Fertility & birth rates in Croatia and Marshall Islands

Fertility rate in Croatia vs Marshall Islands chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Croatia was 1.46 children per woman in 2023, compared to 2.92 in the Marshall Islands in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Croatia vs the Marshall Islands population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Croatia	Marshall Islands
1960	2.24	8.08
1961	2.22	8.12
1962	2.19	8.12
1963	2.15	8.12
1964	2.14	8.14
1965	2.22	8.16
1966	2.23	8.2
1967	2.1	8.17
1968	2.03	8.14
1969	1.95	8.11
1970	1.88	8.07
1971	1.97	8.04
1972	2.01	8
1973	2.01	7.95
1974	1.98	7.9
1975	1.95	7.83
1976	1.94	7.76
1977	1.95	7.67
1978	1.96	7.58
1979	1.95	7.47
1980	1.93	7.37
1981	1.93	7.27
1982	1.9	7.18
1983	1.88	7.08
1984	1.87	6.99
1985	1.82	6.87
1986	1.76	6.73
1987	1.64	6.57
1988	1.79	6.38
1989	1.63	6.18
1990	1.63	5.97
1991	1.53	5.76
1992	1.48	5.55
1993	1.52	5.38
1994	1.47	5.23
1995	1.58	5.09
1996	1.67	5.02
1997	1.69	4.96
1998	1.45	4.87
1999	1.38	4.78
2000	1.39	4.7
2001	1.46	4.58
2002	1.42	4.49
2003	1.41	4.42
2004	1.43	4.34
2005	1.5	4.28
2006	1.47	4.2
2007	1.48	4.09
2008	1.47	3.97
2009	1.5	3.83
2010	1.46	3.67
2011	1.41	3.53
2012	1.52	3.38
2013	1.46	3.25
2014	1.46	3.18
2015	1.41	3.13
2016	1.43	3.09
2017	1.42	3.06
2018	1.47	3.04
2019	1.47	3.01
2020	1.48	2.99
2021	1.62	2.96
2022	1.53	2.94
2023	1.46	2.92
2024	1.46	2.86
2025	1.47	2.82
2026	1.46	2.77
2027	1.47	2.73
2028	1.47	2.69
2029	1.47	2.65
2030	1.47	2.6
2031	1.48	2.57
2032	1.48	2.53
2033	1.48	2.5
2034	1.48	2.47
2035	1.49	2.44
2036	1.49	2.41
2037	1.49	2.38
2038	1.49	2.36
2039	1.49	2.34
2040	1.49	2.31
2041	1.5	2.29
2042	1.5	2.26
2043	1.5	2.24
2044	1.5	2.23
2045	1.5	2.21
2046	1.51	2.19
2047	1.51	2.17
2048	1.51	2.15
2049	1.51	2.13
2050	1.51	2.11

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Croatia	Marshall Islands
1960	27%	46.1%
1961	26.9%	46.7%
1962	26.8%	47.1%
1963	26.5%	47.4%
1964	26.1%	47.5%
1965	25.7%	47.5%
1966	25.2%	47.2%
1967	24.8%	46.7%
1968	24.3%	46.1%
1969	23.7%	45.3%
1970	23.2%	45%
1971	22.8%	45.6%
1972	22.4%	46.6%
1973	22.2%	47.3%
1974	22%	47.8%
1975	21.8%	48.2%
1976	21.6%	48.5%
1977	21.4%	49%
1978	21.3%	49.4%
1979	21.2%	49.8%
1980	21.1%	50.1%
1981	21%	50.3%
1982	21%	50.3%
1983	20.9%	50.4%
1984	20.9%	50.4%
1985	20.8%	50.6%
1986	20.7%	50.7%
1987	20.5%	50.8%
1988	20.3%	50.8%
1989	20.1%	50.6%
1990	19.8%	50.2%
1991	19.5%	49.7%
1992	19.2%	49.1%
1993	18.8%	48.4%
1994	18.4%	47.5%
1995	18%	46.6%
1996	17.7%	45.6%
1997	17.5%	44.7%
1998	17.3%	43.7%
1999	17.1%	42.8%
2000	16.9%	42%
2001	16.7%	41.3%
2002	16.5%	40.6%
2003	16.3%	39.9%
2004	16%	39.4%
2005	15.8%	39.1%
2006	15.7%	38.9%
2007	15.5%	39%
2008	15.4%	39.2%
2009	15.4%	39.4%
2010	15.3%	39.7%
2011	15.1%	39.7%
2012	15%	39.4%
2013	14.8%	38.8%
2014	14.7%	38.2%
2015	14.6%	37.5%
2016	14.6%	36.8%
2017	14.6%	36.2%
2018	14.6%	35.7%
2019	14.5%	35.1%
2020	14.5%	34.5%
2021	14.4%	34.4%
2022	14.3%	34.6%
2023	14.1%	34.7%
2024	13.9%	34.5%
2025	13.7%	33.9%
2026	13.5%	33.2%
2027	13.3%	32.6%
2028	13.2%	32%
2029	13.1%	31.4%
2030	13%	30.9%
2031	12.9%	30.3%
2032	12.8%	29.7%
2033	12.8%	29.2%
2034	12.7%	28.6%
2035	12.7%	28.1%
2036	12.6%	27.6%
2037	12.6%	27.3%
2038	12.6%	27.3%
2039	12.6%	27.4%
2040	12.6%	27.7%
2041	12.6%	28%
2042	12.6%	28.3%
2043	12.7%	28.6%
2044	12.7%	28.8%
2045	12.7%	29%
2046	12.7%	29.1%
2047	12.8%	29.1%
2048	12.8%	29%
2049	12.8%	28.8%
2050	12.7%	28.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 13.9% of the population in Croatia and 34.5% in the Marshall Islands in 2024, compared to 19.8% and 50.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Croatia and the Marshall Islands compared.

