Fertility & birth rates in Argentina and Gambia

Fertility rate in Argentina vs Gambia 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 4.01 in the Gambia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Argentina vs the Gambia 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	Gambia
1960	3.14	6.25
1961	3.12	6.23
1962	3.13	6.21
1963	3.11	6.2
1964	3.08	6.2
1965	3.01	6.19
1966	2.97	6.18
1967	2.98	6.21
1968	3.01	6.22
1969	3.05	6.25
1970	3.09	6.26
1971	3.11	6.33
1972	3.14	6.37
1973	3.17	6.41
1974	3.22	6.42
1975	3.27	6.43
1976	3.32	6.43
1977	3.36	6.43
1978	3.36	6.42
1979	3.34	6.41
1980	3.3	6.41
1981	3.25	6.4
1982	3.2	6.4
1983	3.15	6.39
1984	3.12	6.39
1985	3.07	6.36
1986	3.05	6.34
1987	3.04	6.3
1988	3.05	6.26
1989	3.02	6.25
1990	3.03	6.25
1991	3.01	6.19
1992	2.99	6.11
1993	2.97	6.03
1994	2.94	6.04
1995	2.86	5.99
1996	2.78	5.93
1997	2.71	5.85
1998	2.66	5.82
1999	2.64	5.77
2000	2.59	5.72
2001	2.53	5.67
2002	2.49	5.66
2003	2.45	5.66
2004	2.43	5.68
2005	2.43	5.71
2006	2.4	5.74
2007	2.37	5.69
2008	2.43	5.63
2009	2.4	5.57
2010	2.41	5.56
2011	2.39	5.54
2012	2.3	5.52
2013	2.34	5.39
2014	2.39	5.2
2015	2.35	5
2016	2.24	4.81
2017	2.17	4.61
2018	2.07	4.42
2019	1.88	4.33
2020	1.6	4.25
2021	1.59	4.17
2022	1.48	4.08
2023	1.5	4.01
2024	1.5	3.91
2025	1.5	3.8
2026	1.51	3.7
2027	1.51	3.6
2028	1.51	3.51
2029	1.51	3.41
2030	1.51	3.33
2031	1.51	3.24
2032	1.52	3.17
2033	1.52	3.1
2034	1.52	3.03
2035	1.52	2.97
2036	1.52	2.91
2037	1.52	2.86
2038	1.52	2.81
2039	1.52	2.76
2040	1.52	2.71
2041	1.52	2.67
2042	1.52	2.63
2043	1.53	2.59
2044	1.53	2.56
2045	1.53	2.52
2046	1.53	2.49
2047	1.53	2.46
2048	1.53	2.43
2049	1.53	2.4
2050	1.54	2.38

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Argentina	Gambia
1960	31.2%	41%
1961	31.1%	40.8%
1962	31%	40.7%
1963	30.8%	40.8%
1964	30.6%	41%
1965	30.5%	41.3%
1966	30.2%	41.5%
1967	30%	41.6%
1968	29.8%	41.8%
1969	29.7%	41.9%
1970	29.6%	42%
1971	29.5%	42.1%
1972	29.5%	42.2%
1973	29.5%	42.3%
1974	29.6%	42.4%
1975	29.7%	42.6%
1976	29.8%	42.8%
1977	29.9%	43%
1978	30.1%	43.3%
1979	30.3%	43.5%
1980	30.5%	43.7%
1981	30.6%	44%
1982	30.8%	44.3%
1983	30.9%	44.6%
1984	31%	44.9%
1985	31%	45%
1986	30.9%	45.2%
1987	30.9%	45.4%
1988	30.7%	45.5%
1989	30.6%	45.6%
1990	30.4%	45.7%
1991	30.3%	45.8%
1992	30%	45.9%
1993	29.8%	46%
1994	29.6%	46.3%
1995	29.3%	46.5%
1996	29.1%	46.7%
1997	28.8%	46.9%
1998	28.6%	46.9%
1999	28.4%	46.9%
2000	28.2%	46.8%
2001	27.9%	46.7%
2002	27.7%	46.6%
2003	27.5%	46.4%
2004	27.2%	46.1%
2005	26.9%	45.9%
2006	26.7%	45.6%
2007	26.4%	45.3%
2008	26.1%	45.1%
2009	25.9%	44.8%
2010	25.7%	44.5%
2011	25.5%	44.3%
2012	25.3%	44.1%
2013	25.2%	43.9%
2014	25%	43.7%
2015	24.9%	43.6%
2016	24.7%	43.3%
2017	24.6%	43.1%
2018	24.4%	42.8%
2019	24.1%	42.4%
2020	23.7%	42%
2021	23.2%	41.6%
2022	22.8%	41.2%
2023	22.2%	40.7%
2024	21.6%	40.2%
2025	21%	39.7%
2026	20.4%	39.2%
2027	19.9%	38.5%
2028	19.3%	37.9%
2029	18.7%	37.3%
2030	18.1%	36.7%
2031	17.6%	36.2%
2032	17.1%	35.7%
2033	16.7%	35.2%
2034	16.4%	34.8%
2035	16.2%	34.3%
2036	16.2%	33.9%
2037	16.1%	33.4%
2038	16.2%	33%
2039	16.2%	32.5%
2040	16.2%	32.1%
2041	16.1%	31.7%
2042	16.1%	31.3%
2043	16.1%	30.9%
2044	16%	30.5%
2045	16%	30.2%
2046	15.9%	29.8%
2047	15.8%	29.5%
2048	15.7%	29.1%
2049	15.6%	28.8%
2050	15.5%	28.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 21.6% of the population in Argentina and 40.2% in the Gambia in 2024, compared to 30.4% and 45.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Argentina and the Gambia compared.

