Fertility & birth rates in Colombia and Iran

Fertility rate in Colombia vs Iran chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Colombia was 1.65 children per woman in 2023, compared to 1.7 in Iran in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Colombia vs Iran population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Colombia	Iran
1960	6.74	7.52
1961	6.71	7.46
1962	6.66	7.4
1963	6.58	7.32
1964	6.48	7.24
1965	6.33	7.22
1966	6.16	7.21
1967	5.96	7.19
1968	5.74	7.12
1969	5.51	7.01
1970	5.28	6.8
1971	5.06	6.55
1972	4.86	6.26
1973	4.68	6.06
1974	4.53	5.97
1975	4.4	5.95
1976	4.29	6.07
1977	4.16	6.18
1978	4	6.34
1979	3.89	6.55
1980	3.8	6.63
1981	3.71	6.62
1982	3.62	6.59
1983	3.5	6.53
1984	3.35	6.43
1985	3.23	6.24
1986	3.15	6.01
1987	3.09	5.72
1988	3.04	5.43
1989	3.01	5.17
1990	3	4.93
1991	2.98	4.57
1992	2.98	4.1
1993	2.98	3.67
1994	2.94	3.24
1995	2.85	2.85
1996	2.77	2.54
1997	2.74	2.32
1998	2.72	2.19
1999	2.64	2.09
2000	2.57	2
2001	2.52	1.92
2002	2.49	1.84
2003	2.45	1.8
2004	2.38	1.78
2005	2.31	1.76
2006	2.24	1.76
2007	2.19	1.75
2008	2.15	1.74
2009	2.1	1.74
2010	2.01	1.75
2011	1.94	1.79
2012	1.9	1.85
2013	1.86	1.91
2014	1.82	1.98
2015	1.77	2.02
2016	1.72	2.05
2017	1.72	2.02
2018	1.72	1.92
2019	1.71	1.77
2020	1.69	1.7
2021	1.68	1.71
2022	1.66	1.7
2023	1.65	1.7
2024	1.63	1.68
2025	1.62	1.67
2026	1.6	1.66
2027	1.6	1.65
2028	1.59	1.64
2029	1.59	1.64
2030	1.58	1.63
2031	1.58	1.63
2032	1.57	1.63
2033	1.57	1.63
2034	1.57	1.63
2035	1.57	1.63
2036	1.57	1.63
2037	1.57	1.63
2038	1.57	1.63
2039	1.57	1.63
2040	1.57	1.63
2041	1.57	1.63
2042	1.57	1.63
2043	1.57	1.63
2044	1.57	1.63
2045	1.57	1.63
2046	1.57	1.63
2047	1.58	1.63
2048	1.58	1.63
2049	1.58	1.63
2050	1.58	1.63

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Colombia	Iran
1960	46.8%	43.5%
1961	47%	44.1%
1962	47.1%	44.6%
1963	47.2%	44.9%
1964	47.3%	45%
1965	47.2%	45%
1966	47.1%	44.9%
1967	46.9%	44.8%
1968	46.7%	44.8%
1969	46.4%	44.7%
1970	46%	44.6%
1971	45.6%	44.4%
1972	45.1%	44.2%
1973	44.6%	43.8%
1974	44%	43.5%
1975	43.4%	43.2%
1976	42.8%	43%
1977	42.2%	42.9%
1978	41.5%	43%
1979	40.9%	43.1%
1980	40.3%	43.3%
1981	39.7%	42.9%
1982	39.1%	42.7%
1983	38.6%	43%
1984	38.1%	43.3%
1985	37.6%	43.5%
1986	37.2%	43.7%
1987	36.9%	43.9%
1988	36.5%	44%
1989	36.2%	44.2%
1990	35.9%	44.1%
1991	35.6%	43.9%
1992	35.3%	43.6%
1993	35%	43.6%
1994	34.7%	43.2%
1995	34.4%	42.1%
1996	34%	40.7%
1997	33.7%	39.1%
1998	33.3%	37.3%
1999	32.9%	35.4%
2000	32.5%	33.6%
2001	32.1%	31.7%
2002	31.7%	30.1%
2003	31.3%	28.7%
2004	30.9%	27.4%
2005	30.4%	26.2%
2006	29.9%	25.3%
2007	29.3%	24.6%
2008	28.7%	24%
2009	28.1%	23.7%
2010	27.5%	23.4%
2011	26.9%	23.3%
2012	26.3%	23.3%
2013	25.7%	23.3%
2014	25.1%	23.4%
2015	24.5%	23.6%
2016	23.9%	23.8%
2017	23.3%	23.9%
2018	22.7%	24%
2019	22.1%	23.9%
2020	21.7%	23.8%
2021	21.3%	23.6%
2022	21%	23.2%
2023	20.6%	22.8%
2024	20.3%	22.4%
2025	20%	22%
2026	19.7%	21.6%
2027	19.5%	21.1%
2028	19.3%	20.5%
2029	19.1%	19.9%
2030	18.8%	19.3%
2031	18.6%	18.6%
2032	18.4%	18%
2033	18.2%	17.4%
2034	18%	17%
2035	17.7%	16.7%
2036	17.4%	16.4%
2037	17.2%	16.2%
2038	16.9%	15.9%
2039	16.7%	15.8%
2040	16.4%	15.6%
2041	16.2%	15.5%
2042	16%	15.4%
2043	15.7%	15.3%
2044	15.5%	15.3%
2045	15.4%	15.2%
2046	15.2%	15.2%
2047	15%	15.2%
2048	14.8%	15.2%
2049	14.7%	15.1%
2050	14.6%	15.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 20.3% of the population in Colombia and 22.4% in Iran in 2024, compared to 35.9% and 44.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Colombia and Iran compared.

