Fertility & birth rates in Canada and Ivory Coast

Fertility rate in Canada vs Ivory Coast chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Canada was 1.26 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 Canada 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
	Canada	Ivory Coast
1960	3.81	7.69
1961	3.75	7.72
1962	3.68	7.75
1963	3.61	7.78
1964	3.46	7.81
1965	3.12	7.84
1966	2.75	7.87
1967	2.53	7.89
1968	2.39	7.91
1969	2.33	7.93
1970	2.26	7.94
1971	2.14	7.94
1972	1.98	7.94
1973	1.89	7.94
1974	1.84	7.93
1975	1.82	7.91
1976	1.8	7.88
1977	1.78	7.83
1978	1.77	7.67
1979	1.75	7.63
1980	1.74	7.59
1981	1.7	7.54
1982	1.69	7.49
1983	1.68	7.42
1984	1.65	7.35
1985	1.67	7.27
1986	1.68	7.19
1987	1.68	7.09
1988	1.68	6.97
1989	1.77	6.85
1990	1.83	6.72
1991	1.72	6.59
1992	1.71	6.43
1993	1.69	6.27
1994	1.69	6.13
1995	1.67	6.04
1996	1.63	5.95
1997	1.57	5.9
1998	1.56	5.85
1999	1.55	5.81
2000	1.51	5.77
2001	1.54	5.7
2002	1.52	5.64
2003	1.55	5.57
2004	1.56	5.53
2005	1.58	5.5
2006	1.63	5.45
2007	1.67	5.4
2008	1.7	5.36
2009	1.69	5.33
2010	1.65	5.29
2011	1.63	5.24
2012	1.63	5.19
2013	1.61	5.14
2014	1.61	5.07
2015	1.6	4.97
2016	1.59	4.87
2017	1.55	4.76
2018	1.51	4.6
2019	1.47	4.52
2020	1.41	4.46
2021	1.44	4.41
2022	1.33	4.35
2023	1.26	4.28
2024	1.25	4.23
2025	1.24	4.17
2026	1.24	4.1
2027	1.23	4.05
2028	1.24	3.99
2029	1.23	3.93
2030	1.24	3.88
2031	1.24	3.83
2032	1.24	3.78
2033	1.25	3.75
2034	1.25	3.69
2035	1.25	3.64
2036	1.26	3.6
2037	1.26	3.56
2038	1.26	3.51
2039	1.27	3.47
2040	1.27	3.43
2041	1.27	3.39
2042	1.28	3.35
2043	1.28	3.31
2044	1.28	3.27
2045	1.28	3.23
2046	1.29	3.2
2047	1.29	3.17
2048	1.29	3.13
2049	1.3	3.1
2050	1.3	3.07

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Canada	Ivory Coast
1960	33.8%	43.1%
1961	33.9%	43.2%
1962	33.9%	43.4%
1963	33.9%	43.6%
1964	33.7%	43.9%
1965	33.3%	44.1%
1966	32.9%	44.3%
1967	32.3%	44.6%
1968	31.6%	44.8%
1969	31%	44.9%
1970	30.2%	45.1%
1971	29.3%	45.1%
1972	28.6%	45.2%
1973	27.8%	45.2%
1974	27%	45.3%
1975	26.2%	45.4%
1976	25.5%	45.7%
1977	24.7%	46.1%
1978	24%	46.5%
1979	23.4%	46.8%
1980	22.8%	47.1%
1981	22.3%	47.3%
1982	22%	47.5%
1983	21.8%	47.7%
1984	21.6%	47.8%
1985	21.3%	47.9%
1986	21.1%	48%
1987	20.9%	48.1%
1988	20.8%	48%
1989	20.8%	47.9%
1990	20.7%	47.8%
1991	20.7%	47.6%
1992	20.7%	47.4%
1993	20.7%	47.1%
1994	20.6%	46.9%
1995	20.4%	46.7%
1996	20.2%	46.4%
1997	20%	46.2%
1998	19.8%	46.1%
1999	19.5%	46%
2000	19.2%	46%
2001	18.9%	46.1%
2002	18.6%	46.2%
2003	18.3%	46.2%
2004	18%	46.3%
2005	17.7%	46.3%
2006	17.4%	46.3%
2007	17.1%	46.4%
2008	16.9%	45.8%
2009	16.7%	44.9%
2010	16.6%	44%
2011	16.4%	43.3%
2012	16.3%	42.7%
2013	16.3%	42.2%
2014	16.2%	42%
2015	16.2%	42.2%
2016	16.2%	42.3%
2017	16.2%	42.4%
2018	16.1%	42.4%
2019	16%	42.3%
2020	15.9%	42.2%
2021	15.7%	42%
2022	15.5%	41.7%
2023	15.3%	41.3%
2024	15.1%	40.9%
2025	15%	40.5%
2026	14.9%	40%
2027	14.7%	39.7%
2028	14.6%	39.3%
2029	14.5%	38.8%
2030	14.4%	38.3%
2031	14.3%	37.8%
2032	14.2%	37.3%
2033	14.1%	37%
2034	14%	36.7%
2035	13.9%	36.4%
2036	13.9%	36.2%
2037	13.8%	35.9%
2038	13.8%	35.7%
2039	13.7%	35.6%
2040	13.7%	35.4%
2041	13.6%	35.3%
2042	13.6%	35.1%
2043	13.6%	35%
2044	13.5%	34.8%
2045	13.5%	34.7%
2046	13.5%	34.5%
2047	13.5%	34.4%
2048	13.5%	34.2%
2049	13.5%	34%
2050	13.5%	33.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15.1% of the population in Canada and 40.9% in Ivory Coast in 2024, compared to 20.7% and 47.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Canada and Ivory Coast compared.

