Fertility & birth rates in Argentina and Cuba

Fertility rate in Argentina vs Cuba 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 1.44 in Cuba in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Argentina vs Cuba 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	Cuba
1960	3.14	4.13
1961	3.12	4.26
1962	3.13	4.42
1963	3.11	4.56
1964	3.08	4.53
1965	3.01	4.5
1966	2.97	4.4
1967	2.98	4.29
1968	3.01	4.19
1969	3.05	4.12
1970	3.09	3.98
1971	3.11	3.8
1972	3.14	3.61
1973	3.17	3.4
1974	3.22	3.16
1975	3.27	2.82
1976	3.32	2.51
1977	3.36	2.21
1978	3.36	1.88
1979	3.34	1.77
1980	3.3	1.64
1981	3.25	1.59
1982	3.2	1.78
1983	3.15	1.8
1984	3.12	1.77
1985	3.07	1.77
1986	3.05	1.78
1987	3.04	1.8
1988	3.05	1.85
1989	3.02	1.83
1990	3.03	1.81
1991	3.01	1.66
1992	2.99	1.56
1993	2.97	1.49
1994	2.94	1.47
1995	2.86	1.48
1996	2.78	1.46
1997	2.71	1.59
1998	2.66	1.62
1999	2.64	1.64
2000	2.59	1.61
2001	2.53	1.6
2002	2.49	1.65
2003	2.45	1.63
2004	2.43	1.55
2005	2.43	1.49
2006	2.4	1.4
2007	2.37	1.44
2008	2.43	1.58
2009	2.4	1.68
2010	2.41	1.67
2011	2.39	1.73
2012	2.3	1.67
2013	2.34	1.68
2014	2.39	1.66
2015	2.35	1.69
2016	2.24	1.6
2017	2.17	1.59
2018	2.07	1.61
2019	1.88	1.54
2020	1.6	1.49
2021	1.59	1.43
2022	1.48	1.41
2023	1.5	1.44
2024	1.5	1.45
2025	1.5	1.45
2026	1.51	1.45
2027	1.51	1.46
2028	1.51	1.46
2029	1.51	1.46
2030	1.51	1.47
2031	1.51	1.47
2032	1.52	1.47
2033	1.52	1.48
2034	1.52	1.48
2035	1.52	1.49
2036	1.52	1.49
2037	1.52	1.49
2038	1.52	1.49
2039	1.52	1.49
2040	1.52	1.49
2041	1.52	1.49
2042	1.52	1.5
2043	1.53	1.5
2044	1.53	1.5
2045	1.53	1.5
2046	1.53	1.51
2047	1.53	1.51
2048	1.53	1.51
2049	1.53	1.51
2050	1.54	1.51

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Argentina	Cuba
1960	31.2%	36%
1961	31.1%	36.2%
1962	31%	36.5%
1963	30.8%	36.8%
1964	30.6%	37.1%
1965	30.5%	37.3%
1966	30.2%	37.5%
1967	30%	37.7%
1968	29.8%	37.8%
1969	29.7%	37.9%
1970	29.6%	38%
1971	29.5%	37.9%
1972	29.5%	37.8%
1973	29.5%	37.6%
1974	29.6%	37.3%
1975	29.7%	36.8%
1976	29.8%	36.2%
1977	29.9%	35.4%
1978	30.1%	34.3%
1979	30.3%	33.2%
1980	30.5%	31.9%
1981	30.6%	30.5%
1982	30.8%	29.3%
1983	30.9%	28.1%
1984	31%	27.1%
1985	31%	26.1%
1986	30.9%	25.2%
1987	30.9%	24.3%
1988	30.7%	23.6%
1989	30.6%	23.1%
1990	30.4%	22.8%
1991	30.3%	22.5%
1992	30%	22.4%
1993	29.8%	22.2%
1994	29.6%	22.1%
1995	29.3%	22.1%
1996	29.1%	22.1%
1997	28.8%	22%
1998	28.6%	21.8%
1999	28.4%	21.5%
2000	28.2%	21.3%
2001	27.9%	20.9%
2002	27.7%	20.6%
2003	27.5%	20.2%
2004	27.2%	19.8%
2005	26.9%	19.4%
2006	26.7%	18.9%
2007	26.4%	18.5%
2008	26.1%	18.2%
2009	25.9%	17.9%
2010	25.7%	17.7%
2011	25.5%	17.5%
2012	25.3%	17.3%
2013	25.2%	17.1%
2014	25%	16.9%
2015	24.9%	16.7%
2016	24.7%	16.5%
2017	24.6%	16.3%
2018	24.4%	16.1%
2019	24.1%	16%
2020	23.7%	15.8%
2021	23.2%	15.8%
2022	22.8%	15.7%
2023	22.2%	15.5%
2024	21.6%	15.3%
2025	21%	15%
2026	20.4%	14.7%
2027	19.9%	14.4%
2028	19.3%	14.1%
2029	18.7%	13.9%
2030	18.1%	13.6%
2031	17.6%	13.4%
2032	17.1%	13.2%
2033	16.7%	13%
2034	16.4%	12.8%
2035	16.2%	12.7%
2036	16.2%	12.6%
2037	16.1%	12.6%
2038	16.2%	12.5%
2039	16.2%	12.4%
2040	16.2%	12.4%
2041	16.1%	12.3%
2042	16.1%	12.3%
2043	16.1%	12.2%
2044	16%	12.2%
2045	16%	12.1%
2046	15.9%	12.1%
2047	15.8%	12%
2048	15.7%	12%
2049	15.6%	11.9%
2050	15.5%	11.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 21.6% of the population in Argentina and 15.3% in Cuba in 2024, compared to 30.4% and 22.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Argentina and Cuba compared.

