Fertility & birth rates in Denmark and Ivory Coast

Fertility rate in Denmark vs Ivory Coast chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Denmark was 1.5 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 Denmark 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
	Denmark	Ivory Coast
1960	2.57	7.69
1961	2.55	7.72
1962	2.55	7.75
1963	2.67	7.78
1964	2.6	7.81
1965	2.61	7.84
1966	2.62	7.87
1967	2.35	7.89
1968	2.12	7.91
1969	2	7.93
1970	1.95	7.94
1971	2.04	7.94
1972	2.03	7.94
1973	1.92	7.94
1974	1.9	7.93
1975	1.92	7.91
1976	1.75	7.88
1977	1.66	7.83
1978	1.67	7.67
1979	1.6	7.63
1980	1.55	7.59
1981	1.44	7.54
1982	1.43	7.49
1983	1.38	7.42
1984	1.4	7.35
1985	1.45	7.27
1986	1.48	7.19
1987	1.5	7.09
1988	1.56	6.97
1989	1.62	6.85
1990	1.67	6.72
1991	1.68	6.59
1992	1.76	6.43
1993	1.75	6.27
1994	1.81	6.13
1995	1.8	6.04
1996	1.75	5.95
1997	1.75	5.9
1998	1.72	5.85
1999	1.73	5.81
2000	1.77	5.77
2001	1.74	5.7
2002	1.72	5.64
2003	1.76	5.57
2004	1.78	5.53
2005	1.8	5.5
2006	1.85	5.45
2007	1.84	5.4
2008	1.89	5.36
2009	1.84	5.33
2010	1.87	5.29
2011	1.75	5.24
2012	1.73	5.19
2013	1.67	5.14
2014	1.69	5.07
2015	1.71	4.97
2016	1.79	4.87
2017	1.75	4.76
2018	1.73	4.6
2019	1.7	4.52
2020	1.68	4.46
2021	1.72	4.41
2022	1.55	4.35
2023	1.5	4.28
2024	1.51	4.23
2025	1.51	4.17
2026	1.51	4.1
2027	1.52	4.05
2028	1.52	3.99
2029	1.52	3.93
2030	1.53	3.88
2031	1.53	3.83
2032	1.53	3.78
2033	1.53	3.75
2034	1.53	3.69
2035	1.54	3.64
2036	1.54	3.6
2037	1.54	3.56
2038	1.54	3.51
2039	1.54	3.47
2040	1.55	3.43
2041	1.55	3.39
2042	1.55	3.35
2043	1.55	3.31
2044	1.56	3.27
2045	1.56	3.23
2046	1.56	3.2
2047	1.56	3.17
2048	1.56	3.13
2049	1.56	3.1
2050	1.56	3.07

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Denmark	Ivory Coast
1960	25.2%	43.1%
1961	24.7%	43.2%
1962	24.2%	43.4%
1963	24%	43.6%
1964	23.8%	43.9%
1965	23.8%	44.1%
1966	23.8%	44.3%
1967	23.8%	44.6%
1968	23.7%	44.8%
1969	23.5%	44.9%
1970	23.3%	45.1%
1971	23.1%	45.1%
1972	23%	45.2%
1973	22.9%	45.2%
1974	22.7%	45.3%
1975	22.6%	45.4%
1976	22.4%	45.7%
1977	22.1%	46.1%
1978	21.8%	46.5%
1979	21.3%	46.8%
1980	20.8%	47.1%
1981	20.3%	47.3%
1982	19.7%	47.5%
1983	19.2%	47.7%
1984	18.8%	47.8%
1985	18.4%	47.9%
1986	18.1%	48%
1987	17.7%	48.1%
1988	17.5%	48%
1989	17.2%	47.9%
1990	17.1%	47.8%
1991	17%	47.6%
1992	17%	47.4%
1993	17.1%	47.1%
1994	17.2%	46.9%
1995	17.4%	46.7%
1996	17.6%	46.4%
1997	17.9%	46.2%
1998	18.1%	46.1%
1999	18.3%	46%
2000	18.5%	46%
2001	18.7%	46.1%
2002	18.8%	46.2%
2003	18.8%	46.2%
2004	18.8%	46.3%
2005	18.8%	46.3%
2006	18.7%	46.3%
2007	18.5%	46.4%
2008	18.4%	45.8%
2009	18.2%	44.9%
2010	18%	44%
2011	17.8%	43.3%
2012	17.6%	42.7%
2013	17.3%	42.2%
2014	17.1%	42%
2015	16.9%	42.2%
2016	16.8%	42.3%
2017	16.7%	42.4%
2018	16.6%	42.4%
2019	16.4%	42.3%
2020	16.3%	42.2%
2021	16.2%	42%
2022	16%	41.7%
2023	15.9%	41.3%
2024	15.7%	40.9%
2025	15.6%	40.5%
2026	15.5%	40%
2027	15.4%	39.7%
2028	15.4%	39.3%
2029	15.4%	38.8%
2030	15.4%	38.3%
2031	15.4%	37.8%
2032	15.3%	37.3%
2033	15.2%	37%
2034	15.2%	36.7%
2035	15.1%	36.4%
2036	15%	36.2%
2037	15%	35.9%
2038	15%	35.7%
2039	15%	35.6%
2040	14.9%	35.4%
2041	14.9%	35.3%
2042	14.9%	35.1%
2043	14.8%	35%
2044	14.8%	34.8%
2045	14.7%	34.7%
2046	14.7%	34.5%
2047	14.6%	34.4%
2048	14.6%	34.2%
2049	14.5%	34%
2050	14.5%	33.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15.7% of the population in Denmark and 40.9% in Ivory Coast in 2024, compared to 17.1% and 47.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Denmark and Ivory Coast compared.

