Fertility & birth rates in Azerbaijan and Iran

Fertility rate in Azerbaijan vs Iran 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 1.7 in Iran 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	Iran
1960	5.88	7.52
1961	5.94	7.46
1962	5.96	7.4
1963	5.95	7.32
1964	5.89	7.24
1965	5.79	7.22
1966	5.66	7.21
1967	5.38	7.19
1968	5.22	7.12
1969	5.07	7.01
1970	4.91	6.8
1971	4.77	6.55
1972	4.62	6.26
1973	4.45	6.06
1974	4.33	5.97
1975	4.18	5.95
1976	4.02	6.07
1977	3.87	6.18
1978	3.73	6.34
1979	3.61	6.55
1980	3.5	6.63
1981	3.41	6.62
1982	3.34	6.59
1983	3.29	6.53
1984	3.26	6.43
1985	2.91	6.24
1986	2.9	6.01
1987	2.9	5.72
1988	2.8	5.43
1989	2.8	5.17
1990	2.74	4.93
1991	2.87	4.57
1992	2.74	4.1
1993	2.7	3.67
1994	2.52	3.24
1995	2.29	2.85
1996	2.06	2.54
1997	2.07	2.32
1998	2	2.19
1999	2.07	2.09
2000	2	2
2001	1.8	1.92
2002	1.8	1.84
2003	1.9	1.8
2004	2.05	1.78
2005	2	1.76
2006	1.97	1.76
2007	1.97	1.75
2008	1.9	1.74
2009	1.82	1.74
2010	1.92	1.75
2011	1.96	1.79
2012	2	1.85
2013	1.98	1.91
2014	1.97	1.98
2015	1.94	2.02
2016	1.9	2.05
2017	1.75	2.02
2018	1.73	1.92
2019	1.81	1.77
2020	1.7	1.7
2021	1.52	1.71
2022	1.67	1.7
2023	1.55	1.7
2024	1.55	1.68
2025	1.54	1.67
2026	1.54	1.66
2027	1.54	1.65
2028	1.54	1.64
2029	1.54	1.64
2030	1.54	1.63
2031	1.53	1.63
2032	1.53	1.63
2033	1.53	1.63
2034	1.53	1.63
2035	1.53	1.63
2036	1.53	1.63
2037	1.53	1.63
2038	1.53	1.63
2039	1.52	1.63
2040	1.52	1.63
2041	1.52	1.63
2042	1.52	1.63
2043	1.52	1.63
2044	1.52	1.63
2045	1.52	1.63
2046	1.52	1.63
2047	1.52	1.63
2048	1.52	1.63
2049	1.52	1.63
2050	1.52	1.63

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Azerbaijan	Iran
1960	40.4%	43.5%
1961	42%	44.1%
1962	43.3%	44.6%
1963	44.2%	44.9%
1964	44.9%	45%
1965	45.3%	45%
1966	45.6%	44.9%
1967	45.7%	44.8%
1968	45.6%	44.8%
1969	45.3%	44.7%
1970	44.9%	44.6%
1971	44.3%	44.4%
1972	43.6%	44.2%
1973	42.7%	43.8%
1974	41.7%	43.5%
1975	40.6%	43.2%
1976	39.4%	43%
1977	38.1%	42.9%
1978	36.7%	43%
1979	35.6%	43.1%
1980	35%	43.3%
1981	34.4%	42.9%
1982	34%	42.7%
1983	33.8%	43%
1984	33.5%	43.3%
1985	33.4%	43.5%
1986	33.2%	43.7%
1987	33.1%	43.9%
1988	33.2%	44%
1989	33.5%	44.2%
1990	33.8%	44.1%
1991	34%	43.9%
1992	34.1%	43.6%
1993	34%	43.6%
1994	33.9%	43.2%
1995	33.6%	42.1%
1996	33.2%	40.7%
1997	32.8%	39.1%
1998	32.2%	37.3%
1999	31.4%	35.4%
2000	30.3%	33.6%
2001	29.2%	31.7%
2002	28.1%	30.1%
2003	27%	28.7%
2004	26%	27.4%
2005	25.1%	26.2%
2006	24.4%	25.3%
2007	23.8%	24.6%
2008	23.2%	24%
2009	22.7%	23.7%
2010	22.3%	23.4%
2011	22.2%	23.3%
2012	22.3%	23.3%
2013	22.7%	23.3%
2014	23.1%	23.4%
2015	23.5%	23.6%
2016	23.8%	23.8%
2017	23.9%	23.9%
2018	23.8%	24%
2019	23.5%	23.9%
2020	23.4%	23.8%
2021	23.1%	23.6%
2022	22.8%	23.2%
2023	22.3%	22.8%
2024	21.8%	22.4%
2025	21.2%	22%
2026	20.6%	21.6%
2027	20%	21.1%
2028	19.4%	20.5%
2029	18.9%	19.9%
2030	18.3%	19.3%
2031	17.9%	18.6%
2032	17.6%	18%
2033	17.5%	17.4%
2034	17.3%	17%
2035	17%	16.7%
2036	16.9%	16.4%
2037	16.8%	16.2%
2038	16.8%	15.9%
2039	16.8%	15.8%
2040	16.8%	15.6%
2041	16.8%	15.5%
2042	16.9%	15.4%
2043	16.9%	15.3%
2044	16.9%	15.3%
2045	16.8%	15.2%
2046	16.8%	15.2%
2047	16.8%	15.2%
2048	16.7%	15.2%
2049	16.6%	15.1%
2050	16.5%	15.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 21.8% of the population in Azerbaijan and 22.4% in Iran in 2024, compared to 33.8% and 44.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Azerbaijan and Iran compared.

