Fertility & birth rates in Haiti and Marshall Islands

Fertility rate in Haiti vs Marshall Islands chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Haiti was 2.66 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 Haiti 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
	Haiti	Marshall Islands
1960	6.18	8.08
1961	6.18	8.12
1962	6.18	8.12
1963	6.17	8.12
1964	6.16	8.14
1965	6.13	8.16
1966	6.09	8.2
1967	6.05	8.17
1968	6.01	8.14
1969	5.96	8.11
1970	5.91	8.07
1971	5.88	8.04
1972	5.85	8
1973	5.81	7.95
1974	5.78	7.9
1975	5.75	7.83
1976	5.71	7.76
1977	5.67	7.67
1978	5.64	7.58
1979	5.59	7.47
1980	5.56	7.37
1981	5.53	7.27
1982	5.53	7.18
1983	5.51	7.08
1984	5.51	6.99
1985	5.5	6.87
1986	5.48	6.73
1987	5.47	6.57
1988	5.47	6.38
1989	5.44	6.18
1990	5.41	5.97
1991	5.32	5.76
1992	5.21	5.55
1993	5.1	5.38
1994	4.99	5.23
1995	4.88	5.09
1996	4.78	5.02
1997	4.67	4.96
1998	4.56	4.87
1999	4.45	4.78
2000	4.39	4.7
2001	4.25	4.58
2002	4.13	4.49
2003	4.05	4.42
2004	3.94	4.34
2005	3.84	4.28
2006	3.76	4.2
2007	3.69	4.09
2008	3.62	3.97
2009	3.57	3.83
2010	3.5	3.67
2011	3.43	3.53
2012	3.32	3.38
2013	3.22	3.25
2014	3.16	3.18
2015	3.11	3.13
2016	3.05	3.09
2017	2.99	3.06
2018	2.92	3.04
2019	2.86	3.01
2020	2.8	2.99
2021	2.75	2.96
2022	2.7	2.94
2023	2.66	2.92
2024	2.63	2.86
2025	2.59	2.82
2026	2.55	2.77
2027	2.52	2.73
2028	2.49	2.69
2029	2.46	2.65
2030	2.43	2.6
2031	2.41	2.57
2032	2.38	2.53
2033	2.35	2.5
2034	2.33	2.47
2035	2.3	2.44
2036	2.28	2.41
2037	2.26	2.38
2038	2.25	2.36
2039	2.23	2.34
2040	2.21	2.31
2041	2.19	2.29
2042	2.18	2.26
2043	2.16	2.24
2044	2.14	2.23
2045	2.13	2.21
2046	2.11	2.19
2047	2.1	2.17
2048	2.09	2.15
2049	2.07	2.13
2050	2.06	2.11

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Haiti	Marshall Islands
1960	40.6%	46.1%
1961	40.7%	46.7%
1962	40.8%	47.1%
1963	40.8%	47.4%
1964	40.9%	47.5%
1965	40.9%	47.5%
1966	40.9%	47.2%
1967	41%	46.7%
1968	41%	46.1%
1969	41%	45.3%
1970	40.9%	45%
1971	40.9%	45.6%
1972	40.9%	46.6%
1973	40.9%	47.3%
1974	40.9%	47.8%
1975	41%	48.2%
1976	41%	48.5%
1977	41.1%	49%
1978	41.1%	49.4%
1979	41.1%	49.8%
1980	41.2%	50.1%
1981	41.2%	50.3%
1982	41.3%	50.3%
1983	41.4%	50.4%
1984	41.4%	50.4%
1985	41.5%	50.6%
1986	41.6%	50.7%
1987	41.7%	50.8%
1988	41.8%	50.8%
1989	41.8%	50.6%
1990	41.9%	50.2%
1991	41.9%	49.7%
1992	41.9%	49.1%
1993	41.8%	48.4%
1994	41.7%	47.5%
1995	41.6%	46.6%
1996	41.4%	45.6%
1997	41.2%	44.7%
1998	41%	43.7%
1999	40.7%	42.8%
2000	40.4%	42%
2001	40.1%	41.3%
2002	39.7%	40.6%
2003	39.3%	39.9%
2004	38.9%	39.4%
2005	38.4%	39.1%
2006	37.9%	38.9%
2007	37.5%	39%
2008	37.1%	39.2%
2009	36.6%	39.4%
2010	36.2%	39.7%
2011	35.9%	39.7%
2012	35.5%	39.4%
2013	35.1%	38.8%
2014	34.7%	38.2%
2015	34.3%	37.5%
2016	33.9%	36.8%
2017	33.6%	36.2%
2018	33.3%	35.7%
2019	32.9%	35.1%
2020	32.6%	34.5%
2021	32.3%	34.4%
2022	31.9%	34.6%
2023	31.6%	34.7%
2024	31.2%	34.5%
2025	30.8%	33.9%
2026	30.4%	33.2%
2027	30%	32.6%
2028	29.6%	32%
2029	29.2%	31.4%
2030	28.8%	30.9%
2031	28.5%	30.3%
2032	28.1%	29.7%
2033	27.8%	29.2%
2034	27.4%	28.6%
2035	27.1%	28.1%
2036	26.8%	27.6%
2037	26.5%	27.3%
2038	26.3%	27.3%
2039	26%	27.4%
2040	25.7%	27.7%
2041	25.5%	28%
2042	25.2%	28.3%
2043	25%	28.6%
2044	24.8%	28.8%
2045	24.5%	29%
2046	24.3%	29.1%
2047	24.1%	29.1%
2048	23.8%	29%
2049	23.6%	28.8%
2050	23.4%	28.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 31.2% of the population in Haiti and 34.5% in the Marshall Islands in 2024, compared to 41.9% and 50.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Haiti and the Marshall Islands compared.

