Fertility & birth rates in Iraq and Marshall Islands

Fertility rate in Iraq vs Marshall Islands chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Iraq was 3.25 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 Iraq 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
	Iraq	Marshall Islands
1960	5.3	8.08
1961	5.8	8.12
1962	6.99	8.12
1963	7.01	8.12
1964	7.01	8.14
1965	7.02	8.16
1966	7.02	8.2
1967	7.03	8.17
1968	7.06	8.14
1969	7.08	8.11
1970	7.07	8.07
1971	7.06	8.04
1972	7.02	8
1973	6.99	7.95
1974	6.95	7.9
1975	6.91	7.83
1976	6.86	7.76
1977	6.8	7.67
1978	6.73	7.58
1979	6.66	7.47
1980	6.59	7.37
1981	6.53	7.27
1982	6.46	7.18
1983	6.39	7.08
1984	6.32	6.99
1985	6.25	6.87
1986	6.18	6.73
1987	6.11	6.57
1988	6.05	6.38
1989	5.99	6.18
1990	5.93	5.97
1991	5.83	5.76
1992	5.72	5.55
1993	5.61	5.38
1994	5.49	5.23
1995	5.36	5.09
1996	5.25	5.02
1997	5.19	4.96
1998	5.11	4.87
1999	5.04	4.78
2000	4.92	4.7
2001	4.8	4.58
2002	4.67	4.49
2003	4.58	4.42
2004	4.53	4.34
2005	4.45	4.28
2006	4.46	4.2
2007	4.4	4.09
2008	4.37	3.97
2009	4.38	3.83
2010	4.46	3.67
2011	4.59	3.53
2012	4.54	3.38
2013	4.44	3.25
2014	4.31	3.18
2015	4.08	3.13
2016	3.84	3.09
2017	3.64	3.06
2018	3.55	3.04
2019	3.48	3.01
2020	3.42	2.99
2021	3.36	2.96
2022	3.29	2.94
2023	3.25	2.92
2024	3.22	2.86
2025	3.17	2.82
2026	3.13	2.77
2027	3.09	2.73
2028	3.05	2.69
2029	3.01	2.65
2030	2.97	2.6
2031	2.94	2.57
2032	2.89	2.53
2033	2.86	2.5
2034	2.83	2.47
2035	2.79	2.44
2036	2.77	2.41
2037	2.74	2.38
2038	2.71	2.36
2039	2.69	2.34
2040	2.66	2.31
2041	2.64	2.29
2042	2.61	2.26
2043	2.59	2.24
2044	2.57	2.23
2045	2.54	2.21
2046	2.52	2.19
2047	2.5	2.17
2048	2.48	2.15
2049	2.47	2.13
2050	2.45	2.11

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Iraq	Marshall Islands
1960	39.8%	46.1%
1961	39.9%	46.7%
1962	40.4%	47.1%
1963	41%	47.4%
1964	41.5%	47.5%
1965	42.1%	47.5%
1966	42.5%	47.2%
1967	42.8%	46.7%
1968	43%	46.1%
1969	43.3%	45.3%
1970	43.6%	45%
1971	44.1%	45.6%
1972	44.7%	46.6%
1973	45.5%	47.3%
1974	46.2%	47.8%
1975	46.7%	48.2%
1976	47.2%	48.5%
1977	47.3%	49%
1978	47.1%	49.4%
1979	47%	49.8%
1980	46.8%	50.1%
1981	46.7%	50.3%
1982	46.6%	50.3%
1983	46.5%	50.4%
1984	46.3%	50.4%
1985	46.2%	50.6%
1986	46%	50.7%
1987	45.8%	50.8%
1988	45.6%	50.8%
1989	45.4%	50.6%
1990	45.2%	50.2%
1991	45%	49.7%
1992	44.9%	49.1%
1993	44.7%	48.4%
1994	44.6%	47.5%
1995	44.4%	46.6%
1996	44.3%	45.6%
1997	44.1%	44.7%
1998	44%	43.7%
1999	43.8%	42.8%
2000	43.7%	42%
2001	43.5%	41.3%
2002	43.3%	40.6%
2003	43.1%	39.9%
2004	42.9%	39.4%
2005	42.6%	39.1%
2006	42.3%	38.9%
2007	42.1%	39%
2008	41.8%	39.2%
2009	41.5%	39.4%
2010	41.2%	39.7%
2011	41.1%	39.7%
2012	41%	39.4%
2013	40.8%	38.8%
2014	40.6%	38.2%
2015	40.4%	37.5%
2016	40.1%	36.8%
2017	39.7%	36.2%
2018	39.3%	35.7%
2019	38.9%	35.1%
2020	38.5%	34.5%
2021	38.1%	34.4%
2022	37.6%	34.6%
2023	37.1%	34.7%
2024	36.6%	34.5%
2025	36%	33.9%
2026	35.4%	33.2%
2027	34.7%	32.6%
2028	34.1%	32%
2029	33.4%	31.4%
2030	32.9%	30.9%
2031	32.5%	30.3%
2032	32.1%	29.7%
2033	31.8%	29.2%
2034	31.6%	28.6%
2035	31.3%	28.1%
2036	31.1%	27.6%
2037	30.9%	27.3%
2038	30.6%	27.3%
2039	30.4%	27.4%
2040	30.1%	27.7%
2041	29.9%	28%
2042	29.7%	28.3%
2043	29.4%	28.6%
2044	29.1%	28.8%
2045	28.8%	29%
2046	28.6%	29.1%
2047	28.3%	29.1%
2048	28%	29%
2049	27.7%	28.8%
2050	27.4%	28.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 36.6% of the population in Iraq and 34.5% in the Marshall Islands in 2024, compared to 45.2% and 50.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Iraq and the Marshall Islands compared.

