Fertility & birth rates in Honduras and Iraq

Fertility rate in Honduras vs Iraq 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 3.25 in Iraq in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Honduras vs Iraq 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	Iraq
1960	7.46	5.3
1961	7.45	5.8
1962	7.44	6.99
1963	7.44	7.01
1964	7.44	7.01
1965	7.44	7.02
1966	7.41	7.02
1967	7.36	7.03
1968	7.3	7.06
1969	7.23	7.08
1970	7.17	7.07
1971	7.11	7.06
1972	7.06	7.02
1973	6.99	6.99
1974	6.91	6.95
1975	6.87	6.91
1976	6.81	6.86
1977	6.73	6.8
1978	6.63	6.73
1979	6.53	6.66
1980	6.42	6.59
1981	6.3	6.53
1982	6.18	6.46
1983	6.06	6.39
1984	5.94	6.32
1985	5.82	6.25
1986	5.7	6.18
1987	5.58	6.11
1988	5.47	6.05
1989	5.35	5.99
1990	5.27	5.93
1991	5.19	5.83
1992	5.11	5.72
1993	5.03	5.61
1994	4.93	5.49
1995	4.84	5.36
1996	4.71	5.25
1997	4.59	5.19
1998	4.47	5.11
1999	4.37	5.04
2000	4.29	4.92
2001	4.15	4.8
2002	4	4.67
2003	3.84	4.58
2004	3.71	4.53
2005	3.58	4.45
2006	3.45	4.46
2007	3.35	4.4
2008	3.26	4.37
2009	3.17	4.38
2010	3.08	4.46
2011	3	4.59
2012	2.93	4.54
2013	2.86	4.44
2014	2.79	4.31
2015	2.75	4.08
2016	2.7	3.84
2017	2.66	3.64
2018	2.65	3.55
2019	2.61	3.48
2020	2.58	3.42
2021	2.55	3.36
2022	2.52	3.29
2023	2.5	3.25
2024	2.48	3.22
2025	2.45	3.17
2026	2.42	3.13
2027	2.4	3.09
2028	2.38	3.05
2029	2.35	3.01
2030	2.32	2.97
2031	2.3	2.94
2032	2.28	2.89
2033	2.26	2.86
2034	2.24	2.83
2035	2.22	2.79
2036	2.2	2.77
2037	2.18	2.74
2038	2.16	2.71
2039	2.15	2.69
2040	2.13	2.66
2041	2.12	2.64
2042	2.1	2.61
2043	2.09	2.59
2044	2.07	2.57
2045	2.06	2.54
2046	2.05	2.52
2047	2.03	2.5
2048	2.02	2.48
2049	2.01	2.47
2050	2	2.45

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Honduras	Iraq
1960	47%	39.8%
1961	47.3%	39.9%
1962	47.6%	40.4%
1963	47.8%	41%
1964	47.9%	41.5%
1965	48%	42.1%
1966	48%	42.5%
1967	48%	42.8%
1968	48%	43%
1969	48%	43.3%
1970	47.9%	43.6%
1971	47.9%	44.1%
1972	47.9%	44.7%
1973	47.9%	45.5%
1974	47.8%	46.2%
1975	47.6%	46.7%
1976	47.5%	47.2%
1977	47.4%	47.3%
1978	47.4%	47.1%
1979	47.3%	47%
1980	47.3%	46.8%
1981	47.2%	46.7%
1982	47.1%	46.6%
1983	47.1%	46.5%
1984	47%	46.3%
1985	46.8%	46.2%
1986	46.7%	46%
1987	46.5%	45.8%
1988	46.4%	45.6%
1989	46.3%	45.4%
1990	46.1%	45.2%
1991	45.9%	45%
1992	45.7%	44.9%
1993	45.4%	44.7%
1994	45.1%	44.6%
1995	44.8%	44.4%
1996	44.5%	44.3%
1997	44.2%	44.1%
1998	43.8%	44%
1999	43.4%	43.8%
2000	43.1%	43.7%
2001	42.7%	43.5%
2002	42.3%	43.3%
2003	41.9%	43.1%
2004	41.5%	42.9%
2005	41%	42.6%
2006	40.4%	42.3%
2007	39.9%	42.1%
2008	39.3%	41.8%
2009	38.7%	41.5%
2010	38.1%	41.2%
2011	37.4%	41.1%
2012	36.8%	41%
2013	36.2%	40.8%
2014	35.6%	40.6%
2015	34.9%	40.4%
2016	34.3%	40.1%
2017	33.7%	39.7%
2018	33.1%	39.3%
2019	32.6%	38.9%
2020	32.2%	38.5%
2021	31.8%	38.1%
2022	31.4%	37.6%
2023	31%	37.1%
2024	30.6%	36.6%
2025	30.3%	36%
2026	29.9%	35.4%
2027	29.6%	34.7%
2028	29.3%	34.1%
2029	28.9%	33.4%
2030	28.6%	32.9%
2031	28.3%	32.5%
2032	28%	32.1%
2033	27.6%	31.8%
2034	27.3%	31.6%
2035	26.9%	31.3%
2036	26.6%	31.1%
2037	26.2%	30.9%
2038	25.9%	30.6%
2039	25.5%	30.4%
2040	25.2%	30.1%
2041	24.8%	29.9%
2042	24.5%	29.7%
2043	24.2%	29.4%
2044	23.9%	29.1%
2045	23.6%	28.8%
2046	23.3%	28.6%
2047	23%	28.3%
2048	22.7%	28%
2049	22.5%	27.7%
2050	22.2%	27.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 30.6% of the population in Honduras and 36.6% in Iraq in 2024, compared to 46.1% and 45.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Honduras and Iraq compared.

