Fertility & birth rates in Argentina and Russia

Fertility rate in Argentina vs Russia 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 1.41 in Russia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Argentina vs Russia 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	Russia
1960	3.14	2.52
1961	3.12	2.45
1962	3.13	2.36
1963	3.11	2.27
1964	3.08	2.18
1965	3.01	2.13
1966	2.97	2.1
1967	2.98	2.04
1968	3.01	1.99
1969	3.05	1.97
1970	3.09	1.99
1971	3.11	2.03
1972	3.14	2.04
1973	3.17	2.01
1974	3.22	2
1975	3.27	1.98
1976	3.32	1.97
1977	3.36	1.95
1978	3.36	1.92
1979	3.34	1.9
1980	3.3	1.89
1981	3.25	1.91
1982	3.2	2.04
1983	3.15	2.11
1984	3.12	2.06
1985	3.07	2.05
1986	3.05	2.15
1987	3.04	2.22
1988	3.05	2.12
1989	3.02	2.01
1990	3.03	1.89
1991	3.01	1.73
1992	2.99	1.55
1993	2.97	1.39
1994	2.94	1.4
1995	2.86	1.34
1996	2.78	1.27
1997	2.71	1.22
1998	2.66	1.23
1999	2.64	1.16
2000	2.59	1.2
2001	2.53	1.22
2002	2.49	1.29
2003	2.45	1.32
2004	2.43	1.34
2005	2.43	1.29
2006	2.4	1.31
2007	2.37	1.42
2008	2.43	1.5
2009	2.4	1.54
2010	2.41	1.57
2011	2.39	1.58
2012	2.3	1.69
2013	2.34	1.71
2014	2.39	1.75
2015	2.35	1.78
2016	2.24	1.76
2017	2.17	1.62
2018	2.07	1.58
2019	1.88	1.5
2020	1.6	1.51
2021	1.59	1.51
2022	1.48	1.42
2023	1.5	1.41
2024	1.5	1.42
2025	1.5	1.43
2026	1.51	1.43
2027	1.51	1.43
2028	1.51	1.44
2029	1.51	1.44
2030	1.51	1.45
2031	1.51	1.45
2032	1.52	1.45
2033	1.52	1.46
2034	1.52	1.46
2035	1.52	1.46
2036	1.52	1.47
2037	1.52	1.47
2038	1.52	1.47
2039	1.52	1.47
2040	1.52	1.48
2041	1.52	1.48
2042	1.52	1.48
2043	1.53	1.48
2044	1.53	1.49
2045	1.53	1.49
2046	1.53	1.49
2047	1.53	1.49
2048	1.53	1.5
2049	1.53	1.5
2050	1.54	1.5

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Argentina	Russia
1960	31.2%	30.5%
1961	31.1%	30.9%
1962	31%	30.8%
1963	30.8%	30.6%
1964	30.6%	30.2%
1965	30.5%	29.5%
1966	30.2%	28.9%
1967	30%	28.3%
1968	29.8%	27.6%
1969	29.7%	26.9%
1970	29.6%	26.1%
1971	29.5%	25.4%
1972	29.5%	24.8%
1973	29.5%	24.2%
1974	29.6%	23.6%
1975	29.7%	23%
1976	29.8%	22.5%
1977	29.9%	22.1%
1978	30.1%	21.8%
1979	30.3%	21.7%
1980	30.5%	21.7%
1981	30.6%	21.7%
1982	30.8%	21.9%
1983	30.9%	22.1%
1984	31%	22.4%
1985	31%	22.6%
1986	30.9%	22.8%
1987	30.9%	22.9%
1988	30.7%	23%
1989	30.6%	23%
1990	30.4%	22.9%
1991	30.3%	22.7%
1992	30%	22.4%
1993	29.8%	22%
1994	29.6%	21.6%
1995	29.3%	21.2%
1996	29.1%	20.7%
1997	28.8%	20.2%
1998	28.6%	19.5%
1999	28.4%	18.8%
2000	28.2%	18%
2001	27.9%	17.3%
2002	27.7%	16.6%
2003	27.5%	16%
2004	27.2%	15.6%
2005	26.9%	15.2%
2006	26.7%	14.9%
2007	26.4%	14.8%
2008	26.1%	14.9%
2009	25.9%	15%
2010	25.7%	15.2%
2011	25.5%	15.4%
2012	25.3%	15.7%
2013	25.2%	16.1%
2014	25%	16.5%
2015	24.9%	16.9%
2016	24.7%	17.2%
2017	24.6%	17.5%
2018	24.4%	17.6%
2019	24.1%	17.6%
2020	23.7%	17.7%
2021	23.2%	17.7%
2022	22.8%	17.7%
2023	22.2%	17.5%
2024	21.6%	17.3%
2025	21%	17%
2026	20.4%	16.7%
2027	19.9%	16.3%
2028	19.3%	15.9%
2029	18.7%	15.5%
2030	18.1%	15%
2031	17.6%	14.6%
2032	17.1%	14.2%
2033	16.7%	14%
2034	16.4%	13.8%
2035	16.2%	13.7%
2036	16.2%	13.6%
2037	16.1%	13.6%
2038	16.2%	13.6%
2039	16.2%	13.7%
2040	16.2%	13.9%
2041	16.1%	14%
2042	16.1%	14.2%
2043	16.1%	14.4%
2044	16%	14.6%
2045	16%	14.8%
2046	15.9%	15%
2047	15.8%	15.2%
2048	15.7%	15.4%
2049	15.6%	15.5%
2050	15.5%	15.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 21.6% of the population in Argentina and 17.3% in Russia in 2024, compared to 30.4% and 22.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Argentina and Russia compared.

