Fertility & birth rates in Argentina and Uganda

Fertility rate in Argentina vs Uganda 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 4.28 in Uganda in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Argentina vs Uganda 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	Uganda
1960	3.14	6.91
1961	3.12	6.93
1962	3.13	6.96
1963	3.11	6.98
1964	3.08	7.01
1965	3.01	7.04
1966	2.97	7.07
1967	2.98	7.1
1968	3.01	7.13
1969	3.05	7.12
1970	3.09	7.15
1971	3.11	7.18
1972	3.14	7.19
1973	3.17	7.19
1974	3.22	7.19
1975	3.27	7.2
1976	3.32	7.19
1977	3.36	7.18
1978	3.36	7.16
1979	3.34	7.14
1980	3.3	7.11
1981	3.25	7.12
1982	3.2	7.11
1983	3.15	7.07
1984	3.12	7.02
1985	3.07	7.04
1986	3.05	7.08
1987	3.04	7.12
1988	3.05	7.1
1989	3.02	7.05
1990	3.03	7.01
1991	3.01	6.94
1992	2.99	6.91
1993	2.97	6.89
1994	2.94	6.9
1995	2.86	6.87
1996	2.78	6.84
1997	2.71	6.86
1998	2.66	6.84
1999	2.64	6.83
2000	2.59	6.79
2001	2.53	6.76
2002	2.49	6.74
2003	2.45	6.67
2004	2.43	6.61
2005	2.43	6.53
2006	2.4	6.43
2007	2.37	6.33
2008	2.43	6.2
2009	2.4	6.12
2010	2.41	6.02
2011	2.39	5.89
2012	2.3	5.73
2013	2.34	5.56
2014	2.39	5.41
2015	2.35	5.25
2016	2.24	5.11
2017	2.17	4.99
2018	2.07	4.87
2019	1.88	4.74
2020	1.6	4.62
2021	1.59	4.51
2022	1.48	4.39
2023	1.5	4.28
2024	1.5	4.16
2025	1.5	4.06
2026	1.51	3.97
2027	1.51	3.87
2028	1.51	3.79
2029	1.51	3.69
2030	1.51	3.61
2031	1.51	3.53
2032	1.52	3.45
2033	1.52	3.38
2034	1.52	3.31
2035	1.52	3.25
2036	1.52	3.19
2037	1.52	3.14
2038	1.52	3.09
2039	1.52	3.04
2040	1.52	2.99
2041	1.52	2.94
2042	1.52	2.9
2043	1.53	2.86
2044	1.53	2.82
2045	1.53	2.78
2046	1.53	2.74
2047	1.53	2.71
2048	1.53	2.67
2049	1.53	2.64
2050	1.54	2.61

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Argentina	Uganda
1960	31.2%	46.3%
1961	31.1%	46.6%
1962	31%	46.8%
1963	30.8%	46.9%
1964	30.6%	46.8%
1965	30.5%	46.7%
1966	30.2%	46.6%
1967	30%	46.6%
1968	29.8%	46.5%
1969	29.7%	46.5%
1970	29.6%	46.5%
1971	29.5%	46.7%
1972	29.5%	46.9%
1973	29.5%	47.1%
1974	29.6%	47.3%
1975	29.7%	47.4%
1976	29.8%	47.5%
1977	29.9%	47.5%
1978	30.1%	47.6%
1979	30.3%	47.7%
1980	30.5%	47.9%
1981	30.6%	48%
1982	30.8%	48%
1983	30.9%	48.1%
1984	31%	48%
1985	31%	48%
1986	30.9%	48%
1987	30.9%	48%
1988	30.7%	48.1%
1989	30.6%	48.1%
1990	30.4%	48.2%
1991	30.3%	48.3%
1992	30%	48.4%
1993	29.8%	48.5%
1994	29.6%	48.6%
1995	29.3%	49.1%
1996	29.1%	49.4%
1997	28.8%	49.7%
1998	28.6%	49.9%
1999	28.4%	50%
2000	28.2%	50.1%
2001	27.9%	50.1%
2002	27.7%	50.1%
2003	27.5%	50.1%
2004	27.2%	50.1%
2005	26.9%	50.1%
2006	26.7%	50%
2007	26.4%	50%
2008	26.1%	49.8%
2009	25.9%	49.7%
2010	25.7%	49.5%
2011	25.5%	49.3%
2012	25.3%	49.1%
2013	25.2%	48.8%
2014	25%	48.5%
2015	24.9%	48.1%
2016	24.7%	47.5%
2017	24.6%	46.9%
2018	24.4%	46.3%
2019	24.1%	45.8%
2020	23.7%	45.2%
2021	23.2%	44.7%
2022	22.8%	44.3%
2023	22.2%	43.9%
2024	21.6%	43.5%
2025	21%	43.1%
2026	20.4%	42.7%
2027	19.9%	42.2%
2028	19.3%	41.8%
2029	18.7%	41.3%
2030	18.1%	40.9%
2031	17.6%	40.5%
2032	17.1%	40%
2033	16.7%	39.5%
2034	16.4%	39%
2035	16.2%	38.4%
2036	16.2%	37.8%
2037	16.1%	37.3%
2038	16.2%	36.7%
2039	16.2%	36.1%
2040	16.2%	35.6%
2041	16.1%	35.1%
2042	16.1%	34.6%
2043	16.1%	34.1%
2044	16%	33.6%
2045	16%	33.1%
2046	15.9%	32.7%
2047	15.8%	32.3%
2048	15.7%	31.8%
2049	15.6%	31.5%
2050	15.5%	31.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 21.6% of the population in Argentina and 43.5% in Uganda in 2024, compared to 30.4% and 48.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Argentina and Uganda compared.

