Fertility & birth rates in Benin and El Salvador

Fertility rate in Benin vs El Salvador chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Benin was 4.56 children per woman in 2023, compared to 1.78 in El Salvador in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Benin vs El Salvador population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Benin	El Salvador
1960	6.28	6.62
1961	6.4	6.64
1962	6.46	6.68
1963	6.51	6.69
1964	6.57	6.68
1965	6.61	6.64
1966	6.63	6.57
1967	6.64	6.49
1968	6.67	6.39
1969	6.71	6.28
1970	6.74	6.18
1971	6.77	6.13
1972	6.8	6.03
1973	6.81	5.93
1974	6.82	5.82
1975	6.83	5.71
1976	6.83	5.59
1977	6.83	5.47
1978	6.82	5.36
1979	6.91	5.23
1980	6.99	5.11
1981	7.06	4.99
1982	7.06	4.83
1983	7.05	4.65
1984	7.03	4.48
1985	7	4.32
1986	6.96	4.19
1987	6.92	4.18
1988	6.87	4.1
1989	6.82	4.03
1990	6.74	3.96
1991	6.67	3.89
1992	6.59	3.8
1993	6.51	3.69
1994	6.42	3.61
1995	6.33	3.57
1996	6.28	3.48
1997	6.23	3.38
1998	6.14	3.34
1999	6.03	3.22
2000	5.94	3.08
2001	5.85	2.93
2002	5.79	2.78
2003	5.76	2.64
2004	5.72	2.52
2005	5.69	2.44
2006	5.67	2.4
2007	5.63	2.35
2008	5.55	2.29
2009	5.49	2.26
2010	5.45	2.24
2011	5.44	2.22
2012	5.43	2.19
2013	5.41	2.15
2014	5.37	2.13
2015	5.32	2.07
2016	5.25	1.97
2017	5.16	1.9
2018	5.03	1.85
2019	4.9	1.84
2020	4.8	1.82
2021	4.71	1.8
2022	4.63	1.79
2023	4.56	1.78
2024	4.48	1.77
2025	4.42	1.75
2026	4.34	1.74
2027	4.27	1.73
2028	4.19	1.72
2029	4.12	1.72
2030	4.05	1.71
2031	3.98	1.7
2032	3.9	1.7
2033	3.85	1.69
2034	3.79	1.69
2035	3.74	1.68
2036	3.68	1.68
2037	3.62	1.68
2038	3.57	1.67
2039	3.52	1.67
2040	3.48	1.67
2041	3.43	1.67
2042	3.39	1.67
2043	3.35	1.67
2044	3.3	1.66
2045	3.26	1.66
2046	3.23	1.66
2047	3.18	1.66
2048	3.14	1.66
2049	3.1	1.66
2050	3.06	1.65

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Benin	El Salvador
1960	39.1%	45.5%
1961	39.5%	45.7%
1962	39.9%	45.8%
1963	40.3%	46%
1964	40.8%	46.1%
1965	41.2%	46.2%
1966	41.6%	46.3%
1967	42.1%	46.5%
1968	42.5%	46.6%
1969	42.8%	46.8%
1970	43.2%	46.8%
1971	43.5%	46.7%
1972	43.8%	46.6%
1973	44.1%	46.4%
1974	44.3%	46.2%
1975	44.5%	45.9%
1976	44.7%	45.6%
1977	44.8%	45.3%
1978	45%	44.9%
1979	45.1%	44.5%
1980	45.2%	44.2%
1981	45.3%	43.9%
1982	45.5%	43.7%
1983	45.6%	43.4%
1984	45.7%	43.1%
1985	45.8%	42.7%
1986	45.9%	42.4%
1987	46%	42.1%
1988	46.1%	41.9%
1989	46.1%	41.8%
1990	46.1%	41.7%
1991	46.2%	41.7%
1992	46.2%	41.5%
1993	45.7%	41.1%
1994	45.5%	40.5%
1995	45.9%	39.8%
1996	46%	39.1%
1997	45.9%	38.5%
1998	45.8%	38%
1999	45.6%	37.5%
2000	45.4%	37.1%
2001	45.3%	36.7%
2002	45.1%	36.3%
2003	44.9%	35.9%
2004	44.8%	35.4%
2005	44.6%	34.9%
2006	44.4%	34.4%
2007	44.4%	33.9%
2008	44.3%	33.4%
2009	44.1%	32.7%
2010	43.9%	32%
2011	43.8%	31.3%
2012	43.7%	30.6%
2013	43.6%	29.9%
2014	43.5%	29.2%
2015	43.4%	28.6%
2016	43.3%	28%
2017	43.2%	27.5%
2018	43.1%	27%
2019	42.9%	26.7%
2020	42.7%	26.3%
2021	42.4%	26%
2022	42.1%	25.6%
2023	41.8%	25.2%
2024	41.6%	24.8%
2025	41.3%	24.4%
2026	40.9%	24%
2027	40.6%	23.5%
2028	40.2%	23.1%
2029	39.8%	22.7%
2030	39.4%	22.3%
2031	39%	21.9%
2032	38.6%	21.6%
2033	38.2%	21.4%
2034	37.8%	21.1%
2035	37.5%	20.8%
2036	37.1%	20.6%
2037	36.8%	20.3%
2038	36.5%	20.1%
2039	36.2%	19.8%
2040	35.9%	19.6%
2041	35.6%	19.3%
2042	35.3%	19%
2043	35%	18.8%
2044	34.8%	18.5%
2045	34.5%	18.3%
2046	34.2%	18%
2047	33.9%	17.8%
2048	33.7%	17.6%
2049	33.4%	17.3%
2050	33.1%	17.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 41.6% of the population in Benin and 24.8% in El Salvador in 2024, compared to 46.1% and 41.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Benin and El Salvador compared.

