Fertility & birth rates in Honduras and Iran

Fertility rate in Honduras vs Iran chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Honduras was 2.5 children per woman in 2023, compared to 1.7 in Iran in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Honduras vs Iran population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Honduras	Iran
1960	7.46	7.52
1961	7.45	7.46
1962	7.44	7.4
1963	7.44	7.32
1964	7.44	7.24
1965	7.44	7.22
1966	7.41	7.21
1967	7.36	7.19
1968	7.3	7.12
1969	7.23	7.01
1970	7.17	6.8
1971	7.11	6.55
1972	7.06	6.26
1973	6.99	6.06
1974	6.91	5.97
1975	6.87	5.95
1976	6.81	6.07
1977	6.73	6.18
1978	6.63	6.34
1979	6.53	6.55
1980	6.42	6.63
1981	6.3	6.62
1982	6.18	6.59
1983	6.06	6.53
1984	5.94	6.43
1985	5.82	6.24
1986	5.7	6.01
1987	5.58	5.72
1988	5.47	5.43
1989	5.35	5.17
1990	5.27	4.93
1991	5.19	4.57
1992	5.11	4.1
1993	5.03	3.67
1994	4.93	3.24
1995	4.84	2.85
1996	4.71	2.54
1997	4.59	2.32
1998	4.47	2.19
1999	4.37	2.09
2000	4.29	2
2001	4.15	1.92
2002	4	1.84
2003	3.84	1.8
2004	3.71	1.78
2005	3.58	1.76
2006	3.45	1.76
2007	3.35	1.75
2008	3.26	1.74
2009	3.17	1.74
2010	3.08	1.75
2011	3	1.79
2012	2.93	1.85
2013	2.86	1.91
2014	2.79	1.98
2015	2.75	2.02
2016	2.7	2.05
2017	2.66	2.02
2018	2.65	1.92
2019	2.61	1.77
2020	2.58	1.7
2021	2.55	1.71
2022	2.52	1.7
2023	2.5	1.7
2024	2.48	1.68
2025	2.45	1.67
2026	2.42	1.66
2027	2.4	1.65
2028	2.38	1.64
2029	2.35	1.64
2030	2.32	1.63
2031	2.3	1.63
2032	2.28	1.63
2033	2.26	1.63
2034	2.24	1.63
2035	2.22	1.63
2036	2.2	1.63
2037	2.18	1.63
2038	2.16	1.63
2039	2.15	1.63
2040	2.13	1.63
2041	2.12	1.63
2042	2.1	1.63
2043	2.09	1.63
2044	2.07	1.63
2045	2.06	1.63
2046	2.05	1.63
2047	2.03	1.63
2048	2.02	1.63
2049	2.01	1.63
2050	2	1.63

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Honduras	Iran
1960	47%	43.5%
1961	47.3%	44.1%
1962	47.6%	44.6%
1963	47.8%	44.9%
1964	47.9%	45%
1965	48%	45%
1966	48%	44.9%
1967	48%	44.8%
1968	48%	44.8%
1969	48%	44.7%
1970	47.9%	44.6%
1971	47.9%	44.4%
1972	47.9%	44.2%
1973	47.9%	43.8%
1974	47.8%	43.5%
1975	47.6%	43.2%
1976	47.5%	43%
1977	47.4%	42.9%
1978	47.4%	43%
1979	47.3%	43.1%
1980	47.3%	43.3%
1981	47.2%	42.9%
1982	47.1%	42.7%
1983	47.1%	43%
1984	47%	43.3%
1985	46.8%	43.5%
1986	46.7%	43.7%
1987	46.5%	43.9%
1988	46.4%	44%
1989	46.3%	44.2%
1990	46.1%	44.1%
1991	45.9%	43.9%
1992	45.7%	43.6%
1993	45.4%	43.6%
1994	45.1%	43.2%
1995	44.8%	42.1%
1996	44.5%	40.7%
1997	44.2%	39.1%
1998	43.8%	37.3%
1999	43.4%	35.4%
2000	43.1%	33.6%
2001	42.7%	31.7%
2002	42.3%	30.1%
2003	41.9%	28.7%
2004	41.5%	27.4%
2005	41%	26.2%
2006	40.4%	25.3%
2007	39.9%	24.6%
2008	39.3%	24%
2009	38.7%	23.7%
2010	38.1%	23.4%
2011	37.4%	23.3%
2012	36.8%	23.3%
2013	36.2%	23.3%
2014	35.6%	23.4%
2015	34.9%	23.6%
2016	34.3%	23.8%
2017	33.7%	23.9%
2018	33.1%	24%
2019	32.6%	23.9%
2020	32.2%	23.8%
2021	31.8%	23.6%
2022	31.4%	23.2%
2023	31%	22.8%
2024	30.6%	22.4%
2025	30.3%	22%
2026	29.9%	21.6%
2027	29.6%	21.1%
2028	29.3%	20.5%
2029	28.9%	19.9%
2030	28.6%	19.3%
2031	28.3%	18.6%
2032	28%	18%
2033	27.6%	17.4%
2034	27.3%	17%
2035	26.9%	16.7%
2036	26.6%	16.4%
2037	26.2%	16.2%
2038	25.9%	15.9%
2039	25.5%	15.8%
2040	25.2%	15.6%
2041	24.8%	15.5%
2042	24.5%	15.4%
2043	24.2%	15.3%
2044	23.9%	15.3%
2045	23.6%	15.2%
2046	23.3%	15.2%
2047	23%	15.2%
2048	22.7%	15.2%
2049	22.5%	15.1%
2050	22.2%	15.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 30.6% of the population in Honduras and 22.4% in Iran in 2024, compared to 46.1% and 44.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Honduras and Iran compared.

