Fertility & birth rates in Argentina and Serbia

Fertility rate in Argentina vs Serbia 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 1.61 in Serbia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Argentina vs Serbia 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	Serbia
1960	3.14	2.15
1961	3.12	2.13
1962	3.13	2.11
1963	3.11	2.08
1964	3.08	2.07
1965	3.01	2.06
1966	2.97	2.04
1967	2.98	2.02
1968	3.01	2.01
1969	3.05	1.99
1970	3.09	1.97
1971	3.11	1.96
1972	3.14	1.95
1973	3.17	1.94
1974	3.22	1.93
1975	3.27	1.92
1976	3.32	1.91
1977	3.36	1.9
1978	3.36	1.89
1979	3.34	1.88
1980	3.3	1.86
1981	3.25	1.85
1982	3.2	1.84
1983	3.15	1.83
1984	3.12	1.81
1985	3.07	1.8
1986	3.05	1.78
1987	3.04	1.75
1988	3.05	1.72
1989	3.02	1.69
1990	3.03	1.65
1991	3.01	1.61
1992	2.99	1.57
1993	2.97	1.54
1994	2.94	1.51
1995	2.86	1.47
1996	2.78	1.44
1997	2.71	1.4
1998	2.66	1.37
1999	2.64	1.35
2000	2.59	1.48
2001	2.53	1.58
2002	2.49	1.57
2003	2.45	1.59
2004	2.43	1.57
2005	2.43	1.45
2006	2.4	1.43
2007	2.37	1.38
2008	2.43	1.4
2009	2.4	1.44
2010	2.41	1.4
2011	2.39	1.4
2012	2.3	1.45
2013	2.34	1.43
2014	2.39	1.46
2015	2.35	1.46
2016	2.24	1.46
2017	2.17	1.49
2018	2.07	1.49
2019	1.88	1.52
2020	1.6	1.48
2021	1.59	1.52
2022	1.48	1.59
2023	1.5	1.61
2024	1.5	1.61
2025	1.5	1.61
2026	1.51	1.62
2027	1.51	1.62
2028	1.51	1.62
2029	1.51	1.63
2030	1.51	1.63
2031	1.51	1.63
2032	1.52	1.63
2033	1.52	1.64
2034	1.52	1.64
2035	1.52	1.65
2036	1.52	1.65
2037	1.52	1.65
2038	1.52	1.65
2039	1.52	1.65
2040	1.52	1.65
2041	1.52	1.66
2042	1.52	1.66
2043	1.53	1.66
2044	1.53	1.66
2045	1.53	1.67
2046	1.53	1.67
2047	1.53	1.67
2048	1.53	1.67
2049	1.53	1.67
2050	1.54	1.67

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Argentina	Serbia
1960	31.2%	27.2%
1961	31.1%	27.1%
1962	31%	27%
1963	30.8%	26.7%
1964	30.6%	26.3%
1965	30.5%	25.8%
1966	30.2%	25.3%
1967	30%	24.7%
1968	29.8%	24.1%
1969	29.7%	23.5%
1970	29.6%	23%
1971	29.5%	22.5%
1972	29.5%	22.2%
1973	29.5%	22%
1974	29.6%	21.7%
1975	29.7%	21.5%
1976	29.8%	21.3%
1977	29.9%	21%
1978	30.1%	20.9%
1979	30.3%	20.7%
1980	30.5%	20.6%
1981	30.6%	20.6%
1982	30.8%	20.6%
1983	30.9%	20.5%
1984	31%	20.5%
1985	31%	20.3%
1986	30.9%	20.2%
1987	30.9%	20%
1988	30.7%	19.8%
1989	30.6%	19.6%
1990	30.4%	19.3%
1991	30.3%	19.1%
1992	30%	18.8%
1993	29.8%	18.6%
1994	29.6%	18.3%
1995	29.3%	18%
1996	29.1%	17.7%
1997	28.8%	17.4%
1998	28.6%	17.1%
1999	28.4%	16.7%
2000	28.2%	16.4%
2001	27.9%	16.1%
2002	27.7%	15.8%
2003	27.5%	15.6%
2004	27.2%	15.4%
2005	26.9%	15.2%
2006	26.7%	15%
2007	26.4%	14.9%
2008	26.1%	14.7%
2009	25.9%	14.6%
2010	25.7%	14.5%
2011	25.5%	14.4%
2012	25.3%	14.3%
2013	25.2%	14.3%
2014	25%	14.3%
2015	24.9%	14.3%
2016	24.7%	14.3%
2017	24.6%	14.3%
2018	24.4%	14.3%
2019	24.1%	14.3%
2020	23.7%	14.3%
2021	23.2%	14.3%
2022	22.8%	14.4%
2023	22.2%	14.4%
2024	21.6%	14.3%
2025	21%	14.3%
2026	20.4%	14.2%
2027	19.9%	14.1%
2028	19.3%	14.1%
2029	18.7%	14%
2030	18.1%	13.9%
2031	17.6%	13.8%
2032	17.1%	13.7%
2033	16.7%	13.6%
2034	16.4%	13.5%
2035	16.2%	13.4%
2036	16.2%	13.3%
2037	16.1%	13.3%
2038	16.2%	13.2%
2039	16.2%	13.2%
2040	16.2%	13.1%
2041	16.1%	13.1%
2042	16.1%	13.1%
2043	16.1%	13.1%
2044	16%	13.1%
2045	16%	13.1%
2046	15.9%	13.1%
2047	15.8%	13.1%
2048	15.7%	13.1%
2049	15.6%	13.1%
2050	15.5%	13.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 21.6% of the population in Argentina and 14.3% in Serbia in 2024, compared to 30.4% and 19.3% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Argentina and Serbia compared.

