Fertility & birth rates in Azerbaijan and Congo

Fertility rate in Azerbaijan vs Congo chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Azerbaijan was 1.55 children per woman in 2023, compared to 4.16 in the Congo in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Azerbaijan vs the Congo population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Azerbaijan	Congo
1960	5.88	6.09
1961	5.94	6.09
1962	5.96	6.1
1963	5.95	6.15
1964	5.89	6.18
1965	5.79	6.23
1966	5.66	6.27
1967	5.38	6.29
1968	5.22	6.33
1969	5.07	6.35
1970	4.91	6.38
1971	4.77	6.42
1972	4.62	6.44
1973	4.45	6.42
1974	4.33	6.39
1975	4.18	6.36
1976	4.02	6.32
1977	3.87	6.27
1978	3.73	6.21
1979	3.61	6.14
1980	3.5	6.07
1981	3.41	5.98
1982	3.34	5.85
1983	3.29	5.76
1984	3.26	5.66
1985	2.91	5.59
1986	2.9	5.51
1987	2.9	5.46
1988	2.8	5.39
1989	2.8	5.33
1990	2.74	5.27
1991	2.87	5.22
1992	2.74	5.18
1993	2.7	5.13
1994	2.52	5.1
1995	2.29	5.07
1996	2.06	5.03
1997	2.07	5
1998	2	4.91
1999	2.07	4.81
2000	2	4.72
2001	1.8	4.67
2002	1.8	4.7
2003	1.9	4.7
2004	2.05	4.69
2005	2	4.67
2006	1.97	4.65
2007	1.97	4.65
2008	1.9	4.73
2009	1.82	4.81
2010	1.92	4.85
2011	1.96	4.83
2012	2	4.79
2013	1.98	4.73
2014	1.97	4.67
2015	1.94	4.61
2016	1.9	4.55
2017	1.75	4.5
2018	1.73	4.44
2019	1.81	4.38
2020	1.7	4.33
2021	1.52	4.28
2022	1.67	4.22
2023	1.55	4.16
2024	1.55	4.11
2025	1.54	4.05
2026	1.54	3.99
2027	1.54	3.93
2028	1.54	3.88
2029	1.54	3.83
2030	1.54	3.78
2031	1.53	3.73
2032	1.53	3.68
2033	1.53	3.64
2034	1.53	3.59
2035	1.53	3.54
2036	1.53	3.5
2037	1.53	3.46
2038	1.53	3.42
2039	1.52	3.38
2040	1.52	3.35
2041	1.52	3.31
2042	1.52	3.27
2043	1.52	3.24
2044	1.52	3.2
2045	1.52	3.16
2046	1.52	3.13
2047	1.52	3.09
2048	1.52	3.06
2049	1.52	3.03
2050	1.52	3

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Azerbaijan	Congo
1960	40.4%	42.7%
1961	42%	43%
1962	43.3%	43.3%
1963	44.2%	43.5%
1964	44.9%	43.7%
1965	45.3%	43.9%
1966	45.6%	44%
1967	45.7%	44.2%
1968	45.6%	44.3%
1969	45.3%	44.5%
1970	44.9%	44.7%
1971	44.3%	44.8%
1972	43.6%	45%
1973	42.7%	45.2%
1974	41.7%	45.4%
1975	40.6%	45.5%
1976	39.4%	45.7%
1977	38.1%	45.8%
1978	36.7%	45.8%
1979	35.6%	45.8%
1980	35%	45.7%
1981	34.4%	45.6%
1982	34%	45.4%
1983	33.8%	45.2%
1984	33.5%	45%
1985	33.4%	44.9%
1986	33.2%	44.7%
1987	33.1%	44.6%
1988	33.2%	44.5%
1989	33.5%	44.3%
1990	33.8%	44.2%
1991	34%	44%
1992	34.1%	43.8%
1993	34%	43.6%
1994	33.9%	43.4%
1995	33.6%	43.3%
1996	33.2%	43.2%
1997	32.8%	43.3%
1998	32.2%	43.3%
1999	31.4%	43.1%
2000	30.3%	42.5%
2001	29.2%	41.9%
2002	28.1%	41.9%
2003	27%	41.7%
2004	26%	41.4%
2005	25.1%	41.1%
2006	24.4%	40.9%
2007	23.8%	40.7%
2008	23.2%	40.7%
2009	22.7%	40.5%
2010	22.3%	40.4%
2011	22.2%	40.6%
2012	22.3%	41%
2013	22.7%	41.3%
2014	23.1%	41.7%
2015	23.5%	41.9%
2016	23.8%	42.1%
2017	23.9%	42.1%
2018	23.8%	42.1%
2019	23.5%	41.9%
2020	23.4%	41.8%
2021	23.1%	41.5%
2022	22.8%	41.3%
2023	22.3%	40.9%
2024	21.8%	40.4%
2025	21.2%	39.9%
2026	20.6%	39.4%
2027	20%	38.9%
2028	19.4%	38.4%
2029	18.9%	38%
2030	18.3%	37.6%
2031	17.9%	37.3%
2032	17.6%	37%
2033	17.5%	36.8%
2034	17.3%	36.6%
2035	17%	36.4%
2036	16.9%	36.2%
2037	16.8%	36%
2038	16.8%	35.8%
2039	16.8%	35.6%
2040	16.8%	35.5%
2041	16.8%	35.3%
2042	16.9%	35.1%
2043	16.9%	34.9%
2044	16.9%	34.7%
2045	16.8%	34.4%
2046	16.8%	34.2%
2047	16.8%	33.9%
2048	16.7%	33.6%
2049	16.6%	33.4%
2050	16.5%	33.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 21.8% of the population in Azerbaijan and 40.4% in the Congo in 2024, compared to 33.8% and 44.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Azerbaijan and the Congo compared.

