Fertility & birth rates in Argentina and Jamaica

Fertility rate in Argentina vs Jamaica 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 1.36 in Jamaica in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Argentina vs Jamaica 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	Jamaica
1960	3.14	5.54
1961	3.12	5.6
1962	3.13	5.64
1963	3.11	5.73
1964	3.08	5.79
1965	3.01	5.72
1966	2.97	5.69
1967	2.98	5.67
1968	3.01	5.58
1969	3.05	5.47
1970	3.09	5.35
1971	3.11	5.21
1972	3.14	5.06
1973	3.17	5
1974	3.22	4.67
1975	3.27	4.44
1976	3.32	4.21
1977	3.36	4
1978	3.36	3.84
1979	3.34	3.72
1980	3.3	3.59
1981	3.25	3.51
1982	3.2	3.46
1983	3.15	3.41
1984	3.12	3.32
1985	3.07	3.21
1986	3.05	3.11
1987	3.04	3.02
1988	3.05	2.98
1989	3.02	2.93
1990	3.03	2.96
1991	3.01	3
1992	2.99	3.03
1993	2.97	2.99
1994	2.94	2.93
1995	2.86	2.85
1996	2.78	2.77
1997	2.71	2.68
1998	2.66	2.57
1999	2.64	2.47
2000	2.59	2.35
2001	2.53	2.3
2002	2.49	2.27
2003	2.45	2.24
2004	2.43	2.2
2005	2.43	2.15
2006	2.4	2.09
2007	2.37	2.02
2008	2.43	1.95
2009	2.4	1.88
2010	2.41	1.8
2011	2.39	1.72
2012	2.3	1.65
2013	2.34	1.59
2014	2.39	1.54
2015	2.35	1.51
2016	2.24	1.46
2017	2.17	1.43
2018	2.07	1.4
2019	1.88	1.39
2020	1.6	1.38
2021	1.59	1.38
2022	1.48	1.37
2023	1.5	1.36
2024	1.5	1.35
2025	1.5	1.34
2026	1.51	1.33
2027	1.51	1.33
2028	1.51	1.33
2029	1.51	1.33
2030	1.51	1.33
2031	1.51	1.33
2032	1.52	1.34
2033	1.52	1.34
2034	1.52	1.34
2035	1.52	1.35
2036	1.52	1.35
2037	1.52	1.36
2038	1.52	1.36
2039	1.52	1.37
2040	1.52	1.37
2041	1.52	1.37
2042	1.52	1.37
2043	1.53	1.38
2044	1.53	1.38
2045	1.53	1.39
2046	1.53	1.39
2047	1.53	1.39
2048	1.53	1.4
2049	1.53	1.4
2050	1.54	1.41

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Argentina	Jamaica
1960	31.2%	41.2%
1961	31.1%	41.7%
1962	31%	42.2%
1963	30.8%	42.7%
1964	30.6%	43.3%
1965	30.5%	43.9%
1966	30.2%	44.3%
1967	30%	44.6%
1968	29.8%	44.9%
1969	29.7%	45%
1970	29.6%	45%
1971	29.5%	44.8%
1972	29.5%	44.4%
1973	29.5%	44%
1974	29.6%	43.5%
1975	29.7%	42.9%
1976	29.8%	42.3%
1977	29.9%	41.7%
1978	30.1%	41%
1979	30.3%	40.4%
1980	30.5%	39.8%
1981	30.6%	39.2%
1982	30.8%	38.7%
1983	30.9%	38.2%
1984	31%	37.9%
1985	31%	37.5%
1986	30.9%	37.2%
1987	30.9%	36.8%
1988	30.7%	36.5%
1989	30.6%	36.1%
1990	30.4%	35.8%
1991	30.3%	35.5%
1992	30%	35.4%
1993	29.8%	35.3%
1994	29.6%	35.2%
1995	29.3%	35.1%
1996	29.1%	34.9%
1997	28.8%	34.6%
1998	28.6%	34.2%
1999	28.4%	33.8%
2000	28.2%	33.2%
2001	27.9%	32.7%
2002	27.7%	32.2%
2003	27.5%	31.7%
2004	27.2%	31.2%
2005	26.9%	30.6%
2006	26.7%	30%
2007	26.4%	29.3%
2008	26.1%	28.5%
2009	25.9%	27.7%
2010	25.7%	26.9%
2011	25.5%	26.2%
2012	25.3%	25.4%
2013	25.2%	24.7%
2014	25%	24%
2015	24.9%	23.4%
2016	24.7%	22.8%
2017	24.6%	22.3%
2018	24.4%	21.7%
2019	24.1%	21.1%
2020	23.7%	20.6%
2021	23.2%	20%
2022	22.8%	19.6%
2023	22.2%	19.1%
2024	21.6%	18.7%
2025	21%	18.3%
2026	20.4%	17.9%
2027	19.9%	17.6%
2028	19.3%	17.2%
2029	18.7%	16.9%
2030	18.1%	16.7%
2031	17.6%	16.4%
2032	17.1%	16.2%
2033	16.7%	15.9%
2034	16.4%	15.7%
2035	16.2%	15.5%
2036	16.2%	15.3%
2037	16.1%	15.1%
2038	16.2%	14.8%
2039	16.2%	14.6%
2040	16.2%	14.4%
2041	16.1%	14.2%
2042	16.1%	14%
2043	16.1%	13.8%
2044	16%	13.6%
2045	16%	13.4%
2046	15.9%	13.2%
2047	15.8%	13%
2048	15.7%	12.8%
2049	15.6%	12.6%
2050	15.5%	12.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 21.6% of the population in Argentina and 18.7% in Jamaica in 2024, compared to 30.4% and 35.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Argentina and Jamaica compared.

