Fertility & birth rates in Iceland and Ivory Coast

Fertility rate in Iceland vs Ivory Coast chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Iceland was 1.59 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 Iceland 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
	Iceland	Ivory Coast
1960	4.29	7.69
1961	3.88	7.72
1962	3.98	7.75
1963	3.99	7.78
1964	3.88	7.81
1965	3.73	7.84
1966	3.59	7.87
1967	3.28	7.89
1968	3.06	7.91
1969	2.99	7.93
1970	2.81	7.94
1971	2.92	7.94
1972	3.09	7.94
1973	2.94	7.94
1974	2.66	7.93
1975	2.65	7.91
1976	2.52	7.88
1977	2.31	7.83
1978	2.35	7.67
1979	2.49	7.63
1980	2.48	7.59
1981	2.33	7.54
1982	2.27	7.49
1983	2.24	7.42
1984	2.08	7.35
1985	1.93	7.27
1986	1.92	7.19
1987	2.06	7.09
1988	2.26	6.97
1989	2.19	6.85
1990	2.3	6.72
1991	2.18	6.59
1992	2.21	6.43
1993	2.22	6.27
1994	2.14	6.13
1995	2.08	6.04
1996	2.12	5.95
1997	2.04	5.9
1998	2.05	5.85
1999	1.99	5.81
2000	2.08	5.77
2001	1.95	5.7
2002	1.93	5.64
2003	1.99	5.57
2004	2.04	5.53
2005	2.05	5.5
2006	2.08	5.45
2007	2.09	5.4
2008	2.15	5.36
2009	2.23	5.33
2010	2.2	5.29
2011	2.02	5.24
2012	2.04	5.19
2013	1.93	5.14
2014	1.93	5.07
2015	1.8	4.97
2016	1.74	4.87
2017	1.71	4.76
2018	1.71	4.6
2019	1.74	4.52
2020	1.72	4.46
2021	1.82	4.41
2022	1.59	4.35
2023	1.59	4.28
2024	1.57	4.23
2025	1.55	4.17
2026	1.54	4.1
2027	1.53	4.05
2028	1.53	3.99
2029	1.53	3.93
2030	1.52	3.88
2031	1.52	3.83
2032	1.52	3.78
2033	1.53	3.75
2034	1.53	3.69
2035	1.53	3.64
2036	1.53	3.6
2037	1.53	3.56
2038	1.53	3.51
2039	1.54	3.47
2040	1.54	3.43
2041	1.54	3.39
2042	1.54	3.35
2043	1.54	3.31
2044	1.54	3.27
2045	1.54	3.23
2046	1.55	3.2
2047	1.55	3.17
2048	1.55	3.13
2049	1.55	3.1
2050	1.56	3.07

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Iceland	Ivory Coast
1960	34.9%	43.1%
1961	35%	43.2%
1962	34.9%	43.4%
1963	34.9%	43.6%
1964	34.7%	43.9%
1965	34.5%	44.1%
1966	34.3%	44.3%
1967	34%	44.6%
1968	33.6%	44.8%
1969	33.2%	44.9%
1970	32.6%	45.1%
1971	32.1%	45.1%
1972	31.6%	45.2%
1973	31.2%	45.2%
1974	30.7%	45.3%
1975	30.1%	45.4%
1976	29.5%	45.7%
1977	29%	46.1%
1978	28.4%	46.5%
1979	27.9%	46.8%
1980	27.5%	47.1%
1981	27.2%	47.3%
1982	26.9%	47.5%
1983	26.7%	47.7%
1984	26.5%	47.8%
1985	26.2%	47.9%
1986	25.9%	48%
1987	25.6%	48.1%
1988	25.2%	48%
1989	25%	47.9%
1990	25%	47.8%
1991	24.8%	47.6%
1992	24.8%	47.4%
1993	24.8%	47.1%
1994	24.7%	46.9%
1995	24.4%	46.7%
1996	24.1%	46.4%
1997	23.9%	46.2%
1998	23.6%	46.1%
1999	23.4%	46%
2000	23.3%	46%
2001	23.2%	46.1%
2002	23%	46.2%
2003	22.8%	46.2%
2004	22.5%	46.3%
2005	22.1%	46.3%
2006	21.5%	46.3%
2007	21.1%	46.4%
2008	20.9%	45.8%
2009	20.9%	44.9%
2010	20.9%	44%
2011	20.8%	43.3%
2012	20.7%	42.7%
2013	20.6%	42.2%
2014	20.4%	42%
2015	20.2%	42.2%
2016	19.9%	42.3%
2017	19.6%	42.4%
2018	19.2%	42.4%
2019	18.9%	42.3%
2020	18.7%	42.2%
2021	18.6%	42%
2022	18.4%	41.7%
2023	18.1%	41.3%
2024	17.8%	40.9%
2025	17.5%	40.5%
2026	17.3%	40%
2027	17.1%	39.7%
2028	17%	39.3%
2029	16.8%	38.8%
2030	16.7%	38.3%
2031	16.6%	37.8%
2032	16.5%	37.3%
2033	16.3%	37%
2034	16.1%	36.7%
2035	15.9%	36.4%
2036	15.6%	36.2%
2037	15.4%	35.9%
2038	15.2%	35.7%
2039	15%	35.6%
2040	14.8%	35.4%
2041	14.7%	35.3%
2042	14.5%	35.1%
2043	14.4%	35%
2044	14.2%	34.8%
2045	14.1%	34.7%
2046	14%	34.5%
2047	13.9%	34.4%
2048	13.8%	34.2%
2049	13.7%	34%
2050	13.6%	33.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.8% of the population in Iceland and 40.9% in Ivory Coast in 2024, compared to 25% and 47.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Iceland and Ivory Coast compared.

