Fertility & birth rates in Argentina and Syria

Fertility rate in Argentina vs Syria 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 2.71 in Syria in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Argentina vs Syria 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	Syria
1960	3.14	7.51
1961	3.12	7.5
1962	3.13	7.51
1963	3.11	7.51
1964	3.08	7.53
1965	3.01	7.53
1966	2.97	7.55
1967	2.98	7.56
1968	3.01	7.57
1969	3.05	7.59
1970	3.09	7.62
1971	3.11	7.6
1972	3.14	7.57
1973	3.17	7.55
1974	3.22	7.52
1975	3.27	7.49
1976	3.32	7.45
1977	3.36	7.42
1978	3.36	7.35
1979	3.34	7.25
1980	3.3	7.12
1981	3.25	6.97
1982	3.2	6.81
1983	3.15	6.69
1984	3.12	6.59
1985	3.07	6.48
1986	3.05	6.37
1987	3.04	6.2
1988	3.05	6
1989	3.02	5.78
1990	3.03	5.56
1991	3.01	5.34
1992	2.99	5.14
1993	2.97	4.99
1994	2.94	4.86
1995	2.86	4.7
1996	2.78	4.54
1997	2.71	4.37
1998	2.66	4.25
1999	2.64	4.14
2000	2.59	4.07
2001	2.53	3.98
2002	2.49	3.87
2003	2.45	3.76
2004	2.43	3.68
2005	2.43	3.61
2006	2.4	3.56
2007	2.37	3.54
2008	2.43	3.48
2009	2.4	3.42
2010	2.41	3.36
2011	2.39	3.29
2012	2.3	3.22
2013	2.34	3.17
2014	2.39	3.12
2015	2.35	3.07
2016	2.24	3.01
2017	2.17	2.97
2018	2.07	2.93
2019	1.88	2.88
2020	1.6	2.84
2021	1.59	2.8
2022	1.48	2.75
2023	1.5	2.71
2024	1.5	2.7
2025	1.5	2.66
2026	1.51	2.62
2027	1.51	2.58
2028	1.51	2.54
2029	1.51	2.51
2030	1.51	2.48
2031	1.51	2.45
2032	1.52	2.42
2033	1.52	2.39
2034	1.52	2.36
2035	1.52	2.33
2036	1.52	2.31
2037	1.52	2.29
2038	1.52	2.26
2039	1.52	2.24
2040	1.52	2.22
2041	1.52	2.2
2042	1.52	2.18
2043	1.53	2.16
2044	1.53	2.14
2045	1.53	2.13
2046	1.53	2.11
2047	1.53	2.1
2048	1.53	2.08
2049	1.53	2.07
2050	1.54	2.05

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Argentina	Syria
1960	31.2%	45.3%
1961	31.1%	45.7%
1962	31%	46.1%
1963	30.8%	46.3%
1964	30.6%	46.6%
1965	30.5%	46.9%
1966	30.2%	47.3%
1967	30%	47.5%
1968	29.8%	47.8%
1969	29.7%	48%
1970	29.6%	48.2%
1971	29.5%	48.3%
1972	29.5%	48.4%
1973	29.5%	48.5%
1974	29.6%	48.5%
1975	29.7%	48.6%
1976	29.8%	48.6%
1977	29.9%	48.7%
1978	30.1%	48.7%
1979	30.3%	48.7%
1980	30.5%	48.7%
1981	30.6%	48.7%
1982	30.8%	48.5%
1983	30.9%	48.4%
1984	31%	48.2%
1985	31%	48%
1986	30.9%	47.7%
1987	30.9%	47.5%
1988	30.7%	47.2%
1989	30.6%	46.9%
1990	30.4%	46.6%
1991	30.3%	46.1%
1992	30%	45.7%
1993	29.8%	45.2%
1994	29.6%	44.7%
1995	29.3%	44.2%
1996	29.1%	43.8%
1997	28.8%	43.3%
1998	28.6%	42.9%
1999	28.4%	42.4%
2000	28.2%	41.9%
2001	27.9%	41.3%
2002	27.7%	40.8%
2003	27.5%	40.2%
2004	27.2%	39.6%
2005	26.9%	39.1%
2006	26.7%	38.1%
2007	26.4%	36.7%
2008	26.1%	36.3%
2009	25.9%	36.3%
2010	25.7%	36.1%
2011	25.5%	36.1%
2012	25.3%	36.5%
2013	25.2%	38%
2014	25%	39.8%
2015	24.9%	40.6%
2016	24.7%	40.2%
2017	24.6%	39.3%
2018	24.4%	37.9%
2019	24.1%	36.1%
2020	23.7%	34.6%
2021	23.2%	33.4%
2022	22.8%	31.9%
2023	22.2%	30.3%
2024	21.6%	29.2%
2025	21%	28.4%
2026	20.4%	27.9%
2027	19.9%	27.5%
2028	19.3%	27.3%
2029	18.7%	27.3%
2030	18.1%	27.6%
2031	17.6%	27.9%
2032	17.1%	28.3%
2033	16.7%	28.6%
2034	16.4%	28.8%
2035	16.2%	29%
2036	16.2%	29%
2037	16.1%	28.9%
2038	16.2%	28.7%
2039	16.2%	28.4%
2040	16.2%	28%
2041	16.1%	27.5%
2042	16.1%	27%
2043	16.1%	26.4%
2044	16%	25.8%
2045	16%	25.1%
2046	15.9%	24.5%
2047	15.8%	23.9%
2048	15.7%	23.3%
2049	15.6%	22.8%
2050	15.5%	22.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 21.6% of the population in Argentina and 29.2% in Syria in 2024, compared to 30.4% and 46.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Argentina and Syria compared.

