Fertility & birth rates in Vanuatu and Zimbabwe

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

Check Vanuatu 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
	Vanuatu	Zimbabwe
1960	6.78	7.2
1961	6.73	7.21
1962	6.67	7.23
1963	6.62	7.23
1964	6.57	7.23
1965	6.52	7.23
1966	6.51	7.2
1967	6.51	7.16
1968	6.46	7.11
1969	6.41	7.04
1970	6.35	6.98
1971	6.29	6.94
1972	6.23	6.94
1973	6.15	6.94
1974	6.06	6.88
1975	5.98	6.83
1976	5.89	6.77
1977	5.81	6.71
1978	5.77	6.66
1979	5.73	6.59
1980	5.69	6.52
1981	5.65	6.45
1982	5.6	6.33
1983	5.55	6.2
1984	5.49	6.04
1985	5.43	5.87
1986	5.38	5.69
1987	5.33	5.5
1988	5.27	5.28
1989	5.21	5.07
1990	5.17	4.88
1991	5.13	4.72
1992	5.09	4.57
1993	5.02	4.39
1994	4.94	4.28
1995	4.85	4.15
1996	4.75	4.11
1997	4.66	4.08
1998	4.6	4.07
1999	4.56	4.06
2000	4.54	4.01
2001	4.5	3.98
2002	4.38	3.93
2003	4.29	3.86
2004	4.21	3.78
2005	4.13	3.69
2006	4.1	3.64
2007	4.12	3.68
2008	4.16	3.78
2009	4.16	3.95
2010	4.13	4.04
2011	4.09	4.13
2012	4.06	4.13
2013	4.04	4.11
2014	4	4.01
2015	3.95	3.91
2016	3.92	3.83
2017	3.88	3.77
2018	3.83	3.74
2019	3.79	3.75
2020	3.74	3.75
2021	3.7	3.77
2022	3.65	3.77
2023	3.6	3.72
2024	3.57	3.67
2025	3.53	3.62
2026	3.5	3.57
2027	3.46	3.52
2028	3.42	3.47
2029	3.39	3.43
2030	3.35	3.38
2031	3.32	3.33
2032	3.28	3.29
2033	3.25	3.25
2034	3.21	3.21
2035	3.18	3.17
2036	3.15	3.13
2037	3.13	3.09
2038	3.1	3.06
2039	3.08	3.02
2040	3.05	2.99
2041	3.03	2.96
2042	3	2.93
2043	2.97	2.9
2044	2.94	2.87
2045	2.92	2.84
2046	2.9	2.81
2047	2.88	2.78
2048	2.85	2.75
2049	2.83	2.72
2050	2.8	2.69

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Vanuatu	Zimbabwe
1960	44.6%	47.3%
1961	44.8%	47.7%
1962	45.1%	48.1%
1963	45.2%	48.5%
1964	45.4%	48.8%
1965	45.5%	48.7%
1966	45.7%	48.6%
1967	45.8%	48.5%
1968	45.8%	48.5%
1969	45.8%	48.4%
1970	45.7%	48.3%
1971	45.7%	48.2%
1972	45.6%	48.2%
1973	45.5%	48.1%
1974	45.5%	48.1%
1975	45.4%	48.1%
1976	45.2%	48.2%
1977	45.1%	48.3%
1978	45%	48.5%
1979	44.5%	48.8%
1980	44%	48.7%
1981	43.9%	48.4%
1982	44%	48.3%
1983	44%	48.2%
1984	44.1%	48.1%
1985	44.2%	48%
1986	44.2%	47.9%
1987	44.1%	47.9%
1988	44.1%	47.9%
1989	44%	47.6%
1990	43.9%	47.1%
1991	43.9%	46.6%
1992	44.1%	46.8%
1993	44.8%	47.1%
1994	45.2%	46.6%
1995	45%	45.9%
1996	44.8%	45%
1997	44.4%	44%
1998	44%	43.1%
1999	43.5%	42.4%
2000	42.9%	41.9%
2001	42.4%	41.5%
2002	41.8%	41.4%
2003	41.3%	41.5%
2004	40.7%	41.7%
2005	40.2%	41.9%
2006	39.6%	42%
2007	39.2%	42.1%
2008	38.8%	42.4%
2009	38.5%	42.7%
2010	38.2%	43%
2011	38.1%	43.4%
2012	38.2%	43.7%
2013	38.2%	43.9%
2014	38.4%	43.9%
2015	38.5%	43.8%
2016	38.7%	43.6%
2017	38.8%	43.3%
2018	38.9%	42.9%
2019	39%	42.5%
2020	39%	42.2%
2021	39%	41.9%
2022	38.8%	41.6%
2023	38.6%	41.3%
2024	38.3%	40.9%
2025	38%	40.3%
2026	37.6%	39.6%
2027	37.1%	39%
2028	36.7%	38.4%
2029	36.2%	37.8%
2030	35.8%	37.4%
2031	35.3%	37%
2032	34.9%	36.8%
2033	34.5%	36.5%
2034	34.1%	36.3%
2035	33.7%	36.1%
2036	33.4%	35.8%
2037	33.2%	35.6%
2038	32.9%	35.3%
2039	32.7%	35.1%
2040	32.5%	34.8%
2041	32.3%	34.6%
2042	32.2%	34.3%
2043	32%	34.1%
2044	31.8%	33.8%
2045	31.6%	33.5%
2046	31.5%	33.2%
2047	31.3%	32.9%
2048	31.1%	32.6%
2049	30.9%	32.2%
2050	30.6%	31.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 38.3% of the population in Vanuatu and 40.9% in Zimbabwe in 2024, compared to 43.9% and 47.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Vanuatu and Zimbabwe compared.

