Fertility & birth rates in Argentina and Colombia

Fertility rate in Argentina vs Colombia 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 1.65 in Colombia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Argentina vs Colombia 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	Colombia
1960	3.14	6.74
1961	3.12	6.71
1962	3.13	6.66
1963	3.11	6.58
1964	3.08	6.48
1965	3.01	6.33
1966	2.97	6.16
1967	2.98	5.96
1968	3.01	5.74
1969	3.05	5.51
1970	3.09	5.28
1971	3.11	5.06
1972	3.14	4.86
1973	3.17	4.68
1974	3.22	4.53
1975	3.27	4.4
1976	3.32	4.29
1977	3.36	4.16
1978	3.36	4
1979	3.34	3.89
1980	3.3	3.8
1981	3.25	3.71
1982	3.2	3.62
1983	3.15	3.5
1984	3.12	3.35
1985	3.07	3.23
1986	3.05	3.15
1987	3.04	3.09
1988	3.05	3.04
1989	3.02	3.01
1990	3.03	3
1991	3.01	2.98
1992	2.99	2.98
1993	2.97	2.98
1994	2.94	2.94
1995	2.86	2.85
1996	2.78	2.77
1997	2.71	2.74
1998	2.66	2.72
1999	2.64	2.64
2000	2.59	2.57
2001	2.53	2.52
2002	2.49	2.49
2003	2.45	2.45
2004	2.43	2.38
2005	2.43	2.31
2006	2.4	2.24
2007	2.37	2.19
2008	2.43	2.15
2009	2.4	2.1
2010	2.41	2.01
2011	2.39	1.94
2012	2.3	1.9
2013	2.34	1.86
2014	2.39	1.82
2015	2.35	1.77
2016	2.24	1.72
2017	2.17	1.72
2018	2.07	1.72
2019	1.88	1.71
2020	1.6	1.69
2021	1.59	1.68
2022	1.48	1.66
2023	1.5	1.65
2024	1.5	1.63
2025	1.5	1.62
2026	1.51	1.6
2027	1.51	1.6
2028	1.51	1.59
2029	1.51	1.59
2030	1.51	1.58
2031	1.51	1.58
2032	1.52	1.57
2033	1.52	1.57
2034	1.52	1.57
2035	1.52	1.57
2036	1.52	1.57
2037	1.52	1.57
2038	1.52	1.57
2039	1.52	1.57
2040	1.52	1.57
2041	1.52	1.57
2042	1.52	1.57
2043	1.53	1.57
2044	1.53	1.57
2045	1.53	1.57
2046	1.53	1.57
2047	1.53	1.58
2048	1.53	1.58
2049	1.53	1.58
2050	1.54	1.58

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Argentina	Colombia
1960	31.2%	46.8%
1961	31.1%	47%
1962	31%	47.1%
1963	30.8%	47.2%
1964	30.6%	47.3%
1965	30.5%	47.2%
1966	30.2%	47.1%
1967	30%	46.9%
1968	29.8%	46.7%
1969	29.7%	46.4%
1970	29.6%	46%
1971	29.5%	45.6%
1972	29.5%	45.1%
1973	29.5%	44.6%
1974	29.6%	44%
1975	29.7%	43.4%
1976	29.8%	42.8%
1977	29.9%	42.2%
1978	30.1%	41.5%
1979	30.3%	40.9%
1980	30.5%	40.3%
1981	30.6%	39.7%
1982	30.8%	39.1%
1983	30.9%	38.6%
1984	31%	38.1%
1985	31%	37.6%
1986	30.9%	37.2%
1987	30.9%	36.9%
1988	30.7%	36.5%
1989	30.6%	36.2%
1990	30.4%	35.9%
1991	30.3%	35.6%
1992	30%	35.3%
1993	29.8%	35%
1994	29.6%	34.7%
1995	29.3%	34.4%
1996	29.1%	34%
1997	28.8%	33.7%
1998	28.6%	33.3%
1999	28.4%	32.9%
2000	28.2%	32.5%
2001	27.9%	32.1%
2002	27.7%	31.7%
2003	27.5%	31.3%
2004	27.2%	30.9%
2005	26.9%	30.4%
2006	26.7%	29.9%
2007	26.4%	29.3%
2008	26.1%	28.7%
2009	25.9%	28.1%
2010	25.7%	27.5%
2011	25.5%	26.9%
2012	25.3%	26.3%
2013	25.2%	25.7%
2014	25%	25.1%
2015	24.9%	24.5%
2016	24.7%	23.9%
2017	24.6%	23.3%
2018	24.4%	22.7%
2019	24.1%	22.1%
2020	23.7%	21.7%
2021	23.2%	21.3%
2022	22.8%	21%
2023	22.2%	20.6%
2024	21.6%	20.3%
2025	21%	20%
2026	20.4%	19.7%
2027	19.9%	19.5%
2028	19.3%	19.3%
2029	18.7%	19.1%
2030	18.1%	18.8%
2031	17.6%	18.6%
2032	17.1%	18.4%
2033	16.7%	18.2%
2034	16.4%	18%
2035	16.2%	17.7%
2036	16.2%	17.4%
2037	16.1%	17.2%
2038	16.2%	16.9%
2039	16.2%	16.7%
2040	16.2%	16.4%
2041	16.1%	16.2%
2042	16.1%	16%
2043	16.1%	15.7%
2044	16%	15.5%
2045	16%	15.4%
2046	15.9%	15.2%
2047	15.8%	15%
2048	15.7%	14.8%
2049	15.6%	14.7%
2050	15.5%	14.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 21.6% of the population in Argentina and 20.3% in Colombia in 2024, compared to 30.4% and 35.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Argentina and Colombia compared.

