Fertility & birth rates in Ethiopia and Ivory Coast

Fertility rate in Ethiopia vs Ivory Coast chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Ethiopia was 3.99 children per woman in 2023, compared to 4.28 in Ivory Coast in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Ethiopia vs Ivory Coast population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Ethiopia	Ivory Coast
1960	6.51	7.69
1961	6.53	7.72
1962	6.56	7.75
1963	6.59	7.78
1964	6.61	7.81
1965	6.63	7.84
1966	6.66	7.87
1967	6.68	7.89
1968	6.7	7.91
1969	6.72	7.93
1970	6.78	7.94
1971	6.84	7.94
1972	6.9	7.94
1973	6.96	7.94
1974	7.02	7.93
1975	7.08	7.91
1976	7.13	7.88
1977	7.19	7.83
1978	7.23	7.67
1979	7.25	7.63
1980	7.29	7.59
1981	7.31	7.54
1982	7.34	7.49
1983	7.35	7.42
1984	7.36	7.35
1985	7.34	7.27
1986	7.32	7.19
1987	7.29	7.09
1988	7.26	6.97
1989	7.23	6.85
1990	7.2	6.72
1991	7.16	6.59
1992	7.13	6.43
1993	7.09	6.27
1994	7.05	6.13
1995	7	6.04
1996	6.93	5.95
1997	6.87	5.9
1998	6.79	5.85
1999	6.72	5.81
2000	6.65	5.77
2001	6.58	5.7
2002	6.5	5.64
2003	6.4	5.57
2004	6.3	5.53
2005	6.19	5.5
2006	6.05	5.45
2007	5.89	5.4
2008	5.7	5.36
2009	5.49	5.33
2010	5.28	5.29
2011	5.08	5.24
2012	4.89	5.19
2013	4.71	5.14
2014	4.61	5.07
2015	4.53	4.97
2016	4.47	4.87
2017	4.4	4.76
2018	4.37	4.6
2019	4.35	4.52
2020	4.27	4.46
2021	4.18	4.41
2022	4.08	4.35
2023	3.99	4.28
2024	3.91	4.23
2025	3.81	4.17
2026	3.72	4.1
2027	3.64	4.05
2028	3.57	3.99
2029	3.5	3.93
2030	3.43	3.88
2031	3.36	3.83
2032	3.3	3.78
2033	3.24	3.75
2034	3.19	3.69
2035	3.14	3.64
2036	3.08	3.6
2037	3.03	3.56
2038	2.99	3.51
2039	2.94	3.47
2040	2.9	3.43
2041	2.86	3.39
2042	2.83	3.35
2043	2.79	3.31
2044	2.75	3.27
2045	2.72	3.23
2046	2.68	3.2
2047	2.65	3.17
2048	2.62	3.13
2049	2.59	3.1
2050	2.55	3.07

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Ethiopia	Ivory Coast
1960	42.2%	43.1%
1961	42.2%	43.2%
1962	42.1%	43.4%
1963	42.2%	43.6%
1964	42.3%	43.9%
1965	42.5%	44.1%
1966	42.9%	44.3%
1967	43.2%	44.6%
1968	43.5%	44.8%
1969	43.8%	44.9%
1970	44.2%	45.1%
1971	44.5%	45.1%
1972	44.9%	45.2%
1973	45.2%	45.2%
1974	45.4%	45.3%
1975	45.6%	45.4%
1976	45.7%	45.7%
1977	45.9%	46.1%
1978	46.1%	46.5%
1979	46.2%	46.8%
1980	46.3%	47.1%
1981	46.4%	47.3%
1982	46.5%	47.5%
1983	46.4%	47.7%
1984	46.2%	47.8%
1985	46.1%	47.9%
1986	46%	48%
1987	46%	48.1%
1988	46%	48%
1989	46.1%	47.9%
1990	46.2%	47.8%
1991	46.2%	47.6%
1992	46.2%	47.4%
1993	46.4%	47.1%
1994	46.5%	46.9%
1995	46.7%	46.7%
1996	46.9%	46.4%
1997	47.1%	46.2%
1998	47.4%	46.1%
1999	47.6%	46%
2000	47.7%	46%
2001	47.8%	46.1%
2002	47.8%	46.2%
2003	47.7%	46.2%
2004	47.6%	46.3%
2005	47.4%	46.3%
2006	47.2%	46.3%
2007	46.9%	46.4%
2008	46.6%	45.8%
2009	46.2%	44.9%
2010	45.7%	44%
2011	45.2%	43.3%
2012	44.6%	42.7%
2013	44%	42.2%
2014	43.4%	42%
2015	42.9%	42.2%
2016	42.3%	42.3%
2017	41.8%	42.4%
2018	41.3%	42.4%
2019	40.9%	42.3%
2020	40.5%	42.2%
2021	40.1%	42%
2022	39.7%	41.7%
2023	39.4%	41.3%
2024	39.1%	40.9%
2025	38.8%	40.5%
2026	38.5%	40%
2027	38.3%	39.7%
2028	38.1%	39.3%
2029	37.8%	38.8%
2030	37.6%	38.3%
2031	37.3%	37.8%
2032	37%	37.3%
2033	36.6%	37%
2034	36.2%	36.7%
2035	35.8%	36.4%
2036	35.4%	36.2%
2037	34.9%	35.9%
2038	34.5%	35.7%
2039	34%	35.6%
2040	33.6%	35.4%
2041	33.2%	35.3%
2042	32.8%	35.1%
2043	32.4%	35%
2044	32%	34.8%
2045	31.7%	34.7%
2046	31.3%	34.5%
2047	31%	34.4%
2048	30.7%	34.2%
2049	30.3%	34%
2050	30%	33.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 39.1% of the population in Ethiopia and 40.9% in Ivory Coast in 2024, compared to 46.2% and 47.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Ethiopia and Ivory Coast compared.

