Fertility & birth rates in Argentina and Latvia

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

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The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Argentina	Latvia
1960	3.14	1.94
1961	3.12	1.94
1962	3.13	1.91
1963	3.11	1.85
1964	3.08	1.79
1965	3.01	1.74
1966	2.97	1.76
1967	2.98	1.8
1968	3.01	1.83
1969	3.05	1.88
1970	3.09	1.96
1971	3.11	2
1972	3.14	2
1973	3.17	1.98
1974	3.22	1.97
1975	3.27	1.96
1976	3.32	1.93
1977	3.36	1.89
1978	3.36	1.87
1979	3.34	1.87
1980	3.3	1.86
1981	3.25	1.88
1982	3.2	1.97
1983	3.15	2.07
1984	3.12	2.09
1985	3.07	2.08
1986	3.05	2.12
1987	3.04	2.15
1988	3.05	2.11
1989	3.02	2.05
1990	3.03	2.02
1991	3.01	1.86
1992	2.99	1.73
1993	2.97	1.51
1994	2.94	1.39
1995	2.86	1.25
1996	2.78	1.16
1997	2.71	1.11
1998	2.66	1.09
1999	2.64	1.16
2000	2.59	1.25
2001	2.53	1.22
2002	2.49	1.26
2003	2.45	1.32
2004	2.43	1.29
2005	2.43	1.39
2006	2.4	1.46
2007	2.37	1.54
2008	2.43	1.58
2009	2.4	1.46
2010	2.41	1.36
2011	2.39	1.33
2012	2.3	1.44
2013	2.34	1.52
2014	2.39	1.65
2015	2.35	1.7
2016	2.24	1.74
2017	2.17	1.69
2018	2.07	1.6
2019	1.88	1.61
2020	1.6	1.55
2021	1.59	1.57
2022	1.48	1.47
2023	1.5	1.36
2024	1.5	1.36
2025	1.5	1.37
2026	1.51	1.38
2027	1.51	1.38
2028	1.51	1.39
2029	1.51	1.39
2030	1.51	1.4
2031	1.51	1.4
2032	1.52	1.41
2033	1.52	1.41
2034	1.52	1.41
2035	1.52	1.42
2036	1.52	1.42
2037	1.52	1.42
2038	1.52	1.43
2039	1.52	1.43
2040	1.52	1.43
2041	1.52	1.44
2042	1.52	1.44
2043	1.53	1.44
2044	1.53	1.45
2045	1.53	1.45
2046	1.53	1.45
2047	1.53	1.46
2048	1.53	1.46
2049	1.53	1.46
2050	1.54	1.47

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Argentina	Latvia
1960	31.2%	22.2%
1961	31.1%	22.4%
1962	31%	22.6%
1963	30.8%	22.5%
1964	30.6%	22.4%
1965	30.5%	22.2%
1966	30.2%	22%
1967	30%	21.8%
1968	29.8%	21.7%
1969	29.7%	21.6%
1970	29.6%	21.6%
1971	29.5%	21.5%
1972	29.5%	21.5%
1973	29.5%	21.3%
1974	29.6%	21.2%
1975	29.7%	21%
1976	29.8%	20.8%
1977	29.9%	20.6%
1978	30.1%	20.5%
1979	30.3%	20.4%
1980	30.5%	20.5%
1981	30.6%	20.6%
1982	30.8%	20.8%
1983	30.9%	20.9%
1984	31%	21.1%
1985	31%	21.2%
1986	30.9%	21.3%
1987	30.9%	21.3%
1988	30.7%	21.4%
1989	30.6%	21.4%
1990	30.4%	21.5%
1991	30.3%	21.5%
1992	30%	21.4%
1993	29.8%	21.2%
1994	29.6%	21%
1995	29.3%	20.7%
1996	29.1%	20.2%
1997	28.8%	19.7%
1998	28.6%	19%
1999	28.4%	18.3%
2000	28.2%	17.7%
2001	27.9%	17%
2002	27.7%	16.4%
2003	27.5%	15.8%
2004	27.2%	15.2%
2005	26.9%	14.7%
2006	26.7%	14.4%
2007	26.4%	14.1%
2008	26.1%	14%
2009	25.9%	14.1%
2010	25.7%	14.2%
2011	25.5%	14.2%
2012	25.3%	14.4%
2013	25.2%	14.6%
2014	25%	14.8%
2015	24.9%	15.1%
2016	24.7%	15.4%
2017	24.6%	15.7%
2018	24.4%	15.8%
2019	24.1%	15.9%
2020	23.7%	16%
2021	23.2%	16%
2022	22.8%	15.9%
2023	22.2%	15.7%
2024	21.6%	15.4%
2025	21%	15.2%
2026	20.4%	15%
2027	19.9%	14.8%
2028	19.3%	14.5%
2029	18.7%	14.1%
2030	18.1%	13.7%
2031	17.6%	13.2%
2032	17.1%	12.8%
2033	16.7%	12.4%
2034	16.4%	12.2%
2035	16.2%	11.9%
2036	16.2%	11.7%
2037	16.1%	11.6%
2038	16.2%	11.6%
2039	16.2%	11.6%
2040	16.2%	11.7%
2041	16.1%	11.7%
2042	16.1%	11.8%
2043	16.1%	12%
2044	16%	12.1%
2045	16%	12.2%
2046	15.9%	12.4%
2047	15.8%	12.5%
2048	15.7%	12.6%
2049	15.6%	12.7%
2050	15.5%	12.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 21.6% of the population in Argentina and 15.4% in Latvia in 2024, compared to 30.4% and 21.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Argentina and Latvia compared.

