Fertility & birth rates in Argentina and United Kingdom

Fertility rate in Argentina vs United Kingdom 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 1.56 in the United Kingdom in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Argentina vs the United Kingdom 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	United Kingdom
1960	3.14	2.69
1961	3.12	2.78
1962	3.13	2.86
1963	3.11	2.88
1964	3.08	2.93
1965	3.01	2.86
1966	2.97	2.78
1967	2.98	2.68
1968	3.01	2.6
1969	3.05	2.51
1970	3.09	2.44
1971	3.11	2.41
1972	3.14	2.2
1973	3.17	2.04
1974	3.22	1.92
1975	3.27	1.81
1976	3.32	1.74
1977	3.36	1.69
1978	3.36	1.75
1979	3.34	1.86
1980	3.3	1.9
1981	3.25	1.82
1982	3.2	1.78
1983	3.15	1.77
1984	3.12	1.77
1985	3.07	1.79
1986	3.05	1.78
1987	3.04	1.81
1988	3.05	1.82
1989	3.02	1.79
1990	3.03	1.83
1991	3.01	1.82
1992	2.99	1.79
1993	2.97	1.76
1994	2.94	1.74
1995	2.86	1.71
1996	2.78	1.73
1997	2.71	1.72
1998	2.66	1.71
1999	2.64	1.68
2000	2.59	1.64
2001	2.53	1.63
2002	2.49	1.63
2003	2.45	1.7
2004	2.43	1.75
2005	2.43	1.76
2006	2.4	1.82
2007	2.37	1.86
2008	2.43	1.91
2009	2.4	1.89
2010	2.41	1.92
2011	2.39	1.91
2012	2.3	1.92
2013	2.34	1.83
2014	2.39	1.81
2015	2.35	1.8
2016	2.24	1.79
2017	2.17	1.74
2018	2.07	1.68
2019	1.88	1.63
2020	1.6	1.57
2021	1.59	1.58
2022	1.48	1.56
2023	1.5	1.56
2024	1.5	1.55
2025	1.5	1.54
2026	1.51	1.53
2027	1.51	1.53
2028	1.51	1.53
2029	1.51	1.52
2030	1.51	1.52
2031	1.51	1.52
2032	1.52	1.53
2033	1.52	1.53
2034	1.52	1.53
2035	1.52	1.53
2036	1.52	1.53
2037	1.52	1.53
2038	1.52	1.53
2039	1.52	1.53
2040	1.52	1.53
2041	1.52	1.54
2042	1.52	1.54
2043	1.53	1.54
2044	1.53	1.54
2045	1.53	1.54
2046	1.53	1.54
2047	1.53	1.54
2048	1.53	1.54
2049	1.53	1.55
2050	1.54	1.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Argentina	United Kingdom
1960	31.2%	23.3%
1961	31.1%	23.3%
1962	31%	23.2%
1963	30.8%	23.2%
1964	30.6%	23.3%
1965	30.5%	23.4%
1966	30.2%	23.5%
1967	30%	23.7%
1968	29.8%	23.9%
1969	29.7%	24%
1970	29.6%	24.1%
1971	29.5%	24.1%
1972	29.5%	24%
1973	29.5%	23.9%
1974	29.6%	23.6%
1975	29.7%	23.3%
1976	29.8%	22.9%
1977	29.9%	22.4%
1978	30.1%	21.9%
1979	30.3%	21.4%
1980	30.5%	21%
1981	30.6%	20.6%
1982	30.8%	20.2%
1983	30.9%	19.8%
1984	31%	19.5%
1985	31%	19.3%
1986	30.9%	19.1%
1987	30.9%	18.9%
1988	30.7%	18.9%
1989	30.6%	19.1%
1990	30.4%	19.1%
1991	30.3%	19.3%
1992	30%	19.4%
1993	29.8%	19.5%
1994	29.6%	19.6%
1995	29.3%	19.5%
1996	29.1%	19.4%
1997	28.8%	19.3%
1998	28.6%	19.3%
1999	28.4%	19.2%
2000	28.2%	18.9%
2001	27.9%	18.7%
2002	27.7%	18.5%
2003	27.5%	18.4%
2004	27.2%	18.3%
2005	26.9%	18.2%
2006	26.7%	18%
2007	26.4%	17.9%
2008	26.1%	17.8%
2009	25.9%	17.8%
2010	25.7%	17.8%
2011	25.5%	17.7%
2012	25.3%	17.8%
2013	25.2%	17.8%
2014	25%	17.8%
2015	24.9%	17.9%
2016	24.7%	18%
2017	24.6%	18%
2018	24.4%	18.1%
2019	24.1%	18%
2020	23.7%	18%
2021	23.2%	17.8%
2022	22.8%	17.6%
2023	22.2%	17.4%
2024	21.6%	17.2%
2025	21%	17%
2026	20.4%	16.7%
2027	19.9%	16.5%
2028	19.3%	16.2%
2029	18.7%	16%
2030	18.1%	15.7%
2031	17.6%	15.5%
2032	17.1%	15.3%
2033	16.7%	15.2%
2034	16.4%	15.1%
2035	16.2%	15%
2036	16.2%	14.9%
2037	16.1%	14.9%
2038	16.2%	14.8%
2039	16.2%	14.8%
2040	16.2%	14.8%
2041	16.1%	14.8%
2042	16.1%	14.8%
2043	16.1%	14.9%
2044	16%	14.9%
2045	16%	14.9%
2046	15.9%	15%
2047	15.8%	15%
2048	15.7%	15%
2049	15.6%	15%
2050	15.5%	15.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 21.6% of the population in Argentina and 17.2% in the United Kingdom in 2024, compared to 30.4% and 19.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Argentina and the United Kingdom compared.

