Fertility & birth rates in Djibouti and Iran

Fertility rate in Djibouti vs Iran chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Djibouti was 2.61 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 Djibouti 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
	Djibouti	Iran
1960	6.85	7.52
1961	6.85	7.46
1962	6.85	7.4
1963	6.86	7.32
1964	6.87	7.24
1965	6.86	7.22
1966	6.88	7.21
1967	6.87	7.19
1968	6.88	7.12
1969	6.88	7.01
1970	6.88	6.8
1971	6.88	6.55
1972	6.85	6.26
1973	6.82	6.06
1974	6.78	5.97
1975	6.74	5.95
1976	6.69	6.07
1977	6.64	6.18
1978	6.59	6.34
1979	6.52	6.55
1980	6.46	6.63
1981	6.4	6.62
1982	6.34	6.59
1983	6.3	6.53
1984	6.25	6.43
1985	6.19	6.24
1986	6.14	6.01
1987	6.09	5.72
1988	6.03	5.43
1989	5.97	5.17
1990	5.93	4.93
1991	5.86	4.57
1992	5.75	4.1
1993	5.64	3.67
1994	5.51	3.24
1995	5.33	2.85
1996	5.15	2.54
1997	4.97	2.32
1998	4.8	2.19
1999	4.69	2.09
2000	4.6	2
2001	4.52	1.92
2002	4.41	1.84
2003	4.3	1.8
2004	4.16	1.78
2005	4.04	1.76
2006	3.9	1.76
2007	3.76	1.75
2008	3.62	1.74
2009	3.52	1.74
2010	3.43	1.75
2011	3.34	1.79
2012	3.26	1.85
2013	3.19	1.91
2014	3.12	1.98
2015	3.04	2.02
2016	2.97	2.05
2017	2.92	2.02
2018	2.86	1.92
2019	2.8	1.77
2020	2.75	1.7
2021	2.7	1.71
2022	2.65	1.7
2023	2.61	1.7
2024	2.62	1.68
2025	2.58	1.67
2026	2.54	1.66
2027	2.51	1.65
2028	2.48	1.64
2029	2.45	1.64
2030	2.42	1.63
2031	2.39	1.63
2032	2.36	1.63
2033	2.33	1.63
2034	2.31	1.63
2035	2.29	1.63
2036	2.27	1.63
2037	2.25	1.63
2038	2.23	1.63
2039	2.21	1.63
2040	2.19	1.63
2041	2.17	1.63
2042	2.16	1.63
2043	2.14	1.63
2044	2.13	1.63
2045	2.11	1.63
2046	2.1	1.63
2047	2.09	1.63
2048	2.08	1.63
2049	2.06	1.63
2050	2.05	1.63

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Djibouti	Iran
1960	44.2%	43.5%
1961	44%	44.1%
1962	43.8%	44.6%
1963	43.7%	44.9%
1964	43.5%	45%
1965	43.6%	45%
1966	43.8%	44.9%
1967	44%	44.8%
1968	44.3%	44.8%
1969	44.5%	44.7%
1970	44.7%	44.6%
1971	44.9%	44.4%
1972	45%	44.2%
1973	45.2%	43.8%
1974	45.3%	43.5%
1975	45.4%	43.2%
1976	45.5%	43%
1977	45.5%	42.9%
1978	45.6%	43%
1979	45.5%	43.1%
1980	45.5%	43.3%
1981	45.4%	42.9%
1982	45.3%	42.7%
1983	45.1%	43%
1984	45%	43.3%
1985	44.8%	43.5%
1986	44.6%	43.7%
1987	44.4%	43.9%
1988	44.2%	44%
1989	44%	44.2%
1990	43.7%	44.1%
1991	43.5%	43.9%
1992	43.3%	43.6%
1993	43.1%	43.6%
1994	42.8%	43.2%
1995	42.5%	42.1%
1996	42.2%	40.7%
1997	41.5%	39.1%
1998	40.6%	37.3%
1999	40%	35.4%
2000	39.6%	33.6%
2001	39.1%	31.7%
2002	38.7%	30.1%
2003	38.6%	28.7%
2004	38.5%	27.4%
2005	38.4%	26.2%
2006	38.1%	25.3%
2007	37.7%	24.6%
2008	37.2%	24%
2009	36.8%	23.7%
2010	36.4%	23.4%
2011	35.9%	23.3%
2012	35.5%	23.3%
2013	35.1%	23.3%
2014	34.6%	23.4%
2015	34%	23.6%
2016	33.4%	23.8%
2017	32.8%	23.9%
2018	32.2%	24%
2019	31.6%	23.9%
2020	31%	23.8%
2021	30.5%	23.6%
2022	30%	23.2%
2023	29.6%	22.8%
2024	29.2%	22.4%
2025	28.8%	22%
2026	28.5%	21.6%
2027	28.1%	21.1%
2028	27.8%	20.5%
2029	27.5%	19.9%
2030	27.3%	19.3%
2031	27%	18.6%
2032	26.8%	18%
2033	26.6%	17.4%
2034	26.4%	17%
2035	26.2%	16.7%
2036	26.1%	16.4%
2037	25.9%	16.2%
2038	25.7%	15.9%
2039	25.5%	15.8%
2040	25.3%	15.6%
2041	25.1%	15.5%
2042	24.9%	15.4%
2043	24.7%	15.3%
2044	24.5%	15.3%
2045	24.3%	15.2%
2046	24.1%	15.2%
2047	23.8%	15.2%
2048	23.6%	15.2%
2049	23.4%	15.1%
2050	23.2%	15.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 29.2% of the population in Djibouti and 22.4% in Iran in 2024, compared to 43.7% and 44.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Djibouti and Iran compared.

