Fertility & birth rates in Argentina and Bahamas

Fertility rate in Argentina vs Bahamas chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Argentina was 1.5 children per woman in 2023, compared to 1.37 in the Bahamas in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Argentina vs the Bahamas population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Argentina	Bahamas
1960	3.14	5.09
1961	3.12	5.16
1962	3.13	5.13
1963	3.11	5.06
1964	3.08	4.97
1965	3.01	4.88
1966	2.97	4.79
1967	2.98	4.69
1968	3.01	4.56
1969	3.05	4.38
1970	3.09	4.21
1971	3.11	4.06
1972	3.14	3.89
1973	3.17	3.73
1974	3.22	3.57
1975	3.27	3.42
1976	3.32	3.3
1977	3.36	3.17
1978	3.36	3.05
1979	3.34	2.94
1980	3.3	2.84
1981	3.25	2.77
1982	3.2	2.71
1983	3.15	2.65
1984	3.12	2.59
1985	3.07	2.55
1986	3.05	2.53
1987	3.04	2.52
1988	3.05	2.52
1989	3.02	2.52
1990	3.03	2.52
1991	3.01	2.51
1992	2.99	2.71
1993	2.97	2.61
1994	2.94	2.47
1995	2.86	2.42
1996	2.78	2.35
1997	2.71	2.29
1998	2.66	2.23
1999	2.64	2.13
2000	2.59	2.06
2001	2.53	2.02
2002	2.49	1.98
2003	2.45	1.97
2004	2.43	1.98
2005	2.43	2.01
2006	2.4	2.02
2007	2.37	2.04
2008	2.43	2
2009	2.4	2.01
2010	2.41	1.84
2011	2.39	1.79
2012	2.3	1.76
2013	2.34	1.74
2014	2.39	1.69
2015	2.35	1.57
2016	2.24	1.5
2017	2.17	1.42
2018	2.07	1.4
2019	1.88	1.4
2020	1.6	1.39
2021	1.59	1.38
2022	1.48	1.38
2023	1.5	1.37
2024	1.5	1.37
2025	1.5	1.36
2026	1.51	1.36
2027	1.51	1.35
2028	1.51	1.35
2029	1.51	1.35
2030	1.51	1.35
2031	1.51	1.36
2032	1.52	1.36
2033	1.52	1.36
2034	1.52	1.37
2035	1.52	1.37
2036	1.52	1.37
2037	1.52	1.38
2038	1.52	1.38
2039	1.52	1.38
2040	1.52	1.39
2041	1.52	1.39
2042	1.52	1.39
2043	1.53	1.39
2044	1.53	1.4
2045	1.53	1.4
2046	1.53	1.4
2047	1.53	1.4
2048	1.53	1.41
2049	1.53	1.41
2050	1.54	1.41

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Argentina	Bahamas
1960	31.2%	41.1%
1961	31.1%	41%
1962	31%	40.9%
1963	30.8%	40.8%
1964	30.6%	40.7%
1965	30.5%	40.7%
1966	30.2%	40.6%
1967	30%	40.6%
1968	29.8%	40.4%
1969	29.7%	40.3%
1970	29.6%	40.1%
1971	29.5%	40%
1972	29.5%	39.9%
1973	29.5%	39.7%
1974	29.6%	39.4%
1975	29.7%	39%
1976	29.8%	38.4%
1977	29.9%	37.8%
1978	30.1%	37%
1979	30.3%	36.1%
1980	30.5%	35.3%
1981	30.6%	34.4%
1982	30.8%	33.6%
1983	30.9%	32.8%
1984	31%	32%
1985	31%	31.2%
1986	30.9%	30.6%
1987	30.9%	30%
1988	30.7%	29.5%
1989	30.6%	29.2%
1990	30.4%	28.9%
1991	30.3%	28.7%
1992	30%	28.6%
1993	29.8%	28.6%
1994	29.6%	28.6%
1995	29.3%	28.5%
1996	29.1%	28.5%
1997	28.8%	28.4%
1998	28.6%	28.2%
1999	28.4%	28.1%
2000	28.2%	27.8%
2001	27.9%	27.5%
2002	27.7%	27.2%
2003	27.5%	26.8%
2004	27.2%	26.3%
2005	26.9%	25.9%
2006	26.7%	25.4%
2007	26.4%	24.9%
2008	26.1%	24.3%
2009	25.9%	23.8%
2010	25.7%	23.3%
2011	25.5%	22.8%
2012	25.3%	22.4%
2013	25.2%	22%
2014	25%	21.6%
2015	24.9%	21.3%
2016	24.7%	20.9%
2017	24.6%	20.6%
2018	24.4%	20.2%
2019	24.1%	19.8%
2020	23.7%	19.5%
2021	23.2%	19.1%
2022	22.8%	18.8%
2023	22.2%	18.3%
2024	21.6%	17.9%
2025	21%	17.5%
2026	20.4%	17.2%
2027	19.9%	16.9%
2028	19.3%	16.7%
2029	18.7%	16.4%
2030	18.1%	16.2%
2031	17.6%	16%
2032	17.1%	15.9%
2033	16.7%	15.8%
2034	16.4%	15.7%
2035	16.2%	15.6%
2036	16.2%	15.5%
2037	16.1%	15.4%
2038	16.2%	15.3%
2039	16.2%	15.3%
2040	16.2%	15.2%
2041	16.1%	15.1%
2042	16.1%	15%
2043	16.1%	14.9%
2044	16%	14.9%
2045	16%	14.8%
2046	15.9%	14.7%
2047	15.8%	14.7%
2048	15.7%	14.6%
2049	15.6%	14.5%
2050	15.5%	14.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 21.6% of the population in Argentina and 17.9% in the Bahamas in 2024, compared to 30.4% and 28.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Argentina and the Bahamas compared.

