Fertility & birth rates in Argentina and Ireland

Fertility rate in Argentina vs Ireland 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 1.5 in Ireland in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Argentina vs Ireland 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	Ireland
1960	3.14	3.78
1961	3.12	3.78
1962	3.13	3.92
1963	3.11	4.01
1964	3.08	4.07
1965	3.01	4.04
1966	2.97	3.94
1967	2.98	3.84
1968	3.01	3.77
1969	3.05	3.83
1970	3.09	3.85
1971	3.11	3.93
1972	3.14	3.84
1973	3.17	3.71
1974	3.22	3.59
1975	3.27	3.37
1976	3.32	3.29
1977	3.36	3.24
1978	3.36	3.21
1979	3.34	3.21
1980	3.3	3.21
1981	3.25	3.05
1982	3.2	2.94
1983	3.15	2.74
1984	3.12	2.58
1985	3.07	2.48
1986	3.05	2.44
1987	3.04	2.32
1988	3.05	2.17
1989	3.02	2.08
1990	3.03	2.11
1991	3.01	2.08
1992	2.99	1.99
1993	2.97	1.9
1994	2.94	1.85
1995	2.86	1.84
1996	2.78	1.88
1997	2.71	1.93
1998	2.66	1.94
1999	2.64	1.9
2000	2.59	1.89
2001	2.53	1.94
2002	2.49	1.97
2003	2.45	1.96
2004	2.43	1.93
2005	2.43	1.86
2006	2.4	1.91
2007	2.37	2.01
2008	2.43	2.06
2009	2.4	2.06
2010	2.41	2.05
2011	2.39	2.03
2012	2.3	1.98
2013	2.34	1.93
2014	2.39	1.89
2015	2.35	1.85
2016	2.24	1.81
2017	2.17	1.77
2018	2.07	1.75
2019	1.88	1.71
2020	1.6	1.63
2021	1.59	1.78
2022	1.48	1.54
2023	1.5	1.5
2024	1.5	1.5
2025	1.5	1.5
2026	1.51	1.5
2027	1.51	1.5
2028	1.51	1.5
2029	1.51	1.5
2030	1.51	1.5
2031	1.51	1.5
2032	1.52	1.5
2033	1.52	1.5
2034	1.52	1.5
2035	1.52	1.5
2036	1.52	1.5
2037	1.52	1.5
2038	1.52	1.5
2039	1.52	1.51
2040	1.52	1.51
2041	1.52	1.5
2042	1.52	1.5
2043	1.53	1.5
2044	1.53	1.51
2045	1.53	1.51
2046	1.53	1.5
2047	1.53	1.5
2048	1.53	1.5
2049	1.53	1.5
2050	1.54	1.5

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Argentina	Ireland
1960	31.2%	30.9%
1961	31.1%	31%
1962	31%	30.9%
1963	30.8%	30.9%
1964	30.6%	30.9%
1965	30.5%	31.1%
1966	30.2%	31.1%
1967	30%	31.1%
1968	29.8%	31.1%
1969	29.7%	31.1%
1970	29.6%	31.1%
1971	29.5%	31.2%
1972	29.5%	31.2%
1973	29.5%	31.2%
1974	29.6%	31.2%
1975	29.7%	31.1%
1976	29.8%	31%
1977	29.9%	30.9%
1978	30.1%	30.7%
1979	30.3%	30.5%
1980	30.5%	30.4%
1981	30.6%	30.3%
1982	30.8%	30.1%
1983	30.9%	29.9%
1984	31%	29.6%
1985	31%	29.3%
1986	30.9%	28.9%
1987	30.9%	28.5%
1988	30.7%	28.1%
1989	30.6%	27.6%
1990	30.4%	27.1%
1991	30.3%	26.6%
1992	30%	26%
1993	29.8%	25.5%
1994	29.6%	24.9%
1995	29.3%	24.2%
1996	29.1%	23.6%
1997	28.8%	23%
1998	28.6%	22.5%
1999	28.4%	22.1%
2000	28.2%	21.8%
2001	27.9%	21.4%
2002	27.7%	21.1%
2003	27.5%	21%
2004	27.2%	20.8%
2005	26.9%	20.6%
2006	26.7%	20.4%
2007	26.4%	20.3%
2008	26.1%	20.5%
2009	25.9%	20.7%
2010	25.7%	21.1%
2011	25.5%	21.4%
2012	25.3%	21.5%
2013	25.2%	21.5%
2014	25%	21.4%
2015	24.9%	21.3%
2016	24.7%	21.2%
2017	24.6%	20.9%
2018	24.4%	20.7%
2019	24.1%	20.4%
2020	23.7%	20.1%
2021	23.2%	19.8%
2022	22.8%	19.5%
2023	22.2%	19%
2024	21.6%	18.6%
2025	21%	18.1%
2026	20.4%	17.6%
2027	19.9%	17.2%
2028	19.3%	16.9%
2029	18.7%	16.6%
2030	18.1%	16.3%
2031	17.6%	16%
2032	17.1%	15.8%
2033	16.7%	15.6%
2034	16.4%	15.4%
2035	16.2%	15.3%
2036	16.2%	15.2%
2037	16.1%	15.1%
2038	16.2%	15.1%
2039	16.2%	15.2%
2040	16.2%	15.2%
2041	16.1%	15.3%
2042	16.1%	15.4%
2043	16.1%	15.4%
2044	16%	15.5%
2045	16%	15.6%
2046	15.9%	15.6%
2047	15.8%	15.7%
2048	15.7%	15.7%
2049	15.6%	15.7%
2050	15.5%	15.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 21.6% of the population in Argentina and 18.6% in Ireland in 2024, compared to 30.4% and 27.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Argentina and Ireland compared.

