Fertility & birth rates in Argentina and Honduras

Fertility rate in Argentina vs Honduras 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 2.5 in Honduras in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Argentina vs Honduras 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	Honduras
1960	3.14	7.46
1961	3.12	7.45
1962	3.13	7.44
1963	3.11	7.44
1964	3.08	7.44
1965	3.01	7.44
1966	2.97	7.41
1967	2.98	7.36
1968	3.01	7.3
1969	3.05	7.23
1970	3.09	7.17
1971	3.11	7.11
1972	3.14	7.06
1973	3.17	6.99
1974	3.22	6.91
1975	3.27	6.87
1976	3.32	6.81
1977	3.36	6.73
1978	3.36	6.63
1979	3.34	6.53
1980	3.3	6.42
1981	3.25	6.3
1982	3.2	6.18
1983	3.15	6.06
1984	3.12	5.94
1985	3.07	5.82
1986	3.05	5.7
1987	3.04	5.58
1988	3.05	5.47
1989	3.02	5.35
1990	3.03	5.27
1991	3.01	5.19
1992	2.99	5.11
1993	2.97	5.03
1994	2.94	4.93
1995	2.86	4.84
1996	2.78	4.71
1997	2.71	4.59
1998	2.66	4.47
1999	2.64	4.37
2000	2.59	4.29
2001	2.53	4.15
2002	2.49	4
2003	2.45	3.84
2004	2.43	3.71
2005	2.43	3.58
2006	2.4	3.45
2007	2.37	3.35
2008	2.43	3.26
2009	2.4	3.17
2010	2.41	3.08
2011	2.39	3
2012	2.3	2.93
2013	2.34	2.86
2014	2.39	2.79
2015	2.35	2.75
2016	2.24	2.7
2017	2.17	2.66
2018	2.07	2.65
2019	1.88	2.61
2020	1.6	2.58
2021	1.59	2.55
2022	1.48	2.52
2023	1.5	2.5
2024	1.5	2.48
2025	1.5	2.45
2026	1.51	2.42
2027	1.51	2.4
2028	1.51	2.38
2029	1.51	2.35
2030	1.51	2.32
2031	1.51	2.3
2032	1.52	2.28
2033	1.52	2.26
2034	1.52	2.24
2035	1.52	2.22
2036	1.52	2.2
2037	1.52	2.18
2038	1.52	2.16
2039	1.52	2.15
2040	1.52	2.13
2041	1.52	2.12
2042	1.52	2.1
2043	1.53	2.09
2044	1.53	2.07
2045	1.53	2.06
2046	1.53	2.05
2047	1.53	2.03
2048	1.53	2.02
2049	1.53	2.01
2050	1.54	2

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Argentina	Honduras
1960	31.2%	47%
1961	31.1%	47.3%
1962	31%	47.6%
1963	30.8%	47.8%
1964	30.6%	47.9%
1965	30.5%	48%
1966	30.2%	48%
1967	30%	48%
1968	29.8%	48%
1969	29.7%	48%
1970	29.6%	47.9%
1971	29.5%	47.9%
1972	29.5%	47.9%
1973	29.5%	47.9%
1974	29.6%	47.8%
1975	29.7%	47.6%
1976	29.8%	47.5%
1977	29.9%	47.4%
1978	30.1%	47.4%
1979	30.3%	47.3%
1980	30.5%	47.3%
1981	30.6%	47.2%
1982	30.8%	47.1%
1983	30.9%	47.1%
1984	31%	47%
1985	31%	46.8%
1986	30.9%	46.7%
1987	30.9%	46.5%
1988	30.7%	46.4%
1989	30.6%	46.3%
1990	30.4%	46.1%
1991	30.3%	45.9%
1992	30%	45.7%
1993	29.8%	45.4%
1994	29.6%	45.1%
1995	29.3%	44.8%
1996	29.1%	44.5%
1997	28.8%	44.2%
1998	28.6%	43.8%
1999	28.4%	43.4%
2000	28.2%	43.1%
2001	27.9%	42.7%
2002	27.7%	42.3%
2003	27.5%	41.9%
2004	27.2%	41.5%
2005	26.9%	41%
2006	26.7%	40.4%
2007	26.4%	39.9%
2008	26.1%	39.3%
2009	25.9%	38.7%
2010	25.7%	38.1%
2011	25.5%	37.4%
2012	25.3%	36.8%
2013	25.2%	36.2%
2014	25%	35.6%
2015	24.9%	34.9%
2016	24.7%	34.3%
2017	24.6%	33.7%
2018	24.4%	33.1%
2019	24.1%	32.6%
2020	23.7%	32.2%
2021	23.2%	31.8%
2022	22.8%	31.4%
2023	22.2%	31%
2024	21.6%	30.6%
2025	21%	30.3%
2026	20.4%	29.9%
2027	19.9%	29.6%
2028	19.3%	29.3%
2029	18.7%	28.9%
2030	18.1%	28.6%
2031	17.6%	28.3%
2032	17.1%	28%
2033	16.7%	27.6%
2034	16.4%	27.3%
2035	16.2%	26.9%
2036	16.2%	26.6%
2037	16.1%	26.2%
2038	16.2%	25.9%
2039	16.2%	25.5%
2040	16.2%	25.2%
2041	16.1%	24.8%
2042	16.1%	24.5%
2043	16.1%	24.2%
2044	16%	23.9%
2045	16%	23.6%
2046	15.9%	23.3%
2047	15.8%	23%
2048	15.7%	22.7%
2049	15.6%	22.5%
2050	15.5%	22.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 21.6% of the population in Argentina and 30.6% in Honduras in 2024, compared to 30.4% and 46.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Argentina and Honduras compared.