Natural population change in Honduras vs Iran by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.85% in Honduras and +1.1% in Iran. 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
	Honduras	Iran
1960	62,602	584,060
1961	64,672	594,674
1962	67,332	595,538
1963	69,883	620,126
1964	72,756	635,589
1965	75,622	663,029
1966	78,369	695,040
1967	81,131	727,276
1968	84,070	743,992
1969	87,273	780,660
1970	90,875	794,612
1971	94,597	805,830
1972	98,634	804,043
1973	99,553	831,880
1974	98,141	873,369
1975	111,469	929,481
1976	115,754	1,013,347
1977	119,333	1,091,542
1978	122,593	1,156,974
1979	125,957	1,294,306
1980	128,856	1,361,293
1981	131,789	1,376,830
1982	134,629	1,514,240
1983	137,597	1,573,612
1984	139,851	1,653,051
1985	142,190	1,661,750
1986	144,500	1,659,289
1987	146,750	1,639,644
1988	149,130	1,614,512
1989	152,266	1,609,739
1990	156,537	1,530,434
1991	160,933	1,495,594
1992	165,434	1,365,466
1993	169,358	1,219,658
1994	173,437	1,008,076
1995	177,309	879,648
1996	180,083	784,508
1997	182,308	726,574
1998	169,632	717,655
1999	186,816	723,237
2000	190,308	731,203
2001	190,636	743,658
2002	189,653	752,205
2003	187,854	732,600
2004	186,774	801,203
2005	185,216	837,305
2006	183,381	884,529
2007	183,052	919,254
2008	182,607	940,983
2009	182,250	958,322
2010	180,318	980,380
2011	180,164	1,023,925
2012	180,384	1,073,804
2013	179,999	1,119,533
2014	180,075	1,158,552
2015	181,098	1,178,317
2016	182,243	1,186,949
2017	182,731	1,140,549
2018	184,953	1,035,052
2019	185,200	893,063
2020	179,553	663,978
2021	172,890	645,725
2022	186,257	753,525
2023	186,125	750,150

Maternal mortality chart: Honduras vs Iran

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 47 deaths per 100,000 live births in Honduras, compared to 16 deaths in Iran.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Honduras	Iran
1985	199	160
1986	191	148
1987	183	136
1988	177	126
1989	169	113
1990	159	107
1991	148	94
1992	138	86
1993	128	80
1994	119	71
1995	109	65
1996	101	59
1997	96	55
1998	91	50
1999	86	46
2000	82	43
2001	78	40
2002	75	38
2003	75	37
2004	74	34
2005	73	33
2006	72	32
2007	72	31
2008	72	30
2009	71	28
2010	72	27
2011	68	26
2012	64	25
2013	62	24
2014	60	23
2015	57	22
2016	55	21
2017	53	20
2018	52	19
2019	51	18
2020	57	34
2021	88	51
2022	48	21
2023	47	16

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.55% in Honduras and 1.18% in Iran. 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
	Honduras	Iran
1960	20.7%	-
1961	20%	-
1962	19.4%	-
1963	18.7%	-
1964	18.1%	-
1965	17.5%	-
1966	16.9%	-
1967	16.3%	-
1968	15.7%	-
1969	15.2%	-
1970	14.6%	-
1971	14%	18.9%
1972	13.5%	18%
1973	12.9%	17.1%
1974	14.9%	16.2%
1975	11.9%	15.3%
1976	11.4%	14.4%
1977	10.9%	13.5%
1978	10.4%	12.6%
1979	9.94%	11.7%
1980	9.48%	10.8%
1981	9.05%	10%
1982	8.62%	9.3%
1983	8.2%	8.67%
1984	7.81%	8.13%
1985	7.43%	7.64%
1986	7.07%	7.2%
1987	6.73%	6.8%
1988	6.4%	6.42%
1989	6.1%	6.07%
1990	5.81%	5.76%
1991	5.54%	5.48%
1992	5.29%	5.22%
1993	5.06%	5%
1994	4.84%	4.79%
1995	4.64%	4.59%
1996	4.44%	4.4%
1997	4.25%	4.21%
1998	6.49%	4.02%
1999	3.9%	3.83%
2000	3.73%	3.63%
2001	3.57%	3.42%
2002	3.41%	3.22%
2003	3.26%	3.02%
2004	3.11%	2.83%
2005	2.98%	2.65%
2006	2.86%	2.48%
2007	2.75%	2.32%
2008	2.65%	2.17%
2009	2.55%	2.04%
2010	2.46%	1.93%
2011	2.37%	1.84%
2012	2.28%	1.75%
2013	2.2%	1.68%
2014	2.12%	1.61%
2015	2.05%	1.55%
2016	1.98%	1.5%
2017	1.91%	1.45%
2018	1.84%	1.39%
2019	1.78%	1.35%
2020	1.72%	1.3%
2021	1.66%	1.26%
2022	1.6%	1.22%
2023	1.55%	1.18%