Fertility & birth rates in Argentina and Romania

Fertility rate in Argentina vs Romania 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 1.71 in Romania in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Argentina vs Romania 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	Romania
1960	3.14	2.34
1961	3.12	2.17
1962	3.13	2.04
1963	3.11	2.01
1964	3.08	1.96
1965	3.01	1.91
1966	2.97	1.9
1967	2.98	3.66
1968	3.01	3.63
1969	3.05	3.19
1970	3.09	2.89
1971	3.11	2.67
1972	3.14	2.55
1973	3.17	2.44
1974	3.22	2.71
1975	3.27	2.59
1976	3.32	2.54
1977	3.36	2.57
1978	3.36	2.52
1979	3.34	2.49
1980	3.3	2.43
1981	3.25	2.36
1982	3.2	2.17
1983	3.15	2.06
1984	3.12	2.26
1985	3.07	2.31
1986	3.05	2.39
1987	3.04	2.38
1988	3.05	2.3
1989	3.02	2.22
1990	3.03	1.83
1991	3.01	1.59
1992	2.99	1.51
1993	2.97	1.43
1994	2.94	1.4
1995	2.86	1.33
1996	2.78	1.3
1997	2.71	1.32
1998	2.66	1.32
1999	2.64	1.3
2000	2.59	1.31
2001	2.53	1.27
2002	2.49	1.27
2003	2.45	1.3
2004	2.43	1.33
2005	2.43	1.4
2006	2.4	1.42
2007	2.37	1.45
2008	2.43	1.6
2009	2.4	1.66
2010	2.41	1.59
2011	2.39	1.47
2012	2.3	1.52
2013	2.34	1.46
2014	2.39	1.56
2015	2.35	1.62
2016	2.24	1.69
2017	2.17	1.78
2018	2.07	1.76
2019	1.88	1.77
2020	1.6	1.8
2021	1.59	1.81
2022	1.48	1.71
2023	1.5	1.71
2024	1.5	1.71
2025	1.5	1.71
2026	1.51	1.7
2027	1.51	1.7
2028	1.51	1.7
2029	1.51	1.7
2030	1.51	1.7
2031	1.51	1.7
2032	1.52	1.7
2033	1.52	1.69
2034	1.52	1.69
2035	1.52	1.69
2036	1.52	1.69
2037	1.52	1.69
2038	1.52	1.69
2039	1.52	1.69
2040	1.52	1.69
2041	1.52	1.68
2042	1.52	1.68
2043	1.53	1.68
2044	1.53	1.68
2045	1.53	1.68
2046	1.53	1.68
2047	1.53	1.68
2048	1.53	1.68
2049	1.53	1.68
2050	1.54	1.68

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Argentina	Romania
1960	31.2%	28.1%
1961	31.1%	28%
1962	31%	27.7%
1963	30.8%	27.3%
1964	30.6%	26.7%
1965	30.5%	26%
1966	30.2%	25.2%
1967	30%	25%
1968	29.8%	25.1%
1969	29.7%	25.1%
1970	29.6%	25.1%
1971	29.5%	24.9%
1972	29.5%	24.9%
1973	29.5%	24.9%
1974	29.6%	25.1%
1975	29.7%	25.3%
1976	29.8%	25.7%
1977	29.9%	26%
1978	30.1%	26.3%
1979	30.3%	26.5%
1980	30.5%	26.8%
1981	30.6%	27.1%
1982	30.8%	26.8%
1983	30.9%	25.9%
1984	31%	25.1%
1985	31%	24.6%
1986	30.9%	24.3%
1987	30.9%	24%
1988	30.7%	23.9%
1989	30.6%	23.7%
1990	30.4%	23.3%
1991	30.3%	22.8%
1992	30%	22.2%
1993	29.8%	21.6%
1994	29.6%	21%
1995	29.3%	20.5%
1996	29.1%	20%
1997	28.8%	19.6%
1998	28.6%	19.3%
1999	28.4%	19.1%
2000	28.2%	18.6%
2001	27.9%	18.1%
2002	27.7%	17.5%
2003	27.5%	16.9%
2004	27.2%	16.4%
2005	26.9%	16%
2006	26.7%	15.8%
2007	26.4%	15.7%
2008	26.1%	15.7%
2009	25.9%	15.7%
2010	25.7%	15.7%
2011	25.5%	15.8%
2012	25.3%	15.7%
2013	25.2%	15.7%
2014	25%	15.7%
2015	24.9%	15.7%
2016	24.7%	15.7%
2017	24.6%	15.8%
2018	24.4%	15.9%
2019	24.1%	16%
2020	23.7%	16.1%
2021	23.2%	16.1%
2022	22.8%	16%
2023	22.2%	15.9%
2024	21.6%	15.7%
2025	21%	15.6%
2026	20.4%	15.4%
2027	19.9%	15.3%
2028	19.3%	15.2%
2029	18.7%	15.1%
2030	18.1%	15%
2031	17.6%	14.9%
2032	17.1%	14.7%
2033	16.7%	14.6%
2034	16.4%	14.4%
2035	16.2%	14.4%
2036	16.2%	14.3%
2037	16.1%	14.3%
2038	16.2%	14.3%
2039	16.2%	14.2%
2040	16.2%	14.2%
2041	16.1%	14.3%
2042	16.1%	14.3%
2043	16.1%	14.3%
2044	16%	14.3%
2045	16%	14.4%
2046	15.9%	14.4%
2047	15.8%	14.4%
2048	15.7%	14.4%
2049	15.6%	14.4%
2050	15.5%	14.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 21.6% of the population in Argentina and 15.7% in Romania in 2024, compared to 30.4% and 23.3% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Argentina and Romania compared.

