Fertility & birth rates in Azerbaijan and Nicaragua

Fertility rate in Azerbaijan vs Nicaragua 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 2.22 in Nicaragua in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Azerbaijan vs Nicaragua 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	Nicaragua
1960	5.88	7.16
1961	5.94	7.11
1962	5.96	7.1
1963	5.95	7.08
1964	5.89	7.06
1965	5.79	7.03
1966	5.66	6.99
1967	5.38	6.94
1968	5.22	6.89
1969	5.07	6.83
1970	4.91	6.77
1971	4.77	6.71
1972	4.62	6.65
1973	4.45	6.59
1974	4.33	6.52
1975	4.18	6.45
1976	4.02	6.37
1977	3.87	6.28
1978	3.73	6.16
1979	3.61	6.07
1980	3.5	5.96
1981	3.41	5.84
1982	3.34	5.74
1983	3.29	5.61
1984	3.26	5.49
1985	2.91	5.36
1986	2.9	5.22
1987	2.9	5.07
1988	2.8	4.93
1989	2.8	4.76
1990	2.74	4.6
1991	2.87	4.43
1992	2.74	4.27
1993	2.7	4.1
1994	2.52	3.94
1995	2.29	3.78
1996	2.06	3.62
1997	2.07	3.47
1998	2	3.34
1999	2.07	3.22
2000	2	3.12
2001	1.8	3
2002	1.8	2.89
2003	1.9	2.83
2004	2.05	2.78
2005	2	2.77
2006	1.97	2.73
2007	1.97	2.7
2008	1.9	2.66
2009	1.82	2.63
2010	1.92	2.6
2011	1.96	2.56
2012	2	2.53
2013	1.98	2.49
2014	1.97	2.46
2015	1.94	2.43
2016	1.9	2.41
2017	1.75	2.38
2018	1.73	2.35
2019	1.81	2.32
2020	1.7	2.3
2021	1.52	2.27
2022	1.67	2.24
2023	1.55	2.22
2024	1.55	2.21
2025	1.54	2.18
2026	1.54	2.16
2027	1.54	2.14
2028	1.54	2.11
2029	1.54	2.09
2030	1.54	2.07
2031	1.53	2.05
2032	1.53	2.04
2033	1.53	2.02
2034	1.53	2.01
2035	1.53	2
2036	1.53	1.98
2037	1.53	1.97
2038	1.53	1.96
2039	1.52	1.95
2040	1.52	1.94
2041	1.52	1.93
2042	1.52	1.92
2043	1.52	1.91
2044	1.52	1.9
2045	1.52	1.89
2046	1.52	1.89
2047	1.52	1.88
2048	1.52	1.87
2049	1.52	1.87
2050	1.52	1.86

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Azerbaijan	Nicaragua
1960	40.4%	47.6%
1961	42%	47.8%
1962	43.3%	48%
1963	44.2%	48.2%
1964	44.9%	48.2%
1965	45.3%	48.1%
1966	45.6%	47.9%
1967	45.7%	47.8%
1968	45.6%	47.7%
1969	45.3%	47.6%
1970	44.9%	47.5%
1971	44.3%	47.5%
1972	43.6%	47.4%
1973	42.7%	47.4%
1974	41.7%	47.3%
1975	40.6%	47.3%
1976	39.4%	47.3%
1977	38.1%	47.2%
1978	36.7%	47.3%
1979	35.6%	47.3%
1980	35%	47.3%
1981	34.4%	47.3%
1982	34%	47.3%
1983	33.8%	47.2%
1984	33.5%	47.2%
1985	33.4%	47.1%
1986	33.2%	47%
1987	33.1%	46.9%
1988	33.2%	46.7%
1989	33.5%	46.4%
1990	33.8%	46.1%
1991	34%	45.7%
1992	34.1%	45.2%
1993	34%	44.8%
1994	33.9%	44.3%
1995	33.6%	43.7%
1996	33.2%	43.1%
1997	32.8%	42.4%
1998	32.2%	41.7%
1999	31.4%	41%
2000	30.3%	40.3%
2001	29.2%	39.6%
2002	28.1%	38.9%
2003	27%	38.2%
2004	26%	37.5%
2005	25.1%	36.8%
2006	24.4%	36.2%
2007	23.8%	35.7%
2008	23.2%	35.2%
2009	22.7%	34.7%
2010	22.3%	34.2%
2011	22.2%	33.8%
2012	22.3%	33.3%
2013	22.7%	32.9%
2014	23.1%	32.6%
2015	23.5%	32.2%
2016	23.8%	31.8%
2017	23.9%	31.5%
2018	23.8%	31.1%
2019	23.5%	30.8%
2020	23.4%	30.4%
2021	23.1%	30.1%
2022	22.8%	29.6%
2023	22.3%	29.2%
2024	21.8%	28.8%
2025	21.2%	28.3%
2026	20.6%	27.9%
2027	20%	27.4%
2028	19.4%	27%
2029	18.9%	26.6%
2030	18.3%	26.2%
2031	17.9%	25.8%
2032	17.6%	25.4%
2033	17.5%	25%
2034	17.3%	24.7%
2035	17%	24.4%
2036	16.9%	24%
2037	16.8%	23.7%
2038	16.8%	23.4%
2039	16.8%	23.1%
2040	16.8%	22.8%
2041	16.8%	22.5%
2042	16.9%	22.2%
2043	16.9%	22%
2044	16.9%	21.7%
2045	16.8%	21.4%
2046	16.8%	21.2%
2047	16.8%	20.9%
2048	16.7%	20.7%
2049	16.6%	20.5%
2050	16.5%	20.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 21.8% of the population in Azerbaijan and 28.8% in Nicaragua in 2024, compared to 33.8% and 46.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Azerbaijan and Nicaragua compared.

