Fertility & birth rates in Cyprus and Marshall Islands

Fertility rate in Cyprus vs Marshall Islands chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Cyprus was 1.39 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 Cyprus 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
	Cyprus	Marshall Islands
1960	3.39	8.08
1961	3.62	8.12
1962	3.51	8.12
1963	3.49	8.12
1964	3.41	8.14
1965	3.47	8.16
1966	3.4	8.2
1967	3.32	8.17
1968	3.27	8.14
1969	3.19	8.11
1970	3.07	8.07
1971	3.04	8.04
1972	2.99	8
1973	2.4	7.95
1974	2.28	7.9
1975	2.11	7.83
1976	2.33	7.76
1977	2.09	7.67
1978	2.08	7.58
1979	2.14	7.47
1980	2.3	7.37
1981	2.15	7.27
1982	2.49	7.18
1983	2.49	7.08
1984	2.51	6.99
1985	2.43	6.87
1986	2.45	6.73
1987	2.39	6.57
1988	2.47	6.38
1989	2.37	6.18
1990	2.4	5.97
1991	2.34	5.76
1992	2.46	5.55
1993	2.25	5.38
1994	2.16	5.23
1995	2.03	5.09
1996	1.95	5.02
1997	1.86	4.96
1998	1.76	4.87
1999	1.67	4.78
2000	1.64	4.7
2001	1.57	4.58
2002	1.5	4.49
2003	1.51	4.42
2004	1.51	4.34
2005	1.48	4.28
2006	1.51	4.2
2007	1.45	4.09
2008	1.48	3.97
2009	1.48	3.83
2010	1.43	3.67
2011	1.36	3.53
2012	1.38	3.38
2013	1.3	3.25
2014	1.31	3.18
2015	1.32	3.13
2016	1.36	3.09
2017	1.32	3.06
2018	1.32	3.04
2019	1.33	3.01
2020	1.36	2.99
2021	1.39	2.96
2022	1.39	2.94
2023	1.39	2.92
2024	1.38	2.86
2025	1.37	2.82
2026	1.37	2.77
2027	1.36	2.73
2028	1.36	2.69
2029	1.36	2.65
2030	1.37	2.6
2031	1.37	2.57
2032	1.37	2.53
2033	1.37	2.5
2034	1.37	2.47
2035	1.38	2.44
2036	1.38	2.41
2037	1.38	2.38
2038	1.38	2.36
2039	1.39	2.34
2040	1.39	2.31
2041	1.39	2.29
2042	1.39	2.26
2043	1.4	2.24
2044	1.4	2.23
2045	1.4	2.21
2046	1.41	2.19
2047	1.41	2.17
2048	1.42	2.15
2049	1.42	2.13
2050	1.42	2.11

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Cyprus	Marshall Islands
1960	36.5%	46.1%
1961	36.4%	46.7%
1962	35.8%	47.1%
1963	35.1%	47.4%
1964	34.5%	47.5%
1965	34%	47.5%
1966	33.5%	47.2%
1967	33%	46.7%
1968	32.6%	46.1%
1969	32.1%	45.3%
1970	31.7%	45%
1971	31.2%	45.6%
1972	30.8%	46.6%
1973	30.3%	47.3%
1974	30%	47.8%
1975	29.6%	48.2%
1976	28.8%	48.5%
1977	27.9%	49%
1978	27%	49.4%
1979	26.2%	49.8%
1980	25.5%	50.1%
1981	25%	50.3%
1982	24.8%	50.3%
1983	24.9%	50.4%
1984	25.1%	50.4%
1985	25.2%	50.6%
1986	25.2%	50.7%
1987	25.2%	50.8%
1988	25.1%	50.8%
1989	25%	50.6%
1990	24.8%	50.2%
1991	24.7%	49.7%
1992	24.6%	49.1%
1993	24.6%	48.4%
1994	24.7%	47.5%
1995	24.6%	46.6%
1996	24.3%	45.6%
1997	23.9%	44.7%
1998	23.4%	43.7%
1999	22.9%	42.8%
2000	22.3%	42%
2001	21.7%	41.3%
2002	21.3%	40.6%
2003	21%	39.9%
2004	20.5%	39.4%
2005	19.9%	39.1%
2006	19.3%	38.9%
2007	18.7%	39%
2008	18%	39.2%
2009	17.5%	39.4%
2010	17%	39.7%
2011	16.6%	39.7%
2012	16.4%	39.4%
2013	16.2%	38.8%
2014	16.1%	38.2%
2015	16%	37.5%
2016	15.9%	36.8%
2017	15.9%	36.2%
2018	15.9%	35.7%
2019	15.9%	35.1%
2020	15.9%	34.5%
2021	16%	34.4%
2022	16%	34.6%
2023	16.1%	34.7%
2024	16.1%	34.5%
2025	16.1%	33.9%
2026	16%	33.2%
2027	16%	32.6%
2028	15.9%	32%
2029	15.8%	31.4%
2030	15.6%	30.9%
2031	15.4%	30.3%
2032	15.2%	29.7%
2033	15%	29.2%
2034	14.8%	28.6%
2035	14.6%	28.1%
2036	14.3%	27.6%
2037	14%	27.3%
2038	13.8%	27.3%
2039	13.5%	27.4%
2040	13.3%	27.7%
2041	13.1%	28%
2042	12.9%	28.3%
2043	12.7%	28.6%
2044	12.6%	28.8%
2045	12.5%	29%
2046	12.4%	29.1%
2047	12.4%	29.1%
2048	12.4%	29%
2049	12.3%	28.8%
2050	12.3%	28.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 16.1% of the population in Cyprus and 34.5% in the Marshall Islands in 2024, compared to 24.8% and 50.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Cyprus and the Marshall Islands compared.

