Fertility & birth rates in Eritrea and Marshall Islands

Fertility rate in Eritrea vs Marshall Islands chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Eritrea was 3.71 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 Eritrea 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
	Eritrea	Marshall Islands
1960	6.48	8.08
1961	6.47	8.12
1962	6.5	8.12
1963	6.48	8.12
1964	6.49	8.14
1965	6.49	8.16
1966	6.5	8.2
1967	6.5	8.17
1968	6.5	8.14
1969	6.5	8.11
1970	6.54	8.07
1971	6.54	8.04
1972	6.54	8
1973	6.55	7.95
1974	6.57	7.9
1975	6.59	7.83
1976	6.6	7.76
1977	6.61	7.67
1978	6.61	7.58
1979	6.62	7.47
1980	6.61	7.37
1981	6.62	7.27
1982	6.63	7.18
1983	6.65	7.08
1984	6.62	6.99
1985	6.59	6.87
1986	6.56	6.73
1987	6.52	6.57
1988	6.47	6.38
1989	6.41	6.18
1990	6.34	5.97
1991	6.24	5.76
1992	6.16	5.55
1993	6.07	5.38
1994	6.01	5.23
1995	5.94	5.09
1996	5.84	5.02
1997	5.74	4.96
1998	5.63	4.87
1999	5.52	4.78
2000	5.4	4.7
2001	5.31	4.58
2002	5.23	4.49
2003	5.14	4.42
2004	5.04	4.34
2005	4.93	4.28
2006	4.88	4.2
2007	4.81	4.09
2008	4.74	3.97
2009	4.66	3.83
2010	4.57	3.67
2011	4.49	3.53
2012	4.41	3.38
2013	4.34	3.25
2014	4.27	3.18
2015	4.22	3.13
2016	4.16	3.09
2017	4.11	3.06
2018	4.06	3.04
2019	4	3.01
2020	3.93	2.99
2021	3.87	2.96
2022	3.79	2.94
2023	3.71	2.92
2024	3.68	2.86
2025	3.61	2.82
2026	3.55	2.77
2027	3.49	2.73
2028	3.43	2.69
2029	3.38	2.65
2030	3.32	2.6
2031	3.27	2.57
2032	3.22	2.53
2033	3.18	2.5
2034	3.13	2.47
2035	3.09	2.44
2036	3.04	2.41
2037	3.01	2.38
2038	2.97	2.36
2039	2.93	2.34
2040	2.9	2.31
2041	2.86	2.29
2042	2.83	2.26
2043	2.8	2.24
2044	2.77	2.23
2045	2.74	2.21
2046	2.71	2.19
2047	2.68	2.17
2048	2.65	2.15
2049	2.63	2.13
2050	2.6	2.11

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Eritrea	Marshall Islands
1960	41.5%	46.1%
1961	41.4%	46.7%
1962	41.4%	47.1%
1963	41.5%	47.4%
1964	41.6%	47.5%
1965	41.8%	47.5%
1966	42.1%	47.2%
1967	42.4%	46.7%
1968	42.8%	46.1%
1969	43%	45.3%
1970	43.3%	45%
1971	43.6%	45.6%
1972	43.8%	46.6%
1973	44%	47.3%
1974	44.1%	47.8%
1975	44.1%	48.2%
1976	44.2%	48.5%
1977	44.3%	49%
1978	44.3%	49.4%
1979	44.4%	49.8%
1980	44.4%	50.1%
1981	44.4%	50.3%
1982	44.4%	50.3%
1983	44.4%	50.4%
1984	44.2%	50.4%
1985	44.1%	50.6%
1986	44%	50.7%
1987	44%	50.8%
1988	44.2%	50.8%
1989	44.3%	50.6%
1990	44.5%	50.2%
1991	44.6%	49.7%
1992	44.7%	49.1%
1993	44.5%	48.4%
1994	44.4%	47.5%
1995	43.5%	46.6%
1996	42.9%	45.6%
1997	43.7%	44.7%
1998	44.4%	43.7%
1999	44.9%	42.8%
2000	45.2%	42%
2001	45%	41.3%
2002	44.4%	40.6%
2003	43.7%	39.9%
2004	43%	39.4%
2005	42.9%	39.1%
2006	43.1%	38.9%
2007	43.3%	39%
2008	43%	39.2%
2009	42.7%	39.4%
2010	42.6%	39.7%
2011	42.3%	39.7%
2012	42.1%	39.4%
2013	42%	38.8%
2014	42%	38.2%
2015	42.1%	37.5%
2016	42.1%	36.8%
2017	41.9%	36.2%
2018	41.5%	35.7%
2019	41%	35.1%
2020	40.4%	34.5%
2021	39.8%	34.4%
2022	39.2%	34.6%
2023	38.7%	34.7%
2024	38.1%	34.5%
2025	37.6%	33.9%
2026	37.1%	33.2%
2027	36.6%	32.6%
2028	36.3%	32%
2029	35.9%	31.4%
2030	35.7%	30.9%
2031	35.5%	30.3%
2032	35.3%	29.7%
2033	35.2%	29.2%
2034	35%	28.6%
2035	34.8%	28.1%
2036	34.7%	27.6%
2037	34.4%	27.3%
2038	34.2%	27.3%
2039	34%	27.4%
2040	33.7%	27.7%
2041	33.4%	28%
2042	33.1%	28.3%
2043	32.7%	28.6%
2044	32.3%	28.8%
2045	31.9%	29%
2046	31.5%	29.1%
2047	31.1%	29.1%
2048	30.7%	29%
2049	30.3%	28.8%
2050	29.9%	28.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 38.1% of the population in Eritrea and 34.5% in the Marshall Islands in 2024, compared to 44.5% and 50.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Eritrea and the Marshall Islands compared.

