Fertility & birth rates in Chile and United States

Fertility rate in Chile vs United States chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Chile was 1.17 children per woman in 2023, compared to 1.62 in the United States in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Chile vs the United States population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Chile	United States
1960	4.7	3.65
1961	4.66	3.62
1962	4.6	3.46
1963	4.54	3.32
1964	4.46	3.19
1965	4.36	2.91
1966	4.26	2.72
1967	4.14	2.56
1968	4.03	2.46
1969	3.9	2.46
1970	3.78	2.48
1971	3.65	2.27
1972	3.53	2.01
1973	3.41	1.88
1974	3.29	1.84
1975	3.18	1.77
1976	3.08	1.74
1977	2.98	1.79
1978	2.89	1.76
1979	2.81	1.81
1980	2.74	1.84
1981	2.69	1.81
1982	2.65	1.83
1983	2.62	1.8
1984	2.6	1.81
1985	2.59	1.84
1986	2.59	1.84
1987	2.59	1.87
1988	2.59	1.93
1989	2.59	2.01
1990	2.58	2.08
1991	2.56	2.06
1992	2.48	2.05
1993	2.43	2.02
1994	2.38	2
1995	2.35	1.98
1996	2.28	1.98
1997	2.2	1.97
1998	2.15	2
1999	2.07	2.01
2000	2.05	2.06
2001	2.01	2.03
2002	1.93	2.02
2003	1.89	2.05
2004	1.84	2.05
2005	1.83	2.06
2006	1.8	2.11
2007	1.83	2.12
2008	1.85	2.07
2009	1.86	2
2010	1.84	1.93
2011	1.82	1.89
2012	1.8	1.88
2013	1.79	1.86
2014	1.77	1.86
2015	1.74	1.84
2016	1.69	1.82
2017	1.56	1.77
2018	1.54	1.73
2019	1.43	1.71
2020	1.31	1.64
2021	1.18	1.66
2022	1.25	1.66
2023	1.17	1.62
2024	1.14	1.62
2025	1.13	1.62
2026	1.12	1.62
2027	1.12	1.62
2028	1.12	1.62
2029	1.12	1.62
2030	1.13	1.62
2031	1.13	1.62
2032	1.14	1.62
2033	1.15	1.63
2034	1.15	1.62
2035	1.16	1.63
2036	1.17	1.63
2037	1.17	1.63
2038	1.18	1.63
2039	1.19	1.63
2040	1.19	1.63
2041	1.2	1.63
2042	1.2	1.63
2043	1.21	1.63
2044	1.21	1.63
2045	1.22	1.64
2046	1.22	1.64
2047	1.22	1.63
2048	1.23	1.64
2049	1.24	1.63
2050	1.24	1.64

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Chile	United States
1960	39.7%	31.3%
1961	39.7%	31.4%
1962	39.7%	31.3%
1963	39.6%	31.1%
1964	39.4%	30.9%
1965	39.2%	30.7%
1966	39%	30.4%
1967	38.8%	30%
1968	38.5%	29.5%
1969	38.3%	29%
1970	38%	28.6%
1971	37.6%	28%
1972	37.2%	27.4%
1973	36.8%	26.6%
1974	36.3%	25.9%
1975	35.8%	25.2%
1976	35.3%	24.4%
1977	34.8%	23.8%
1978	34.3%	23.2%
1979	33.8%	22.8%
1980	33.3%	22.4%
1981	32.9%	22.1%
1982	32.4%	22%
1983	32%	21.8%
1984	31.5%	21.7%
1985	31.2%	21.5%
1986	30.8%	21.3%
1987	30.5%	21.3%
1988	30.2%	21.3%
1989	30%	21.5%
1990	29.8%	21.6%
1991	29.6%	21.7%
1992	29.3%	21.8%
1993	29.1%	21.9%
1994	28.9%	21.9%
1995	28.6%	21.8%
1996	28.3%	21.7%
1997	28%	21.5%
1998	27.7%	21.4%
1999	27.3%	21.3%
2000	26.8%	21.2%
2001	26.3%	21%
2002	25.8%	20.9%
2003	25.3%	20.7%
2004	24.7%	20.5%
2005	24.1%	20.3%
2006	23.5%	20.2%
2007	22.9%	20%
2008	22.4%	19.9%
2009	22%	19.8%
2010	21.5%	19.7%
2011	21.1%	19.6%
2012	20.8%	19.5%
2013	20.5%	19.4%
2014	20.2%	19.3%
2015	19.9%	19.2%
2016	19.7%	19.1%
2017	19.3%	18.9%
2018	19%	18.8%
2019	18.7%	18.6%
2020	18.4%	18.4%
2021	18.1%	18.1%
2022	17.8%	17.9%
2023	17.4%	17.6%
2024	17%	17.3%
2025	16.5%	17.1%
2026	16.1%	16.9%
2027	15.7%	16.7%
2028	15.3%	16.6%
2029	14.9%	16.4%
2030	14.4%	16.3%
2031	14%	16.1%
2032	13.7%	16%
2033	13.4%	16%
2034	13.1%	15.9%
2035	12.8%	15.9%
2036	12.7%	15.9%
2037	12.5%	15.9%
2038	12.4%	15.9%
2039	12.3%	15.9%
2040	12.2%	15.9%
2041	12.1%	16%
2042	12%	16%
2043	12%	16%
2044	11.9%	16%
2045	11.8%	16%
2046	11.7%	16%
2047	11.7%	16%
2048	11.6%	16%
2049	11.5%	15.9%
2050	11.5%	15.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17% of the population in Chile and 17.3% in the United States in 2024, compared to 29.8% and 21.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Chile and the United States compared.

