Fertility & birth rates in Iran and Maldives

Fertility rate in Iran vs Maldives chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Iran was 1.7 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 Iran 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
	Iran	Maldives
1960	7.52	6.71
1961	7.46	6.79
1962	7.4	6.89
1963	7.32	6.94
1964	7.24	7
1965	7.22	7.07
1966	7.21	7.15
1967	7.19	7.23
1968	7.12	7.28
1969	7.01	7.33
1970	6.8	7.39
1971	6.55	7.38
1972	6.26	7.37
1973	6.06	7.4
1974	5.97	7.38
1975	5.95	7.32
1976	6.07	7.29
1977	6.18	7.27
1978	6.34	7.23
1979	6.55	7.23
1980	6.63	7.23
1981	6.62	7.19
1982	6.59	7.15
1983	6.53	7.09
1984	6.43	7.03
1985	6.24	6.94
1986	6.01	6.85
1987	5.72	6.73
1988	5.43	6.58
1989	5.17	6.39
1990	4.93	6.13
1991	4.57	5.8
1992	4.1	5.44
1993	3.67	5.06
1994	3.24	4.69
1995	2.85	4.29
1996	2.54	3.86
1997	2.32	3.48
1998	2.19	3.17
1999	2.09	2.9
2000	2	2.69
2001	1.92	2.53
2002	1.84	2.42
2003	1.8	2.34
2004	1.78	2.26
2005	1.76	2.2
2006	1.76	2.2
2007	1.75	2.29
2008	1.74	2.37
2009	1.74	2.39
2010	1.75	2.35
2011	1.79	2.31
2012	1.85	2.25
2013	1.91	2.17
2014	1.98	2.09
2015	2.02	2
2016	2.05	1.9
2017	2.02	1.8
2018	1.92	1.71
2019	1.77	1.64
2020	1.7	1.61
2021	1.71	1.6
2022	1.7	1.58
2023	1.7	1.58
2024	1.68	1.56
2025	1.67	1.55
2026	1.66	1.53
2027	1.65	1.53
2028	1.64	1.52
2029	1.64	1.52
2030	1.63	1.52
2031	1.63	1.51
2032	1.63	1.51
2033	1.63	1.51
2034	1.63	1.51
2035	1.63	1.51
2036	1.63	1.52
2037	1.63	1.52
2038	1.63	1.52
2039	1.63	1.52
2040	1.63	1.52
2041	1.63	1.52
2042	1.63	1.52
2043	1.63	1.52
2044	1.63	1.52
2045	1.63	1.53
2046	1.63	1.53
2047	1.63	1.53
2048	1.63	1.54
2049	1.63	1.54
2050	1.63	1.54

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Iran	Maldives
1960	43.5%	37.9%
1961	44.1%	38.2%
1962	44.6%	38.7%
1963	44.9%	39.4%
1964	45%	40.3%
1965	45%	41.8%
1966	44.9%	43.5%
1967	44.8%	44.7%
1968	44.8%	45.2%
1969	44.7%	45.4%
1970	44.6%	45.6%
1971	44.4%	45.8%
1972	44.2%	45.8%
1973	43.8%	45.7%
1974	43.5%	45.6%
1975	43.2%	45.6%
1976	43%	45.8%
1977	42.9%	45.7%
1978	43%	45.8%
1979	43.1%	45.9%
1980	43.3%	45.9%
1981	42.9%	45.9%
1982	42.7%	45.8%
1983	43%	45.6%
1984	43.3%	45.4%
1985	43.5%	45.5%
1986	43.7%	45.9%
1987	43.9%	46.3%
1988	44%	46.6%
1989	44.2%	46.8%
1990	44.1%	47%
1991	43.9%	47.1%
1992	43.6%	47%
1993	43.6%	46.8%
1994	43.2%	46.5%
1995	42.1%	45.8%
1996	40.7%	45%
1997	39.1%	44.1%
1998	37.3%	42.9%
1999	35.4%	41.6%
2000	33.6%	40.2%
2001	31.7%	38.7%
2002	30.1%	37.1%
2003	28.7%	35.6%
2004	27.4%	34.2%
2005	26.2%	32.7%
2006	25.3%	31.2%
2007	24.6%	29.5%
2008	24%	28%
2009	23.7%	26.7%
2010	23.4%	25.7%
2011	23.3%	24.9%
2012	23.3%	24.3%
2013	23.3%	23.9%
2014	23.4%	23.5%
2015	23.6%	23.2%
2016	23.8%	22.8%
2017	23.9%	22.5%
2018	24%	22.1%
2019	23.9%	21.7%
2020	23.8%	21.2%
2021	23.6%	20.8%
2022	23.2%	20.4%
2023	22.8%	20%
2024	22.4%	19.6%
2025	22%	19%
2026	21.6%	18.4%
2027	21.1%	17.8%
2028	20.5%	17.2%
2029	19.9%	16.6%
2030	19.3%	16%
2031	18.6%	15.5%
2032	18%	15.1%
2033	17.4%	14.6%
2034	17%	14.2%
2035	16.7%	13.9%
2036	16.4%	13.6%
2037	16.2%	13.4%
2038	15.9%	13.2%
2039	15.8%	13%
2040	15.6%	12.9%
2041	15.5%	12.8%
2042	15.4%	12.8%
2043	15.3%	12.8%
2044	15.3%	12.8%
2045	15.2%	12.8%
2046	15.2%	12.9%
2047	15.2%	12.9%
2048	15.2%	13%
2049	15.1%	13.1%
2050	15.1%	13.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 22.4% of the population in Iran and 19.6% in Maldives in 2024, compared to 44.1% and 47% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Iran and Maldives compared.

