Fertility & birth rates in Venezuela and Zimbabwe

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

Check Venezuela 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
	Venezuela	Zimbabwe
1960	6.38	7.2
1961	6.3	7.21
1962	6.23	7.23
1963	6.16	7.23
1964	6.07	7.23
1965	5.98	7.23
1966	5.87	7.2
1967	5.75	7.16
1968	5.61	7.11
1969	5.47	7.04
1970	5.32	6.98
1971	5.17	6.94
1972	5.04	6.94
1973	4.91	6.94
1974	4.79	6.88
1975	4.69	6.83
1976	4.59	6.77
1977	4.49	6.71
1978	4.4	6.66
1979	4.3	6.59
1980	4.2	6.52
1981	4.1	6.45
1982	4.01	6.33
1983	3.93	6.2
1984	3.86	6.04
1985	3.79	5.87
1986	3.73	5.69
1987	3.67	5.5
1988	3.6	5.28
1989	3.52	5.07
1990	3.45	4.88
1991	3.37	4.72
1992	3.29	4.57
1993	3.22	4.39
1994	3.15	4.28
1995	3.08	4.15
1996	3.02	4.11
1997	2.97	4.08
1998	2.91	4.07
1999	2.86	4.06
2000	2.79	4.01
2001	2.78	3.98
2002	2.74	3.93
2003	2.7	3.86
2004	2.64	3.78
2005	2.63	3.69
2006	2.6	3.64
2007	2.52	3.68
2008	2.48	3.78
2009	2.42	3.95
2010	2.4	4.04
2011	2.4	4.13
2012	2.38	4.13
2013	2.33	4.11
2014	2.3	4.01
2015	2.25	3.91
2016	2.22	3.83
2017	2.18	3.77
2018	2.15	3.74
2019	2.13	3.75
2020	2.12	3.75
2021	2.11	3.77
2022	2.09	3.77
2023	2.08	3.72
2024	2.08	3.67
2025	2.06	3.62
2026	2.04	3.57
2027	2.03	3.52
2028	2.01	3.47
2029	2	3.43
2030	1.99	3.38
2031	1.98	3.33
2032	1.97	3.29
2033	1.96	3.25
2034	1.95	3.21
2035	1.94	3.17
2036	1.93	3.13
2037	1.92	3.09
2038	1.91	3.06
2039	1.91	3.02
2040	1.9	2.99
2041	1.89	2.96
2042	1.88	2.93
2043	1.87	2.9
2044	1.86	2.87
2045	1.86	2.84
2046	1.85	2.81
2047	1.84	2.78
2048	1.84	2.75
2049	1.83	2.72
2050	1.83	2.69

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Venezuela	Zimbabwe
1960	46.8%	47.3%
1961	46.9%	47.7%
1962	47%	48.1%
1963	47%	48.5%
1964	47%	48.8%
1965	46.9%	48.7%
1966	46.8%	48.6%
1967	46.6%	48.5%
1968	46.3%	48.5%
1969	46%	48.4%
1970	45.6%	48.3%
1971	45.2%	48.2%
1972	44.7%	48.2%
1973	44.3%	48.1%
1974	43.8%	48.1%
1975	43.3%	48.1%
1976	42.9%	48.2%
1977	42.5%	48.3%
1978	42.1%	48.5%
1979	41.7%	48.8%
1980	41.3%	48.7%
1981	41%	48.4%
1982	40.6%	48.3%
1983	40.3%	48.2%
1984	39.9%	48.1%
1985	39.6%	48%
1986	39.3%	47.9%
1987	39%	47.9%
1988	38.7%	47.9%
1989	38.4%	47.6%
1990	38.1%	47.1%
1991	37.8%	46.6%
1992	37.4%	46.8%
1993	37%	47.1%
1994	36.6%	46.6%
1995	36.2%	45.9%
1996	35.8%	45%
1997	35.3%	44%
1998	34.9%	43.1%
1999	34.5%	42.4%
2000	34%	41.9%
2001	33.6%	41.5%
2002	33.1%	41.4%
2003	32.7%	41.5%
2004	32.2%	41.7%
2005	31.8%	41.9%
2006	31.4%	42%
2007	31%	42.1%
2008	30.6%	42.4%
2009	30.3%	42.7%
2010	29.9%	43%
2011	29.5%	43.4%
2012	29.2%	43.7%
2013	28.9%	43.9%
2014	28.5%	43.9%
2015	28.2%	43.8%
2016	27.9%	43.6%
2017	27.8%	43.3%
2018	27.9%	42.9%
2019	28%	42.5%
2020	27.8%	42.2%
2021	27.4%	41.9%
2022	26.8%	41.6%
2023	26.2%	41.3%
2024	25.5%	40.9%
2025	24.9%	40.3%
2026	24.3%	39.6%
2027	23.8%	39%
2028	23.2%	38.4%
2029	22.8%	37.8%
2030	22.4%	37.4%
2031	22%	37%
2032	21.7%	36.8%
2033	21.5%	36.5%
2034	21.4%	36.3%
2035	21.4%	36.1%
2036	21.4%	35.8%
2037	21.5%	35.6%
2038	21.5%	35.3%
2039	21.4%	35.1%
2040	21.4%	34.8%
2041	21.3%	34.6%
2042	21.2%	34.3%
2043	21.1%	34.1%
2044	20.9%	33.8%
2045	20.7%	33.5%
2046	20.5%	33.2%
2047	20.3%	32.9%
2048	20%	32.6%
2049	19.8%	32.2%
2050	19.5%	31.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 25.5% of the population in Venezuela and 40.9% in Zimbabwe in 2024, compared to 38.1% and 47.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Venezuela and Zimbabwe compared.