Natural population change in Honduras vs Iraq by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.85% in Honduras and +2.37% in Iraq. 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	Iraq
1960	62,602	155,651
1961	64,672	184,792
1962	67,332	247,520
1963	69,883	254,046
1964	72,756	262,825
1965	75,622	274,551
1966	78,369	285,507
1967	81,131	298,192
1968	84,070	310,644
1969	87,273	324,792
1970	90,875	338,030
1971	94,597	351,464
1972	98,634	362,334
1973	99,553	373,191
1974	98,141	376,197
1975	111,469	385,916
1976	115,754	402,260
1977	119,333	410,229
1978	122,593	418,756
1979	125,957	428,458
1980	128,856	419,653
1981	131,789	416,998
1982	134,629	428,336
1983	137,597	439,800
1984	139,851	455,740
1985	142,190	467,445
1986	144,500	474,348
1987	146,750	488,742
1988	149,130	476,778
1989	152,266	496,852
1990	156,537	518,575
1991	160,933	550,146
1992	165,434	591,886
1993	169,358	606,700
1994	173,437	634,344
1995	177,309	642,977
1996	180,083	652,866
1997	182,308	667,582
1998	169,632	684,152
1999	186,816	702,170
2000	190,308	715,771
2001	190,636	729,704
2002	189,653	739,419
2003	187,854	746,159
2004	186,774	761,563
2005	185,216	776,603
2006	183,381	797,342
2007	183,052	784,119
2008	182,607	802,382
2009	182,250	855,096
2010	180,318	906,369
2011	180,164	971,082
2012	180,384	999,987
2013	179,999	1,026,036
2014	180,075	1,040,726
2015	181,098	1,007,561
2016	182,243	946,968
2017	182,731	924,507
2018	184,953	938,310
2019	185,200	942,972
2020	179,553	919,953
2021	172,890	941,924
2022	186,257	962,501
2023	186,125	973,420

Maternal mortality chart: Honduras vs Iraq

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 66 deaths in Iraq.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Honduras	Iraq
1985	199	152
1986	191	147
1987	183	145
1988	177	174
1989	169	190
1990	159	195
1991	148	157
1992	138	126
1993	128	132
1994	119	142
1995	109	152
1996	101	158
1997	96	165
1998	91	163
1999	86	156
2000	82	146
2001	78	137
2002	75	128
2003	75	125
2004	74	122
2005	73	118
2006	72	120
2007	72	117
2008	72	109
2009	71	107
2010	72	107
2011	68	105
2012	64	100
2013	62	96
2014	60	90
2015	57	86
2016	55	87
2017	53	81
2018	52	76
2019	51	74
2020	57	63
2021	88	77
2022	48	59
2023	47	66

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.55% in Honduras and 2.26% in Iraq. 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	Iraq
1960	20.7%	19%
1961	20%	17.9%
1962	19.4%	16.9%
1963	18.7%	16%
1964	18.1%	15.1%
1965	17.5%	14.4%
1966	16.9%	13.6%
1967	16.3%	13%
1968	15.7%	12.4%
1969	15.2%	11.8%
1970	14.6%	11.2%
1971	14%	10.7%
1972	13.5%	10.3%
1973	12.9%	9.79%
1974	14.9%	9.35%
1975	11.9%	8.93%
1976	11.4%	8.54%
1977	10.9%	8.17%
1978	10.4%	7.83%
1979	9.94%	7.52%
1980	9.48%	7.23%
1981	9.05%	6.96%
1982	8.62%	6.71%
1983	8.2%	6.49%
1984	7.81%	6.28%
1985	7.43%	6.09%
1986	7.07%	5.91%
1987	6.73%	5.75%
1988	6.4%	6.92%
1989	6.1%	8.12%
1990	5.81%	7.97%
1991	5.54%	6.49%
1992	5.29%	5.17%
1993	5.06%	5.07%
1994	4.84%	4.98%
1995	4.64%	4.89%
1996	4.44%	4.8%
1997	4.25%	4.71%
1998	6.49%	4.61%
1999	3.9%	4.52%
2000	3.73%	4.43%
2001	3.57%	4.33%
2002	3.41%	4.24%
2003	3.26%	4.16%
2004	3.11%	4.07%
2005	2.98%	3.97%
2006	2.86%	3.88%
2007	2.75%	3.78%
2008	2.65%	3.67%
2009	2.55%	3.56%
2010	2.46%	3.46%
2011	2.37%	3.35%
2012	2.28%	3.24%
2013	2.2%	3.14%
2014	2.12%	3.04%
2015	2.05%	2.94%
2016	1.98%	2.84%
2017	1.91%	2.75%
2018	1.84%	2.66%
2019	1.78%	2.57%
2020	1.72%	2.49%
2021	1.66%	2.41%
2022	1.6%	2.33%
2023	1.55%	2.26%