Fertility & birth rates in Iceland and Maldives

Fertility rate in Iceland vs Maldives 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 1.58 in Maldives in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Iceland vs Maldives 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	Maldives
1960	4.29	6.71
1961	3.88	6.79
1962	3.98	6.89
1963	3.99	6.94
1964	3.88	7
1965	3.73	7.07
1966	3.59	7.15
1967	3.28	7.23
1968	3.06	7.28
1969	2.99	7.33
1970	2.81	7.39
1971	2.92	7.38
1972	3.09	7.37
1973	2.94	7.4
1974	2.66	7.38
1975	2.65	7.32
1976	2.52	7.29
1977	2.31	7.27
1978	2.35	7.23
1979	2.49	7.23
1980	2.48	7.23
1981	2.33	7.19
1982	2.27	7.15
1983	2.24	7.09
1984	2.08	7.03
1985	1.93	6.94
1986	1.92	6.85
1987	2.06	6.73
1988	2.26	6.58
1989	2.19	6.39
1990	2.3	6.13
1991	2.18	5.8
1992	2.21	5.44
1993	2.22	5.06
1994	2.14	4.69
1995	2.08	4.29
1996	2.12	3.86
1997	2.04	3.48
1998	2.05	3.17
1999	1.99	2.9
2000	2.08	2.69
2001	1.95	2.53
2002	1.93	2.42
2003	1.99	2.34
2004	2.04	2.26
2005	2.05	2.2
2006	2.08	2.2
2007	2.09	2.29
2008	2.15	2.37
2009	2.23	2.39
2010	2.2	2.35
2011	2.02	2.31
2012	2.04	2.25
2013	1.93	2.17
2014	1.93	2.09
2015	1.8	2
2016	1.74	1.9
2017	1.71	1.8
2018	1.71	1.71
2019	1.74	1.64
2020	1.72	1.61
2021	1.82	1.6
2022	1.59	1.58
2023	1.59	1.58
2024	1.57	1.56
2025	1.55	1.55
2026	1.54	1.53
2027	1.53	1.53
2028	1.53	1.52
2029	1.53	1.52
2030	1.52	1.52
2031	1.52	1.51
2032	1.52	1.51
2033	1.53	1.51
2034	1.53	1.51
2035	1.53	1.51
2036	1.53	1.52
2037	1.53	1.52
2038	1.53	1.52
2039	1.54	1.52
2040	1.54	1.52
2041	1.54	1.52
2042	1.54	1.52
2043	1.54	1.52
2044	1.54	1.52
2045	1.54	1.53
2046	1.55	1.53
2047	1.55	1.53
2048	1.55	1.54
2049	1.55	1.54
2050	1.56	1.54

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Iceland	Maldives
1960	34.9%	37.9%
1961	35%	38.2%
1962	34.9%	38.7%
1963	34.9%	39.4%
1964	34.7%	40.3%
1965	34.5%	41.8%
1966	34.3%	43.5%
1967	34%	44.7%
1968	33.6%	45.2%
1969	33.2%	45.4%
1970	32.6%	45.6%
1971	32.1%	45.8%
1972	31.6%	45.8%
1973	31.2%	45.7%
1974	30.7%	45.6%
1975	30.1%	45.6%
1976	29.5%	45.8%
1977	29%	45.7%
1978	28.4%	45.8%
1979	27.9%	45.9%
1980	27.5%	45.9%
1981	27.2%	45.9%
1982	26.9%	45.8%
1983	26.7%	45.6%
1984	26.5%	45.4%
1985	26.2%	45.5%
1986	25.9%	45.9%
1987	25.6%	46.3%
1988	25.2%	46.6%
1989	25%	46.8%
1990	25%	47%
1991	24.8%	47.1%
1992	24.8%	47%
1993	24.8%	46.8%
1994	24.7%	46.5%
1995	24.4%	45.8%
1996	24.1%	45%
1997	23.9%	44.1%
1998	23.6%	42.9%
1999	23.4%	41.6%
2000	23.3%	40.2%
2001	23.2%	38.7%
2002	23%	37.1%
2003	22.8%	35.6%
2004	22.5%	34.2%
2005	22.1%	32.7%
2006	21.5%	31.2%
2007	21.1%	29.5%
2008	20.9%	28%
2009	20.9%	26.7%
2010	20.9%	25.7%
2011	20.8%	24.9%
2012	20.7%	24.3%
2013	20.6%	23.9%
2014	20.4%	23.5%
2015	20.2%	23.2%
2016	19.9%	22.8%
2017	19.6%	22.5%
2018	19.2%	22.1%
2019	18.9%	21.7%
2020	18.7%	21.2%
2021	18.6%	20.8%
2022	18.4%	20.4%
2023	18.1%	20%
2024	17.8%	19.6%
2025	17.5%	19%
2026	17.3%	18.4%
2027	17.1%	17.8%
2028	17%	17.2%
2029	16.8%	16.6%
2030	16.7%	16%
2031	16.6%	15.5%
2032	16.5%	15.1%
2033	16.3%	14.6%
2034	16.1%	14.2%
2035	15.9%	13.9%
2036	15.6%	13.6%
2037	15.4%	13.4%
2038	15.2%	13.2%
2039	15%	13%
2040	14.8%	12.9%
2041	14.7%	12.8%
2042	14.5%	12.8%
2043	14.4%	12.8%
2044	14.2%	12.8%
2045	14.1%	12.8%
2046	14%	12.9%
2047	13.9%	12.9%
2048	13.8%	13%
2049	13.7%	13.1%
2050	13.6%	13.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.8% of the population in Iceland and 19.6% in Maldives in 2024, compared to 25% and 47% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Iceland and Maldives compared.

