Fertility & birth rates in Azerbaijan and Ireland

Fertility rate in Azerbaijan vs Ireland 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 1.5 in Ireland in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Azerbaijan vs Ireland 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	Ireland
1960	5.88	3.78
1961	5.94	3.78
1962	5.96	3.92
1963	5.95	4.01
1964	5.89	4.07
1965	5.79	4.04
1966	5.66	3.94
1967	5.38	3.84
1968	5.22	3.77
1969	5.07	3.83
1970	4.91	3.85
1971	4.77	3.93
1972	4.62	3.84
1973	4.45	3.71
1974	4.33	3.59
1975	4.18	3.37
1976	4.02	3.29
1977	3.87	3.24
1978	3.73	3.21
1979	3.61	3.21
1980	3.5	3.21
1981	3.41	3.05
1982	3.34	2.94
1983	3.29	2.74
1984	3.26	2.58
1985	2.91	2.48
1986	2.9	2.44
1987	2.9	2.32
1988	2.8	2.17
1989	2.8	2.08
1990	2.74	2.11
1991	2.87	2.08
1992	2.74	1.99
1993	2.7	1.9
1994	2.52	1.85
1995	2.29	1.84
1996	2.06	1.88
1997	2.07	1.93
1998	2	1.94
1999	2.07	1.9
2000	2	1.89
2001	1.8	1.94
2002	1.8	1.97
2003	1.9	1.96
2004	2.05	1.93
2005	2	1.86
2006	1.97	1.91
2007	1.97	2.01
2008	1.9	2.06
2009	1.82	2.06
2010	1.92	2.05
2011	1.96	2.03
2012	2	1.98
2013	1.98	1.93
2014	1.97	1.89
2015	1.94	1.85
2016	1.9	1.81
2017	1.75	1.77
2018	1.73	1.75
2019	1.81	1.71
2020	1.7	1.63
2021	1.52	1.78
2022	1.67	1.54
2023	1.55	1.5
2024	1.55	1.5
2025	1.54	1.5
2026	1.54	1.5
2027	1.54	1.5
2028	1.54	1.5
2029	1.54	1.5
2030	1.54	1.5
2031	1.53	1.5
2032	1.53	1.5
2033	1.53	1.5
2034	1.53	1.5
2035	1.53	1.5
2036	1.53	1.5
2037	1.53	1.5
2038	1.53	1.5
2039	1.52	1.51
2040	1.52	1.51
2041	1.52	1.5
2042	1.52	1.5
2043	1.52	1.5
2044	1.52	1.51
2045	1.52	1.51
2046	1.52	1.5
2047	1.52	1.5
2048	1.52	1.5
2049	1.52	1.5
2050	1.52	1.5

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Azerbaijan	Ireland
1960	40.4%	30.9%
1961	42%	31%
1962	43.3%	30.9%
1963	44.2%	30.9%
1964	44.9%	30.9%
1965	45.3%	31.1%
1966	45.6%	31.1%
1967	45.7%	31.1%
1968	45.6%	31.1%
1969	45.3%	31.1%
1970	44.9%	31.1%
1971	44.3%	31.2%
1972	43.6%	31.2%
1973	42.7%	31.2%
1974	41.7%	31.2%
1975	40.6%	31.1%
1976	39.4%	31%
1977	38.1%	30.9%
1978	36.7%	30.7%
1979	35.6%	30.5%
1980	35%	30.4%
1981	34.4%	30.3%
1982	34%	30.1%
1983	33.8%	29.9%
1984	33.5%	29.6%
1985	33.4%	29.3%
1986	33.2%	28.9%
1987	33.1%	28.5%
1988	33.2%	28.1%
1989	33.5%	27.6%
1990	33.8%	27.1%
1991	34%	26.6%
1992	34.1%	26%
1993	34%	25.5%
1994	33.9%	24.9%
1995	33.6%	24.2%
1996	33.2%	23.6%
1997	32.8%	23%
1998	32.2%	22.5%
1999	31.4%	22.1%
2000	30.3%	21.8%
2001	29.2%	21.4%
2002	28.1%	21.1%
2003	27%	21%
2004	26%	20.8%
2005	25.1%	20.6%
2006	24.4%	20.4%
2007	23.8%	20.3%
2008	23.2%	20.5%
2009	22.7%	20.7%
2010	22.3%	21.1%
2011	22.2%	21.4%
2012	22.3%	21.5%
2013	22.7%	21.5%
2014	23.1%	21.4%
2015	23.5%	21.3%
2016	23.8%	21.2%
2017	23.9%	20.9%
2018	23.8%	20.7%
2019	23.5%	20.4%
2020	23.4%	20.1%
2021	23.1%	19.8%
2022	22.8%	19.5%
2023	22.3%	19%
2024	21.8%	18.6%
2025	21.2%	18.1%
2026	20.6%	17.6%
2027	20%	17.2%
2028	19.4%	16.9%
2029	18.9%	16.6%
2030	18.3%	16.3%
2031	17.9%	16%
2032	17.6%	15.8%
2033	17.5%	15.6%
2034	17.3%	15.4%
2035	17%	15.3%
2036	16.9%	15.2%
2037	16.8%	15.1%
2038	16.8%	15.1%
2039	16.8%	15.2%
2040	16.8%	15.2%
2041	16.8%	15.3%
2042	16.9%	15.4%
2043	16.9%	15.4%
2044	16.9%	15.5%
2045	16.8%	15.6%
2046	16.8%	15.6%
2047	16.8%	15.7%
2048	16.7%	15.7%
2049	16.6%	15.7%
2050	16.5%	15.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 21.8% of the population in Azerbaijan and 18.6% in Ireland in 2024, compared to 33.8% and 27.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Azerbaijan and Ireland compared.

