Fertility & birth rates in Bahamas and Ivory Coast

Fertility rate in Bahamas vs Ivory Coast chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in the Bahamas was 1.37 children per woman in 2023, compared to 4.28 in Ivory Coast in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check the Bahamas vs Ivory Coast population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Bahamas	Ivory Coast
1960	5.09	7.69
1961	5.16	7.72
1962	5.13	7.75
1963	5.06	7.78
1964	4.97	7.81
1965	4.88	7.84
1966	4.79	7.87
1967	4.69	7.89
1968	4.56	7.91
1969	4.38	7.93
1970	4.21	7.94
1971	4.06	7.94
1972	3.89	7.94
1973	3.73	7.94
1974	3.57	7.93
1975	3.42	7.91
1976	3.3	7.88
1977	3.17	7.83
1978	3.05	7.67
1979	2.94	7.63
1980	2.84	7.59
1981	2.77	7.54
1982	2.71	7.49
1983	2.65	7.42
1984	2.59	7.35
1985	2.55	7.27
1986	2.53	7.19
1987	2.52	7.09
1988	2.52	6.97
1989	2.52	6.85
1990	2.52	6.72
1991	2.51	6.59
1992	2.71	6.43
1993	2.61	6.27
1994	2.47	6.13
1995	2.42	6.04
1996	2.35	5.95
1997	2.29	5.9
1998	2.23	5.85
1999	2.13	5.81
2000	2.06	5.77
2001	2.02	5.7
2002	1.98	5.64
2003	1.97	5.57
2004	1.98	5.53
2005	2.01	5.5
2006	2.02	5.45
2007	2.04	5.4
2008	2	5.36
2009	2.01	5.33
2010	1.84	5.29
2011	1.79	5.24
2012	1.76	5.19
2013	1.74	5.14
2014	1.69	5.07
2015	1.57	4.97
2016	1.5	4.87
2017	1.42	4.76
2018	1.4	4.6
2019	1.4	4.52
2020	1.39	4.46
2021	1.38	4.41
2022	1.38	4.35
2023	1.37	4.28
2024	1.37	4.23
2025	1.36	4.17
2026	1.36	4.1
2027	1.35	4.05
2028	1.35	3.99
2029	1.35	3.93
2030	1.35	3.88
2031	1.36	3.83
2032	1.36	3.78
2033	1.36	3.75
2034	1.37	3.69
2035	1.37	3.64
2036	1.37	3.6
2037	1.38	3.56
2038	1.38	3.51
2039	1.38	3.47
2040	1.39	3.43
2041	1.39	3.39
2042	1.39	3.35
2043	1.39	3.31
2044	1.4	3.27
2045	1.4	3.23
2046	1.4	3.2
2047	1.4	3.17
2048	1.41	3.13
2049	1.41	3.1
2050	1.41	3.07

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Bahamas	Ivory Coast
1960	41.1%	43.1%
1961	41%	43.2%
1962	40.9%	43.4%
1963	40.8%	43.6%
1964	40.7%	43.9%
1965	40.7%	44.1%
1966	40.6%	44.3%
1967	40.6%	44.6%
1968	40.4%	44.8%
1969	40.3%	44.9%
1970	40.1%	45.1%
1971	40%	45.1%
1972	39.9%	45.2%
1973	39.7%	45.2%
1974	39.4%	45.3%
1975	39%	45.4%
1976	38.4%	45.7%
1977	37.8%	46.1%
1978	37%	46.5%
1979	36.1%	46.8%
1980	35.3%	47.1%
1981	34.4%	47.3%
1982	33.6%	47.5%
1983	32.8%	47.7%
1984	32%	47.8%
1985	31.2%	47.9%
1986	30.6%	48%
1987	30%	48.1%
1988	29.5%	48%
1989	29.2%	47.9%
1990	28.9%	47.8%
1991	28.7%	47.6%
1992	28.6%	47.4%
1993	28.6%	47.1%
1994	28.6%	46.9%
1995	28.5%	46.7%
1996	28.5%	46.4%
1997	28.4%	46.2%
1998	28.2%	46.1%
1999	28.1%	46%
2000	27.8%	46%
2001	27.5%	46.1%
2002	27.2%	46.2%
2003	26.8%	46.2%
2004	26.3%	46.3%
2005	25.9%	46.3%
2006	25.4%	46.3%
2007	24.9%	46.4%
2008	24.3%	45.8%
2009	23.8%	44.9%
2010	23.3%	44%
2011	22.8%	43.3%
2012	22.4%	42.7%
2013	22%	42.2%
2014	21.6%	42%
2015	21.3%	42.2%
2016	20.9%	42.3%
2017	20.6%	42.4%
2018	20.2%	42.4%
2019	19.8%	42.3%
2020	19.5%	42.2%
2021	19.1%	42%
2022	18.8%	41.7%
2023	18.3%	41.3%
2024	17.9%	40.9%
2025	17.5%	40.5%
2026	17.2%	40%
2027	16.9%	39.7%
2028	16.7%	39.3%
2029	16.4%	38.8%
2030	16.2%	38.3%
2031	16%	37.8%
2032	15.9%	37.3%
2033	15.8%	37%
2034	15.7%	36.7%
2035	15.6%	36.4%
2036	15.5%	36.2%
2037	15.4%	35.9%
2038	15.3%	35.7%
2039	15.3%	35.6%
2040	15.2%	35.4%
2041	15.1%	35.3%
2042	15%	35.1%
2043	14.9%	35%
2044	14.9%	34.8%
2045	14.8%	34.7%
2046	14.7%	34.5%
2047	14.7%	34.4%
2048	14.6%	34.2%
2049	14.5%	34%
2050	14.4%	33.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.9% of the population in the Bahamas and 40.9% in Ivory Coast in 2024, compared to 28.9% and 47.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Bahamas and Ivory Coast compared.