Natural population change in Iceland vs Maldives by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.57% in Iceland and +1.09% in Maldives. 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	Maldives
1960	3,758	2,241
1961	3,312	2,354
1962	3,465	2,475
1963	3,490	2,567
1964	3,459	2,660
1965	3,442	2,747
1966	3,305	2,845
1967	3,021	3,010
1968	2,841	3,150
1969	2,766	3,260
1970	2,576	3,415
1971	2,782	3,549
1972	3,241	3,707
1973	3,121	3,924
1974	2,776	4,136
1975	2,965	4,325
1976	2,951	4,538
1977	2,551	4,779
1978	2,727	4,812
1979	2,980	5,275
1980	2,966	5,526
1981	2,677	5,778
1982	2,736	6,058
1983	2,702	6,361
1984	2,539	6,680
1985	2,221	6,944
1986	2,384	7,153
1987	2,360	7,300
1988	2,847	7,414
1989	2,832	7,472
1990	3,058	7,444
1991	2,733	7,295
1992	2,898	7,096
1993	2,875	6,842
1994	2,713	6,550
1995	2,354	6,177
1996	2,447	5,705
1997	2,305	5,267
1998	2,357	4,919
1999	2,192	4,601
2000	2,475	4,372
2001	2,365	4,271
2002	2,243	4,257
2003	2,317	4,316
2004	2,425	4,287
2005	2,433	4,493
2006	2,491	4,766
2007	2,617	5,324
2008	2,825	5,856
2009	3,026	6,227
2010	2,862	6,350
2011	2,521	6,429
2012	2,566	6,445
2013	2,169	6,307
2014	2,324	6,122
2015	1,952	5,914
2016	1,711	5,652
2017	1,854	5,342
2018	1,975	5,088
2019	2,163	4,886
2020	2,199	4,594
2021	2,534	4,426
2022	1,719	4,752
2023	1,730	4,566

Maternal mortality chart: Iceland vs Maldives

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 32 deaths in Maldives.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Iceland	Maldives
1985	11	552
1986	15	508
1987	13	471
1988	11	424
1989	14	381
1990	13	346
1991	11	310
1992	12	281
1993	10	251
1994	9	222
1995	13	191
1996	7	167
1997	8	149
1998	8	136
1999	7	111
2000	7	94
2001	6	81
2002	7	76
2003	6	70
2004	6	65
2005	5	54
2006	5	52
2007	5	51
2008	4	53
2009	5	52
2010	5	49
2011	4	48
2012	4	47
2013	4	47
2014	4	43
2015	4	41
2016	3	41
2017	3	41
2018	4	40
2019	4	39
2020	12	48
2021	5	60
2022	5	34
2023	3	32

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.26% in Iceland and 0.57% in Maldives. 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	Maldives
1960	2.14%	-
1961	2.11%	-
1962	2.07%	33.4%
1963	2.02%	32.5%
1964	1.97%	31.5%
1965	1.92%	30.6%
1966	1.85%	29.7%
1967	1.79%	28.7%
1968	1.72%	27.7%
1969	1.66%	26.8%
1970	1.6%	25.8%
1971	1.54%	24.7%
1972	1.48%	23.6%
1973	1.41%	22.4%
1974	1.35%	21.2%
1975	1.29%	20.1%
1976	1.22%	18.9%
1977	1.15%	17.9%
1978	1.09%	16.9%
1979	1.03%	15.9%
1980	0.97%	15%
1981	0.92%	14.2%
1982	0.87%	13.4%
1983	0.83%	12.7%
1984	0.79%	12%
1985	0.75%	11.3%
1986	0.73%	10.7%
1987	0.7%	10.1%
1988	0.67%	9.59%
1989	0.65%	9.06%
1990	0.63%	8.57%
1991	0.61%	8.08%
1992	0.58%	7.61%
1993	0.56%	7.15%
1994	0.54%	6.68%
1995	0.52%	6.22%
1996	0.49%	5.74%
1997	0.47%	5.28%
1998	0.45%	4.81%
1999	0.42%	4.36%
2000	0.4%	3.9%
2001	0.38%	3.47%
2002	0.36%	3.08%
2003	0.34%	2.72%
2004	0.33%	2.7%
2005	0.31%	2.16%
2006	0.3%	1.94%
2007	0.29%	1.76%
2008	0.28%	1.61%
2009	0.27%	1.49%
2010	0.27%	1.38%
2011	0.27%	1.29%
2012	0.26%	1.21%
2013	0.26%	1.13%
2014	0.26%	1.05%
2015	0.26%	0.99%
2016	0.26%	0.92%
2017	0.26%	0.86%
2018	0.27%	0.8%
2019	0.27%	0.74%
2020	0.27%	0.69%
2021	0.27%	0.64%
2022	0.26%	0.6%
2023	0.26%	0.57%