Fertility & birth rates in Armenia and Nicaragua

Fertility rate in Armenia vs Nicaragua chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Armenia was 1.9 children per woman in 2023, compared to 2.22 in Nicaragua in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Armenia vs Nicaragua population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Armenia	Nicaragua
1960	4.79	7.16
1961	4.67	7.11
1962	4.52	7.1
1963	4.35	7.08
1964	4.15	7.06
1965	3.99	7.03
1966	3.83	6.99
1967	3.73	6.94
1968	3.62	6.89
1969	3.49	6.83
1970	3.33	6.77
1971	3.29	6.71
1972	3.2	6.65
1973	3.08	6.59
1974	2.98	6.52
1975	2.92	6.45
1976	2.84	6.37
1977	2.74	6.28
1978	2.62	6.16
1979	2.53	6.07
1980	2.48	5.96
1981	2.48	5.84
1982	2.5	5.74
1983	2.56	5.61
1984	2.6	5.49
1985	2.64	5.36
1986	2.66	5.22
1987	2.66	5.07
1988	2.68	4.93
1989	2.71	4.76
1990	2.71	4.6
1991	2.64	4.43
1992	2.5	4.27
1993	2.29	4.1
1994	2.08	3.94
1995	2.07	3.78
1996	2.06	3.62
1997	1.9	3.47
1998	1.81	3.34
1999	1.53	3.22
2000	1.3	3.12
2001	1.2	3
2002	1.2	2.89
2003	1.3	2.83
2004	1.4	2.78
2005	1.3	2.77
2006	1.3	2.73
2007	1.4	2.7
2008	1.4	2.66
2009	1.5	2.63
2010	1.5	2.6
2011	1.5	2.56
2012	1.6	2.53
2013	1.6	2.49
2014	1.7	2.46
2015	1.6	2.43
2016	1.6	2.41
2017	1.6	2.38
2018	1.6	2.35
2019	1.6	2.32
2020	1.7	2.3
2021	1.7	2.27
2022	1.7	2.24
2023	1.9	2.22
2024	1.9	2.21
2025	1.9	2.18
2026	1.9	2.16
2027	1.9	2.14
2028	1.89	2.11
2029	1.89	2.09
2030	1.89	2.07
2031	1.89	2.05
2032	1.89	2.04
2033	1.89	2.02
2034	1.89	2.01
2035	1.89	2
2036	1.89	1.98
2037	1.88	1.97
2038	1.88	1.96
2039	1.88	1.95
2040	1.88	1.94
2041	1.88	1.93
2042	1.88	1.92
2043	1.88	1.91
2044	1.88	1.9
2045	1.88	1.89
2046	1.87	1.89
2047	1.87	1.88
2048	1.87	1.87
2049	1.87	1.87
2050	1.87	1.86

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Armenia	Nicaragua
1960	37.5%	47.6%
1961	38.7%	47.8%
1962	39.6%	48%
1963	40%	48.2%
1964	40.2%	48.2%
1965	40.3%	48.1%
1966	40.2%	47.9%
1967	39.9%	47.8%
1968	39.6%	47.7%
1969	39.1%	47.6%
1970	38.5%	47.5%
1971	37.7%	47.5%
1972	36.8%	47.4%
1973	35.9%	47.4%
1974	34.9%	47.3%
1975	33.8%	47.3%
1976	32.8%	47.3%
1977	32.1%	47.2%
1978	31.5%	47.3%
1979	31%	47.3%
1980	30.5%	47.3%
1981	30.2%	47.3%
1982	30.1%	47.3%
1983	30.1%	47.2%
1984	30.2%	47.2%
1985	30.3%	47.1%
1986	30.4%	47%
1987	30.5%	46.9%
1988	30.6%	46.7%
1989	30.4%	46.4%
1990	30.3%	46.1%
1991	30.4%	45.7%
1992	31%	45.2%
1993	31.7%	44.8%
1994	32%	44.3%
1995	31.8%	43.7%
1996	31.3%	43.1%
1997	30.8%	42.4%
1998	29.6%	41.7%
1999	27.9%	41%
2000	26.3%	40.3%
2001	24.9%	39.6%
2002	23.8%	38.9%
2003	22.9%	38.2%
2004	22.1%	37.5%
2005	21.2%	36.8%
2006	20.4%	36.2%
2007	19.8%	35.7%
2008	19.4%	35.2%
2009	19.3%	34.7%
2010	19.3%	34.2%
2011	19.4%	33.8%
2012	19.5%	33.3%
2013	19.7%	32.9%
2014	19.9%	32.6%
2015	20.1%	32.2%
2016	20.3%	31.8%
2017	20.5%	31.5%
2018	20.5%	31.1%
2019	20.3%	30.8%
2020	20.2%	30.4%
2021	20%	30.1%
2022	19.9%	29.6%
2023	19.5%	29.2%
2024	19.2%	28.8%
2025	19%	28.3%
2026	18.7%	27.9%
2027	18.4%	27.4%
2028	18%	27%
2029	17.7%	26.6%
2030	17.3%	26.2%
2031	17%	25.8%
2032	16.7%	25.4%
2033	16.4%	25%
2034	16.1%	24.7%
2035	15.9%	24.4%
2036	15.7%	24%
2037	15.5%	23.7%
2038	15.3%	23.4%
2039	15.1%	23.1%
2040	15%	22.8%
2041	14.8%	22.5%
2042	14.7%	22.2%
2043	14.7%	22%
2044	14.6%	21.7%
2045	14.6%	21.4%
2046	14.6%	21.2%
2047	14.6%	20.9%
2048	14.6%	20.7%
2049	14.6%	20.5%
2050	14.6%	20.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 19.2% of the population in Armenia and 28.8% in Nicaragua in 2024, compared to 30.3% and 46.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Armenia and Nicaragua compared.

