Fertility & birth rates in Argentina and Vanuatu

Fertility rate in Argentina vs Vanuatu 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 3.6 in Vanuatu in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Argentina vs Vanuatu 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	Vanuatu
1960	3.14	6.78
1961	3.12	6.73
1962	3.13	6.67
1963	3.11	6.62
1964	3.08	6.57
1965	3.01	6.52
1966	2.97	6.51
1967	2.98	6.51
1968	3.01	6.46
1969	3.05	6.41
1970	3.09	6.35
1971	3.11	6.29
1972	3.14	6.23
1973	3.17	6.15
1974	3.22	6.06
1975	3.27	5.98
1976	3.32	5.89
1977	3.36	5.81
1978	3.36	5.77
1979	3.34	5.73
1980	3.3	5.69
1981	3.25	5.65
1982	3.2	5.6
1983	3.15	5.55
1984	3.12	5.49
1985	3.07	5.43
1986	3.05	5.38
1987	3.04	5.33
1988	3.05	5.27
1989	3.02	5.21
1990	3.03	5.17
1991	3.01	5.13
1992	2.99	5.09
1993	2.97	5.02
1994	2.94	4.94
1995	2.86	4.85
1996	2.78	4.75
1997	2.71	4.66
1998	2.66	4.6
1999	2.64	4.56
2000	2.59	4.54
2001	2.53	4.5
2002	2.49	4.38
2003	2.45	4.29
2004	2.43	4.21
2005	2.43	4.13
2006	2.4	4.1
2007	2.37	4.12
2008	2.43	4.16
2009	2.4	4.16
2010	2.41	4.13
2011	2.39	4.09
2012	2.3	4.06
2013	2.34	4.04
2014	2.39	4
2015	2.35	3.95
2016	2.24	3.92
2017	2.17	3.88
2018	2.07	3.83
2019	1.88	3.79
2020	1.6	3.74
2021	1.59	3.7
2022	1.48	3.65
2023	1.5	3.6
2024	1.5	3.57
2025	1.5	3.53
2026	1.51	3.5
2027	1.51	3.46
2028	1.51	3.42
2029	1.51	3.39
2030	1.51	3.35
2031	1.51	3.32
2032	1.52	3.28
2033	1.52	3.25
2034	1.52	3.21
2035	1.52	3.18
2036	1.52	3.15
2037	1.52	3.13
2038	1.52	3.1
2039	1.52	3.08
2040	1.52	3.05
2041	1.52	3.03
2042	1.52	3
2043	1.53	2.97
2044	1.53	2.94
2045	1.53	2.92
2046	1.53	2.9
2047	1.53	2.88
2048	1.53	2.85
2049	1.53	2.83
2050	1.54	2.8

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Argentina	Vanuatu
1960	31.2%	44.6%
1961	31.1%	44.8%
1962	31%	45.1%
1963	30.8%	45.2%
1964	30.6%	45.4%
1965	30.5%	45.5%
1966	30.2%	45.7%
1967	30%	45.8%
1968	29.8%	45.8%
1969	29.7%	45.8%
1970	29.6%	45.7%
1971	29.5%	45.7%
1972	29.5%	45.6%
1973	29.5%	45.5%
1974	29.6%	45.5%
1975	29.7%	45.4%
1976	29.8%	45.2%
1977	29.9%	45.1%
1978	30.1%	45%
1979	30.3%	44.5%
1980	30.5%	44%
1981	30.6%	43.9%
1982	30.8%	44%
1983	30.9%	44%
1984	31%	44.1%
1985	31%	44.2%
1986	30.9%	44.2%
1987	30.9%	44.1%
1988	30.7%	44.1%
1989	30.6%	44%
1990	30.4%	43.9%
1991	30.3%	43.9%
1992	30%	44.1%
1993	29.8%	44.8%
1994	29.6%	45.2%
1995	29.3%	45%
1996	29.1%	44.8%
1997	28.8%	44.4%
1998	28.6%	44%
1999	28.4%	43.5%
2000	28.2%	42.9%
2001	27.9%	42.4%
2002	27.7%	41.8%
2003	27.5%	41.3%
2004	27.2%	40.7%
2005	26.9%	40.2%
2006	26.7%	39.6%
2007	26.4%	39.2%
2008	26.1%	38.8%
2009	25.9%	38.5%
2010	25.7%	38.2%
2011	25.5%	38.1%
2012	25.3%	38.2%
2013	25.2%	38.2%
2014	25%	38.4%
2015	24.9%	38.5%
2016	24.7%	38.7%
2017	24.6%	38.8%
2018	24.4%	38.9%
2019	24.1%	39%
2020	23.7%	39%
2021	23.2%	39%
2022	22.8%	38.8%
2023	22.2%	38.6%
2024	21.6%	38.3%
2025	21%	38%
2026	20.4%	37.6%
2027	19.9%	37.1%
2028	19.3%	36.7%
2029	18.7%	36.2%
2030	18.1%	35.8%
2031	17.6%	35.3%
2032	17.1%	34.9%
2033	16.7%	34.5%
2034	16.4%	34.1%
2035	16.2%	33.7%
2036	16.2%	33.4%
2037	16.1%	33.2%
2038	16.2%	32.9%
2039	16.2%	32.7%
2040	16.2%	32.5%
2041	16.1%	32.3%
2042	16.1%	32.2%
2043	16.1%	32%
2044	16%	31.8%
2045	16%	31.6%
2046	15.9%	31.5%
2047	15.8%	31.3%
2048	15.7%	31.1%
2049	15.6%	30.9%
2050	15.5%	30.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 21.6% of the population in Argentina and 38.3% in Vanuatu in 2024, compared to 30.4% and 43.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Argentina and Vanuatu compared.

