Fertility & birth rates in Argentina and Panama

Fertility rate in Argentina vs Panama 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 2.12 in Panama in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Argentina vs Panama 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	Panama
1960	3.14	5.83
1961	3.12	5.87
1962	3.13	5.87
1963	3.11	5.87
1964	3.08	5.81
1965	3.01	5.73
1966	2.97	5.65
1967	2.98	5.53
1968	3.01	5.41
1969	3.05	5.29
1970	3.09	5.18
1971	3.11	5.05
1972	3.14	4.91
1973	3.17	4.74
1974	3.22	4.58
1975	3.27	4.41
1976	3.32	4.26
1977	3.36	4.12
1978	3.36	3.98
1979	3.34	3.88
1980	3.3	3.8
1981	3.25	3.72
1982	3.2	3.66
1983	3.15	3.6
1984	3.12	3.52
1985	3.07	3.43
1986	3.05	3.34
1987	3.04	3.25
1988	3.05	3.17
1989	3.02	3.12
1990	3.03	3.07
1991	3.01	3
1992	2.99	2.95
1993	2.97	2.91
1994	2.94	2.88
1995	2.86	2.85
1996	2.78	2.83
1997	2.71	2.81
1998	2.66	2.79
1999	2.64	2.77
2000	2.59	2.74
2001	2.53	2.72
2002	2.49	2.7
2003	2.45	2.68
2004	2.43	2.68
2005	2.43	2.64
2006	2.4	2.62
2007	2.37	2.61
2008	2.43	2.61
2009	2.4	2.59
2010	2.41	2.59
2011	2.39	2.6
2012	2.3	2.59
2013	2.34	2.57
2014	2.39	2.55
2015	2.35	2.53
2016	2.24	2.5
2017	2.17	2.46
2018	2.07	2.4
2019	1.88	2.29
2020	1.6	2.18
2021	1.59	2.15
2022	1.48	2.14
2023	1.5	2.12
2024	1.5	2.11
2025	1.5	2.09
2026	1.51	2.07
2027	1.51	2.06
2028	1.51	2.04
2029	1.51	2.02
2030	1.51	2.01
2031	1.51	2
2032	1.52	1.99
2033	1.52	1.97
2034	1.52	1.96
2035	1.52	1.95
2036	1.52	1.95
2037	1.52	1.94
2038	1.52	1.93
2039	1.52	1.92
2040	1.52	1.91
2041	1.52	1.91
2042	1.52	1.9
2043	1.53	1.89
2044	1.53	1.89
2045	1.53	1.88
2046	1.53	1.88
2047	1.53	1.87
2048	1.53	1.87
2049	1.53	1.86
2050	1.54	1.86

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Argentina	Panama
1960	31.2%	44.2%
1961	31.1%	44.3%
1962	31%	44.5%
1963	30.8%	44.6%
1964	30.6%	44.7%
1965	30.5%	44.8%
1966	30.2%	44.8%
1967	30%	44.8%
1968	29.8%	44.7%
1969	29.7%	44.6%
1970	29.6%	44.5%
1971	29.5%	44.3%
1972	29.5%	44.1%
1973	29.5%	43.9%
1974	29.6%	43.6%
1975	29.7%	43.3%
1976	29.8%	42.9%
1977	29.9%	42.4%
1978	30.1%	41.9%
1979	30.3%	41.4%
1980	30.5%	40.8%
1981	30.6%	40.3%
1982	30.8%	39.8%
1983	30.9%	39.3%
1984	31%	38.8%
1985	31%	38.3%
1986	30.9%	37.8%
1987	30.9%	37.4%
1988	30.7%	36.9%
1989	30.6%	36.5%
1990	30.4%	36.1%
1991	30.3%	35.7%
1992	30%	35.3%
1993	29.8%	34.9%
1994	29.6%	34.6%
1995	29.3%	34.2%
1996	29.1%	33.9%
1997	28.8%	33.5%
1998	28.6%	33.1%
1999	28.4%	32.8%
2000	28.2%	32.4%
2001	27.9%	32%
2002	27.7%	31.6%
2003	27.5%	31.3%
2004	27.2%	31%
2005	26.9%	30.6%
2006	26.7%	30.3%
2007	26.4%	30%
2008	26.1%	29.7%
2009	25.9%	29.5%
2010	25.7%	29.2%
2011	25.5%	28.9%
2012	25.3%	28.7%
2013	25.2%	28.4%
2014	25%	28.2%
2015	24.9%	27.9%
2016	24.7%	27.6%
2017	24.6%	27.4%
2018	24.4%	27.1%
2019	24.1%	26.7%
2020	23.7%	26.4%
2021	23.2%	26%
2022	22.8%	25.7%
2023	22.2%	25.3%
2024	21.6%	24.9%
2025	21%	24.5%
2026	20.4%	24.1%
2027	19.9%	23.8%
2028	19.3%	23.4%
2029	18.7%	23%
2030	18.1%	22.6%
2031	17.6%	22.2%
2032	17.1%	21.9%
2033	16.7%	21.6%
2034	16.4%	21.3%
2035	16.2%	21%
2036	16.2%	20.9%
2037	16.1%	20.7%
2038	16.2%	20.5%
2039	16.2%	20.3%
2040	16.2%	20.1%
2041	16.1%	20%
2042	16.1%	19.8%
2043	16.1%	19.6%
2044	16%	19.4%
2045	16%	19.3%
2046	15.9%	19.1%
2047	15.8%	18.9%
2048	15.7%	18.8%
2049	15.6%	18.6%
2050	15.5%	18.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 21.6% of the population in Argentina and 24.9% in Panama in 2024, compared to 30.4% and 36.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Argentina and Panama compared.