Natural population change in Argentina vs Gambia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.63% in Argentina and +2.59% in the Gambia. 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	Gambia
1960	315,943	8,420
1961	317,816	8,778
1962	316,952	9,150
1963	317,041	9,493
1964	311,020	9,825
1965	304,734	10,162
1966	303,981	10,422
1967	308,904	10,823
1968	312,440	11,215
1969	319,108	11,670
1970	339,096	12,128
1971	344,889	12,842
1972	357,835	13,432
1973	370,856	14,046
1974	388,107	14,628
1975	409,561	15,256
1976	422,330	16,032
1977	441,647	16,773
1978	448,413	17,424
1979	449,952	18,543
1980	443,732	19,566
1981	442,501	20,156
1982	431,926	21,894
1983	426,145	23,175
1984	423,279	24,586
1985	428,866	25,795
1986	436,760	27,195
1987	443,404	28,452
1988	455,701	29,938
1989	460,991	31,504
1990	466,640	33,163
1991	474,960	34,584
1992	473,226	35,951
1993	474,791	37,302
1994	481,958	38,880
1995	469,658	39,681
1996	458,199	40,253
1997	450,930	40,742
1998	440,184	41,842
1999	444,038	42,533
2000	437,562	43,249
2001	430,579	44,154
2002	424,825	45,156
2003	410,141	46,473
2004	417,970	48,276
2005	428,247	50,010
2006	424,591	52,335
2007	402,889	53,653
2008	442,442	55,032
2009	439,271	56,575
2010	441,335	58,554
2011	448,730	60,571
2012	411,540	62,745
2013	421,694	63,510
2014	450,462	63,185
2015	444,161	62,832
2016	391,767	62,358
2017	375,260	61,665
2018	346,031	60,854
2019	280,005	61,701
2020	151,347	62,209
2021	88,677	62,239
2022	96,673	63,634
2023	154,648	65,118

Maternal mortality chart: Argentina vs Gambia

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 354 deaths in the Gambia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Argentina	Gambia
1985	80	1,454
1986	76	1,401
1987	73	1,360
1988	70	1,302
1989	68	1,258
1990	68	1,207
1991	67	1,167
1992	65	1,115
1993	62	1,072
1994	62	1,039
1995	60	999
1996	59	956
1997	60	928
1998	57	867
1999	57	830
2000	58	810
2001	60	794
2002	59	772
2003	61	749
2004	58	719
2005	57	707
2006	60	682
2007	62	675
2008	59	653
2009	62	634
2010	55	632
2011	48	634
2012	49	628
2013	47	606
2014	43	561
2015	39	527
2016	40	490
2017	38	469
2018	38	450
2019	36	422
2020	40	400
2021	76	420
2022	39	365
2023	33	354

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.96% in Argentina and 4.41% in the Gambia. 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	Gambia
1960	-	36.2%
1961	-	35.5%
1962	-	34.8%
1963	-	34.1%
1964	-	33.5%
1965	-	32.8%
1966	-	32.1%
1967	-	31.5%
1968	-	30.9%
1969	7.25%	30.2%
1970	7.17%	29.5%
1971	7.08%	28.9%
1972	6.97%	28.2%
1973	6.82%	27.5%
1974	6.61%	26.9%
1975	6.33%	26.2%
1976	5.98%	25.5%
1977	5.56%	24.9%
1978	5.12%	24.2%
1979	4.68%	23.6%
1980	4.28%	23%
1981	3.94%	22.3%
1982	3.65%	21.7%
1983	3.41%	21%
1984	3.21%	20.4%
1985	3.06%	19.7%
1986	2.96%	19.1%
1987	2.91%	18.4%
1988	2.9%	17.8%
1989	2.89%	17.2%
1990	2.88%	16.6%
1991	2.84%	16%
1992	2.76%	15.5%
1993	2.66%	14.9%
1994	2.54%	14.4%
1995	2.42%	13.9%
1996	2.31%	13.3%
1997	2.19%	12.8%
1998	2.09%	12.3%
1999	2.01%	11.8%
2000	1.94%	11.3%
2001	1.88%	10.9%
2002	1.83%	10.4%
2003	1.78%	9.95%
2004	1.73%	9.52%
2005	1.67%	9.11%
2006	1.62%	8.71%
2007	1.58%	8.33%
2008	1.54%	7.98%
2009	1.49%	7.64%
2010	1.44%	7.31%
2011	1.39%	7.01%
2012	1.33%	6.73%
2013	1.27%	6.45%
2014	1.22%	6.18%
2015	1.17%	5.93%
2016	1.14%	5.7%
2017	1.1%	5.47%
2018	1.07%	5.27%
2019	1.05%	5.07%
2020	1.03%	4.89%
2021	1%	4.72%
2022	0.98%	4.56%
2023	0.96%	4.41%