Fertility & birth rates in Uzbekistan and Zimbabwe

Fertility rate in Uzbekistan vs Zimbabwe 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 3.72 in Zimbabwe 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	Zimbabwe
1960	6.61	7.2
1961	6.75	7.21
1962	6.88	7.23
1963	6.81	7.23
1964	6.82	7.23
1965	6.81	7.23
1966	6.66	7.2
1967	6.57	7.16
1968	6.39	7.11
1969	6.34	7.04
1970	6.31	6.98
1971	6.28	6.94
1972	6.25	6.94
1973	6.16	6.94
1974	6.05	6.88
1975	5.92	6.83
1976	5.75	6.77
1977	5.54	6.71
1978	5.28	6.66
1979	5.16	6.59
1980	5.04	6.52
1981	4.91	6.45
1982	4.82	6.33
1983	4.71	6.2
1984	4.73	6.04
1985	4.69	5.87
1986	4.68	5.69
1987	4.53	5.5
1988	4.26	5.28
1989	4.1	5.07
1990	4.12	4.88
1991	4.19	4.72
1992	4.06	4.57
1993	3.86	4.39
1994	3.66	4.28
1995	3.57	4.15
1996	3.39	4.11
1997	3.19	4.08
1998	2.99	4.07
1999	2.83	4.06
2000	2.7	4.01
2001	2.61	3.98
2002	2.58	3.93
2003	2.5	3.86
2004	2.5	3.78
2005	2.44	3.69
2006	2.46	3.64
2007	2.57	3.68
2008	2.64	3.78
2009	2.56	3.95
2010	2.44	4.04
2011	2.35	4.13
2012	2.34	4.13
2013	2.44	4.11
2014	2.55	4.01
2015	2.58	3.91
2016	2.56	3.83
2017	2.57	3.77
2018	2.71	3.74
2019	2.87	3.75
2020	3.06	3.75
2021	3.27	3.77
2022	3.4	3.77
2023	3.5	3.72
2024	3.49	3.67
2025	3.45	3.62
2026	3.4	3.57
2027	3.36	3.52
2028	3.31	3.47
2029	3.27	3.43
2030	3.22	3.38
2031	3.18	3.33
2032	3.13	3.29
2033	3.09	3.25
2034	3.05	3.21
2035	3.01	3.17
2036	2.98	3.13
2037	2.94	3.09
2038	2.91	3.06
2039	2.87	3.02
2040	2.84	2.99
2041	2.81	2.96
2042	2.78	2.93
2043	2.75	2.9
2044	2.72	2.87
2045	2.69	2.84
2046	2.66	2.81
2047	2.63	2.78
2048	2.6	2.75
2049	2.58	2.72
2050	2.55	2.69

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Uzbekistan	Zimbabwe
1960	39.8%	47.3%
1961	41.2%	47.7%
1962	42.4%	48.1%
1963	43.4%	48.5%
1964	44.2%	48.8%
1965	44.7%	48.7%
1966	44.8%	48.6%
1967	44.9%	48.5%
1968	44.8%	48.5%
1969	44.7%	48.4%
1970	44.6%	48.3%
1971	44.4%	48.2%
1972	44.3%	48.2%
1973	44%	48.1%
1974	43.7%	48.1%
1975	43.3%	48.1%
1976	42.8%	48.2%
1977	42.3%	48.3%
1978	41.7%	48.5%
1979	41.2%	48.8%
1980	40.8%	48.7%
1981	40.5%	48.4%
1982	40.3%	48.3%
1983	40.1%	48.2%
1984	40.1%	48.1%
1985	40.1%	48%
1986	40.1%	47.9%
1987	40.1%	47.9%
1988	40%	47.9%
1989	39.9%	47.6%
1990	39.9%	47.1%
1991	39.9%	46.6%
1992	39.8%	46.8%
1993	39.8%	47.1%
1994	39.7%	46.6%
1995	39.4%	45.9%
1996	39.2%	45%
1997	38.8%	44%
1998	38.2%	43.1%
1999	37.5%	42.4%
2000	36.7%	41.9%
2001	35.8%	41.5%
2002	34.9%	41.4%
2003	34%	41.5%
2004	33.1%	41.7%
2005	32.3%	41.9%
2006	31.4%	42%
2007	30.6%	42.1%
2008	29.9%	42.4%
2009	29.4%	42.7%
2010	28.9%	43%
2011	28.5%	43.4%
2012	28.2%	43.7%
2013	28.1%	43.9%
2014	28.1%	43.9%
2015	28.3%	43.8%
2016	28.5%	43.6%
2017	28.8%	43.3%
2018	29%	42.9%
2019	29.3%	42.5%
2020	29.7%	42.2%
2021	30.2%	41.9%
2022	30.6%	41.6%
2023	30.9%	41.3%
2024	31.1%	40.9%
2025	31.3%	40.3%
2026	31.5%	39.6%
2027	31.6%	39%
2028	31.6%	38.4%
2029	31.6%	37.8%
2030	31.4%	37.4%
2031	31.3%	37%
2032	31.1%	36.8%
2033	30.9%	36.5%
2034	30.6%	36.3%
2035	30.3%	36.1%
2036	29.8%	35.8%
2037	29.3%	35.6%
2038	28.8%	35.3%
2039	28.3%	35.1%
2040	28%	34.8%
2041	27.6%	34.6%
2042	27.4%	34.3%
2043	27.2%	34.1%
2044	27%	33.8%
2045	26.9%	33.5%
2046	26.8%	33.2%
2047	26.8%	32.9%
2048	26.7%	32.6%
2049	26.7%	32.2%
2050	26.7%	31.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 31.1% of the population in Uzbekistan and 40.9% in Zimbabwe in 2024, compared to 39.9% and 47.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Uzbekistan and Zimbabwe compared.