Natural population change in Iraq vs Marshall Islands by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.37% in Iraq 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
	Iraq	Marshall Islands
1960	155,651	452
1961	184,792	469
1962	247,520	488
1963	254,046	509
1964	262,825	536
1965	274,551	566
1966	285,507	603
1967	298,192	636
1968	310,644	685
1969	324,792	747
1970	338,030	819
1971	351,464	877
1972	362,334	913
1973	373,191	954
1974	376,197	1,000
1975	385,916	1,055
1976	402,260	1,109
1977	410,229	1,160
1978	418,756	1,207
1979	428,458	1,250
1980	419,653	1,287
1981	416,998	1,328
1982	428,336	1,375
1983	439,800	1,422
1984	455,740	1,470
1985	467,445	1,511
1986	474,348	1,544
1987	488,742	1,566
1988	476,778	1,575
1989	496,852	1,574
1990	518,575	1,556
1991	550,146	1,540
1992	591,886	1,525
1993	606,700	1,524
1994	634,344	1,524
1995	642,977	1,522
1996	652,866	1,542
1997	667,582	1,564
1998	684,152	1,576
1999	702,170	1,590
2000	715,771	1,592
2001	729,704	1,596
2002	739,419	1,594
2003	746,159	1,600
2004	761,563	1,595
2005	776,603	1,586
2006	797,342	1,556
2007	784,119	1,507
2008	802,382	1,443
2009	855,096	1,365
2010	906,369	1,273
2011	971,082	1,185
2012	999,987	1,097
2013	1,026,036	1,014
2014	1,040,726	959
2015	1,007,561	912
2016	946,968	866
2017	924,507	826
2018	938,310	785
2019	942,972	746
2020	919,953	689
2021	941,924	653
2022	962,501	606
2023	973,420	550

Maternal mortality chart: Iraq vs Marshall Islands

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 66 deaths per 100,000 live births in Iraq, compared to 155 deaths in the Marshall Islands.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Iraq	Marshall Islands
1985	152	254
1986	147	274
1987	145	282
1988	174	276
1989	190	299
1990	195	311
1991	157	297
1992	126	322
1993	132	320
1994	142	303
1995	152	303
1996	158	292
1997	165	274
1998	163	259
1999	156	250
2000	146	251
2001	137	231
2002	128	223
2003	125	221
2004	122	238
2005	118	234
2006	120	233
2007	117	229
2008	109	226
2009	107	224
2010	107	212
2011	105	209
2012	100	207
2013	96	201
2014	90	199
2015	86	184
2016	87	183
2017	81	179
2018	76	167
2019	74	168
2020	63	178
2021	77	206
2022	59	174
2023	66	155

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.26% in Iraq 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
	Iraq	Marshall Islands
1960	19%	12.2%
1961	17.9%	11.6%
1962	16.9%	11%
1963	16%	10.5%
1964	15.1%	10.1%
1965	14.4%	9.64%
1966	13.6%	9.25%
1967	13%	8.88%
1968	12.4%	8.53%
1969	11.8%	8.19%
1970	11.2%	7.87%
1971	10.7%	7.58%
1972	10.3%	7.33%
1973	9.79%	7.13%
1974	9.35%	6.97%
1975	8.93%	6.86%
1976	8.54%	6.77%
1977	8.17%	6.69%
1978	7.83%	6.61%
1979	7.52%	6.52%
1980	7.23%	6.42%
1981	6.96%	6.29%
1982	6.71%	6.15%
1983	6.49%	6%
1984	6.28%	5.83%
1985	6.09%	5.66%
1986	5.91%	5.49%
1987	5.75%	5.31%
1988	6.92%	5.13%
1989	8.12%	4.95%
1990	7.97%	4.76%
1991	6.49%	4.59%
1992	5.17%	4.43%
1993	5.07%	4.29%
1994	4.98%	4.2%
1995	4.89%	4.15%
1996	4.8%	4.14%
1997	4.71%	4.15%
1998	4.61%	4.19%
1999	4.52%	4.23%
2000	4.43%	4.25%
2001	4.33%	4.25%
2002	4.24%	4.24%
2003	4.16%	4.21%
2004	4.07%	4.18%
2005	3.97%	4.14%
2006	3.88%	4.1%
2007	3.78%	4.06%
2008	3.67%	4.02%
2009	3.56%	3.97%
2010	3.46%	3.94%
2011	3.35%	3.89%
2012	3.24%	3.82%
2013	3.14%	3.75%
2014	3.04%	3.66%
2015	2.94%	3.57%
2016	2.84%	3.48%
2017	2.75%	3.38%
2018	2.66%	3.29%
2019	2.57%	3.19%
2020	2.49%	3.1%
2021	2.41%	3%
2022	2.33%	2.91%
2023	2.26%	2.82%