Fertility & birth rates in Belgium and Ivory Coast

Fertility rate in Belgium vs Ivory Coast chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Belgium was 1.47 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 Belgium 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
	Belgium	Ivory Coast
1960	2.54	7.69
1961	2.63	7.72
1962	2.59	7.75
1963	2.68	7.78
1964	2.71	7.81
1965	2.61	7.84
1966	2.52	7.87
1967	2.41	7.89
1968	2.31	7.91
1969	2.27	7.93
1970	2.25	7.94
1971	2.21	7.94
1972	2.09	7.94
1973	1.95	7.94
1974	1.83	7.93
1975	1.74	7.91
1976	1.73	7.88
1977	1.71	7.83
1978	1.69	7.67
1979	1.69	7.63
1980	1.68	7.59
1981	1.66	7.54
1982	1.61	7.49
1983	1.57	7.42
1984	1.54	7.35
1985	1.51	7.27
1986	1.54	7.19
1987	1.54	7.09
1988	1.57	6.97
1989	1.58	6.85
1990	1.62	6.72
1991	1.66	6.59
1992	1.65	6.43
1993	1.61	6.27
1994	1.56	6.13
1995	1.56	6.04
1996	1.59	5.95
1997	1.6	5.9
1998	1.6	5.85
1999	1.62	5.81
2000	1.67	5.77
2001	1.67	5.7
2002	1.65	5.64
2003	1.67	5.57
2004	1.72	5.53
2005	1.76	5.5
2006	1.8	5.45
2007	1.82	5.4
2008	1.85	5.36
2009	1.84	5.33
2010	1.86	5.29
2011	1.81	5.24
2012	1.8	5.19
2013	1.76	5.14
2014	1.74	5.07
2015	1.7	4.97
2016	1.68	4.87
2017	1.65	4.76
2018	1.62	4.6
2019	1.6	4.52
2020	1.55	4.46
2021	1.6	4.41
2022	1.53	4.35
2023	1.47	4.28
2024	1.47	4.23
2025	1.48	4.17
2026	1.49	4.1
2027	1.49	4.05
2028	1.5	3.99
2029	1.51	3.93
2030	1.51	3.88
2031	1.52	3.83
2032	1.52	3.78
2033	1.53	3.75
2034	1.53	3.69
2035	1.54	3.64
2036	1.54	3.6
2037	1.54	3.56
2038	1.55	3.51
2039	1.55	3.47
2040	1.56	3.43
2041	1.56	3.39
2042	1.56	3.35
2043	1.57	3.31
2044	1.57	3.27
2045	1.57	3.23
2046	1.57	3.2
2047	1.58	3.17
2048	1.58	3.13
2049	1.59	3.1
2050	1.59	3.07

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Belgium	Ivory Coast
1960	23.7%	43.1%
1961	23.8%	43.2%
1962	23.8%	43.4%
1963	23.9%	43.6%
1964	23.9%	43.9%
1965	24%	44.1%
1966	24%	44.3%
1967	23.9%	44.6%
1968	23.9%	44.8%
1969	23.8%	44.9%
1970	23.6%	45.1%
1971	23.5%	45.1%
1972	23.3%	45.2%
1973	23%	45.2%
1974	22.6%	45.3%
1975	22.2%	45.4%
1976	21.8%	45.7%
1977	21.4%	46.1%
1978	21%	46.5%
1979	20.6%	46.8%
1980	20.3%	47.1%
1981	19.9%	47.3%
1982	19.6%	47.5%
1983	19.4%	47.7%
1984	19.1%	47.8%
1985	18.8%	47.9%
1986	18.6%	48%
1987	18.3%	48.1%
1988	18.2%	48%
1989	18.1%	47.9%
1990	18.1%	47.8%
1991	18.2%	47.6%
1992	18.2%	47.4%
1993	18.1%	47.1%
1994	18.1%	46.9%
1995	18%	46.7%
1996	17.9%	46.4%
1997	17.8%	46.2%
1998	17.7%	46.1%
1999	17.7%	46%
2000	17.6%	46%
2001	17.5%	46.1%
2002	17.5%	46.2%
2003	17.3%	46.2%
2004	17.2%	46.3%
2005	17.1%	46.3%
2006	17%	46.3%
2007	16.9%	46.4%
2008	16.9%	45.8%
2009	16.9%	44.9%
2010	16.9%	44%
2011	17%	43.3%
2012	17%	42.7%
2013	17%	42.2%
2014	17%	42%
2015	17%	42.2%
2016	17%	42.3%
2017	17%	42.4%
2018	16.9%	42.4%
2019	16.9%	42.3%
2020	16.8%	42.2%
2021	16.7%	42%
2022	16.5%	41.7%
2023	16.3%	41.3%
2024	16%	40.9%
2025	15.7%	40.5%
2026	15.4%	40%
2027	15.1%	39.7%
2028	14.9%	39.3%
2029	14.6%	38.8%
2030	14.4%	38.3%
2031	14.2%	37.8%
2032	14%	37.3%
2033	13.8%	37%
2034	13.6%	36.7%
2035	13.5%	36.4%
2036	13.4%	36.2%
2037	13.3%	35.9%
2038	13.3%	35.7%
2039	13.3%	35.6%
2040	13.4%	35.4%
2041	13.4%	35.3%
2042	13.5%	35.1%
2043	13.5%	35%
2044	13.6%	34.8%
2045	13.7%	34.7%
2046	13.8%	34.5%
2047	13.8%	34.4%
2048	13.9%	34.2%
2049	13.9%	34%
2050	13.9%	33.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 16% of the population in Belgium and 40.9% in Ivory Coast in 2024, compared to 18.1% and 47.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Belgium and Ivory Coast compared.

