Fertility & birth rates in Eritrea and Mongolia

Fertility rate in Eritrea vs Mongolia 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 2.7 in Mongolia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Eritrea vs Mongolia 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	Mongolia
1960	6.48	6.82
1961	6.47	6.96
1962	6.5	7.1
1963	6.48	7.24
1964	6.49	7.33
1965	6.49	7.38
1966	6.5	7.41
1967	6.5	7.39
1968	6.5	7.37
1969	6.5	7.34
1970	6.54	7.31
1971	6.54	7.3
1972	6.54	7.28
1973	6.55	7.24
1974	6.57	7.17
1975	6.59	7.07
1976	6.6	6.93
1977	6.61	6.79
1978	6.61	6.62
1979	6.62	6.42
1980	6.61	6.21
1981	6.62	5.98
1982	6.63	5.8
1983	6.65	5.63
1984	6.62	5.45
1985	6.59	5.26
1986	6.56	5.03
1987	6.52	4.83
1988	6.47	4.65
1989	6.41	4.42
1990	6.34	4.5
1991	6.24	4
1992	6.16	3.5
1993	6.07	2.5
1994	6.01	2.7
1995	5.94	2.77
1996	5.84	2.5
1997	5.74	2.4
1998	5.63	2.3
1999	5.52	2.3
2000	5.4	2.2
2001	5.31	2.2
2002	5.23	2.1
2003	5.14	2
2004	5.04	2
2005	4.93	2
2006	4.88	2.1
2007	4.81	2.3
2008	4.74	2.6
2009	4.66	2.8
2010	4.57	2.4
2011	4.49	2.6
2012	4.41	2.7
2013	4.34	3
2014	4.27	3.1
2015	4.22	3
2016	4.16	3
2017	4.11	2.8
2018	4.06	2.9
2019	4	3
2020	3.93	2.9
2021	3.87	2.8
2022	3.79	2.7
2023	3.71	2.7
2024	3.68	2.65
2025	3.61	2.6
2026	3.55	2.55
2027	3.49	2.51
2028	3.43	2.47
2029	3.38	2.44
2030	3.32	2.4
2031	3.27	2.37
2032	3.22	2.34
2033	3.18	2.31
2034	3.13	2.29
2035	3.09	2.26
2036	3.04	2.23
2037	3.01	2.21
2038	2.97	2.19
2039	2.93	2.17
2040	2.9	2.15
2041	2.86	2.13
2042	2.83	2.11
2043	2.8	2.09
2044	2.77	2.08
2045	2.74	2.06
2046	2.71	2.05
2047	2.68	2.04
2048	2.65	2.02
2049	2.63	2.01
2050	2.6	2

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Eritrea	Mongolia
1960	41.5%	38.1%
1961	41.4%	38.8%
1962	41.4%	39.6%
1963	41.5%	40.4%
1964	41.6%	41.4%
1965	41.8%	42.4%
1966	42.1%	43.3%
1967	42.4%	44.2%
1968	42.8%	44.9%
1969	43%	45.4%
1970	43.3%	45.6%
1971	43.6%	45.8%
1972	43.8%	45.8%
1973	44%	45.8%
1974	44.1%	45.6%
1975	44.1%	45.4%
1976	44.2%	45.2%
1977	44.3%	44.8%
1978	44.3%	44.5%
1979	44.4%	44.1%
1980	44.4%	43.7%
1981	44.4%	43.3%
1982	44.4%	43%
1983	44.4%	42.7%
1984	44.2%	42.5%
1985	44.1%	42.3%
1986	44%	42.1%
1987	44%	42%
1988	44.2%	41.8%
1989	44.3%	41.7%
1990	44.5%	41.4%
1991	44.6%	41%
1992	44.7%	40.5%
1993	44.5%	40%
1994	44.4%	39.5%
1995	43.5%	39%
1996	42.9%	38.4%
1997	43.7%	37.8%
1998	44.4%	37%
1999	44.9%	36.2%
2000	45.2%	35.2%
2001	45%	34.1%
2002	44.4%	32.9%
2003	43.7%	31.8%
2004	43%	30.8%
2005	42.9%	29.9%
2006	43.1%	29.1%
2007	43.3%	28.5%
2008	43%	28.1%
2009	42.7%	27.9%
2010	42.6%	27.9%
2011	42.3%	28%
2012	42.1%	28.1%
2013	42%	28.5%
2014	42%	28.9%
2015	42.1%	29.5%
2016	42.1%	30.2%
2017	41.9%	30.9%
2018	41.5%	31.6%
2019	41%	32.3%
2020	40.4%	32.8%
2021	39.8%	32.9%
2022	39.2%	32.9%
2023	38.7%	32.6%
2024	38.1%	32.2%
2025	37.6%	31.6%
2026	37.1%	30.9%
2027	36.6%	30.1%
2028	36.3%	29.2%
2029	35.9%	28.2%
2030	35.7%	27.3%
2031	35.5%	26.3%
2032	35.3%	25.6%
2033	35.2%	24.9%
2034	35%	24.3%
2035	34.8%	23.8%
2036	34.7%	23.4%
2037	34.4%	23.1%
2038	34.2%	23%
2039	34%	22.9%
2040	33.7%	22.8%
2041	33.4%	22.9%
2042	33.1%	22.9%
2043	32.7%	23%
2044	32.3%	23.1%
2045	31.9%	23.2%
2046	31.5%	23.3%
2047	31.1%	23.4%
2048	30.7%	23.4%
2049	30.3%	23.4%
2050	29.9%	23.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 38.1% of the population in Eritrea and 32.2% in Mongolia in 2024, compared to 44.5% and 41.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Eritrea and Mongolia compared.