Natural population change in Bahamas vs Ivory Coast by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.29% in the Bahamas and +2.65% in Ivory Coast. 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
	Bahamas	Ivory Coast
1960	3,351	99,681
1961	3,577	105,568
1962	3,748	111,930
1963	3,901	118,526
1964	4,037	124,996
1965	4,193	131,601
1966	4,339	138,438
1967	4,502	145,773
1968	4,622	153,464
1969	4,688	161,541
1970	4,726	170,070
1971	4,690	179,918
1972	4,583	190,842
1973	4,467	203,429
1974	4,352	216,389
1975	4,249	228,883
1976	4,167	241,939
1977	4,069	250,858
1978	3,987	257,222
1979	3,899	268,875
1980	3,845	280,630
1981	3,851	292,755
1982	3,863	305,204
1983	3,888	317,379
1984	3,892	331,910
1985	3,918	344,549
1986	3,998	357,205
1987	4,090	370,654
1988	4,198	378,575
1989	4,323	390,081
1990	4,432	402,629
1991	4,498	413,354
1992	5,064	423,294
1993	4,877	430,759
1994	4,558	438,274
1995	4,434	453,719
1996	4,265	469,740
1997	4,107	489,984
1998	3,949	509,167
1999	3,688	527,634
2000	3,487	545,129
2001	3,377	555,220
2002	3,249	563,692
2003	3,181	568,220
2004	3,165	579,424
2005	3,220	593,685
2006	3,205	605,001
2007	3,243	617,247
2008	3,134	630,610
2009	3,163	654,439
2010	2,662	676,554
2011	2,558	694,033
2012	2,485	708,847
2013	2,432	720,228
2014	2,259	728,978
2015	1,840	731,387
2016	1,569	735,630
2017	1,289	734,553
2018	1,173	722,445
2019	740	727,774
2020	631	727,455
2021	-93	732,191
2022	947	750,270
2023	854	758,261

Maternal mortality chart: Bahamas vs Ivory Coast

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 76 deaths per 100,000 live births in the Bahamas, compared to 359 deaths in Ivory Coast.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Bahamas	Ivory Coast
1985	70	766
1986	68	735
1987	66	697
1988	66	671
1989	65	645
1990	65	619
1991	67	584
1992	67	546
1993	66	503
1994	64	463
1995	63	421
1996	62	381
1997	59	364
1998	57	380
1999	54	381
2000	51	378
2001	48	405
2002	46	427
2003	57	451
2004	69	456
2005	70	492
2006	74	544
2007	78	567
2008	80	562
2009	84	588
2010	79	592
2011	74	569
2012	71	566
2013	74	544
2014	78	522
2015	83	505
2016	77	488
2017	79	465
2018	82	449
2019	82	429
2020	84	447
2021	174	459
2022	80	409
2023	76	359

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.27% in the Bahamas and 6.71% in Ivory Coast. 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
	Bahamas	Ivory Coast
1960	-	32.1%
1961	-	31.3%
1962	-	30.5%
1963	-	29.7%
1964	-	28.9%
1965	-	28.2%
1966	-	27.4%
1967	-	26.7%
1968	2.94%	26%
1969	2.99%	25.2%
1970	3.03%	24.5%
1971	3.07%	23.7%
1972	3.1%	22.9%
1973	3.13%	22.1%
1974	3.14%	21.2%
1975	3.13%	20.3%
1976	3.1%	19.5%
1977	3.07%	18.7%
1978	3.03%	18%
1979	2.99%	17.4%
1980	2.95%	16.9%
1981	2.91%	16.4%
1982	2.88%	16.1%
1983	2.84%	15.8%
1984	2.81%	15.5%
1985	2.78%	15.4%
1986	2.73%	15.3%
1987	2.65%	15.2%
1988	2.55%	15.2%
1989	2.45%	15.3%
1990	2.34%	15.3%
1991	2.23%	15.4%
1992	2.12%	15.4%
1993	2.03%	15.4%
1994	1.93%	15.3%
1995	1.84%	15.2%
1996	1.76%	15.1%
1997	1.69%	14.9%
1998	1.65%	14.6%
1999	1.62%	14.4%
2000	1.62%	14.1%
2001	1.63%	13.7%
2002	1.65%	13.3%
2003	1.67%	13%
2004	1.69%	12.6%
2005	1.69%	12.2%
2006	1.68%	11.8%
2007	1.65%	11.4%
2008	1.62%	11%
2009	1.58%	10.6%
2010	1.54%	10.2%
2011	1.5%	9.91%
2012	1.47%	9.6%
2013	1.44%	9.27%
2014	1.42%	8.92%
2015	1.39%	8.61%
2016	1.38%	8.36%
2017	1.36%	8.11%
2018	1.35%	7.85%
2019	2.35%	7.59%
2020	1.33%	7.37%
2021	1.31%	7.14%
2022	1.29%	6.92%
2023	1.27%	6.71%