Fertility & birth rates in Uzbekistan and Zambia

Fertility rate in Uzbekistan vs Zambia chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Uzbekistan was 3.5 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.

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The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Uzbekistan	Zambia
1960	6.61	6.95
1961	6.75	6.98
1962	6.88	7.01
1963	6.81	7.06
1964	6.82	7.09
1965	6.81	7.12
1966	6.66	7.14
1967	6.57	7.15
1968	6.39	7.18
1969	6.34	7.18
1970	6.31	7.22
1971	6.28	7.26
1972	6.25	7.3
1973	6.16	7.34
1974	6.05	7.36
1975	5.92	7.42
1976	5.75	7.39
1977	5.54	7.35
1978	5.28	7.29
1979	5.16	7.22
1980	5.04	7.14
1981	4.91	7.07
1982	4.82	7.04
1983	4.71	7.01
1984	4.73	6.97
1985	4.69	6.93
1986	4.68	6.87
1987	4.53	6.8
1988	4.26	6.7
1989	4.1	6.64
1990	4.12	6.57
1991	4.19	6.46
1992	4.06	6.35
1993	3.86	6.3
1994	3.66	6.26
1995	3.57	6.23
1996	3.39	6.18
1997	3.19	6.12
1998	2.99	6.07
1999	2.83	6
2000	2.7	5.92
2001	2.61	5.85
2002	2.58	5.77
2003	2.5	5.71
2004	2.5	5.7
2005	2.44	5.7
2006	2.46	5.68
2007	2.57	5.61
2008	2.64	5.53
2009	2.56	5.45
2010	2.44	5.36
2011	2.35	5.26
2012	2.34	5.14
2013	2.44	5.01
2014	2.55	4.89
2015	2.58	4.78
2016	2.56	4.67
2017	2.57	4.57
2018	2.71	4.49
2019	2.87	4.42
2020	3.06	4.32
2021	3.27	4.25
2022	3.4	4.18
2023	3.5	4.1
2024	3.49	4.04
2025	3.45	3.97
2026	3.4	3.91
2027	3.36	3.85
2028	3.31	3.77
2029	3.27	3.72
2030	3.22	3.67
2031	3.18	3.61
2032	3.13	3.56
2033	3.09	3.5
2034	3.05	3.45
2035	3.01	3.4
2036	2.98	3.35
2037	2.94	3.3
2038	2.91	3.25
2039	2.87	3.19
2040	2.84	3.15
2041	2.81	3.11
2042	2.78	3.07
2043	2.75	3.03
2044	2.72	3
2045	2.69	2.96
2046	2.66	2.93
2047	2.63	2.9
2048	2.6	2.87
2049	2.58	2.84
2050	2.55	2.81

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Uzbekistan	Zambia
1960	39.8%	46%
1961	41.2%	46.2%
1962	42.4%	46.3%
1963	43.4%	46.5%
1964	44.2%	46.7%
1965	44.7%	46.9%
1966	44.8%	46.9%
1967	44.9%	47%
1968	44.8%	47.1%
1969	44.7%	47.2%
1970	44.6%	47.4%
1971	44.4%	47.7%
1972	44.3%	48%
1973	44%	48.3%
1974	43.7%	48.6%
1975	43.3%	48.8%
1976	42.8%	49.1%
1977	42.3%	49.2%
1978	41.7%	49.4%
1979	41.2%	49.5%
1980	40.8%	49.5%
1981	40.5%	49.4%
1982	40.3%	49.3%
1983	40.1%	49.1%
1984	40.1%	49%
1985	40.1%	48.9%
1986	40.1%	48.8%
1987	40.1%	48.7%
1988	40%	48.6%
1989	39.9%	48.5%
1990	39.9%	48.4%
1991	39.9%	48.3%
1992	39.8%	48.2%
1993	39.8%	48.2%
1994	39.7%	48.2%
1995	39.4%	48.2%
1996	39.2%	48.2%
1997	38.8%	48.2%
1998	38.2%	48.2%
1999	37.5%	48.1%
2000	36.7%	48%
2001	35.8%	47.8%
2002	34.9%	47.6%
2003	34%	47.4%
2004	33.1%	47.3%
2005	32.3%	47.1%
2006	31.4%	47%
2007	30.6%	46.8%
2008	29.9%	46.6%
2009	29.4%	46.4%
2010	28.9%	46.3%
2011	28.5%	46.1%
2012	28.2%	45.9%
2013	28.1%	45.7%
2014	28.1%	45.5%
2015	28.3%	45.2%
2016	28.5%	44.9%
2017	28.8%	44.5%
2018	29%	44.1%
2019	29.3%	43.8%
2020	29.7%	43.3%
2021	30.2%	42.9%
2022	30.6%	42.4%
2023	30.9%	42%
2024	31.1%	41.5%
2025	31.3%	41%
2026	31.5%	40.5%
2027	31.6%	40%
2028	31.6%	39.6%
2029	31.6%	39.2%
2030	31.4%	38.8%
2031	31.3%	38.5%
2032	31.1%	38.1%
2033	30.9%	37.8%
2034	30.6%	37.5%
2035	30.3%	37.1%
2036	29.8%	36.8%
2037	29.3%	36.5%
2038	28.8%	36.1%
2039	28.3%	35.8%
2040	28%	35.4%
2041	27.6%	35.1%
2042	27.4%	34.7%
2043	27.2%	34.4%
2044	27%	34%
2045	26.9%	33.7%
2046	26.8%	33.3%
2047	26.8%	33%
2048	26.7%	32.6%
2049	26.7%	32.3%
2050	26.7%	32%

Children aged 0-14 make up 31.1% of the population in Uzbekistan and 41.5% in Zambia in 2024, compared to 39.9% and 48.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Uzbekistan and Zambia compared.

