Fertility & birth rates in El Salvador and Iran

Fertility rate in El Salvador vs Iran chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in El Salvador was 1.78 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 El Salvador 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
	El Salvador	Iran
1960	6.62	7.52
1961	6.64	7.46
1962	6.68	7.4
1963	6.69	7.32
1964	6.68	7.24
1965	6.64	7.22
1966	6.57	7.21
1967	6.49	7.19
1968	6.39	7.12
1969	6.28	7.01
1970	6.18	6.8
1971	6.13	6.55
1972	6.03	6.26
1973	5.93	6.06
1974	5.82	5.97
1975	5.71	5.95
1976	5.59	6.07
1977	5.47	6.18
1978	5.36	6.34
1979	5.23	6.55
1980	5.11	6.63
1981	4.99	6.62
1982	4.83	6.59
1983	4.65	6.53
1984	4.48	6.43
1985	4.32	6.24
1986	4.19	6.01
1987	4.18	5.72
1988	4.1	5.43
1989	4.03	5.17
1990	3.96	4.93
1991	3.89	4.57
1992	3.8	4.1
1993	3.69	3.67
1994	3.61	3.24
1995	3.57	2.85
1996	3.48	2.54
1997	3.38	2.32
1998	3.34	2.19
1999	3.22	2.09
2000	3.08	2
2001	2.93	1.92
2002	2.78	1.84
2003	2.64	1.8
2004	2.52	1.78
2005	2.44	1.76
2006	2.4	1.76
2007	2.35	1.75
2008	2.29	1.74
2009	2.26	1.74
2010	2.24	1.75
2011	2.22	1.79
2012	2.19	1.85
2013	2.15	1.91
2014	2.13	1.98
2015	2.07	2.02
2016	1.97	2.05
2017	1.9	2.02
2018	1.85	1.92
2019	1.84	1.77
2020	1.82	1.7
2021	1.8	1.71
2022	1.79	1.7
2023	1.78	1.7
2024	1.77	1.68
2025	1.75	1.67
2026	1.74	1.66
2027	1.73	1.65
2028	1.72	1.64
2029	1.72	1.64
2030	1.71	1.63
2031	1.7	1.63
2032	1.7	1.63
2033	1.69	1.63
2034	1.69	1.63
2035	1.68	1.63
2036	1.68	1.63
2037	1.68	1.63
2038	1.67	1.63
2039	1.67	1.63
2040	1.67	1.63
2041	1.67	1.63
2042	1.67	1.63
2043	1.67	1.63
2044	1.66	1.63
2045	1.66	1.63
2046	1.66	1.63
2047	1.66	1.63
2048	1.66	1.63
2049	1.66	1.63
2050	1.65	1.63

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	El Salvador	Iran
1960	45.5%	43.5%
1961	45.7%	44.1%
1962	45.8%	44.6%
1963	46%	44.9%
1964	46.1%	45%
1965	46.2%	45%
1966	46.3%	44.9%
1967	46.5%	44.8%
1968	46.6%	44.8%
1969	46.8%	44.7%
1970	46.8%	44.6%
1971	46.7%	44.4%
1972	46.6%	44.2%
1973	46.4%	43.8%
1974	46.2%	43.5%
1975	45.9%	43.2%
1976	45.6%	43%
1977	45.3%	42.9%
1978	44.9%	43%
1979	44.5%	43.1%
1980	44.2%	43.3%
1981	43.9%	42.9%
1982	43.7%	42.7%
1983	43.4%	43%
1984	43.1%	43.3%
1985	42.7%	43.5%
1986	42.4%	43.7%
1987	42.1%	43.9%
1988	41.9%	44%
1989	41.8%	44.2%
1990	41.7%	44.1%
1991	41.7%	43.9%
1992	41.5%	43.6%
1993	41.1%	43.6%
1994	40.5%	43.2%
1995	39.8%	42.1%
1996	39.1%	40.7%
1997	38.5%	39.1%
1998	38%	37.3%
1999	37.5%	35.4%
2000	37.1%	33.6%
2001	36.7%	31.7%
2002	36.3%	30.1%
2003	35.9%	28.7%
2004	35.4%	27.4%
2005	34.9%	26.2%
2006	34.4%	25.3%
2007	33.9%	24.6%
2008	33.4%	24%
2009	32.7%	23.7%
2010	32%	23.4%
2011	31.3%	23.3%
2012	30.6%	23.3%
2013	29.9%	23.3%
2014	29.2%	23.4%
2015	28.6%	23.6%
2016	28%	23.8%
2017	27.5%	23.9%
2018	27%	24%
2019	26.7%	23.9%
2020	26.3%	23.8%
2021	26%	23.6%
2022	25.6%	23.2%
2023	25.2%	22.8%
2024	24.8%	22.4%
2025	24.4%	22%
2026	24%	21.6%
2027	23.5%	21.1%
2028	23.1%	20.5%
2029	22.7%	19.9%
2030	22.3%	19.3%
2031	21.9%	18.6%
2032	21.6%	18%
2033	21.4%	17.4%
2034	21.1%	17%
2035	20.8%	16.7%
2036	20.6%	16.4%
2037	20.3%	16.2%
2038	20.1%	15.9%
2039	19.8%	15.8%
2040	19.6%	15.6%
2041	19.3%	15.5%
2042	19%	15.4%
2043	18.8%	15.3%
2044	18.5%	15.3%
2045	18.3%	15.2%
2046	18%	15.2%
2047	17.8%	15.2%
2048	17.6%	15.2%
2049	17.3%	15.1%
2050	17.1%	15.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 24.8% of the population in El Salvador and 22.4% in Iran in 2024, compared to 41.7% and 44.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of El Salvador and Iran compared.