Natural population change in Azerbaijan vs Iran by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.79% in Azerbaijan and +1.1% in Iran. 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	Iran
1960	127,982	584,060
1961	133,870	594,674
1962	135,928	595,538
1963	136,762	620,126
1964	134,971	635,589
1965	131,114	663,029
1966	126,678	695,040
1967	118,988	727,276
1968	115,379	743,992
1969	111,387	780,660
1970	108,976	794,612
1971	106,948	805,830
1972	105,009	804,043
1973	103,208	831,880
1974	103,872	873,369
1975	103,472	929,481
1976	103,370	1,013,347
1977	102,304	1,091,542
1978	102,831	1,156,974
1979	104,864	1,294,306
1980	110,279	1,361,293
1981	121,400	1,376,830
1982	117,615	1,514,240
1983	125,966	1,573,612
1984	130,043	1,653,051
1985	132,068	1,661,750
1986	141,499	1,659,289
1987	138,195	1,639,644
1988	136,702	1,614,512
1989	141,531	1,609,739
1990	142,069	1,530,434
1991	147,607	1,495,594
1992	133,615	1,365,466
1993	123,664	1,219,658
1994	107,112	1,008,076
1995	93,755	879,648
1996	80,735	784,508
1997	84,653	726,574
1998	77,548	717,655
1999	71,047	723,237
2000	70,023	731,203
2001	64,890	743,658
2002	63,741	752,205
2003	64,226	732,600
2004	81,403	801,203
2005	89,793	837,305
2006	96,724	884,529
2007	97,827	919,254
2008	99,903	940,983
2009	99,315	958,322
2010	112,274	980,380
2011	122,002	1,023,925
2012	119,915	1,073,804
2013	117,710	1,119,533
2014	115,374	1,158,552
2015	110,967	1,178,317
2016	102,457	1,186,949
2017	86,715	1,140,549
2018	81,506	1,035,052
2019	85,207	893,063
2020	50,466	663,978
2021	35,483	645,725
2022	61,865	753,525
2023	52,800	750,150

Maternal mortality chart: Azerbaijan vs Iran

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 16 deaths in Iran.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Azerbaijan	Iran
1985	45	160
1986	48	148
1987	45	136
1988	45	126
1989	43	113
1990	41	107
1991	43	94
1992	56	86
1993	54	80
1994	58	71
1995	64	65
1996	58	59
1997	59	55
1998	54	50
1999	51	46
2000	46	43
2001	45	40
2002	40	38
2003	41	37
2004	40	34
2005	40	33
2006	33	32
2007	33	31
2008	30	30
2009	29	28
2010	28	27
2011	27	26
2012	28	25
2013	24	24
2014	23	23
2015	21	22
2016	22	21
2017	22	20
2018	21	19
2019	21	18
2020	21	34
2021	55	51
2022	32	21
2023	18	16

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.86% in Azerbaijan and 1.18% in Iran. 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	Iran
1971	-	18.9%
1972	-	18%
1973	-	17.1%
1974	-	16.2%
1975	-	15.3%
1976	-	14.4%
1977	-	13.5%
1978	-	12.6%
1979	-	11.7%
1980	-	10.8%
1981	-	10%
1982	10.9%	9.3%
1983	10.7%	8.67%
1984	10.4%	8.13%
1985	10.2%	7.64%
1986	9.96%	7.2%
1987	9.77%	6.8%
1988	9.62%	6.42%
1989	9.52%	6.07%
1990	9.48%	5.76%
1991	9.5%	5.48%
1992	9.52%	5.22%
1993	9.52%	5%
1994	9.47%	4.79%
1995	9.34%	4.59%
1996	9.1%	4.4%
1997	8.78%	4.21%
1998	8.37%	4.02%
1999	7.91%	3.83%
2000	7.4%	3.63%
2001	6.9%	3.42%
2002	6.41%	3.22%
2003	5.96%	3.02%
2004	5.55%	2.83%
2005	5.18%	2.65%
2006	4.85%	2.48%
2007	4.55%	2.32%
2008	4.27%	2.17%
2009	4.01%	2.04%
2010	3.77%	1.93%
2011	3.54%	1.84%
2012	3.32%	1.75%
2013	3.12%	1.68%
2014	2.95%	1.61%
2015	2.78%	1.55%
2016	2.63%	1.5%
2017	2.49%	1.45%
2018	2.36%	1.39%
2019	2.24%	1.35%
2020	2.13%	1.3%
2021	2.04%	1.26%
2022	1.94%	1.22%
2023	1.86%	1.18%