Natural population change in Argentina vs United Kingdom by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.63% in Argentina and +0.16% in the United Kingdom. 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	United Kingdom
1960	315,943	314,400
1961	317,816	311,519
1962	316,952	340,800
1963	317,041	337,995
1964	311,020	405,000
1965	304,734	364,132
1966	303,981	333,356
1967	308,904	346,145
1968	312,440	292,622
1969	319,108	260,577
1970	339,096	244,918
1971	344,889	257,123
1972	357,835	162,650
1973	370,856	112,389
1974	388,107	67,476
1975	409,561	33,735
1976	422,330	-5,621
1977	441,647	0
1978	448,413	16,859
1979	449,952	61,872
1980	443,732	95,734
1981	442,501	73,234
1982	431,926	56,314
1983	426,145	61,966
1984	423,279	84,633
1985	428,866	79,170
1986	436,760	90,690
1987	443,404	136,325
1988	455,701	136,628
1989	460,991	119,861
1990	466,640	154,569
1991	474,960	143,562
1992	473,226	149,709
1993	474,791	103,893
1994	481,958	127,304
1995	469,658	87,028
1996	458,199	98,884
1997	450,930	99,138
1998	440,184	87,730
1999	444,038	64,551
2000	437,562	70,671
2001	430,579	65,032
2002	424,825	65,308
2003	410,141	89,471
2004	417,970	131,974
2005	428,247	144,963
2006	424,591	176,455
2007	402,889	196,232
2008	442,442	216,325
2009	439,271	230,422
2010	441,335	251,066
2011	448,730	259,361
2012	411,540	248,473
2013	421,694	198,830
2014	450,462	206,784
2015	444,161	175,738
2016	391,767	177,139
2017	375,260	145,125
2018	346,031	119,321
2019	280,005	108,342
2020	151,347	-4,272
2021	88,677	30,612
2022	96,673	39,751
2023	154,648	34,589

Maternal mortality chart: Argentina vs United Kingdom

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 8 deaths in the United Kingdom.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Argentina	United Kingdom
1985	80	2
1986	76	2
1987	73	3
1988	70	4
1989	68	5
1990	68	6
1991	67	7
1992	65	7
1993	62	8
1994	62	9
1995	60	9
1996	59	8
1997	60	9
1998	57	10
1999	57	11
2000	58	12
2001	60	13
2002	59	13
2003	61	14
2004	58	13
2005	57	12
2006	60	12
2007	62	11
2008	59	11
2009	62	11
2010	55	10
2011	48	10
2012	49	9
2013	47	9
2014	43	9
2015	39	9
2016	40	9
2017	38	9
2018	38	9
2019	36	9
2020	40	14
2021	76	13
2022	39	15
2023	33	8

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 the United Kingdom. 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	United Kingdom
1960	-	2.66%
1961	-	2.61%
1962	-	2.56%
1963	-	2.49%
1964	-	2.42%
1965	-	2.34%
1966	-	2.28%
1967	-	2.22%
1968	-	2.18%
1969	7.25%	2.14%
1970	7.17%	2.1%
1971	7.08%	2.06%
1972	6.97%	2%
1973	6.82%	1.94%
1974	6.61%	1.87%
1975	6.33%	1.8%
1976	5.98%	1.72%
1977	5.56%	1.64%
1978	5.12%	1.57%
1979	4.68%	1.49%
1980	4.28%	1.41%
1981	3.94%	1.34%
1982	3.65%	1.27%
1983	3.41%	1.22%
1984	3.21%	1.17%
1985	3.06%	1.14%
1986	2.96%	1.11%
1987	2.91%	1.08%
1988	2.9%	1.04%
1989	2.89%	0.99%
1990	2.88%	0.93%
1991	2.84%	0.87%
1992	2.76%	0.82%
1993	2.66%	0.77%
1994	2.54%	0.74%
1995	2.42%	0.72%
1996	2.31%	0.7%
1997	2.19%	0.69%
1998	2.09%	0.68%
1999	2.01%	0.67%
2000	1.94%	0.65%
2001	1.88%	0.64%
2002	1.83%	0.63%
2003	1.78%	0.63%
2004	1.73%	0.61%
2005	1.67%	0.6%
2006	1.62%	0.59%
2007	1.58%	0.58%
2008	1.54%	0.56%
2009	1.49%	0.54%
2010	1.44%	0.52%
2011	1.39%	0.5%
2012	1.33%	0.48%
2013	1.27%	0.46%
2014	1.22%	0.45%
2015	1.17%	0.45%
2016	1.14%	0.44%
2017	1.1%	0.44%
2018	1.07%	0.44%
2019	1.05%	0.44%
2020	1.03%	0.44%
2021	1%	0.44%
2022	0.98%	0.45%
2023	0.96%	0.45%