Fertility & birth rates in Argentina and Zambia

Fertility rate in Argentina vs Zambia 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 4.1 in Zambia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Argentina vs Zambia 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	Zambia
1960	3.14	6.95
1961	3.12	6.98
1962	3.13	7.01
1963	3.11	7.06
1964	3.08	7.09
1965	3.01	7.12
1966	2.97	7.14
1967	2.98	7.15
1968	3.01	7.18
1969	3.05	7.18
1970	3.09	7.22
1971	3.11	7.26
1972	3.14	7.3
1973	3.17	7.34
1974	3.22	7.36
1975	3.27	7.42
1976	3.32	7.39
1977	3.36	7.35
1978	3.36	7.29
1979	3.34	7.22
1980	3.3	7.14
1981	3.25	7.07
1982	3.2	7.04
1983	3.15	7.01
1984	3.12	6.97
1985	3.07	6.93
1986	3.05	6.87
1987	3.04	6.8
1988	3.05	6.7
1989	3.02	6.64
1990	3.03	6.57
1991	3.01	6.46
1992	2.99	6.35
1993	2.97	6.3
1994	2.94	6.26
1995	2.86	6.23
1996	2.78	6.18
1997	2.71	6.12
1998	2.66	6.07
1999	2.64	6
2000	2.59	5.92
2001	2.53	5.85
2002	2.49	5.77
2003	2.45	5.71
2004	2.43	5.7
2005	2.43	5.7
2006	2.4	5.68
2007	2.37	5.61
2008	2.43	5.53
2009	2.4	5.45
2010	2.41	5.36
2011	2.39	5.26
2012	2.3	5.14
2013	2.34	5.01
2014	2.39	4.89
2015	2.35	4.78
2016	2.24	4.67
2017	2.17	4.57
2018	2.07	4.49
2019	1.88	4.42
2020	1.6	4.32
2021	1.59	4.25
2022	1.48	4.18
2023	1.5	4.1
2024	1.5	4.04
2025	1.5	3.97
2026	1.51	3.91
2027	1.51	3.85
2028	1.51	3.77
2029	1.51	3.72
2030	1.51	3.67
2031	1.51	3.61
2032	1.52	3.56
2033	1.52	3.5
2034	1.52	3.45
2035	1.52	3.4
2036	1.52	3.35
2037	1.52	3.3
2038	1.52	3.25
2039	1.52	3.19
2040	1.52	3.15
2041	1.52	3.11
2042	1.52	3.07
2043	1.53	3.03
2044	1.53	3
2045	1.53	2.96
2046	1.53	2.93
2047	1.53	2.9
2048	1.53	2.87
2049	1.53	2.84
2050	1.54	2.81

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Argentina	Zambia
1960	31.2%	46%
1961	31.1%	46.2%
1962	31%	46.3%
1963	30.8%	46.5%
1964	30.6%	46.7%
1965	30.5%	46.9%
1966	30.2%	46.9%
1967	30%	47%
1968	29.8%	47.1%
1969	29.7%	47.2%
1970	29.6%	47.4%
1971	29.5%	47.7%
1972	29.5%	48%
1973	29.5%	48.3%
1974	29.6%	48.6%
1975	29.7%	48.8%
1976	29.8%	49.1%
1977	29.9%	49.2%
1978	30.1%	49.4%
1979	30.3%	49.5%
1980	30.5%	49.5%
1981	30.6%	49.4%
1982	30.8%	49.3%
1983	30.9%	49.1%
1984	31%	49%
1985	31%	48.9%
1986	30.9%	48.8%
1987	30.9%	48.7%
1988	30.7%	48.6%
1989	30.6%	48.5%
1990	30.4%	48.4%
1991	30.3%	48.3%
1992	30%	48.2%
1993	29.8%	48.2%
1994	29.6%	48.2%
1995	29.3%	48.2%
1996	29.1%	48.2%
1997	28.8%	48.2%
1998	28.6%	48.2%
1999	28.4%	48.1%
2000	28.2%	48%
2001	27.9%	47.8%
2002	27.7%	47.6%
2003	27.5%	47.4%
2004	27.2%	47.3%
2005	26.9%	47.1%
2006	26.7%	47%
2007	26.4%	46.8%
2008	26.1%	46.6%
2009	25.9%	46.4%
2010	25.7%	46.3%
2011	25.5%	46.1%
2012	25.3%	45.9%
2013	25.2%	45.7%
2014	25%	45.5%
2015	24.9%	45.2%
2016	24.7%	44.9%
2017	24.6%	44.5%
2018	24.4%	44.1%
2019	24.1%	43.8%
2020	23.7%	43.3%
2021	23.2%	42.9%
2022	22.8%	42.4%
2023	22.2%	42%
2024	21.6%	41.5%
2025	21%	41%
2026	20.4%	40.5%
2027	19.9%	40%
2028	19.3%	39.6%
2029	18.7%	39.2%
2030	18.1%	38.8%
2031	17.6%	38.5%
2032	17.1%	38.1%
2033	16.7%	37.8%
2034	16.4%	37.5%
2035	16.2%	37.1%
2036	16.2%	36.8%
2037	16.1%	36.5%
2038	16.2%	36.1%
2039	16.2%	35.8%
2040	16.2%	35.4%
2041	16.1%	35.1%
2042	16.1%	34.7%
2043	16.1%	34.4%
2044	16%	34%
2045	16%	33.7%
2046	15.9%	33.3%
2047	15.8%	33%
2048	15.7%	32.6%
2049	15.6%	32.3%
2050	15.5%	32%

Children aged 0-14 make up 21.6% of the population in Argentina and 41.5% in Zambia in 2024, compared to 30.4% and 48.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Argentina and Zambia compared.