Natural population change in Argentina vs Uganda by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.63% in Argentina and +3.17% in Uganda. 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	Uganda
1960	315,943	225,080
1961	317,816	232,894
1962	316,952	241,513
1963	317,041	250,885
1964	311,020	260,733
1965	304,734	271,830
1966	303,981	282,225
1967	308,904	296,692
1968	312,440	309,725
1969	319,108	320,486
1970	339,096	333,202
1971	344,889	328,294
1972	357,835	335,935
1973	370,856	340,780
1974	388,107	345,773
1975	409,561	354,278
1976	422,330	359,458
1977	441,647	365,216
1978	448,413	371,930
1979	449,952	381,626
1980	443,732	370,287
1981	442,501	380,028
1982	431,926	390,820
1983	426,145	404,940
1984	423,279	421,241
1985	428,866	462,534
1986	436,760	487,693
1987	443,404	527,397
1988	455,701	547,759
1989	460,991	565,367
1990	466,640	587,291
1991	474,960	602,740
1992	473,226	627,139
1993	474,791	650,032
1994	481,958	675,092
1995	469,658	697,218
1996	458,199	699,707
1997	450,930	727,523
1998	440,184	741,175
1999	444,038	775,166
2000	437,562	803,069
2001	430,579	836,751
2002	424,825	868,756
2003	410,141	901,374
2004	417,970	938,623
2005	428,247	969,096
2006	424,591	999,958
2007	402,889	1,029,893
2008	442,442	1,055,935
2009	439,271	1,090,600
2010	441,335	1,121,564
2011	448,730	1,147,263
2012	411,540	1,167,473
2013	421,694	1,184,250
2014	450,462	1,201,599
2015	444,161	1,224,839
2016	391,767	1,249,565
2017	375,260	1,290,658
2018	346,031	1,332,600
2019	280,005	1,367,044
2020	151,347	1,397,288
2021	88,677	1,423,377
2022	96,673	1,455,576
2023	154,648	1,477,166

Maternal mortality chart: Argentina vs Uganda

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 170 deaths in Uganda.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Argentina	Uganda
1985	80	842
1986	76	781
1987	73	709
1988	70	655
1989	68	609
1990	68	575
1991	67	549
1992	65	530
1993	62	515
1994	62	507
1995	60	514
1996	59	513
1997	60	522
1998	57	523
1999	57	504
2000	58	475
2001	60	440
2002	59	416
2003	61	395
2004	58	384
2005	57	417
2006	60	409
2007	62	345
2008	59	324
2009	62	322
2010	55	304
2011	48	295
2012	49	285
2013	47	308
2014	43	311
2015	39	299
2016	40	272
2017	38	246
2018	38	232
2019	36	219
2020	40	209
2021	76	216
2022	39	184
2023	33	170

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.96% in Argentina and 3.88% in Uganda. 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	Uganda
1960	-	22.3%
1961	-	21.9%
1962	-	21.6%
1963	-	21.3%
1964	-	20.9%
1965	-	20.6%
1966	-	20.3%
1967	-	19.9%
1968	-	19.7%
1969	7.25%	19.4%
1970	7.17%	19.3%
1971	7.08%	19.3%
1972	6.97%	19.4%
1973	6.82%	19.6%
1974	6.61%	19.9%
1975	6.33%	20.3%
1976	5.98%	20.7%
1977	5.56%	21.2%
1978	5.12%	21.6%
1979	4.68%	21.8%
1980	4.28%	22%
1981	3.94%	21.9%
1982	3.65%	21.4%
1983	3.41%	20.9%
1984	3.21%	20.3%
1985	3.06%	19.9%
1986	2.96%	19.5%
1987	2.91%	19.2%
1988	2.9%	18.9%
1989	2.89%	18.7%
1990	2.88%	18.3%
1991	2.84%	17.9%
1992	2.76%	17.4%
1993	2.66%	17%
1994	2.54%	16.7%
1995	2.42%	16.5%
1996	2.31%	16.2%
1997	2.19%	16%
1998	2.09%	15.6%
1999	2.01%	15.2%
2000	1.94%	14.6%
2001	1.88%	13.9%
2002	1.83%	13.1%
2003	1.78%	12.3%
2004	1.73%	11.5%
2005	1.67%	10.7%
2006	1.62%	9.97%
2007	1.58%	9.3%
2008	1.54%	8.69%
2009	1.49%	8.14%
2010	1.44%	7.61%
2011	1.39%	7.1%
2012	1.33%	6.67%
2013	1.27%	6.24%
2014	1.22%	5.91%
2015	1.17%	5.58%
2016	1.14%	5.25%
2017	1.1%	4.98%
2018	1.07%	4.74%
2019	1.05%	4.53%
2020	1.03%	4.35%
2021	1%	4.18%
2022	0.98%	4.05%
2023	0.96%	3.88%