Fertility & birth rates in Comoros and Ivory Coast

Fertility rate in Comoros vs Ivory Coast chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Comoros was 3.88 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 Comoros 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
	Comoros	Ivory Coast
1960	6.79	7.69
1961	6.85	7.72
1962	6.9	7.75
1963	6.92	7.78
1964	6.94	7.81
1965	6.97	7.84
1966	7	7.87
1967	7.02	7.89
1968	7.05	7.91
1969	7.07	7.93
1970	7.1	7.94
1971	7.12	7.94
1972	7.14	7.94
1973	7.17	7.94
1974	7.16	7.93
1975	7.16	7.91
1976	7.16	7.88
1977	7.15	7.83
1978	7.16	7.67
1979	7.16	7.63
1980	7.15	7.59
1981	7.14	7.54
1982	7.13	7.49
1983	7.11	7.42
1984	7.07	7.35
1985	7.02	7.27
1986	6.95	7.19
1987	6.87	7.09
1988	6.76	6.97
1989	6.65	6.85
1990	6.51	6.72
1991	6.35	6.59
1992	6.19	6.43
1993	6.02	6.27
1994	5.86	6.13
1995	5.73	6.04
1996	5.63	5.95
1997	5.51	5.9
1998	5.39	5.85
1999	5.28	5.81
2000	5.23	5.77
2001	5.2	5.7
2002	5.16	5.64
2003	5.12	5.57
2004	5.07	5.53
2005	5.01	5.5
2006	4.93	5.45
2007	4.86	5.4
2008	4.81	5.36
2009	4.78	5.33
2010	4.76	5.29
2011	4.72	5.24
2012	4.65	5.19
2013	4.57	5.14
2014	4.49	5.07
2015	4.42	4.97
2016	4.35	4.87
2017	4.28	4.76
2018	4.21	4.6
2019	4.14	4.52
2020	4.07	4.46
2021	4	4.41
2022	3.94	4.35
2023	3.88	4.28
2024	3.82	4.23
2025	3.76	4.17
2026	3.71	4.1
2027	3.65	4.05
2028	3.6	3.99
2029	3.55	3.93
2030	3.5	3.88
2031	3.44	3.83
2032	3.4	3.78
2033	3.36	3.75
2034	3.31	3.69
2035	3.27	3.64
2036	3.23	3.6
2037	3.19	3.56
2038	3.15	3.51
2039	3.11	3.47
2040	3.07	3.43
2041	3.04	3.39
2042	3	3.35
2043	2.97	3.31
2044	2.93	3.27
2045	2.9	3.23
2046	2.87	3.2
2047	2.84	3.17
2048	2.81	3.13
2049	2.78	3.1
2050	2.76	3.07

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Comoros	Ivory Coast
1960	41.6%	43.1%
1961	42%	43.2%
1962	42.5%	43.4%
1963	43.1%	43.6%
1964	43.7%	43.9%
1965	44.1%	44.1%
1966	44.5%	44.3%
1967	44.9%	44.6%
1968	45.3%	44.8%
1969	45.6%	44.9%
1970	45.8%	45.1%
1971	45.9%	45.1%
1972	46%	45.2%
1973	46.2%	45.2%
1974	46.3%	45.3%
1975	46.4%	45.4%
1976	46.6%	45.7%
1977	46.7%	46.1%
1978	46.8%	46.5%
1979	46.9%	46.8%
1980	46.9%	47.1%
1981	46.9%	47.3%
1982	46.9%	47.5%
1983	46.9%	47.7%
1984	46.8%	47.8%
1985	46.9%	47.9%
1986	46.9%	48%
1987	46.9%	48.1%
1988	46.9%	48%
1989	47%	47.9%
1990	47%	47.8%
1991	46.9%	47.6%
1992	47.1%	47.4%
1993	47.5%	47.1%
1994	47.7%	46.9%
1995	47.9%	46.7%
1996	47.9%	46.4%
1997	47.9%	46.2%
1998	47.7%	46.1%
1999	47.4%	46%
2000	47%	46%
2001	46.7%	46.1%
2002	46.6%	46.2%
2003	46.3%	46.2%
2004	45.7%	46.3%
2005	45%	46.3%
2006	44.3%	46.3%
2007	43.6%	46.4%
2008	42.9%	45.8%
2009	42.2%	44.9%
2010	41.6%	44%
2011	41%	43.3%
2012	40.5%	42.7%
2013	40.2%	42.2%
2014	40%	42%
2015	39.8%	42.2%
2016	39.6%	42.3%
2017	39.3%	42.4%
2018	38.9%	42.4%
2019	38.6%	42.3%
2020	38.3%	42.2%
2021	38%	42%
2022	37.7%	41.7%
2023	37.4%	41.3%
2024	37.1%	40.9%
2025	36.9%	40.5%
2026	36.6%	40%
2027	36.3%	39.7%
2028	36%	39.3%
2029	35.7%	38.8%
2030	35.3%	38.3%
2031	35%	37.8%
2032	34.7%	37.3%
2033	34.4%	37%
2034	34%	36.7%
2035	33.7%	36.4%
2036	33.4%	36.2%
2037	33.1%	35.9%
2038	32.8%	35.7%
2039	32.5%	35.6%
2040	32.2%	35.4%
2041	32%	35.3%
2042	31.7%	35.1%
2043	31.5%	35%
2044	31.2%	34.8%
2045	31%	34.7%
2046	30.8%	34.5%
2047	30.6%	34.4%
2048	30.3%	34.2%
2049	30.1%	34%
2050	29.9%	33.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 37.1% of the population in Comoros and 40.9% in Ivory Coast in 2024, compared to 47% and 47.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Comoros and Ivory Coast compared.