Natural population change in Canada vs Ivory Coast by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.22% in Canada 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
	Canada	Ivory Coast
1960	338,487	99,681
1961	334,360	105,568
1962	325,745	111,930
1963	318,595	118,526
1964	307,268	124,996
1965	269,589	131,601
1966	236,566	138,438
1967	220,450	145,773
1968	211,589	153,464
1969	216,588	161,541
1970	215,372	170,070
1971	208,640	179,918
1972	188,857	190,842
1973	184,432	203,429
1974	182,464	216,389
1975	196,718	228,883
1976	196,979	241,939
1977	199,297	250,858
1978	194,102	257,222
1979	203,293	268,875
1980	203,480	280,630
1981	206,005	292,755
1982	200,935	305,204
1983	202,931	317,379
1984	204,856	331,910
1985	204,153	344,549
1986	190,532	357,205
1987	190,416	370,654
1988	192,901	378,575
1989	207,304	390,081
1990	213,222	402,629
1991	207,477	413,354
1992	204,273	423,294
1993	186,451	430,759
1994	179,804	438,274
1995	167,023	453,719
1996	153,973	469,740
1997	134,577	489,984
1998	126,651	509,167
1999	118,565	527,634
2000	110,469	545,129
2001	114,777	555,220
2002	106,621	563,692
2003	110,749	568,220
2004	111,786	579,424
2005	116,074	593,685
2006	130,285	605,001
2007	134,845	617,247
2008	142,963	630,610
2009	144,609	654,439
2010	139,425	676,554
2011	133,923	694,033
2012	135,382	708,847
2013	129,799	720,228
2014	127,563	728,978
2015	117,825	731,387
2016	115,555	735,630
2017	98,672	734,553
2018	88,974	722,445
2019	86,523	727,774
2020	53,241	727,455
2021	57,360	732,191
2022	15,574	750,270
2023	28,058	758,261

Maternal mortality chart: Canada vs Ivory Coast

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 12 deaths per 100,000 live births in Canada, compared to 359 deaths in Ivory Coast.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Canada	Ivory Coast
1985	7	766
1986	7	735
1987	7	697
1988	7	671
1989	8	645
1990	7	619
1991	8	584
1992	8	546
1993	8	503
1994	8	463
1995	8	421
1996	9	381
1997	8	364
1998	9	380
1999	9	381
2000	9	378
2001	10	405
2002	10	427
2003	10	451
2004	10	456
2005	11	492
2006	11	544
2007	11	567
2008	12	562
2009	12	588
2010	11	592
2011	11	569
2012	11	566
2013	11	544
2014	12	522
2015	11	505
2016	12	488
2017	12	465
2018	13	449
2019	12	429
2020	17	447
2021	14	459
2022	15	409
2023	12	359

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.51% in Canada 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
	Canada	Ivory Coast
1960	3.26%	32.1%
1961	3.15%	31.3%
1962	3.05%	30.5%
1963	2.94%	29.7%
1964	2.82%	28.9%
1965	2.71%	28.2%
1966	2.6%	27.4%
1967	2.5%	26.7%
1968	2.4%	26%
1969	2.3%	25.2%
1970	2.19%	24.5%
1971	2.09%	23.7%
1972	1.99%	22.9%
1973	1.89%	22.1%
1974	1.79%	21.2%
1975	1.7%	20.3%
1976	1.6%	19.5%
1977	1.51%	18.7%
1978	1.42%	18%
1979	1.33%	17.4%
1980	1.25%	16.9%
1981	1.18%	16.4%
1982	1.12%	16.1%
1983	1.06%	15.8%
1984	1.01%	15.5%
1985	0.98%	15.4%
1986	0.94%	15.3%
1987	0.91%	15.2%
1988	0.88%	15.2%
1989	0.85%	15.3%
1990	0.82%	15.3%
1991	0.8%	15.4%
1992	0.77%	15.4%
1993	0.74%	15.4%
1994	0.72%	15.3%
1995	0.69%	15.2%
1996	0.67%	15.1%
1997	0.65%	14.9%
1998	0.64%	14.6%
1999	0.63%	14.4%
2000	0.62%	14.1%
2001	0.62%	13.7%
2002	0.62%	13.3%
2003	0.62%	13%
2004	0.61%	12.6%
2005	0.61%	12.2%
2006	0.6%	11.8%
2007	0.6%	11.4%
2008	0.59%	11%
2009	0.58%	10.6%
2010	0.57%	10.2%
2011	0.56%	9.91%
2012	0.56%	9.6%
2013	0.55%	9.27%
2014	0.54%	8.92%
2015	0.54%	8.61%
2016	0.53%	8.36%
2017	0.52%	8.11%
2018	0.52%	7.85%
2019	0.51%	7.59%
2020	0.51%	7.37%
2021	0.51%	7.14%
2022	0.51%	6.92%
2023	0.51%	6.71%