Natural population change in Chile vs United States by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.45% in Chile and +0.25% in the United States. 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
	Chile	United States
1960	198,461	2,565,530
1961	198,788	2,571,681
1962	200,905	2,406,337
1963	202,370	2,289,826
1964	202,741	2,245,099
1965	203,341	1,943,030
1966	204,661	1,749,387
1967	204,377	1,669,181
1968	203,577	1,565,507
1969	202,764	1,702,487
1970	200,402	1,824,965
1971	198,523	1,640,519
1972	198,162	1,301,355
1973	197,666	1,165,499
1974	196,322	1,218,968
1975	196,890	1,252,644
1976	196,986	1,264,604
1977	197,163	1,431,556
1978	196,483	1,402,283
1979	197,198	1,597,894
1980	198,281	1,608,450
1981	198,211	1,652,153
1982	199,522	1,714,317
1983	202,352	1,636,544
1984	205,407	1,627,192
1985	208,910	1,689,258
1986	213,571	1,656,917
1987	218,034	1,720,252
1988	221,602	1,735,943
1989	224,854	1,875,826
1990	226,941	2,026,068
1991	227,180	1,926,543
1992	219,224	1,875,328
1993	215,003	1,717,685
1994	209,834	1,633,302
1995	208,017	1,546,031
1996	199,897	1,510,137
1997	190,433	1,501,014
1998	185,815	1,573,857
1999	177,995	1,564,050
2000	175,362	1,664,758
2001	171,659	1,595,826
2002	162,322	1,581,938
2003	154,287	1,653,615
2004	150,138	1,698,271
2005	147,009	1,684,445
2006	142,277	1,849,955
2007	145,043	1,897,757
2008	147,105	1,794,154
2009	147,576	1,717,920
2010	145,527	1,548,182
2011	141,053	1,441,697
2012	134,617	1,411,822
2013	133,785	1,322,711
2014	131,373	1,357,281
2015	127,074	1,270,126
2016	120,545	1,197,627
2017	106,268	1,028,037
2018	103,950	955,022
2019	86,006	887,476
2020	52,378	208,862
2021	27,530	199,137
2022	41,041	399,926
2023	48,518	502,372

Maternal mortality chart: Chile vs United States

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 10 deaths per 100,000 live births in Chile, compared to 17 deaths in the United States.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Chile	United States
1985	73	11
1986	70	11
1987	67	11
1988	64	12
1989	62	12
1990	56	12
1991	54	12
1992	52	11
1993	49	12
1994	47	11
1995	44	12
1996	41	11
1997	39	11
1998	36	11
1999	35	12
2000	33	12
2001	32	13
2002	30	13
2003	29	13
2004	28	13
2005	27	13
2006	27	13
2007	26	13
2008	24	14
2009	24	15
2010	22	15
2011	20	15
2012	18	16
2013	17	16
2014	16	17
2015	14	17
2016	13	18
2017	12	18
2018	11	18
2019	11	18
2020	12	22
2021	14	31
2022	12	20
2023	10	17

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.72% in Chile and 0.65% in the United States. 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
	Chile	United States
1960	15.3%	3.01%
1961	14.9%	2.95%
1962	14.3%	2.89%
1963	13.6%	2.83%
1964	12.7%	2.77%
1965	11.6%	2.71%
1966	10.4%	2.64%
1967	9.36%	2.57%
1968	8.69%	2.49%
1969	8.26%	2.41%
1970	8.01%	2.32%
1971	7.86%	2.24%
1972	7.73%	2.15%
1973	7.54%	2.06%
1974	7.14%	1.97%
1975	6.46%	1.88%
1976	5.63%	1.79%
1977	4.85%	1.71%
1978	4.2%	1.63%
1979	3.69%	1.56%
1980	3.29%	1.5%
1981	2.98%	1.44%
1982	2.71%	1.39%
1983	2.47%	1.34%
1984	2.3%	1.3%
1985	2.23%	1.27%
1986	2.22%	1.24%
1987	2.2%	1.21%
1988	2.14%	1.19%
1989	2.03%	1.16%
1990	1.91%	1.12%
1991	1.76%	1.09%
1992	1.63%	1.05%
1993	1.5%	1.01%
1994	1.39%	0.98%
1995	1.31%	0.95%
1996	1.26%	0.92%
1997	1.22%	0.89%
1998	1.19%	0.87%
1999	1.15%	0.86%
2000	1.09%	0.84%
2001	1.03%	0.83%
2002	0.98%	0.82%
2003	0.95%	0.81%
2004	0.93%	0.81%
2005	0.91%	0.8%
2006	0.9%	0.79%
2007	0.89%	0.77%
2008	0.89%	0.76%
2009	0.88%	0.75%
2010	0.87%	0.73%
2011	0.86%	0.72%
2012	0.84%	0.7%
2013	0.82%	0.69%
2014	0.81%	0.68%
2015	0.79%	0.68%
2016	0.77%	0.67%
2017	0.75%	0.66%
2018	0.72%	0.65%
2019	0.7%	0.65%
2020	0.68%	0.65%
2021	0.67%	0.65%
2022	0.68%	0.65%
2023	0.72%	0.65%