Fertility & birth rates in Argentina and Marshall Islands

Fertility rate in Argentina vs Marshall Islands 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 2.92 in the Marshall Islands in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Argentina vs the Marshall Islands 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	Marshall Islands
1960	3.14	8.08
1961	3.12	8.12
1962	3.13	8.12
1963	3.11	8.12
1964	3.08	8.14
1965	3.01	8.16
1966	2.97	8.2
1967	2.98	8.17
1968	3.01	8.14
1969	3.05	8.11
1970	3.09	8.07
1971	3.11	8.04
1972	3.14	8
1973	3.17	7.95
1974	3.22	7.9
1975	3.27	7.83
1976	3.32	7.76
1977	3.36	7.67
1978	3.36	7.58
1979	3.34	7.47
1980	3.3	7.37
1981	3.25	7.27
1982	3.2	7.18
1983	3.15	7.08
1984	3.12	6.99
1985	3.07	6.87
1986	3.05	6.73
1987	3.04	6.57
1988	3.05	6.38
1989	3.02	6.18
1990	3.03	5.97
1991	3.01	5.76
1992	2.99	5.55
1993	2.97	5.38
1994	2.94	5.23
1995	2.86	5.09
1996	2.78	5.02
1997	2.71	4.96
1998	2.66	4.87
1999	2.64	4.78
2000	2.59	4.7
2001	2.53	4.58
2002	2.49	4.49
2003	2.45	4.42
2004	2.43	4.34
2005	2.43	4.28
2006	2.4	4.2
2007	2.37	4.09
2008	2.43	3.97
2009	2.4	3.83
2010	2.41	3.67
2011	2.39	3.53
2012	2.3	3.38
2013	2.34	3.25
2014	2.39	3.18
2015	2.35	3.13
2016	2.24	3.09
2017	2.17	3.06
2018	2.07	3.04
2019	1.88	3.01
2020	1.6	2.99
2021	1.59	2.96
2022	1.48	2.94
2023	1.5	2.92
2024	1.5	2.86
2025	1.5	2.82
2026	1.51	2.77
2027	1.51	2.73
2028	1.51	2.69
2029	1.51	2.65
2030	1.51	2.6
2031	1.51	2.57
2032	1.52	2.53
2033	1.52	2.5
2034	1.52	2.47
2035	1.52	2.44
2036	1.52	2.41
2037	1.52	2.38
2038	1.52	2.36
2039	1.52	2.34
2040	1.52	2.31
2041	1.52	2.29
2042	1.52	2.26
2043	1.53	2.24
2044	1.53	2.23
2045	1.53	2.21
2046	1.53	2.19
2047	1.53	2.17
2048	1.53	2.15
2049	1.53	2.13
2050	1.54	2.11

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Argentina	Marshall Islands
1960	31.2%	46.1%
1961	31.1%	46.7%
1962	31%	47.1%
1963	30.8%	47.4%
1964	30.6%	47.5%
1965	30.5%	47.5%
1966	30.2%	47.2%
1967	30%	46.7%
1968	29.8%	46.1%
1969	29.7%	45.3%
1970	29.6%	45%
1971	29.5%	45.6%
1972	29.5%	46.6%
1973	29.5%	47.3%
1974	29.6%	47.8%
1975	29.7%	48.2%
1976	29.8%	48.5%
1977	29.9%	49%
1978	30.1%	49.4%
1979	30.3%	49.8%
1980	30.5%	50.1%
1981	30.6%	50.3%
1982	30.8%	50.3%
1983	30.9%	50.4%
1984	31%	50.4%
1985	31%	50.6%
1986	30.9%	50.7%
1987	30.9%	50.8%
1988	30.7%	50.8%
1989	30.6%	50.6%
1990	30.4%	50.2%
1991	30.3%	49.7%
1992	30%	49.1%
1993	29.8%	48.4%
1994	29.6%	47.5%
1995	29.3%	46.6%
1996	29.1%	45.6%
1997	28.8%	44.7%
1998	28.6%	43.7%
1999	28.4%	42.8%
2000	28.2%	42%
2001	27.9%	41.3%
2002	27.7%	40.6%
2003	27.5%	39.9%
2004	27.2%	39.4%
2005	26.9%	39.1%
2006	26.7%	38.9%
2007	26.4%	39%
2008	26.1%	39.2%
2009	25.9%	39.4%
2010	25.7%	39.7%
2011	25.5%	39.7%
2012	25.3%	39.4%
2013	25.2%	38.8%
2014	25%	38.2%
2015	24.9%	37.5%
2016	24.7%	36.8%
2017	24.6%	36.2%
2018	24.4%	35.7%
2019	24.1%	35.1%
2020	23.7%	34.5%
2021	23.2%	34.4%
2022	22.8%	34.6%
2023	22.2%	34.7%
2024	21.6%	34.5%
2025	21%	33.9%
2026	20.4%	33.2%
2027	19.9%	32.6%
2028	19.3%	32%
2029	18.7%	31.4%
2030	18.1%	30.9%
2031	17.6%	30.3%
2032	17.1%	29.7%
2033	16.7%	29.2%
2034	16.4%	28.6%
2035	16.2%	28.1%
2036	16.2%	27.6%
2037	16.1%	27.3%
2038	16.2%	27.3%
2039	16.2%	27.4%
2040	16.2%	27.7%
2041	16.1%	28%
2042	16.1%	28.3%
2043	16.1%	28.6%
2044	16%	28.8%
2045	16%	29%
2046	15.9%	29.1%
2047	15.8%	29.1%
2048	15.7%	29%
2049	15.6%	28.8%
2050	15.5%	28.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 21.6% of the population in Argentina and 34.5% in the Marshall Islands in 2024, compared to 30.4% and 50.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Argentina and the Marshall Islands compared.

