285,105
1961	30,975	292,109
1962	31,441	299,345
1963	31,824	307,279
1964	31,340	314,397
1965	30,807	321,695
1966	30,293	329,697
1967	29,514	335,813
1968	29,103	340,973
1969	28,805	343,596
1970	28,737	350,709
1971	28,584	355,212
1972	28,896	360,749
1973	30,213	367,612
1974	32,221	375,678
1975	33,393	385,045
1976	33,199	395,344
1977	31,321	405,315
1978	30,076	414,032
1979	27,456	421,256
1980	25,451	425,613
1981	24,968	432,059
1982	25,224	436,564
1983	24,146	443,569
1984	23,684	449,186
1985	23,988	455,517
1986	24,505	468,252
1987	24,469	474,204
1988	25,071	477,569
1989	25,322	478,053
1990	25,699	478,168
1991	25,422	477,917
1992	24,847	474,824
1993	24,212	473,189
1994	24,637	469,178
1995	24,872	469,267
1996	24,635	468,653
1997	23,737	472,002
1998	22,114	469,123
1999	21,844	463,787
2000	21,060	459,802
2001	20,729	451,487
2002	20,073	466,821
2003	18,628	456,902
2004	18,067	455,881
2005	18,926	463,260
2006	17,783	460,152
2007	17,422	452,482
2008	16,838	435,870
2009	16,947	427,257
2010	16,231	425,397
2011	14,934	425,958
2012	15,520	420,758
2013	16,318	408,930
2014	16,238	395,088
2015	16,194	384,560
2016	14,008	359,651
2017	10,907	340,222
2018	7,322	317,302
2019	3,873	274,826
2020	4,048	237,223
2021	-5,621	207,746
2022	-2,964	216,619
2023	298	213,020

Maternal mortality chart: Uruguay vs Venezuela

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 15 deaths per 100,000 live births in Uruguay, compared to 227 deaths in Venezuela.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Uruguay	Venezuela
1985	41	83
1986	41	81
1987	41	81
1988	39	80
1989	36	80
1990	35	83
1991	33	80
1992	33	82
1993	31	82
1994	30	84
1995	29	84
1996	28	86
1997	27	82
1998	25	82
1999	24	88
2000	23	86
2001	24	101
2002	23	87
2003	23	97
2004	21	94
2005	20	93
2006	20	96
2007	19	92
2008	19	103
2009	18	109
2010	17	110
2011	17	104
2012	16	113
2013	16	123
2014	16	133
2015	16	136
2016	16	162
2017	16	195
2018	16	205
2019	16	202
2020	20	207
2021	49	251
2022	20	219
2023	15	227

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.67% in Uruguay and 2.43% in Venezuela. 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
	Uruguay	Venezuela
1960	6.33%	7.97%
1961	6.21%	7.72%
1962	6.06%	7.49%
1963	5.93%	7.3%
1964	5.83%	7.14%
1965	5.77%	7%
1966	5.74%	6.87%
1967	5.7%	6.75%
1968	5.64%	6.61%
1969	5.53%	6.47%
1970	5.4%	6.3%
1971	5.33%	6.12%
1972	5.34%	5.94%
1973	5.39%	5.75%
1974	5.46%	5.57%
1975	5.49%	5.38%
1976	5.41%	5.2%
1977	5.18%	5.01%
1978	4.83%	4.82%
1979	4.41%	4.62%
1980	3.98%	4.42%
1981	3.6%	4.24%
1982	3.31%	4.07%
1983	3.1%	3.91%
1984	2.95%	3.77%
1985	2.84%	3.64%
1986	2.74%	3.5%
1987	2.62%	3.37%
1988	2.51%	3.23%
1989	2.42%	3.09%
1990	2.37%	2.96%
1991	2.32%	2.86%
1992	2.29%	2.78%
1993	2.25%	2.73%
1994	2.19%	2.68%
1995	2.12%	2.63%
1996	2.03%	2.55%
1997	1.93%	2.45%
1998	1.84%	2.34%
1999	1.76%	2.24%
2000	1.7%	2.15%
2001	1.66%	2.09%
2002	1.62%	2.03%
2003	1.58%	1.98%
2004	1.52%	1.91%
2005	1.44%	1.85%
2006	1.35%	1.79%
2007	1.27%	1.74%
2008	1.19%	1.72%
2009	1.13%	1.71%
2010	1.08%	1.72%
2011	1.04%	1.73%
2012	1%	1.76%
2013	0.97%	1.79%
2014	0.93%	1.83%
2015	0.89%	1.92%
2016	0.85%	2.43%
2017	0.81%	2.43%
2018	0.77%	2.43%
2019	0.74%	2.43%
2020	0.71%	2.43%
2021	0.7%	2.43%
2022	0.68%	2.43%
2023	0.67%	2.43%