Fertility & birth rates in Venezuela and Zambia

Fertility rate in Venezuela vs Zambia 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 4.1 in Zambia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Venezuela vs Zambia 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	Zambia
1960	6.38	6.95
1961	6.3	6.98
1962	6.23	7.01
1963	6.16	7.06
1964	6.07	7.09
1965	5.98	7.12
1966	5.87	7.14
1967	5.75	7.15
1968	5.61	7.18
1969	5.47	7.18
1970	5.32	7.22
1971	5.17	7.26
1972	5.04	7.3
1973	4.91	7.34
1974	4.79	7.36
1975	4.69	7.42
1976	4.59	7.39
1977	4.49	7.35
1978	4.4	7.29
1979	4.3	7.22
1980	4.2	7.14
1981	4.1	7.07
1982	4.01	7.04
1983	3.93	7.01
1984	3.86	6.97
1985	3.79	6.93
1986	3.73	6.87
1987	3.67	6.8
1988	3.6	6.7
1989	3.52	6.64
1990	3.45	6.57
1991	3.37	6.46
1992	3.29	6.35
1993	3.22	6.3
1994	3.15	6.26
1995	3.08	6.23
1996	3.02	6.18
1997	2.97	6.12
1998	2.91	6.07
1999	2.86	6
2000	2.79	5.92
2001	2.78	5.85
2002	2.74	5.77
2003	2.7	5.71
2004	2.64	5.7
2005	2.63	5.7
2006	2.6	5.68
2007	2.52	5.61
2008	2.48	5.53
2009	2.42	5.45
2010	2.4	5.36
2011	2.4	5.26
2012	2.38	5.14
2013	2.33	5.01
2014	2.3	4.89
2015	2.25	4.78
2016	2.22	4.67
2017	2.18	4.57
2018	2.15	4.49
2019	2.13	4.42
2020	2.12	4.32
2021	2.11	4.25
2022	2.09	4.18
2023	2.08	4.1
2024	2.08	4.04
2025	2.06	3.97
2026	2.04	3.91
2027	2.03	3.85
2028	2.01	3.77
2029	2	3.72
2030	1.99	3.67
2031	1.98	3.61
2032	1.97	3.56
2033	1.96	3.5
2034	1.95	3.45
2035	1.94	3.4
2036	1.93	3.35
2037	1.92	3.3
2038	1.91	3.25
2039	1.91	3.19
2040	1.9	3.15
2041	1.89	3.11
2042	1.88	3.07
2043	1.87	3.03
2044	1.86	3
2045	1.86	2.96
2046	1.85	2.93
2047	1.84	2.9
2048	1.84	2.87
2049	1.83	2.84
2050	1.83	2.81

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Venezuela	Zambia
1960	46.8%	46%
1961	46.9%	46.2%
1962	47%	46.3%
1963	47%	46.5%
1964	47%	46.7%
1965	46.9%	46.9%
1966	46.8%	46.9%
1967	46.6%	47%
1968	46.3%	47.1%
1969	46%	47.2%
1970	45.6%	47.4%
1971	45.2%	47.7%
1972	44.7%	48%
1973	44.3%	48.3%
1974	43.8%	48.6%
1975	43.3%	48.8%
1976	42.9%	49.1%
1977	42.5%	49.2%
1978	42.1%	49.4%
1979	41.7%	49.5%
1980	41.3%	49.5%
1981	41%	49.4%
1982	40.6%	49.3%
1983	40.3%	49.1%
1984	39.9%	49%
1985	39.6%	48.9%
1986	39.3%	48.8%
1987	39%	48.7%
1988	38.7%	48.6%
1989	38.4%	48.5%
1990	38.1%	48.4%
1991	37.8%	48.3%
1992	37.4%	48.2%
1993	37%	48.2%
1994	36.6%	48.2%
1995	36.2%	48.2%
1996	35.8%	48.2%
1997	35.3%	48.2%
1998	34.9%	48.2%
1999	34.5%	48.1%
2000	34%	48%
2001	33.6%	47.8%
2002	33.1%	47.6%
2003	32.7%	47.4%
2004	32.2%	47.3%
2005	31.8%	47.1%
2006	31.4%	47%
2007	31%	46.8%
2008	30.6%	46.6%
2009	30.3%	46.4%
2010	29.9%	46.3%
2011	29.5%	46.1%
2012	29.2%	45.9%
2013	28.9%	45.7%
2014	28.5%	45.5%
2015	28.2%	45.2%
2016	27.9%	44.9%
2017	27.8%	44.5%
2018	27.9%	44.1%
2019	28%	43.8%
2020	27.8%	43.3%
2021	27.4%	42.9%
2022	26.8%	42.4%
2023	26.2%	42%
2024	25.5%	41.5%
2025	24.9%	41%
2026	24.3%	40.5%
2027	23.8%	40%
2028	23.2%	39.6%
2029	22.8%	39.2%
2030	22.4%	38.8%
2031	22%	38.5%
2032	21.7%	38.1%
2033	21.5%	37.8%
2034	21.4%	37.5%
2035	21.4%	37.1%
2036	21.4%	36.8%
2037	21.5%	36.5%
2038	21.5%	36.1%
2039	21.4%	35.8%
2040	21.4%	35.4%
2041	21.3%	35.1%
2042	21.2%	34.7%
2043	21.1%	34.4%
2044	20.9%	34%
2045	20.7%	33.7%
2046	20.5%	33.3%
2047	20.3%	33%
2048	20%	32.6%
2049	19.8%	32.3%
2050	19.5%	32%

Children aged 0-14 make up 25.5% of the population in Venezuela and 41.5% in Zambia in 2024, compared to 38.1% and 48.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Venezuela and Zambia compared.