Natural population change in Argentina vs Latvia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.63% in Argentina and -0.54% in Latvia. 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	Latvia
1960	315,943	14,211
1961	317,816	14,207
1962	316,952	11,562
1963	317,041	11,055
1964	311,020	12,100
1965	304,734	8,384
1966	303,981	8,677
1967	308,904	7,825
1968	312,440	7,668
1969	319,108	6,561
1970	339,096	7,785
1971	344,889	8,793
1972	357,835	7,666
1973	370,856	6,040
1974	388,107	6,824
1975	409,561	4,913
1976	422,330	4,200
1977	441,647	3,480
1978	448,413	2,997
1979	449,952	2,506
1980	443,732	3,265
1981	442,501	3,779
1982	431,926	6,327
1983	426,145	8,147
1984	423,279	7,430
1985	428,866	5,673
1986	436,760	10,660
1987	443,404	9,981
1988	455,701	9,022
1989	460,991	6,401
1990	466,640	2,929
1991	474,960	0
1992	473,226	-3,660
1993	474,791	-12,560
1994	481,958	-17,645
1995	469,658	-17,396
1996	458,199	-14,498
1997	450,930	-14,841
1998	440,184	-15,906
1999	444,038	-13,387
2000	437,562	-11,838
2001	430,579	-13,322
2002	424,825	-12,475
2003	410,141	-11,439
2004	417,970	-11,542
2005	428,247	-10,746
2006	424,591	-10,204
2007	402,889	-9,021
2008	442,442	-6,531
2009	439,271	-7,924
2010	441,335	-10,278
2011	448,730	-9,886
2012	411,540	-9,154
2013	421,694	-8,252
2014	450,462	-6,779
2015	444,161	-6,526
2016	391,767	-6,663
2017	375,260	-7,963
2018	346,031	-9,636
2019	280,005	-8,995
2020	151,347	-11,402
2021	88,677	-17,337
2022	96,673	-14,847
2023	154,648	-13,517

Maternal mortality chart: Argentina vs Latvia

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 19 deaths in Latvia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Argentina	Latvia
1985	80	51
1986	76	43
1987	73	44
1988	70	42
1989	68	46
1990	68	47
1991	67	46
1992	65	48
1993	62	57
1994	62	65
1995	60	59
1996	59	45
1997	60	41
1998	57	40
1999	57	40
2000	58	34
2001	60	32
2002	59	29
2003	61	30
2004	58	28
2005	57	27
2006	60	28
2007	62	27
2008	59	25
2009	62	24
2010	55	22
2011	48	22
2012	49	20
2013	47	24
2014	43	22
2015	39	22
2016	40	23
2017	38	23
2018	38	23
2019	36	22
2020	40	21
2021	76	42
2022	39	29
2023	33	19

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.96% in Argentina and 0.3% in Latvia. 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	Latvia
1969	7.25%	-
1970	7.17%	-
1971	7.08%	-
1972	6.97%	-
1973	6.82%	-
1974	6.61%	-
1975	6.33%	-
1976	5.98%	-
1977	5.56%	-
1978	5.12%	-
1979	4.68%	2.08%
1980	4.28%	2.07%
1981	3.94%	2.06%
1982	3.65%	2.03%
1983	3.41%	1.96%
1984	3.21%	1.87%
1985	3.06%	1.75%
1986	2.96%	1.64%
1987	2.91%	1.55%
1988	2.9%	1.53%
1989	2.89%	1.58%
1990	2.88%	1.7%
1991	2.84%	1.83%
1992	2.76%	1.93%
1993	2.66%	1.99%
1994	2.54%	2%
1995	2.42%	1.98%
1996	2.31%	1.9%
1997	2.19%	1.79%
1998	2.09%	1.67%
1999	2.01%	1.54%
2000	1.94%	1.42%
2001	1.88%	1.33%
2002	1.83%	1.26%
2003	1.78%	1.19%
2004	1.73%	1.12%
2005	1.67%	1.05%
2006	1.62%	0.99%
2007	1.58%	0.93%
2008	1.54%	0.88%
2009	1.49%	0.83%
2010	1.44%	0.78%
2011	1.39%	0.72%
2012	1.33%	0.66%
2013	1.27%	0.6%
2014	1.22%	0.55%
2015	1.17%	0.51%
2016	1.14%	0.47%
2017	1.1%	0.45%
2018	1.07%	0.42%
2019	1.05%	0.4%
2020	1.03%	0.37%
2021	1%	0.35%
2022	0.98%	0.32%
2023	0.96%	0.3%