Fertility & birth rates in Argentina and Malaysia

Fertility rate in Argentina vs Malaysia 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 1.55 in Malaysia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Argentina vs Malaysia 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	Malaysia
1960	3.14	6.41
1961	3.12	6.37
1962	3.13	6.3
1963	3.11	6.19
1964	3.08	6.03
1965	3.01	5.84
1966	2.97	5.64
1967	2.98	5.43
1968	3.01	5.29
1969	3.05	5.16
1970	3.09	5.04
1971	3.11	4.92
1972	3.14	4.82
1973	3.17	4.73
1974	3.22	4.62
1975	3.27	4.5
1976	3.32	4.4
1977	3.36	4.28
1978	3.36	4.18
1979	3.34	4.09
1980	3.3	4.04
1981	3.25	4
1982	3.2	3.97
1983	3.15	3.93
1984	3.12	3.89
1985	3.07	3.8
1986	3.05	3.7
1987	3.04	3.57
1988	3.05	3.5
1989	3.02	3.31
1990	3.03	3.3
1991	3.01	3.34
1992	2.99	3.37
1993	2.97	3.36
1994	2.94	3.35
1995	2.86	3.32
1996	2.78	3.3
1997	2.71	3.23
1998	2.66	3.12
1999	2.64	3.07
2000	2.59	2.94
2001	2.53	2.81
2002	2.49	2.66
2003	2.45	2.6
2004	2.43	2.49
2005	2.43	2.39
2006	2.4	2.31
2007	2.37	2.25
2008	2.43	2.26
2009	2.4	2.22
2010	2.41	2.14
2011	2.39	2.15
2012	2.3	2.12
2013	2.34	2.07
2014	2.39	2.06
2015	2.35	2.01
2016	2.24	1.94
2017	2.17	1.89
2018	2.07	1.84
2019	1.88	1.78
2020	1.6	1.68
2021	1.59	1.56
2022	1.48	1.55
2023	1.5	1.55
2024	1.5	1.54
2025	1.5	1.53
2026	1.51	1.52
2027	1.51	1.51
2028	1.51	1.51
2029	1.51	1.51
2030	1.51	1.51
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	1.51
2037	1.52	1.51
2038	1.52	1.51
2039	1.52	1.51
2040	1.52	1.51
2041	1.52	1.51
2042	1.52	1.51
2043	1.53	1.52
2044	1.53	1.52
2045	1.53	1.52
2046	1.53	1.52
2047	1.53	1.52
2048	1.53	1.53
2049	1.53	1.53
2050	1.54	1.53

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Argentina	Malaysia
1960	31.2%	45.4%
1961	31.1%	45.9%
1962	31%	46.3%
1963	30.8%	46.5%
1964	30.6%	46.6%
1965	30.5%	46.5%
1966	30.2%	46.2%
1967	30%	45.9%
1968	29.8%	45.5%
1969	29.7%	45%
1970	29.6%	44.5%
1971	29.5%	44%
1972	29.5%	43.4%
1973	29.5%	42.8%
1974	29.6%	42.2%
1975	29.7%	41.7%
1976	29.8%	41.1%
1977	29.9%	40.6%
1978	30.1%	40.1%
1979	30.3%	39.6%
1980	30.5%	39.2%
1981	30.6%	38.8%
1982	30.8%	38.6%
1983	30.9%	38.4%
1984	31%	38.2%
1985	31%	38.1%
1986	30.9%	38%
1987	30.9%	37.9%
1988	30.7%	37.7%
1989	30.6%	37.5%
1990	30.4%	37.2%
1991	30.3%	36.9%
1992	30%	36.6%
1993	29.8%	36.3%
1994	29.6%	36%
1995	29.3%	35.7%
1996	29.1%	35.5%
1997	28.8%	35.3%
1998	28.6%	35%
1999	28.4%	34.6%
2000	28.2%	34.2%
2001	27.9%	33.7%
2002	27.7%	33.2%
2003	27.5%	32.6%
2004	27.2%	32%
2005	26.9%	31.4%
2006	26.7%	30.7%
2007	26.4%	30%
2008	26.1%	29.4%
2009	25.9%	28.6%
2010	25.7%	27.9%
2011	25.5%	27.4%
2012	25.3%	27%
2013	25.2%	26.6%
2014	25%	26.2%
2015	24.9%	25.8%
2016	24.7%	25.5%
2017	24.6%	25.2%
2018	24.4%	24.9%
2019	24.1%	24.5%
2020	23.7%	24%
2021	23.2%	23.4%
2022	22.8%	22.8%
2023	22.2%	22.3%
2024	21.6%	21.8%
2025	21%	21.3%
2026	20.4%	20.8%
2027	19.9%	20.4%
2028	19.3%	19.9%
2029	18.7%	19.4%
2030	18.1%	19%
2031	17.6%	18.5%
2032	17.1%	18.1%
2033	16.7%	17.8%
2034	16.4%	17.6%
2035	16.2%	17.4%
2036	16.2%	17.3%
2037	16.1%	17.3%
2038	16.2%	17.2%
2039	16.2%	17.1%
2040	16.2%	17%
2041	16.1%	17%
2042	16.1%	16.9%
2043	16.1%	16.8%
2044	16%	16.7%
2045	16%	16.7%
2046	15.9%	16.6%
2047	15.8%	16.5%
2048	15.7%	16.4%
2049	15.6%	16.3%
2050	15.5%	16.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 21.6% of the population in Argentina and 21.8% in Malaysia in 2024, compared to 30.4% and 37.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Argentina and Malaysia compared.