Natural population change in Venezuela vs Zambia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1% in Venezuela 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
	Venezuela	Zambia
1960	285,105	102,335
1961	292,109	106,318
1962	299,345	110,173
1963	307,279	114,555
1964	314,397	117,197
1965	321,695	122,814
1966	329,697	127,164
1967	335,813	131,938
1968	340,973	137,315
1969	343,596	142,660
1970	350,709	149,380
1971	355,212	155,249
1972	360,749	161,648
1973	367,612	168,258
1974	375,678	174,484
1975	385,045	182,258
1976	395,344	186,762
1977	405,315	191,557
1978	414,032	194,933
1979	421,256	197,578
1980	425,613	198,817
1981	432,059	202,822
1982	436,564	207,621
1983	443,569	212,712
1984	449,186	216,695
1985	455,517	221,351
1986	468,252	224,768
1987	474,204	227,813
1988	477,569	230,118
1989	478,053	233,429
1990	478,168	235,835
1991	477,917	237,957
1992	474,824	239,953
1993	473,189	245,917
1994	469,178	252,023
1995	469,267	257,897
1996	468,653	262,468
1997	472,002	268,198
1998	469,123	275,568
1999	463,787	283,297
2000	459,802	293,186
2001	451,487	302,682
2002	466,821	316,041
2003	456,902	331,189
2004	455,881	349,352
2005	463,260	368,756
2006	460,152	387,891
2007	452,482	403,729
2008	435,870	419,560
2009	427,257	434,458
2010	425,397	448,337
2011	425,958	459,743
2012	420,758	469,406
2013	408,930	476,846
2014	395,088	483,663
2015	384,560	491,021
2016	359,651	497,521
2017	340,222	504,630
2018	317,302	515,644
2019	274,826	528,089
2020	237,223	536,484
2021	207,746	535,629
2022	216,619	563,456
2023	213,020	577,660

Maternal mortality chart: Venezuela vs Zambia

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 85 deaths in Zambia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Venezuela	Zambia
1985	83	596
1986	81	619
1987	81	630
1988	80	635
1989	80	635
1990	83	625
1991	80	611
1992	82	581
1993	82	532
1994	84	507
1995	84	466
1996	86	433
1997	82	403
1998	82	392
1999	88	378
2000	86	340
2001	101	306
2002	87	274
2003	97	250
2004	94	260
2005	93	264
2006	96	262
2007	92	324
2008	103	394
2009	109	406
2010	110	332
2011	104	291
2012	113	256
2013	123	213
2014	133	174
2015	136	154
2016	162	158
2017	195	141
2018	205	117
2019	202	103
2020	207	99
2021	251	140
2022	219	89
2023	227	85

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.43% in Venezuela 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
	Venezuela	Zambia
1960	7.97%	20.5%
1961	7.72%	20.1%
1962	7.49%	19.8%
1963	7.3%	19.5%
1964	7.14%	19.2%
1965	7%	19%
1966	6.87%	18.9%
1967	6.75%	18.7%
1968	6.61%	18.5%
1969	6.47%	18.3%
1970	6.3%	17.9%
1971	6.12%	17.4%
1972	5.94%	16.9%
1973	5.75%	16.3%
1974	5.57%	15.9%
1975	5.38%	15.5%
1976	5.2%	15.4%
1977	5.01%	15.3%
1978	4.82%	15.3%
1979	4.62%	15.4%
1980	4.42%	15.5%
1981	4.24%	15.6%
1982	4.07%	15.7%
1983	3.91%	15.9%
1984	3.77%	16.2%
1985	3.64%	16.6%
1986	3.5%	17%
1987	3.37%	17.3%
1988	3.23%	17.7%
1989	3.09%	17.9%
1990	2.96%	18.1%
1991	2.86%	18.1%
1992	2.78%	18.1%
1993	2.73%	17.9%
1994	2.68%	17.7%
1995	2.63%	17.3%
1996	2.55%	17%
1997	2.45%	16.7%
1998	2.34%	16.3%
1999	2.24%	15.9%
2000	2.15%	15.3%
2001	2.09%	14.4%
2002	2.03%	13.4%
2003	1.98%	12.4%
2004	1.91%	11.4%
2005	1.85%	10.5%
2006	1.79%	9.71%
2007	1.74%	9.14%
2008	1.72%	8.62%
2009	1.71%	8%
2010	1.72%	7.57%
2011	1.73%	7.31%
2012	1.76%	7.04%
2013	1.79%	6.72%
2014	1.83%	6.38%
2015	1.92%	6.15%
2016	2.43%	5.9%
2017	2.43%	5.61%
2018	2.43%	5.52%
2019	2.43%	5.41%
2020	2.43%	5.24%
2021	2.43%	4.92%
2022	2.43%	4.67%
2023	2.43%	4.47%