Fertility & birth rates in Argentina and Suriname

Fertility rate in Argentina vs Suriname 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 2.25 in Suriname in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Argentina vs Suriname 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	Suriname
1960	3.14	6.59
1961	3.12	6.58
1962	3.13	6.57
1963	3.11	6.51
1964	3.08	6.43
1965	3.01	6.32
1966	2.97	6.2
1967	2.98	6.04
1968	3.01	5.86
1969	3.05	5.7
1970	3.09	5.53
1971	3.11	5.36
1972	3.14	5.18
1973	3.17	5.01
1974	3.22	4.81
1975	3.27	4.63
1976	3.32	4.45
1977	3.36	4.26
1978	3.36	4.08
1979	3.34	3.93
1980	3.3	3.79
1981	3.25	3.75
1982	3.2	3.82
1983	3.15	3.87
1984	3.12	3.8
1985	3.07	3.71
1986	3.05	3.61
1987	3.04	3.53
1988	3.05	3.46
1989	3.02	3.39
1990	3.03	3.23
1991	3.01	3.09
1992	2.99	3.01
1993	2.97	2.94
1994	2.94	2.9
1995	2.86	2.9
1996	2.78	2.92
1997	2.71	2.95
1998	2.66	2.99
1999	2.64	3.02
2000	2.59	3.05
2001	2.53	3.06
2002	2.49	2.96
2003	2.45	2.84
2004	2.43	2.74
2005	2.43	2.71
2006	2.4	2.73
2007	2.37	2.74
2008	2.43	2.73
2009	2.4	2.71
2010	2.41	2.69
2011	2.39	2.67
2012	2.3	2.67
2013	2.34	2.65
2014	2.39	2.62
2015	2.35	2.57
2016	2.24	2.5
2017	2.17	2.43
2018	2.07	2.38
2019	1.88	2.35
2020	1.6	2.31
2021	1.59	2.3
2022	1.48	2.27
2023	1.5	2.25
2024	1.5	2.23
2025	1.5	2.21
2026	1.51	2.19
2027	1.51	2.16
2028	1.51	2.14
2029	1.51	2.13
2030	1.51	2.11
2031	1.51	2.09
2032	1.52	2.08
2033	1.52	2.06
2034	1.52	2.05
2035	1.52	2.04
2036	1.52	2.02
2037	1.52	2.01
2038	1.52	2
2039	1.52	1.99
2040	1.52	1.98
2041	1.52	1.97
2042	1.52	1.96
2043	1.53	1.95
2044	1.53	1.94
2045	1.53	1.93
2046	1.53	1.92
2047	1.53	1.91
2048	1.53	1.9
2049	1.53	1.9
2050	1.54	1.89

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Argentina	Suriname
1960	31.2%	44.5%
1961	31.1%	44.6%
1962	31%	45.1%
1963	30.8%	46.1%
1964	30.6%	46.8%
1965	30.5%	47.4%
1966	30.2%	48%
1967	30%	48.5%
1968	29.8%	48.8%
1969	29.7%	48.9%
1970	29.6%	48.8%
1971	29.5%	48.5%
1972	29.5%	47.8%
1973	29.5%	46.8%
1974	29.6%	46%
1975	29.7%	45.1%
1976	29.8%	44.3%
1977	29.9%	43.4%
1978	30.1%	42.6%
1979	30.3%	41.8%
1980	30.5%	41%
1981	30.6%	40.1%
1982	30.8%	39.5%
1983	30.9%	39%
1984	31%	38.6%
1985	31%	38.3%
1986	30.9%	38%
1987	30.9%	37.8%
1988	30.7%	37.7%
1989	30.6%	37.5%
1990	30.4%	37.4%
1991	30.3%	37.3%
1992	30%	37.2%
1993	29.8%	37.1%
1994	29.6%	37%
1995	29.3%	36.7%
1996	29.1%	36.1%
1997	28.8%	35.3%
1998	28.6%	34.5%
1999	28.4%	33.7%
2000	28.2%	33%
2001	27.9%	32.3%
2002	27.7%	31.8%
2003	27.5%	31.3%
2004	27.2%	31%
2005	26.9%	30.9%
2006	26.7%	30.8%
2007	26.4%	30.7%
2008	26.1%	30.6%
2009	25.9%	30.5%
2010	25.7%	30.3%
2011	25.5%	30%
2012	25.3%	29.8%
2013	25.2%	29.4%
2014	25%	29.1%
2015	24.9%	28.7%
2016	24.7%	28.3%
2017	24.6%	27.9%
2018	24.4%	27.5%
2019	24.1%	27.2%
2020	23.7%	26.8%
2021	23.2%	26.5%
2022	22.8%	26.3%
2023	22.2%	25.9%
2024	21.6%	25.6%
2025	21%	25.3%
2026	20.4%	25%
2027	19.9%	24.8%
2028	19.3%	24.5%
2029	18.7%	24.2%
2030	18.1%	23.9%
2031	17.6%	23.6%
2032	17.1%	23.4%
2033	16.7%	23.2%
2034	16.4%	23%
2035	16.2%	22.8%
2036	16.2%	22.6%
2037	16.1%	22.4%
2038	16.2%	22.2%
2039	16.2%	22%
2040	16.2%	21.8%
2041	16.1%	21.6%
2042	16.1%	21.4%
2043	16.1%	21.3%
2044	16%	21.1%
2045	16%	20.9%
2046	15.9%	20.7%
2047	15.8%	20.5%
2048	15.7%	20.3%
2049	15.6%	20.1%
2050	15.5%	19.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 21.6% of the population in Argentina and 25.6% in Suriname in 2024, compared to 30.4% and 37.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Argentina and Suriname compared.

