Fertility & birth rates in Azerbaijan and Iraq

Fertility rate in Azerbaijan vs Iraq 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 3.25 in Iraq in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Azerbaijan vs Iraq 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	Iraq
1960	5.88	5.3
1961	5.94	5.8
1962	5.96	6.99
1963	5.95	7.01
1964	5.89	7.01
1965	5.79	7.02
1966	5.66	7.02
1967	5.38	7.03
1968	5.22	7.06
1969	5.07	7.08
1970	4.91	7.07
1971	4.77	7.06
1972	4.62	7.02
1973	4.45	6.99
1974	4.33	6.95
1975	4.18	6.91
1976	4.02	6.86
1977	3.87	6.8
1978	3.73	6.73
1979	3.61	6.66
1980	3.5	6.59
1981	3.41	6.53
1982	3.34	6.46
1983	3.29	6.39
1984	3.26	6.32
1985	2.91	6.25
1986	2.9	6.18
1987	2.9	6.11
1988	2.8	6.05
1989	2.8	5.99
1990	2.74	5.93
1991	2.87	5.83
1992	2.74	5.72
1993	2.7	5.61
1994	2.52	5.49
1995	2.29	5.36
1996	2.06	5.25
1997	2.07	5.19
1998	2	5.11
1999	2.07	5.04
2000	2	4.92
2001	1.8	4.8
2002	1.8	4.67
2003	1.9	4.58
2004	2.05	4.53
2005	2	4.45
2006	1.97	4.46
2007	1.97	4.4
2008	1.9	4.37
2009	1.82	4.38
2010	1.92	4.46
2011	1.96	4.59
2012	2	4.54
2013	1.98	4.44
2014	1.97	4.31
2015	1.94	4.08
2016	1.9	3.84
2017	1.75	3.64
2018	1.73	3.55
2019	1.81	3.48
2020	1.7	3.42
2021	1.52	3.36
2022	1.67	3.29
2023	1.55	3.25
2024	1.55	3.22
2025	1.54	3.17
2026	1.54	3.13
2027	1.54	3.09
2028	1.54	3.05
2029	1.54	3.01
2030	1.54	2.97
2031	1.53	2.94
2032	1.53	2.89
2033	1.53	2.86
2034	1.53	2.83
2035	1.53	2.79
2036	1.53	2.77
2037	1.53	2.74
2038	1.53	2.71
2039	1.52	2.69
2040	1.52	2.66
2041	1.52	2.64
2042	1.52	2.61
2043	1.52	2.59
2044	1.52	2.57
2045	1.52	2.54
2046	1.52	2.52
2047	1.52	2.5
2048	1.52	2.48
2049	1.52	2.47
2050	1.52	2.45

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Azerbaijan	Iraq
1960	40.4%	39.8%
1961	42%	39.9%
1962	43.3%	40.4%
1963	44.2%	41%
1964	44.9%	41.5%
1965	45.3%	42.1%
1966	45.6%	42.5%
1967	45.7%	42.8%
1968	45.6%	43%
1969	45.3%	43.3%
1970	44.9%	43.6%
1971	44.3%	44.1%
1972	43.6%	44.7%
1973	42.7%	45.5%
1974	41.7%	46.2%
1975	40.6%	46.7%
1976	39.4%	47.2%
1977	38.1%	47.3%
1978	36.7%	47.1%
1979	35.6%	47%
1980	35%	46.8%
1981	34.4%	46.7%
1982	34%	46.6%
1983	33.8%	46.5%
1984	33.5%	46.3%
1985	33.4%	46.2%
1986	33.2%	46%
1987	33.1%	45.8%
1988	33.2%	45.6%
1989	33.5%	45.4%
1990	33.8%	45.2%
1991	34%	45%
1992	34.1%	44.9%
1993	34%	44.7%
1994	33.9%	44.6%
1995	33.6%	44.4%
1996	33.2%	44.3%
1997	32.8%	44.1%
1998	32.2%	44%
1999	31.4%	43.8%
2000	30.3%	43.7%
2001	29.2%	43.5%
2002	28.1%	43.3%
2003	27%	43.1%
2004	26%	42.9%
2005	25.1%	42.6%
2006	24.4%	42.3%
2007	23.8%	42.1%
2008	23.2%	41.8%
2009	22.7%	41.5%
2010	22.3%	41.2%
2011	22.2%	41.1%
2012	22.3%	41%
2013	22.7%	40.8%
2014	23.1%	40.6%
2015	23.5%	40.4%
2016	23.8%	40.1%
2017	23.9%	39.7%
2018	23.8%	39.3%
2019	23.5%	38.9%
2020	23.4%	38.5%
2021	23.1%	38.1%
2022	22.8%	37.6%
2023	22.3%	37.1%
2024	21.8%	36.6%
2025	21.2%	36%
2026	20.6%	35.4%
2027	20%	34.7%
2028	19.4%	34.1%
2029	18.9%	33.4%
2030	18.3%	32.9%
2031	17.9%	32.5%
2032	17.6%	32.1%
2033	17.5%	31.8%
2034	17.3%	31.6%
2035	17%	31.3%
2036	16.9%	31.1%
2037	16.8%	30.9%
2038	16.8%	30.6%
2039	16.8%	30.4%
2040	16.8%	30.1%
2041	16.8%	29.9%
2042	16.9%	29.7%
2043	16.9%	29.4%
2044	16.9%	29.1%
2045	16.8%	28.8%
2046	16.8%	28.6%
2047	16.8%	28.3%
2048	16.7%	28%
2049	16.6%	27.7%
2050	16.5%	27.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 21.8% of the population in Azerbaijan and 36.6% in Iraq in 2024, compared to 33.8% and 45.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Azerbaijan and Iraq compared.

