Fertility & birth rates in Iran and Mauritania

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

Check Iran 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
	Iran	Mauritania
1960	7.52	6.15
1961	7.46	6.2
1962	7.4	6.24
1963	7.32	6.31
1964	7.24	6.37
1965	7.22	6.44
1966	7.21	6.52
1967	7.19	6.57
1968	7.12	6.6
1969	7.01	6.64
1970	6.8	6.68
1971	6.55	6.7
1972	6.26	6.71
1973	6.06	6.72
1974	5.97	6.73
1975	5.95	6.71
1976	6.07	6.73
1977	6.18	6.74
1978	6.34	6.73
1979	6.55	6.7
1980	6.63	6.67
1981	6.62	6.64
1982	6.59	6.59
1983	6.53	6.54
1984	6.43	6.48
1985	6.24	6.42
1986	6.01	6.34
1987	5.72	6.27
1988	5.43	6.21
1989	5.17	6.2
1990	4.93	6.18
1991	4.57	6.16
1992	4.1	6.13
1993	3.67	6.09
1994	3.24	6.06
1995	2.85	5.96
1996	2.54	5.86
1997	2.32	5.74
1998	2.19	5.62
1999	2.09	5.52
2000	2	5.46
2001	1.92	5.41
2002	1.84	5.37
2003	1.8	5.36
2004	1.78	5.37
2005	1.76	5.38
2006	1.76	5.4
2007	1.75	5.43
2008	1.74	5.44
2009	1.74	5.41
2010	1.75	5.38
2011	1.79	5.38
2012	1.85	5.35
2013	1.91	5.32
2014	1.98	5.26
2015	2.02	5.21
2016	2.05	5.16
2017	2.02	5.11
2018	1.92	5.04
2019	1.77	4.98
2020	1.7	4.91
2021	1.71	4.85
2022	1.7	4.77
2023	1.7	4.7
2024	1.68	4.63
2025	1.67	4.56
2026	1.66	4.48
2027	1.65	4.42
2028	1.64	4.36
2029	1.64	4.29
2030	1.63	4.24
2031	1.63	4.18
2032	1.63	4.11
2033	1.63	4.02
2034	1.63	3.97
2035	1.63	3.9
2036	1.63	3.83
2037	1.63	3.78
2038	1.63	3.71
2039	1.63	3.66
2040	1.63	3.6
2041	1.63	3.55
2042	1.63	3.5
2043	1.63	3.45
2044	1.63	3.39
2045	1.63	3.35
2046	1.63	3.3
2047	1.63	3.26
2048	1.63	3.21
2049	1.63	3.17
2050	1.63	3.14

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Iran	Mauritania
1960	43.5%	41.8%
1961	44.1%	41.8%
1962	44.6%	41.8%
1963	44.9%	41.8%
1964	45%	42%
1965	45%	42.4%
1966	44.9%	42.8%
1967	44.8%	43.2%
1968	44.8%	43.6%
1969	44.7%	44%
1970	44.6%	44.4%
1971	44.4%	44.7%
1972	44.2%	44.9%
1973	43.8%	45.2%
1974	43.5%	45.4%
1975	43.2%	45.5%
1976	43%	45.6%
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%	45.8%
1984	43.3%	45.7%
1985	43.5%	45.6%
1986	43.7%	45.5%
1987	43.9%	45.4%
1988	44%	45.3%
1989	44.2%	45.4%
1990	44.1%	45.4%
1991	43.9%	45.3%
1992	43.6%	44.9%
1993	43.6%	44.4%
1994	43.2%	44.3%
1995	42.1%	44.4%
1996	40.7%	44.6%
1997	39.1%	44.7%
1998	37.3%	44.6%
1999	35.4%	44.4%
2000	33.6%	44.2%
2001	31.7%	44.1%
2002	30.1%	44.2%
2003	28.7%	44.2%
2004	27.4%	44.2%
2005	26.2%	44.2%
2006	25.3%	44.2%
2007	24.6%	44.3%
2008	24%	44.1%
2009	23.7%	43.9%
2010	23.4%	43.9%
2011	23.3%	43.9%
2012	23.3%	44.1%
2013	23.3%	44.2%
2014	23.4%	44.2%
2015	23.6%	44.3%
2016	23.8%	44.2%
2017	23.9%	44.2%
2018	24%	44.1%
2019	23.9%	44%
2020	23.8%	43.8%
2021	23.6%	43.6%
2022	23.2%	43.4%
2023	22.8%	43%
2024	22.4%	42.7%
2025	22%	42.4%
2026	21.6%	42%
2027	21.1%	41.7%
2028	20.5%	41.3%
2029	19.9%	41%
2030	19.3%	40.7%
2031	18.6%	40.4%
2032	18%	40%
2033	17.4%	39.7%
2034	17%	39.3%
2035	16.7%	39%
2036	16.4%	38.6%
2037	16.2%	38.3%
2038	15.9%	37.9%
2039	15.8%	37.6%
2040	15.6%	37.3%
2041	15.5%	36.9%
2042	15.4%	36.6%
2043	15.3%	36.2%
2044	15.3%	35.9%
2045	15.2%	35.5%
2046	15.2%	35.2%
2047	15.2%	34.8%
2048	15.2%	34.5%
2049	15.1%	34.1%
2050	15.1%	33.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 22.4% of the population in Iran and 42.7% in Mauritania in 2024, compared to 44.1% and 45.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Iran and Mauritania compared.

