Fertility & birth rates in Argentina and Botswana

Fertility rate in Argentina vs Botswana 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 2.73 in Botswana in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Argentina vs Botswana 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	Botswana
1960	3.14	6.6
1961	3.12	6.56
1962	3.13	6.54
1963	3.11	6.58
1964	3.08	6.61
1965	3.01	6.6
1966	2.97	6.61
1967	2.98	6.6
1968	3.01	6.58
1969	3.05	6.56
1970	3.09	6.55
1971	3.11	6.54
1972	3.14	6.56
1973	3.17	6.59
1974	3.22	6.61
1975	3.27	6.61
1976	3.32	6.6
1977	3.36	6.54
1978	3.36	6.48
1979	3.34	6.4
1980	3.3	6.29
1981	3.25	6.16
1982	3.2	5.97
1983	3.15	5.79
1984	3.12	5.63
1985	3.07	5.48
1986	3.05	5.33
1987	3.04	5.1
1988	3.05	4.88
1989	3.02	4.67
1990	3.03	4.51
1991	3.01	4.37
1992	2.99	4.26
1993	2.97	4.15
1994	2.94	4.02
1995	2.86	3.79
1996	2.78	3.57
1997	2.71	3.43
1998	2.66	3.36
1999	2.64	3.31
2000	2.59	3.29
2001	2.53	3.25
2002	2.49	3.18
2003	2.45	3.11
2004	2.43	3.06
2005	2.43	3.08
2006	2.4	3.11
2007	2.37	3.13
2008	2.43	3.13
2009	2.4	3.13
2010	2.41	3.14
2011	2.39	3.1
2012	2.3	3.07
2013	2.34	3.05
2014	2.39	3.03
2015	2.35	3.01
2016	2.24	2.99
2017	2.17	2.97
2018	2.07	2.94
2019	1.88	2.91
2020	1.6	2.86
2021	1.59	2.83
2022	1.48	2.79
2023	1.5	2.73
2024	1.5	2.7
2025	1.5	2.66
2026	1.51	2.63
2027	1.51	2.59
2028	1.51	2.56
2029	1.51	2.52
2030	1.51	2.49
2031	1.51	2.46
2032	1.52	2.44
2033	1.52	2.41
2034	1.52	2.38
2035	1.52	2.35
2036	1.52	2.32
2037	1.52	2.3
2038	1.52	2.28
2039	1.52	2.26
2040	1.52	2.23
2041	1.52	2.21
2042	1.52	2.2
2043	1.53	2.18
2044	1.53	2.17
2045	1.53	2.15
2046	1.53	2.14
2047	1.53	2.12
2048	1.53	2.11
2049	1.53	2.09
2050	1.54	2.08

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Argentina	Botswana
1960	31.2%	45.1%
1961	31.1%	45.6%
1962	31%	46.2%
1963	30.8%	46.8%
1964	30.6%	47.2%
1965	30.5%	47.5%
1966	30.2%	47.9%
1967	30%	48.2%
1968	29.8%	48.6%
1969	29.7%	48.9%
1970	29.6%	49.2%
1971	29.5%	49.3%
1972	29.5%	49.1%
1973	29.5%	48.6%
1974	29.6%	48.2%
1975	29.7%	47.7%
1976	29.8%	47.3%
1977	29.9%	47%
1978	30.1%	46.5%
1979	30.3%	46%
1980	30.5%	46.1%
1981	30.6%	46.2%
1982	30.8%	46.2%
1983	30.9%	46.2%
1984	31%	46.2%
1985	31%	46.2%
1986	30.9%	46.1%
1987	30.9%	46%
1988	30.7%	45.8%
1989	30.6%	45.5%
1990	30.4%	45.1%
1991	30.3%	44.7%
1992	30%	44.2%
1993	29.8%	43.7%
1994	29.6%	43%
1995	29.3%	42.2%
1996	29.1%	41.4%
1997	28.8%	40.6%
1998	28.6%	39.8%
1999	28.4%	39.1%
2000	28.2%	38.4%
2001	27.9%	37.7%
2002	27.7%	37.1%
2003	27.5%	36.5%
2004	27.2%	35.9%
2005	26.9%	35.5%
2006	26.7%	35.1%
2007	26.4%	34.8%
2008	26.1%	34.5%
2009	25.9%	34.2%
2010	25.7%	34.1%
2011	25.5%	34%
2012	25.3%	34.2%
2013	25.2%	34.4%
2014	25%	34.4%
2015	24.9%	34.4%
2016	24.7%	34.2%
2017	24.6%	33.9%
2018	24.4%	33.6%
2019	24.1%	33.3%
2020	23.7%	32.9%
2021	23.2%	32.6%
2022	22.8%	32.4%
2023	22.2%	32.3%
2024	21.6%	32.1%
2025	21%	32%
2026	20.4%	31.8%
2027	19.9%	31.6%
2028	19.3%	31.4%
2029	18.7%	31.2%
2030	18.1%	30.9%
2031	17.6%	30.6%
2032	17.1%	30.3%
2033	16.7%	30%
2034	16.4%	29.6%
2035	16.2%	29.2%
2036	16.2%	28.7%
2037	16.1%	28.1%
2038	16.2%	27.6%
2039	16.2%	27.2%
2040	16.2%	26.7%
2041	16.1%	26.3%
2042	16.1%	25.9%
2043	16.1%	25.5%
2044	16%	25.2%
2045	16%	24.8%
2046	15.9%	24.5%
2047	15.8%	24.2%
2048	15.7%	24%
2049	15.6%	23.7%
2050	15.5%	23.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 21.6% of the population in Argentina and 32.1% in Botswana in 2024, compared to 30.4% and 45.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Argentina and Botswana compared.

