Fertility & birth rates in Argentina and Venezuela

Fertility rate in Argentina vs Venezuela 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 2.08 in Venezuela in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Argentina vs Venezuela 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	Venezuela
1960	3.14	6.38
1961	3.12	6.3
1962	3.13	6.23
1963	3.11	6.16
1964	3.08	6.07
1965	3.01	5.98
1966	2.97	5.87
1967	2.98	5.75
1968	3.01	5.61
1969	3.05	5.47
1970	3.09	5.32
1971	3.11	5.17
1972	3.14	5.04
1973	3.17	4.91
1974	3.22	4.79
1975	3.27	4.69
1976	3.32	4.59
1977	3.36	4.49
1978	3.36	4.4
1979	3.34	4.3
1980	3.3	4.2
1981	3.25	4.1
1982	3.2	4.01
1983	3.15	3.93
1984	3.12	3.86
1985	3.07	3.79
1986	3.05	3.73
1987	3.04	3.67
1988	3.05	3.6
1989	3.02	3.52
1990	3.03	3.45
1991	3.01	3.37
1992	2.99	3.29
1993	2.97	3.22
1994	2.94	3.15
1995	2.86	3.08
1996	2.78	3.02
1997	2.71	2.97
1998	2.66	2.91
1999	2.64	2.86
2000	2.59	2.79
2001	2.53	2.78
2002	2.49	2.74
2003	2.45	2.7
2004	2.43	2.64
2005	2.43	2.63
2006	2.4	2.6
2007	2.37	2.52
2008	2.43	2.48
2009	2.4	2.42
2010	2.41	2.4
2011	2.39	2.4
2012	2.3	2.38
2013	2.34	2.33
2014	2.39	2.3
2015	2.35	2.25
2016	2.24	2.22
2017	2.17	2.18
2018	2.07	2.15
2019	1.88	2.13
2020	1.6	2.12
2021	1.59	2.11
2022	1.48	2.09
2023	1.5	2.08
2024	1.5	2.08
2025	1.5	2.06
2026	1.51	2.04
2027	1.51	2.03
2028	1.51	2.01
2029	1.51	2
2030	1.51	1.99
2031	1.51	1.98
2032	1.52	1.97
2033	1.52	1.96
2034	1.52	1.95
2035	1.52	1.94
2036	1.52	1.93
2037	1.52	1.92
2038	1.52	1.91
2039	1.52	1.91
2040	1.52	1.9
2041	1.52	1.89
2042	1.52	1.88
2043	1.53	1.87
2044	1.53	1.86
2045	1.53	1.86
2046	1.53	1.85
2047	1.53	1.84
2048	1.53	1.84
2049	1.53	1.83
2050	1.54	1.83

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Argentina	Venezuela
1960	31.2%	46.8%
1961	31.1%	46.9%
1962	31%	47%
1963	30.8%	47%
1964	30.6%	47%
1965	30.5%	46.9%
1966	30.2%	46.8%
1967	30%	46.6%
1968	29.8%	46.3%
1969	29.7%	46%
1970	29.6%	45.6%
1971	29.5%	45.2%
1972	29.5%	44.7%
1973	29.5%	44.3%
1974	29.6%	43.8%
1975	29.7%	43.3%
1976	29.8%	42.9%
1977	29.9%	42.5%
1978	30.1%	42.1%
1979	30.3%	41.7%
1980	30.5%	41.3%
1981	30.6%	41%
1982	30.8%	40.6%
1983	30.9%	40.3%
1984	31%	39.9%
1985	31%	39.6%
1986	30.9%	39.3%
1987	30.9%	39%
1988	30.7%	38.7%
1989	30.6%	38.4%
1990	30.4%	38.1%
1991	30.3%	37.8%
1992	30%	37.4%
1993	29.8%	37%
1994	29.6%	36.6%
1995	29.3%	36.2%
1996	29.1%	35.8%
1997	28.8%	35.3%
1998	28.6%	34.9%
1999	28.4%	34.5%
2000	28.2%	34%
2001	27.9%	33.6%
2002	27.7%	33.1%
2003	27.5%	32.7%
2004	27.2%	32.2%
2005	26.9%	31.8%
2006	26.7%	31.4%
2007	26.4%	31%
2008	26.1%	30.6%
2009	25.9%	30.3%
2010	25.7%	29.9%
2011	25.5%	29.5%
2012	25.3%	29.2%
2013	25.2%	28.9%
2014	25%	28.5%
2015	24.9%	28.2%
2016	24.7%	27.9%
2017	24.6%	27.8%
2018	24.4%	27.9%
2019	24.1%	28%
2020	23.7%	27.8%
2021	23.2%	27.4%
2022	22.8%	26.8%
2023	22.2%	26.2%
2024	21.6%	25.5%
2025	21%	24.9%
2026	20.4%	24.3%
2027	19.9%	23.8%
2028	19.3%	23.2%
2029	18.7%	22.8%
2030	18.1%	22.4%
2031	17.6%	22%
2032	17.1%	21.7%
2033	16.7%	21.5%
2034	16.4%	21.4%
2035	16.2%	21.4%
2036	16.2%	21.4%
2037	16.1%	21.5%
2038	16.2%	21.5%
2039	16.2%	21.4%
2040	16.2%	21.4%
2041	16.1%	21.3%
2042	16.1%	21.2%
2043	16.1%	21.1%
2044	16%	20.9%
2045	16%	20.7%
2046	15.9%	20.5%
2047	15.8%	20.3%
2048	15.7%	20%
2049	15.6%	19.8%
2050	15.5%	19.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 21.6% of the population in Argentina and 25.5% in Venezuela in 2024, compared to 30.4% and 38.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Argentina and Venezuela compared.

