Fertility & birth rates in Argentina and Iceland

Fertility rate in Argentina vs Iceland 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 1.59 in Iceland in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Argentina vs Iceland 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	Iceland
1960	3.14	4.29
1961	3.12	3.88
1962	3.13	3.98
1963	3.11	3.99
1964	3.08	3.88
1965	3.01	3.73
1966	2.97	3.59
1967	2.98	3.28
1968	3.01	3.06
1969	3.05	2.99
1970	3.09	2.81
1971	3.11	2.92
1972	3.14	3.09
1973	3.17	2.94
1974	3.22	2.66
1975	3.27	2.65
1976	3.32	2.52
1977	3.36	2.31
1978	3.36	2.35
1979	3.34	2.49
1980	3.3	2.48
1981	3.25	2.33
1982	3.2	2.27
1983	3.15	2.24
1984	3.12	2.08
1985	3.07	1.93
1986	3.05	1.92
1987	3.04	2.06
1988	3.05	2.26
1989	3.02	2.19
1990	3.03	2.3
1991	3.01	2.18
1992	2.99	2.21
1993	2.97	2.22
1994	2.94	2.14
1995	2.86	2.08
1996	2.78	2.12
1997	2.71	2.04
1998	2.66	2.05
1999	2.64	1.99
2000	2.59	2.08
2001	2.53	1.95
2002	2.49	1.93
2003	2.45	1.99
2004	2.43	2.04
2005	2.43	2.05
2006	2.4	2.08
2007	2.37	2.09
2008	2.43	2.15
2009	2.4	2.23
2010	2.41	2.2
2011	2.39	2.02
2012	2.3	2.04
2013	2.34	1.93
2014	2.39	1.93
2015	2.35	1.8
2016	2.24	1.74
2017	2.17	1.71
2018	2.07	1.71
2019	1.88	1.74
2020	1.6	1.72
2021	1.59	1.82
2022	1.48	1.59
2023	1.5	1.59
2024	1.5	1.57
2025	1.5	1.55
2026	1.51	1.54
2027	1.51	1.53
2028	1.51	1.53
2029	1.51	1.53
2030	1.51	1.52
2031	1.51	1.52
2032	1.52	1.52
2033	1.52	1.53
2034	1.52	1.53
2035	1.52	1.53
2036	1.52	1.53
2037	1.52	1.53
2038	1.52	1.53
2039	1.52	1.54
2040	1.52	1.54
2041	1.52	1.54
2042	1.52	1.54
2043	1.53	1.54
2044	1.53	1.54
2045	1.53	1.54
2046	1.53	1.55
2047	1.53	1.55
2048	1.53	1.55
2049	1.53	1.55
2050	1.54	1.56

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Argentina	Iceland
1960	31.2%	34.9%
1961	31.1%	35%
1962	31%	34.9%
1963	30.8%	34.9%
1964	30.6%	34.7%
1965	30.5%	34.5%
1966	30.2%	34.3%
1967	30%	34%
1968	29.8%	33.6%
1969	29.7%	33.2%
1970	29.6%	32.6%
1971	29.5%	32.1%
1972	29.5%	31.6%
1973	29.5%	31.2%
1974	29.6%	30.7%
1975	29.7%	30.1%
1976	29.8%	29.5%
1977	29.9%	29%
1978	30.1%	28.4%
1979	30.3%	27.9%
1980	30.5%	27.5%
1981	30.6%	27.2%
1982	30.8%	26.9%
1983	30.9%	26.7%
1984	31%	26.5%
1985	31%	26.2%
1986	30.9%	25.9%
1987	30.9%	25.6%
1988	30.7%	25.2%
1989	30.6%	25%
1990	30.4%	25%
1991	30.3%	24.8%
1992	30%	24.8%
1993	29.8%	24.8%
1994	29.6%	24.7%
1995	29.3%	24.4%
1996	29.1%	24.1%
1997	28.8%	23.9%
1998	28.6%	23.6%
1999	28.4%	23.4%
2000	28.2%	23.3%
2001	27.9%	23.2%
2002	27.7%	23%
2003	27.5%	22.8%
2004	27.2%	22.5%
2005	26.9%	22.1%
2006	26.7%	21.5%
2007	26.4%	21.1%
2008	26.1%	20.9%
2009	25.9%	20.9%
2010	25.7%	20.9%
2011	25.5%	20.8%
2012	25.3%	20.7%
2013	25.2%	20.6%
2014	25%	20.4%
2015	24.9%	20.2%
2016	24.7%	19.9%
2017	24.6%	19.6%
2018	24.4%	19.2%
2019	24.1%	18.9%
2020	23.7%	18.7%
2021	23.2%	18.6%
2022	22.8%	18.4%
2023	22.2%	18.1%
2024	21.6%	17.8%
2025	21%	17.5%
2026	20.4%	17.3%
2027	19.9%	17.1%
2028	19.3%	17%
2029	18.7%	16.8%
2030	18.1%	16.7%
2031	17.6%	16.6%
2032	17.1%	16.5%
2033	16.7%	16.3%
2034	16.4%	16.1%
2035	16.2%	15.9%
2036	16.2%	15.6%
2037	16.1%	15.4%
2038	16.2%	15.2%
2039	16.2%	15%
2040	16.2%	14.8%
2041	16.1%	14.7%
2042	16.1%	14.5%
2043	16.1%	14.4%
2044	16%	14.2%
2045	16%	14.1%
2046	15.9%	14%
2047	15.8%	13.9%
2048	15.7%	13.8%
2049	15.6%	13.7%
2050	15.5%	13.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 21.6% of the population in Argentina and 17.8% in Iceland in 2024, compared to 30.4% and 25% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Argentina and Iceland compared.