Natural population change in Argentina vs Vanuatu by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.63% in Argentina and +2.53% in Vanuatu. 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	Vanuatu
1960	315,943	1,796
1961	317,816	1,872
1962	316,952	1,947
1963	317,041	2,025
1964	311,020	2,098
1965	304,734	2,180
1966	303,981	2,278
1967	308,904	2,384
1968	312,440	2,470
1969	319,108	2,529
1970	339,096	2,597
1971	344,889	2,685
1972	357,835	2,775
1973	370,856	2,876
1974	388,107	2,968
1975	409,561	3,074
1976	422,330	3,174
1977	441,647	3,285
1978	448,413	3,428
1979	449,952	3,590
1980	443,732	3,383
1981	442,501	3,592
1982	431,926	3,778
1983	426,145	3,944
1984	423,279	4,088
1985	428,866	4,219
1986	436,760	4,360
1987	443,404	4,427
1988	455,701	4,577
1989	460,991	4,656
1990	466,640	4,762
1991	474,960	4,859
1992	473,226	4,941
1993	474,791	4,973
1994	481,958	4,973
1995	469,658	4,945
1996	458,199	4,897
1997	450,930	4,854
1998	440,184	4,866
1999	444,038	4,871
2000	437,562	5,026
2001	430,579	5,144
2002	424,825	5,181
2003	410,141	5,258
2004	417,970	5,353
2005	428,247	5,454
2006	424,591	5,606
2007	402,889	5,842
2008	442,442	6,138
2009	439,271	6,362
2010	441,335	6,548
2011	448,730	6,715
2012	411,540	6,877
2013	421,694	7,036
2014	450,462	7,143
2015	444,161	7,220
2016	391,767	7,315
2017	375,260	7,371
2018	346,031	7,379
2019	280,005	7,364
2020	151,347	7,233
2021	88,677	7,199
2022	96,673	7,358
2023	154,648	7,359

Maternal mortality chart: Argentina vs Vanuatu

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 100 deaths in Vanuatu.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Argentina	Vanuatu
1985	80	211
1986	76	194
1987	73	200
1988	70	172
1989	68	162
1990	68	151
1991	67	140
1992	65	140
1993	62	133
1994	62	131
1995	60	131
1996	59	129
1997	60	131
1998	57	134
1999	57	146
2000	58	133
2001	60	132
2002	59	128
2003	61	131
2004	58	131
2005	57	127
2006	60	123
2007	62	120
2008	59	117
2009	62	114
2010	55	114
2011	48	112
2012	49	109
2013	47	110
2014	43	110
2015	39	109
2016	40	107
2017	38	107
2018	38	108
2019	36	105
2020	40	107
2021	76	124
2022	39	105
2023	33	100

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.96% in Argentina and 1.68% in Vanuatu. 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	Vanuatu
1960	-	15.2%
1961	-	14.7%
1962	-	14.3%
1963	-	13.8%
1964	-	13.4%
1965	-	12.9%
1966	-	12.4%
1967	-	12%
1968	-	11.5%
1969	7.25%	11%
1970	7.17%	10.6%
1971	7.08%	10.2%
1972	6.97%	9.73%
1973	6.82%	9.34%
1974	6.61%	8.95%
1975	6.33%	8.58%
1976	5.98%	8.21%
1977	5.56%	7.84%
1978	5.12%	7.45%
1979	4.68%	7.07%
1980	4.28%	6.67%
1981	3.94%	6.27%
1982	3.65%	5.87%
1983	3.41%	5.48%
1984	3.21%	5.12%
1985	3.06%	4.78%
1986	2.96%	4.47%
1987	2.91%	4.2%
1988	2.9%	3.96%
1989	2.89%	3.76%
1990	2.88%	3.58%
1991	2.84%	3.43%
1992	2.76%	3.29%
1993	2.66%	3.18%
1994	2.54%	3.08%
1995	2.42%	3%
1996	2.31%	2.92%
1997	2.19%	2.86%
1998	2.09%	2.79%
1999	2.01%	2.74%
2000	1.94%	2.68%
2001	1.88%	2.63%
2002	1.83%	2.58%
2003	1.78%	2.54%
2004	1.73%	2.5%
2005	1.67%	2.45%
2006	1.62%	2.4%
2007	1.58%	2.34%
2008	1.54%	2.27%
2009	1.49%	2.2%
2010	1.44%	2.12%
2011	1.39%	2.05%
2012	1.33%	1.99%
2013	1.27%	1.94%
2014	1.22%	1.9%
2015	1.17%	1.87%
2016	1.14%	1.84%
2017	1.1%	1.82%
2018	1.07%	1.8%
2019	1.05%	1.78%
2020	1.03%	1.77%
2021	1%	1.74%
2022	0.98%	1.71%
2023	0.96%	1.68%