Natural population change in Argentina vs Malaysia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.63% in Argentina and +0.92% in Malaysia. 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	Malaysia
1960	315,943	251,090
1961	317,816	257,270
1962	316,952	262,140
1963	317,041	265,815
1964	311,020	266,406
1965	304,734	264,836
1966	303,981	262,162
1967	308,904	258,764
1968	312,440	260,705
1969	319,108	264,327
1970	339,096	269,341
1971	344,889	272,323
1972	357,835	276,263
1973	370,856	284,611
1974	388,107	289,880
1975	409,561	294,541
1976	422,330	300,615
1977	441,647	305,515
1978	448,413	311,027
1979	449,952	317,439
1980	443,732	326,947
1981	442,501	339,991
1982	431,926	353,138
1983	426,145	365,290
1984	423,279	376,797
1985	428,866	383,243
1986	436,760	385,799
1987	443,404	381,999
1988	455,701	386,507
1989	460,991	373,277
1990	466,640	384,518
1991	474,960	401,938
1992	473,226	418,900
1993	474,791	429,910
1994	481,958	437,873
1995	469,658	443,349
1996	458,199	450,174
1997	450,930	447,768
1998	440,184	436,316
1999	444,038	432,355
2000	437,562	417,371
2001	430,579	400,939
2002	424,825	381,084
2003	410,141	377,425
2004	417,970	365,138
2005	428,247	355,324
2006	424,591	349,509
2007	402,889	348,711
2008	442,442	362,380
2009	439,271	366,157
2010	441,335	360,260
2011	448,730	372,836
2012	411,540	371,497
2013	421,694	366,738
2014	450,462	367,587
2015	444,161	358,302
2016	391,767	345,681
2017	375,260	336,434
2018	346,031	324,568
2019	280,005	309,426
2020	151,347	283,282
2021	88,677	212,002
2022	96,673	237,560
2023	154,648	254,806

Maternal mortality chart: Argentina vs Malaysia

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 26 deaths in Malaysia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Argentina	Malaysia
1985	80	63
1986	76	59
1987	73	56
1988	70	55
1989	68	52
1990	68	51
1991	67	49
1992	65	48
1993	62	46
1994	62	44
1995	60	43
1996	59	42
1997	60	40
1998	57	39
1999	57	38
2000	58	37
2001	60	36
2002	59	34
2003	61	34
2004	58	33
2005	57	31
2006	60	30
2007	62	30
2008	59	29
2009	62	29
2010	55	29
2011	48	29
2012	49	29
2013	47	29
2014	43	30
2015	39	30
2016	40	30
2017	38	29
2018	38	29
2019	36	28
2020	40	29
2021	76	52
2022	39	38
2023	33	26

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.96% in Argentina and 0.81% in Malaysia. 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	Malaysia
1960	-	9.46%
1961	-	8.83%
1962	-	8.25%
1963	-	7.74%
1964	-	7.28%
1965	-	6.89%
1966	-	6.56%
1967	-	6.27%
1968	-	6.02%
1969	7.25%	5.79%
1970	7.17%	5.56%
1971	7.08%	5.32%
1972	6.97%	5.06%
1973	6.82%	4.79%
1974	6.61%	4.5%
1975	6.33%	4.23%
1976	5.98%	3.97%
1977	5.56%	3.71%
1978	5.12%	3.48%
1979	4.68%	3.25%
1980	4.28%	3.04%
1981	3.94%	2.84%
1982	3.65%	2.65%
1983	3.41%	2.47%
1984	3.21%	2.32%
1985	3.06%	2.18%
1986	2.96%	2.05%
1987	2.91%	1.93%
1988	2.9%	1.83%
1989	2.89%	1.74%
1990	2.88%	1.66%
1991	2.84%	1.58%
1992	2.76%	1.51%
1993	2.66%	1.45%
1994	2.54%	1.39%
1995	2.42%	1.34%
1996	2.31%	1.29%
1997	2.19%	1.23%
1998	2.09%	1.15%
1999	2.01%	1.07%
2000	1.94%	1%
2001	1.88%	0.93%
2002	1.83%	0.88%
2003	1.78%	0.85%
2004	1.73%	0.84%
2005	1.67%	0.83%
2006	1.62%	0.83%
2007	1.58%	0.82%
2008	1.54%	0.82%
2009	1.49%	0.82%
2010	1.44%	0.81%
2011	1.39%	0.81%
2012	1.33%	0.8%
2013	1.27%	0.81%
2014	1.22%	0.81%
2015	1.17%	0.81%
2016	1.14%	0.82%
2017	1.1%	0.82%
2018	1.07%	0.82%
2019	1.05%	0.82%
2020	1.03%	0.81%
2021	1%	0.81%
2022	0.98%	0.81%
2023	0.96%	0.81%