Fertility & birth rates in Argentina and Greece

Fertility rate in Argentina vs Greece 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 1.32 in Greece in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Argentina vs Greece 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	Greece
1960	3.14	2.23
1961	3.12	2.13
1962	3.13	2.16
1963	3.11	2.14
1964	3.08	2.24
1965	3.01	2.25
1966	2.97	2.32
1967	2.98	2.45
1968	3.01	2.42
1969	3.05	2.36
1970	3.09	2.4
1971	3.11	2.32
1972	3.14	2.32
1973	3.17	2.27
1974	3.22	2.38
1975	3.27	2.33
1976	3.32	2.35
1977	3.36	2.27
1978	3.36	2.28
1979	3.34	2.26
1980	3.3	2.23
1981	3.25	2.09
1982	3.2	2.03
1983	3.15	1.94
1984	3.12	1.83
1985	3.07	1.67
1986	3.05	1.6
1987	3.04	1.5
1988	3.05	1.5
1989	3.02	1.4
1990	3.03	1.39
1991	3.01	1.37
1992	2.99	1.36
1993	2.97	1.32
1994	2.94	1.33
1995	2.86	1.28
1996	2.78	1.26
1997	2.71	1.27
1998	2.66	1.24
1999	2.64	1.23
2000	2.59	1.25
2001	2.53	1.25
2002	2.49	1.28
2003	2.45	1.29
2004	2.43	1.31
2005	2.43	1.34
2006	2.4	1.4
2007	2.37	1.41
2008	2.43	1.5
2009	2.4	1.5
2010	2.41	1.48
2011	2.39	1.4
2012	2.3	1.34
2013	2.34	1.29
2014	2.39	1.3
2015	2.35	1.33
2016	2.24	1.38
2017	2.17	1.35
2018	2.07	1.35
2019	1.88	1.34
2020	1.6	1.39
2021	1.59	1.43
2022	1.48	1.32
2023	1.5	1.32
2024	1.5	1.32
2025	1.5	1.33
2026	1.51	1.33
2027	1.51	1.33
2028	1.51	1.34
2029	1.51	1.34
2030	1.51	1.34
2031	1.51	1.35
2032	1.52	1.35
2033	1.52	1.35
2034	1.52	1.35
2035	1.52	1.36
2036	1.52	1.36
2037	1.52	1.36
2038	1.52	1.37
2039	1.52	1.37
2040	1.52	1.37
2041	1.52	1.38
2042	1.52	1.38
2043	1.53	1.39
2044	1.53	1.39
2045	1.53	1.39
2046	1.53	1.39
2047	1.53	1.39
2048	1.53	1.39
2049	1.53	1.4
2050	1.54	1.4

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Argentina	Greece
1960	31.2%	26.7%
1961	31.1%	26.4%
1962	31%	26.1%
1963	30.8%	26%
1964	30.6%	25.9%
1965	30.5%	25.3%
1966	30.2%	25.5%
1967	30%	25.3%
1968	29.8%	25.2%
1969	29.7%	25.2%
1970	29.6%	24.8%
1971	29.5%	25.1%
1972	29.5%	24.8%
1973	29.5%	24.5%
1974	29.6%	24.3%
1975	29.7%	24%
1976	29.8%	23.8%
1977	29.9%	23.6%
1978	30.1%	23.5%
1979	30.3%	23.2%
1980	30.5%	23.4%
1981	30.6%	23.6%
1982	30.8%	23.2%
1983	30.9%	22.8%
1984	31%	22.4%
1985	31%	21.9%
1986	30.9%	21.4%
1987	30.9%	20.9%
1988	30.7%	20.5%
1989	30.6%	19.9%
1990	30.4%	19.4%
1991	30.3%	18.9%
1992	30%	18.6%
1993	29.8%	18.2%
1994	29.6%	17.8%
1995	29.3%	17.3%
1996	29.1%	16.9%
1997	28.8%	16.5%
1998	28.6%	16.2%
1999	28.4%	16%
2000	28.2%	15.8%
2001	27.9%	15.7%
2002	27.7%	15.6%
2003	27.5%	15.4%
2004	27.2%	15.2%
2005	26.9%	15%
2006	26.7%	14.8%
2007	26.4%	14.7%
2008	26.1%	14.6%
2009	25.9%	14.6%
2010	25.7%	14.6%
2011	25.5%	14.6%
2012	25.3%	14.7%
2013	25.2%	14.7%
2014	25%	14.6%
2015	24.9%	14.5%
2016	24.7%	14.4%
2017	24.6%	14.4%
2018	24.4%	14.4%
2019	24.1%	14.3%
2020	23.7%	14.2%
2021	23.2%	14%
2022	22.8%	13.8%
2023	22.2%	13.6%
2024	21.6%	13.2%
2025	21%	12.9%
2026	20.4%	12.6%
2027	19.9%	12.3%
2028	19.3%	12.1%
2029	18.7%	11.9%
2030	18.1%	11.7%
2031	17.6%	11.5%
2032	17.1%	11.3%
2033	16.7%	11.2%
2034	16.4%	11.1%
2035	16.2%	11%
2036	16.2%	10.9%
2037	16.1%	10.9%
2038	16.2%	11%
2039	16.2%	11%
2040	16.2%	11.1%
2041	16.1%	11.2%
2042	16.1%	11.3%
2043	16.1%	11.4%
2044	16%	11.5%
2045	16%	11.7%
2046	15.9%	11.8%
2047	15.8%	11.9%
2048	15.7%	12%
2049	15.6%	12.1%
2050	15.5%	12.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 21.6% of the population in Argentina and 13.2% in Greece in 2024, compared to 30.4% and 19.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Argentina and Greece compared.

