Fertility & birth rates in Argentina and Iraq

Fertility rate in Argentina vs Iraq 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 3.25 in Iraq in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Argentina vs Iraq 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	Iraq
1960	3.14	5.3
1961	3.12	5.8
1962	3.13	6.99
1963	3.11	7.01
1964	3.08	7.01
1965	3.01	7.02
1966	2.97	7.02
1967	2.98	7.03
1968	3.01	7.06
1969	3.05	7.08
1970	3.09	7.07
1971	3.11	7.06
1972	3.14	7.02
1973	3.17	6.99
1974	3.22	6.95
1975	3.27	6.91
1976	3.32	6.86
1977	3.36	6.8
1978	3.36	6.73
1979	3.34	6.66
1980	3.3	6.59
1981	3.25	6.53
1982	3.2	6.46
1983	3.15	6.39
1984	3.12	6.32
1985	3.07	6.25
1986	3.05	6.18
1987	3.04	6.11
1988	3.05	6.05
1989	3.02	5.99
1990	3.03	5.93
1991	3.01	5.83
1992	2.99	5.72
1993	2.97	5.61
1994	2.94	5.49
1995	2.86	5.36
1996	2.78	5.25
1997	2.71	5.19
1998	2.66	5.11
1999	2.64	5.04
2000	2.59	4.92
2001	2.53	4.8
2002	2.49	4.67
2003	2.45	4.58
2004	2.43	4.53
2005	2.43	4.45
2006	2.4	4.46
2007	2.37	4.4
2008	2.43	4.37
2009	2.4	4.38
2010	2.41	4.46
2011	2.39	4.59
2012	2.3	4.54
2013	2.34	4.44
2014	2.39	4.31
2015	2.35	4.08
2016	2.24	3.84
2017	2.17	3.64
2018	2.07	3.55
2019	1.88	3.48
2020	1.6	3.42
2021	1.59	3.36
2022	1.48	3.29
2023	1.5	3.25
2024	1.5	3.22
2025	1.5	3.17
2026	1.51	3.13
2027	1.51	3.09
2028	1.51	3.05
2029	1.51	3.01
2030	1.51	2.97
2031	1.51	2.94
2032	1.52	2.89
2033	1.52	2.86
2034	1.52	2.83
2035	1.52	2.79
2036	1.52	2.77
2037	1.52	2.74
2038	1.52	2.71
2039	1.52	2.69
2040	1.52	2.66
2041	1.52	2.64
2042	1.52	2.61
2043	1.53	2.59
2044	1.53	2.57
2045	1.53	2.54
2046	1.53	2.52
2047	1.53	2.5
2048	1.53	2.48
2049	1.53	2.47
2050	1.54	2.45

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Argentina	Iraq
1960	31.2%	39.8%
1961	31.1%	39.9%
1962	31%	40.4%
1963	30.8%	41%
1964	30.6%	41.5%
1965	30.5%	42.1%
1966	30.2%	42.5%
1967	30%	42.8%
1968	29.8%	43%
1969	29.7%	43.3%
1970	29.6%	43.6%
1971	29.5%	44.1%
1972	29.5%	44.7%
1973	29.5%	45.5%
1974	29.6%	46.2%
1975	29.7%	46.7%
1976	29.8%	47.2%
1977	29.9%	47.3%
1978	30.1%	47.1%
1979	30.3%	47%
1980	30.5%	46.8%
1981	30.6%	46.7%
1982	30.8%	46.6%
1983	30.9%	46.5%
1984	31%	46.3%
1985	31%	46.2%
1986	30.9%	46%
1987	30.9%	45.8%
1988	30.7%	45.6%
1989	30.6%	45.4%
1990	30.4%	45.2%
1991	30.3%	45%
1992	30%	44.9%
1993	29.8%	44.7%
1994	29.6%	44.6%
1995	29.3%	44.4%
1996	29.1%	44.3%
1997	28.8%	44.1%
1998	28.6%	44%
1999	28.4%	43.8%
2000	28.2%	43.7%
2001	27.9%	43.5%
2002	27.7%	43.3%
2003	27.5%	43.1%
2004	27.2%	42.9%
2005	26.9%	42.6%
2006	26.7%	42.3%
2007	26.4%	42.1%
2008	26.1%	41.8%
2009	25.9%	41.5%
2010	25.7%	41.2%
2011	25.5%	41.1%
2012	25.3%	41%
2013	25.2%	40.8%
2014	25%	40.6%
2015	24.9%	40.4%
2016	24.7%	40.1%
2017	24.6%	39.7%
2018	24.4%	39.3%
2019	24.1%	38.9%
2020	23.7%	38.5%
2021	23.2%	38.1%
2022	22.8%	37.6%
2023	22.2%	37.1%
2024	21.6%	36.6%
2025	21%	36%
2026	20.4%	35.4%
2027	19.9%	34.7%
2028	19.3%	34.1%
2029	18.7%	33.4%
2030	18.1%	32.9%
2031	17.6%	32.5%
2032	17.1%	32.1%
2033	16.7%	31.8%
2034	16.4%	31.6%
2035	16.2%	31.3%
2036	16.2%	31.1%
2037	16.1%	30.9%
2038	16.2%	30.6%
2039	16.2%	30.4%
2040	16.2%	30.1%
2041	16.1%	29.9%
2042	16.1%	29.7%
2043	16.1%	29.4%
2044	16%	29.1%
2045	16%	28.8%
2046	15.9%	28.6%
2047	15.8%	28.3%
2048	15.7%	28%
2049	15.6%	27.7%
2050	15.5%	27.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 21.6% of the population in Argentina and 36.6% in Iraq in 2024, compared to 30.4% and 45.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Argentina and Iraq compared.