Natural population change in Argentina vs Cuba by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.63% in Argentina and -0.06% in Cuba. 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	Cuba
1960	315,943	172,816
1961	317,816	183,806
1962	316,952	196,423
1963	317,041	205,788
1964	311,020	209,315
1965	304,734	211,322
1966	303,981	209,179
1967	308,904	207,245
1968	312,440	205,487
1969	319,108	205,581
1970	339,096	201,823
1971	344,889	195,106
1972	357,835	187,588
1973	370,856	177,387
1974	388,107	165,099
1975	409,561	144,964
1976	422,330	125,383
1977	441,647	106,875
1978	448,413	86,864
1979	449,952	81,192
1980	443,732	74,271
1981	442,501	74,067
1982	431,926	95,866
1983	426,145	101,858
1984	423,279	101,670
1985	428,866	103,228
1986	436,760	105,997
1987	443,404	109,617
1988	455,701	116,626
1989	460,991	114,865
1990	466,640	112,378
1991	474,960	95,398
1992	473,226	83,461
1993	474,791	73,221
1994	481,958	68,604
1995	469,658	66,809
1996	458,199	61,837
1997	450,930	71,828
1998	440,184	71,284
1999	444,038	69,069
2000	437,562	61,133
2001	430,579	57,325
2002	424,825	58,212
2003	410,141	56,170
2004	417,970	44,258
2005	428,247	36,660
2006	424,591	24,508
2007	402,889	24,617
2008	442,442	32,848
2009	439,271	37,543
2010	441,335	37,021
2011	448,730	40,753
2012	411,540	33,864
2013	421,694	29,827
2014	450,462	22,448
2015	444,161	20,464
2016	391,767	9,677
2017	375,260	2,306
2018	346,031	3,436
2019	280,005	-4,245
2020	151,347	-12,808
2021	88,677	-71,616
2022	96,673	-17,961
2023	154,648	-15,880

Maternal mortality chart: Argentina vs Cuba

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 35 deaths in Cuba.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Argentina	Cuba
1985	80	70
1986	76	70
1987	73	69
1988	70	68
1989	68	66
1990	68	66
1991	67	66
1992	65	66
1993	62	65
1994	62	64
1995	60	62
1996	59	59
1997	60	57
1998	57	54
1999	57	51
2000	58	48
2001	60	46
2002	59	45
2003	61	44
2004	58	44
2005	57	43
2006	60	42
2007	62	42
2008	59	44
2009	62	45
2010	55	44
2011	48	44
2012	49	42
2013	47	42
2014	43	42
2015	39	41
2016	40	40
2017	38	39
2018	38	39
2019	36	40
2020	40	40
2021	76	172
2022	39	41
2023	33	35

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.96% in Argentina and 0.83% in Cuba. 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	Cuba
1960	-	4.41%
1961	-	4.44%
1962	-	4.45%
1963	-	4.45%
1964	-	4.43%
1965	-	4.38%
1966	-	4.31%
1967	-	4.22%
1968	-	4.11%
1969	7.25%	3.97%
1970	7.17%	3.82%
1971	7.08%	3.65%
1972	6.97%	3.47%
1973	6.82%	3.29%
1974	6.61%	3.11%
1975	6.33%	2.94%
1976	5.98%	2.77%
1977	5.56%	2.62%
1978	5.12%	2.47%
1979	4.68%	2.34%
1980	4.28%	2.22%
1981	3.94%	2.11%
1982	3.65%	2%
1983	3.41%	1.9%
1984	3.21%	1.81%
1985	3.06%	1.73%
1986	2.96%	1.64%
1987	2.91%	1.56%
1988	2.9%	1.49%
1989	2.89%	1.41%
1990	2.88%	1.34%
1991	2.84%	1.28%
1992	2.76%	1.22%
1993	2.66%	1.16%
1994	2.54%	1.11%
1995	2.42%	1.06%
1996	2.31%	1.01%
1997	2.19%	0.97%
1998	2.09%	0.93%
1999	2.01%	0.89%
2000	1.94%	0.86%
2001	1.88%	0.82%
2002	1.83%	0.79%
2003	1.78%	0.76%
2004	1.73%	0.73%
2005	1.67%	0.71%
2006	1.62%	0.69%
2007	1.58%	0.66%
2008	1.54%	0.65%
2009	1.49%	0.63%
2010	1.44%	0.62%
2011	1.39%	0.61%
2012	1.33%	0.6%
2013	1.27%	0.6%
2014	1.22%	0.6%
2015	1.17%	0.61%
2016	1.14%	0.62%
2017	1.1%	0.64%
2018	1.07%	0.66%
2019	1.05%	0.69%
2020	1.03%	0.72%
2021	1%	0.76%
2022	0.98%	0.79%
2023	0.96%	0.83%