Natural population change in Vanuatu vs Zimbabwe by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.53% in Vanuatu 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
	Vanuatu	Zimbabwe
1960	1,796	126,959
1961	1,872	131,531
1962	1,947	136,317
1963	2,025	140,984
1964	2,098	145,848
1965	2,180	151,164
1966	2,278	156,014
1967	2,384	161,205
1968	2,470	166,865
1969	2,529	172,626
1970	2,597	178,979
1971	2,685	185,427
1972	2,775	193,725
1973	2,876	201,885
1974	2,968	208,806
1975	3,074	216,947
1976	3,174	221,419
1977	3,285	225,139
1978	3,428	222,979
1979	3,590	223,657
1980	3,383	241,179
1981	3,592	271,361
1982	3,778	279,934
1983	3,944	286,545
1984	4,088	290,052
1985	4,219	290,756
1986	4,360	289,894
1987	4,427	286,766
1988	4,577	277,498
1989	4,656	270,838
1990	4,762	265,444
1991	4,859	260,943
1992	4,941	255,291
1993	4,973	228,045
1994	4,973	216,343
1995	4,945	206,695
1996	4,897	205,269
1997	4,854	216,288
1998	4,866	225,614
1999	4,871	232,393
2000	5,026	236,343
2001	5,144	227,909
2002	5,181	244,170
2003	5,258	243,057
2004	5,353	248,307
2005	5,454	248,545
2006	5,606	248,963
2007	5,842	261,805
2008	6,138	280,527
2009	6,362	309,316
2010	6,548	335,570
2011	6,715	359,572
2012	6,877	371,135
2013	7,036	374,757
2014	7,143	366,350
2015	7,220	356,203
2016	7,315	348,772
2017	7,371	344,035
2018	7,379	345,883
2019	7,364	348,798
2020	7,233	354,790
2021	7,199	349,908
2022	7,358	371,243
2023	7,359	372,505

Maternal mortality chart: Vanuatu vs Zimbabwe

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 358 deaths in Zimbabwe.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Vanuatu	Zimbabwe
1985	211	573
1986	194	525
1987	200	480
1988	172	431
1989	162	382
1990	151	353
1991	140	332
1992	140	333
1993	133	331
1994	131	332
1995	131	332
1996	129	352
1997	131	357
1998	134	368
1999	146	399
2000	133	405
2001	132	467
2002	128	418
2003	131	455
2004	131	451
2005	127	454
2006	123	480
2007	120	519
2008	117	526
2009	114	540
2010	114	567
2011	112	564
2012	109	558
2013	110	525
2014	110	468
2015	109	428
2016	107	411
2017	107	389
2018	108	386
2019	105	388
2020	107	380
2021	124	446
2022	105	368
2023	100	358

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.68% in Vanuatu 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
	Vanuatu	Zimbabwe
1960	15.2%	15.2%
1961	14.7%	14.8%
1962	14.3%	14.4%
1963	13.8%	14%
1964	13.4%	13.5%
1965	12.9%	13.1%
1966	12.4%	12.7%
1967	12%	12.4%
1968	11.5%	12.1%
1969	11%	11.8%
1970	10.6%	11.7%
1971	10.2%	11.5%
1972	9.73%	11.5%
1973	9.34%	11.4%
1974	8.95%	11.4%
1975	8.58%	11.4%
1976	8.21%	11.5%
1977	7.84%	11.5%
1978	7.45%	11.5%
1979	7.07%	11.3%
1980	6.67%	11.1%
1981	6.27%	10.7%
1982	5.87%	10.1%
1983	5.48%	9.5%
1984	5.12%	8.87%
1985	4.78%	8.31%
1986	4.47%	7.86%
1987	4.2%	7.61%
1988	3.96%	7.55%
1989	3.76%	7.69%
1990	3.58%	7.97%
1991	3.43%	8.33%
1992	3.29%	8.73%
1993	3.18%	9.16%
1994	3.08%	9.52%
1995	3%	9.83%
1996	2.92%	10%
1997	2.86%	10.1%
1998	2.79%	10%
1999	2.74%	9.92%
2000	2.68%	9.83%
2001	2.63%	9.79%
2002	2.58%	8.48%
2003	2.54%	8.85%
2004	2.5%	9.17%
2005	2.45%	9.23%
2006	2.4%	9.4%
2007	2.34%	9.47%
2008	2.27%	9.34%
2009	2.2%	9.03%
2010	2.12%	8.5%
2011	2.05%	7.88%
2012	1.99%	7.14%
2013	1.94%	6.55%
2014	1.9%	6.18%
2015	1.87%	5.98%
2016	1.84%	5.69%
2017	1.82%	5.5%
2018	1.8%	5.23%
2019	1.78%	5.11%
2020	1.77%	5.01%
2021	1.74%	4.76%
2022	1.71%	4.6%
2023	1.68%	4.42%