Fertility & birth rates in Argentina and Nigeria

Fertility rate in Argentina vs Nigeria 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 4.48 in Nigeria in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Argentina vs Nigeria 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	Nigeria
1960	3.14	6.36
1961	3.12	6.35
1962	3.13	6.36
1963	3.11	6.35
1964	3.08	6.36
1965	3.01	6.37
1966	2.97	6.39
1967	2.98	6.4
1968	3.01	6.42
1969	3.05	6.44
1970	3.09	6.47
1971	3.11	6.53
1972	3.14	6.58
1973	3.17	6.63
1974	3.22	6.7
1975	3.27	6.77
1976	3.32	6.81
1977	3.36	6.86
1978	3.36	6.92
1979	3.34	6.89
1980	3.3	6.85
1981	3.25	6.82
1982	3.2	6.8
1983	3.15	6.78
1984	3.12	6.7
1985	3.07	6.62
1986	3.05	6.56
1987	3.04	6.5
1988	3.05	6.5
1989	3.02	6.49
1990	3.03	6.46
1991	3.01	6.43
1992	2.99	6.39
1993	2.97	6.35
1994	2.94	6.32
1995	2.86	6.27
1996	2.78	6.22
1997	2.71	6.14
1998	2.66	6.07
1999	2.64	6.08
2000	2.59	6.12
2001	2.53	6.13
2002	2.49	6.12
2003	2.45	6.1
2004	2.43	6.09
2005	2.43	6.06
2006	2.4	6.05
2007	2.37	6.03
2008	2.43	6.02
2009	2.4	5.99
2010	2.41	5.95
2011	2.39	5.89
2012	2.3	5.8
2013	2.34	5.69
2014	2.39	5.62
2015	2.35	5.5
2016	2.24	5.34
2017	2.17	5.18
2018	2.07	5.02
2019	1.88	4.86
2020	1.6	4.7
2021	1.59	4.64
2022	1.48	4.55
2023	1.5	4.48
2024	1.5	4.38
2025	1.5	4.3
2026	1.51	4.2
2027	1.51	4.1
2028	1.51	4.01
2029	1.51	3.92
2030	1.51	3.82
2031	1.51	3.73
2032	1.52	3.65
2033	1.52	3.56
2034	1.52	3.48
2035	1.52	3.41
2036	1.52	3.34
2037	1.52	3.27
2038	1.52	3.21
2039	1.52	3.16
2040	1.52	3.1
2041	1.52	3.04
2042	1.52	2.99
2043	1.53	2.94
2044	1.53	2.89
2045	1.53	2.85
2046	1.53	2.8
2047	1.53	2.76
2048	1.53	2.73
2049	1.53	2.69
2050	1.54	2.66

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Argentina	Nigeria
1960	31.2%	41.1%
1961	31.1%	41.1%
1962	31%	41.1%
1963	30.8%	41.2%
1964	30.6%	41.4%
1965	30.5%	41.5%
1966	30.2%	41.7%
1967	30%	41.8%
1968	29.8%	42%
1969	29.7%	42.2%
1970	29.6%	42.4%
1971	29.5%	42.5%
1972	29.5%	42.8%
1973	29.5%	43%
1974	29.6%	43.2%
1975	29.7%	43.4%
1976	29.8%	43.7%
1977	29.9%	43.9%
1978	30.1%	44.2%
1979	30.3%	44.4%
1980	30.5%	44.6%
1981	30.6%	44.8%
1982	30.8%	45%
1983	30.9%	45.2%
1984	31%	45.4%
1985	31%	45.5%
1986	30.9%	45.6%
1987	30.9%	45.6%
1988	30.7%	45.5%
1989	30.6%	45.5%
1990	30.4%	45.3%
1991	30.3%	45.2%
1992	30%	45%
1993	29.8%	44.8%
1994	29.6%	44.6%
1995	29.3%	44.4%
1996	29.1%	44.2%
1997	28.8%	44.1%
1998	28.6%	43.9%
1999	28.4%	43.8%
2000	28.2%	43.7%
2001	27.9%	43.7%
2002	27.7%	43.8%
2003	27.5%	43.8%
2004	27.2%	43.9%
2005	26.9%	44%
2006	26.7%	44.1%
2007	26.4%	44.2%
2008	26.1%	44.3%
2009	25.9%	44.4%
2010	25.7%	44.4%
2011	25.5%	44.5%
2012	25.3%	44.5%
2013	25.2%	44.5%
2014	25%	44.4%
2015	24.9%	44.3%
2016	24.7%	44.1%
2017	24.6%	43.9%
2018	24.4%	43.6%
2019	24.1%	43.2%
2020	23.7%	42.8%
2021	23.2%	42.4%
2022	22.8%	42%
2023	22.2%	41.5%
2024	21.6%	41%
2025	21%	40.5%
2026	20.4%	40%
2027	19.9%	39.5%
2028	19.3%	39%
2029	18.7%	38.5%
2030	18.1%	38%
2031	17.6%	37.6%
2032	17.1%	37.2%
2033	16.7%	36.8%
2034	16.4%	36.5%
2035	16.2%	36.2%
2036	16.2%	35.9%
2037	16.1%	35.5%
2038	16.2%	35.2%
2039	16.2%	34.9%
2040	16.2%	34.5%
2041	16.1%	34.2%
2042	16.1%	33.8%
2043	16.1%	33.5%
2044	16%	33.1%
2045	16%	32.8%
2046	15.9%	32.4%
2047	15.8%	32%
2048	15.7%	31.6%
2049	15.6%	31.3%
2050	15.5%	30.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 21.6% of the population in Argentina and 41% in Nigeria in 2024, compared to 30.4% and 45.3% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Argentina and Nigeria compared.