Natural population change in Argentina vs Panama by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.63% in Argentina and +1.31% in Panama. 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	Panama
1960	315,943	35,431
1961	317,816	37,100
1962	316,952	38,537
1963	317,041	39,872
1964	311,020	40,806
1965	304,734	41,604
1966	303,981	42,457
1967	308,904	43,054
1968	312,440	43,641
1969	319,108	44,278
1970	339,096	45,075
1971	344,889	45,867
1972	357,835	46,311
1973	370,856	46,540
1974	388,107	46,932
1975	409,561	47,149
1976	422,330	47,307
1977	441,647	47,438
1978	448,413	47,694
1979	449,952	48,362
1980	443,732	49,077
1981	442,501	50,018
1982	431,926	50,858
1983	426,145	51,880
1984	423,279	52,436
1985	428,866	52,573
1986	436,760	52,681
1987	443,404	52,690
1988	455,701	52,767
1989	460,991	52,295
1990	466,640	53,451
1991	474,960	53,079
1992	473,226	53,186
1993	474,791	53,591
1994	481,958	53,845
1995	469,658	54,069
1996	458,199	54,512
1997	450,930	55,060
1998	440,184	55,482
1999	444,038	55,911
2000	437,562	56,236
2001	430,579	56,654
2002	424,825	57,011
2003	410,141	57,458
2004	417,970	58,281
2005	428,247	58,014
2006	424,591	58,067
2007	402,889	58,454
2008	442,442	58,961
2009	439,271	59,168
2010	441,335	59,418
2011	448,730	60,411
2012	411,540	60,471
2013	421,694	60,295
2014	450,462	60,227
2015	444,161	59,896
2016	391,767	59,454
2017	375,260	58,607
2018	346,031	57,508
2019	280,005	54,420
2020	151,347	46,599
2021	88,677	46,747
2022	96,673	50,556
2023	154,648	50,197

Maternal mortality chart: Argentina vs Panama

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 37 deaths in Panama.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Argentina	Panama
1985	80	95
1986	76	94
1987	73	93
1988	70	93
1989	68	96
1990	68	89
1991	67	87
1992	65	85
1993	62	81
1994	62	78
1995	60	77
1996	59	73
1997	60	70
1998	57	68
1999	57	65
2000	58	64
2001	60	62
2002	59	59
2003	61	58
2004	58	57
2005	57	57
2006	60	56
2007	62	55
2008	59	55
2009	62	55
2010	55	56
2011	48	55
2012	49	53
2013	47	52
2014	43	49
2015	39	48
2016	40	47
2017	38	47
2018	38	43
2019	36	41
2020	40	74
2021	76	59
2022	39	40
2023	33	37

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.96% in Argentina and 1.33% in Panama. 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	Panama
1960	-	9.31%
1961	-	9.04%
1962	-	8.78%
1963	-	8.52%
1964	-	8.28%
1965	-	8.05%
1966	-	7.83%
1967	-	7.62%
1968	-	7.38%
1969	7.25%	7.1%
1970	7.17%	6.78%
1971	7.08%	6.43%
1972	6.97%	6.07%
1973	6.82%	5.72%
1974	6.61%	5.41%
1975	6.33%	5.15%
1976	5.98%	4.93%
1977	5.56%	4.76%
1978	5.12%	4.61%
1979	4.68%	4.47%
1980	4.28%	4.34%
1981	3.94%	4.19%
1982	3.65%	4.05%
1983	3.41%	3.9%
1984	3.21%	3.75%
1985	3.06%	3.61%
1986	2.96%	3.47%
1987	2.91%	3.35%
1988	2.9%	3.24%
1989	2.89%	3.14%
1990	2.88%	3.05%
1991	2.84%	2.97%
1992	2.76%	2.91%
1993	2.66%	2.87%
1994	2.54%	2.83%
1995	2.42%	2.8%
1996	2.31%	2.77%
1997	2.19%	2.73%
1998	2.09%	2.68%
1999	2.01%	2.63%
2000	1.94%	2.56%
2001	1.88%	2.49%
2002	1.83%	2.41%
2003	1.78%	2.33%
2004	1.73%	2.25%
2005	1.67%	2.17%
2006	1.62%	2.1%
2007	1.58%	2.03%
2008	1.54%	1.97%
2009	1.49%	1.91%
2010	1.44%	1.86%
2011	1.39%	1.81%
2012	1.33%	1.77%
2013	1.27%	1.75%
2014	1.22%	1.73%
2015	1.17%	1.72%
2016	1.14%	1.7%
2017	1.1%	1.68%
2018	1.07%	1.65%
2019	1.05%	1.59%
2020	1.03%	1.52%
2021	1%	1.45%
2022	0.98%	1.39%
2023	0.96%	1.33%