Natural population change in Azerbaijan vs Congo by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.79% in Azerbaijan and +2.59% in the Congo. 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
	Azerbaijan	Congo
1960	127,982	27,094
1961	133,870	28,220
1962	135,928	29,342
1963	136,762	30,832
1964	134,971	32,270
1965	131,114	33,865
1966	126,678	35,452
1967	118,988	36,866
1968	115,379	38,786
1969	111,387	40,532
1970	108,976	42,374
1971	106,948	44,431
1972	105,009	46,427
1973	103,208	48,017
1974	103,872	49,563
1975	103,472	51,155
1976	103,370	52,148
1977	102,304	53,179
1978	102,831	53,885
1979	104,864	54,723
1980	110,279	55,550
1981	121,400	56,603
1982	117,615	57,036
1983	125,966	58,120
1984	130,043	59,028
1985	132,068	60,359
1986	141,499	61,669
1987	138,195	63,183
1988	136,702	64,629
1989	141,531	65,944
1990	142,069	67,241
1991	147,607	68,534
1992	133,615	69,973
1993	123,664	71,119
1994	107,112	72,857
1995	93,755	74,189
1996	80,735	75,628
1997	84,653	66,149
1998	77,548	72,450
1999	71,047	76,204
2000	70,023	78,491
2001	64,890	84,876
2002	63,741	88,497
2003	64,226	91,326
2004	81,403	96,577
2005	89,793	101,344
2006	96,724	106,876
2007	97,827	112,459
2008	99,903	120,711
2009	99,315	126,904
2010	112,274	136,908
2011	122,002	140,371
2012	119,915	142,464
2013	117,710	142,080
2014	115,374	141,674
2015	110,967	141,539
2016	102,457	141,358
2017	86,715	141,973
2018	81,506	142,704
2019	85,207	139,513
2020	50,466	143,492
2021	35,483	144,241
2022	61,865	147,076
2023	52,800	150,486

Maternal mortality chart: Azerbaijan vs Congo

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 18 deaths per 100,000 live births in Azerbaijan, compared to 241 deaths in the Congo.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Azerbaijan	Congo
1985	45	546
1986	48	535
1987	45	519
1988	45	510
1989	43	506
1990	41	505
1991	43	514
1992	56	531
1993	54	541
1994	58	551
1995	64	551
1996	58	545
1997	59	650
1998	54	597
1999	51	554
2000	46	509
2001	45	489
2002	40	464
2003	41	436
2004	40	400
2005	40	385
2006	33	394
2007	33	370
2008	30	395
2009	29	414
2010	28	382
2011	27	378
2012	28	374
2013	24	320
2014	23	302
2015	21	284
2016	22	263
2017	22	262
2018	21	259
2019	21	245
2020	21	247
2021	55	301
2022	32	241
2023	18	241

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.86% in Azerbaijan and 4.05% in the Congo. 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
	Azerbaijan	Congo
1960	-	19.4%
1961	-	18.6%
1962	-	18%
1963	-	17.3%
1964	-	16.7%
1965	-	16.1%
1966	-	15.6%
1967	-	15.1%
1968	-	14.6%
1969	-	14.2%
1970	-	13.7%
1971	-	13.4%
1972	-	13%
1973	-	12.6%
1974	-	12.4%
1975	-	12.1%
1976	-	11.8%
1977	-	11.5%
1978	-	11.2%
1979	-	11%
1980	-	10.7%
1981	-	10.5%
1982	10.9%	10.2%
1983	10.7%	9.95%
1984	10.4%	9.68%
1985	10.2%	9.44%
1986	9.96%	9.25%
1987	9.77%	9.11%
1988	9.62%	9.04%
1989	9.52%	9.05%
1990	9.48%	9.15%
1991	9.5%	9.31%
1992	9.52%	9.54%
1993	9.52%	9.84%
1994	9.47%	10.2%
1995	9.34%	10.5%
1996	9.1%	10.9%
1997	8.78%	11.2%
1998	8.37%	11.4%
1999	7.91%	11.5%
2000	7.4%	11.4%
2001	6.9%	11.1%
2002	6.41%	10.6%
2003	5.96%	10%
2004	5.55%	9.35%
2005	5.18%	8.66%
2006	4.85%	8.02%
2007	4.55%	7.43%
2008	4.27%	6.95%
2009	4.01%	6.55%
2010	3.77%	6.25%
2011	3.54%	6.02%
2012	3.32%	5.82%
2013	3.12%	5.64%
2014	2.95%	5.45%
2015	2.78%	5.27%
2016	2.63%	5.09%
2017	2.49%	4.93%
2018	2.36%	4.77%
2019	2.24%	5.24%
2020	2.13%	4.47%
2021	2.04%	4.33%
2022	1.94%	4.19%
2023	1.86%	4.05%