Natural population change in Argentina vs Colombia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.63% in Argentina and +0.85% in Colombia. 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	Colombia
1960	315,943	529,316
1961	317,816	545,627
1962	316,952	559,985
1963	317,041	572,355
1964	311,020	581,435
1965	304,734	587,677
1966	303,981	590,855
1967	308,904	591,649
1968	312,440	589,407
1969	319,108	586,559
1970	339,096	583,396
1971	344,889	582,011
1972	357,835	581,361
1973	370,856	583,608
1974	388,107	589,035
1975	409,561	598,580
1976	422,330	612,265
1977	441,647	622,814
1978	448,413	626,378
1979	449,952	635,747
1980	443,732	649,872
1981	442,501	662,195
1982	431,926	675,339
1983	426,145	674,767
1984	423,279	666,315
1985	428,866	625,379
1986	436,760	659,701
1987	443,404	659,429
1988	455,701	663,796
1989	460,991	674,102
1990	466,640	682,409
1991	474,960	690,266
1992	473,226	697,763
1993	474,791	709,287
1994	481,958	708,660
1995	469,658	694,968
1996	458,199	682,547
1997	450,930	686,073
1998	440,184	687,704
1999	444,038	668,576
2000	437,562	652,176
2001	430,579	642,933
2002	424,825	640,840
2003	410,141	642,144
2004	417,970	628,424
2005	428,247	610,618
2006	424,591	594,388
2007	402,889	583,115
2008	442,442	576,654
2009	439,271	559,017
2010	441,335	533,657
2011	448,730	511,524
2012	411,540	503,285
2013	421,694	489,069
2014	450,462	470,916
2015	444,161	446,778
2016	391,767	425,087
2017	375,260	426,538
2018	346,031	433,622
2019	280,005	441,087
2020	151,347	378,965
2021	88,677	311,122
2022	96,673	406,143
2023	154,648	422,598

Maternal mortality chart: Argentina vs Colombia

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 59 deaths in Colombia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Argentina	Colombia
1985	80	143
1986	76	123
1987	73	120
1988	70	113
1989	68	106
1990	68	102
1991	67	99
1992	65	97
1993	62	94
1994	62	93
1995	60	91
1996	59	89
1997	60	90
1998	57	92
1999	57	96
2000	58	95
2001	60	94
2002	59	91
2003	61	87
2004	58	84
2005	57	82
2006	60	81
2007	62	80
2008	59	78
2009	62	77
2010	55	76
2011	48	75
2012	49	73
2013	47	72
2014	43	71
2015	39	70
2016	40	69
2017	38	68
2018	38	67
2019	36	66
2020	40	94
2021	76	147
2022	39	74
2023	33	59

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.96% in Argentina and 1.2% in Colombia. 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	Colombia
1960	-	13.4%
1961	-	13%
1962	-	12.6%
1963	-	12.2%
1964	-	11.8%
1965	-	11.5%
1966	-	11.1%
1967	-	10.8%
1968	-	10.4%
1969	7.25%	10.1%
1970	7.17%	9.72%
1971	7.08%	9.36%
1972	6.97%	8.99%
1973	6.82%	8.6%
1974	6.61%	8.2%
1975	6.33%	7.8%
1976	5.98%	7.39%
1977	5.56%	6.98%
1978	5.12%	6.58%
1979	4.68%	6.2%
1980	4.28%	5.84%
1981	3.94%	5.5%
1982	3.65%	5.17%
1983	3.41%	4.88%
1984	3.21%	4.62%
1985	3.06%	4.89%
1986	2.96%	4.17%
1987	2.91%	3.99%
1988	2.9%	3.84%
1989	2.89%	3.7%
1990	2.88%	3.57%
1991	2.84%	3.45%
1992	2.76%	3.33%
1993	2.66%	3.21%
1994	2.54%	3.1%
1995	2.42%	2.99%
1996	2.31%	2.88%
1997	2.19%	2.78%
1998	2.09%	2.68%
1999	2.01%	2.59%
2000	1.94%	2.51%
2001	1.88%	2.43%
2002	1.83%	2.35%
2003	1.78%	2.28%
2004	1.73%	2.22%
2005	1.67%	2.15%
2006	1.62%	2.09%
2007	1.58%	2.02%
2008	1.54%	1.96%
2009	1.49%	1.89%
2010	1.44%	1.83%
2011	1.39%	1.77%
2012	1.33%	1.72%
2013	1.27%	1.66%
2014	1.22%	1.61%
2015	1.17%	1.56%
2016	1.14%	1.51%
2017	1.1%	1.46%
2018	1.07%	1.41%
2019	1.05%	1.37%
2020	1.03%	1.32%
2021	1%	1.28%
2022	0.98%	1.24%
2023	0.96%	1.2%