Natural population change in Haiti vs Marshall Islands by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.58% in Haiti 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
	Haiti	Marshall Islands
1960	85,368	452
1961	87,563	469
1962	89,683	488
1963	86,394	509
1964	93,987	536
1965	95,754	566
1966	96,973	603
1967	99,266	636
1968	101,300	685
1969	103,133	747
1970	105,208	819
1971	107,968	877
1972	110,709	913
1973	113,223	954
1974	115,941	1,000
1975	118,508	1,055
1976	120,992	1,109
1977	123,520	1,160
1978	125,885	1,207
1979	128,206	1,250
1980	130,773	1,287
1981	133,695	1,328
1982	137,214	1,375
1983	140,422	1,422
1984	144,211	1,470
1985	148,364	1,511
1986	152,288	1,544
1987	156,468	1,566
1988	160,750	1,575
1989	163,947	1,574
1990	167,420	1,556
1991	167,919	1,540
1992	168,980	1,525
1993	169,240	1,524
1994	169,260	1,524
1995	171,852	1,522
1996	173,351	1,542
1997	174,962	1,564
1998	175,687	1,576
1999	177,421	1,590
2000	180,677	1,592
2001	178,741	1,596
2002	178,126	1,594
2003	179,543	1,600
2004	174,071	1,595
2005	180,618	1,586
2006	182,866	1,556
2007	184,223	1,507
2008	185,364	1,443
2009	187,804	1,365
2010	95,965	1,273
2011	184,695	1,185
2012	183,702	1,097
2013	181,457	1,014
2014	182,009	959
2015	182,063	912
2016	180,902	866
2017	180,310	826
2018	178,632	785
2019	176,550	746
2020	169,264	689
2021	158,994	653
2022	164,214	606
2023	167,381	550

Maternal mortality chart: Haiti vs Marshall Islands

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 328 deaths per 100,000 live births in Haiti, compared to 155 deaths in the Marshall Islands.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Haiti	Marshall Islands
1985	991	254
1986	975	274
1987	952	282
1988	929	276
1989	900	299
1990	874	311
1991	831	297
1992	793	322
1993	747	320
1994	710	303
1995	638	303
1996	588	292
1997	551	274
1998	511	259
1999	464	250
2000	440	251
2001	428	231
2002	410	223
2003	385	221
2004	427	238
2005	355	234
2006	368	233
2007	383	229
2008	394	226
2009	397	224
2010	398	212
2011	409	209
2012	385	207
2013	380	201
2014	373	199
2015	364	184
2016	356	183
2017	351	179
2018	358	167
2019	351	168
2020	346	178
2021	385	206
2022	331	174
2023	328	155

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 5.51% in Haiti 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
	Haiti	Marshall Islands
1960	29.2%	12.2%
1961	28.8%	11.6%
1962	28.3%	11%
1963	27.9%	10.5%
1964	27.4%	10.1%
1965	27%	9.64%
1966	26.5%	9.25%
1967	26%	8.88%
1968	25.5%	8.53%
1969	25%	8.19%
1970	24.5%	7.87%
1971	23.9%	7.58%
1972	23.4%	7.33%
1973	22.8%	7.13%
1974	22.3%	6.97%
1975	21.7%	6.86%
1976	21.2%	6.77%
1977	20.6%	6.69%
1978	20.1%	6.61%
1979	19.6%	6.52%
1980	19.1%	6.42%
1981	18.6%	6.29%
1982	18.1%	6.15%
1983	17.6%	6%
1984	17.1%	5.83%
1985	16.6%	5.66%
1986	16.2%	5.49%
1987	15.8%	5.31%
1988	15.3%	5.13%
1989	14.9%	4.95%
1990	14.5%	4.76%
1991	14.1%	4.59%
1992	13.7%	4.43%
1993	13.2%	4.29%
1994	12.8%	4.2%
1995	12.4%	4.15%
1996	12%	4.14%
1997	11.5%	4.15%
1998	11.1%	4.19%
1999	10.7%	4.23%
2000	10.4%	4.25%
2001	10%	4.25%
2002	9.68%	4.24%
2003	9.4%	4.21%
2004	9.14%	4.18%
2005	8.91%	4.14%
2006	8.69%	4.1%
2007	8.49%	4.06%
2008	8.29%	4.02%
2009	8.11%	3.97%
2010	13.7%	3.94%
2011	7.74%	3.89%
2012	7.56%	3.82%
2013	7.38%	3.75%
2014	7.19%	3.66%
2015	6.99%	3.57%
2016	6.79%	3.48%
2017	6.61%	3.38%
2018	6.42%	3.29%
2019	6.23%	3.19%
2020	6.04%	3.1%
2021	5.85%	3%
2022	5.69%	2.91%
2023	5.51%	2.82%