Fertility & birth rates in Djibouti and Ireland

Fertility rate in Djibouti vs Ireland 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 1.5 in Ireland in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Djibouti vs Ireland 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	Ireland
1960	6.85	3.78
1961	6.85	3.78
1962	6.85	3.92
1963	6.86	4.01
1964	6.87	4.07
1965	6.86	4.04
1966	6.88	3.94
1967	6.87	3.84
1968	6.88	3.77
1969	6.88	3.83
1970	6.88	3.85
1971	6.88	3.93
1972	6.85	3.84
1973	6.82	3.71
1974	6.78	3.59
1975	6.74	3.37
1976	6.69	3.29
1977	6.64	3.24
1978	6.59	3.21
1979	6.52	3.21
1980	6.46	3.21
1981	6.4	3.05
1982	6.34	2.94
1983	6.3	2.74
1984	6.25	2.58
1985	6.19	2.48
1986	6.14	2.44
1987	6.09	2.32
1988	6.03	2.17
1989	5.97	2.08
1990	5.93	2.11
1991	5.86	2.08
1992	5.75	1.99
1993	5.64	1.9
1994	5.51	1.85
1995	5.33	1.84
1996	5.15	1.88
1997	4.97	1.93
1998	4.8	1.94
1999	4.69	1.9
2000	4.6	1.89
2001	4.52	1.94
2002	4.41	1.97
2003	4.3	1.96
2004	4.16	1.93
2005	4.04	1.86
2006	3.9	1.91
2007	3.76	2.01
2008	3.62	2.06
2009	3.52	2.06
2010	3.43	2.05
2011	3.34	2.03
2012	3.26	1.98
2013	3.19	1.93
2014	3.12	1.89
2015	3.04	1.85
2016	2.97	1.81
2017	2.92	1.77
2018	2.86	1.75
2019	2.8	1.71
2020	2.75	1.63
2021	2.7	1.78
2022	2.65	1.54
2023	2.61	1.5
2024	2.62	1.5
2025	2.58	1.5
2026	2.54	1.5
2027	2.51	1.5
2028	2.48	1.5
2029	2.45	1.5
2030	2.42	1.5
2031	2.39	1.5
2032	2.36	1.5
2033	2.33	1.5
2034	2.31	1.5
2035	2.29	1.5
2036	2.27	1.5
2037	2.25	1.5
2038	2.23	1.5
2039	2.21	1.51
2040	2.19	1.51
2041	2.17	1.5
2042	2.16	1.5
2043	2.14	1.5
2044	2.13	1.51
2045	2.11	1.51
2046	2.1	1.5
2047	2.09	1.5
2048	2.08	1.5
2049	2.06	1.5
2050	2.05	1.5

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Djibouti	Ireland
1960	44.2%	30.9%
1961	44%	31%
1962	43.8%	30.9%
1963	43.7%	30.9%
1964	43.5%	30.9%
1965	43.6%	31.1%
1966	43.8%	31.1%
1967	44%	31.1%
1968	44.3%	31.1%
1969	44.5%	31.1%
1970	44.7%	31.1%
1971	44.9%	31.2%
1972	45%	31.2%
1973	45.2%	31.2%
1974	45.3%	31.2%
1975	45.4%	31.1%
1976	45.5%	31%
1977	45.5%	30.9%
1978	45.6%	30.7%
1979	45.5%	30.5%
1980	45.5%	30.4%
1981	45.4%	30.3%
1982	45.3%	30.1%
1983	45.1%	29.9%
1984	45%	29.6%
1985	44.8%	29.3%
1986	44.6%	28.9%
1987	44.4%	28.5%
1988	44.2%	28.1%
1989	44%	27.6%
1990	43.7%	27.1%
1991	43.5%	26.6%
1992	43.3%	26%
1993	43.1%	25.5%
1994	42.8%	24.9%
1995	42.5%	24.2%
1996	42.2%	23.6%
1997	41.5%	23%
1998	40.6%	22.5%
1999	40%	22.1%
2000	39.6%	21.8%
2001	39.1%	21.4%
2002	38.7%	21.1%
2003	38.6%	21%
2004	38.5%	20.8%
2005	38.4%	20.6%
2006	38.1%	20.4%
2007	37.7%	20.3%
2008	37.2%	20.5%
2009	36.8%	20.7%
2010	36.4%	21.1%
2011	35.9%	21.4%
2012	35.5%	21.5%
2013	35.1%	21.5%
2014	34.6%	21.4%
2015	34%	21.3%
2016	33.4%	21.2%
2017	32.8%	20.9%
2018	32.2%	20.7%
2019	31.6%	20.4%
2020	31%	20.1%
2021	30.5%	19.8%
2022	30%	19.5%
2023	29.6%	19%
2024	29.2%	18.6%
2025	28.8%	18.1%
2026	28.5%	17.6%
2027	28.1%	17.2%
2028	27.8%	16.9%
2029	27.5%	16.6%
2030	27.3%	16.3%
2031	27%	16%
2032	26.8%	15.8%
2033	26.6%	15.6%
2034	26.4%	15.4%
2035	26.2%	15.3%
2036	26.1%	15.2%
2037	25.9%	15.1%
2038	25.7%	15.1%
2039	25.5%	15.2%
2040	25.3%	15.2%
2041	25.1%	15.3%
2042	24.9%	15.4%
2043	24.7%	15.4%
2044	24.5%	15.5%
2045	24.3%	15.6%
2046	24.1%	15.6%
2047	23.8%	15.7%
2048	23.6%	15.7%
2049	23.4%	15.7%
2050	23.2%	15.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 29.2% of the population in Djibouti and 18.6% in Ireland in 2024, compared to 43.7% and 27.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Djibouti and Ireland compared.

