Fertility & birth rates in Iceland and Mauritania

Fertility rate in Iceland vs Mauritania 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 4.7 in Mauritania in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Iceland vs Mauritania 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	Mauritania
1960	4.29	6.15
1961	3.88	6.2
1962	3.98	6.24
1963	3.99	6.31
1964	3.88	6.37
1965	3.73	6.44
1966	3.59	6.52
1967	3.28	6.57
1968	3.06	6.6
1969	2.99	6.64
1970	2.81	6.68
1971	2.92	6.7
1972	3.09	6.71
1973	2.94	6.72
1974	2.66	6.73
1975	2.65	6.71
1976	2.52	6.73
1977	2.31	6.74
1978	2.35	6.73
1979	2.49	6.7
1980	2.48	6.67
1981	2.33	6.64
1982	2.27	6.59
1983	2.24	6.54
1984	2.08	6.48
1985	1.93	6.42
1986	1.92	6.34
1987	2.06	6.27
1988	2.26	6.21
1989	2.19	6.2
1990	2.3	6.18
1991	2.18	6.16
1992	2.21	6.13
1993	2.22	6.09
1994	2.14	6.06
1995	2.08	5.96
1996	2.12	5.86
1997	2.04	5.74
1998	2.05	5.62
1999	1.99	5.52
2000	2.08	5.46
2001	1.95	5.41
2002	1.93	5.37
2003	1.99	5.36
2004	2.04	5.37
2005	2.05	5.38
2006	2.08	5.4
2007	2.09	5.43
2008	2.15	5.44
2009	2.23	5.41
2010	2.2	5.38
2011	2.02	5.38
2012	2.04	5.35
2013	1.93	5.32
2014	1.93	5.26
2015	1.8	5.21
2016	1.74	5.16
2017	1.71	5.11
2018	1.71	5.04
2019	1.74	4.98
2020	1.72	4.91
2021	1.82	4.85
2022	1.59	4.77
2023	1.59	4.7
2024	1.57	4.63
2025	1.55	4.56
2026	1.54	4.48
2027	1.53	4.42
2028	1.53	4.36
2029	1.53	4.29
2030	1.52	4.24
2031	1.52	4.18
2032	1.52	4.11
2033	1.53	4.02
2034	1.53	3.97
2035	1.53	3.9
2036	1.53	3.83
2037	1.53	3.78
2038	1.53	3.71
2039	1.54	3.66
2040	1.54	3.6
2041	1.54	3.55
2042	1.54	3.5
2043	1.54	3.45
2044	1.54	3.39
2045	1.54	3.35
2046	1.55	3.3
2047	1.55	3.26
2048	1.55	3.21
2049	1.55	3.17
2050	1.56	3.14

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Iceland	Mauritania
1960	34.9%	41.8%
1961	35%	41.8%
1962	34.9%	41.8%
1963	34.9%	41.8%
1964	34.7%	42%
1965	34.5%	42.4%
1966	34.3%	42.8%
1967	34%	43.2%
1968	33.6%	43.6%
1969	33.2%	44%
1970	32.6%	44.4%
1971	32.1%	44.7%
1972	31.6%	44.9%
1973	31.2%	45.2%
1974	30.7%	45.4%
1975	30.1%	45.5%
1976	29.5%	45.6%
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%	45.8%
1984	26.5%	45.7%
1985	26.2%	45.6%
1986	25.9%	45.5%
1987	25.6%	45.4%
1988	25.2%	45.3%
1989	25%	45.4%
1990	25%	45.4%
1991	24.8%	45.3%
1992	24.8%	44.9%
1993	24.8%	44.4%
1994	24.7%	44.3%
1995	24.4%	44.4%
1996	24.1%	44.6%
1997	23.9%	44.7%
1998	23.6%	44.6%
1999	23.4%	44.4%
2000	23.3%	44.2%
2001	23.2%	44.1%
2002	23%	44.2%
2003	22.8%	44.2%
2004	22.5%	44.2%
2005	22.1%	44.2%
2006	21.5%	44.2%
2007	21.1%	44.3%
2008	20.9%	44.1%
2009	20.9%	43.9%
2010	20.9%	43.9%
2011	20.8%	43.9%
2012	20.7%	44.1%
2013	20.6%	44.2%
2014	20.4%	44.2%
2015	20.2%	44.3%
2016	19.9%	44.2%
2017	19.6%	44.2%
2018	19.2%	44.1%
2019	18.9%	44%
2020	18.7%	43.8%
2021	18.6%	43.6%
2022	18.4%	43.4%
2023	18.1%	43%
2024	17.8%	42.7%
2025	17.5%	42.4%
2026	17.3%	42%
2027	17.1%	41.7%
2028	17%	41.3%
2029	16.8%	41%
2030	16.7%	40.7%
2031	16.6%	40.4%
2032	16.5%	40%
2033	16.3%	39.7%
2034	16.1%	39.3%
2035	15.9%	39%
2036	15.6%	38.6%
2037	15.4%	38.3%
2038	15.2%	37.9%
2039	15%	37.6%
2040	14.8%	37.3%
2041	14.7%	36.9%
2042	14.5%	36.6%
2043	14.4%	36.2%
2044	14.2%	35.9%
2045	14.1%	35.5%
2046	14%	35.2%
2047	13.9%	34.8%
2048	13.8%	34.5%
2049	13.7%	34.1%
2050	13.6%	33.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.8% of the population in Iceland and 42.7% in Mauritania in 2024, compared to 25% and 45.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Iceland and Mauritania compared.