Natural population change in Iran vs Mauritania by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.1% in Iran 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
	Iran	Mauritania
1960	584,060	21,604
1961	594,674	22,781
1962	595,538	23,927
1963	620,126	25,250
1964	635,589	26,565
1965	663,029	28,028
1966	695,040	29,502
1967	727,276	30,853
1968	743,992	32,029
1969	780,660	33,252
1970	794,612	34,382
1971	805,830	35,279
1972	804,043	36,184
1973	831,880	37,122
1974	873,369	38,106
1975	929,481	38,975
1976	1,013,347	40,149
1977	1,091,542	41,352
1978	1,156,974	42,539
1979	1,294,306	43,537
1980	1,361,293	45,026
1981	1,376,830	46,641
1982	1,514,240	47,947
1983	1,573,612	49,187
1984	1,653,051	50,705
1985	1,661,750	52,125
1986	1,659,289	53,313
1987	1,639,644	55,037
1988	1,614,512	56,654
1989	1,609,739	58,666
1990	1,530,434	59,934
1991	1,495,594	61,782
1992	1,365,466	63,501
1993	1,219,658	68,167
1994	1,008,076	70,570
1995	879,648	72,244
1996	784,508	71,939
1997	726,574	71,327
1998	717,655	72,045
1999	723,237	73,554
2000	731,203	75,929
2001	743,658	78,769
2002	752,205	80,993
2003	732,600	83,804
2004	801,203	87,578
2005	837,305	90,940
2006	884,529	94,991
2007	919,254	98,895
2008	940,983	102,432
2009	958,322	105,273
2010	980,380	108,121
2011	1,023,925	111,165
2012	1,073,804	113,489
2013	1,119,533	115,558
2014	1,158,552	118,792
2015	1,178,317	122,092
2016	1,186,949	125,342
2017	1,140,549	128,562
2018	1,035,052	131,584
2019	893,063	134,460
2020	663,978	134,899
2021	645,725	137,557
2022	753,525	142,451
2023	750,150	145,164

Maternal mortality chart: Iran vs Mauritania

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 381 deaths in Mauritania.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Iran	Mauritania
1985	160	998
1986	148	961
1987	136	914
1988	126	887
1989	113	883
1990	107	858
1991	94	845
1992	86	811
1993	80	813
1994	71	809
1995	65	815
1996	59	813
1997	55	752
1998	50	698
1999	46	669
2000	43	644
2001	40	616
2002	38	590
2003	37	571
2004	34	557
2005	33	536
2006	32	521
2007	31	516
2008	30	506
2009	28	500
2010	27	499
2011	26	494
2012	25	496
2013	24	496
2014	23	484
2015	22	469
2016	21	456
2017	20	450
2018	19	437
2019	18	424
2020	34	413
2021	51	425
2022	21	385
2023	16	381

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.18% in Iran 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
	Iran	Mauritania
1960	-	25.3%
1961	-	24.7%
1962	-	24%
1963	-	23.4%
1964	-	22.7%
1965	-	22%
1966	-	21.3%
1967	-	20.6%
1968	-	19.9%
1969	-	19.4%
1970	-	19%
1971	18.9%	18.9%
1972	18%	18.9%
1973	17.1%	19%
1974	16.2%	19%
1975	15.3%	18.9%
1976	14.4%	18.6%
1977	13.5%	18.2%
1978	12.6%	17.6%
1979	11.7%	17.1%
1980	10.8%	16.6%
1981	10%	16.1%
1982	9.3%	15.6%
1983	8.67%	15.1%
1984	8.13%	14.5%
1985	7.64%	13.8%
1986	7.2%	13.2%
1987	6.8%	12.6%
1988	6.42%	12.1%
1989	6.07%	11.8%
1990	5.76%	11.5%
1991	5.48%	11.4%
1992	5.22%	11.3%
1993	5%	11.2%
1994	4.79%	11.2%
1995	4.59%	11.1%
1996	4.4%	11%
1997	4.21%	10.8%
1998	4.02%	10.6%
1999	3.83%	10.2%
2000	3.63%	9.82%
2001	3.42%	9.35%
2002	3.22%	8.81%
2003	3.02%	8.25%
2004	2.83%	7.7%
2005	2.65%	7.18%
2006	2.48%	6.73%
2007	2.32%	6.35%
2008	2.17%	6.04%
2009	2.04%	5.79%
2010	1.93%	5.61%
2011	1.84%	5.45%
2012	1.75%	5.31%
2013	1.68%	5.17%
2014	1.61%	5.04%
2015	1.55%	4.89%
2016	1.5%	4.74%
2017	1.45%	4.59%
2018	1.39%	4.45%
2019	1.35%	4.3%
2020	1.3%	4.17%
2021	1.26%	4.03%
2022	1.22%	3.91%
2023	1.18%	3.78%