Natural population change in Argentina vs Iceland by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.63% in Argentina and +0.57% in Iceland. 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	Iceland
1960	315,943	3,758
1961	317,816	3,312
1962	316,952	3,465
1963	317,041	3,490
1964	311,020	3,459
1965	304,734	3,442
1966	303,981	3,305
1967	308,904	3,021
1968	312,440	2,841
1969	319,108	2,766
1970	339,096	2,576
1971	344,889	2,782
1972	357,835	3,241
1973	370,856	3,121
1974	388,107	2,776
1975	409,561	2,965
1976	422,330	2,951
1977	441,647	2,551
1978	448,413	2,727
1979	449,952	2,980
1980	443,732	2,966
1981	442,501	2,677
1982	431,926	2,736
1983	426,145	2,702
1984	423,279	2,539
1985	428,866	2,221
1986	436,760	2,384
1987	443,404	2,360
1988	455,701	2,847
1989	460,991	2,832
1990	466,640	3,058
1991	474,960	2,733
1992	473,226	2,898
1993	474,791	2,875
1994	481,958	2,713
1995	469,658	2,354
1996	458,199	2,447
1997	450,930	2,305
1998	440,184	2,357
1999	444,038	2,192
2000	437,562	2,475
2001	430,579	2,365
2002	424,825	2,243
2003	410,141	2,317
2004	417,970	2,425
2005	428,247	2,433
2006	424,591	2,491
2007	402,889	2,617
2008	442,442	2,825
2009	439,271	3,026
2010	441,335	2,862
2011	448,730	2,521
2012	411,540	2,566
2013	421,694	2,169
2014	450,462	2,324
2015	444,161	1,952
2016	391,767	1,711
2017	375,260	1,854
2018	346,031	1,975
2019	280,005	2,163
2020	151,347	2,199
2021	88,677	2,534
2022	96,673	1,719
2023	154,648	1,730

Maternal mortality chart: Argentina vs Iceland

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 3 deaths in Iceland.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Argentina	Iceland
1985	80	11
1986	76	15
1987	73	13
1988	70	11
1989	68	14
1990	68	13
1991	67	11
1992	65	12
1993	62	10
1994	62	9
1995	60	13
1996	59	7
1997	60	8
1998	57	8
1999	57	7
2000	58	7
2001	60	6
2002	59	7
2003	61	6
2004	58	6
2005	57	5
2006	60	5
2007	62	5
2008	59	4
2009	62	5
2010	55	5
2011	48	4
2012	49	4
2013	47	4
2014	43	4
2015	39	4
2016	40	3
2017	38	3
2018	38	4
2019	36	4
2020	40	12
2021	76	5
2022	39	5
2023	33	3

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.96% in Argentina and 0.26% in Iceland. 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	Iceland
1960	-	2.14%
1961	-	2.11%
1962	-	2.07%
1963	-	2.02%
1964	-	1.97%
1965	-	1.92%
1966	-	1.85%
1967	-	1.79%
1968	-	1.72%
1969	7.25%	1.66%
1970	7.17%	1.6%
1971	7.08%	1.54%
1972	6.97%	1.48%
1973	6.82%	1.41%
1974	6.61%	1.35%
1975	6.33%	1.29%
1976	5.98%	1.22%
1977	5.56%	1.15%
1978	5.12%	1.09%
1979	4.68%	1.03%
1980	4.28%	0.97%
1981	3.94%	0.92%
1982	3.65%	0.87%
1983	3.41%	0.83%
1984	3.21%	0.79%
1985	3.06%	0.75%
1986	2.96%	0.73%
1987	2.91%	0.7%
1988	2.9%	0.67%
1989	2.89%	0.65%
1990	2.88%	0.63%
1991	2.84%	0.61%
1992	2.76%	0.58%
1993	2.66%	0.56%
1994	2.54%	0.54%
1995	2.42%	0.52%
1996	2.31%	0.49%
1997	2.19%	0.47%
1998	2.09%	0.45%
1999	2.01%	0.42%
2000	1.94%	0.4%
2001	1.88%	0.38%
2002	1.83%	0.36%
2003	1.78%	0.34%
2004	1.73%	0.33%
2005	1.67%	0.31%
2006	1.62%	0.3%
2007	1.58%	0.29%
2008	1.54%	0.28%
2009	1.49%	0.27%
2010	1.44%	0.27%
2011	1.39%	0.27%
2012	1.33%	0.26%
2013	1.27%	0.26%
2014	1.22%	0.26%
2015	1.17%	0.26%
2016	1.14%	0.26%
2017	1.1%	0.26%
2018	1.07%	0.27%
2019	1.05%	0.27%
2020	1.03%	0.27%
2021	1%	0.27%
2022	0.98%	0.26%
2023	0.96%	0.26%