Natural population change in Azerbaijan vs Iraq by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.79% in Azerbaijan and +2.37% in Iraq. 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	Iraq
1960	127,982	155,651
1961	133,870	184,792
1962	135,928	247,520
1963	136,762	254,046
1964	134,971	262,825
1965	131,114	274,551
1966	126,678	285,507
1967	118,988	298,192
1968	115,379	310,644
1969	111,387	324,792
1970	108,976	338,030
1971	106,948	351,464
1972	105,009	362,334
1973	103,208	373,191
1974	103,872	376,197
1975	103,472	385,916
1976	103,370	402,260
1977	102,304	410,229
1978	102,831	418,756
1979	104,864	428,458
1980	110,279	419,653
1981	121,400	416,998
1982	117,615	428,336
1983	125,966	439,800
1984	130,043	455,740
1985	132,068	467,445
1986	141,499	474,348
1987	138,195	488,742
1988	136,702	476,778
1989	141,531	496,852
1990	142,069	518,575
1991	147,607	550,146
1992	133,615	591,886
1993	123,664	606,700
1994	107,112	634,344
1995	93,755	642,977
1996	80,735	652,866
1997	84,653	667,582
1998	77,548	684,152
1999	71,047	702,170
2000	70,023	715,771
2001	64,890	729,704
2002	63,741	739,419
2003	64,226	746,159
2004	81,403	761,563
2005	89,793	776,603
2006	96,724	797,342
2007	97,827	784,119
2008	99,903	802,382
2009	99,315	855,096
2010	112,274	906,369
2011	122,002	971,082
2012	119,915	999,987
2013	117,710	1,026,036
2014	115,374	1,040,726
2015	110,967	1,007,561
2016	102,457	946,968
2017	86,715	924,507
2018	81,506	938,310
2019	85,207	942,972
2020	50,466	919,953
2021	35,483	941,924
2022	61,865	962,501
2023	52,800	973,420

Maternal mortality chart: Azerbaijan vs Iraq

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 66 deaths in Iraq.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Azerbaijan	Iraq
1985	45	152
1986	48	147
1987	45	145
1988	45	174
1989	43	190
1990	41	195
1991	43	157
1992	56	126
1993	54	132
1994	58	142
1995	64	152
1996	58	158
1997	59	165
1998	54	163
1999	51	156
2000	46	146
2001	45	137
2002	40	128
2003	41	125
2004	40	122
2005	40	118
2006	33	120
2007	33	117
2008	30	109
2009	29	107
2010	28	107
2011	27	105
2012	28	100
2013	24	96
2014	23	90
2015	21	86
2016	22	87
2017	22	81
2018	21	76
2019	21	74
2020	21	63
2021	55	77
2022	32	59
2023	18	66

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.86% in Azerbaijan and 2.26% in Iraq. 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	Iraq
1960	-	19%
1961	-	17.9%
1962	-	16.9%
1963	-	16%
1964	-	15.1%
1965	-	14.4%
1966	-	13.6%
1967	-	13%
1968	-	12.4%
1969	-	11.8%
1970	-	11.2%
1971	-	10.7%
1972	-	10.3%
1973	-	9.79%
1974	-	9.35%
1975	-	8.93%
1976	-	8.54%
1977	-	8.17%
1978	-	7.83%
1979	-	7.52%
1980	-	7.23%
1981	-	6.96%
1982	10.9%	6.71%
1983	10.7%	6.49%
1984	10.4%	6.28%
1985	10.2%	6.09%
1986	9.96%	5.91%
1987	9.77%	5.75%
1988	9.62%	6.92%
1989	9.52%	8.12%
1990	9.48%	7.97%
1991	9.5%	6.49%
1992	9.52%	5.17%
1993	9.52%	5.07%
1994	9.47%	4.98%
1995	9.34%	4.89%
1996	9.1%	4.8%
1997	8.78%	4.71%
1998	8.37%	4.61%
1999	7.91%	4.52%
2000	7.4%	4.43%
2001	6.9%	4.33%
2002	6.41%	4.24%
2003	5.96%	4.16%
2004	5.55%	4.07%
2005	5.18%	3.97%
2006	4.85%	3.88%
2007	4.55%	3.78%
2008	4.27%	3.67%
2009	4.01%	3.56%
2010	3.77%	3.46%
2011	3.54%	3.35%
2012	3.32%	3.24%
2013	3.12%	3.14%
2014	2.95%	3.04%
2015	2.78%	2.94%
2016	2.63%	2.84%
2017	2.49%	2.75%
2018	2.36%	2.66%
2019	2.24%	2.57%
2020	2.13%	2.49%
2021	2.04%	2.41%
2022	1.94%	2.33%
2023	1.86%	2.26%