Fertility & birth rates in Iran and Mongolia

Fertility rate in Iran vs Mongolia 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 2.7 in Mongolia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Iran vs Mongolia 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	Mongolia
1960	7.52	6.82
1961	7.46	6.96
1962	7.4	7.1
1963	7.32	7.24
1964	7.24	7.33
1965	7.22	7.38
1966	7.21	7.41
1967	7.19	7.39
1968	7.12	7.37
1969	7.01	7.34
1970	6.8	7.31
1971	6.55	7.3
1972	6.26	7.28
1973	6.06	7.24
1974	5.97	7.17
1975	5.95	7.07
1976	6.07	6.93
1977	6.18	6.79
1978	6.34	6.62
1979	6.55	6.42
1980	6.63	6.21
1981	6.62	5.98
1982	6.59	5.8
1983	6.53	5.63
1984	6.43	5.45
1985	6.24	5.26
1986	6.01	5.03
1987	5.72	4.83
1988	5.43	4.65
1989	5.17	4.42
1990	4.93	4.5
1991	4.57	4
1992	4.1	3.5
1993	3.67	2.5
1994	3.24	2.7
1995	2.85	2.77
1996	2.54	2.5
1997	2.32	2.4
1998	2.19	2.3
1999	2.09	2.3
2000	2	2.2
2001	1.92	2.2
2002	1.84	2.1
2003	1.8	2
2004	1.78	2
2005	1.76	2
2006	1.76	2.1
2007	1.75	2.3
2008	1.74	2.6
2009	1.74	2.8
2010	1.75	2.4
2011	1.79	2.6
2012	1.85	2.7
2013	1.91	3
2014	1.98	3.1
2015	2.02	3
2016	2.05	3
2017	2.02	2.8
2018	1.92	2.9
2019	1.77	3
2020	1.7	2.9
2021	1.71	2.8
2022	1.7	2.7
2023	1.7	2.7
2024	1.68	2.65
2025	1.67	2.6
2026	1.66	2.55
2027	1.65	2.51
2028	1.64	2.47
2029	1.64	2.44
2030	1.63	2.4
2031	1.63	2.37
2032	1.63	2.34
2033	1.63	2.31
2034	1.63	2.29
2035	1.63	2.26
2036	1.63	2.23
2037	1.63	2.21
2038	1.63	2.19
2039	1.63	2.17
2040	1.63	2.15
2041	1.63	2.13
2042	1.63	2.11
2043	1.63	2.09
2044	1.63	2.08
2045	1.63	2.06
2046	1.63	2.05
2047	1.63	2.04
2048	1.63	2.02
2049	1.63	2.01
2050	1.63	2

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Iran	Mongolia
1960	43.5%	38.1%
1961	44.1%	38.8%
1962	44.6%	39.6%
1963	44.9%	40.4%
1964	45%	41.4%
1965	45%	42.4%
1966	44.9%	43.3%
1967	44.8%	44.2%
1968	44.8%	44.9%
1969	44.7%	45.4%
1970	44.6%	45.6%
1971	44.4%	45.8%
1972	44.2%	45.8%
1973	43.8%	45.8%
1974	43.5%	45.6%
1975	43.2%	45.4%
1976	43%	45.2%
1977	42.9%	44.8%
1978	43%	44.5%
1979	43.1%	44.1%
1980	43.3%	43.7%
1981	42.9%	43.3%
1982	42.7%	43%
1983	43%	42.7%
1984	43.3%	42.5%
1985	43.5%	42.3%
1986	43.7%	42.1%
1987	43.9%	42%
1988	44%	41.8%
1989	44.2%	41.7%
1990	44.1%	41.4%
1991	43.9%	41%
1992	43.6%	40.5%
1993	43.6%	40%
1994	43.2%	39.5%
1995	42.1%	39%
1996	40.7%	38.4%
1997	39.1%	37.8%
1998	37.3%	37%
1999	35.4%	36.2%
2000	33.6%	35.2%
2001	31.7%	34.1%
2002	30.1%	32.9%
2003	28.7%	31.8%
2004	27.4%	30.8%
2005	26.2%	29.9%
2006	25.3%	29.1%
2007	24.6%	28.5%
2008	24%	28.1%
2009	23.7%	27.9%
2010	23.4%	27.9%
2011	23.3%	28%
2012	23.3%	28.1%
2013	23.3%	28.5%
2014	23.4%	28.9%
2015	23.6%	29.5%
2016	23.8%	30.2%
2017	23.9%	30.9%
2018	24%	31.6%
2019	23.9%	32.3%
2020	23.8%	32.8%
2021	23.6%	32.9%
2022	23.2%	32.9%
2023	22.8%	32.6%
2024	22.4%	32.2%
2025	22%	31.6%
2026	21.6%	30.9%
2027	21.1%	30.1%
2028	20.5%	29.2%
2029	19.9%	28.2%
2030	19.3%	27.3%
2031	18.6%	26.3%
2032	18%	25.6%
2033	17.4%	24.9%
2034	17%	24.3%
2035	16.7%	23.8%
2036	16.4%	23.4%
2037	16.2%	23.1%
2038	15.9%	23%
2039	15.8%	22.9%
2040	15.6%	22.8%
2041	15.5%	22.9%
2042	15.4%	22.9%
2043	15.3%	23%
2044	15.3%	23.1%
2045	15.2%	23.2%
2046	15.2%	23.3%
2047	15.2%	23.4%
2048	15.2%	23.4%
2049	15.1%	23.4%
2050	15.1%	23.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 22.4% of the population in Iran and 32.2% in Mongolia in 2024, compared to 44.1% and 41.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Iran and Mongolia compared.