Natural population change in Belgium vs Ivory Coast by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.06% in Belgium 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
	Belgium	Ivory Coast
1960	40,275	99,681
1961	52,349	105,568
1962	42,414	111,930
1963	41,804	118,526
1964	51,580	124,996
1965	39,748	131,601
1966	36,206	138,438
1967	31,618	145,773
1968	20,199	153,464
1969	21,221	161,541
1970	23,173	170,070
1971	21,281	179,918
1972	18,451	190,842
1973	11,690	203,429
1974	7,818	216,389
1975	0	228,883
1976	1,964	241,939
1977	8,847	250,858
1978	7,872	257,222
1979	11,818	268,875
1980	10,845	280,630
1981	11,831	292,755
1982	7,885	305,204
1983	2,956	317,379
1984	4,927	331,910
1985	2,958	344,549
1986	5,917	357,205
1987	11,844	370,654
1988	14,853	378,575
1989	13,912	390,081
1990	19,935	402,629
1991	22,010	413,354
1992	20,090	423,294
1993	14,118	430,759
1994	12,139	438,274
1995	11,150	453,719
1996	12,188	469,740
1997	12,218	489,984
1998	9,183	509,167
1999	9,203	527,634
2000	12,302	545,129
2001	11,315	555,220
2002	7,233	563,692
2003	7,263	568,220
2004	16,673	579,424
2005	15,718	593,685
2006	21,096	605,001
2007	23,376	617,247
2008	22,491	630,610
2009	23,752	654,439
2010	23,970	676,554
2011	25,388	694,033
2012	18,882	708,847
2013	16,739	720,228
2014	21,297	728,978
2015	11,274	731,387
2016	14,731	735,630
2017	10,238	734,553
2018	7,999	722,445
2019	8,042	727,774
2020	-12,692	727,455
2021	5,793	732,191
2022	-2,336	750,270
2023	0	758,261

Maternal mortality chart: Belgium vs Ivory Coast

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 4 deaths per 100,000 live births in Belgium, compared to 359 deaths in Ivory Coast.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Belgium	Ivory Coast
1985	9	766
1986	9	735
1987	9	697
1988	9	671
1989	9	645
1990	9	619
1991	9	584
1992	9	546
1993	9	503
1994	9	463
1995	9	421
1996	9	381
1997	8	364
1998	8	380
1999	8	381
2000	8	378
2001	8	405
2002	7	427
2003	7	451
2004	7	456
2005	7	492
2006	6	544
2007	7	567
2008	6	562
2009	6	588
2010	6	592
2011	6	569
2012	5	566
2013	6	544
2014	5	522
2015	5	505
2016	5	488
2017	5	465
2018	5	449
2019	4	429
2020	4	447
2021	7	459
2022	11	409
2023	4	359

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.36% in Belgium 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
	Belgium	Ivory Coast
1960	3.39%	32.1%
1961	3.25%	31.3%
1962	3.12%	30.5%
1963	3%	29.7%
1964	2.89%	28.9%
1965	2.79%	28.2%
1966	2.7%	27.4%
1967	2.62%	26.7%
1968	2.55%	26%
1969	2.48%	25.2%
1970	2.39%	24.5%
1971	2.3%	23.7%
1972	2.19%	22.9%
1973	2.08%	22.1%
1974	1.97%	21.2%
1975	1.86%	20.3%
1976	1.76%	19.5%
1977	1.67%	18.7%
1978	1.59%	18%
1979	1.52%	17.4%
1980	1.45%	16.9%
1981	1.39%	16.4%
1982	1.33%	16.1%
1983	1.27%	15.8%
1984	1.22%	15.5%
1985	1.18%	15.4%
1986	1.14%	15.3%
1987	1.1%	15.2%
1988	1.07%	15.2%
1989	1.03%	15.3%
1990	1%	15.3%
1991	0.96%	15.4%
1992	0.92%	15.4%
1993	0.87%	15.4%
1994	0.82%	15.3%
1995	0.77%	15.2%
1996	0.72%	15.1%
1997	0.67%	14.9%
1998	0.64%	14.6%
1999	0.61%	14.4%
2000	0.59%	14.1%
2001	0.57%	13.7%
2002	0.55%	13.3%
2003	0.53%	13%
2004	0.52%	12.6%
2005	0.5%	12.2%
2006	0.49%	11.8%
2007	0.48%	11.4%
2008	0.47%	11%
2009	0.46%	10.6%
2010	0.45%	10.2%
2011	0.44%	9.91%
2012	0.43%	9.6%
2013	0.42%	9.27%
2014	0.42%	8.92%
2015	0.41%	8.61%
2016	0.41%	8.36%
2017	0.4%	8.11%
2018	0.4%	7.85%
2019	0.39%	7.59%
2020	0.39%	7.37%
2021	0.38%	7.14%
2022	0.37%	6.92%
2023	0.36%	6.71%