Fertility & birth rates in Iceland and Nicaragua

Fertility rate in Iceland vs Nicaragua 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 2.22 in Nicaragua in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Iceland vs Nicaragua 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	Nicaragua
1960	4.29	7.16
1961	3.88	7.11
1962	3.98	7.1
1963	3.99	7.08
1964	3.88	7.06
1965	3.73	7.03
1966	3.59	6.99
1967	3.28	6.94
1968	3.06	6.89
1969	2.99	6.83
1970	2.81	6.77
1971	2.92	6.71
1972	3.09	6.65
1973	2.94	6.59
1974	2.66	6.52
1975	2.65	6.45
1976	2.52	6.37
1977	2.31	6.28
1978	2.35	6.16
1979	2.49	6.07
1980	2.48	5.96
1981	2.33	5.84
1982	2.27	5.74
1983	2.24	5.61
1984	2.08	5.49
1985	1.93	5.36
1986	1.92	5.22
1987	2.06	5.07
1988	2.26	4.93
1989	2.19	4.76
1990	2.3	4.6
1991	2.18	4.43
1992	2.21	4.27
1993	2.22	4.1
1994	2.14	3.94
1995	2.08	3.78
1996	2.12	3.62
1997	2.04	3.47
1998	2.05	3.34
1999	1.99	3.22
2000	2.08	3.12
2001	1.95	3
2002	1.93	2.89
2003	1.99	2.83
2004	2.04	2.78
2005	2.05	2.77
2006	2.08	2.73
2007	2.09	2.7
2008	2.15	2.66
2009	2.23	2.63
2010	2.2	2.6
2011	2.02	2.56
2012	2.04	2.53
2013	1.93	2.49
2014	1.93	2.46
2015	1.8	2.43
2016	1.74	2.41
2017	1.71	2.38
2018	1.71	2.35
2019	1.74	2.32
2020	1.72	2.3
2021	1.82	2.27
2022	1.59	2.24
2023	1.59	2.22
2024	1.57	2.21
2025	1.55	2.18
2026	1.54	2.16
2027	1.53	2.14
2028	1.53	2.11
2029	1.53	2.09
2030	1.52	2.07
2031	1.52	2.05
2032	1.52	2.04
2033	1.53	2.02
2034	1.53	2.01
2035	1.53	2
2036	1.53	1.98
2037	1.53	1.97
2038	1.53	1.96
2039	1.54	1.95
2040	1.54	1.94
2041	1.54	1.93
2042	1.54	1.92
2043	1.54	1.91
2044	1.54	1.9
2045	1.54	1.89
2046	1.55	1.89
2047	1.55	1.88
2048	1.55	1.87
2049	1.55	1.87
2050	1.56	1.86

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Iceland	Nicaragua
1960	34.9%	47.6%
1961	35%	47.8%
1962	34.9%	48%
1963	34.9%	48.2%
1964	34.7%	48.2%
1965	34.5%	48.1%
1966	34.3%	47.9%
1967	34%	47.8%
1968	33.6%	47.7%
1969	33.2%	47.6%
1970	32.6%	47.5%
1971	32.1%	47.5%
1972	31.6%	47.4%
1973	31.2%	47.4%
1974	30.7%	47.3%
1975	30.1%	47.3%
1976	29.5%	47.3%
1977	29%	47.2%
1978	28.4%	47.3%
1979	27.9%	47.3%
1980	27.5%	47.3%
1981	27.2%	47.3%
1982	26.9%	47.3%
1983	26.7%	47.2%
1984	26.5%	47.2%
1985	26.2%	47.1%
1986	25.9%	47%
1987	25.6%	46.9%
1988	25.2%	46.7%
1989	25%	46.4%
1990	25%	46.1%
1991	24.8%	45.7%
1992	24.8%	45.2%
1993	24.8%	44.8%
1994	24.7%	44.3%
1995	24.4%	43.7%
1996	24.1%	43.1%
1997	23.9%	42.4%
1998	23.6%	41.7%
1999	23.4%	41%
2000	23.3%	40.3%
2001	23.2%	39.6%
2002	23%	38.9%
2003	22.8%	38.2%
2004	22.5%	37.5%
2005	22.1%	36.8%
2006	21.5%	36.2%
2007	21.1%	35.7%
2008	20.9%	35.2%
2009	20.9%	34.7%
2010	20.9%	34.2%
2011	20.8%	33.8%
2012	20.7%	33.3%
2013	20.6%	32.9%
2014	20.4%	32.6%
2015	20.2%	32.2%
2016	19.9%	31.8%
2017	19.6%	31.5%
2018	19.2%	31.1%
2019	18.9%	30.8%
2020	18.7%	30.4%
2021	18.6%	30.1%
2022	18.4%	29.6%
2023	18.1%	29.2%
2024	17.8%	28.8%
2025	17.5%	28.3%
2026	17.3%	27.9%
2027	17.1%	27.4%
2028	17%	27%
2029	16.8%	26.6%
2030	16.7%	26.2%
2031	16.6%	25.8%
2032	16.5%	25.4%
2033	16.3%	25%
2034	16.1%	24.7%
2035	15.9%	24.4%
2036	15.6%	24%
2037	15.4%	23.7%
2038	15.2%	23.4%
2039	15%	23.1%
2040	14.8%	22.8%
2041	14.7%	22.5%
2042	14.5%	22.2%
2043	14.4%	22%
2044	14.2%	21.7%
2045	14.1%	21.4%
2046	14%	21.2%
2047	13.9%	20.9%
2048	13.8%	20.7%
2049	13.7%	20.5%
2050	13.6%	20.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.8% of the population in Iceland and 28.8% in Nicaragua in 2024, compared to 25% and 46.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Iceland and Nicaragua compared.