Natural population change in Benin vs El Salvador by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.72% in Benin and +0.93% in El Salvador. 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
	Benin	El Salvador
1960	44,564	81,544
1961	48,838	84,614
1962	51,664	88,237
1963	54,514	90,794
1964	57,352	93,328
1965	60,154	95,341
1966	62,169	97,156
1967	64,709	98,424
1968	67,327	98,851
1969	70,155	99,848
1970	73,156	100,499
1971	76,034	104,714
1972	79,415	107,604
1973	82,422	111,546
1974	85,623	113,846
1975	89,350	116,737
1976	93,141	120,511
1977	97,200	121,446
1978	100,762	124,468
1979	106,782	123,838
1980	112,969	111,771
1981	118,634	117,346
1982	122,748	120,938
1983	126,349	121,700
1984	131,590	125,036
1985	136,621	127,248
1986	142,039	130,177
1987	147,783	133,667
1988	153,580	136,230
1989	157,235	139,093
1990	163,055	140,311
1991	168,174	140,691
1992	173,794	139,221
1993	179,858	138,432
1994	196,637	137,974
1995	194,481	138,268
1996	197,643	136,929
1997	203,182	134,448
1998	208,342	134,065
1999	213,074	128,947
2000	218,013	122,315
2001	222,877	114,313
2002	229,472	106,137
2003	237,962	97,849
2004	245,630	90,905
2005	253,795	84,883
2006	265,040	80,887
2007	271,305	76,776
2008	274,242	75,107
2009	280,204	74,908
2010	287,703	75,695
2011	296,348	76,182
2012	306,180	75,495
2013	315,804	73,869
2014	323,753	72,581
2015	330,573	69,263
2016	336,559	63,751
2017	339,763	59,824
2018	340,270	57,509
2019	339,817	56,816
2020	341,929	48,244
2021	341,103	46,530
2022	349,518	53,138
2023	353,933	51,985

Maternal mortality chart: Benin vs El Salvador

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 518 deaths per 100,000 live births in Benin, compared to 39 deaths in El Salvador.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Benin	El Salvador
1985	910	193
1986	858	169
1987	817	178
1988	765	173
1989	732	155
1990	692	145
1991	666	129
1992	625	121
1993	591	114
1994	605	101
1995	586	89
1996	576	78
1997	556	67
1998	547	61
1999	536	53
2000	529	48
2001	532	45
2002	534	40
2003	532	38
2004	531	35
2005	514	34
2006	509	33
2007	501	33
2008	563	33
2009	598	35
2010	607	34
2011	613	35
2012	618	36
2013	607	39
2014	605	41
2015	606	43
2016	604	43
2017	592	44
2018	585	43
2019	572	40
2020	578	48
2021	584	58
2022	547	39
2023	518	39

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 7.79% in Benin and 1.04% in El Salvador. 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
	Benin	El Salvador
1960	31.2%	18.5%
1961	30.7%	18.1%
1962	30.2%	17.7%
1963	29.6%	17.3%
1964	29.1%	17%
1965	28.5%	16.6%
1966	28%	16.3%
1967	27.5%	16%
1968	27%	15.6%
1969	26.6%	15.3%
1970	26.1%	15%
1971	25.7%	14.6%
1972	25.2%	14.3%
1973	24.7%	13.9%
1974	24.2%	13.5%
1975	23.7%	13.1%
1976	23.1%	12.6%
1977	22.6%	12.1%
1978	22.1%	11.6%
1979	21.6%	11.1%
1980	21.2%	12.5%
1981	20.8%	10%
1982	20.4%	9.46%
1983	20%	8.94%
1984	19.6%	8.42%
1985	19.2%	7.93%
1986	18.8%	7.47%
1987	18.4%	7.04%
1988	18%	6.65%
1989	17.6%	6.28%
1990	17.2%	5.94%
1991	16.8%	5.61%
1992	16.4%	5.3%
1993	16%	5%
1994	15.6%	4.71%
1995	15.2%	4.42%
1996	14.9%	4.15%
1997	14.6%	3.89%
1998	14.3%	3.65%
1999	13.9%	3.43%
2000	13.6%	3.23%
2001	13.3%	3.04%
2002	13%	2.86%
2003	12.7%	2.7%
2004	12.4%	2.55%
2005	12.1%	2.4%
2006	11.8%	2.27%
2007	11.5%	2.15%
2008	11.3%	2.04%
2009	11.1%	1.94%
2010	10.8%	1.84%
2011	10.6%	1.75%
2012	10.4%	1.67%
2013	10.2%	1.59%
2014	9.93%	1.52%
2015	9.71%	1.45%
2016	9.5%	1.39%
2017	9.27%	1.33%
2018	9.05%	1.27%
2019	8.8%	1.22%
2020	8.55%	1.17%
2021	8.31%	1.12%
2022	8.04%	1.08%
2023	7.79%	1.04%