Natural population change in Comoros vs Ivory Coast by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.31% in Comoros 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
	Comoros	Ivory Coast
1960	4,886	99,681
1961	5,027	105,568
1962	5,157	111,930
1963	5,249	118,526
1964	5,359	124,996
1965	5,465	131,601
1966	5,601	138,438
1967	5,741	145,773
1968	5,960	153,464
1969	6,189	161,541
1970	6,456	170,070
1971	6,722	179,918
1972	7,019	190,842
1973	7,328	203,429
1974	7,654	216,389
1975	7,752	228,883
1976	8,371	241,939
1977	8,750	250,858
1978	9,189	257,222
1979	9,637	268,875
1980	10,095	280,630
1981	10,569	292,755
1982	11,002	305,204
1983	11,367	317,379
1984	11,830	331,910
1985	12,202	344,549
1986	12,566	357,205
1987	12,869	370,654
1988	13,144	378,575
1989	13,374	390,081
1990	13,610	402,629
1991	13,783	413,354
1992	13,867	423,294
1993	13,667	430,759
1994	13,465	438,274
1995	13,403	453,719
1996	13,390	469,740
1997	13,254	489,984
1998	13,099	509,167
1999	13,161	527,634
2000	13,270	545,129
2001	13,598	555,220
2002	13,760	563,692
2003	14,031	568,220
2004	14,349	579,424
2005	14,810	593,685
2006	15,124	605,001
2007	15,393	617,247
2008	15,804	630,610
2009	16,315	654,439
2010	16,849	676,554
2011	17,313	694,033
2012	17,565	708,847
2013	17,776	720,228
2014	17,876	728,978
2015	17,961	731,387
2016	17,913	735,630
2017	17,798	734,553
2018	17,883	722,445
2019	17,936	727,774
2020	17,906	727,455
2021	17,645	732,191
2022	18,154	750,270
2023	18,247	758,261

Maternal mortality chart: Comoros vs Ivory Coast

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 179 deaths per 100,000 live births in Comoros, compared to 359 deaths in Ivory Coast.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Comoros	Ivory Coast
1985	850	766
1986	825	735
1987	811	697
1988	791	671
1989	768	645
1990	737	619
1991	704	584
1992	675	546
1993	642	503
1994	602	463
1995	571	421
1996	545	381
1997	520	364
1998	515	380
1999	486	381
2000	476	378
2001	440	405
2002	428	427
2003	400	451
2004	385	456
2005	373	492
2006	360	544
2007	352	567
2008	334	562
2009	320	588
2010	305	592
2011	291	569
2012	274	566
2013	260	544
2014	247	522
2015	237	505
2016	225	488
2017	219	465
2018	209	449
2019	202	429
2020	198	447
2021	215	459
2022	186	409
2023	179	359

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.98% in Comoros 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
	Comoros	Ivory Coast
1960	-	32.1%
1961	-	31.3%
1962	-	30.5%
1963	-	29.7%
1964	-	28.9%
1965	-	28.2%
1966	-	27.4%
1967	-	26.7%
1968	-	26%
1969	-	25.2%
1970	23.2%	24.5%
1971	22.5%	23.7%
1972	22%	22.9%
1973	21.4%	22.1%
1974	20.8%	21.2%
1975	20.3%	20.3%
1976	19.7%	19.5%
1977	19.1%	18.7%
1978	18.6%	18%
1979	18%	17.4%
1980	17.4%	16.9%
1981	16.8%	16.4%
1982	16.2%	16.1%
1983	15.7%	15.8%
1984	15.1%	15.5%
1985	14.6%	15.4%
1986	14%	15.3%
1987	13.5%	15.2%
1988	13%	15.2%
1989	12.6%	15.3%
1990	12.1%	15.3%
1991	11.6%	15.4%
1992	11.1%	15.4%
1993	10.7%	15.4%
1994	10.2%	15.3%
1995	9.78%	15.2%
1996	9.37%	15.1%
1997	9%	14.9%
1998	8.63%	14.6%
1999	8.28%	14.4%
2000	7.96%	14.1%
2001	7.65%	13.7%
2002	7.36%	13.3%
2003	7.07%	13%
2004	6.8%	12.6%
2005	6.55%	12.2%
2006	6.31%	11.8%
2007	6.08%	11.4%
2008	5.88%	11%
2009	5.69%	10.6%
2010	5.51%	10.2%
2011	5.36%	9.91%
2012	5.21%	9.6%
2013	5.08%	9.27%
2014	4.97%	8.92%
2015	4.87%	8.61%
2016	4.76%	8.36%
2017	4.66%	8.11%
2018	4.56%	7.85%
2019	4.46%	7.59%
2020	4.35%	7.37%
2021	4.24%	7.14%
2022	4.11%	6.92%
2023	3.98%	6.71%