Natural population change in Djibouti vs Iran by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.43% in Djibouti 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
	Djibouti	Iran
1960	2,299	584,060
1961	2,412	594,674
1962	2,538	595,538
1963	2,687	620,126
1964	2,864	635,589
1965	3,054	663,029
1966	3,268	695,040
1967	3,484	727,276
1968	3,712	743,992
1969	3,950	780,660
1970	4,249	794,612
1971	4,484	805,830
1972	4,885	804,043
1973	5,234	831,880
1974	5,601	873,369
1975	6,034	929,481
1976	6,567	1,013,347
1977	7,195	1,091,542
1978	7,886	1,156,974
1979	8,573	1,294,306
1980	9,187	1,361,293
1981	9,654	1,376,830
1982	10,058	1,514,240
1983	10,391	1,573,612
1984	10,713	1,653,051
1985	11,106	1,661,750
1986	11,671	1,659,289
1987	12,357	1,639,644
1988	13,107	1,614,512
1989	13,851	1,609,739
1990	15,074	1,530,434
1991	16,553	1,495,594
1992	16,971	1,365,466
1993	15,805	1,219,658
1994	15,989	1,008,076
1995	15,651	879,648
1996	15,408	784,508
1997	15,255	726,574
1998	15,845	717,655
1999	16,491	723,237
2000	17,014	731,203
2001	17,710	743,658
2002	18,167	752,205
2003	18,341	732,600
2004	17,756	801,203
2005	17,361	837,305
2006	16,901	884,529
2007	16,647	919,254
2008	16,356	940,983
2009	16,323	958,322
2010	16,225	980,380
2011	16,169	1,023,925
2012	16,026	1,073,804
2013	15,986	1,119,533
2014	15,857	1,158,552
2015	15,718	1,178,317
2016	15,621	1,186,949
2017	15,593	1,140,549
2018	15,524	1,035,052
2019	15,368	893,063
2020	14,970	663,978
2021	14,555	645,725
2022	15,337	753,525
2023	15,349	750,150

Maternal mortality chart: Djibouti vs Iran

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 162 deaths per 100,000 live births in Djibouti, compared to 16 deaths in Iran.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Djibouti	Iran
1985	821	160
1986	804	148
1987	785	136
1988	768	126
1989	746	113
1990	725	107
1991	731	94
1992	780	86
1993	704	80
1994	682	71
1995	634	65
1996	609	59
1997	582	55
1998	555	50
1999	524	46
2000	501	43
2001	441	40
2002	404	38
2003	391	37
2004	364	34
2005	315	33
2006	298	32
2007	285	31
2008	273	30
2009	263	28
2010	243	27
2011	229	26
2012	221	25
2013	219	24
2014	212	23
2015	210	22
2016	204	21
2017	201	20
2018	199	19
2019	194	18
2020	192	34
2021	221	51
2022	174	21
2023	162	16

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 5.04% in Djibouti 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
	Djibouti	Iran
1971	-	18.9%
1972	-	18%
1973	-	17.1%
1974	-	16.2%
1975	-	15.3%
1976	17.1%	14.4%
1977	16.6%	13.5%
1978	16.2%	12.6%
1979	15.7%	11.7%
1980	15.3%	10.8%
1981	14.8%	10%
1982	14.4%	9.3%
1983	14%	8.67%
1984	13.6%	8.13%
1985	13.2%	7.64%
1986	12.8%	7.2%
1987	12.5%	6.8%
1988	12.2%	6.42%
1989	11.9%	6.07%
1990	11.6%	5.76%
1991	11.4%	5.48%
1992	11.2%	5.22%
1993	11.1%	5%
1994	10.9%	4.79%
1995	10.8%	4.59%
1996	10.7%	4.4%
1997	10.5%	4.21%
1998	10.3%	4.02%
1999	10.2%	3.83%
2000	9.95%	3.63%
2001	9.72%	3.42%
2002	9.48%	3.22%
2003	9.24%	3.02%
2004	9%	2.83%
2005	8.77%	2.65%
2006	8.53%	2.48%
2007	8.28%	2.32%
2008	8.03%	2.17%
2009	7.81%	2.04%
2010	7.59%	1.93%
2011	7.36%	1.84%
2012	7.14%	1.75%
2013	6.93%	1.68%
2014	6.72%	1.61%
2015	6.51%	1.55%
2016	6.33%	1.5%
2017	6.13%	1.45%
2018	5.94%	1.39%
2019	5.75%	1.35%
2020	5.56%	1.3%
2021	5.38%	1.26%
2022	5.22%	1.22%
2023	5.04%	1.18%