Fertility & birth rates in Venezuela and Yemen

Fertility rate in Venezuela vs Yemen chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Venezuela was 2.08 children per woman in 2023, compared to 4.59 in Yemen in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

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

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Venezuela	Yemen
1960	6.38	7.99
1961	6.3	8
1962	6.23	8.01
1963	6.16	8.03
1964	6.07	8.07
1965	5.98	8.1
1966	5.87	8.14
1967	5.75	8.17
1968	5.61	8.19
1969	5.47	8.22
1970	5.32	8.23
1971	5.17	8.26
1972	5.04	8.27
1973	4.91	8.29
1974	4.79	8.33
1975	4.69	8.37
1976	4.59	8.42
1977	4.49	8.47
1978	4.4	8.5
1979	4.3	8.67
1980	4.2	8.71
1981	4.1	8.75
1982	4.01	8.79
1983	3.93	8.83
1984	3.86	8.85
1985	3.79	8.86
1986	3.73	8.86
1987	3.67	8.83
1988	3.6	8.79
1989	3.52	8.71
1990	3.45	8.61
1991	3.37	8.46
1992	3.29	8.27
1993	3.22	8.05
1994	3.15	7.8
1995	3.08	7.53
1996	3.02	7
1997	2.97	6.82
1998	2.91	6.64
1999	2.86	6.49
2000	2.79	6.32
2001	2.78	6.14
2002	2.74	5.97
2003	2.7	5.84
2004	2.64	5.71
2005	2.63	5.56
2006	2.6	5.41
2007	2.52	5.26
2008	2.48	5.11
2009	2.42	5
2010	2.4	4.81
2011	2.4	4.63
2012	2.38	4.63
2013	2.33	4.62
2014	2.3	4.62
2015	2.25	4.62
2016	2.22	4.61
2017	2.18	4.61
2018	2.15	4.61
2019	2.13	4.6
2020	2.12	4.6
2021	2.11	4.6
2022	2.09	4.59
2023	2.08	4.59
2024	2.08	4.5
2025	2.06	4.41
2026	2.04	4.33
2027	2.03	4.23
2028	2.01	4.14
2029	2	4.06
2030	1.99	3.97
2031	1.98	3.87
2032	1.97	3.8
2033	1.96	3.73
2034	1.95	3.66
2035	1.94	3.59
2036	1.93	3.51
2037	1.92	3.44
2038	1.91	3.38
2039	1.91	3.32
2040	1.9	3.26
2041	1.89	3.21
2042	1.88	3.16
2043	1.87	3.12
2044	1.86	3.07
2045	1.86	3.02
2046	1.85	2.97
2047	1.84	2.93
2048	1.84	2.89
2049	1.83	2.85
2050	1.83	2.81

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Venezuela	Yemen
1960	46.8%	40.3%
1961	46.9%	40.4%
1962	47%	40.4%
1963	47%	40.6%
1964	47%	40.9%
1965	46.9%	41.3%
1966	46.8%	41.8%
1967	46.6%	42.3%
1968	46.3%	42.8%
1969	46%	43.3%
1970	45.6%	43.8%
1971	45.2%	44.3%
1972	44.7%	44.8%
1973	44.3%	45.3%
1974	43.8%	45.7%
1975	43.3%	46.2%
1976	42.9%	46.6%
1977	42.5%	47%
1978	42.1%	47.5%
1979	41.7%	47.9%
1980	41.3%	48.3%
1981	41%	48.7%
1982	40.6%	49.1%
1983	40.3%	49.4%
1984	39.9%	49.7%
1985	39.6%	50%
1986	39.3%	50.3%
1987	39%	50.5%
1988	38.7%	50.7%
1989	38.4%	50.9%
1990	38.1%	51.1%
1991	37.8%	51.2%
1992	37.4%	51.2%
1993	37%	51.2%
1994	36.6%	51.1%
1995	36.2%	50.9%
1996	35.8%	50.6%
1997	35.3%	50.3%
1998	34.9%	49.9%
1999	34.5%	49.5%
2000	34%	49%
2001	33.6%	48.6%
2002	33.1%	48.1%
2003	32.7%	47.6%
2004	32.2%	47.1%
2005	31.8%	46.5%
2006	31.4%	45.9%
2007	31%	45.3%
2008	30.6%	44.7%
2009	30.3%	44.1%
2010	29.9%	43.5%
2011	29.5%	43%
2012	29.2%	42.7%
2013	28.9%	42.3%
2014	28.5%	42.1%
2015	28.2%	41.8%
2016	27.9%	41.7%
2017	27.8%	41.6%
2018	27.9%	41.5%
2019	28%	41.4%
2020	27.8%	41.4%
2021	27.4%	41.4%
2022	26.8%	41.3%
2023	26.2%	41.2%
2024	25.5%	41.1%
2025	24.9%	41%
2026	24.3%	40.9%
2027	23.8%	40.8%
2028	23.2%	40.6%
2029	22.8%	40.3%
2030	22.4%	40%
2031	22%	39.6%
2032	21.7%	39.2%
2033	21.5%	38.7%
2034	21.4%	38.2%
2035	21.4%	37.7%
2036	21.4%	37.1%
2037	21.5%	36.5%
2038	21.5%	36%
2039	21.4%	35.4%
2040	21.4%	34.8%
2041	21.3%	34.3%
2042	21.2%	33.8%
2043	21.1%	33.4%
2044	20.9%	33%
2045	20.7%	32.6%
2046	20.5%	32.3%
2047	20.3%	32%
2048	20%	31.7%
2049	19.8%	31.4%
2050	19.5%	31.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 25.5% of the population in Venezuela and 41.1% in Yemen in 2024, compared to 38.1% and 51.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Venezuela and Yemen compared.