Natural population change in Argentina vs Botswana by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.63% in Argentina and +1.88% in Botswana. 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	Botswana
1960	315,943	15,861
1961	317,816	16,185
1962	316,952	16,507
1963	317,041	17,084
1964	311,020	17,634
1965	304,734	18,045
1966	303,981	18,250
1967	308,904	18,463
1968	312,440	18,725
1969	319,108	19,024
1970	339,096	19,438
1971	344,889	19,926
1972	357,835	21,004
1973	370,856	22,449
1974	388,107	24,160
1975	409,561	25,762
1976	422,330	27,497
1977	441,647	29,009
1978	448,413	30,596
1979	449,952	32,486
1980	443,732	33,934
1981	442,501	34,327
1982	431,926	34,859
1983	426,145	35,142
1984	423,279	35,530
1985	428,866	35,966
1986	436,760	36,203
1987	443,404	35,647
1988	455,701	34,564
1989	460,991	33,756
1990	466,640	33,015
1991	474,960	32,219
1992	473,226	31,995
1993	474,791	31,691
1994	481,958	30,664
1995	469,658	28,478
1996	458,199	26,847
1997	450,930	25,738
1998	440,184	25,397
1999	444,038	25,358
2000	437,562	25,850
2001	430,579	26,112
2002	424,825	26,163
2003	410,141	26,545
2004	417,970	27,481
2005	428,247	29,385
2006	424,591	31,340
2007	402,889	33,832
2008	442,442	35,433
2009	439,271	36,671
2010	441,335	38,101
2011	448,730	38,613
2012	411,540	39,202
2013	421,694	39,404
2014	450,462	40,046
2015	444,161	40,897
2016	391,767	41,993
2017	375,260	43,154
2018	346,031	44,171
2019	280,005	45,110
2020	151,347	45,610
2021	88,677	40,894
2022	96,673	47,400
2023	154,648	47,098

Maternal mortality chart: Argentina vs Botswana

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 155 deaths in Botswana.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Argentina	Botswana
1985	80	313
1986	76	304
1987	73	302
1988	70	319
1989	68	300
1990	68	296
1991	67	283
1992	65	263
1993	62	230
1994	62	182
1995	60	148
1996	59	130
1997	60	123
1998	57	126
1999	57	131
2000	58	136
2001	60	138
2002	59	140
2003	61	142
2004	58	151
2005	57	166
2006	60	204
2007	62	201
2008	59	199
2009	62	213
2010	55	228
2011	48	269
2012	49	288
2013	47	221
2014	43	212
2015	39	141
2016	40	72
2017	38	46
2018	38	99
2019	36	100
2020	40	98
2021	76	165
2022	39	120
2023	33	155

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.96% in Argentina and 3.96% in Botswana. 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	Botswana
1960	-	16.8%
1961	-	16.3%
1962	-	15.8%
1963	-	15.3%
1964	-	14.9%
1965	-	14.5%
1966	-	14%
1967	-	13.6%
1968	-	13.2%
1969	7.25%	12.8%
1970	7.17%	12.4%
1971	7.08%	11.9%
1972	6.97%	11.4%
1973	6.82%	10.9%
1974	6.61%	10.4%
1975	6.33%	9.88%
1976	5.98%	9.32%
1977	5.56%	8.77%
1978	5.12%	8.23%
1979	4.68%	7.74%
1980	4.28%	7.29%
1981	3.94%	6.86%
1982	3.65%	6.47%
1983	3.41%	6.12%
1984	3.21%	5.8%
1985	3.06%	5.5%
1986	2.96%	5.22%
1987	2.91%	5%
1988	2.9%	4.88%
1989	2.89%	4.87%
1990	2.88%	5.01%
1991	2.84%	5.29%
1992	2.76%	5.7%
1993	2.66%	6.2%
1994	2.54%	6.72%
1995	2.42%	6.74%
1996	2.31%	7.1%
1997	2.19%	7.37%
1998	2.09%	7.57%
1999	2.01%	7.91%
2000	1.94%	8.11%
2001	1.88%	8.12%
2002	1.83%	8%
2003	1.78%	7.85%
2004	1.73%	7.63%
2005	1.67%	7.03%
2006	1.62%	6.43%
2007	1.58%	6.16%
2008	1.54%	6.03%
2009	1.49%	5.78%
2010	1.44%	5.58%
2011	1.39%	5.68%
2012	1.33%	5.34%
2013	1.27%	5.1%
2014	1.22%	5.11%
2015	1.17%	4.98%
2016	1.14%	4.9%
2017	1.1%	4.65%
2018	1.07%	4.59%
2019	1.05%	4.5%
2020	1.03%	4.39%
2021	1%	4.2%
2022	0.98%	4.07%
2023	0.96%	3.96%