Natural population change in Uzbekistan vs Zambia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.87% in Uzbekistan 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
	Uzbekistan	Zambia
1960	267,165	102,335
1961	279,841	106,318
1962	292,788	110,173
1963	293,432	114,555
1964	298,790	117,197
1965	302,264	122,814
1966	297,844	127,164
1967	298,350	131,938
1968	295,651	137,315
1969	302,833	142,660
1970	313,216	149,380
1971	323,171	155,249
1972	333,230	161,648
1973	341,807	168,258
1974	350,422	174,484
1975	357,382	182,258
1976	363,110	186,762
1977	369,572	191,557
1978	372,068	194,933
1979	387,754	197,578
1980	401,557	198,817
1981	413,897	202,822
1982	431,389	207,621
1983	454,464	212,712
1984	485,617	216,695
1985	508,893	221,351
1986	533,234	224,768
1987	537,292	227,813
1988	525,126	230,118
1989	522,323	233,429
1990	540,581	235,835
1991	557,886	237,957
1992	548,793	239,953
1993	527,557	245,917
1994	502,279	252,023
1995	493,966	257,897
1996	471,010	262,468
1997	441,631	268,198
1998	408,532	275,568
1999	385,448	283,297
2000	365,138	293,186
2001	356,483	302,682
2002	359,231	316,041
2003	355,098	331,189
2004	363,994	349,352
2005	363,462	368,756
2006	383,265	387,891
2007	426,880	403,729
2008	461,665	419,560
2009	471,839	434,458
2010	461,293	448,337
2011	454,858	459,743
2012	463,333	469,406
2013	501,742	476,846
2014	536,881	483,663
2015	552,781	491,021
2016	549,045	497,521
2017	548,372	504,630
2018	585,119	515,644
2019	618,154	528,089
2020	643,750	536,484
2021	689,325	535,629
2022	715,410	563,456
2023	722,280	577,660

Maternal mortality chart: Uzbekistan vs Zambia

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 26 deaths per 100,000 live births in Uzbekistan, compared to 85 deaths in Zambia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Uzbekistan	Zambia
1985	72	596
1986	69	619
1987	63	630
1988	58	635
1989	53	635
1990	50	625
1991	47	611
1992	46	581
1993	47	532
1994	49	507
1995	46	466
1996	44	433
1997	42	403
1998	42	392
1999	43	378
2000	42	340
2001	42	306
2002	41	274
2003	40	250
2004	39	260
2005	39	264
2006	38	262
2007	37	324
2008	35	394
2009	34	406
2010	34	332
2011	33	291
2012	33	256
2013	32	213
2014	32	174
2015	31	154
2016	31	158
2017	30	141
2018	29	117
2019	29	103
2020	29	99
2021	28	140
2022	27	89
2023	26	85

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.33% in Uzbekistan 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
	Uzbekistan	Zambia
1960	-	20.5%
1961	-	20.1%
1962	-	19.8%
1963	-	19.5%
1964	-	19.2%
1965	-	19%
1966	-	18.9%
1967	-	18.7%
1968	-	18.5%
1969	-	18.3%
1970	-	17.9%
1971	-	17.4%
1972	-	16.9%
1973	-	16.3%
1974	-	15.9%
1975	-	15.5%
1976	-	15.4%
1977	-	15.3%
1978	-	15.3%
1979	12.5%	15.4%
1980	11.7%	15.5%
1981	10.9%	15.6%
1982	10.2%	15.7%
1983	9.5%	15.9%
1984	8.91%	16.2%
1985	8.4%	16.6%
1986	7.96%	17%
1987	7.59%	17.3%
1988	7.31%	17.7%
1989	7.13%	17.9%
1990	7.04%	18.1%
1991	7.01%	18.1%
1992	7.01%	18.1%
1993	6.99%	17.9%
1994	6.95%	17.7%
1995	6.91%	17.3%
1996	6.83%	17%
1997	6.72%	16.7%
1998	6.57%	16.3%
1999	6.38%	15.9%
2000	6.15%	15.3%
2001	5.88%	14.4%
2002	5.57%	13.4%
2003	5.25%	12.4%
2004	4.92%	11.4%
2005	4.57%	10.5%
2006	4.24%	9.71%
2007	3.9%	9.14%
2008	3.59%	8.62%
2009	3.29%	8%
2010	3.01%	7.57%
2011	2.75%	7.31%
2012	2.52%	7.04%
2013	2.32%	6.72%
2014	2.14%	6.38%
2015	1.98%	6.15%
2016	1.85%	5.9%
2017	1.73%	5.61%
2018	1.64%	5.52%
2019	1.56%	5.41%
2020	1.5%	5.24%
2021	1.44%	4.92%
2022	1.38%	4.67%
2023	1.33%	4.47%