Natural population change in Argentina vs Syria by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.63% in Argentina and +1.46% in Syria. 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	Syria
1960	315,943	143,687
1961	317,816	151,485
1962	316,952	159,155
1963	317,041	166,555
1964	311,020	174,549
1965	304,734	182,560
1966	303,981	191,122
1967	308,904	199,223
1968	312,440	209,454
1969	319,108	219,114
1970	339,096	230,117
1971	344,889	239,610
1972	357,835	249,027
1973	370,856	254,687
1974	388,107	270,735
1975	409,561	282,299
1976	422,330	294,267
1977	441,647	306,630
1978	448,413	316,724
1979	449,952	324,943
1980	443,732	332,464
1981	442,501	330,237
1982	431,926	319,664
1983	426,145	355,375
1984	423,279	366,768
1985	428,866	379,231
1986	436,760	390,821
1987	443,404	399,159
1988	455,701	404,285
1989	460,991	406,111
1990	466,640	409,177
1991	474,960	410,830
1992	473,226	412,878
1993	474,791	420,244
1994	481,958	426,996
1995	469,658	430,172
1996	458,199	430,765
1997	450,930	429,887
1998	440,184	433,447
1999	444,038	439,261
2000	437,562	446,211
2001	430,579	451,503
2002	424,825	453,967
2003	410,141	457,000
2004	417,970	461,209
2005	428,247	468,960
2006	424,591	480,616
2007	402,889	529,162
2008	442,442	576,593
2009	439,271	559,314
2010	441,335	558,666
2011	448,730	543,950
2012	411,540	475,520
2013	421,694	419,341
2014	450,462	333,116
2015	444,161	253,977
2016	391,767	236,007
2017	375,260	237,214
2018	346,031	242,530
2019	280,005	293,762
2020	151,347	327,992
2021	88,677	350,560
2022	96,673	369,750
2023	154,648	402,713

Maternal mortality chart: Argentina vs Syria

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 20 deaths in Syria.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Argentina	Syria
1985	80	55
1986	76	52
1987	73	48
1988	70	44
1989	68	41
1990	68	37
1991	67	35
1992	65	33
1993	62	32
1994	62	32
1995	60	33
1996	59	34
1997	60	34
1998	57	34
1999	57	32
2000	58	31
2001	60	29
2002	59	26
2003	61	24
2004	58	22
2005	57	21
2006	60	20
2007	62	19
2008	59	20
2009	62	19
2010	55	19
2011	48	21
2012	49	22
2013	47	25
2014	43	25
2015	39	24
2016	40	23
2017	38	23
2018	38	21
2019	36	24
2020	40	23
2021	76	30
2022	39	21
2023	33	20

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.96% in Argentina and 2.06% in Syria. 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	Syria
1960	-	16.9%
1961	-	16.1%
1962	-	15.3%
1963	-	14.7%
1964	-	14.1%
1965	-	13.5%
1966	-	12.9%
1967	-	12.3%
1968	-	11.7%
1969	7.25%	11.1%
1970	7.17%	10.5%
1971	7.08%	9.91%
1972	6.97%	9.4%
1973	6.82%	8.92%
1974	6.61%	8.47%
1975	6.33%	8.03%
1976	5.98%	7.61%
1977	5.56%	7.19%
1978	5.12%	6.79%
1979	4.68%	6.4%
1980	4.28%	6.03%
1981	3.94%	6.33%
1982	3.65%	7.06%
1983	3.41%	5.1%
1984	3.21%	4.84%
1985	3.06%	4.6%
1986	2.96%	4.39%
1987	2.91%	4.19%
1988	2.9%	4.02%
1989	2.89%	3.85%
1990	2.88%	3.7%
1991	2.84%	3.55%
1992	2.76%	3.4%
1993	2.66%	3.24%
1994	2.54%	3.09%
1995	2.42%	2.94%
1996	2.31%	2.8%
1997	2.19%	2.66%
1998	2.09%	2.53%
1999	2.01%	2.42%
2000	1.94%	2.32%
2001	1.88%	2.23%
2002	1.83%	2.15%
2003	1.78%	2.09%
2004	1.73%	2.03%
2005	1.67%	1.98%
2006	1.62%	1.95%
2007	1.58%	1.92%
2008	1.54%	1.9%
2009	1.49%	1.9%
2010	1.44%	1.9%
2011	1.39%	2.17%
2012	1.33%	3.39%
2013	1.27%	3.65%
2014	1.22%	3.53%
2015	1.17%	3.7%
2016	1.14%	3.22%
2017	1.1%	3.3%
2018	1.07%	3.26%
2019	1.05%	2.5%
2020	1.03%	2.24%
2021	1%	2.1%
2022	0.98%	2.11%
2023	0.96%	2.06%