Natural population change in Argentina vs Venezuela by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.63% in Argentina and +1% in Venezuela. 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	Venezuela
1960	315,943	285,105
1961	317,816	292,109
1962	316,952	299,345
1963	317,041	307,279
1964	311,020	314,397
1965	304,734	321,695
1966	303,981	329,697
1967	308,904	335,813
1968	312,440	340,973
1969	319,108	343,596
1970	339,096	350,709
1971	344,889	355,212
1972	357,835	360,749
1973	370,856	367,612
1974	388,107	375,678
1975	409,561	385,045
1976	422,330	395,344
1977	441,647	405,315
1978	448,413	414,032
1979	449,952	421,256
1980	443,732	425,613
1981	442,501	432,059
1982	431,926	436,564
1983	426,145	443,569
1984	423,279	449,186
1985	428,866	455,517
1986	436,760	468,252
1987	443,404	474,204
1988	455,701	477,569
1989	460,991	478,053
1990	466,640	478,168
1991	474,960	477,917
1992	473,226	474,824
1993	474,791	473,189
1994	481,958	469,178
1995	469,658	469,267
1996	458,199	468,653
1997	450,930	472,002
1998	440,184	469,123
1999	444,038	463,787
2000	437,562	459,802
2001	430,579	451,487
2002	424,825	466,821
2003	410,141	456,902
2004	417,970	455,881
2005	428,247	463,260
2006	424,591	460,152
2007	402,889	452,482
2008	442,442	435,870
2009	439,271	427,257
2010	441,335	425,397
2011	448,730	425,958
2012	411,540	420,758
2013	421,694	408,930
2014	450,462	395,088
2015	444,161	384,560
2016	391,767	359,651
2017	375,260	340,222
2018	346,031	317,302
2019	280,005	274,826
2020	151,347	237,223
2021	88,677	207,746
2022	96,673	216,619
2023	154,648	213,020

Maternal mortality chart: Argentina vs Venezuela

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 227 deaths in Venezuela.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Argentina	Venezuela
1985	80	83
1986	76	81
1987	73	81
1988	70	80
1989	68	80
1990	68	83
1991	67	80
1992	65	82
1993	62	82
1994	62	84
1995	60	84
1996	59	86
1997	60	82
1998	57	82
1999	57	88
2000	58	86
2001	60	101
2002	59	87
2003	61	97
2004	58	94
2005	57	93
2006	60	96
2007	62	92
2008	59	103
2009	62	109
2010	55	110
2011	48	104
2012	49	113
2013	47	123
2014	43	133
2015	39	136
2016	40	162
2017	38	195
2018	38	205
2019	36	202
2020	40	207
2021	76	251
2022	39	219
2023	33	227

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.96% in Argentina and 2.43% in Venezuela. 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	Venezuela
1960	-	7.97%
1961	-	7.72%
1962	-	7.49%
1963	-	7.3%
1964	-	7.14%
1965	-	7%
1966	-	6.87%
1967	-	6.75%
1968	-	6.61%
1969	7.25%	6.47%
1970	7.17%	6.3%
1971	7.08%	6.12%
1972	6.97%	5.94%
1973	6.82%	5.75%
1974	6.61%	5.57%
1975	6.33%	5.38%
1976	5.98%	5.2%
1977	5.56%	5.01%
1978	5.12%	4.82%
1979	4.68%	4.62%
1980	4.28%	4.42%
1981	3.94%	4.24%
1982	3.65%	4.07%
1983	3.41%	3.91%
1984	3.21%	3.77%
1985	3.06%	3.64%
1986	2.96%	3.5%
1987	2.91%	3.37%
1988	2.9%	3.23%
1989	2.89%	3.09%
1990	2.88%	2.96%
1991	2.84%	2.86%
1992	2.76%	2.78%
1993	2.66%	2.73%
1994	2.54%	2.68%
1995	2.42%	2.63%
1996	2.31%	2.55%
1997	2.19%	2.45%
1998	2.09%	2.34%
1999	2.01%	2.24%
2000	1.94%	2.15%
2001	1.88%	2.09%
2002	1.83%	2.03%
2003	1.78%	1.98%
2004	1.73%	1.91%
2005	1.67%	1.85%
2006	1.62%	1.79%
2007	1.58%	1.74%
2008	1.54%	1.72%
2009	1.49%	1.71%
2010	1.44%	1.72%
2011	1.39%	1.73%
2012	1.33%	1.76%
2013	1.27%	1.79%
2014	1.22%	1.83%
2015	1.17%	1.92%
2016	1.14%	2.43%
2017	1.1%	2.43%
2018	1.07%	2.43%
2019	1.05%	2.43%
2020	1.03%	2.43%
2021	1%	2.43%
2022	0.98%	2.43%
2023	0.96%	2.43%