Fertility & birth rates in Iraq and Suriname

Fertility rate in Iraq vs Suriname 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 2.25 in Suriname in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Iraq vs Suriname 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	Suriname
1960	5.3	6.59
1961	5.8	6.58
1962	6.99	6.57
1963	7.01	6.51
1964	7.01	6.43
1965	7.02	6.32
1966	7.02	6.2
1967	7.03	6.04
1968	7.06	5.86
1969	7.08	5.7
1970	7.07	5.53
1971	7.06	5.36
1972	7.02	5.18
1973	6.99	5.01
1974	6.95	4.81
1975	6.91	4.63
1976	6.86	4.45
1977	6.8	4.26
1978	6.73	4.08
1979	6.66	3.93
1980	6.59	3.79
1981	6.53	3.75
1982	6.46	3.82
1983	6.39	3.87
1984	6.32	3.8
1985	6.25	3.71
1986	6.18	3.61
1987	6.11	3.53
1988	6.05	3.46
1989	5.99	3.39
1990	5.93	3.23
1991	5.83	3.09
1992	5.72	3.01
1993	5.61	2.94
1994	5.49	2.9
1995	5.36	2.9
1996	5.25	2.92
1997	5.19	2.95
1998	5.11	2.99
1999	5.04	3.02
2000	4.92	3.05
2001	4.8	3.06
2002	4.67	2.96
2003	4.58	2.84
2004	4.53	2.74
2005	4.45	2.71
2006	4.46	2.73
2007	4.4	2.74
2008	4.37	2.73
2009	4.38	2.71
2010	4.46	2.69
2011	4.59	2.67
2012	4.54	2.67
2013	4.44	2.65
2014	4.31	2.62
2015	4.08	2.57
2016	3.84	2.5
2017	3.64	2.43
2018	3.55	2.38
2019	3.48	2.35
2020	3.42	2.31
2021	3.36	2.3
2022	3.29	2.27
2023	3.25	2.25
2024	3.22	2.23
2025	3.17	2.21
2026	3.13	2.19
2027	3.09	2.16
2028	3.05	2.14
2029	3.01	2.13
2030	2.97	2.11
2031	2.94	2.09
2032	2.89	2.08
2033	2.86	2.06
2034	2.83	2.05
2035	2.79	2.04
2036	2.77	2.02
2037	2.74	2.01
2038	2.71	2
2039	2.69	1.99
2040	2.66	1.98
2041	2.64	1.97
2042	2.61	1.96
2043	2.59	1.95
2044	2.57	1.94
2045	2.54	1.93
2046	2.52	1.92
2047	2.5	1.91
2048	2.48	1.9
2049	2.47	1.9
2050	2.45	1.89

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Iraq	Suriname
1960	39.8%	44.5%
1961	39.9%	44.6%
1962	40.4%	45.1%
1963	41%	46.1%
1964	41.5%	46.8%
1965	42.1%	47.4%
1966	42.5%	48%
1967	42.8%	48.5%
1968	43%	48.8%
1969	43.3%	48.9%
1970	43.6%	48.8%
1971	44.1%	48.5%
1972	44.7%	47.8%
1973	45.5%	46.8%
1974	46.2%	46%
1975	46.7%	45.1%
1976	47.2%	44.3%
1977	47.3%	43.4%
1978	47.1%	42.6%
1979	47%	41.8%
1980	46.8%	41%
1981	46.7%	40.1%
1982	46.6%	39.5%
1983	46.5%	39%
1984	46.3%	38.6%
1985	46.2%	38.3%
1986	46%	38%
1987	45.8%	37.8%
1988	45.6%	37.7%
1989	45.4%	37.5%
1990	45.2%	37.4%
1991	45%	37.3%
1992	44.9%	37.2%
1993	44.7%	37.1%
1994	44.6%	37%
1995	44.4%	36.7%
1996	44.3%	36.1%
1997	44.1%	35.3%
1998	44%	34.5%
1999	43.8%	33.7%
2000	43.7%	33%
2001	43.5%	32.3%
2002	43.3%	31.8%
2003	43.1%	31.3%
2004	42.9%	31%
2005	42.6%	30.9%
2006	42.3%	30.8%
2007	42.1%	30.7%
2008	41.8%	30.6%
2009	41.5%	30.5%
2010	41.2%	30.3%
2011	41.1%	30%
2012	41%	29.8%
2013	40.8%	29.4%
2014	40.6%	29.1%
2015	40.4%	28.7%
2016	40.1%	28.3%
2017	39.7%	27.9%
2018	39.3%	27.5%
2019	38.9%	27.2%
2020	38.5%	26.8%
2021	38.1%	26.5%
2022	37.6%	26.3%
2023	37.1%	25.9%
2024	36.6%	25.6%
2025	36%	25.3%
2026	35.4%	25%
2027	34.7%	24.8%
2028	34.1%	24.5%
2029	33.4%	24.2%
2030	32.9%	23.9%
2031	32.5%	23.6%
2032	32.1%	23.4%
2033	31.8%	23.2%
2034	31.6%	23%
2035	31.3%	22.8%
2036	31.1%	22.6%
2037	30.9%	22.4%
2038	30.6%	22.2%
2039	30.4%	22%
2040	30.1%	21.8%
2041	29.9%	21.6%
2042	29.7%	21.4%
2043	29.4%	21.3%
2044	29.1%	21.1%
2045	28.8%	20.9%
2046	28.6%	20.7%
2047	28.3%	20.5%
2048	28%	20.3%
2049	27.7%	20.1%
2050	27.4%	19.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 36.6% of the population in Iraq and 25.6% in Suriname in 2024, compared to 45.2% and 37.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Iraq and Suriname compared.