Natural population change in Azerbaijan vs Nicaragua by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.79% in Azerbaijan and +1.58% in Nicaragua. 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	Nicaragua
1960	127,982	55,664
1961	133,870	57,499
1962	135,928	59,547
1963	136,762	61,738
1964	134,971	64,227
1965	131,114	67,056
1966	126,678	69,883
1967	118,988	72,722
1968	115,379	75,458
1969	111,387	78,237
1970	108,976	81,127
1971	106,948	84,139
1972	105,009	76,906
1973	103,208	89,662
1974	103,872	92,505
1975	103,472	95,230
1976	103,370	98,100
1977	102,304	100,498
1978	102,831	98,419
1979	104,864	96,429
1980	110,279	108,604
1981	121,400	110,421
1982	117,615	112,468
1983	125,966	110,618
1984	130,043	110,133
1985	132,068	110,949
1986	141,499	113,054
1987	138,195	112,885
1988	136,702	117,299
1989	141,531	120,128
1990	142,069	120,677
1991	147,607	121,787
1992	133,615	121,204
1993	123,664	120,469
1994	107,112	119,565
1995	93,755	118,325
1996	80,735	116,849
1997	84,653	114,415
1998	77,548	108,862
1999	71,047	110,217
2000	70,023	109,192
2001	64,890	107,109
2002	63,741	105,805
2003	64,226	106,142
2004	81,403	106,904
2005	89,793	108,984
2006	96,724	110,073
2007	97,827	110,341
2008	99,903	110,395
2009	99,315	110,213
2010	112,274	110,475
2011	122,002	110,026
2012	119,915	110,065
2013	117,710	109,032
2014	115,374	108,420
2015	110,967	107,344
2016	102,457	106,585
2017	86,715	105,468
2018	81,506	104,814
2019	85,207	102,817
2020	50,466	90,515
2021	35,483	89,213
2022	61,865	100,987
2023	52,800	100,921

Maternal mortality chart: Azerbaijan vs Nicaragua

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 60 deaths in Nicaragua.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Azerbaijan	Nicaragua
1985	45	319
1986	48	313
1987	45	316
1988	45	301
1989	43	286
1990	41	281
1991	43	273
1992	56	272
1993	54	265
1994	58	256
1995	64	251
1996	58	244
1997	59	236
1998	54	239
1999	51	228
2000	46	213
2001	45	194
2002	40	170
2003	41	154
2004	40	140
2005	40	124
2006	33	113
2007	33	106
2008	30	101
2009	29	99
2010	28	96
2011	27	93
2012	28	88
2013	24	86
2014	23	83
2015	21	81
2016	22	77
2017	22	72
2018	21	67
2019	21	69
2020	21	87
2021	55	124
2022	32	61
2023	18	60

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.86% in Azerbaijan and 1.34% in Nicaragua. 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	Nicaragua
1960	-	19.8%
1961	-	19.6%
1962	-	19.4%
1963	-	19.2%
1964	-	19%
1965	-	18.7%
1966	-	18.4%
1967	-	18.1%
1968	-	17.8%
1969	-	17.4%
1970	-	17.1%
1971	-	16.6%
1972	-	18.7%
1973	-	15.6%
1974	-	15%
1975	-	14.4%
1976	-	13.7%
1977	-	12.9%
1978	-	12.2%
1979	-	11.5%
1980	-	10.8%
1981	-	10.2%
1982	10.9%	9.58%
1983	10.7%	9.07%
1984	10.4%	8.62%
1985	10.2%	8.21%
1986	9.96%	7.85%
1987	9.77%	7.53%
1988	9.62%	7.22%
1989	9.52%	6.92%
1990	9.48%	6.62%
1991	9.5%	6.31%
1992	9.52%	6%
1993	9.52%	5.69%
1994	9.47%	5.39%
1995	9.34%	5.09%
1996	9.1%	4.81%
1997	8.78%	4.54%
1998	8.37%	5.01%
1999	7.91%	4.04%
2000	7.4%	3.82%
2001	6.9%	3.62%
2002	6.41%	3.43%
2003	5.96%	3.26%
2004	5.55%	3.1%
2005	5.18%	2.95%
2006	4.85%	2.81%
2007	4.55%	2.68%
2008	4.27%	2.55%
2009	4.01%	2.44%
2010	3.77%	2.33%
2011	3.54%	2.22%
2012	3.32%	2.13%
2013	3.12%	2.03%
2014	2.95%	1.94%
2015	2.78%	1.86%
2016	2.63%	1.78%
2017	2.49%	1.71%
2018	2.36%	1.64%
2019	2.24%	1.57%
2020	2.13%	1.51%
2021	2.04%	1.45%
2022	1.94%	1.39%
2023	1.86%	1.34%