Natural population change in Iran vs Maldives by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.1% in Iran 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
	Iran	Maldives
1960	584,060	2,241
1961	594,674	2,354
1962	595,538	2,475
1963	620,126	2,567
1964	635,589	2,660
1965	663,029	2,747
1966	695,040	2,845
1967	727,276	3,010
1968	743,992	3,150
1969	780,660	3,260
1970	794,612	3,415
1971	805,830	3,549
1972	804,043	3,707
1973	831,880	3,924
1974	873,369	4,136
1975	929,481	4,325
1976	1,013,347	4,538
1977	1,091,542	4,779
1978	1,156,974	4,812
1979	1,294,306	5,275
1980	1,361,293	5,526
1981	1,376,830	5,778
1982	1,514,240	6,058
1983	1,573,612	6,361
1984	1,653,051	6,680
1985	1,661,750	6,944
1986	1,659,289	7,153
1987	1,639,644	7,300
1988	1,614,512	7,414
1989	1,609,739	7,472
1990	1,530,434	7,444
1991	1,495,594	7,295
1992	1,365,466	7,096
1993	1,219,658	6,842
1994	1,008,076	6,550
1995	879,648	6,177
1996	784,508	5,705
1997	726,574	5,267
1998	717,655	4,919
1999	723,237	4,601
2000	731,203	4,372
2001	743,658	4,271
2002	752,205	4,257
2003	732,600	4,316
2004	801,203	4,287
2005	837,305	4,493
2006	884,529	4,766
2007	919,254	5,324
2008	940,983	5,856
2009	958,322	6,227
2010	980,380	6,350
2011	1,023,925	6,429
2012	1,073,804	6,445
2013	1,119,533	6,307
2014	1,158,552	6,122
2015	1,178,317	5,914
2016	1,186,949	5,652
2017	1,140,549	5,342
2018	1,035,052	5,088
2019	893,063	4,886
2020	663,978	4,594
2021	645,725	4,426
2022	753,525	4,752
2023	750,150	4,566

Maternal mortality chart: Iran vs Maldives

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 16 deaths per 100,000 live births in Iran, compared to 32 deaths in Maldives.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Iran	Maldives
1985	160	552
1986	148	508
1987	136	471
1988	126	424
1989	113	381
1990	107	346
1991	94	310
1992	86	281
1993	80	251
1994	71	222
1995	65	191
1996	59	167
1997	55	149
1998	50	136
1999	46	111
2000	43	94
2001	40	81
2002	38	76
2003	37	70
2004	34	65
2005	33	54
2006	32	52
2007	31	51
2008	30	53
2009	28	52
2010	27	49
2011	26	48
2012	25	47
2013	24	47
2014	23	43
2015	22	41
2016	21	41
2017	20	41
2018	19	40
2019	18	39
2020	34	48
2021	51	60
2022	21	34
2023	16	32

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.18% in Iran 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
	Iran	Maldives
1962	-	33.4%
1963	-	32.5%
1964	-	31.5%
1965	-	30.6%
1966	-	29.7%
1967	-	28.7%
1968	-	27.7%
1969	-	26.8%
1970	-	25.8%
1971	18.9%	24.7%
1972	18%	23.6%
1973	17.1%	22.4%
1974	16.2%	21.2%
1975	15.3%	20.1%
1976	14.4%	18.9%
1977	13.5%	17.9%
1978	12.6%	16.9%
1979	11.7%	15.9%
1980	10.8%	15%
1981	10%	14.2%
1982	9.3%	13.4%
1983	8.67%	12.7%
1984	8.13%	12%
1985	7.64%	11.3%
1986	7.2%	10.7%
1987	6.8%	10.1%
1988	6.42%	9.59%
1989	6.07%	9.06%
1990	5.76%	8.57%
1991	5.48%	8.08%
1992	5.22%	7.61%
1993	5%	7.15%
1994	4.79%	6.68%
1995	4.59%	6.22%
1996	4.4%	5.74%
1997	4.21%	5.28%
1998	4.02%	4.81%
1999	3.83%	4.36%
2000	3.63%	3.9%
2001	3.42%	3.47%
2002	3.22%	3.08%
2003	3.02%	2.72%
2004	2.83%	2.7%
2005	2.65%	2.16%
2006	2.48%	1.94%
2007	2.32%	1.76%
2008	2.17%	1.61%
2009	2.04%	1.49%
2010	1.93%	1.38%
2011	1.84%	1.29%
2012	1.75%	1.21%
2013	1.68%	1.13%
2014	1.61%	1.05%
2015	1.55%	0.99%
2016	1.5%	0.92%
2017	1.45%	0.86%
2018	1.39%	0.8%
2019	1.35%	0.74%
2020	1.3%	0.69%
2021	1.26%	0.64%
2022	1.22%	0.6%
2023	1.18%	0.57%