Natural population change in Venezuela vs Zimbabwe by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1% in Venezuela 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
	Venezuela	Zimbabwe
1960	285,105	126,959
1961	292,109	131,531
1962	299,345	136,317
1963	307,279	140,984
1964	314,397	145,848
1965	321,695	151,164
1966	329,697	156,014
1967	335,813	161,205
1968	340,973	166,865
1969	343,596	172,626
1970	350,709	178,979
1971	355,212	185,427
1972	360,749	193,725
1973	367,612	201,885
1974	375,678	208,806
1975	385,045	216,947
1976	395,344	221,419
1977	405,315	225,139
1978	414,032	222,979
1979	421,256	223,657
1980	425,613	241,179
1981	432,059	271,361
1982	436,564	279,934
1983	443,569	286,545
1984	449,186	290,052
1985	455,517	290,756
1986	468,252	289,894
1987	474,204	286,766
1988	477,569	277,498
1989	478,053	270,838
1990	478,168	265,444
1991	477,917	260,943
1992	474,824	255,291
1993	473,189	228,045
1994	469,178	216,343
1995	469,267	206,695
1996	468,653	205,269
1997	472,002	216,288
1998	469,123	225,614
1999	463,787	232,393
2000	459,802	236,343
2001	451,487	227,909
2002	466,821	244,170
2003	456,902	243,057
2004	455,881	248,307
2005	463,260	248,545
2006	460,152	248,963
2007	452,482	261,805
2008	435,870	280,527
2009	427,257	309,316
2010	425,397	335,570
2011	425,958	359,572
2012	420,758	371,135
2013	408,930	374,757
2014	395,088	366,350
2015	384,560	356,203
2016	359,651	348,772
2017	340,222	344,035
2018	317,302	345,883
2019	274,826	348,798
2020	237,223	354,790
2021	207,746	349,908
2022	216,619	371,243
2023	213,020	372,505

Maternal mortality chart: Venezuela vs Zimbabwe

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 358 deaths in Zimbabwe.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Venezuela	Zimbabwe
1985	83	573
1986	81	525
1987	81	480
1988	80	431
1989	80	382
1990	83	353
1991	80	332
1992	82	333
1993	82	331
1994	84	332
1995	84	332
1996	86	352
1997	82	357
1998	82	368
1999	88	399
2000	86	405
2001	101	467
2002	87	418
2003	97	455
2004	94	451
2005	93	454
2006	96	480
2007	92	519
2008	103	526
2009	109	540
2010	110	567
2011	104	564
2012	113	558
2013	123	525
2014	133	468
2015	136	428
2016	162	411
2017	195	389
2018	205	386
2019	202	388
2020	207	380
2021	251	446
2022	219	368
2023	227	358

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.43% in Venezuela 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
	Venezuela	Zimbabwe
1960	7.97%	15.2%
1961	7.72%	14.8%
1962	7.49%	14.4%
1963	7.3%	14%
1964	7.14%	13.5%
1965	7%	13.1%
1966	6.87%	12.7%
1967	6.75%	12.4%
1968	6.61%	12.1%
1969	6.47%	11.8%
1970	6.3%	11.7%
1971	6.12%	11.5%
1972	5.94%	11.5%
1973	5.75%	11.4%
1974	5.57%	11.4%
1975	5.38%	11.4%
1976	5.2%	11.5%
1977	5.01%	11.5%
1978	4.82%	11.5%
1979	4.62%	11.3%
1980	4.42%	11.1%
1981	4.24%	10.7%
1982	4.07%	10.1%
1983	3.91%	9.5%
1984	3.77%	8.87%
1985	3.64%	8.31%
1986	3.5%	7.86%
1987	3.37%	7.61%
1988	3.23%	7.55%
1989	3.09%	7.69%
1990	2.96%	7.97%
1991	2.86%	8.33%
1992	2.78%	8.73%
1993	2.73%	9.16%
1994	2.68%	9.52%
1995	2.63%	9.83%
1996	2.55%	10%
1997	2.45%	10.1%
1998	2.34%	10%
1999	2.24%	9.92%
2000	2.15%	9.83%
2001	2.09%	9.79%
2002	2.03%	8.48%
2003	1.98%	8.85%
2004	1.91%	9.17%
2005	1.85%	9.23%
2006	1.79%	9.4%
2007	1.74%	9.47%
2008	1.72%	9.34%
2009	1.71%	9.03%
2010	1.72%	8.5%
2011	1.73%	7.88%
2012	1.76%	7.14%
2013	1.79%	6.55%
2014	1.83%	6.18%
2015	1.92%	5.98%
2016	2.43%	5.69%
2017	2.43%	5.5%
2018	2.43%	5.23%
2019	2.43%	5.11%
2020	2.43%	5.01%
2021	2.43%	4.76%
2022	2.43%	4.6%
2023	2.43%	4.42%