Natural population change in Iceland vs Mauritania by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.57% in Iceland and +3% in Mauritania. 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	Mauritania
1960	3,758	21,604
1961	3,312	22,781
1962	3,465	23,927
1963	3,490	25,250
1964	3,459	26,565
1965	3,442	28,028
1966	3,305	29,502
1967	3,021	30,853
1968	2,841	32,029
1969	2,766	33,252
1970	2,576	34,382
1971	2,782	35,279
1972	3,241	36,184
1973	3,121	37,122
1974	2,776	38,106
1975	2,965	38,975
1976	2,951	40,149
1977	2,551	41,352
1978	2,727	42,539
1979	2,980	43,537
1980	2,966	45,026
1981	2,677	46,641
1982	2,736	47,947
1983	2,702	49,187
1984	2,539	50,705
1985	2,221	52,125
1986	2,384	53,313
1987	2,360	55,037
1988	2,847	56,654
1989	2,832	58,666
1990	3,058	59,934
1991	2,733	61,782
1992	2,898	63,501
1993	2,875	68,167
1994	2,713	70,570
1995	2,354	72,244
1996	2,447	71,939
1997	2,305	71,327
1998	2,357	72,045
1999	2,192	73,554
2000	2,475	75,929
2001	2,365	78,769
2002	2,243	80,993
2003	2,317	83,804
2004	2,425	87,578
2005	2,433	90,940
2006	2,491	94,991
2007	2,617	98,895
2008	2,825	102,432
2009	3,026	105,273
2010	2,862	108,121
2011	2,521	111,165
2012	2,566	113,489
2013	2,169	115,558
2014	2,324	118,792
2015	1,952	122,092
2016	1,711	125,342
2017	1,854	128,562
2018	1,975	131,584
2019	2,163	134,460
2020	2,199	134,899
2021	2,534	137,557
2022	1,719	142,451
2023	1,730	145,164

Maternal mortality chart: Iceland vs Mauritania

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 381 deaths in Mauritania.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Iceland	Mauritania
1985	11	998
1986	15	961
1987	13	914
1988	11	887
1989	14	883
1990	13	858
1991	11	845
1992	12	811
1993	10	813
1994	9	809
1995	13	815
1996	7	813
1997	8	752
1998	8	698
1999	7	669
2000	7	644
2001	6	616
2002	7	590
2003	6	571
2004	6	557
2005	5	536
2006	5	521
2007	5	516
2008	4	506
2009	5	500
2010	5	499
2011	4	494
2012	4	496
2013	4	496
2014	4	484
2015	4	469
2016	3	456
2017	3	450
2018	4	437
2019	4	424
2020	12	413
2021	5	425
2022	5	385
2023	3	381

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.26% in Iceland and 3.78% in Mauritania. 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	Mauritania
1960	2.14%	25.3%
1961	2.11%	24.7%
1962	2.07%	24%
1963	2.02%	23.4%
1964	1.97%	22.7%
1965	1.92%	22%
1966	1.85%	21.3%
1967	1.79%	20.6%
1968	1.72%	19.9%
1969	1.66%	19.4%
1970	1.6%	19%
1971	1.54%	18.9%
1972	1.48%	18.9%
1973	1.41%	19%
1974	1.35%	19%
1975	1.29%	18.9%
1976	1.22%	18.6%
1977	1.15%	18.2%
1978	1.09%	17.6%
1979	1.03%	17.1%
1980	0.97%	16.6%
1981	0.92%	16.1%
1982	0.87%	15.6%
1983	0.83%	15.1%
1984	0.79%	14.5%
1985	0.75%	13.8%
1986	0.73%	13.2%
1987	0.7%	12.6%
1988	0.67%	12.1%
1989	0.65%	11.8%
1990	0.63%	11.5%
1991	0.61%	11.4%
1992	0.58%	11.3%
1993	0.56%	11.2%
1994	0.54%	11.2%
1995	0.52%	11.1%
1996	0.49%	11%
1997	0.47%	10.8%
1998	0.45%	10.6%
1999	0.42%	10.2%
2000	0.4%	9.82%
2001	0.38%	9.35%
2002	0.36%	8.81%
2003	0.34%	8.25%
2004	0.33%	7.7%
2005	0.31%	7.18%
2006	0.3%	6.73%
2007	0.29%	6.35%
2008	0.28%	6.04%
2009	0.27%	5.79%
2010	0.27%	5.61%
2011	0.27%	5.45%
2012	0.26%	5.31%
2013	0.26%	5.17%
2014	0.26%	5.04%
2015	0.26%	4.89%
2016	0.26%	4.74%
2017	0.26%	4.59%
2018	0.27%	4.45%
2019	0.27%	4.3%
2020	0.27%	4.17%
2021	0.27%	4.03%
2022	0.26%	3.91%
2023	0.26%	3.78%