Natural population change in Venezuela vs Yemen by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1% in Venezuela and +3.02% in Yemen. 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
	Venezuela	Yemen
1960	285,105	122,994
1961	292,109	129,787
1962	299,345	131,262
1963	307,279	133,781
1964	314,397	147,299
1965	321,695	155,398
1966	329,697	164,091
1967	335,813	173,637
1968	340,973	182,518
1969	343,596	196,305
1970	350,709	207,613
1971	355,212	219,095
1972	360,749	229,322
1973	367,612	240,235
1974	375,678	252,737
1975	385,045	266,815
1976	395,344	281,078
1977	405,315	296,115
1978	414,032	312,439
1979	421,256	336,378
1980	425,613	355,767
1981	432,059	374,482
1982	436,564	392,302
1983	443,569	414,823
1984	449,186	434,674
1985	455,517	455,576
1986	468,252	464,665
1987	474,204	493,337
1988	477,569	513,296
1989	478,053	530,464
1990	478,168	549,654
1991	477,917	565,837
1992	474,824	582,072
1993	473,189	595,459
1994	469,178	602,363
1995	469,267	607,966
1996	468,653	588,786
1997	472,002	604,443
1998	469,123	615,488
1999	463,787	633,166
2000	459,802	646,694
2001	451,487	658,704
2002	466,821	672,494
2003	456,902	694,457
2004	455,881	710,493
2005	463,260	726,708
2006	460,152	750,082
2007	452,482	764,780
2008	435,870	779,123
2009	427,257	798,911
2010	425,397	803,246
2011	425,958	806,359
2012	420,758	845,645
2013	408,930	884,929
2014	395,088	920,330
2015	384,560	939,922
2016	359,651	975,697
2017	340,222	1,006,725
2018	317,302	1,020,238
2019	274,826	1,056,432
2020	237,223	1,086,322
2021	207,746	1,103,622
2022	216,619	1,153,375
2023	213,020	1,198,150

Maternal mortality chart: Venezuela vs Yemen

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 227 deaths per 100,000 live births in Venezuela, compared to 118 deaths in Yemen.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Venezuela	Yemen
1985	83	430
1986	81	430
1987	81	400
1988	80	388
1989	80	371
1990	83	359
1991	80	341
1992	82	330
1993	82	319
1994	84	311
1995	84	296
1996	86	282
1997	82	271
1998	82	260
1999	88	250
2000	86	241
2001	101	231
2002	87	218
2003	97	205
2004	94	194
2005	93	181
2006	96	171
2007	92	161
2008	103	153
2009	109	149
2010	110	144
2011	104	140
2012	113	137
2013	123	135
2014	133	134
2015	136	135
2016	162	134
2017	195	142
2018	205	134
2019	202	131
2020	207	135
2021	251	156
2022	219	125
2023	227	118

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.43% in Venezuela and 3.93% in Yemen. 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
	Venezuela	Yemen
1960	7.97%	42.9%
1961	7.72%	42.2%
1962	7.49%	41.5%
1963	7.3%	40.8%
1964	7.14%	40%
1965	7%	39%
1966	6.87%	38%
1967	6.75%	36.8%
1968	6.61%	35.6%
1969	6.47%	34.3%
1970	6.3%	33%
1971	6.12%	31.8%
1972	5.94%	30.6%
1973	5.75%	29.5%
1974	5.57%	28.4%
1975	5.38%	27.2%
1976	5.2%	26%
1977	5.01%	24.7%
1978	4.82%	23.4%
1979	4.62%	22.1%
1980	4.42%	20.8%
1981	4.24%	19.6%
1982	4.07%	18.4%
1983	3.91%	17.2%
1984	3.77%	16.2%
1985	3.64%	15.3%
1986	3.5%	14.6%
1987	3.37%	14%
1988	3.23%	13.4%
1989	3.09%	12.9%
1990	2.96%	12.5%
1991	2.86%	12.1%
1992	2.78%	11.8%
1993	2.73%	11.6%
1994	2.68%	11.3%
1995	2.63%	11.1%
1996	2.55%	10.8%
1997	2.45%	10.5%
1998	2.34%	10.2%
1999	2.24%	9.77%
2000	2.15%	9.32%
2001	2.09%	8.84%
2002	2.03%	8.36%
2003	1.98%	7.9%
2004	1.91%	7.47%
2005	1.85%	7.06%
2006	1.79%	6.68%
2007	1.74%	6.33%
2008	1.72%	6.02%
2009	1.71%	5.74%
2010	1.72%	5.49%
2011	1.73%	5.3%
2012	1.76%	5.14%
2013	1.79%	4.95%
2014	1.83%	4.84%
2015	1.92%	4.9%
2016	2.43%	4.77%
2017	2.43%	4.66%
2018	2.43%	4.7%
2019	2.43%	4.59%
2020	2.43%	4.32%
2021	2.43%	4.24%
2022	2.43%	4.08%
2023	2.43%	3.93%