Natural population change in Argentina vs Jamaica by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.63% in Argentina and +0.49% in Jamaica. 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	Jamaica
1960	315,943	51,944
1961	317,816	51,931
1962	316,952	51,758
1963	317,041	52,277
1964	311,020	52,501
1965	304,734	51,423
1966	303,981	50,808
1967	308,904	50,187
1968	312,440	49,189
1969	319,108	48,258
1970	339,096	47,547
1971	344,889	47,206
1972	357,835	46,676
1973	370,856	47,438
1974	388,107	45,526
1975	409,561	44,736
1976	422,330	43,878
1977	441,647	42,999
1978	448,413	42,475
1979	449,952	42,449
1980	443,732	42,316
1981	442,501	42,898
1982	431,926	43,816
1983	426,145	45,095
1984	423,279	45,644
1985	428,866	45,122
1986	436,760	44,520
1987	443,404	44,155
1988	455,701	43,978
1989	460,991	43,591
1990	466,640	44,465
1991	474,960	45,617
1992	473,226	46,494
1993	474,791	46,090
1994	481,958	45,210
1995	469,658	43,705
1996	458,199	42,297
1997	450,930	40,521
1998	440,184	38,628
1999	444,038	36,649
2000	437,562	34,452
2001	430,579	33,666
2002	424,825	33,572
2003	410,141	33,340
2004	417,970	32,500
2005	428,247	31,506
2006	424,591	30,213
2007	402,889	28,886
2008	442,442	27,553
2009	439,271	26,311
2010	441,335	25,031
2011	448,730	23,627
2012	411,540	22,320
2013	421,694	21,037
2014	450,462	19,751
2015	444,161	18,489
2016	391,767	16,944
2017	375,260	15,419
2018	346,031	13,929
2019	280,005	13,094
2020	151,347	12,170
2021	88,677	6,382
2022	96,673	11,215
2023	154,648	10,072

Maternal mortality chart: Argentina vs Jamaica

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 130 deaths in Jamaica.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Argentina	Jamaica
1985	80	45
1986	76	45
1987	73	46
1988	70	48
1989	68	50
1990	68	54
1991	67	58
1992	65	62
1993	62	67
1994	62	71
1995	60	74
1996	59	77
1997	60	79
1998	57	80
1999	57	81
2000	58	82
2001	60	82
2002	59	81
2003	61	79
2004	58	77
2005	57	81
2006	60	89
2007	62	89
2008	59	91
2009	62	93
2010	55	94
2011	48	89
2012	49	89
2013	47	94
2014	43	100
2015	39	100
2016	40	102
2017	38	106
2018	38	112
2019	36	120
2020	40	126
2021	76	186
2022	39	138
2023	33	130

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.96% in Argentina and 1.93% in Jamaica. 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	Jamaica
1960	-	8.17%
1961	-	7.79%
1962	-	7.45%
1963	-	7.17%
1964	-	6.91%
1965	-	6.69%
1966	-	6.49%
1967	-	6.28%
1968	-	6.08%
1969	7.25%	5.87%
1970	7.17%	5.64%
1971	7.08%	5.41%
1972	6.97%	5.18%
1973	6.82%	4.95%
1974	6.61%	4.74%
1975	6.33%	4.55%
1976	5.98%	4.37%
1977	5.56%	4.21%
1978	5.12%	4.06%
1979	4.68%	3.92%
1980	4.28%	3.78%
1981	3.94%	3.66%
1982	3.65%	3.54%
1983	3.41%	3.43%
1984	3.21%	3.32%
1985	3.06%	3.22%
1986	2.96%	3.13%
1987	2.91%	3.04%
1988	2.9%	2.96%
1989	2.89%	2.88%
1990	2.88%	2.8%
1991	2.84%	2.73%
1992	2.76%	2.66%
1993	2.66%	2.58%
1994	2.54%	2.51%
1995	2.42%	2.43%
1996	2.31%	2.35%
1997	2.19%	2.27%
1998	2.09%	2.19%
1999	2.01%	2.12%
2000	1.94%	2.06%
2001	1.88%	2%
2002	1.83%	1.97%
2003	1.78%	1.94%
2004	1.73%	1.92%
2005	1.67%	1.92%
2006	1.62%	1.91%
2007	1.58%	1.92%
2008	1.54%	1.92%
2009	1.49%	1.91%
2010	1.44%	1.91%
2011	1.39%	1.9%
2012	1.33%	1.89%
2013	1.27%	1.88%
2014	1.22%	1.87%
2015	1.17%	1.87%
2016	1.14%	1.86%
2017	1.1%	1.86%
2018	1.07%	1.87%
2019	1.05%	1.88%
2020	1.03%	1.9%
2021	1%	1.91%
2022	0.98%	1.93%
2023	0.96%	1.93%