Fertility & birth rates in Georgia and Nicaragua

Fertility rate in Georgia vs Nicaragua chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Georgia was 1.81 children per woman in 2023, compared to 2.22 in Nicaragua in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Georgia vs Nicaragua population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Georgia	Nicaragua
1960	2.94	7.16
1961	2.94	7.11
1962	2.94	7.1
1963	2.95	7.08
1964	2.89	7.06
1965	2.77	7.03
1966	2.73	6.99
1967	2.74	6.94
1968	2.69	6.89
1969	2.69	6.83
1970	2.7	6.77
1971	2.71	6.71
1972	2.67	6.65
1973	2.62	6.59
1974	2.57	6.52
1975	2.55	6.45
1976	2.51	6.37
1977	2.44	6.28
1978	2.42	6.16
1979	2.38	6.07
1980	2.35	5.96
1981	2.33	5.84
1982	2.31	5.74
1983	2.34	5.61
1984	2.38	5.49
1985	2.4	5.36
1986	2.38	5.22
1987	2.32	5.07
1988	2.32	4.93
1989	2.32	4.76
1990	2.31	4.6
1991	2.21	4.43
1992	2.05	4.27
1993	1.91	4.1
1994	1.84	3.94
1995	1.81	3.78
1996	1.76	3.62
1997	1.73	3.47
1998	1.7	3.34
1999	1.64	3.22
2000	1.61	3.12
2001	1.58	3
2002	1.57	2.89
2003	1.55	2.83
2004	1.57	2.78
2005	1.58	2.77
2006	1.62	2.73
2007	1.7	2.7
2008	1.83	2.66
2009	1.99	2.63
2010	1.97	2.6
2011	1.92	2.56
2012	1.93	2.53
2013	1.99	2.49
2014	2.18	2.46
2015	2.21	2.43
2016	2.23	2.41
2017	2.14	2.38
2018	2.09	2.35
2019	2.02	2.32
2020	1.98	2.3
2021	1.98	2.27
2022	1.82	2.24
2023	1.81	2.22
2024	1.8	2.21
2025	1.79	2.18
2026	1.78	2.16
2027	1.77	2.14
2028	1.76	2.11
2029	1.75	2.09
2030	1.75	2.07
2031	1.75	2.05
2032	1.74	2.04
2033	1.74	2.02
2034	1.73	2.01
2035	1.73	2
2036	1.73	1.98
2037	1.73	1.97
2038	1.72	1.96
2039	1.72	1.95
2040	1.72	1.94
2041	1.72	1.93
2042	1.72	1.92
2043	1.72	1.91
2044	1.72	1.9
2045	1.71	1.89
2046	1.71	1.89
2047	1.71	1.88
2048	1.71	1.87
2049	1.71	1.87
2050	1.71	1.86

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Georgia	Nicaragua
1960	28.7%	47.6%
1961	29.3%	47.8%
1962	29.7%	48%
1963	29.9%	48.2%
1964	30%	48.2%
1965	30%	48.1%
1966	30.2%	47.9%
1967	30.5%	47.8%
1968	30.7%	47.7%
1969	30.8%	47.6%
1970	30.5%	47.5%
1971	30%	47.5%
1972	29.5%	47.4%
1973	29%	47.4%
1974	28.4%	47.3%
1975	27.8%	47.3%
1976	27.3%	47.3%
1977	26.7%	47.2%
1978	26.2%	47.3%
1979	25.7%	47.3%
1980	25.4%	47.3%
1981	25.2%	47.3%
1982	25.1%	47.3%
1983	25.1%	47.2%
1984	25.1%	47.2%
1985	25.2%	47.1%
1986	25.4%	47%
1987	25.5%	46.9%
1988	25.5%	46.7%
1989	25.5%	46.4%
1990	25.5%	46.1%
1991	25.6%	45.7%
1992	25.5%	45.2%
1993	25.4%	44.8%
1994	25.2%	44.3%
1995	24.9%	43.7%
1996	24.6%	43.1%
1997	24.1%	42.4%
1998	23.6%	41.7%
1999	23%	41%
2000	22.4%	40.3%
2001	21.7%	39.6%
2002	21%	38.9%
2003	20.5%	38.2%
2004	19.9%	37.5%
2005	19.3%	36.8%
2006	18.8%	36.2%
2007	18.5%	35.7%
2008	18.3%	35.2%
2009	18.4%	34.7%
2010	18.6%	34.2%
2011	18.6%	33.8%
2012	18.7%	33.3%
2013	18.8%	32.9%
2014	19%	32.6%
2015	19.4%	32.2%
2016	19.8%	31.8%
2017	20.2%	31.5%
2018	20.5%	31.1%
2019	20.8%	30.8%
2020	21%	30.4%
2021	21.2%	30.1%
2022	21.2%	29.6%
2023	21%	29.2%
2024	20.8%	28.8%
2025	20.5%	28.3%
2026	20.2%	27.9%
2027	19.9%	27.4%
2028	19.5%	27%
2029	19%	26.6%
2030	18.5%	26.2%
2031	18%	25.8%
2032	17.6%	25.4%
2033	17.2%	25%
2034	16.9%	24.7%
2035	16.6%	24.4%
2036	16.4%	24%
2037	16.2%	23.7%
2038	16.2%	23.4%
2039	16.1%	23.1%
2040	16.1%	22.8%
2041	16.2%	22.5%
2042	16.2%	22.2%
2043	16.3%	22%
2044	16.4%	21.7%
2045	16.4%	21.4%
2046	16.5%	21.2%
2047	16.6%	20.9%
2048	16.7%	20.7%
2049	16.8%	20.5%
2050	16.8%	20.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 20.8% of the population in Georgia and 28.8% in Nicaragua in 2024, compared to 25.5% and 46.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Georgia and Nicaragua compared.