Natural population change in Djibouti vs Ireland by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.43% in Djibouti and +0.58% in Ireland. 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	Ireland
1960	2,299	28,286
1961	2,412	25,137
1962	2,538	28,077
1963	2,687	29,667
1964	2,864	31,532
1965	3,054	30,500
1966	3,268	26,866
1967	3,484	29,895
1968	3,712	27,697
1969	3,950	29,326
1970	4,249	30,756
1971	4,484	35,606
1972	4,885	34,316
1973	5,234	34,562
1974	5,601	34,199
1975	6,034	34,128
1976	6,567	33,676
1977	7,195	35,448
1978	7,886	36,288
1979	8,573	38,798
1980	9,187	40,612
1981	9,654	39,364
1982	10,058	38,344
1983	10,391	34,053
1984	10,713	31,791
1985	11,106	29,013
1986	11,671	27,963
1987	12,357	26,904
1988	13,107	22,912
1989	13,851	20,012
1990	15,074	21,787
1991	16,553	21,206
1992	16,971	20,283
1993	15,805	17,166
1994	15,989	17,234
1995	15,651	16,601
1996	15,408	18,915
1997	15,255	21,311
1998	15,845	22,277
1999	16,491	21,402
2000	17,014	23,592
2001	17,710	27,837
2002	18,167	31,062
2003	18,341	32,372
2004	17,756	33,376
2005	17,361	33,279
2006	16,901	36,752
2007	16,647	43,109
2008	16,356	46,691
2009	16,323	47,168
2010	16,225	47,426
2011	16,169	45,801
2012	16,026	42,775
2013	15,986	39,302
2014	15,857	37,728
2015	15,718	35,265
2016	15,621	33,339
2017	15,593	31,379
2018	15,524	29,878
2019	15,368	28,365
2020	14,970	23,687
2021	14,555	26,064
2022	15,337	19,287
2023	15,349	19,638

Maternal mortality chart: Djibouti vs Ireland

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 4 deaths in Ireland.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Djibouti	Ireland
1985	821	11
1986	804	11
1987	785	10
1988	768	11
1989	746	10
1990	725	11
1991	731	10
1992	780	10
1993	704	9
1994	682	9
1995	634	9
1996	609	8
1997	582	8
1998	555	8
1999	524	7
2000	501	8
2001	441	7
2002	404	7
2003	391	6
2004	364	6
2005	315	6
2006	298	6
2007	285	6
2008	273	6
2009	263	6
2010	243	6
2011	229	6
2012	221	6
2013	219	5
2014	212	5
2015	210	5
2016	204	4
2017	201	4
2018	199	5
2019	194	4
2020	192	6
2021	221	6
2022	174	7
2023	162	4

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 5.04% in Djibouti and 0.38% in Ireland. 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	Ireland
1960	-	3.53%
1961	-	3.38%
1962	-	3.25%
1963	-	3.13%
1964	-	3.01%
1965	-	2.87%
1966	-	2.71%
1967	-	2.55%
1968	-	2.41%
1969	-	2.3%
1970	-	2.22%
1971	-	2.17%
1972	-	2.14%
1973	-	2.11%
1974	-	2.06%
1975	-	2%
1976	17.1%	1.91%
1977	16.6%	1.81%
1978	16.2%	1.69%
1979	15.7%	1.56%
1980	15.3%	1.43%
1981	14.8%	1.32%
1982	14.4%	1.23%
1983	14%	1.17%
1984	13.6%	1.11%
1985	13.2%	1.07%
1986	12.8%	1.04%
1987	12.5%	1.02%
1988	12.2%	0.99%
1989	11.9%	0.96%
1990	11.6%	0.92%
1991	11.4%	0.87%
1992	11.2%	0.81%
1993	11.1%	0.77%
1994	10.9%	0.74%
1995	10.8%	0.73%
1996	10.7%	0.73%
1997	10.5%	0.73%
1998	10.3%	0.73%
1999	10.2%	0.73%
2000	9.95%	0.72%
2001	9.72%	0.69%
2002	9.48%	0.65%
2003	9.24%	0.6%
2004	9%	0.56%
2005	8.77%	0.52%
2006	8.53%	0.49%
2007	8.28%	0.46%
2008	8.03%	0.44%
2009	7.81%	0.43%
2010	7.59%	0.42%
2011	7.36%	0.41%
2012	7.14%	0.4%
2013	6.93%	0.39%
2014	6.72%	0.38%
2015	6.51%	0.37%
2016	6.33%	0.36%
2017	6.13%	0.35%
2018	5.94%	0.34%
2019	5.75%	0.34%
2020	5.56%	0.35%
2021	5.38%	0.36%
2022	5.22%	0.37%
2023	5.04%	0.38%