Fertility & birth rates in Argentina and Ethiopia

Fertility rate in Argentina vs Ethiopia 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 3.99 in Ethiopia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Argentina vs Ethiopia 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	Ethiopia
1960	3.14	6.51
1961	3.12	6.53
1962	3.13	6.56
1963	3.11	6.59
1964	3.08	6.61
1965	3.01	6.63
1966	2.97	6.66
1967	2.98	6.68
1968	3.01	6.7
1969	3.05	6.72
1970	3.09	6.78
1971	3.11	6.84
1972	3.14	6.9
1973	3.17	6.96
1974	3.22	7.02
1975	3.27	7.08
1976	3.32	7.13
1977	3.36	7.19
1978	3.36	7.23
1979	3.34	7.25
1980	3.3	7.29
1981	3.25	7.31
1982	3.2	7.34
1983	3.15	7.35
1984	3.12	7.36
1985	3.07	7.34
1986	3.05	7.32
1987	3.04	7.29
1988	3.05	7.26
1989	3.02	7.23
1990	3.03	7.2
1991	3.01	7.16
1992	2.99	7.13
1993	2.97	7.09
1994	2.94	7.05
1995	2.86	7
1996	2.78	6.93
1997	2.71	6.87
1998	2.66	6.79
1999	2.64	6.72
2000	2.59	6.65
2001	2.53	6.58
2002	2.49	6.5
2003	2.45	6.4
2004	2.43	6.3
2005	2.43	6.19
2006	2.4	6.05
2007	2.37	5.89
2008	2.43	5.7
2009	2.4	5.49
2010	2.41	5.28
2011	2.39	5.08
2012	2.3	4.89
2013	2.34	4.71
2014	2.39	4.61
2015	2.35	4.53
2016	2.24	4.47
2017	2.17	4.4
2018	2.07	4.37
2019	1.88	4.35
2020	1.6	4.27
2021	1.59	4.18
2022	1.48	4.08
2023	1.5	3.99
2024	1.5	3.91
2025	1.5	3.81
2026	1.51	3.72
2027	1.51	3.64
2028	1.51	3.57
2029	1.51	3.5
2030	1.51	3.43
2031	1.51	3.36
2032	1.52	3.3
2033	1.52	3.24
2034	1.52	3.19
2035	1.52	3.14
2036	1.52	3.08
2037	1.52	3.03
2038	1.52	2.99
2039	1.52	2.94
2040	1.52	2.9
2041	1.52	2.86
2042	1.52	2.83
2043	1.53	2.79
2044	1.53	2.75
2045	1.53	2.72
2046	1.53	2.68
2047	1.53	2.65
2048	1.53	2.62
2049	1.53	2.59
2050	1.54	2.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Argentina	Ethiopia
1960	31.2%	42.2%
1961	31.1%	42.2%
1962	31%	42.1%
1963	30.8%	42.2%
1964	30.6%	42.3%
1965	30.5%	42.5%
1966	30.2%	42.9%
1967	30%	43.2%
1968	29.8%	43.5%
1969	29.7%	43.8%
1970	29.6%	44.2%
1971	29.5%	44.5%
1972	29.5%	44.9%
1973	29.5%	45.2%
1974	29.6%	45.4%
1975	29.7%	45.6%
1976	29.8%	45.7%
1977	29.9%	45.9%
1978	30.1%	46.1%
1979	30.3%	46.2%
1980	30.5%	46.3%
1981	30.6%	46.4%
1982	30.8%	46.5%
1983	30.9%	46.4%
1984	31%	46.2%
1985	31%	46.1%
1986	30.9%	46%
1987	30.9%	46%
1988	30.7%	46%
1989	30.6%	46.1%
1990	30.4%	46.2%
1991	30.3%	46.2%
1992	30%	46.2%
1993	29.8%	46.4%
1994	29.6%	46.5%
1995	29.3%	46.7%
1996	29.1%	46.9%
1997	28.8%	47.1%
1998	28.6%	47.4%
1999	28.4%	47.6%
2000	28.2%	47.7%
2001	27.9%	47.8%
2002	27.7%	47.8%
2003	27.5%	47.7%
2004	27.2%	47.6%
2005	26.9%	47.4%
2006	26.7%	47.2%
2007	26.4%	46.9%
2008	26.1%	46.6%
2009	25.9%	46.2%
2010	25.7%	45.7%
2011	25.5%	45.2%
2012	25.3%	44.6%
2013	25.2%	44%
2014	25%	43.4%
2015	24.9%	42.9%
2016	24.7%	42.3%
2017	24.6%	41.8%
2018	24.4%	41.3%
2019	24.1%	40.9%
2020	23.7%	40.5%
2021	23.2%	40.1%
2022	22.8%	39.7%
2023	22.2%	39.4%
2024	21.6%	39.1%
2025	21%	38.8%
2026	20.4%	38.5%
2027	19.9%	38.3%
2028	19.3%	38.1%
2029	18.7%	37.8%
2030	18.1%	37.6%
2031	17.6%	37.3%
2032	17.1%	37%
2033	16.7%	36.6%
2034	16.4%	36.2%
2035	16.2%	35.8%
2036	16.2%	35.4%
2037	16.1%	34.9%
2038	16.2%	34.5%
2039	16.2%	34%
2040	16.2%	33.6%
2041	16.1%	33.2%
2042	16.1%	32.8%
2043	16.1%	32.4%
2044	16%	32%
2045	16%	31.7%
2046	15.9%	31.3%
2047	15.8%	31%
2048	15.7%	30.7%
2049	15.6%	30.3%
2050	15.5%	30%

Children aged 0-14 make up 21.6% of the population in Argentina and 39.1% in Ethiopia in 2024, compared to 30.4% and 46.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Argentina and Ethiopia compared.

