Fertility & birth rates in Iran and Marshall Islands

Fertility rate in Iran vs Marshall Islands 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 2.92 in the Marshall Islands in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Iran vs the Marshall Islands 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	Marshall Islands
1960	7.52	8.08
1961	7.46	8.12
1962	7.4	8.12
1963	7.32	8.12
1964	7.24	8.14
1965	7.22	8.16
1966	7.21	8.2
1967	7.19	8.17
1968	7.12	8.14
1969	7.01	8.11
1970	6.8	8.07
1971	6.55	8.04
1972	6.26	8
1973	6.06	7.95
1974	5.97	7.9
1975	5.95	7.83
1976	6.07	7.76
1977	6.18	7.67
1978	6.34	7.58
1979	6.55	7.47
1980	6.63	7.37
1981	6.62	7.27
1982	6.59	7.18
1983	6.53	7.08
1984	6.43	6.99
1985	6.24	6.87
1986	6.01	6.73
1987	5.72	6.57
1988	5.43	6.38
1989	5.17	6.18
1990	4.93	5.97
1991	4.57	5.76
1992	4.1	5.55
1993	3.67	5.38
1994	3.24	5.23
1995	2.85	5.09
1996	2.54	5.02
1997	2.32	4.96
1998	2.19	4.87
1999	2.09	4.78
2000	2	4.7
2001	1.92	4.58
2002	1.84	4.49
2003	1.8	4.42
2004	1.78	4.34
2005	1.76	4.28
2006	1.76	4.2
2007	1.75	4.09
2008	1.74	3.97
2009	1.74	3.83
2010	1.75	3.67
2011	1.79	3.53
2012	1.85	3.38
2013	1.91	3.25
2014	1.98	3.18
2015	2.02	3.13
2016	2.05	3.09
2017	2.02	3.06
2018	1.92	3.04
2019	1.77	3.01
2020	1.7	2.99
2021	1.71	2.96
2022	1.7	2.94
2023	1.7	2.92
2024	1.68	2.86
2025	1.67	2.82
2026	1.66	2.77
2027	1.65	2.73
2028	1.64	2.69
2029	1.64	2.65
2030	1.63	2.6
2031	1.63	2.57
2032	1.63	2.53
2033	1.63	2.5
2034	1.63	2.47
2035	1.63	2.44
2036	1.63	2.41
2037	1.63	2.38
2038	1.63	2.36
2039	1.63	2.34
2040	1.63	2.31
2041	1.63	2.29
2042	1.63	2.26
2043	1.63	2.24
2044	1.63	2.23
2045	1.63	2.21
2046	1.63	2.19
2047	1.63	2.17
2048	1.63	2.15
2049	1.63	2.13
2050	1.63	2.11

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Iran	Marshall Islands
1960	43.5%	46.1%
1961	44.1%	46.7%
1962	44.6%	47.1%
1963	44.9%	47.4%
1964	45%	47.5%
1965	45%	47.5%
1966	44.9%	47.2%
1967	44.8%	46.7%
1968	44.8%	46.1%
1969	44.7%	45.3%
1970	44.6%	45%
1971	44.4%	45.6%
1972	44.2%	46.6%
1973	43.8%	47.3%
1974	43.5%	47.8%
1975	43.2%	48.2%
1976	43%	48.5%
1977	42.9%	49%
1978	43%	49.4%
1979	43.1%	49.8%
1980	43.3%	50.1%
1981	42.9%	50.3%
1982	42.7%	50.3%
1983	43%	50.4%
1984	43.3%	50.4%
1985	43.5%	50.6%
1986	43.7%	50.7%
1987	43.9%	50.8%
1988	44%	50.8%
1989	44.2%	50.6%
1990	44.1%	50.2%
1991	43.9%	49.7%
1992	43.6%	49.1%
1993	43.6%	48.4%
1994	43.2%	47.5%
1995	42.1%	46.6%
1996	40.7%	45.6%
1997	39.1%	44.7%
1998	37.3%	43.7%
1999	35.4%	42.8%
2000	33.6%	42%
2001	31.7%	41.3%
2002	30.1%	40.6%
2003	28.7%	39.9%
2004	27.4%	39.4%
2005	26.2%	39.1%
2006	25.3%	38.9%
2007	24.6%	39%
2008	24%	39.2%
2009	23.7%	39.4%
2010	23.4%	39.7%
2011	23.3%	39.7%
2012	23.3%	39.4%
2013	23.3%	38.8%
2014	23.4%	38.2%
2015	23.6%	37.5%
2016	23.8%	36.8%
2017	23.9%	36.2%
2018	24%	35.7%
2019	23.9%	35.1%
2020	23.8%	34.5%
2021	23.6%	34.4%
2022	23.2%	34.6%
2023	22.8%	34.7%
2024	22.4%	34.5%
2025	22%	33.9%
2026	21.6%	33.2%
2027	21.1%	32.6%
2028	20.5%	32%
2029	19.9%	31.4%
2030	19.3%	30.9%
2031	18.6%	30.3%
2032	18%	29.7%
2033	17.4%	29.2%
2034	17%	28.6%
2035	16.7%	28.1%
2036	16.4%	27.6%
2037	16.2%	27.3%
2038	15.9%	27.3%
2039	15.8%	27.4%
2040	15.6%	27.7%
2041	15.5%	28%
2042	15.4%	28.3%
2043	15.3%	28.6%
2044	15.3%	28.8%
2045	15.2%	29%
2046	15.2%	29.1%
2047	15.2%	29.1%
2048	15.2%	29%
2049	15.1%	28.8%
2050	15.1%	28.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 22.4% of the population in Iran and 34.5% in the Marshall Islands in 2024, compared to 44.1% and 50.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Iran and the Marshall Islands compared.

