Fertility & birth rates in Yemen and Zimbabwe

Fertility rate in Yemen vs Zimbabwe chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Yemen was 4.59 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 Yemen 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
	Yemen	Zimbabwe
1960	7.99	7.2
1961	8	7.21
1962	8.01	7.23
1963	8.03	7.23
1964	8.07	7.23
1965	8.1	7.23
1966	8.14	7.2
1967	8.17	7.16
1968	8.19	7.11
1969	8.22	7.04
1970	8.23	6.98
1971	8.26	6.94
1972	8.27	6.94
1973	8.29	6.94
1974	8.33	6.88
1975	8.37	6.83
1976	8.42	6.77
1977	8.47	6.71
1978	8.5	6.66
1979	8.67	6.59
1980	8.71	6.52
1981	8.75	6.45
1982	8.79	6.33
1983	8.83	6.2
1984	8.85	6.04
1985	8.86	5.87
1986	8.86	5.69
1987	8.83	5.5
1988	8.79	5.28
1989	8.71	5.07
1990	8.61	4.88
1991	8.46	4.72
1992	8.27	4.57
1993	8.05	4.39
1994	7.8	4.28
1995	7.53	4.15
1996	7	4.11
1997	6.82	4.08
1998	6.64	4.07
1999	6.49	4.06
2000	6.32	4.01
2001	6.14	3.98
2002	5.97	3.93
2003	5.84	3.86
2004	5.71	3.78
2005	5.56	3.69
2006	5.41	3.64
2007	5.26	3.68
2008	5.11	3.78
2009	5	3.95
2010	4.81	4.04
2011	4.63	4.13
2012	4.63	4.13
2013	4.62	4.11
2014	4.62	4.01
2015	4.62	3.91
2016	4.61	3.83
2017	4.61	3.77
2018	4.61	3.74
2019	4.6	3.75
2020	4.6	3.75
2021	4.6	3.77
2022	4.59	3.77
2023	4.59	3.72
2024	4.5	3.67
2025	4.41	3.62
2026	4.33	3.57
2027	4.23	3.52
2028	4.14	3.47
2029	4.06	3.43
2030	3.97	3.38
2031	3.87	3.33
2032	3.8	3.29
2033	3.73	3.25
2034	3.66	3.21
2035	3.59	3.17
2036	3.51	3.13
2037	3.44	3.09
2038	3.38	3.06
2039	3.32	3.02
2040	3.26	2.99
2041	3.21	2.96
2042	3.16	2.93
2043	3.12	2.9
2044	3.07	2.87
2045	3.02	2.84
2046	2.97	2.81
2047	2.93	2.78
2048	2.89	2.75
2049	2.85	2.72
2050	2.81	2.69

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Yemen	Zimbabwe
1960	40.3%	47.3%
1961	40.4%	47.7%
1962	40.4%	48.1%
1963	40.6%	48.5%
1964	40.9%	48.8%
1965	41.3%	48.7%
1966	41.8%	48.6%
1967	42.3%	48.5%
1968	42.8%	48.5%
1969	43.3%	48.4%
1970	43.8%	48.3%
1971	44.3%	48.2%
1972	44.8%	48.2%
1973	45.3%	48.1%
1974	45.7%	48.1%
1975	46.2%	48.1%
1976	46.6%	48.2%
1977	47%	48.3%
1978	47.5%	48.5%
1979	47.9%	48.8%
1980	48.3%	48.7%
1981	48.7%	48.4%
1982	49.1%	48.3%
1983	49.4%	48.2%
1984	49.7%	48.1%
1985	50%	48%
1986	50.3%	47.9%
1987	50.5%	47.9%
1988	50.7%	47.9%
1989	50.9%	47.6%
1990	51.1%	47.1%
1991	51.2%	46.6%
1992	51.2%	46.8%
1993	51.2%	47.1%
1994	51.1%	46.6%
1995	50.9%	45.9%
1996	50.6%	45%
1997	50.3%	44%
1998	49.9%	43.1%
1999	49.5%	42.4%
2000	49%	41.9%
2001	48.6%	41.5%
2002	48.1%	41.4%
2003	47.6%	41.5%
2004	47.1%	41.7%
2005	46.5%	41.9%
2006	45.9%	42%
2007	45.3%	42.1%
2008	44.7%	42.4%
2009	44.1%	42.7%
2010	43.5%	43%
2011	43%	43.4%
2012	42.7%	43.7%
2013	42.3%	43.9%
2014	42.1%	43.9%
2015	41.8%	43.8%
2016	41.7%	43.6%
2017	41.6%	43.3%
2018	41.5%	42.9%
2019	41.4%	42.5%
2020	41.4%	42.2%
2021	41.4%	41.9%
2022	41.3%	41.6%
2023	41.2%	41.3%
2024	41.1%	40.9%
2025	41%	40.3%
2026	40.9%	39.6%
2027	40.8%	39%
2028	40.6%	38.4%
2029	40.3%	37.8%
2030	40%	37.4%
2031	39.6%	37%
2032	39.2%	36.8%
2033	38.7%	36.5%
2034	38.2%	36.3%
2035	37.7%	36.1%
2036	37.1%	35.8%
2037	36.5%	35.6%
2038	36%	35.3%
2039	35.4%	35.1%
2040	34.8%	34.8%
2041	34.3%	34.6%
2042	33.8%	34.3%
2043	33.4%	34.1%
2044	33%	33.8%
2045	32.6%	33.5%
2046	32.3%	33.2%
2047	32%	32.9%
2048	31.7%	32.6%
2049	31.4%	32.2%
2050	31.1%	31.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 41.1% of the population in Yemen and 40.9% in Zimbabwe in 2024, compared to 51.1% and 47.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Yemen and Zimbabwe compared.