Natural population change in Argentina vs Ireland by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.63% in Argentina and +0.58% in Ireland. 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	Ireland
1960	315,943	28,286
1961	317,816	25,137
1962	316,952	28,077
1963	317,041	29,667
1964	311,020	31,532
1965	304,734	30,500
1966	303,981	26,866
1967	308,904	29,895
1968	312,440	27,697
1969	319,108	29,326
1970	339,096	30,756
1971	344,889	35,606
1972	357,835	34,316
1973	370,856	34,562
1974	388,107	34,199
1975	409,561	34,128
1976	422,330	33,676
1977	441,647	35,448
1978	448,413	36,288
1979	449,952	38,798
1980	443,732	40,612
1981	442,501	39,364
1982	431,926	38,344
1983	426,145	34,053
1984	423,279	31,791
1985	428,866	29,013
1986	436,760	27,963
1987	443,404	26,904
1988	455,701	22,912
1989	460,991	20,012
1990	466,640	21,787
1991	474,960	21,206
1992	473,226	20,283
1993	474,791	17,166
1994	481,958	17,234
1995	469,658	16,601
1996	458,199	18,915
1997	450,930	21,311
1998	440,184	22,277
1999	444,038	21,402
2000	437,562	23,592
2001	430,579	27,837
2002	424,825	31,062
2003	410,141	32,372
2004	417,970	33,376
2005	428,247	33,279
2006	424,591	36,752
2007	402,889	43,109
2008	442,442	46,691
2009	439,271	47,168
2010	441,335	47,426
2011	448,730	45,801
2012	411,540	42,775
2013	421,694	39,302
2014	450,462	37,728
2015	444,161	35,265
2016	391,767	33,339
2017	375,260	31,379
2018	346,031	29,878
2019	280,005	28,365
2020	151,347	23,687
2021	88,677	26,064
2022	96,673	19,287
2023	154,648	19,638

Maternal mortality chart: Argentina vs Ireland

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 4 deaths in Ireland.

Table

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

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.96% in Argentina and 0.38% in Ireland. 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	Ireland
1960	-	3.53%
1961	-	3.38%
1962	-	3.25%
1963	-	3.13%
1964	-	3.01%
1965	-	2.87%
1966	-	2.71%
1967	-	2.55%
1968	-	2.41%
1969	7.25%	2.3%
1970	7.17%	2.22%
1971	7.08%	2.17%
1972	6.97%	2.14%
1973	6.82%	2.11%
1974	6.61%	2.06%
1975	6.33%	2%
1976	5.98%	1.91%
1977	5.56%	1.81%
1978	5.12%	1.69%
1979	4.68%	1.56%
1980	4.28%	1.43%
1981	3.94%	1.32%
1982	3.65%	1.23%
1983	3.41%	1.17%
1984	3.21%	1.11%
1985	3.06%	1.07%
1986	2.96%	1.04%
1987	2.91%	1.02%
1988	2.9%	0.99%
1989	2.89%	0.96%
1990	2.88%	0.92%
1991	2.84%	0.87%
1992	2.76%	0.81%
1993	2.66%	0.77%
1994	2.54%	0.74%
1995	2.42%	0.73%
1996	2.31%	0.73%
1997	2.19%	0.73%
1998	2.09%	0.73%
1999	2.01%	0.73%
2000	1.94%	0.72%
2001	1.88%	0.69%
2002	1.83%	0.65%
2003	1.78%	0.6%
2004	1.73%	0.56%
2005	1.67%	0.52%
2006	1.62%	0.49%
2007	1.58%	0.46%
2008	1.54%	0.44%
2009	1.49%	0.43%
2010	1.44%	0.42%
2011	1.39%	0.41%
2012	1.33%	0.4%
2013	1.27%	0.39%
2014	1.22%	0.38%
2015	1.17%	0.37%
2016	1.14%	0.36%
2017	1.1%	0.35%
2018	1.07%	0.34%
2019	1.05%	0.34%
2020	1.03%	0.35%
2021	1%	0.36%
2022	0.98%	0.37%
2023	0.96%	0.38%