Natural population change in Argentina vs Honduras by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.63% in Argentina and +1.85% in Honduras. 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	Honduras
1960	315,943	62,602
1961	317,816	64,672
1962	316,952	67,332
1963	317,041	69,883
1964	311,020	72,756
1965	304,734	75,622
1966	303,981	78,369
1967	308,904	81,131
1968	312,440	84,070
1969	319,108	87,273
1970	339,096	90,875
1971	344,889	94,597
1972	357,835	98,634
1973	370,856	99,553
1974	388,107	98,141
1975	409,561	111,469
1976	422,330	115,754
1977	441,647	119,333
1978	448,413	122,593
1979	449,952	125,957
1980	443,732	128,856
1981	442,501	131,789
1982	431,926	134,629
1983	426,145	137,597
1984	423,279	139,851
1985	428,866	142,190
1986	436,760	144,500
1987	443,404	146,750
1988	455,701	149,130
1989	460,991	152,266
1990	466,640	156,537
1991	474,960	160,933
1992	473,226	165,434
1993	474,791	169,358
1994	481,958	173,437
1995	469,658	177,309
1996	458,199	180,083
1997	450,930	182,308
1998	440,184	169,632
1999	444,038	186,816
2000	437,562	190,308
2001	430,579	190,636
2002	424,825	189,653
2003	410,141	187,854
2004	417,970	186,774
2005	428,247	185,216
2006	424,591	183,381
2007	402,889	183,052
2008	442,442	182,607
2009	439,271	182,250
2010	441,335	180,318
2011	448,730	180,164
2012	411,540	180,384
2013	421,694	179,999
2014	450,462	180,075
2015	444,161	181,098
2016	391,767	182,243
2017	375,260	182,731
2018	346,031	184,953
2019	280,005	185,200
2020	151,347	179,553
2021	88,677	172,890
2022	96,673	186,257
2023	154,648	186,125

Maternal mortality chart: Argentina vs Honduras

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 47 deaths in Honduras.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Argentina	Honduras
1985	80	199
1986	76	191
1987	73	183
1988	70	177
1989	68	169
1990	68	159
1991	67	148
1992	65	138
1993	62	128
1994	62	119
1995	60	109
1996	59	101
1997	60	96
1998	57	91
1999	57	86
2000	58	82
2001	60	78
2002	59	75
2003	61	75
2004	58	74
2005	57	73
2006	60	72
2007	62	72
2008	59	72
2009	62	71
2010	55	72
2011	48	68
2012	49	64
2013	47	62
2014	43	60
2015	39	57
2016	40	55
2017	38	53
2018	38	52
2019	36	51
2020	40	57
2021	76	88
2022	39	48
2023	33	47

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.96% in Argentina and 1.55% in Honduras. 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	Honduras
1960	-	20.7%
1961	-	20%
1962	-	19.4%
1963	-	18.7%
1964	-	18.1%
1965	-	17.5%
1966	-	16.9%
1967	-	16.3%
1968	-	15.7%
1969	7.25%	15.2%
1970	7.17%	14.6%
1971	7.08%	14%
1972	6.97%	13.5%
1973	6.82%	12.9%
1974	6.61%	14.9%
1975	6.33%	11.9%
1976	5.98%	11.4%
1977	5.56%	10.9%
1978	5.12%	10.4%
1979	4.68%	9.94%
1980	4.28%	9.48%
1981	3.94%	9.05%
1982	3.65%	8.62%
1983	3.41%	8.2%
1984	3.21%	7.81%
1985	3.06%	7.43%
1986	2.96%	7.07%
1987	2.91%	6.73%
1988	2.9%	6.4%
1989	2.89%	6.1%
1990	2.88%	5.81%
1991	2.84%	5.54%
1992	2.76%	5.29%
1993	2.66%	5.06%
1994	2.54%	4.84%
1995	2.42%	4.64%
1996	2.31%	4.44%
1997	2.19%	4.25%
1998	2.09%	6.49%
1999	2.01%	3.9%
2000	1.94%	3.73%
2001	1.88%	3.57%
2002	1.83%	3.41%
2003	1.78%	3.26%
2004	1.73%	3.11%
2005	1.67%	2.98%
2006	1.62%	2.86%
2007	1.58%	2.75%
2008	1.54%	2.65%
2009	1.49%	2.55%
2010	1.44%	2.46%
2011	1.39%	2.37%
2012	1.33%	2.28%
2013	1.27%	2.2%
2014	1.22%	2.12%
2015	1.17%	2.05%
2016	1.14%	1.98%
2017	1.1%	1.91%
2018	1.07%	1.84%
2019	1.05%	1.78%
2020	1.03%	1.72%
2021	1%	1.66%
2022	0.98%	1.6%
2023	0.96%	1.55%