Natural population change in Argentina vs Suriname by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.63% in Argentina and +1.11% in Suriname. 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	Suriname
1960	315,943	8,170
1961	317,816	8,361
1962	316,952	8,529
1963	317,041	8,838
1964	311,020	9,174
1965	304,734	9,270
1966	303,981	9,243
1967	308,904	9,104
1968	312,440	8,980
1969	319,108	8,880
1970	339,096	8,823
1971	344,889	8,814
1972	357,835	8,893
1973	370,856	8,877
1974	388,107	8,751
1975	409,561	8,587
1976	422,330	8,327
1977	441,647	7,998
1978	448,413	7,650
1979	449,952	7,312
1980	443,732	7,002
1981	442,501	7,541
1982	431,926	8,197
1983	426,145	8,797
1984	423,279	9,031
1985	428,866	9,177
1986	436,760	9,222
1987	443,404	9,319
1988	455,701	9,347
1989	460,991	9,441
1990	466,640	9,047
1991	474,960	8,637
1992	473,226	8,355
1993	474,791	8,127
1994	481,958	7,929
1995	469,658	7,968
1996	458,199	8,031
1997	450,930	8,106
1998	440,184	8,173
1999	444,038	8,236
2000	437,562	8,323
2001	430,579	8,349
2002	424,825	7,916
2003	410,141	7,396
2004	417,970	6,948
2005	428,247	7,037
2006	424,591	7,278
2007	402,889	7,468
2008	442,442	7,552
2009	439,271	7,559
2010	441,335	7,489
2011	448,730	7,401
2012	411,540	7,405
2013	421,694	7,350
2014	450,462	7,284
2015	444,161	7,150
2016	391,767	6,979
2017	375,260	6,772
2018	346,031	6,613
2019	280,005	6,564
2020	151,347	6,640
2021	88,677	5,291
2022	96,673	6,719
2023	154,648	6,697

Maternal mortality chart: Argentina vs Suriname

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 84 deaths in Suriname.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Argentina	Suriname
1985	80	386
1986	76	377
1987	73	372
1988	70	364
1989	68	360
1990	68	350
1991	67	347
1992	65	346
1993	62	343
1994	62	334
1995	60	331
1996	59	323
1997	60	312
1998	57	302
1999	57	291
2000	58	282
2001	60	270
2002	59	253
2003	61	238
2004	58	219
2005	57	202
2006	60	187
2007	62	173
2008	59	161
2009	62	147
2010	55	134
2011	48	126
2012	49	122
2013	47	121
2014	43	120
2015	39	115
2016	40	109
2017	38	105
2018	38	101
2019	36	97
2020	40	94
2021	76	144
2022	39	88
2023	33	84

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.96% in Argentina and 1.62% in Suriname. 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	Suriname
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%	5.67%
1984	3.21%	5.49%
1985	3.06%	5.31%
1986	2.96%	5.13%
1987	2.91%	4.97%
1988	2.9%	4.81%
1989	2.89%	4.65%
1990	2.88%	4.49%
1991	2.84%	4.34%
1992	2.76%	4.19%
1993	2.66%	4.03%
1994	2.54%	3.88%
1995	2.42%	3.74%
1996	2.31%	3.6%
1997	2.19%	3.47%
1998	2.09%	3.34%
1999	2.01%	3.22%
2000	1.94%	3.11%
2001	1.88%	3%
2002	1.83%	2.9%
2003	1.78%	2.81%
2004	1.73%	2.72%
2005	1.67%	2.64%
2006	1.62%	2.57%
2007	1.58%	2.5%
2008	1.54%	2.44%
2009	1.49%	2.38%
2010	1.44%	2.32%
2011	1.39%	2.26%
2012	1.33%	2.21%
2013	1.27%	2.16%
2014	1.22%	2.11%
2015	1.17%	2.05%
2016	1.14%	2%
2017	1.1%	1.95%
2018	1.07%	1.9%
2019	1.05%	1.84%
2020	1.03%	1.78%
2021	1%	1.73%
2022	0.98%	1.68%
2023	0.96%	1.62%