Natural population change in Yemen vs Zimbabwe by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +3.02% in Yemen 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
	Yemen	Zimbabwe
1960	122,994	126,959
1961	129,787	131,531
1962	131,262	136,317
1963	133,781	140,984
1964	147,299	145,848
1965	155,398	151,164
1966	164,091	156,014
1967	173,637	161,205
1968	182,518	166,865
1969	196,305	172,626
1970	207,613	178,979
1971	219,095	185,427
1972	229,322	193,725
1973	240,235	201,885
1974	252,737	208,806
1975	266,815	216,947
1976	281,078	221,419
1977	296,115	225,139
1978	312,439	222,979
1979	336,378	223,657
1980	355,767	241,179
1981	374,482	271,361
1982	392,302	279,934
1983	414,823	286,545
1984	434,674	290,052
1985	455,576	290,756
1986	464,665	289,894
1987	493,337	286,766
1988	513,296	277,498
1989	530,464	270,838
1990	549,654	265,444
1991	565,837	260,943
1992	582,072	255,291
1993	595,459	228,045
1994	602,363	216,343
1995	607,966	206,695
1996	588,786	205,269
1997	604,443	216,288
1998	615,488	225,614
1999	633,166	232,393
2000	646,694	236,343
2001	658,704	227,909
2002	672,494	244,170
2003	694,457	243,057
2004	710,493	248,307
2005	726,708	248,545
2006	750,082	248,963
2007	764,780	261,805
2008	779,123	280,527
2009	798,911	309,316
2010	803,246	335,570
2011	806,359	359,572
2012	845,645	371,135
2013	884,929	374,757
2014	920,330	366,350
2015	939,922	356,203
2016	975,697	348,772
2017	1,006,725	344,035
2018	1,020,238	345,883
2019	1,056,432	348,798
2020	1,086,322	354,790
2021	1,103,622	349,908
2022	1,153,375	371,243
2023	1,198,150	372,505

Maternal mortality chart: Yemen vs Zimbabwe

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 118 deaths per 100,000 live births in Yemen, compared to 358 deaths in Zimbabwe.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Yemen	Zimbabwe
1985	430	573
1986	430	525
1987	400	480
1988	388	431
1989	371	382
1990	359	353
1991	341	332
1992	330	333
1993	319	331
1994	311	332
1995	296	332
1996	282	352
1997	271	357
1998	260	368
1999	250	399
2000	241	405
2001	231	467
2002	218	418
2003	205	455
2004	194	451
2005	181	454
2006	171	480
2007	161	519
2008	153	526
2009	149	540
2010	144	567
2011	140	564
2012	137	558
2013	135	525
2014	134	468
2015	135	428
2016	134	411
2017	142	389
2018	134	386
2019	131	388
2020	135	380
2021	156	446
2022	125	368
2023	118	358

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.93% in Yemen 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
	Yemen	Zimbabwe
1960	42.9%	15.2%
1961	42.2%	14.8%
1962	41.5%	14.4%
1963	40.8%	14%
1964	40%	13.5%
1965	39%	13.1%
1966	38%	12.7%
1967	36.8%	12.4%
1968	35.6%	12.1%
1969	34.3%	11.8%
1970	33%	11.7%
1971	31.8%	11.5%
1972	30.6%	11.5%
1973	29.5%	11.4%
1974	28.4%	11.4%
1975	27.2%	11.4%
1976	26%	11.5%
1977	24.7%	11.5%
1978	23.4%	11.5%
1979	22.1%	11.3%
1980	20.8%	11.1%
1981	19.6%	10.7%
1982	18.4%	10.1%
1983	17.2%	9.5%
1984	16.2%	8.87%
1985	15.3%	8.31%
1986	14.6%	7.86%
1987	14%	7.61%
1988	13.4%	7.55%
1989	12.9%	7.69%
1990	12.5%	7.97%
1991	12.1%	8.33%
1992	11.8%	8.73%
1993	11.6%	9.16%
1994	11.3%	9.52%
1995	11.1%	9.83%
1996	10.8%	10%
1997	10.5%	10.1%
1998	10.2%	10%
1999	9.77%	9.92%
2000	9.32%	9.83%
2001	8.84%	9.79%
2002	8.36%	8.48%
2003	7.9%	8.85%
2004	7.47%	9.17%
2005	7.06%	9.23%
2006	6.68%	9.4%
2007	6.33%	9.47%
2008	6.02%	9.34%
2009	5.74%	9.03%
2010	5.49%	8.5%
2011	5.3%	7.88%
2012	5.14%	7.14%
2013	4.95%	6.55%
2014	4.84%	6.18%
2015	4.9%	5.98%
2016	4.77%	5.69%
2017	4.66%	5.5%
2018	4.7%	5.23%
2019	4.59%	5.11%
2020	4.32%	5.01%
2021	4.24%	4.76%
2022	4.08%	4.6%
2023	3.93%	4.42%