Fertility & birth rates in Iran and United Kingdom

Fertility rate in Iran vs United Kingdom 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 1.56 in the United Kingdom in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Iran vs the United Kingdom 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	United Kingdom
1960	7.52	2.69
1961	7.46	2.78
1962	7.4	2.86
1963	7.32	2.88
1964	7.24	2.93
1965	7.22	2.86
1966	7.21	2.78
1967	7.19	2.68
1968	7.12	2.6
1969	7.01	2.51
1970	6.8	2.44
1971	6.55	2.41
1972	6.26	2.2
1973	6.06	2.04
1974	5.97	1.92
1975	5.95	1.81
1976	6.07	1.74
1977	6.18	1.69
1978	6.34	1.75
1979	6.55	1.86
1980	6.63	1.9
1981	6.62	1.82
1982	6.59	1.78
1983	6.53	1.77
1984	6.43	1.77
1985	6.24	1.79
1986	6.01	1.78
1987	5.72	1.81
1988	5.43	1.82
1989	5.17	1.79
1990	4.93	1.83
1991	4.57	1.82
1992	4.1	1.79
1993	3.67	1.76
1994	3.24	1.74
1995	2.85	1.71
1996	2.54	1.73
1997	2.32	1.72
1998	2.19	1.71
1999	2.09	1.68
2000	2	1.64
2001	1.92	1.63
2002	1.84	1.63
2003	1.8	1.7
2004	1.78	1.75
2005	1.76	1.76
2006	1.76	1.82
2007	1.75	1.86
2008	1.74	1.91
2009	1.74	1.89
2010	1.75	1.92
2011	1.79	1.91
2012	1.85	1.92
2013	1.91	1.83
2014	1.98	1.81
2015	2.02	1.8
2016	2.05	1.79
2017	2.02	1.74
2018	1.92	1.68
2019	1.77	1.63
2020	1.7	1.57
2021	1.71	1.58
2022	1.7	1.56
2023	1.7	1.56
2024	1.68	1.55
2025	1.67	1.54
2026	1.66	1.53
2027	1.65	1.53
2028	1.64	1.53
2029	1.64	1.52
2030	1.63	1.52
2031	1.63	1.52
2032	1.63	1.53
2033	1.63	1.53
2034	1.63	1.53
2035	1.63	1.53
2036	1.63	1.53
2037	1.63	1.53
2038	1.63	1.53
2039	1.63	1.53
2040	1.63	1.53
2041	1.63	1.54
2042	1.63	1.54
2043	1.63	1.54
2044	1.63	1.54
2045	1.63	1.54
2046	1.63	1.54
2047	1.63	1.54
2048	1.63	1.54
2049	1.63	1.55
2050	1.63	1.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Iran	United Kingdom
1960	43.5%	23.3%
1961	44.1%	23.3%
1962	44.6%	23.2%
1963	44.9%	23.2%
1964	45%	23.3%
1965	45%	23.4%
1966	44.9%	23.5%
1967	44.8%	23.7%
1968	44.8%	23.9%
1969	44.7%	24%
1970	44.6%	24.1%
1971	44.4%	24.1%
1972	44.2%	24%
1973	43.8%	23.9%
1974	43.5%	23.6%
1975	43.2%	23.3%
1976	43%	22.9%
1977	42.9%	22.4%
1978	43%	21.9%
1979	43.1%	21.4%
1980	43.3%	21%
1981	42.9%	20.6%
1982	42.7%	20.2%
1983	43%	19.8%
1984	43.3%	19.5%
1985	43.5%	19.3%
1986	43.7%	19.1%
1987	43.9%	18.9%
1988	44%	18.9%
1989	44.2%	19.1%
1990	44.1%	19.1%
1991	43.9%	19.3%
1992	43.6%	19.4%
1993	43.6%	19.5%
1994	43.2%	19.6%
1995	42.1%	19.5%
1996	40.7%	19.4%
1997	39.1%	19.3%
1998	37.3%	19.3%
1999	35.4%	19.2%
2000	33.6%	18.9%
2001	31.7%	18.7%
2002	30.1%	18.5%
2003	28.7%	18.4%
2004	27.4%	18.3%
2005	26.2%	18.2%
2006	25.3%	18%
2007	24.6%	17.9%
2008	24%	17.8%
2009	23.7%	17.8%
2010	23.4%	17.8%
2011	23.3%	17.7%
2012	23.3%	17.8%
2013	23.3%	17.8%
2014	23.4%	17.8%
2015	23.6%	17.9%
2016	23.8%	18%
2017	23.9%	18%
2018	24%	18.1%
2019	23.9%	18%
2020	23.8%	18%
2021	23.6%	17.8%
2022	23.2%	17.6%
2023	22.8%	17.4%
2024	22.4%	17.2%
2025	22%	17%
2026	21.6%	16.7%
2027	21.1%	16.5%
2028	20.5%	16.2%
2029	19.9%	16%
2030	19.3%	15.7%
2031	18.6%	15.5%
2032	18%	15.3%
2033	17.4%	15.2%
2034	17%	15.1%
2035	16.7%	15%
2036	16.4%	14.9%
2037	16.2%	14.9%
2038	15.9%	14.8%
2039	15.8%	14.8%
2040	15.6%	14.8%
2041	15.5%	14.8%
2042	15.4%	14.8%
2043	15.3%	14.9%
2044	15.3%	14.9%
2045	15.2%	14.9%
2046	15.2%	15%
2047	15.2%	15%
2048	15.2%	15%
2049	15.1%	15%
2050	15.1%	15.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 22.4% of the population in Iran and 17.2% in the United Kingdom in 2024, compared to 44.1% and 19.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Iran and the United Kingdom compared.