Natural population change in Eritrea vs Mongolia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.29% in Eritrea and +1.81% in Mongolia. 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	Mongolia
1960	21,424	20,726
1961	22,351	21,873
1962	23,478	22,960
1963	24,393	24,142
1964	25,327	25,317
1965	26,285	26,364
1966	24,713	27,338
1967	27,992	28,178
1968	28,777	29,017
1969	29,535	29,781
1970	30,686	30,558
1971	31,490	31,536
1972	30,951	32,727
1973	31,969	33,993
1974	30,111	35,297
1975	30,971	36,490
1976	36,250	37,670
1977	37,295	38,995
1978	38,353	40,276
1979	39,577	41,568
1980	41,392	42,343
1981	42,924	43,588
1982	44,146	45,179
1983	33,420	46,919
1984	35,101	48,562
1985	37,362	49,944
1986	39,470	50,329
1987	52,229	51,140
1988	54,163	51,588
1989	54,299	51,420
1990	56,903	49,443
1991	57,741	47,884
1992	51,443	42,437
1993	51,679	36,924
1994	56,288	34,711
1995	56,157	34,473
1996	66,557	33,741
1997	63,953	32,403
1998	55,332	31,757
1999	45,120	32,283
2000	60,274	32,753
2001	61,180	32,052
2002	65,436	30,439
2003	66,291	28,827
2004	72,147	28,418
2005	72,930	29,290
2006	74,470	33,609
2007	73,101	39,636
2008	73,391	45,843
2009	76,206	48,876
2010	76,098	44,914
2011	76,806	50,711
2012	76,416	55,942
2013	75,562	62,618
2014	75,729	66,078
2015	73,682	64,473
2016	73,002	62,086
2017	72,291	57,940
2018	72,511	60,635
2019	73,572	61,433
2020	73,362	60,888
2021	74,394	52,109
2022	76,221	47,730
2023	78,073	46,995

Maternal mortality chart: Eritrea vs Mongolia

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 41 deaths in Mongolia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Eritrea	Mongolia
1985	1,678	352
1986	1,625	346
1987	1,555	341
1988	1,499	335
1989	1,473	311
1990	1,352	276
1991	1,384	227
1992	1,149	199
1993	1,040	181
1994	998	178
1995	854	176
1996	878	178
1997	817	180
1998	865	174
1999	734	162
2000	741	144
2001	651	130
2002	636	120
2003	588	114
2004	588	108
2005	567	99
2006	555	90
2007	541	81
2008	530	77
2009	515	75
2010	498	71
2011	478	67
2012	458	63
2013	443	59
2014	430	56
2015	413	52
2016	395	48
2017	379	45
2018	363	45
2019	351	45
2020	334	47
2021	338	63
2022	301	41
2023	291	41

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.54% in Eritrea and 1.36% in Mongolia. 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	Mongolia
1974	25.6%	-
1975	25%	-
1976	20.8%	-
1977	20.4%	-
1978	20%	17.3%
1979	19.7%	16.7%
1980	19.4%	16.1%
1981	19.1%	15.5%
1982	18.8%	15%
1983	27.8%	14.4%
1984	27.2%	13.9%
1985	26.2%	13.4%
1986	25.6%	12.8%
1987	17.1%	12.2%
1988	16.6%	11.7%
1989	16%	11.1%
1990	15.4%	10.7%
1991	14.7%	10.2%
1992	13.9%	9.78%
1993	13.1%	9.39%
1994	12.3%	9%
1995	11.5%	8.6%
1996	10.8%	8.19%
1997	10.1%	7.74%
1998	9.51%	7.27%
1999	10.9%	6.78%
2000	8.53%	6.29%
2001	8.11%	5.8%
2002	7.73%	5.32%
2003	7.38%	4.87%
2004	7.05%	4.45%
2005	6.75%	4.07%
2006	6.46%	3.71%
2007	6.19%	3.39%
2008	5.94%	3.11%
2009	5.71%	2.85%
2010	5.5%	2.63%
2011	5.31%	2.44%
2012	5.12%	2.28%
2013	4.94%	2.15%
2014	4.78%	2.04%
2015	4.61%	1.94%
2016	4.46%	1.84%
2017	4.32%	1.74%
2018	4.17%	1.64%
2019	4.03%	1.56%
2020	3.91%	1.48%
2021	3.79%	1.43%
2022	3.66%	1.39%
2023	3.54%	1.36%