Natural population change in Armenia vs Nicaragua by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.33% in Armenia and +1.58% in Nicaragua. 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
	Armenia	Nicaragua
1960	51,675	55,664
1961	51,957	57,499
1962	50,461	59,547
1963	48,058	61,738
1964	44,886	64,227
1965	42,271	67,056
1966	39,842	69,883
1967	38,674	72,722
1968	38,118	75,458
1969	37,333	78,237
1970	36,045	81,127
1971	36,590	84,139
1972	36,943	76,906
1973	37,355	89,662
1974	38,392	92,505
1975	40,217	95,230
1976	41,948	98,100
1977	45,320	100,498
1978	48,326	98,419
1979	52,452	96,429
1980	54,128	108,604
1981	56,323	110,421
1982	58,617	112,468
1983	61,028	110,618
1984	62,124	110,133
1985	62,499	110,949
1986	61,771	113,054
1987	60,176	112,885
1988	33,232	117,299
1989	57,520	120,128
1990	59,893	120,677
1991	56,269	121,787
1992	50,346	121,204
1993	35,818	120,469
1994	26,271	119,565
1995	22,452	118,325
1996	21,092	116,849
1997	16,685	114,415
1998	14,357	108,862
1999	10,452	110,217
2000	9,985	109,192
2001	8,030	107,109
2002	6,719	105,805
2003	9,866	106,142
2004	11,710	106,904
2005	11,013	108,984
2006	10,320	110,073
2007	13,362	110,341
2008	13,583	110,395
2009	16,863	110,213
2010	16,746	110,475
2011	15,442	110,026
2012	14,818	110,065
2013	14,505	109,032
2014	15,371	108,420
2015	13,821	107,344
2016	12,269	106,585
2017	10,428	105,468
2018	10,688	104,814
2019	10,072	102,817
2020	296	90,515
2021	2,370	89,213
2022	9,799	100,987
2023	12,153	100,921

Maternal mortality chart: Armenia vs Nicaragua

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 19 deaths per 100,000 live births in Armenia, compared to 60 deaths in Nicaragua.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Armenia	Nicaragua
1985	55	319
1986	54	313
1987	52	316
1988	55	301
1989	46	286
1990	47	281
1991	47	273
1992	50	272
1993	50	265
1994	51	256
1995	50	251
1996	49	244
1997	48	236
1998	45	239
1999	42	228
2000	40	213
2001	38	194
2002	36	170
2003	35	154
2004	34	140
2005	32	124
2006	31	113
2007	30	106
2008	29	101
2009	29	99
2010	28	96
2011	27	93
2012	27	88
2013	26	86
2014	26	83
2015	25	81
2016	25	77
2017	24	72
2018	24	67
2019	23	69
2020	43	87
2021	57	124
2022	27	61
2023	19	60

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1% in Armenia and 1.34% in Nicaragua. 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
	Armenia	Nicaragua
1960	-	19.8%
1961	-	19.6%
1962	-	19.4%
1963	-	19.2%
1964	-	19%
1965	-	18.7%
1966	-	18.4%
1967	-	18.1%
1968	-	17.8%
1969	-	17.4%
1970	-	17.1%
1971	-	16.6%
1972	-	18.7%
1973	-	15.6%
1974	-	15%
1975	-	14.4%
1976	8.67%	13.7%
1977	8.32%	12.9%
1978	7.98%	12.2%
1979	7.67%	11.5%
1980	7.36%	10.8%
1981	7.06%	10.2%
1982	6.78%	9.58%
1983	6.52%	9.07%
1984	6.26%	8.62%
1985	6.01%	8.21%
1986	5.78%	7.85%
1987	5.55%	7.53%
1988	9.93%	7.22%
1989	5.11%	6.92%
1990	4.9%	6.62%
1991	4.69%	6.31%
1992	4.49%	6%
1993	4.29%	5.69%
1994	4.09%	5.39%
1995	3.9%	5.09%
1996	3.72%	4.81%
1997	3.55%	4.54%
1998	3.39%	5.01%
1999	3.23%	4.04%
2000	3.08%	3.82%
2001	2.93%	3.62%
2002	2.79%	3.43%
2003	2.65%	3.26%
2004	2.52%	3.1%
2005	2.4%	2.95%
2006	2.28%	2.81%
2007	2.17%	2.68%
2008	2.06%	2.55%
2009	1.97%	2.44%
2010	1.87%	2.33%
2011	1.78%	2.22%
2012	1.7%	2.13%
2013	1.62%	2.03%
2014	1.54%	1.94%
2015	1.46%	1.86%
2016	1.4%	1.78%
2017	1.33%	1.71%
2018	1.27%	1.64%
2019	1.21%	1.57%
2020	1.16%	1.51%
2021	1.1%	1.45%
2022	1.05%	1.39%
2023	1%	1.34%