Natural population change in Cyprus vs Marshall Islands by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.45% in Cyprus 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
	Cyprus	Marshall Islands
1960	8,385	452
1961	9,584	469
1962	9,455	488
1963	8,568	509
1964	8,322	536
1965	9,643	566
1966	9,478	603
1967	9,313	636
1968	9,153	685
1969	8,857	747
1970	8,412	819
1971	8,398	877
1972	8,244	913
1973	5,405	954
1974	321	1,000
1975	5,023	1,055
1976	6,546	1,109
1977	5,607	1,160
1978	5,949	1,207
1979	6,620	1,250
1980	7,954	1,287
1981	7,135	1,328
1982	9,282	1,375
1983	9,318	1,422
1984	9,516	1,470
1985	9,242	1,511
1986	9,412	1,544
1987	9,114	1,566
1988	9,595	1,575
1989	9,156	1,574
1990	9,417	1,556
1991	9,102	1,540
1992	9,844	1,525
1993	8,463	1,524
1994	7,973	1,524
1995	7,226	1,522
1996	6,911	1,542
1997	6,444	1,564
1998	5,879	1,576
1999	5,524	1,590
2000	5,570	1,592
2001	5,308	1,596
2002	5,225	1,594
2003	5,484	1,600
2004	5,705	1,595
2005	5,646	1,586
2006	6,166	1,556
2007	5,983	1,507
2008	6,429	1,443
2009	6,820	1,365
2010	6,723	1,273
2011	6,271	1,185
2012	6,726	1,097
2013	6,116	1,014
2014	6,193	959
2015	6,340	912
2016	6,643	866
2017	6,082	826
2018	5,905	785
2019	5,679	746
2020	5,826	689
2021	5,305	653
2022	4,466	606
2023	5,025	550

Maternal mortality chart: Cyprus vs Marshall Islands

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 14 deaths per 100,000 live births in Cyprus, compared to 155 deaths in the Marshall Islands.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Cyprus	Marshall Islands
1985	19	254
1986	18	274
1987	17	282
1988	17	276
1989	16	299
1990	15	311
1991	15	297
1992	15	322
1993	15	320
1994	15	303
1995	14	303
1996	14	292
1997	13	274
1998	13	259
1999	12	250
2000	12	251
2001	11	231
2002	11	223
2003	10	221
2004	10	238
2005	10	234
2006	10	233
2007	10	229
2008	10	226
2009	10	224
2010	10	212
2011	10	209
2012	10	207
2013	10	201
2014	11	199
2015	11	184
2016	12	183
2017	12	179
2018	13	167
2019	13	168
2020	87	178
2021	98	206
2022	53	174
2023	14	155

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.35% in Cyprus 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
	Cyprus	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	3.81%	7.58%
1972	3.72%	7.33%
1973	3.63%	7.13%
1974	3.53%	6.97%
1975	3.37%	6.86%
1976	3.16%	6.77%
1977	2.91%	6.69%
1978	2.65%	6.61%
1979	2.39%	6.52%
1980	2.16%	6.42%
1981	1.96%	6.29%
1982	1.78%	6.15%
1983	1.61%	6%
1984	1.45%	5.83%
1985	1.33%	5.66%
1986	1.23%	5.49%
1987	1.16%	5.31%
1988	1.13%	5.13%
1989	1.12%	4.95%
1990	1.11%	4.76%
1991	1.09%	4.59%
1992	1.06%	4.43%
1993	1.02%	4.29%
1994	0.97%	4.2%
1995	0.91%	4.15%
1996	0.86%	4.14%
1997	0.81%	4.15%
1998	0.76%	4.19%
1999	0.71%	4.23%
2000	0.66%	4.25%
2001	0.62%	4.25%
2002	0.58%	4.24%
2003	0.54%	4.21%
2004	0.5%	4.18%
2005	0.46%	4.14%
2006	0.42%	4.1%
2007	0.39%	4.06%
2008	0.37%	4.02%
2009	0.35%	3.97%
2010	0.33%	3.94%
2011	0.32%	3.89%
2012	0.3%	3.82%
2013	0.3%	3.75%
2014	0.29%	3.66%
2015	0.29%	3.57%
2016	0.29%	3.48%
2017	0.3%	3.38%
2018	0.3%	3.29%
2019	0.31%	3.19%
2020	0.32%	3.1%
2021	0.34%	3%
2022	0.35%	2.91%
2023	0.35%	2.82%