Natural population change in Argentina vs Iraq by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.63% in Argentina and +2.37% in Iraq. 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	Iraq
1960	315,943	155,651
1961	317,816	184,792
1962	316,952	247,520
1963	317,041	254,046
1964	311,020	262,825
1965	304,734	274,551
1966	303,981	285,507
1967	308,904	298,192
1968	312,440	310,644
1969	319,108	324,792
1970	339,096	338,030
1971	344,889	351,464
1972	357,835	362,334
1973	370,856	373,191
1974	388,107	376,197
1975	409,561	385,916
1976	422,330	402,260
1977	441,647	410,229
1978	448,413	418,756
1979	449,952	428,458
1980	443,732	419,653
1981	442,501	416,998
1982	431,926	428,336
1983	426,145	439,800
1984	423,279	455,740
1985	428,866	467,445
1986	436,760	474,348
1987	443,404	488,742
1988	455,701	476,778
1989	460,991	496,852
1990	466,640	518,575
1991	474,960	550,146
1992	473,226	591,886
1993	474,791	606,700
1994	481,958	634,344
1995	469,658	642,977
1996	458,199	652,866
1997	450,930	667,582
1998	440,184	684,152
1999	444,038	702,170
2000	437,562	715,771
2001	430,579	729,704
2002	424,825	739,419
2003	410,141	746,159
2004	417,970	761,563
2005	428,247	776,603
2006	424,591	797,342
2007	402,889	784,119
2008	442,442	802,382
2009	439,271	855,096
2010	441,335	906,369
2011	448,730	971,082
2012	411,540	999,987
2013	421,694	1,026,036
2014	450,462	1,040,726
2015	444,161	1,007,561
2016	391,767	946,968
2017	375,260	924,507
2018	346,031	938,310
2019	280,005	942,972
2020	151,347	919,953
2021	88,677	941,924
2022	96,673	962,501
2023	154,648	973,420

Maternal mortality chart: Argentina vs Iraq

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 66 deaths in Iraq.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Argentina	Iraq
1985	80	152
1986	76	147
1987	73	145
1988	70	174
1989	68	190
1990	68	195
1991	67	157
1992	65	126
1993	62	132
1994	62	142
1995	60	152
1996	59	158
1997	60	165
1998	57	163
1999	57	156
2000	58	146
2001	60	137
2002	59	128
2003	61	125
2004	58	122
2005	57	118
2006	60	120
2007	62	117
2008	59	109
2009	62	107
2010	55	107
2011	48	105
2012	49	100
2013	47	96
2014	43	90
2015	39	86
2016	40	87
2017	38	81
2018	38	76
2019	36	74
2020	40	63
2021	76	77
2022	39	59
2023	33	66

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.96% in Argentina and 2.26% in Iraq. 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	Iraq
1960	-	19%
1961	-	17.9%
1962	-	16.9%
1963	-	16%
1964	-	15.1%
1965	-	14.4%
1966	-	13.6%
1967	-	13%
1968	-	12.4%
1969	7.25%	11.8%
1970	7.17%	11.2%
1971	7.08%	10.7%
1972	6.97%	10.3%
1973	6.82%	9.79%
1974	6.61%	9.35%
1975	6.33%	8.93%
1976	5.98%	8.54%
1977	5.56%	8.17%
1978	5.12%	7.83%
1979	4.68%	7.52%
1980	4.28%	7.23%
1981	3.94%	6.96%
1982	3.65%	6.71%
1983	3.41%	6.49%
1984	3.21%	6.28%
1985	3.06%	6.09%
1986	2.96%	5.91%
1987	2.91%	5.75%
1988	2.9%	6.92%
1989	2.89%	8.12%
1990	2.88%	7.97%
1991	2.84%	6.49%
1992	2.76%	5.17%
1993	2.66%	5.07%
1994	2.54%	4.98%
1995	2.42%	4.89%
1996	2.31%	4.8%
1997	2.19%	4.71%
1998	2.09%	4.61%
1999	2.01%	4.52%
2000	1.94%	4.43%
2001	1.88%	4.33%
2002	1.83%	4.24%
2003	1.78%	4.16%
2004	1.73%	4.07%
2005	1.67%	3.97%
2006	1.62%	3.88%
2007	1.58%	3.78%
2008	1.54%	3.67%
2009	1.49%	3.56%
2010	1.44%	3.46%
2011	1.39%	3.35%
2012	1.33%	3.24%
2013	1.27%	3.14%
2014	1.22%	3.04%
2015	1.17%	2.94%
2016	1.14%	2.84%
2017	1.1%	2.75%
2018	1.07%	2.66%
2019	1.05%	2.57%
2020	1.03%	2.49%
2021	1%	2.41%
2022	0.98%	2.33%
2023	0.96%	2.26%