Natural population change in Argentina vs Nigeria by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.63% in Argentina and +2.29% in Nigeria. 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	Nigeria
1960	315,943	901,301
1961	317,816	932,111
1962	316,952	966,452
1963	317,041	995,116
1964	311,020	1,028,272
1965	304,734	1,061,840
1966	303,981	1,095,582
1967	308,904	1,082,884
1968	312,440	1,168,254
1969	319,108	1,213,484
1970	339,096	1,295,507
1971	344,889	1,373,896
1972	357,835	1,448,928
1973	370,856	1,525,485
1974	388,107	1,624,813
1975	409,561	1,718,623
1976	422,330	1,827,289
1977	441,647	1,923,917
1978	448,413	2,019,621
1979	449,952	2,074,807
1980	443,732	2,121,618
1981	442,501	2,179,884
1982	431,926	2,233,401
1983	426,145	2,292,089
1984	423,279	2,278,060
1985	428,866	2,289,784
1986	436,760	2,295,003
1987	443,404	2,322,397
1988	455,701	2,376,419
1989	460,991	2,452,324
1990	466,640	2,491,928
1991	474,960	2,527,807
1992	473,226	2,596,173
1993	474,791	2,673,675
1994	481,958	2,735,198
1995	469,658	2,830,771
1996	458,199	2,882,205
1997	450,930	2,936,500
1998	440,184	3,003,946
1999	444,038	3,155,425
2000	437,562	3,343,196
2001	430,579	3,478,370
2002	424,825	3,606,814
2003	410,141	3,751,120
2004	417,970	3,877,376
2005	428,247	4,013,788
2006	424,591	4,135,703
2007	402,889	4,265,428
2008	442,442	4,412,976
2009	439,271	4,528,149
2010	441,335	4,629,173
2011	448,730	4,728,363
2012	411,540	4,774,508
2013	421,694	4,811,751
2014	450,462	4,862,319
2015	444,161	4,823,045
2016	391,767	4,761,594
2017	375,260	4,706,183
2018	346,031	4,659,898
2019	280,005	4,609,941
2020	151,347	4,525,164
2021	88,677	4,641,562
2022	96,673	4,739,502
2023	154,648	4,834,309

Maternal mortality chart: Argentina vs Nigeria

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 993 deaths in Nigeria.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Argentina	Nigeria
1985	80	1,344
1986	76	1,363
1987	73	1,351
1988	70	1,332
1989	68	1,304
1990	68	1,285
1991	67	1,282
1992	65	1,246
1993	62	1,200
1994	62	1,193
1995	60	1,186
1996	59	1,185
1997	60	1,184
1998	57	1,189
1999	57	1,165
2000	58	1,136
2001	60	1,130
2002	59	1,117
2003	61	1,090
2004	58	1,075
2005	57	1,060
2006	60	1,067
2007	62	1,063
2008	59	1,081
2009	62	1,088
2010	55	1,094
2011	48	1,108
2012	49	1,124
2013	47	1,146
2014	43	1,155
2015	39	1,168
2016	40	1,155
2017	38	1,142
2018	38	1,118
2019	36	1,091
2020	40	1,065
2021	76	1,046
2022	39	1,016
2023	33	993

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.96% in Argentina and 10.5% in Nigeria. 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	Nigeria
1964	-	32.7%
1965	-	32%
1966	-	31.3%
1967	-	30.7%
1968	-	30%
1969	7.25%	29.3%
1970	7.17%	28.5%
1971	7.08%	27.7%
1972	6.97%	26.9%
1973	6.82%	26.1%
1974	6.61%	25.2%
1975	6.33%	24.4%
1976	5.98%	23.6%
1977	5.56%	22.9%
1978	5.12%	22.3%
1979	4.68%	21.8%
1980	4.28%	21.3%
1981	3.94%	21%
1982	3.65%	20.8%
1983	3.41%	20.7%
1984	3.21%	20.7%
1985	3.06%	20.8%
1986	2.96%	20.9%
1987	2.91%	20.9%
1988	2.9%	21%
1989	2.89%	21%
1990	2.88%	21%
1991	2.84%	20.9%
1992	2.76%	20.8%
1993	2.66%	20.7%
1994	2.54%	20.6%
1995	2.42%	20.4%
1996	2.31%	20.1%
1997	2.19%	19.7%
1998	2.09%	19.3%
1999	2.01%	18.8%
2000	1.94%	18.2%
2001	1.88%	17.7%
2002	1.83%	17.1%
2003	1.78%	16.5%
2004	1.73%	16%
2005	1.67%	15.5%
2006	1.62%	15%
2007	1.58%	14.5%
2008	1.54%	14.1%
2009	1.49%	13.8%
2010	1.44%	13.5%
2011	1.39%	13.3%
2012	1.33%	13.1%
2013	1.27%	12.9%
2014	1.22%	12.8%
2015	1.17%	12.6%
2016	1.14%	12.5%
2017	1.1%	12.3%
2018	1.07%	12%
2019	1.05%	11.8%
2020	1.03%	11.4%
2021	1%	11.1%
2022	0.98%	10.8%
2023	0.96%	10.5%