Natural population change in Ethiopia vs Ivory Coast by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.64% in Ethiopia and +2.65% in Ivory Coast. 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
	Ethiopia	Ivory Coast
1960	511,694	99,681
1961	538,518	105,568
1962	563,650	111,930
1963	590,998	118,526
1964	618,667	124,996
1965	642,359	131,601
1966	616,281	138,438
1967	695,283	145,773
1968	715,602	153,464
1969	736,428	161,541
1970	760,821	170,070
1971	787,047	179,918
1972	779,808	190,842
1973	807,535	203,429
1974	777,306	216,389
1975	801,425	228,883
1976	899,577	241,939
1977	929,381	250,858
1978	943,388	257,222
1979	987,203	268,875
1980	1,007,516	280,630
1981	1,018,838	292,755
1982	1,080,853	305,204
1983	863,472	317,379
1984	920,670	331,910
1985	997,050	344,549
1986	1,050,277	357,205
1987	1,356,853	370,654
1988	1,393,356	378,575
1989	1,441,769	390,081
1990	1,479,663	402,629
1991	1,579,416	413,354
1992	1,673,839	423,294
1993	1,734,851	430,759
1994	1,788,133	438,274
1995	1,831,068	453,719
1996	1,896,364	469,740
1997	1,945,112	489,984
1998	1,984,989	509,167
1999	2,010,987	527,634
2000	2,083,622	545,129
2001	2,137,791	555,220
2002	2,189,683	563,692
2003	2,231,223	568,220
2004	2,296,999	579,424
2005	2,353,375	593,685
2006	2,393,585	605,001
2007	2,436,753	617,247
2008	2,465,283	630,610
2009	2,467,118	654,439
2010	2,498,048	676,554
2011	2,527,811	694,033
2012	2,533,398	708,847
2013	2,546,020	720,228
2014	2,623,647	728,978
2015	2,713,529	731,387
2016	2,809,889	735,630
2017	2,899,143	734,553
2018	3,015,231	722,445
2019	3,132,780	727,774
2020	3,199,718	727,455
2021	3,204,673	732,191
2022	3,300,114	750,270
2023	3,338,649	758,261

Maternal mortality chart: Ethiopia vs Ivory Coast

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 195 deaths per 100,000 live births in Ethiopia, compared to 359 deaths in Ivory Coast.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Ethiopia	Ivory Coast
1985	1,329	766
1986	1,317	735
1987	1,289	697
1988	1,306	671
1989	1,296	645
1990	1,320	619
1991	1,239	584
1992	1,218	546
1993	1,168	503
1994	1,113	463
1995	1,060	421
1996	1,008	381
1997	957	364
1998	911	380
1999	901	381
2000	870	378
2001	856	405
2002	826	427
2003	797	451
2004	764	456
2005	754	492
2006	729	544
2007	704	567
2008	678	562
2009	649	588
2010	619	592
2011	588	569
2012	545	566
2013	494	544
2014	444	522
2015	401	505
2016	364	488
2017	327	465
2018	297	449
2019	269	429
2020	244	447
2021	250	459
2022	207	409
2023	195	359

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 4.65% in Ethiopia and 6.71% in Ivory Coast. 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
	Ethiopia	Ivory Coast
1960	-	32.1%
1961	-	31.3%
1962	-	30.5%
1963	-	29.7%
1964	-	28.9%
1965	-	28.2%
1966	27.8%	27.4%
1967	24.9%	26.7%
1968	24.8%	26%
1969	24.8%	25.2%
1970	24.7%	24.5%
1971	24.7%	23.7%
1972	24.7%	22.9%
1973	24.6%	22.1%
1974	28.3%	21.2%
1975	28.2%	20.3%
1976	24.5%	19.5%
1977	24.5%	18.7%
1978	24.4%	18%
1979	24.2%	17.4%
1980	24%	16.9%
1981	23.8%	16.4%
1982	23.5%	16.1%
1983	32%	15.8%
1984	31.4%	15.5%
1985	30.3%	15.4%
1986	29.7%	15.3%
1987	21.5%	15.2%
1988	21%	15.2%
1989	20.6%	15.3%
1990	20.2%	15.3%
1991	19.7%	15.4%
1992	19.1%	15.4%
1993	18.5%	15.4%
1994	17.9%	15.3%
1995	17.2%	15.2%
1996	16.6%	15.1%
1997	15.9%	14.9%
1998	15.3%	14.6%
1999	14.7%	14.4%
2000	14%	14.1%
2001	13.4%	13.7%
2002	12.8%	13.3%
2003	12.1%	13%
2004	11.5%	12.6%
2005	10.9%	12.2%
2006	10.3%	11.8%
2007	9.74%	11.4%
2008	9.23%	11%
2009	8.76%	10.6%
2010	8.32%	10.2%
2011	7.91%	9.91%
2012	7.53%	9.6%
2013	7.16%	9.27%
2014	6.82%	8.92%
2015	6.49%	8.61%
2016	6.17%	8.36%
2017	5.89%	8.11%
2018	5.64%	7.85%
2019	5.41%	7.59%
2020	5.2%	7.37%
2021	5%	7.14%
2022	4.82%	6.92%
2023	4.65%	6.71%