Natural population change in Croatia vs Marshall Islands by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.45% in Croatia and +1.69% in the Marshall Islands. 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
	Croatia	Marshall Islands
1960	34,778	452
1961	36,255	469
1962	30,216	488
1963	31,270	509
1964	25,942	536
1965	31,251	566
1966	33,192	603
1967	26,032	636
1968	21,828	685
1969	16,688	747
1970	16,767	819
1971	19,941	877
1972	17,802	913
1973	21,904	954
1974	22,453	1,000
1975	21,658	1,055
1976	22,226	1,109
1977	22,798	1,160
1978	20,157	1,207
1979	21,136	1,250
1980	17,939	1,287
1981	15,680	1,328
1982	15,756	1,375
1983	10,714	1,422
1984	10,764	1,470
1985	10,343	1,511
1986	8,499	1,544
1987	6,161	1,566
1988	5,707	1,575
1989	3,337	1,574
1990	3,344	1,556
1991	-2,813	1,540
1992	-4,576	1,525
1993	-2,301	1,524
1994	-930	1,524
1995	0	1,522
1996	3,190	1,542
1997	3,175	1,564
1998	-4,985	1,576
1999	-6,769	1,590
2000	-6,255	1,592
2001	-8,599	1,596
2002	-10,325	1,594
2003	-12,480	1,600
2004	-9,040	1,595
2005	-9,022	1,586
2006	-8,669	1,556
2007	-10,335	1,507
2008	-8,188	1,443
2009	-7,319	1,365
2010	-8,591	1,273
2011	-9,846	1,185
2012	-9,799	1,097
2013	-10,162	1,014
2014	-11,345	959
2015	-16,607	912
2016	-13,553	866
2017	-16,570	826
2018	-15,557	785
2019	-15,008	746
2020	-20,354	689
2021	-26,377	653
2022	-23,134	606
2023	-19,298	550

Maternal mortality chart: Croatia vs Marshall Islands

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 3 deaths per 100,000 live births in Croatia, compared to 155 deaths in the Marshall Islands.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Croatia	Marshall Islands
1985	10	254
1986	10	274
1987	10	282
1988	10	276
1989	9	299
1990	10	311
1991	10	297
1992	10	322
1993	9	320
1994	9	303
1995	9	303
1996	9	292
1997	9	274
1998	8	259
1999	8	250
2000	8	251
2001	7	231
2002	7	223
2003	8	221
2004	7	238
2005	7	234
2006	6	233
2007	6	229
2008	6	226
2009	6	224
2010	6	212
2011	5	209
2012	5	207
2013	5	201
2014	4	199
2015	4	184
2016	4	183
2017	4	179
2018	3	167
2019	4	168
2020	5	178
2021	12	206
2022	6	174
2023	3	155

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.46% in Croatia and 2.82% in the Marshall Islands. 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
	Croatia	Marshall Islands
1960	-	12.2%
1961	-	11.6%
1962	-	11%
1963	-	10.5%
1964	-	10.1%
1965	-	9.64%
1966	-	9.25%
1967	-	8.88%
1968	-	8.53%
1969	-	8.19%
1970	-	7.87%
1971	-	7.58%
1972	-	7.33%
1973	-	7.13%
1974	-	6.97%
1975	-	6.86%
1976	-	6.77%
1977	-	6.69%
1978	-	6.61%
1979	-	6.52%
1980	-	6.42%
1981	2.19%	6.29%
1982	2.09%	6.15%
1983	2%	6%
1984	1.91%	5.83%
1985	1.8%	5.66%
1986	1.69%	5.49%
1987	1.59%	5.31%
1988	1.48%	5.13%
1989	1.38%	4.95%
1990	1.29%	4.76%
1991	1.39%	4.59%
1992	1.15%	4.43%
1993	1.09%	4.29%
1994	1.04%	4.2%
1995	1%	4.15%
1996	0.96%	4.14%
1997	0.93%	4.15%
1998	0.9%	4.19%
1999	0.86%	4.23%
2000	0.83%	4.25%
2001	0.8%	4.25%
2002	0.77%	4.24%
2003	0.82%	4.21%
2004	0.71%	4.18%
2005	0.67%	4.14%
2006	0.64%	4.1%
2007	0.61%	4.06%
2008	0.59%	4.02%
2009	0.57%	3.97%
2010	0.55%	3.94%
2011	0.53%	3.89%
2012	0.52%	3.82%
2013	0.51%	3.75%
2014	0.5%	3.66%
2015	0.49%	3.57%
2016	0.49%	3.48%
2017	0.48%	3.38%
2018	0.48%	3.29%
2019	0.47%	3.19%
2020	0.47%	3.1%
2021	0.46%	3%
2022	0.46%	2.91%
2023	0.46%	2.82%