Natural population change in Argentina vs Greece by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.63% in Argentina and -0.39% in Greece. 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	Greece
1960	315,943	96,648
1961	317,816	86,500
1962	316,952	85,327
1963	317,041	81,404
1964	311,020	83,402
1965	304,734	83,793
1966	303,981	86,998
1967	308,904	91,183
1968	312,440	87,408
1969	319,108	82,464
1970	339,096	71,222
1971	344,889	67,116
1972	357,835	64,887
1973	370,856	59,824
1974	388,107	68,111
1975	409,561	61,516
1976	422,330	65,236
1977	441,647	59,574
1978	448,413	64,124
1979	449,952	65,882
1980	443,732	60,748
1981	442,501	54,484
1982	431,926	50,906
1983	426,145	42,341
1984	423,279	37,604
1985	428,866	22,849
1986	436,760	20,931
1987	443,404	10,001
1988	455,701	15,055
1989	460,991	9,080
1990	466,640	8,157
1991	474,960	6,192
1992	473,226	6,239
1993	474,791	4,185
1994	481,958	6,307
1995	469,658	1,056
1996	458,199	0
1997	450,930	2,133
1998	440,184	-2,144
1999	444,038	-2,153
2000	437,562	-1,081
2001	430,579	0
2002	424,825	0
2003	410,141	-1,093
2004	417,970	0
2005	428,247	2,197
2006	424,591	6,612
2007	402,889	2,210
2008	442,442	11,077
2009	439,271	8,886
2010	441,335	5,560
2011	448,730	-4,441
2012	411,540	-16,568
2013	421,694	-17,545
2014	450,462	-20,696
2015	444,161	-29,216
2016	391,767	-25,862
2017	375,260	-36,566
2018	346,031	-33,272
2019	280,005	-41,814
2020	151,347	-46,004
2021	88,677	-58,131
2022	96,673	-63,665
2023	154,648	-56,191

Maternal mortality chart: Argentina vs Greece

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 5 deaths in Greece.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Argentina	Greece
1985	80	9
1986	76	8
1987	73	9
1988	70	7
1989	68	7
1990	68	7
1991	67	6
1992	65	6
1993	62	5
1994	62	5
1995	60	5
1996	59	4
1997	60	4
1998	57	4
1999	57	4
2000	58	4
2001	60	3
2002	59	3
2003	61	3
2004	58	3
2005	57	3
2006	60	3
2007	62	3
2008	59	3
2009	62	3
2010	55	4
2011	48	4
2012	49	4
2013	47	4
2014	43	4
2015	39	5
2016	40	5
2017	38	5
2018	38	5
2019	36	5
2020	40	7
2021	76	9
2022	39	10
2023	33	5

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.96% in Argentina and 0.37% in Greece. 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	Greece
1960	-	4.62%
1961	-	4.51%
1962	-	4.39%
1963	-	4.25%
1964	-	4.1%
1965	-	3.97%
1966	-	3.86%
1967	-	3.73%
1968	-	3.54%
1969	7.25%	3.33%
1970	7.17%	3.13%
1971	7.08%	2.96%
1972	6.97%	2.84%
1973	6.82%	2.76%
1974	6.61%	2.7%
1975	6.33%	2.62%
1976	5.98%	2.51%
1977	5.56%	2.38%
1978	5.12%	2.24%
1979	4.68%	2.09%
1980	4.28%	1.96%
1981	3.94%	1.83%
1982	3.65%	1.71%
1983	3.41%	1.62%
1984	3.21%	1.54%
1985	3.06%	1.46%
1986	2.96%	1.37%
1987	2.91%	1.27%
1988	2.9%	1.19%
1989	2.89%	1.11%
1990	2.88%	1.05%
1991	2.84%	0.99%
1992	2.76%	0.95%
1993	2.66%	0.91%
1994	2.54%	0.88%
1995	2.42%	0.85%
1996	2.31%	0.81%
1997	2.19%	0.77%
1998	2.09%	0.73%
1999	2.01%	0.69%
2000	1.94%	0.64%
2001	1.88%	0.6%
2002	1.83%	0.56%
2003	1.78%	0.52%
2004	1.73%	0.49%
2005	1.67%	0.46%
2006	1.62%	0.43%
2007	1.58%	0.41%
2008	1.54%	0.4%
2009	1.49%	0.4%
2010	1.44%	0.39%
2011	1.39%	0.4%
2012	1.33%	0.4%
2013	1.27%	0.41%
2014	1.22%	0.42%
2015	1.17%	0.43%
2016	1.14%	0.43%
2017	1.1%	0.43%
2018	1.07%	0.42%
2019	1.05%	0.41%
2020	1.03%	0.4%
2021	1%	0.39%
2022	0.98%	0.38%
2023	0.96%	0.37%