Natural population change in Iraq vs Suriname by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.37% in Iraq and +1.11% in Suriname. 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	Suriname
1960	155,651	8,170
1961	184,792	8,361
1962	247,520	8,529
1963	254,046	8,838
1964	262,825	9,174
1965	274,551	9,270
1966	285,507	9,243
1967	298,192	9,104
1968	310,644	8,980
1969	324,792	8,880
1970	338,030	8,823
1971	351,464	8,814
1972	362,334	8,893
1973	373,191	8,877
1974	376,197	8,751
1975	385,916	8,587
1976	402,260	8,327
1977	410,229	7,998
1978	418,756	7,650
1979	428,458	7,312
1980	419,653	7,002
1981	416,998	7,541
1982	428,336	8,197
1983	439,800	8,797
1984	455,740	9,031
1985	467,445	9,177
1986	474,348	9,222
1987	488,742	9,319
1988	476,778	9,347
1989	496,852	9,441
1990	518,575	9,047
1991	550,146	8,637
1992	591,886	8,355
1993	606,700	8,127
1994	634,344	7,929
1995	642,977	7,968
1996	652,866	8,031
1997	667,582	8,106
1998	684,152	8,173
1999	702,170	8,236
2000	715,771	8,323
2001	729,704	8,349
2002	739,419	7,916
2003	746,159	7,396
2004	761,563	6,948
2005	776,603	7,037
2006	797,342	7,278
2007	784,119	7,468
2008	802,382	7,552
2009	855,096	7,559
2010	906,369	7,489
2011	971,082	7,401
2012	999,987	7,405
2013	1,026,036	7,350
2014	1,040,726	7,284
2015	1,007,561	7,150
2016	946,968	6,979
2017	924,507	6,772
2018	938,310	6,613
2019	942,972	6,564
2020	919,953	6,640
2021	941,924	5,291
2022	962,501	6,719
2023	973,420	6,697

Maternal mortality chart: Iraq vs Suriname

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 84 deaths in Suriname.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Iraq	Suriname
1985	152	386
1986	147	377
1987	145	372
1988	174	364
1989	190	360
1990	195	350
1991	157	347
1992	126	346
1993	132	343
1994	142	334
1995	152	331
1996	158	323
1997	165	312
1998	163	302
1999	156	291
2000	146	282
2001	137	270
2002	128	253
2003	125	238
2004	122	219
2005	118	202
2006	120	187
2007	117	173
2008	109	161
2009	107	147
2010	107	134
2011	105	126
2012	100	122
2013	96	121
2014	90	120
2015	86	115
2016	87	109
2017	81	105
2018	76	101
2019	74	97
2020	63	94
2021	77	144
2022	59	88
2023	66	84

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.26% in Iraq and 1.62% in Suriname. 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	Suriname
1960	19%	-
1961	17.9%	-
1962	16.9%	-
1963	16%	-
1964	15.1%	-
1965	14.4%	-
1966	13.6%	-
1967	13%	-
1968	12.4%	-
1969	11.8%	-
1970	11.2%	-
1971	10.7%	-
1972	10.3%	-
1973	9.79%	-
1974	9.35%	-
1975	8.93%	-
1976	8.54%	-
1977	8.17%	-
1978	7.83%	-
1979	7.52%	-
1980	7.23%	-
1981	6.96%	-
1982	6.71%	-
1983	6.49%	5.67%
1984	6.28%	5.49%
1985	6.09%	5.31%
1986	5.91%	5.13%
1987	5.75%	4.97%
1988	6.92%	4.81%
1989	8.12%	4.65%
1990	7.97%	4.49%
1991	6.49%	4.34%
1992	5.17%	4.19%
1993	5.07%	4.03%
1994	4.98%	3.88%
1995	4.89%	3.74%
1996	4.8%	3.6%
1997	4.71%	3.47%
1998	4.61%	3.34%
1999	4.52%	3.22%
2000	4.43%	3.11%
2001	4.33%	3%
2002	4.24%	2.9%
2003	4.16%	2.81%
2004	4.07%	2.72%
2005	3.97%	2.64%
2006	3.88%	2.57%
2007	3.78%	2.5%
2008	3.67%	2.44%
2009	3.56%	2.38%
2010	3.46%	2.32%
2011	3.35%	2.26%
2012	3.24%	2.21%
2013	3.14%	2.16%
2014	3.04%	2.11%
2015	2.94%	2.05%
2016	2.84%	2%
2017	2.75%	1.95%
2018	2.66%	1.9%
2019	2.57%	1.84%
2020	2.49%	1.78%
2021	2.41%	1.73%
2022	2.33%	1.68%
2023	2.26%	1.62%