Natural population change in Argentina vs Serbia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.63% in Argentina and -0.63% in Serbia. 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	Serbia
1960	315,943	63,642
1961	317,816	61,065
1962	316,952	59,307
1963	317,041	55,580
1964	311,020	54,185
1965	304,734	53,383
1966	303,981	53,338
1967	308,904	53,120
1968	312,440	51,653
1969	319,108	50,304
1970	339,096	48,343
1971	344,889	47,424
1972	357,835	48,248
1973	370,856	49,596
1974	388,107	51,583
1975	409,561	52,502
1976	422,330	51,399
1977	441,647	48,105
1978	448,413	43,636
1979	449,952	39,022
1980	443,732	36,273
1981	442,501	34,304
1982	431,926	30,603
1983	426,145	27,515
1984	423,279	23,815
1985	428,866	22,090
1986	436,760	19,407
1987	443,404	16,711
1988	455,701	13,852
1989	460,991	11,872
1990	466,640	7,416
1991	474,960	2,210
1992	473,226	-3,779
1993	474,791	-5,703
1994	481,958	-7,157
1995	469,658	-7,628
1996	458,199	-16,007
1997	450,930	-18,389
1998	440,184	-23,006
1999	444,038	-29,408
2000	437,562	-30,065
2001	430,579	-20,259
2002	424,825	-24,750
2003	410,141	-24,686
2004	417,970	-26,121
2005	428,247	-34,227
2006	424,591	-31,870
2007	402,889	-34,693
2008	442,442	-33,590
2009	439,271	-33,676
2010	441,335	-34,999
2011	448,730	-36,906
2012	411,540	-35,288
2013	421,694	-34,399
2014	450,462	-34,946
2015	444,161	-37,605
2016	391,767	-35,998
2017	375,260	-39,317
2018	346,031	-37,707
2019	280,005	-36,810
2020	151,347	-55,193
2021	88,677	-74,494
2022	96,673	-46,651
2023	154,648	-36,427

Maternal mortality chart: Argentina vs Serbia

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 11 deaths in Serbia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Argentina	Serbia
1985	80	15
1986	76	15
1987	73	15
1988	70	14
1989	68	14
1990	68	14
1991	67	14
1992	65	15
1993	62	16
1994	62	16
1995	60	17
1996	59	17
1997	60	17
1998	57	19
1999	57	17
2000	58	16
2001	60	15
2002	59	14
2003	61	14
2004	58	13
2005	57	13
2006	60	12
2007	62	12
2008	59	12
2009	62	12
2010	55	13
2011	48	13
2012	49	13
2013	47	13
2014	43	13
2015	39	13
2016	40	13
2017	38	13
2018	38	12
2019	36	12
2020	40	16
2021	76	26
2022	39	14
2023	33	11

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.96% in Argentina and 0.52% in Serbia. 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	Serbia
1969	7.25%	-
1970	7.17%	-
1971	7.08%	-
1972	6.97%	-
1973	6.82%	-
1974	6.61%	-
1975	6.33%	-
1976	5.98%	-
1977	5.56%	-
1978	5.12%	-
1979	4.68%	-
1980	4.28%	-
1981	3.94%	-
1982	3.65%	-
1983	3.41%	-
1984	3.21%	4.07%
1985	3.06%	3.93%
1986	2.96%	3.78%
1987	2.91%	3.59%
1988	2.9%	3.36%
1989	2.89%	3.1%
1990	2.88%	2.85%
1991	2.84%	2.61%
1992	2.76%	2.43%
1993	2.66%	2.29%
1994	2.54%	2.14%
1995	2.42%	1.95%
1996	2.31%	1.74%
1997	2.19%	1.56%
1998	2.09%	1.42%
1999	2.01%	1.32%
2000	1.94%	1.26%
2001	1.88%	1.2%
2002	1.83%	1.14%
2003	1.78%	1.05%
2004	1.73%	0.97%
2005	1.67%	0.9%
2006	1.62%	0.85%
2007	1.58%	0.82%
2008	1.54%	0.79%
2009	1.49%	0.78%
2010	1.44%	0.76%
2011	1.39%	0.73%
2012	1.33%	0.71%
2013	1.27%	0.68%
2014	1.22%	0.66%
2015	1.17%	0.63%
2016	1.14%	0.61%
2017	1.1%	0.59%
2018	1.07%	0.58%
2019	1.05%	0.57%
2020	1.03%	0.55%
2021	1%	0.54%
2022	0.98%	0.53%
2023	0.96%	0.52%