Natural population change in Iran vs United Kingdom by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.1% in Iran and +0.16% in the United Kingdom. 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	United Kingdom
1960	584,060	314,400
1961	594,674	311,519
1962	595,538	340,800
1963	620,126	337,995
1964	635,589	405,000
1965	663,029	364,132
1966	695,040	333,356
1967	727,276	346,145
1968	743,992	292,622
1969	780,660	260,577
1970	794,612	244,918
1971	805,830	257,123
1972	804,043	162,650
1973	831,880	112,389
1974	873,369	67,476
1975	929,481	33,735
1976	1,013,347	-5,621
1977	1,091,542	0
1978	1,156,974	16,859
1979	1,294,306	61,872
1980	1,361,293	95,734
1981	1,376,830	73,234
1982	1,514,240	56,314
1983	1,573,612	61,966
1984	1,653,051	84,633
1985	1,661,750	79,170
1986	1,659,289	90,690
1987	1,639,644	136,325
1988	1,614,512	136,628
1989	1,609,739	119,861
1990	1,530,434	154,569
1991	1,495,594	143,562
1992	1,365,466	149,709
1993	1,219,658	103,893
1994	1,008,076	127,304
1995	879,648	87,028
1996	784,508	98,884
1997	726,574	99,138
1998	717,655	87,730
1999	723,237	64,551
2000	731,203	70,671
2001	743,658	65,032
2002	752,205	65,308
2003	732,600	89,471
2004	801,203	131,974
2005	837,305	144,963
2006	884,529	176,455
2007	919,254	196,232
2008	940,983	216,325
2009	958,322	230,422
2010	980,380	251,066
2011	1,023,925	259,361
2012	1,073,804	248,473
2013	1,119,533	198,830
2014	1,158,552	206,784
2015	1,178,317	175,738
2016	1,186,949	177,139
2017	1,140,549	145,125
2018	1,035,052	119,321
2019	893,063	108,342
2020	663,978	-4,272
2021	645,725	30,612
2022	753,525	39,751
2023	750,150	34,589

Maternal mortality chart: Iran vs United Kingdom

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 8 deaths in the United Kingdom.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Iran	United Kingdom
1985	160	2
1986	148	2
1987	136	3
1988	126	4
1989	113	5
1990	107	6
1991	94	7
1992	86	7
1993	80	8
1994	71	9
1995	65	9
1996	59	8
1997	55	9
1998	50	10
1999	46	11
2000	43	12
2001	40	13
2002	38	13
2003	37	14
2004	34	13
2005	33	12
2006	32	12
2007	31	11
2008	30	11
2009	28	11
2010	27	10
2011	26	10
2012	25	9
2013	24	9
2014	23	9
2015	22	9
2016	21	9
2017	20	9
2018	19	9
2019	18	9
2020	34	14
2021	51	13
2022	21	15
2023	16	8

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.18% in Iran and 0.45% in the United Kingdom. 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	United Kingdom
1960	-	2.66%
1961	-	2.61%
1962	-	2.56%
1963	-	2.49%
1964	-	2.42%
1965	-	2.34%
1966	-	2.28%
1967	-	2.22%
1968	-	2.18%
1969	-	2.14%
1970	-	2.1%
1971	18.9%	2.06%
1972	18%	2%
1973	17.1%	1.94%
1974	16.2%	1.87%
1975	15.3%	1.8%
1976	14.4%	1.72%
1977	13.5%	1.64%
1978	12.6%	1.57%
1979	11.7%	1.49%
1980	10.8%	1.41%
1981	10%	1.34%
1982	9.3%	1.27%
1983	8.67%	1.22%
1984	8.13%	1.17%
1985	7.64%	1.14%
1986	7.2%	1.11%
1987	6.8%	1.08%
1988	6.42%	1.04%
1989	6.07%	0.99%
1990	5.76%	0.93%
1991	5.48%	0.87%
1992	5.22%	0.82%
1993	5%	0.77%
1994	4.79%	0.74%
1995	4.59%	0.72%
1996	4.4%	0.7%
1997	4.21%	0.69%
1998	4.02%	0.68%
1999	3.83%	0.67%
2000	3.63%	0.65%
2001	3.42%	0.64%
2002	3.22%	0.63%
2003	3.02%	0.63%
2004	2.83%	0.61%
2005	2.65%	0.6%
2006	2.48%	0.59%
2007	2.32%	0.58%
2008	2.17%	0.56%
2009	2.04%	0.54%
2010	1.93%	0.52%
2011	1.84%	0.5%
2012	1.75%	0.48%
2013	1.68%	0.46%
2014	1.61%	0.45%
2015	1.55%	0.45%
2016	1.5%	0.44%
2017	1.45%	0.44%
2018	1.39%	0.44%
2019	1.35%	0.44%
2020	1.3%	0.44%
2021	1.26%	0.44%
2022	1.22%	0.45%
2023	1.18%	0.45%