Natural population change in Georgia vs Nicaragua by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.13% in Georgia and +1.58% in Nicaragua. 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
	Georgia	Nicaragua
1960	51,640	55,664
1961	52,284	57,499
1962	51,903	59,547
1963	51,456	61,738
1964	48,429	64,227
1965	43,463	67,056
1966	40,905	69,883
1967	40,070	72,722
1968	37,840	75,458
1969	37,764	78,237
1970	38,731	81,127
1971	38,953	84,139
1972	38,832	76,906
1973	38,259	89,662
1974	38,071	92,505
1975	39,331	95,230
1976	39,964	98,100
1977	40,023	100,498
1978	41,616	98,419
1979	42,863	96,429
1980	44,114	108,604
1981	46,185	110,421
1982	47,363	112,468
1983	48,496	110,618
1984	48,523	110,133
1985	49,786	110,949
1986	48,960	113,054
1987	45,561	112,885
1988	42,810	117,299
1989	41,510	120,128
1990	40,169	120,677
1991	32,932	121,787
1992	24,226	121,204
1993	18,303	120,469
1994	17,279	119,565
1995	17,644	118,325
1996	18,304	116,849
1997	11,862	114,415
1998	9,823	108,862
1999	6,901	110,217
2000	4,681	109,192
2001	3,445	107,109
2002	2,228	105,805
2003	2,482	106,142
2004	283	106,904
2005	1,604	108,984
2006	2,146	110,073
2007	3,551	110,341
2008	7,974	110,395
2009	12,210	110,213
2010	10,501	110,475
2011	8,989	110,026
2012	8,584	110,065
2013	10,145	109,032
2014	13,089	108,420
2015	13,105	107,344
2016	11,346	106,585
2017	8,391	105,468
2018	8,407	104,814
2019	5,606	102,817
2020	335	90,515
2021	-9,127	89,213
2022	-2,224	100,987
2023	-1,282	100,921

Maternal mortality chart: Georgia vs Nicaragua

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 20 deaths per 100,000 live births in Georgia, compared to 60 deaths in Nicaragua.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Georgia	Nicaragua
1985	34	319
1986	34	313
1987	32	316
1988	33	301
1989	36	286
1990	34	281
1991	36	273
1992	38	272
1993	40	265
1994	40	256
1995	41	251
1996	35	244
1997	45	236
1998	43	239
1999	41	228
2000	43	213
2001	45	194
2002	46	170
2003	42	154
2004	43	140
2005	53	124
2006	45	113
2007	52	106
2008	54	101
2009	56	99
2010	41	96
2011	37	93
2012	35	88
2013	34	86
2014	32	83
2015	30	81
2016	28	77
2017	27	72
2018	24	67
2019	22	69
2020	30	87
2021	60	124
2022	22	61
2023	20	60

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.92% in Georgia and 1.34% in Nicaragua. 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
	Georgia	Nicaragua
1960	-	19.8%
1961	-	19.6%
1962	-	19.4%
1963	-	19.2%
1964	-	19%
1965	-	18.7%
1966	-	18.4%
1967	-	18.1%
1968	-	17.8%
1969	-	17.4%
1970	-	17.1%
1971	-	16.6%
1972	-	18.7%
1973	-	15.6%
1974	-	15%
1975	7.12%	14.4%
1976	6.86%	13.7%
1977	6.61%	12.9%
1978	6.36%	12.2%
1979	6.13%	11.5%
1980	5.9%	10.8%
1981	5.69%	10.2%
1982	5.49%	9.58%
1983	5.31%	9.07%
1984	5.16%	8.62%
1985	5.04%	8.21%
1986	4.94%	7.85%
1987	4.87%	7.53%
1988	4.82%	7.22%
1989	4.78%	6.92%
1990	4.75%	6.62%
1991	4.72%	6.31%
1992	4.68%	6%
1993	4.63%	5.69%
1994	4.56%	5.39%
1995	4.47%	5.09%
1996	4.36%	4.81%
1997	4.22%	4.54%
1998	4.05%	5.01%
1999	3.85%	4.04%
2000	3.63%	3.82%
2001	3.39%	3.62%
2002	3.13%	3.43%
2003	2.87%	3.26%
2004	2.6%	3.1%
2005	2.35%	2.95%
2006	2.12%	2.81%
2007	1.9%	2.68%
2008	1.72%	2.55%
2009	1.55%	2.44%
2010	1.41%	2.33%
2011	1.3%	2.22%
2012	1.21%	2.13%
2013	1.14%	2.03%
2014	1.09%	1.94%
2015	1.05%	1.86%
2016	1.02%	1.78%
2017	1%	1.71%
2018	0.98%	1.64%
2019	0.97%	1.57%
2020	0.96%	1.51%
2021	0.95%	1.45%
2022	0.93%	1.39%
2023	0.92%	1.34%