Natural population change in Argentina vs Marshall Islands by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.63% in Argentina and +1.69% in the Marshall Islands. 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	Marshall Islands
1960	315,943	452
1961	317,816	469
1962	316,952	488
1963	317,041	509
1964	311,020	536
1965	304,734	566
1966	303,981	603
1967	308,904	636
1968	312,440	685
1969	319,108	747
1970	339,096	819
1971	344,889	877
1972	357,835	913
1973	370,856	954
1974	388,107	1,000
1975	409,561	1,055
1976	422,330	1,109
1977	441,647	1,160
1978	448,413	1,207
1979	449,952	1,250
1980	443,732	1,287
1981	442,501	1,328
1982	431,926	1,375
1983	426,145	1,422
1984	423,279	1,470
1985	428,866	1,511
1986	436,760	1,544
1987	443,404	1,566
1988	455,701	1,575
1989	460,991	1,574
1990	466,640	1,556
1991	474,960	1,540
1992	473,226	1,525
1993	474,791	1,524
1994	481,958	1,524
1995	469,658	1,522
1996	458,199	1,542
1997	450,930	1,564
1998	440,184	1,576
1999	444,038	1,590
2000	437,562	1,592
2001	430,579	1,596
2002	424,825	1,594
2003	410,141	1,600
2004	417,970	1,595
2005	428,247	1,586
2006	424,591	1,556
2007	402,889	1,507
2008	442,442	1,443
2009	439,271	1,365
2010	441,335	1,273
2011	448,730	1,185
2012	411,540	1,097
2013	421,694	1,014
2014	450,462	959
2015	444,161	912
2016	391,767	866
2017	375,260	826
2018	346,031	785
2019	280,005	746
2020	151,347	689
2021	88,677	653
2022	96,673	606
2023	154,648	550

Maternal mortality chart: Argentina vs Marshall Islands

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 155 deaths in the Marshall Islands.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Argentina	Marshall Islands
1985	80	254
1986	76	274
1987	73	282
1988	70	276
1989	68	299
1990	68	311
1991	67	297
1992	65	322
1993	62	320
1994	62	303
1995	60	303
1996	59	292
1997	60	274
1998	57	259
1999	57	250
2000	58	251
2001	60	231
2002	59	223
2003	61	221
2004	58	238
2005	57	234
2006	60	233
2007	62	229
2008	59	226
2009	62	224
2010	55	212
2011	48	209
2012	49	207
2013	47	201
2014	43	199
2015	39	184
2016	40	183
2017	38	179
2018	38	167
2019	36	168
2020	40	178
2021	76	206
2022	39	174
2023	33	155

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.96% in Argentina and 2.82% in the Marshall Islands. 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	Marshall Islands
1960	-	12.2%
1961	-	11.6%
1962	-	11%
1963	-	10.5%
1964	-	10.1%
1965	-	9.64%
1966	-	9.25%
1967	-	8.88%
1968	-	8.53%
1969	7.25%	8.19%
1970	7.17%	7.87%
1971	7.08%	7.58%
1972	6.97%	7.33%
1973	6.82%	7.13%
1974	6.61%	6.97%
1975	6.33%	6.86%
1976	5.98%	6.77%
1977	5.56%	6.69%
1978	5.12%	6.61%
1979	4.68%	6.52%
1980	4.28%	6.42%
1981	3.94%	6.29%
1982	3.65%	6.15%
1983	3.41%	6%
1984	3.21%	5.83%
1985	3.06%	5.66%
1986	2.96%	5.49%
1987	2.91%	5.31%
1988	2.9%	5.13%
1989	2.89%	4.95%
1990	2.88%	4.76%
1991	2.84%	4.59%
1992	2.76%	4.43%
1993	2.66%	4.29%
1994	2.54%	4.2%
1995	2.42%	4.15%
1996	2.31%	4.14%
1997	2.19%	4.15%
1998	2.09%	4.19%
1999	2.01%	4.23%
2000	1.94%	4.25%
2001	1.88%	4.25%
2002	1.83%	4.24%
2003	1.78%	4.21%
2004	1.73%	4.18%
2005	1.67%	4.14%
2006	1.62%	4.1%
2007	1.58%	4.06%
2008	1.54%	4.02%
2009	1.49%	3.97%
2010	1.44%	3.94%
2011	1.39%	3.89%
2012	1.33%	3.82%
2013	1.27%	3.75%
2014	1.22%	3.66%
2015	1.17%	3.57%
2016	1.14%	3.48%
2017	1.1%	3.38%
2018	1.07%	3.29%
2019	1.05%	3.19%
2020	1.03%	3.1%
2021	1%	3%
2022	0.98%	2.91%
2023	0.96%	2.82%