Fertility & birth rates in Vanuatu and Venezuela

Fertility rate in Vanuatu vs Venezuela chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Vanuatu was 3.6 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 Vanuatu 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
	Vanuatu	Venezuela
1960	6.78	6.38
1961	6.73	6.3
1962	6.67	6.23
1963	6.62	6.16
1964	6.57	6.07
1965	6.52	5.98
1966	6.51	5.87
1967	6.51	5.75
1968	6.46	5.61
1969	6.41	5.47
1970	6.35	5.32
1971	6.29	5.17
1972	6.23	5.04
1973	6.15	4.91
1974	6.06	4.79
1975	5.98	4.69
1976	5.89	4.59
1977	5.81	4.49
1978	5.77	4.4
1979	5.73	4.3
1980	5.69	4.2
1981	5.65	4.1
1982	5.6	4.01
1983	5.55	3.93
1984	5.49	3.86
1985	5.43	3.79
1986	5.38	3.73
1987	5.33	3.67
1988	5.27	3.6
1989	5.21	3.52
1990	5.17	3.45
1991	5.13	3.37
1992	5.09	3.29
1993	5.02	3.22
1994	4.94	3.15
1995	4.85	3.08
1996	4.75	3.02
1997	4.66	2.97
1998	4.6	2.91
1999	4.56	2.86
2000	4.54	2.79
2001	4.5	2.78
2002	4.38	2.74
2003	4.29	2.7
2004	4.21	2.64
2005	4.13	2.63
2006	4.1	2.6
2007	4.12	2.52
2008	4.16	2.48
2009	4.16	2.42
2010	4.13	2.4
2011	4.09	2.4
2012	4.06	2.38
2013	4.04	2.33
2014	4	2.3
2015	3.95	2.25
2016	3.92	2.22
2017	3.88	2.18
2018	3.83	2.15
2019	3.79	2.13
2020	3.74	2.12
2021	3.7	2.11
2022	3.65	2.09
2023	3.6	2.08
2024	3.57	2.08
2025	3.53	2.06
2026	3.5	2.04
2027	3.46	2.03
2028	3.42	2.01
2029	3.39	2
2030	3.35	1.99
2031	3.32	1.98
2032	3.28	1.97
2033	3.25	1.96
2034	3.21	1.95
2035	3.18	1.94
2036	3.15	1.93
2037	3.13	1.92
2038	3.1	1.91
2039	3.08	1.91
2040	3.05	1.9
2041	3.03	1.89
2042	3	1.88
2043	2.97	1.87
2044	2.94	1.86
2045	2.92	1.86
2046	2.9	1.85
2047	2.88	1.84
2048	2.85	1.84
2049	2.83	1.83
2050	2.8	1.83

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Vanuatu	Venezuela
1960	44.6%	46.8%
1961	44.8%	46.9%
1962	45.1%	47%
1963	45.2%	47%
1964	45.4%	47%
1965	45.5%	46.9%
1966	45.7%	46.8%
1967	45.8%	46.6%
1968	45.8%	46.3%
1969	45.8%	46%
1970	45.7%	45.6%
1971	45.7%	45.2%
1972	45.6%	44.7%
1973	45.5%	44.3%
1974	45.5%	43.8%
1975	45.4%	43.3%
1976	45.2%	42.9%
1977	45.1%	42.5%
1978	45%	42.1%
1979	44.5%	41.7%
1980	44%	41.3%
1981	43.9%	41%
1982	44%	40.6%
1983	44%	40.3%
1984	44.1%	39.9%
1985	44.2%	39.6%
1986	44.2%	39.3%
1987	44.1%	39%
1988	44.1%	38.7%
1989	44%	38.4%
1990	43.9%	38.1%
1991	43.9%	37.8%
1992	44.1%	37.4%
1993	44.8%	37%
1994	45.2%	36.6%
1995	45%	36.2%
1996	44.8%	35.8%
1997	44.4%	35.3%
1998	44%	34.9%
1999	43.5%	34.5%
2000	42.9%	34%
2001	42.4%	33.6%
2002	41.8%	33.1%
2003	41.3%	32.7%
2004	40.7%	32.2%
2005	40.2%	31.8%
2006	39.6%	31.4%
2007	39.2%	31%
2008	38.8%	30.6%
2009	38.5%	30.3%
2010	38.2%	29.9%
2011	38.1%	29.5%
2012	38.2%	29.2%
2013	38.2%	28.9%
2014	38.4%	28.5%
2015	38.5%	28.2%
2016	38.7%	27.9%
2017	38.8%	27.8%
2018	38.9%	27.9%
2019	39%	28%
2020	39%	27.8%
2021	39%	27.4%
2022	38.8%	26.8%
2023	38.6%	26.2%
2024	38.3%	25.5%
2025	38%	24.9%
2026	37.6%	24.3%
2027	37.1%	23.8%
2028	36.7%	23.2%
2029	36.2%	22.8%
2030	35.8%	22.4%
2031	35.3%	22%
2032	34.9%	21.7%
2033	34.5%	21.5%
2034	34.1%	21.4%
2035	33.7%	21.4%
2036	33.4%	21.4%
2037	33.2%	21.5%
2038	32.9%	21.5%
2039	32.7%	21.4%
2040	32.5%	21.4%
2041	32.3%	21.3%
2042	32.2%	21.2%
2043	32%	21.1%
2044	31.8%	20.9%
2045	31.6%	20.7%
2046	31.5%	20.5%
2047	31.3%	20.3%
2048	31.1%	20%
2049	30.9%	19.8%
2050	30.6%	19.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 38.3% of the population in Vanuatu and 25.5% in Venezuela in 2024, compared to 43.9% and 38.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Vanuatu and Venezuela compared.