Natural population change in Argentina vs Russia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.63% in Argentina and -0.24% in Russia. 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	Russia
1960	315,943	1,962,834
1961	317,816	1,810,538
1962	316,952	1,573,701
1963	317,041	1,436,077
1964	311,020	1,233,520
1965	304,734	1,059,335
1966	303,981	989,279
1967	308,904	854,554
1968	312,440	787,621
1969	319,108	753,088
1970	339,096	785,554
1971	344,889	854,999
1972	357,835	872,050
1973	370,856	846,561
1974	388,107	883,186
1975	409,561	843,850
1976	422,330	852,237
1977	441,647	832,932
1978	448,413	812,766
1979	449,952	690,135
1980	443,732	681,149
1981	442,501	713,700
1982	431,926	830,855
1983	426,145	906,676
1984	423,279	756,548
1985	428,866	762,447
1986	436,760	985,279
1987	443,404	977,583
1988	455,701	778,343
1989	460,991	576,112
1990	466,640	325,533
1991	474,960	103,876
1992	473,226	-222,808
1993	474,791	-757,140
1994	481,958	-920,129
1995	469,658	-845,742
1996	458,199	-785,248
1997	450,930	-769,159
1998	440,184	-694,053
1999	444,038	-927,453
2000	437,562	-967,540
2001	430,579	-963,445
2002	424,825	-944,492
2003	410,141	-896,822
2004	417,970	-792,370
2005	428,247	-846,761
2006	424,591	-686,638
2007	402,889	-471,257
2008	442,442	-356,856
2009	439,271	-257,014
2010	441,335	-242,844
2011	448,730	-128,716
2012	411,540	0
2013	421,694	28,761
2014	450,462	28,848
2015	444,161	43,392
2016	391,767	0
2017	375,260	-130,764
2018	346,031	-232,637
2019	280,005	-319,997
2020	151,347	-697,177
2021	88,677	-1,027,702
2022	96,673	-576,948
2023	154,648	-503,392

Maternal mortality chart: Argentina vs Russia

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 9 deaths in Russia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Argentina	Russia
1985	80	81
1986	76	69
1987	73	65
1988	70	63
1989	68	61
1990	68	58
1991	67	57
1992	65	62
1993	62	76
1994	62	85
1995	60	82
1996	59	69
1997	60	59
1998	57	53
1999	57	53
2000	58	51
2001	60	48
2002	59	47
2003	61	45
2004	58	41
2005	57	38
2006	60	32
2007	62	29
2008	59	27
2009	62	24
2010	55	23
2011	48	19
2012	49	18
2013	47	16
2014	43	16
2015	39	15
2016	40	14
2017	38	12
2018	38	12
2019	36	12
2020	40	19
2021	76	21
2022	39	13
2023	33	9

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.96% in Argentina and 0.45% in Russia. 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	Russia
1960	-	4.55%
1961	-	4.26%
1962	-	3.99%
1963	-	3.76%
1964	-	3.55%
1965	-	3.38%
1966	-	3.23%
1967	-	3.11%
1968	-	3.02%
1969	7.25%	2.94%
1970	7.17%	2.88%
1971	7.08%	2.84%
1972	6.97%	2.81%
1973	6.82%	2.78%
1974	6.61%	2.77%
1975	6.33%	2.76%
1976	5.98%	2.76%
1977	5.56%	2.76%
1978	5.12%	2.76%
1979	4.68%	2.75%
1980	4.28%	2.73%
1981	3.94%	2.7%
1982	3.65%	2.66%
1983	3.41%	2.62%
1984	3.21%	2.56%
1985	3.06%	2.5%
1986	2.96%	2.42%
1987	2.91%	2.34%
1988	2.9%	2.26%
1989	2.89%	2.2%
1990	2.88%	2.17%
1991	2.84%	2.16%
1992	2.76%	2.17%
1993	2.66%	2.19%
1994	2.54%	2.2%
1995	2.42%	2.2%
1996	2.31%	2.17%
1997	2.19%	2.13%
1998	2.09%	2.08%
1999	2.01%	2.02%
2000	1.94%	1.94%
2001	1.88%	1.84%
2002	1.83%	1.73%
2003	1.78%	1.61%
2004	1.73%	1.5%
2005	1.67%	1.39%
2006	1.62%	1.29%
2007	1.58%	1.2%
2008	1.54%	1.13%
2009	1.49%	1.07%
2010	1.44%	1.04%
2011	1.39%	1.02%
2012	1.33%	0.99%
2013	1.27%	0.95%
2014	1.22%	0.89%
2015	1.17%	0.82%
2016	1.14%	0.75%
2017	1.1%	0.69%
2018	1.07%	0.63%
2019	1.05%	0.58%
2020	1.03%	0.54%
2021	1%	0.51%
2022	0.98%	0.47%
2023	0.96%	0.45%