Natural population change in Colombia vs Iran by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.85% in Colombia and +1.1% in Iran. 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
	Colombia	Iran
1960	529,316	584,060
1961	545,627	594,674
1962	559,985	595,538
1963	572,355	620,126
1964	581,435	635,589
1965	587,677	663,029
1966	590,855	695,040
1967	591,649	727,276
1968	589,407	743,992
1969	586,559	780,660
1970	583,396	794,612
1971	582,011	805,830
1972	581,361	804,043
1973	583,608	831,880
1974	589,035	873,369
1975	598,580	929,481
1976	612,265	1,013,347
1977	622,814	1,091,542
1978	626,378	1,156,974
1979	635,747	1,294,306
1980	649,872	1,361,293
1981	662,195	1,376,830
1982	675,339	1,514,240
1983	674,767	1,573,612
1984	666,315	1,653,051
1985	625,379	1,661,750
1986	659,701	1,659,289
1987	659,429	1,639,644
1988	663,796	1,614,512
1989	674,102	1,609,739
1990	682,409	1,530,434
1991	690,266	1,495,594
1992	697,763	1,365,466
1993	709,287	1,219,658
1994	708,660	1,008,076
1995	694,968	879,648
1996	682,547	784,508
1997	686,073	726,574
1998	687,704	717,655
1999	668,576	723,237
2000	652,176	731,203
2001	642,933	743,658
2002	640,840	752,205
2003	642,144	732,600
2004	628,424	801,203
2005	610,618	837,305
2006	594,388	884,529
2007	583,115	919,254
2008	576,654	940,983
2009	559,017	958,322
2010	533,657	980,380
2011	511,524	1,023,925
2012	503,285	1,073,804
2013	489,069	1,119,533
2014	470,916	1,158,552
2015	446,778	1,178,317
2016	425,087	1,186,949
2017	426,538	1,140,549
2018	433,622	1,035,052
2019	441,087	893,063
2020	378,965	663,978
2021	311,122	645,725
2022	406,143	753,525
2023	422,598	750,150

Maternal mortality chart: Colombia vs Iran

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 59 deaths per 100,000 live births in Colombia, compared to 16 deaths in Iran.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Colombia	Iran
1985	143	160
1986	123	148
1987	120	136
1988	113	126
1989	106	113
1990	102	107
1991	99	94
1992	97	86
1993	94	80
1994	93	71
1995	91	65
1996	89	59
1997	90	55
1998	92	50
1999	96	46
2000	95	43
2001	94	40
2002	91	38
2003	87	37
2004	84	34
2005	82	33
2006	81	32
2007	80	31
2008	78	30
2009	77	28
2010	76	27
2011	75	26
2012	73	25
2013	72	24
2014	71	23
2015	70	22
2016	69	21
2017	68	20
2018	67	19
2019	66	18
2020	94	34
2021	147	51
2022	74	21
2023	59	16

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.2% in Colombia and 1.18% in Iran. 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
	Colombia	Iran
1960	13.4%	-
1961	13%	-
1962	12.6%	-
1963	12.2%	-
1964	11.8%	-
1965	11.5%	-
1966	11.1%	-
1967	10.8%	-
1968	10.4%	-
1969	10.1%	-
1970	9.72%	-
1971	9.36%	18.9%
1972	8.99%	18%
1973	8.6%	17.1%
1974	8.2%	16.2%
1975	7.8%	15.3%
1976	7.39%	14.4%
1977	6.98%	13.5%
1978	6.58%	12.6%
1979	6.2%	11.7%
1980	5.84%	10.8%
1981	5.5%	10%
1982	5.17%	9.3%
1983	4.88%	8.67%
1984	4.62%	8.13%
1985	4.89%	7.64%
1986	4.17%	7.2%
1987	3.99%	6.8%
1988	3.84%	6.42%
1989	3.7%	6.07%
1990	3.57%	5.76%
1991	3.45%	5.48%
1992	3.33%	5.22%
1993	3.21%	5%
1994	3.1%	4.79%
1995	2.99%	4.59%
1996	2.88%	4.4%
1997	2.78%	4.21%
1998	2.68%	4.02%
1999	2.59%	3.83%
2000	2.51%	3.63%
2001	2.43%	3.42%
2002	2.35%	3.22%
2003	2.28%	3.02%
2004	2.22%	2.83%
2005	2.15%	2.65%
2006	2.09%	2.48%
2007	2.02%	2.32%
2008	1.96%	2.17%
2009	1.89%	2.04%
2010	1.83%	1.93%
2011	1.77%	1.84%
2012	1.72%	1.75%
2013	1.66%	1.68%
2014	1.61%	1.61%
2015	1.56%	1.55%
2016	1.51%	1.5%
2017	1.46%	1.45%
2018	1.41%	1.39%
2019	1.37%	1.35%
2020	1.32%	1.3%
2021	1.28%	1.26%
2022	1.24%	1.22%
2023	1.2%	1.18%