Natural population change in Argentina vs Romania by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.63% in Argentina and -0.4% in Romania. 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	Romania
1960	315,943	191,431
1961	317,816	163,286
1962	316,952	130,736
1963	317,041	139,104
1964	311,020	134,326
1965	304,734	114,190
1966	303,981	115,293
1967	308,904	347,709
1968	312,440	338,577
1969	319,108	264,120
1970	339,096	234,905
1971	344,889	206,662
1972	357,835	198,316
1973	370,856	175,020
1974	388,107	235,530
1975	409,561	219,324
1976	422,330	213,361
1977	441,647	215,385
1978	448,413	204,148
1979	449,952	194,397
1980	443,732	168,776
1981	442,501	156,472
1982	431,926	119,121
1983	426,145	87,986
1984	423,279	117,731
1985	428,866	111,392
1986	436,760	134,737
1987	443,404	128,517
1988	455,701	126,817
1989	460,991	122,756
1990	466,640	69,605
1991	474,960	25,301
1992	473,226	-4,559
1993	474,791	-13,658
1994	481,958	-18,184
1995	469,658	-36,295
1996	458,199	-56,548
1997	450,930	-42,853
1998	440,184	-33,761
1999	444,038	-31,461
2000	437,562	-22,443
2001	430,579	-37,625
2002	424,825	-58,673
2003	410,141	-56,093
2004	417,970	-42,904
2005	428,247	-40,508
2006	424,591	-38,148
2007	402,889	-37,590
2008	442,442	-30,806
2009	439,271	-34,625
2010	441,335	-46,567
2011	448,730	-56,413
2012	411,540	-54,157
2013	421,694	-59,951
2014	450,462	-55,745
2015	444,161	-59,447
2016	391,767	-53,196
2017	375,260	-50,930
2018	346,031	-62,316
2019	280,005	-60,053
2020	151,347	-100,179
2021	88,677	-141,504
2022	96,673	-93,338
2023	154,648	-89,580

Maternal mortality chart: Argentina vs Romania

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 12 deaths in Romania.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Argentina	Romania
1985	80	184
1986	76	180
1987	73	173
1988	70	159
1989	68	143
1990	68	118
1991	67	104
1992	65	95
1993	62	87
1994	62	80
1995	60	75
1996	59	72
1997	60	66
1998	57	58
1999	57	51
2000	58	45
2001	60	41
2002	59	38
2003	61	35
2004	58	32
2005	57	30
2006	60	27
2007	62	25
2008	59	25
2009	62	25
2010	55	23
2011	48	20
2012	49	19
2013	47	18
2014	43	18
2015	39	18
2016	40	17
2017	38	17
2018	38	15
2019	36	14
2020	40	16
2021	76	20
2022	39	13
2023	33	12

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.96% in Argentina and 0.66% in Romania. 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	Romania
1960	-	8.82%
1961	-	7.98%
1962	-	6.98%
1963	-	6.03%
1964	-	5.45%
1965	-	5.44%
1966	-	5.83%
1967	-	6.27%
1968	-	6.44%
1969	7.25%	6.23%
1970	7.17%	5.69%
1971	7.08%	5.06%
1972	6.97%	4.64%
1973	6.82%	4.49%
1974	6.61%	4.43%
1975	6.33%	4.27%
1976	5.98%	4.05%
1977	5.56%	3.86%
1978	5.12%	3.76%
1979	4.68%	3.68%
1980	4.28%	3.57%
1981	3.94%	3.44%
1982	3.65%	3.28%
1983	3.41%	3.14%
1984	3.21%	3.08%
1985	3.06%	3.16%
1986	2.96%	3.33%
1987	2.91%	3.45%
1988	2.9%	3.43%
1989	2.89%	3.31%
1990	2.88%	3.14%
1991	2.84%	2.97%
1992	2.76%	2.84%
1993	2.66%	2.79%
1994	2.54%	2.76%
1995	2.42%	2.73%
1996	2.31%	2.68%
1997	2.19%	2.58%
1998	2.09%	2.44%
1999	2.01%	2.29%
2000	1.94%	2.16%
2001	1.88%	2.06%
2002	1.83%	2.01%
2003	1.78%	1.99%
2004	1.73%	1.94%
2005	1.67%	1.82%
2006	1.62%	1.66%
2007	1.58%	1.51%
2008	1.54%	1.4%
2009	1.49%	1.31%
2010	1.44%	1.24%
2011	1.39%	1.18%
2012	1.33%	1.12%
2013	1.27%	1.05%
2014	1.22%	0.99%
2015	1.17%	0.92%
2016	1.14%	0.85%
2017	1.1%	0.79%
2018	1.07%	0.73%
2019	1.05%	0.68%
2020	1.03%	0.66%
2021	1%	0.65%
2022	0.98%	0.66%
2023	0.96%	0.66%