Natural population change in Iran vs Marshall Islands by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.1% in Iran and +1.69% in the Marshall Islands. 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	Marshall Islands
1960	584,060	452
1961	594,674	469
1962	595,538	488
1963	620,126	509
1964	635,589	536
1965	663,029	566
1966	695,040	603
1967	727,276	636
1968	743,992	685
1969	780,660	747
1970	794,612	819
1971	805,830	877
1972	804,043	913
1973	831,880	954
1974	873,369	1,000
1975	929,481	1,055
1976	1,013,347	1,109
1977	1,091,542	1,160
1978	1,156,974	1,207
1979	1,294,306	1,250
1980	1,361,293	1,287
1981	1,376,830	1,328
1982	1,514,240	1,375
1983	1,573,612	1,422
1984	1,653,051	1,470
1985	1,661,750	1,511
1986	1,659,289	1,544
1987	1,639,644	1,566
1988	1,614,512	1,575
1989	1,609,739	1,574
1990	1,530,434	1,556
1991	1,495,594	1,540
1992	1,365,466	1,525
1993	1,219,658	1,524
1994	1,008,076	1,524
1995	879,648	1,522
1996	784,508	1,542
1997	726,574	1,564
1998	717,655	1,576
1999	723,237	1,590
2000	731,203	1,592
2001	743,658	1,596
2002	752,205	1,594
2003	732,600	1,600
2004	801,203	1,595
2005	837,305	1,586
2006	884,529	1,556
2007	919,254	1,507
2008	940,983	1,443
2009	958,322	1,365
2010	980,380	1,273
2011	1,023,925	1,185
2012	1,073,804	1,097
2013	1,119,533	1,014
2014	1,158,552	959
2015	1,178,317	912
2016	1,186,949	866
2017	1,140,549	826
2018	1,035,052	785
2019	893,063	746
2020	663,978	689
2021	645,725	653
2022	753,525	606
2023	750,150	550

Maternal mortality chart: Iran vs Marshall Islands

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 155 deaths in the Marshall Islands.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Iran	Marshall Islands
1985	160	254
1986	148	274
1987	136	282
1988	126	276
1989	113	299
1990	107	311
1991	94	297
1992	86	322
1993	80	320
1994	71	303
1995	65	303
1996	59	292
1997	55	274
1998	50	259
1999	46	250
2000	43	251
2001	40	231
2002	38	223
2003	37	221
2004	34	238
2005	33	234
2006	32	233
2007	31	229
2008	30	226
2009	28	224
2010	27	212
2011	26	209
2012	25	207
2013	24	201
2014	23	199
2015	22	184
2016	21	183
2017	20	179
2018	19	167
2019	18	168
2020	34	178
2021	51	206
2022	21	174
2023	16	155

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.18% in Iran and 2.82% in the Marshall Islands. 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	Marshall Islands
1960	-	12.2%
1961	-	11.6%
1962	-	11%
1963	-	10.5%
1964	-	10.1%
1965	-	9.64%
1966	-	9.25%
1967	-	8.88%
1968	-	8.53%
1969	-	8.19%
1970	-	7.87%
1971	18.9%	7.58%
1972	18%	7.33%
1973	17.1%	7.13%
1974	16.2%	6.97%
1975	15.3%	6.86%
1976	14.4%	6.77%
1977	13.5%	6.69%
1978	12.6%	6.61%
1979	11.7%	6.52%
1980	10.8%	6.42%
1981	10%	6.29%
1982	9.3%	6.15%
1983	8.67%	6%
1984	8.13%	5.83%
1985	7.64%	5.66%
1986	7.2%	5.49%
1987	6.8%	5.31%
1988	6.42%	5.13%
1989	6.07%	4.95%
1990	5.76%	4.76%
1991	5.48%	4.59%
1992	5.22%	4.43%
1993	5%	4.29%
1994	4.79%	4.2%
1995	4.59%	4.15%
1996	4.4%	4.14%
1997	4.21%	4.15%
1998	4.02%	4.19%
1999	3.83%	4.23%
2000	3.63%	4.25%
2001	3.42%	4.25%
2002	3.22%	4.24%
2003	3.02%	4.21%
2004	2.83%	4.18%
2005	2.65%	4.14%
2006	2.48%	4.1%
2007	2.32%	4.06%
2008	2.17%	4.02%
2009	2.04%	3.97%
2010	1.93%	3.94%
2011	1.84%	3.89%
2012	1.75%	3.82%
2013	1.68%	3.75%
2014	1.61%	3.66%
2015	1.55%	3.57%
2016	1.5%	3.48%
2017	1.45%	3.38%
2018	1.39%	3.29%
2019	1.35%	3.19%
2020	1.3%	3.1%
2021	1.26%	3%
2022	1.22%	2.91%
2023	1.18%	2.82%