Natural population change in Argentina vs Bahamas by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.63% in Argentina and +0.29% in the Bahamas. 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
	Argentina	Bahamas
1960	315,943	3,351
1961	317,816	3,577
1962	316,952	3,748
1963	317,041	3,901
1964	311,020	4,037
1965	304,734	4,193
1966	303,981	4,339
1967	308,904	4,502
1968	312,440	4,622
1969	319,108	4,688
1970	339,096	4,726
1971	344,889	4,690
1972	357,835	4,583
1973	370,856	4,467
1974	388,107	4,352
1975	409,561	4,249
1976	422,330	4,167
1977	441,647	4,069
1978	448,413	3,987
1979	449,952	3,899
1980	443,732	3,845
1981	442,501	3,851
1982	431,926	3,863
1983	426,145	3,888
1984	423,279	3,892
1985	428,866	3,918
1986	436,760	3,998
1987	443,404	4,090
1988	455,701	4,198
1989	460,991	4,323
1990	466,640	4,432
1991	474,960	4,498
1992	473,226	5,064
1993	474,791	4,877
1994	481,958	4,558
1995	469,658	4,434
1996	458,199	4,265
1997	450,930	4,107
1998	440,184	3,949
1999	444,038	3,688
2000	437,562	3,487
2001	430,579	3,377
2002	424,825	3,249
2003	410,141	3,181
2004	417,970	3,165
2005	428,247	3,220
2006	424,591	3,205
2007	402,889	3,243
2008	442,442	3,134
2009	439,271	3,163
2010	441,335	2,662
2011	448,730	2,558
2012	411,540	2,485
2013	421,694	2,432
2014	450,462	2,259
2015	444,161	1,840
2016	391,767	1,569
2017	375,260	1,289
2018	346,031	1,173
2019	280,005	740
2020	151,347	631
2021	88,677	-93
2022	96,673	947
2023	154,648	854

Maternal mortality chart: Argentina vs Bahamas

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 33 deaths per 100,000 live births in Argentina, compared to 76 deaths in the Bahamas.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Argentina	Bahamas
1985	80	70
1986	76	68
1987	73	66
1988	70	66
1989	68	65
1990	68	65
1991	67	67
1992	65	67
1993	62	66
1994	62	64
1995	60	63
1996	59	62
1997	60	59
1998	57	57
1999	57	54
2000	58	51
2001	60	48
2002	59	46
2003	61	57
2004	58	69
2005	57	70
2006	60	74
2007	62	78
2008	59	80
2009	62	84
2010	55	79
2011	48	74
2012	49	71
2013	47	74
2014	43	78
2015	39	83
2016	40	77
2017	38	79
2018	38	82
2019	36	82
2020	40	84
2021	76	174
2022	39	80
2023	33	76

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.96% in Argentina and 1.27% in the Bahamas. 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
	Argentina	Bahamas
1968	-	2.94%
1969	7.25%	2.99%
1970	7.17%	3.03%
1971	7.08%	3.07%
1972	6.97%	3.1%
1973	6.82%	3.13%
1974	6.61%	3.14%
1975	6.33%	3.13%
1976	5.98%	3.1%
1977	5.56%	3.07%
1978	5.12%	3.03%
1979	4.68%	2.99%
1980	4.28%	2.95%
1981	3.94%	2.91%
1982	3.65%	2.88%
1983	3.41%	2.84%
1984	3.21%	2.81%
1985	3.06%	2.78%
1986	2.96%	2.73%
1987	2.91%	2.65%
1988	2.9%	2.55%
1989	2.89%	2.45%
1990	2.88%	2.34%
1991	2.84%	2.23%
1992	2.76%	2.12%
1993	2.66%	2.03%
1994	2.54%	1.93%
1995	2.42%	1.84%
1996	2.31%	1.76%
1997	2.19%	1.69%
1998	2.09%	1.65%
1999	2.01%	1.62%
2000	1.94%	1.62%
2001	1.88%	1.63%
2002	1.83%	1.65%
2003	1.78%	1.67%
2004	1.73%	1.69%
2005	1.67%	1.69%
2006	1.62%	1.68%
2007	1.58%	1.65%
2008	1.54%	1.62%
2009	1.49%	1.58%
2010	1.44%	1.54%
2011	1.39%	1.5%
2012	1.33%	1.47%
2013	1.27%	1.44%
2014	1.22%	1.42%
2015	1.17%	1.39%
2016	1.14%	1.38%
2017	1.1%	1.36%
2018	1.07%	1.35%
2019	1.05%	2.35%
2020	1.03%	1.33%
2021	1%	1.31%
2022	0.98%	1.29%
2023	0.96%	1.27%