Natural population change in Eritrea vs Marshall Islands by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.29% in Eritrea 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
	Eritrea	Marshall Islands
1960	21,424	452
1961	22,351	469
1962	23,478	488
1963	24,393	509
1964	25,327	536
1965	26,285	566
1966	24,713	603
1967	27,992	636
1968	28,777	685
1969	29,535	747
1970	30,686	819
1971	31,490	877
1972	30,951	913
1973	31,969	954
1974	30,111	1,000
1975	30,971	1,055
1976	36,250	1,109
1977	37,295	1,160
1978	38,353	1,207
1979	39,577	1,250
1980	41,392	1,287
1981	42,924	1,328
1982	44,146	1,375
1983	33,420	1,422
1984	35,101	1,470
1985	37,362	1,511
1986	39,470	1,544
1987	52,229	1,566
1988	54,163	1,575
1989	54,299	1,574
1990	56,903	1,556
1991	57,741	1,540
1992	51,443	1,525
1993	51,679	1,524
1994	56,288	1,524
1995	56,157	1,522
1996	66,557	1,542
1997	63,953	1,564
1998	55,332	1,576
1999	45,120	1,590
2000	60,274	1,592
2001	61,180	1,596
2002	65,436	1,594
2003	66,291	1,600
2004	72,147	1,595
2005	72,930	1,586
2006	74,470	1,556
2007	73,101	1,507
2008	73,391	1,443
2009	76,206	1,365
2010	76,098	1,273
2011	76,806	1,185
2012	76,416	1,097
2013	75,562	1,014
2014	75,729	959
2015	73,682	912
2016	73,002	866
2017	72,291	826
2018	72,511	785
2019	73,572	746
2020	73,362	689
2021	74,394	653
2022	76,221	606
2023	78,073	550

Maternal mortality chart: Eritrea vs Marshall Islands

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 291 deaths per 100,000 live births in Eritrea, compared to 155 deaths in the Marshall Islands.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Eritrea	Marshall Islands
1985	1,678	254
1986	1,625	274
1987	1,555	282
1988	1,499	276
1989	1,473	299
1990	1,352	311
1991	1,384	297
1992	1,149	322
1993	1,040	320
1994	998	303
1995	854	303
1996	878	292
1997	817	274
1998	865	259
1999	734	250
2000	741	251
2001	651	231
2002	636	223
2003	588	221
2004	588	238
2005	567	234
2006	555	233
2007	541	229
2008	530	226
2009	515	224
2010	498	212
2011	478	209
2012	458	207
2013	443	201
2014	430	199
2015	413	184
2016	395	183
2017	379	179
2018	363	167
2019	351	168
2020	334	178
2021	338	206
2022	301	174
2023	291	155

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.54% in Eritrea 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
	Eritrea	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	-	7.58%
1972	-	7.33%
1973	-	7.13%
1974	25.6%	6.97%
1975	25%	6.86%
1976	20.8%	6.77%
1977	20.4%	6.69%
1978	20%	6.61%
1979	19.7%	6.52%
1980	19.4%	6.42%
1981	19.1%	6.29%
1982	18.8%	6.15%
1983	27.8%	6%
1984	27.2%	5.83%
1985	26.2%	5.66%
1986	25.6%	5.49%
1987	17.1%	5.31%
1988	16.6%	5.13%
1989	16%	4.95%
1990	15.4%	4.76%
1991	14.7%	4.59%
1992	13.9%	4.43%
1993	13.1%	4.29%
1994	12.3%	4.2%
1995	11.5%	4.15%
1996	10.8%	4.14%
1997	10.1%	4.15%
1998	9.51%	4.19%
1999	10.9%	4.23%
2000	8.53%	4.25%
2001	8.11%	4.25%
2002	7.73%	4.24%
2003	7.38%	4.21%
2004	7.05%	4.18%
2005	6.75%	4.14%
2006	6.46%	4.1%
2007	6.19%	4.06%
2008	5.94%	4.02%
2009	5.71%	3.97%
2010	5.5%	3.94%
2011	5.31%	3.89%
2012	5.12%	3.82%
2013	4.94%	3.75%
2014	4.78%	3.66%
2015	4.61%	3.57%
2016	4.46%	3.48%
2017	4.32%	3.38%
2018	4.17%	3.29%
2019	4.03%	3.19%
2020	3.91%	3.1%
2021	3.79%	3%
2022	3.66%	2.91%
2023	3.54%	2.82%