Fertility & birth rates in Azerbaijan and Eritrea

Fertility rate in Azerbaijan vs Eritrea 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 3.71 in Eritrea in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

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The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Azerbaijan	Eritrea
1960	5.88	6.48
1961	5.94	6.47
1962	5.96	6.5
1963	5.95	6.48
1964	5.89	6.49
1965	5.79	6.49
1966	5.66	6.5
1967	5.38	6.5
1968	5.22	6.5
1969	5.07	6.5
1970	4.91	6.54
1971	4.77	6.54
1972	4.62	6.54
1973	4.45	6.55
1974	4.33	6.57
1975	4.18	6.59
1976	4.02	6.6
1977	3.87	6.61
1978	3.73	6.61
1979	3.61	6.62
1980	3.5	6.61
1981	3.41	6.62
1982	3.34	6.63
1983	3.29	6.65
1984	3.26	6.62
1985	2.91	6.59
1986	2.9	6.56
1987	2.9	6.52
1988	2.8	6.47
1989	2.8	6.41
1990	2.74	6.34
1991	2.87	6.24
1992	2.74	6.16
1993	2.7	6.07
1994	2.52	6.01
1995	2.29	5.94
1996	2.06	5.84
1997	2.07	5.74
1998	2	5.63
1999	2.07	5.52
2000	2	5.4
2001	1.8	5.31
2002	1.8	5.23
2003	1.9	5.14
2004	2.05	5.04
2005	2	4.93
2006	1.97	4.88
2007	1.97	4.81
2008	1.9	4.74
2009	1.82	4.66
2010	1.92	4.57
2011	1.96	4.49
2012	2	4.41
2013	1.98	4.34
2014	1.97	4.27
2015	1.94	4.22
2016	1.9	4.16
2017	1.75	4.11
2018	1.73	4.06
2019	1.81	4
2020	1.7	3.93
2021	1.52	3.87
2022	1.67	3.79
2023	1.55	3.71
2024	1.55	3.68
2025	1.54	3.61
2026	1.54	3.55
2027	1.54	3.49
2028	1.54	3.43
2029	1.54	3.38
2030	1.54	3.32
2031	1.53	3.27
2032	1.53	3.22
2033	1.53	3.18
2034	1.53	3.13
2035	1.53	3.09
2036	1.53	3.04
2037	1.53	3.01
2038	1.53	2.97
2039	1.52	2.93
2040	1.52	2.9
2041	1.52	2.86
2042	1.52	2.83
2043	1.52	2.8
2044	1.52	2.77
2045	1.52	2.74
2046	1.52	2.71
2047	1.52	2.68
2048	1.52	2.65
2049	1.52	2.63
2050	1.52	2.6

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Azerbaijan	Eritrea
1960	40.4%	41.5%
1961	42%	41.4%
1962	43.3%	41.4%
1963	44.2%	41.5%
1964	44.9%	41.6%
1965	45.3%	41.8%
1966	45.6%	42.1%
1967	45.7%	42.4%
1968	45.6%	42.8%
1969	45.3%	43%
1970	44.9%	43.3%
1971	44.3%	43.6%
1972	43.6%	43.8%
1973	42.7%	44%
1974	41.7%	44.1%
1975	40.6%	44.1%
1976	39.4%	44.2%
1977	38.1%	44.3%
1978	36.7%	44.3%
1979	35.6%	44.4%
1980	35%	44.4%
1981	34.4%	44.4%
1982	34%	44.4%
1983	33.8%	44.4%
1984	33.5%	44.2%
1985	33.4%	44.1%
1986	33.2%	44%
1987	33.1%	44%
1988	33.2%	44.2%
1989	33.5%	44.3%
1990	33.8%	44.5%
1991	34%	44.6%
1992	34.1%	44.7%
1993	34%	44.5%
1994	33.9%	44.4%
1995	33.6%	43.5%
1996	33.2%	42.9%
1997	32.8%	43.7%
1998	32.2%	44.4%
1999	31.4%	44.9%
2000	30.3%	45.2%
2001	29.2%	45%
2002	28.1%	44.4%
2003	27%	43.7%
2004	26%	43%
2005	25.1%	42.9%
2006	24.4%	43.1%
2007	23.8%	43.3%
2008	23.2%	43%
2009	22.7%	42.7%
2010	22.3%	42.6%
2011	22.2%	42.3%
2012	22.3%	42.1%
2013	22.7%	42%
2014	23.1%	42%
2015	23.5%	42.1%
2016	23.8%	42.1%
2017	23.9%	41.9%
2018	23.8%	41.5%
2019	23.5%	41%
2020	23.4%	40.4%
2021	23.1%	39.8%
2022	22.8%	39.2%
2023	22.3%	38.7%
2024	21.8%	38.1%
2025	21.2%	37.6%
2026	20.6%	37.1%
2027	20%	36.6%
2028	19.4%	36.3%
2029	18.9%	35.9%
2030	18.3%	35.7%
2031	17.9%	35.5%
2032	17.6%	35.3%
2033	17.5%	35.2%
2034	17.3%	35%
2035	17%	34.8%
2036	16.9%	34.7%
2037	16.8%	34.4%
2038	16.8%	34.2%
2039	16.8%	34%
2040	16.8%	33.7%
2041	16.8%	33.4%
2042	16.9%	33.1%
2043	16.9%	32.7%
2044	16.9%	32.3%
2045	16.8%	31.9%
2046	16.8%	31.5%
2047	16.8%	31.1%
2048	16.7%	30.7%
2049	16.6%	30.3%
2050	16.5%	29.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 21.8% of the population in Azerbaijan and 38.1% in Eritrea in 2024, compared to 33.8% and 44.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Azerbaijan and Eritrea compared.