Natural population change in Denmark vs Ivory Coast by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.09% in Denmark 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
	Denmark	Ivory Coast
1960	32,515	99,681
1961	33,205	105,568
1962	32,070	111,930
1963	36,539	118,526
1964	36,832	124,996
1965	37,596	131,601
1966	38,858	138,438
1967	33,363	145,773
1968	27,243	153,464
1969	23,481	161,541
1970	22,673	170,070
1971	26,801	179,918
1972	24,958	190,842
1973	21,092	203,429
1974	19,676	216,389
1975	20,746	228,883
1976	11,667	241,939
1977	11,703	250,858
1978	9,187	257,222
1979	4,605	268,875
1980	1,537	280,630
1981	-3,073	292,755
1982	-2,559	305,204
1983	-6,649	317,379
1984	-5,623	331,910
1985	-4,603	344,549
1986	-2,561	357,205
1987	-1,538	370,654
1988	0	378,575
1989	2,053	390,081
1990	2,056	402,629
1991	4,639	413,354
1992	6,722	423,294
1993	4,670	430,759
1994	8,850	438,274
1995	6,280	453,719
1996	6,842	469,740
1997	7,927	489,984
1998	7,956	509,167
1999	6,919	527,634
2000	9,078	545,129
2001	6,967	555,220
2002	5,376	563,692
2003	7,007	568,220
2004	9,188	579,424
2005	9,755	593,685
2006	9,787	605,001
2007	8,192	617,247
2008	10,438	630,610
2009	8,285	654,439
2010	8,876	676,554
2011	6,685	694,033
2012	5,592	708,847
2013	3,931	720,228
2014	5,644	728,978
2015	5,683	731,387
2016	9,165	735,630
2017	8,071	734,553
2018	6,373	722,445
2019	6,977	727,774
2020	5,831	727,455
2021	5,857	732,191
2022	-1,180	750,270
2023	-595	758,261

Maternal mortality chart: Denmark vs Ivory Coast

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 4 deaths per 100,000 live births in Denmark, compared to 359 deaths in Ivory Coast.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Denmark	Ivory Coast
1985	12	766
1986	12	735
1987	12	697
1988	13	671
1989	13	645
1990	12	619
1991	12	584
1992	12	546
1993	12	503
1994	12	463
1995	12	421
1996	11	381
1997	10	364
1998	9	380
1999	9	381
2000	9	378
2001	9	405
2002	9	427
2003	8	451
2004	8	456
2005	8	492
2006	7	544
2007	7	567
2008	7	562
2009	7	588
2010	7	592
2011	6	569
2012	6	566
2013	5	544
2014	5	522
2015	5	505
2016	5	488
2017	5	465
2018	5	449
2019	4	429
2020	4	447
2021	8	459
2022	6	409
2023	4	359

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.34% in Denmark 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
	Denmark	Ivory Coast
1960	2.5%	32.1%
1961	2.45%	31.3%
1962	2.38%	30.5%
1963	2.3%	29.7%
1964	2.21%	28.9%
1965	2.11%	28.2%
1966	2.01%	27.4%
1967	1.9%	26.7%
1968	1.81%	26%
1969	1.73%	25.2%
1970	1.66%	24.5%
1971	1.58%	23.7%
1972	1.49%	22.9%
1973	1.39%	22.1%
1974	1.31%	21.2%
1975	1.23%	20.3%
1976	1.17%	19.5%
1977	1.11%	18.7%
1978	1.06%	18%
1979	1.03%	17.4%
1980	1%	16.9%
1981	0.98%	16.4%
1982	0.96%	16.1%
1983	0.96%	15.8%
1984	0.96%	15.5%
1985	0.97%	15.4%
1986	0.97%	15.3%
1987	0.97%	15.2%
1988	0.96%	15.2%
1989	0.93%	15.3%
1990	0.89%	15.3%
1991	0.84%	15.4%
1992	0.79%	15.4%
1993	0.74%	15.4%
1994	0.69%	15.3%
1995	0.65%	15.2%
1996	0.63%	15.1%
1997	0.6%	14.9%
1998	0.59%	14.6%
1999	0.57%	14.4%
2000	0.56%	14.1%
2001	0.55%	13.7%
2002	0.54%	13.3%
2003	0.52%	13%
2004	0.5%	12.6%
2005	0.48%	12.2%
2006	0.46%	11.8%
2007	0.45%	11.4%
2008	0.43%	11%
2009	0.42%	10.6%
2010	0.41%	10.2%
2011	0.41%	9.91%
2012	0.41%	9.6%
2013	0.41%	9.27%
2014	0.41%	8.92%
2015	0.41%	8.61%
2016	0.4%	8.36%
2017	0.4%	8.11%
2018	0.39%	7.85%
2019	0.38%	7.59%
2020	0.37%	7.37%
2021	0.36%	7.14%
2022	0.35%	6.92%
2023	0.34%	6.71%