Natural population change in Iceland vs Ivory Coast by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.57% in Iceland 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
	Iceland	Ivory Coast
1960	3,758	99,681
1961	3,312	105,568
1962	3,465	111,930
1963	3,490	118,526
1964	3,459	124,996
1965	3,442	131,601
1966	3,305	138,438
1967	3,021	145,773
1968	2,841	153,464
1969	2,766	161,541
1970	2,576	170,070
1971	2,782	179,918
1972	3,241	190,842
1973	3,121	203,429
1974	2,776	216,389
1975	2,965	228,883
1976	2,951	241,939
1977	2,551	250,858
1978	2,727	257,222
1979	2,980	268,875
1980	2,966	280,630
1981	2,677	292,755
1982	2,736	305,204
1983	2,702	317,379
1984	2,539	331,910
1985	2,221	344,549
1986	2,384	357,205
1987	2,360	370,654
1988	2,847	378,575
1989	2,832	390,081
1990	3,058	402,629
1991	2,733	413,354
1992	2,898	423,294
1993	2,875	430,759
1994	2,713	438,274
1995	2,354	453,719
1996	2,447	469,740
1997	2,305	489,984
1998	2,357	509,167
1999	2,192	527,634
2000	2,475	545,129
2001	2,365	555,220
2002	2,243	563,692
2003	2,317	568,220
2004	2,425	579,424
2005	2,433	593,685
2006	2,491	605,001
2007	2,617	617,247
2008	2,825	630,610
2009	3,026	654,439
2010	2,862	676,554
2011	2,521	694,033
2012	2,566	708,847
2013	2,169	720,228
2014	2,324	728,978
2015	1,952	731,387
2016	1,711	735,630
2017	1,854	734,553
2018	1,975	722,445
2019	2,163	727,774
2020	2,199	727,455
2021	2,534	732,191
2022	1,719	750,270
2023	1,730	758,261

Maternal mortality chart: Iceland vs Ivory Coast

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 3 deaths per 100,000 live births in Iceland, compared to 359 deaths in Ivory Coast.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Iceland	Ivory Coast
1985	11	766
1986	15	735
1987	13	697
1988	11	671
1989	14	645
1990	13	619
1991	11	584
1992	12	546
1993	10	503
1994	9	463
1995	13	421
1996	7	381
1997	8	364
1998	8	380
1999	7	381
2000	7	378
2001	6	405
2002	7	427
2003	6	451
2004	6	456
2005	5	492
2006	5	544
2007	5	567
2008	4	562
2009	5	588
2010	5	592
2011	4	569
2012	4	566
2013	4	544
2014	4	522
2015	4	505
2016	3	488
2017	3	465
2018	4	449
2019	4	429
2020	12	447
2021	5	459
2022	5	409
2023	3	359

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.26% in Iceland 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
	Iceland	Ivory Coast
1960	2.14%	32.1%
1961	2.11%	31.3%
1962	2.07%	30.5%
1963	2.02%	29.7%
1964	1.97%	28.9%
1965	1.92%	28.2%
1966	1.85%	27.4%
1967	1.79%	26.7%
1968	1.72%	26%
1969	1.66%	25.2%
1970	1.6%	24.5%
1971	1.54%	23.7%
1972	1.48%	22.9%
1973	1.41%	22.1%
1974	1.35%	21.2%
1975	1.29%	20.3%
1976	1.22%	19.5%
1977	1.15%	18.7%
1978	1.09%	18%
1979	1.03%	17.4%
1980	0.97%	16.9%
1981	0.92%	16.4%
1982	0.87%	16.1%
1983	0.83%	15.8%
1984	0.79%	15.5%
1985	0.75%	15.4%
1986	0.73%	15.3%
1987	0.7%	15.2%
1988	0.67%	15.2%
1989	0.65%	15.3%
1990	0.63%	15.3%
1991	0.61%	15.4%
1992	0.58%	15.4%
1993	0.56%	15.4%
1994	0.54%	15.3%
1995	0.52%	15.2%
1996	0.49%	15.1%
1997	0.47%	14.9%
1998	0.45%	14.6%
1999	0.42%	14.4%
2000	0.4%	14.1%
2001	0.38%	13.7%
2002	0.36%	13.3%
2003	0.34%	13%
2004	0.33%	12.6%
2005	0.31%	12.2%
2006	0.3%	11.8%
2007	0.29%	11.4%
2008	0.28%	11%
2009	0.27%	10.6%
2010	0.27%	10.2%
2011	0.27%	9.91%
2012	0.26%	9.6%
2013	0.26%	9.27%
2014	0.26%	8.92%
2015	0.26%	8.61%
2016	0.26%	8.36%
2017	0.26%	8.11%
2018	0.27%	7.85%
2019	0.27%	7.59%
2020	0.27%	7.37%
2021	0.27%	7.14%
2022	0.26%	6.92%
2023	0.26%	6.71%