Fertility & birth rates in Iran and Montenegro

Fertility rate in Iran vs Montenegro 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 1.74 in Montenegro in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Iran vs Montenegro 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	Montenegro
1960	7.52	3.53
1961	7.46	3.49
1962	7.4	3.44
1963	7.32	3.38
1964	7.24	3.28
1965	7.22	3.19
1966	7.21	3.09
1967	7.19	2.91
1968	7.12	2.8
1969	7.01	2.79
1970	6.8	2.69
1971	6.55	2.67
1972	6.26	2.61
1973	6.06	2.51
1974	5.97	2.43
1975	5.95	2.38
1976	6.07	2.35
1977	6.18	2.31
1978	6.34	2.25
1979	6.55	2.2
1980	6.63	2.22
1981	6.62	2.19
1982	6.59	2.19
1983	6.53	2.17
1984	6.43	2.14
1985	6.24	2.13
1986	6.01	2.09
1987	5.72	2.07
1988	5.43	2.01
1989	5.17	1.94
1990	4.93	1.95
1991	4.57	2.02
1992	4.1	2.01
1993	3.67	1.96
1994	3.24	1.94
1995	2.85	1.96
1996	2.54	1.92
1997	2.32	1.89
1998	2.19	1.89
1999	2.09	1.88
2000	2	1.9
2001	1.92	1.86
2002	1.84	1.81
2003	1.8	1.8
2004	1.78	1.73
2005	1.76	1.69
2006	1.76	1.73
2007	1.75	1.8
2008	1.74	1.89
2009	1.74	1.98
2010	1.75	1.7
2011	1.79	1.65
2012	1.85	1.72
2013	1.91	1.73
2014	1.98	1.75
2015	2.02	1.7
2016	2.05	1.8
2017	2.02	1.8
2018	1.92	1.8
2019	1.77	1.8
2020	1.7	1.75
2021	1.71	1.75
2022	1.7	1.8
2023	1.7	1.74
2024	1.68	1.74
2025	1.67	1.73
2026	1.66	1.73
2027	1.65	1.73
2028	1.64	1.73
2029	1.64	1.72
2030	1.63	1.72
2031	1.63	1.72
2032	1.63	1.71
2033	1.63	1.71
2034	1.63	1.71
2035	1.63	1.7
2036	1.63	1.7
2037	1.63	1.7
2038	1.63	1.69
2039	1.63	1.69
2040	1.63	1.69
2041	1.63	1.69
2042	1.63	1.68
2043	1.63	1.68
2044	1.63	1.68
2045	1.63	1.68
2046	1.63	1.68
2047	1.63	1.67
2048	1.63	1.67
2049	1.63	1.67
2050	1.63	1.67

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Iran	Montenegro
1960	43.5%	36.1%
1961	44.1%	36.3%
1962	44.6%	36.4%
1963	44.9%	36.2%
1964	45%	35.9%
1965	45%	35.5%
1966	44.9%	35.1%
1967	44.8%	34.5%
1968	44.8%	33.9%
1969	44.7%	33.3%
1970	44.6%	32.6%
1971	44.4%	32%
1972	44.2%	31.4%
1973	43.8%	30.9%
1974	43.5%	30.4%
1975	43.2%	29.9%
1976	43%	29.5%
1977	42.9%	29%
1978	43%	28.5%
1979	43.1%	28.1%
1980	43.3%	27.8%
1981	42.9%	27.5%
1982	42.7%	27.1%
1983	43%	26.9%
1984	43.3%	26.6%
1985	43.5%	26.4%
1986	43.7%	26.2%
1987	43.9%	26%
1988	44%	25.9%
1989	44.2%	25.7%
1990	44.1%	25.6%
1991	43.9%	25.4%
1992	43.6%	25.1%
1993	43.6%	24.7%
1994	43.2%	24.4%
1995	42.1%	24%
1996	40.7%	23.6%
1997	39.1%	23.2%
1998	37.3%	22.8%
1999	35.4%	22.4%
2000	33.6%	21.9%
2001	31.7%	21.5%
2002	30.1%	21.2%
2003	28.7%	20.9%
2004	27.4%	20.6%
2005	26.2%	20.4%
2006	25.3%	20.1%
2007	24.6%	19.9%
2008	24%	19.6%
2009	23.7%	19.4%
2010	23.4%	19.2%
2011	23.3%	19%
2012	23.3%	18.8%
2013	23.3%	18.7%
2014	23.4%	18.6%
2015	23.6%	18.6%
2016	23.8%	18.6%
2017	23.9%	18.5%
2018	24%	18.4%
2019	23.9%	18.4%
2020	23.8%	18.4%
2021	23.6%	18.5%
2022	23.2%	18.5%
2023	22.8%	18.3%
2024	22.4%	18.1%
2025	22%	17.9%
2026	21.6%	17.7%
2027	21.1%	17.5%
2028	20.5%	17.2%
2029	19.9%	17%
2030	19.3%	16.8%
2031	18.6%	16.6%
2032	18%	16.3%
2033	17.4%	16.2%
2034	17%	16%
2035	16.7%	15.8%
2036	16.4%	15.7%
2037	16.2%	15.5%
2038	15.9%	15.4%
2039	15.8%	15.3%
2040	15.6%	15.2%
2041	15.5%	15.1%
2042	15.4%	15.1%
2043	15.3%	15%
2044	15.3%	15%
2045	15.2%	15%
2046	15.2%	14.9%
2047	15.2%	14.9%
2048	15.2%	14.9%
2049	15.1%	14.9%
2050	15.1%	14.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 22.4% of the population in Iran and 18.1% in Montenegro in 2024, compared to 44.1% and 25.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Iran and Montenegro compared.