Natural population change in Iceland vs Nicaragua by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.57% in Iceland and +1.58% in Nicaragua. 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	Nicaragua
1960	3,758	55,664
1961	3,312	57,499
1962	3,465	59,547
1963	3,490	61,738
1964	3,459	64,227
1965	3,442	67,056
1966	3,305	69,883
1967	3,021	72,722
1968	2,841	75,458
1969	2,766	78,237
1970	2,576	81,127
1971	2,782	84,139
1972	3,241	76,906
1973	3,121	89,662
1974	2,776	92,505
1975	2,965	95,230
1976	2,951	98,100
1977	2,551	100,498
1978	2,727	98,419
1979	2,980	96,429
1980	2,966	108,604
1981	2,677	110,421
1982	2,736	112,468
1983	2,702	110,618
1984	2,539	110,133
1985	2,221	110,949
1986	2,384	113,054
1987	2,360	112,885
1988	2,847	117,299
1989	2,832	120,128
1990	3,058	120,677
1991	2,733	121,787
1992	2,898	121,204
1993	2,875	120,469
1994	2,713	119,565
1995	2,354	118,325
1996	2,447	116,849
1997	2,305	114,415
1998	2,357	108,862
1999	2,192	110,217
2000	2,475	109,192
2001	2,365	107,109
2002	2,243	105,805
2003	2,317	106,142
2004	2,425	106,904
2005	2,433	108,984
2006	2,491	110,073
2007	2,617	110,341
2008	2,825	110,395
2009	3,026	110,213
2010	2,862	110,475
2011	2,521	110,026
2012	2,566	110,065
2013	2,169	109,032
2014	2,324	108,420
2015	1,952	107,344
2016	1,711	106,585
2017	1,854	105,468
2018	1,975	104,814
2019	2,163	102,817
2020	2,199	90,515
2021	2,534	89,213
2022	1,719	100,987
2023	1,730	100,921

Maternal mortality chart: Iceland vs Nicaragua

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 60 deaths in Nicaragua.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Iceland	Nicaragua
1985	11	319
1986	15	313
1987	13	316
1988	11	301
1989	14	286
1990	13	281
1991	11	273
1992	12	272
1993	10	265
1994	9	256
1995	13	251
1996	7	244
1997	8	236
1998	8	239
1999	7	228
2000	7	213
2001	6	194
2002	7	170
2003	6	154
2004	6	140
2005	5	124
2006	5	113
2007	5	106
2008	4	101
2009	5	99
2010	5	96
2011	4	93
2012	4	88
2013	4	86
2014	4	83
2015	4	81
2016	3	77
2017	3	72
2018	4	67
2019	4	69
2020	12	87
2021	5	124
2022	5	61
2023	3	60

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.26% in Iceland and 1.34% in Nicaragua. 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	Nicaragua
1960	2.14%	19.8%
1961	2.11%	19.6%
1962	2.07%	19.4%
1963	2.02%	19.2%
1964	1.97%	19%
1965	1.92%	18.7%
1966	1.85%	18.4%
1967	1.79%	18.1%
1968	1.72%	17.8%
1969	1.66%	17.4%
1970	1.6%	17.1%
1971	1.54%	16.6%
1972	1.48%	18.7%
1973	1.41%	15.6%
1974	1.35%	15%
1975	1.29%	14.4%
1976	1.22%	13.7%
1977	1.15%	12.9%
1978	1.09%	12.2%
1979	1.03%	11.5%
1980	0.97%	10.8%
1981	0.92%	10.2%
1982	0.87%	9.58%
1983	0.83%	9.07%
1984	0.79%	8.62%
1985	0.75%	8.21%
1986	0.73%	7.85%
1987	0.7%	7.53%
1988	0.67%	7.22%
1989	0.65%	6.92%
1990	0.63%	6.62%
1991	0.61%	6.31%
1992	0.58%	6%
1993	0.56%	5.69%
1994	0.54%	5.39%
1995	0.52%	5.09%
1996	0.49%	4.81%
1997	0.47%	4.54%
1998	0.45%	5.01%
1999	0.42%	4.04%
2000	0.4%	3.82%
2001	0.38%	3.62%
2002	0.36%	3.43%
2003	0.34%	3.26%
2004	0.33%	3.1%
2005	0.31%	2.95%
2006	0.3%	2.81%
2007	0.29%	2.68%
2008	0.28%	2.55%
2009	0.27%	2.44%
2010	0.27%	2.33%
2011	0.27%	2.22%
2012	0.26%	2.13%
2013	0.26%	2.03%
2014	0.26%	1.94%
2015	0.26%	1.86%
2016	0.26%	1.78%
2017	0.26%	1.71%
2018	0.27%	1.64%
2019	0.27%	1.57%
2020	0.27%	1.51%
2021	0.27%	1.45%
2022	0.26%	1.39%
2023	0.26%	1.34%