Natural population change in Vanuatu vs Venezuela by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.53% in Vanuatu 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
	Vanuatu	Venezuela
1960	1,796	285,105
1961	1,872	292,109
1962	1,947	299,345
1963	2,025	307,279
1964	2,098	314,397
1965	2,180	321,695
1966	2,278	329,697
1967	2,384	335,813
1968	2,470	340,973
1969	2,529	343,596
1970	2,597	350,709
1971	2,685	355,212
1972	2,775	360,749
1973	2,876	367,612
1974	2,968	375,678
1975	3,074	385,045
1976	3,174	395,344
1977	3,285	405,315
1978	3,428	414,032
1979	3,590	421,256
1980	3,383	425,613
1981	3,592	432,059
1982	3,778	436,564
1983	3,944	443,569
1984	4,088	449,186
1985	4,219	455,517
1986	4,360	468,252
1987	4,427	474,204
1988	4,577	477,569
1989	4,656	478,053
1990	4,762	478,168
1991	4,859	477,917
1992	4,941	474,824
1993	4,973	473,189
1994	4,973	469,178
1995	4,945	469,267
1996	4,897	468,653
1997	4,854	472,002
1998	4,866	469,123
1999	4,871	463,787
2000	5,026	459,802
2001	5,144	451,487
2002	5,181	466,821
2003	5,258	456,902
2004	5,353	455,881
2005	5,454	463,260
2006	5,606	460,152
2007	5,842	452,482
2008	6,138	435,870
2009	6,362	427,257
2010	6,548	425,397
2011	6,715	425,958
2012	6,877	420,758
2013	7,036	408,930
2014	7,143	395,088
2015	7,220	384,560
2016	7,315	359,651
2017	7,371	340,222
2018	7,379	317,302
2019	7,364	274,826
2020	7,233	237,223
2021	7,199	207,746
2022	7,358	216,619
2023	7,359	213,020

Maternal mortality chart: Vanuatu vs Venezuela

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

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Vanuatu	Venezuela
1985	211	83
1986	194	81
1987	200	81
1988	172	80
1989	162	80
1990	151	83
1991	140	80
1992	140	82
1993	133	82
1994	131	84
1995	131	84
1996	129	86
1997	131	82
1998	134	82
1999	146	88
2000	133	86
2001	132	101
2002	128	87
2003	131	97
2004	131	94
2005	127	93
2006	123	96
2007	120	92
2008	117	103
2009	114	109
2010	114	110
2011	112	104
2012	109	113
2013	110	123
2014	110	133
2015	109	136
2016	107	162
2017	107	195
2018	108	205
2019	105	202
2020	107	207
2021	124	251
2022	105	219
2023	100	227

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.68% in Vanuatu 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
	Vanuatu	Venezuela
1960	15.2%	7.97%
1961	14.7%	7.72%
1962	14.3%	7.49%
1963	13.8%	7.3%
1964	13.4%	7.14%
1965	12.9%	7%
1966	12.4%	6.87%
1967	12%	6.75%
1968	11.5%	6.61%
1969	11%	6.47%
1970	10.6%	6.3%
1971	10.2%	6.12%
1972	9.73%	5.94%
1973	9.34%	5.75%
1974	8.95%	5.57%
1975	8.58%	5.38%
1976	8.21%	5.2%
1977	7.84%	5.01%
1978	7.45%	4.82%
1979	7.07%	4.62%
1980	6.67%	4.42%
1981	6.27%	4.24%
1982	5.87%	4.07%
1983	5.48%	3.91%
1984	5.12%	3.77%
1985	4.78%	3.64%
1986	4.47%	3.5%
1987	4.2%	3.37%
1988	3.96%	3.23%
1989	3.76%	3.09%
1990	3.58%	2.96%
1991	3.43%	2.86%
1992	3.29%	2.78%
1993	3.18%	2.73%
1994	3.08%	2.68%
1995	3%	2.63%
1996	2.92%	2.55%
1997	2.86%	2.45%
1998	2.79%	2.34%
1999	2.74%	2.24%
2000	2.68%	2.15%
2001	2.63%	2.09%
2002	2.58%	2.03%
2003	2.54%	1.98%
2004	2.5%	1.91%
2005	2.45%	1.85%
2006	2.4%	1.79%
2007	2.34%	1.74%
2008	2.27%	1.72%
2009	2.2%	1.71%
2010	2.12%	1.72%
2011	2.05%	1.73%
2012	1.99%	1.76%
2013	1.94%	1.79%
2014	1.9%	1.83%
2015	1.87%	1.92%
2016	1.84%	2.43%
2017	1.82%	2.43%
2018	1.8%	2.43%
2019	1.78%	2.43%
2020	1.77%	2.43%
2021	1.74%	2.43%
2022	1.71%	2.43%
2023	1.68%	2.43%