Natural population change in Azerbaijan vs Eritrea by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.79% in Azerbaijan and +2.29% in Eritrea. 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	Eritrea
1960	127,982	21,424
1961	133,870	22,351
1962	135,928	23,478
1963	136,762	24,393
1964	134,971	25,327
1965	131,114	26,285
1966	126,678	24,713
1967	118,988	27,992
1968	115,379	28,777
1969	111,387	29,535
1970	108,976	30,686
1971	106,948	31,490
1972	105,009	30,951
1973	103,208	31,969
1974	103,872	30,111
1975	103,472	30,971
1976	103,370	36,250
1977	102,304	37,295
1978	102,831	38,353
1979	104,864	39,577
1980	110,279	41,392
1981	121,400	42,924
1982	117,615	44,146
1983	125,966	33,420
1984	130,043	35,101
1985	132,068	37,362
1986	141,499	39,470
1987	138,195	52,229
1988	136,702	54,163
1989	141,531	54,299
1990	142,069	56,903
1991	147,607	57,741
1992	133,615	51,443
1993	123,664	51,679
1994	107,112	56,288
1995	93,755	56,157
1996	80,735	66,557
1997	84,653	63,953
1998	77,548	55,332
1999	71,047	45,120
2000	70,023	60,274
2001	64,890	61,180
2002	63,741	65,436
2003	64,226	66,291
2004	81,403	72,147
2005	89,793	72,930
2006	96,724	74,470
2007	97,827	73,101
2008	99,903	73,391
2009	99,315	76,206
2010	112,274	76,098
2011	122,002	76,806
2012	119,915	76,416
2013	117,710	75,562
2014	115,374	75,729
2015	110,967	73,682
2016	102,457	73,002
2017	86,715	72,291
2018	81,506	72,511
2019	85,207	73,572
2020	50,466	73,362
2021	35,483	74,394
2022	61,865	76,221
2023	52,800	78,073

Maternal mortality chart: Azerbaijan vs Eritrea

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 291 deaths in Eritrea.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Azerbaijan	Eritrea
1985	45	1,678
1986	48	1,625
1987	45	1,555
1988	45	1,499
1989	43	1,473
1990	41	1,352
1991	43	1,384
1992	56	1,149
1993	54	1,040
1994	58	998
1995	64	854
1996	58	878
1997	59	817
1998	54	865
1999	51	734
2000	46	741
2001	45	651
2002	40	636
2003	41	588
2004	40	588
2005	40	567
2006	33	555
2007	33	541
2008	30	530
2009	29	515
2010	28	498
2011	27	478
2012	28	458
2013	24	443
2014	23	430
2015	21	413
2016	22	395
2017	22	379
2018	21	363
2019	21	351
2020	21	334
2021	55	338
2022	32	301
2023	18	291

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.86% in Azerbaijan and 3.54% in Eritrea. 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	Eritrea
1974	-	25.6%
1975	-	25%
1976	-	20.8%
1977	-	20.4%
1978	-	20%
1979	-	19.7%
1980	-	19.4%
1981	-	19.1%
1982	10.9%	18.8%
1983	10.7%	27.8%
1984	10.4%	27.2%
1985	10.2%	26.2%
1986	9.96%	25.6%
1987	9.77%	17.1%
1988	9.62%	16.6%
1989	9.52%	16%
1990	9.48%	15.4%
1991	9.5%	14.7%
1992	9.52%	13.9%
1993	9.52%	13.1%
1994	9.47%	12.3%
1995	9.34%	11.5%
1996	9.1%	10.8%
1997	8.78%	10.1%
1998	8.37%	9.51%
1999	7.91%	10.9%
2000	7.4%	8.53%
2001	6.9%	8.11%
2002	6.41%	7.73%
2003	5.96%	7.38%
2004	5.55%	7.05%
2005	5.18%	6.75%
2006	4.85%	6.46%
2007	4.55%	6.19%
2008	4.27%	5.94%
2009	4.01%	5.71%
2010	3.77%	5.5%
2011	3.54%	5.31%
2012	3.32%	5.12%
2013	3.12%	4.94%
2014	2.95%	4.78%
2015	2.78%	4.61%
2016	2.63%	4.46%
2017	2.49%	4.32%
2018	2.36%	4.17%
2019	2.24%	4.03%
2020	2.13%	3.91%
2021	2.04%	3.79%
2022	1.94%	3.66%
2023	1.86%	3.54%