Natural population change in Azerbaijan vs Ireland by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.79% in Azerbaijan and +0.58% in Ireland. 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	Ireland
1960	127,982	28,286
1961	133,870	25,137
1962	135,928	28,077
1963	136,762	29,667
1964	134,971	31,532
1965	131,114	30,500
1966	126,678	26,866
1967	118,988	29,895
1968	115,379	27,697
1969	111,387	29,326
1970	108,976	30,756
1971	106,948	35,606
1972	105,009	34,316
1973	103,208	34,562
1974	103,872	34,199
1975	103,472	34,128
1976	103,370	33,676
1977	102,304	35,448
1978	102,831	36,288
1979	104,864	38,798
1980	110,279	40,612
1981	121,400	39,364
1982	117,615	38,344
1983	125,966	34,053
1984	130,043	31,791
1985	132,068	29,013
1986	141,499	27,963
1987	138,195	26,904
1988	136,702	22,912
1989	141,531	20,012
1990	142,069	21,787
1991	147,607	21,206
1992	133,615	20,283
1993	123,664	17,166
1994	107,112	17,234
1995	93,755	16,601
1996	80,735	18,915
1997	84,653	21,311
1998	77,548	22,277
1999	71,047	21,402
2000	70,023	23,592
2001	64,890	27,837
2002	63,741	31,062
2003	64,226	32,372
2004	81,403	33,376
2005	89,793	33,279
2006	96,724	36,752
2007	97,827	43,109
2008	99,903	46,691
2009	99,315	47,168
2010	112,274	47,426
2011	122,002	45,801
2012	119,915	42,775
2013	117,710	39,302
2014	115,374	37,728
2015	110,967	35,265
2016	102,457	33,339
2017	86,715	31,379
2018	81,506	29,878
2019	85,207	28,365
2020	50,466	23,687
2021	35,483	26,064
2022	61,865	19,287
2023	52,800	19,638

Maternal mortality chart: Azerbaijan vs Ireland

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 4 deaths in Ireland.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Azerbaijan	Ireland
1985	45	11
1986	48	11
1987	45	10
1988	45	11
1989	43	10
1990	41	11
1991	43	10
1992	56	10
1993	54	9
1994	58	9
1995	64	9
1996	58	8
1997	59	8
1998	54	8
1999	51	7
2000	46	8
2001	45	7
2002	40	7
2003	41	6
2004	40	6
2005	40	6
2006	33	6
2007	33	6
2008	30	6
2009	29	6
2010	28	6
2011	27	6
2012	28	6
2013	24	5
2014	23	5
2015	21	5
2016	22	4
2017	22	4
2018	21	5
2019	21	4
2020	21	6
2021	55	6
2022	32	7
2023	18	4

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.86% in Azerbaijan and 0.38% in Ireland. 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	Ireland
1960	-	3.53%
1961	-	3.38%
1962	-	3.25%
1963	-	3.13%
1964	-	3.01%
1965	-	2.87%
1966	-	2.71%
1967	-	2.55%
1968	-	2.41%
1969	-	2.3%
1970	-	2.22%
1971	-	2.17%
1972	-	2.14%
1973	-	2.11%
1974	-	2.06%
1975	-	2%
1976	-	1.91%
1977	-	1.81%
1978	-	1.69%
1979	-	1.56%
1980	-	1.43%
1981	-	1.32%
1982	10.9%	1.23%
1983	10.7%	1.17%
1984	10.4%	1.11%
1985	10.2%	1.07%
1986	9.96%	1.04%
1987	9.77%	1.02%
1988	9.62%	0.99%
1989	9.52%	0.96%
1990	9.48%	0.92%
1991	9.5%	0.87%
1992	9.52%	0.81%
1993	9.52%	0.77%
1994	9.47%	0.74%
1995	9.34%	0.73%
1996	9.1%	0.73%
1997	8.78%	0.73%
1998	8.37%	0.73%
1999	7.91%	0.73%
2000	7.4%	0.72%
2001	6.9%	0.69%
2002	6.41%	0.65%
2003	5.96%	0.6%
2004	5.55%	0.56%
2005	5.18%	0.52%
2006	4.85%	0.49%
2007	4.55%	0.46%
2008	4.27%	0.44%
2009	4.01%	0.43%
2010	3.77%	0.42%
2011	3.54%	0.41%
2012	3.32%	0.4%
2013	3.12%	0.39%
2014	2.95%	0.38%
2015	2.78%	0.37%
2016	2.63%	0.36%
2017	2.49%	0.35%
2018	2.36%	0.34%
2019	2.24%	0.34%
2020	2.13%	0.35%
2021	2.04%	0.36%
2022	1.94%	0.37%
2023	1.86%	0.38%