Natural population change in El Salvador vs Iran by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.93% in El Salvador 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
	El Salvador	Iran
1960	81,544	584,060
1961	84,614	594,674
1962	88,237	595,538
1963	90,794	620,126
1964	93,328	635,589
1965	95,341	663,029
1966	97,156	695,040
1967	98,424	727,276
1968	98,851	743,992
1969	99,848	780,660
1970	100,499	794,612
1971	104,714	805,830
1972	107,604	804,043
1973	111,546	831,880
1974	113,846	873,369
1975	116,737	929,481
1976	120,511	1,013,347
1977	121,446	1,091,542
1978	124,468	1,156,974
1979	123,838	1,294,306
1980	111,771	1,361,293
1981	117,346	1,376,830
1982	120,938	1,514,240
1983	121,700	1,573,612
1984	125,036	1,653,051
1985	127,248	1,661,750
1986	130,177	1,659,289
1987	133,667	1,639,644
1988	136,230	1,614,512
1989	139,093	1,609,739
1990	140,311	1,530,434
1991	140,691	1,495,594
1992	139,221	1,365,466
1993	138,432	1,219,658
1994	137,974	1,008,076
1995	138,268	879,648
1996	136,929	784,508
1997	134,448	726,574
1998	134,065	717,655
1999	128,947	723,237
2000	122,315	731,203
2001	114,313	743,658
2002	106,137	752,205
2003	97,849	732,600
2004	90,905	801,203
2005	84,883	837,305
2006	80,887	884,529
2007	76,776	919,254
2008	75,107	940,983
2009	74,908	958,322
2010	75,695	980,380
2011	76,182	1,023,925
2012	75,495	1,073,804
2013	73,869	1,119,533
2014	72,581	1,158,552
2015	69,263	1,178,317
2016	63,751	1,186,949
2017	59,824	1,140,549
2018	57,509	1,035,052
2019	56,816	893,063
2020	48,244	663,978
2021	46,530	645,725
2022	53,138	753,525
2023	51,985	750,150

Maternal mortality chart: El Salvador vs Iran

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 39 deaths per 100,000 live births in El Salvador, compared to 16 deaths in Iran.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	El Salvador	Iran
1985	193	160
1986	169	148
1987	178	136
1988	173	126
1989	155	113
1990	145	107
1991	129	94
1992	121	86
1993	114	80
1994	101	71
1995	89	65
1996	78	59
1997	67	55
1998	61	50
1999	53	46
2000	48	43
2001	45	40
2002	40	38
2003	38	37
2004	35	34
2005	34	33
2006	33	32
2007	33	31
2008	33	30
2009	35	28
2010	34	27
2011	35	26
2012	36	25
2013	39	24
2014	41	23
2015	43	22
2016	43	21
2017	44	20
2018	43	19
2019	40	18
2020	48	34
2021	58	51
2022	39	21
2023	39	16

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.04% in El Salvador 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
	El Salvador	Iran
1960	18.5%	-
1961	18.1%	-
1962	17.7%	-
1963	17.3%	-
1964	17%	-
1965	16.6%	-
1966	16.3%	-
1967	16%	-
1968	15.6%	-
1969	15.3%	-
1970	15%	-
1971	14.6%	18.9%
1972	14.3%	18%
1973	13.9%	17.1%
1974	13.5%	16.2%
1975	13.1%	15.3%
1976	12.6%	14.4%
1977	12.1%	13.5%
1978	11.6%	12.6%
1979	11.1%	11.7%
1980	12.5%	10.8%
1981	10%	10%
1982	9.46%	9.3%
1983	8.94%	8.67%
1984	8.42%	8.13%
1985	7.93%	7.64%
1986	7.47%	7.2%
1987	7.04%	6.8%
1988	6.65%	6.42%
1989	6.28%	6.07%
1990	5.94%	5.76%
1991	5.61%	5.48%
1992	5.3%	5.22%
1993	5%	5%
1994	4.71%	4.79%
1995	4.42%	4.59%
1996	4.15%	4.4%
1997	3.89%	4.21%
1998	3.65%	4.02%
1999	3.43%	3.83%
2000	3.23%	3.63%
2001	3.04%	3.42%
2002	2.86%	3.22%
2003	2.7%	3.02%
2004	2.55%	2.83%
2005	2.4%	2.65%
2006	2.27%	2.48%
2007	2.15%	2.32%
2008	2.04%	2.17%
2009	1.94%	2.04%
2010	1.84%	1.93%
2011	1.75%	1.84%
2012	1.67%	1.75%
2013	1.59%	1.68%
2014	1.52%	1.61%
2015	1.45%	1.55%
2016	1.39%	1.5%
2017	1.33%	1.45%
2018	1.27%	1.39%
2019	1.22%	1.35%
2020	1.17%	1.3%
2021	1.12%	1.26%
2022	1.08%	1.22%
2023	1.04%	1.18%