Natural population change in Argentina vs Ethiopia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.63% in Argentina and +2.64% in Ethiopia. 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	Ethiopia
1960	315,943	511,694
1961	317,816	538,518
1962	316,952	563,650
1963	317,041	590,998
1964	311,020	618,667
1965	304,734	642,359
1966	303,981	616,281
1967	308,904	695,283
1968	312,440	715,602
1969	319,108	736,428
1970	339,096	760,821
1971	344,889	787,047
1972	357,835	779,808
1973	370,856	807,535
1974	388,107	777,306
1975	409,561	801,425
1976	422,330	899,577
1977	441,647	929,381
1978	448,413	943,388
1979	449,952	987,203
1980	443,732	1,007,516
1981	442,501	1,018,838
1982	431,926	1,080,853
1983	426,145	863,472
1984	423,279	920,670
1985	428,866	997,050
1986	436,760	1,050,277
1987	443,404	1,356,853
1988	455,701	1,393,356
1989	460,991	1,441,769
1990	466,640	1,479,663
1991	474,960	1,579,416
1992	473,226	1,673,839
1993	474,791	1,734,851
1994	481,958	1,788,133
1995	469,658	1,831,068
1996	458,199	1,896,364
1997	450,930	1,945,112
1998	440,184	1,984,989
1999	444,038	2,010,987
2000	437,562	2,083,622
2001	430,579	2,137,791
2002	424,825	2,189,683
2003	410,141	2,231,223
2004	417,970	2,296,999
2005	428,247	2,353,375
2006	424,591	2,393,585
2007	402,889	2,436,753
2008	442,442	2,465,283
2009	439,271	2,467,118
2010	441,335	2,498,048
2011	448,730	2,527,811
2012	411,540	2,533,398
2013	421,694	2,546,020
2014	450,462	2,623,647
2015	444,161	2,713,529
2016	391,767	2,809,889
2017	375,260	2,899,143
2018	346,031	3,015,231
2019	280,005	3,132,780
2020	151,347	3,199,718
2021	88,677	3,204,673
2022	96,673	3,300,114
2023	154,648	3,338,649

Maternal mortality chart: Argentina vs Ethiopia

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 195 deaths in Ethiopia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Argentina	Ethiopia
1985	80	1,329
1986	76	1,317
1987	73	1,289
1988	70	1,306
1989	68	1,296
1990	68	1,320
1991	67	1,239
1992	65	1,218
1993	62	1,168
1994	62	1,113
1995	60	1,060
1996	59	1,008
1997	60	957
1998	57	911
1999	57	901
2000	58	870
2001	60	856
2002	59	826
2003	61	797
2004	58	764
2005	57	754
2006	60	729
2007	62	704
2008	59	678
2009	62	649
2010	55	619
2011	48	588
2012	49	545
2013	47	494
2014	43	444
2015	39	401
2016	40	364
2017	38	327
2018	38	297
2019	36	269
2020	40	244
2021	76	250
2022	39	207
2023	33	195

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.96% in Argentina and 4.65% in Ethiopia. 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	Ethiopia
1966	-	27.8%
1967	-	24.9%
1968	-	24.8%
1969	7.25%	24.8%
1970	7.17%	24.7%
1971	7.08%	24.7%
1972	6.97%	24.7%
1973	6.82%	24.6%
1974	6.61%	28.3%
1975	6.33%	28.2%
1976	5.98%	24.5%
1977	5.56%	24.5%
1978	5.12%	24.4%
1979	4.68%	24.2%
1980	4.28%	24%
1981	3.94%	23.8%
1982	3.65%	23.5%
1983	3.41%	32%
1984	3.21%	31.4%
1985	3.06%	30.3%
1986	2.96%	29.7%
1987	2.91%	21.5%
1988	2.9%	21%
1989	2.89%	20.6%
1990	2.88%	20.2%
1991	2.84%	19.7%
1992	2.76%	19.1%
1993	2.66%	18.5%
1994	2.54%	17.9%
1995	2.42%	17.2%
1996	2.31%	16.6%
1997	2.19%	15.9%
1998	2.09%	15.3%
1999	2.01%	14.7%
2000	1.94%	14%
2001	1.88%	13.4%
2002	1.83%	12.8%
2003	1.78%	12.1%
2004	1.73%	11.5%
2005	1.67%	10.9%
2006	1.62%	10.3%
2007	1.58%	9.74%
2008	1.54%	9.23%
2009	1.49%	8.76%
2010	1.44%	8.32%
2011	1.39%	7.91%
2012	1.33%	7.53%
2013	1.27%	7.16%
2014	1.22%	6.82%
2015	1.17%	6.49%
2016	1.14%	6.17%
2017	1.1%	5.89%
2018	1.07%	5.64%
2019	1.05%	5.41%
2020	1.03%	5.2%
2021	1%	5%
2022	0.98%	4.82%
2023	0.96%	4.65%