Natural population change in Argentina vs Zambia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.63% in Argentina and +2.87% in Zambia. 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	Zambia
1960	315,943	102,335
1961	317,816	106,318
1962	316,952	110,173
1963	317,041	114,555
1964	311,020	117,197
1965	304,734	122,814
1966	303,981	127,164
1967	308,904	131,938
1968	312,440	137,315
1969	319,108	142,660
1970	339,096	149,380
1971	344,889	155,249
1972	357,835	161,648
1973	370,856	168,258
1974	388,107	174,484
1975	409,561	182,258
1976	422,330	186,762
1977	441,647	191,557
1978	448,413	194,933
1979	449,952	197,578
1980	443,732	198,817
1981	442,501	202,822
1982	431,926	207,621
1983	426,145	212,712
1984	423,279	216,695
1985	428,866	221,351
1986	436,760	224,768
1987	443,404	227,813
1988	455,701	230,118
1989	460,991	233,429
1990	466,640	235,835
1991	474,960	237,957
1992	473,226	239,953
1993	474,791	245,917
1994	481,958	252,023
1995	469,658	257,897
1996	458,199	262,468
1997	450,930	268,198
1998	440,184	275,568
1999	444,038	283,297
2000	437,562	293,186
2001	430,579	302,682
2002	424,825	316,041
2003	410,141	331,189
2004	417,970	349,352
2005	428,247	368,756
2006	424,591	387,891
2007	402,889	403,729
2008	442,442	419,560
2009	439,271	434,458
2010	441,335	448,337
2011	448,730	459,743
2012	411,540	469,406
2013	421,694	476,846
2014	450,462	483,663
2015	444,161	491,021
2016	391,767	497,521
2017	375,260	504,630
2018	346,031	515,644
2019	280,005	528,089
2020	151,347	536,484
2021	88,677	535,629
2022	96,673	563,456
2023	154,648	577,660

Maternal mortality chart: Argentina vs Zambia

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 85 deaths in Zambia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Argentina	Zambia
1985	80	596
1986	76	619
1987	73	630
1988	70	635
1989	68	635
1990	68	625
1991	67	611
1992	65	581
1993	62	532
1994	62	507
1995	60	466
1996	59	433
1997	60	403
1998	57	392
1999	57	378
2000	58	340
2001	60	306
2002	59	274
2003	61	250
2004	58	260
2005	57	264
2006	60	262
2007	62	324
2008	59	394
2009	62	406
2010	55	332
2011	48	291
2012	49	256
2013	47	213
2014	43	174
2015	39	154
2016	40	158
2017	38	141
2018	38	117
2019	36	103
2020	40	99
2021	76	140
2022	39	89
2023	33	85

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.96% in Argentina and 4.47% in Zambia. 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	Zambia
1960	-	20.5%
1961	-	20.1%
1962	-	19.8%
1963	-	19.5%
1964	-	19.2%
1965	-	19%
1966	-	18.9%
1967	-	18.7%
1968	-	18.5%
1969	7.25%	18.3%
1970	7.17%	17.9%
1971	7.08%	17.4%
1972	6.97%	16.9%
1973	6.82%	16.3%
1974	6.61%	15.9%
1975	6.33%	15.5%
1976	5.98%	15.4%
1977	5.56%	15.3%
1978	5.12%	15.3%
1979	4.68%	15.4%
1980	4.28%	15.5%
1981	3.94%	15.6%
1982	3.65%	15.7%
1983	3.41%	15.9%
1984	3.21%	16.2%
1985	3.06%	16.6%
1986	2.96%	17%
1987	2.91%	17.3%
1988	2.9%	17.7%
1989	2.89%	17.9%
1990	2.88%	18.1%
1991	2.84%	18.1%
1992	2.76%	18.1%
1993	2.66%	17.9%
1994	2.54%	17.7%
1995	2.42%	17.3%
1996	2.31%	17%
1997	2.19%	16.7%
1998	2.09%	16.3%
1999	2.01%	15.9%
2000	1.94%	15.3%
2001	1.88%	14.4%
2002	1.83%	13.4%
2003	1.78%	12.4%
2004	1.73%	11.4%
2005	1.67%	10.5%
2006	1.62%	9.71%
2007	1.58%	9.14%
2008	1.54%	8.62%
2009	1.49%	8%
2010	1.44%	7.57%
2011	1.39%	7.31%
2012	1.33%	7.04%
2013	1.27%	6.72%
2014	1.22%	6.38%
2015	1.17%	6.15%
2016	1.14%	5.9%
2017	1.1%	5.61%
2018	1.07%	5.52%
2019	1.05%	5.41%
2020	1.03%	5.24%
2021	1%	4.92%
2022	0.98%	4.67%
2023	0.96%	4.47%