Natural population change in Iran vs Mongolia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.1% in Iran and +1.81% in Mongolia. 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	Mongolia
1960	584,060	20,726
1961	594,674	21,873
1962	595,538	22,960
1963	620,126	24,142
1964	635,589	25,317
1965	663,029	26,364
1966	695,040	27,338
1967	727,276	28,178
1968	743,992	29,017
1969	780,660	29,781
1970	794,612	30,558
1971	805,830	31,536
1972	804,043	32,727
1973	831,880	33,993
1974	873,369	35,297
1975	929,481	36,490
1976	1,013,347	37,670
1977	1,091,542	38,995
1978	1,156,974	40,276
1979	1,294,306	41,568
1980	1,361,293	42,343
1981	1,376,830	43,588
1982	1,514,240	45,179
1983	1,573,612	46,919
1984	1,653,051	48,562
1985	1,661,750	49,944
1986	1,659,289	50,329
1987	1,639,644	51,140
1988	1,614,512	51,588
1989	1,609,739	51,420
1990	1,530,434	49,443
1991	1,495,594	47,884
1992	1,365,466	42,437
1993	1,219,658	36,924
1994	1,008,076	34,711
1995	879,648	34,473
1996	784,508	33,741
1997	726,574	32,403
1998	717,655	31,757
1999	723,237	32,283
2000	731,203	32,753
2001	743,658	32,052
2002	752,205	30,439
2003	732,600	28,827
2004	801,203	28,418
2005	837,305	29,290
2006	884,529	33,609
2007	919,254	39,636
2008	940,983	45,843
2009	958,322	48,876
2010	980,380	44,914
2011	1,023,925	50,711
2012	1,073,804	55,942
2013	1,119,533	62,618
2014	1,158,552	66,078
2015	1,178,317	64,473
2016	1,186,949	62,086
2017	1,140,549	57,940
2018	1,035,052	60,635
2019	893,063	61,433
2020	663,978	60,888
2021	645,725	52,109
2022	753,525	47,730
2023	750,150	46,995

Maternal mortality chart: Iran vs Mongolia

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 41 deaths in Mongolia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Iran	Mongolia
1985	160	352
1986	148	346
1987	136	341
1988	126	335
1989	113	311
1990	107	276
1991	94	227
1992	86	199
1993	80	181
1994	71	178
1995	65	176
1996	59	178
1997	55	180
1998	50	174
1999	46	162
2000	43	144
2001	40	130
2002	38	120
2003	37	114
2004	34	108
2005	33	99
2006	32	90
2007	31	81
2008	30	77
2009	28	75
2010	27	71
2011	26	67
2012	25	63
2013	24	59
2014	23	56
2015	22	52
2016	21	48
2017	20	45
2018	19	45
2019	18	45
2020	34	47
2021	51	63
2022	21	41
2023	16	41

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.18% in Iran and 1.36% in Mongolia. 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	Mongolia
1971	18.9%	-
1972	18%	-
1973	17.1%	-
1974	16.2%	-
1975	15.3%	-
1976	14.4%	-
1977	13.5%	-
1978	12.6%	17.3%
1979	11.7%	16.7%
1980	10.8%	16.1%
1981	10%	15.5%
1982	9.3%	15%
1983	8.67%	14.4%
1984	8.13%	13.9%
1985	7.64%	13.4%
1986	7.2%	12.8%
1987	6.8%	12.2%
1988	6.42%	11.7%
1989	6.07%	11.1%
1990	5.76%	10.7%
1991	5.48%	10.2%
1992	5.22%	9.78%
1993	5%	9.39%
1994	4.79%	9%
1995	4.59%	8.6%
1996	4.4%	8.19%
1997	4.21%	7.74%
1998	4.02%	7.27%
1999	3.83%	6.78%
2000	3.63%	6.29%
2001	3.42%	5.8%
2002	3.22%	5.32%
2003	3.02%	4.87%
2004	2.83%	4.45%
2005	2.65%	4.07%
2006	2.48%	3.71%
2007	2.32%	3.39%
2008	2.17%	3.11%
2009	2.04%	2.85%
2010	1.93%	2.63%
2011	1.84%	2.44%
2012	1.75%	2.28%
2013	1.68%	2.15%
2014	1.61%	2.04%
2015	1.55%	1.94%
2016	1.5%	1.84%
2017	1.45%	1.74%
2018	1.39%	1.64%
2019	1.35%	1.56%
2020	1.3%	1.48%
2021	1.26%	1.43%
2022	1.22%	1.39%
2023	1.18%	1.36%