Natural population change in Iran vs Montenegro by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.1% in Iran and +0.07% in Montenegro. 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	Montenegro
1960	584,060	9,144
1961	594,674	9,278
1962	595,538	9,402
1963	620,126	9,449
1964	635,589	9,227
1965	663,029	9,010
1966	695,040	8,661
1967	727,276	7,961
1968	743,992	7,497
1969	780,660	7,449
1970	794,612	7,069
1971	805,830	7,168
1972	804,043	7,252
1973	831,880	7,096
1974	873,369	6,919
1975	929,481	6,878
1976	1,013,347	6,845
1977	1,091,542	6,650
1978	1,156,974	6,408
1979	1,294,306	6,139
1980	1,361,293	6,383
1981	1,376,830	6,275
1982	1,514,240	6,419
1983	1,573,612	6,482
1984	1,653,051	6,337
1985	1,661,750	6,283
1986	1,659,289	6,097
1987	1,639,644	5,958
1988	1,614,512	5,529
1989	1,609,739	5,129
1990	1,530,434	5,010
1991	1,495,594	5,191
1992	1,365,466	5,015
1993	1,219,658	4,638
1994	1,008,076	4,381
1995	879,648	4,527
1996	784,508	4,155
1997	726,574	3,597
1998	717,655	3,889
1999	723,237	3,454
2000	731,203	3,751
2001	743,658	3,462
2002	752,205	2,988
2003	732,600	2,632
2004	801,203	2,146
2005	837,305	1,536
2006	884,529	1,599
2007	919,254	1,848
2008	940,983	2,530
2009	958,322	2,783
2010	980,380	1,797
2011	1,023,925	1,365
2012	1,073,804	1,554
2013	1,119,533	1,557
2014	1,158,552	1,560
2015	1,178,317	1,062
2016	1,186,949	1,125
2017	1,140,549	939
2018	1,035,052	752
2019	893,063	627
2020	663,978	-188
2021	645,725	-2,062
2022	753,525	0
2023	750,150	686

Maternal mortality chart: Iran vs Montenegro

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 6 deaths in Montenegro.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Iran	Montenegro
1985	160	11
1986	148	11
1987	136	10
1988	126	10
1989	113	10
1990	107	10
1991	94	11
1992	86	11
1993	80	11
1994	71	11
1995	65	11
1996	59	12
1997	55	12
1998	50	12
1999	46	12
2000	43	11
2001	40	11
2002	38	10
2003	37	10
2004	34	9
2005	33	8
2006	32	8
2007	31	8
2008	30	8
2009	28	8
2010	27	7
2011	26	7
2012	25	7
2013	24	7
2014	23	7
2015	22	7
2016	21	6
2017	20	7
2018	19	7
2019	18	6
2020	34	15
2021	51	15
2022	21	13
2023	16	6

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.18% in Iran and 0.26% in Montenegro. 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	Montenegro
1971	18.9%	-
1972	18%	-
1973	17.1%	-
1974	16.2%	-
1975	15.3%	-
1976	14.4%	-
1977	13.5%	-
1978	12.6%	-
1979	11.7%	-
1980	10.8%	-
1981	10%	-
1982	9.3%	-
1983	8.67%	-
1984	8.13%	2.72%
1985	7.64%	2.48%
1986	7.2%	2.25%
1987	6.8%	2.05%
1988	6.42%	1.89%
1989	6.07%	1.75%
1990	5.76%	1.65%
1991	5.48%	1.58%
1992	5.22%	1.54%
1993	5%	1.52%
1994	4.79%	1.51%
1995	4.59%	1.51%
1996	4.4%	1.51%
1997	4.21%	1.51%
1998	4.02%	1.49%
1999	3.83%	1.46%
2000	3.63%	1.42%
2001	3.42%	1.37%
2002	3.22%	1.3%
2003	3.02%	1.22%
2004	2.83%	1.14%
2005	2.65%	1.06%
2006	2.48%	0.97%
2007	2.32%	0.89%
2008	2.17%	0.8%
2009	2.04%	0.73%
2010	1.93%	0.66%
2011	1.84%	0.59%
2012	1.75%	0.54%
2013	1.68%	0.49%
2014	1.61%	0.45%
2015	1.55%	0.41%
2016	1.5%	0.38%
2017	1.45%	0.36%
2018	1.39%	0.33%
2019	1.35%	0.32%
2020	1.3%	0.3%
2021	1.26%	0.28%
2022	1.22%	0.27%
2023	1.18%	0.26%