Natural population change in Uzbekistan vs Zimbabwe by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.87% in Uzbekistan 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
	Uzbekistan	Zimbabwe
1960	267,165	126,959
1961	279,841	131,531
1962	292,788	136,317
1963	293,432	140,984
1964	298,790	145,848
1965	302,264	151,164
1966	297,844	156,014
1967	298,350	161,205
1968	295,651	166,865
1969	302,833	172,626
1970	313,216	178,979
1971	323,171	185,427
1972	333,230	193,725
1973	341,807	201,885
1974	350,422	208,806
1975	357,382	216,947
1976	363,110	221,419
1977	369,572	225,139
1978	372,068	222,979
1979	387,754	223,657
1980	401,557	241,179
1981	413,897	271,361
1982	431,389	279,934
1983	454,464	286,545
1984	485,617	290,052
1985	508,893	290,756
1986	533,234	289,894
1987	537,292	286,766
1988	525,126	277,498
1989	522,323	270,838
1990	540,581	265,444
1991	557,886	260,943
1992	548,793	255,291
1993	527,557	228,045
1994	502,279	216,343
1995	493,966	206,695
1996	471,010	205,269
1997	441,631	216,288
1998	408,532	225,614
1999	385,448	232,393
2000	365,138	236,343
2001	356,483	227,909
2002	359,231	244,170
2003	355,098	243,057
2004	363,994	248,307
2005	363,462	248,545
2006	383,265	248,963
2007	426,880	261,805
2008	461,665	280,527
2009	471,839	309,316
2010	461,293	335,570
2011	454,858	359,572
2012	463,333	371,135
2013	501,742	374,757
2014	536,881	366,350
2015	552,781	356,203
2016	549,045	348,772
2017	548,372	344,035
2018	585,119	345,883
2019	618,154	348,798
2020	643,750	354,790
2021	689,325	349,908
2022	715,410	371,243
2023	722,280	372,505

Maternal mortality chart: Uzbekistan vs Zimbabwe

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 358 deaths in Zimbabwe.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Uzbekistan	Zimbabwe
1985	72	573
1986	69	525
1987	63	480
1988	58	431
1989	53	382
1990	50	353
1991	47	332
1992	46	333
1993	47	331
1994	49	332
1995	46	332
1996	44	352
1997	42	357
1998	42	368
1999	43	399
2000	42	405
2001	42	467
2002	41	418
2003	40	455
2004	39	451
2005	39	454
2006	38	480
2007	37	519
2008	35	526
2009	34	540
2010	34	567
2011	33	564
2012	33	558
2013	32	525
2014	32	468
2015	31	428
2016	31	411
2017	30	389
2018	29	386
2019	29	388
2020	29	380
2021	28	446
2022	27	368
2023	26	358

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.33% in Uzbekistan 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
	Uzbekistan	Zimbabwe
1960	-	15.2%
1961	-	14.8%
1962	-	14.4%
1963	-	14%
1964	-	13.5%
1965	-	13.1%
1966	-	12.7%
1967	-	12.4%
1968	-	12.1%
1969	-	11.8%
1970	-	11.7%
1971	-	11.5%
1972	-	11.5%
1973	-	11.4%
1974	-	11.4%
1975	-	11.4%
1976	-	11.5%
1977	-	11.5%
1978	-	11.5%
1979	12.5%	11.3%
1980	11.7%	11.1%
1981	10.9%	10.7%
1982	10.2%	10.1%
1983	9.5%	9.5%
1984	8.91%	8.87%
1985	8.4%	8.31%
1986	7.96%	7.86%
1987	7.59%	7.61%
1988	7.31%	7.55%
1989	7.13%	7.69%
1990	7.04%	7.97%
1991	7.01%	8.33%
1992	7.01%	8.73%
1993	6.99%	9.16%
1994	6.95%	9.52%
1995	6.91%	9.83%
1996	6.83%	10%
1997	6.72%	10.1%
1998	6.57%	10%
1999	6.38%	9.92%
2000	6.15%	9.83%
2001	5.88%	9.79%
2002	5.57%	8.48%
2003	5.25%	8.85%
2004	4.92%	9.17%
2005	4.57%	9.23%
2006	4.24%	9.4%
2007	3.9%	9.47%
2008	3.59%	9.34%
2009	3.29%	9.03%
2010	3.01%	8.5%
2011	2.75%	7.88%
2012	2.52%	7.14%
2013	2.32%	6.55%
2014	2.14%	6.18%
2015	1.98%	5.98%
2016	1.85%	5.69%
2017	1.73%	5.5%
2018	1.64%	5.23%
2019	1.56%	5.11%
2020	1.5%	5.01%
2021	1.44%	4.76%
2022	1.38%	4.6%
2023	1.33%	4.42%