Fertility & birth rates in Iraq and Uzbekistan

Fertility rate in Iraq vs Uzbekistan 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 3.5 in Uzbekistan in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Iraq vs Uzbekistan 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	Uzbekistan
1960	5.3	6.61
1961	5.8	6.75
1962	6.99	6.88
1963	7.01	6.81
1964	7.01	6.82
1965	7.02	6.81
1966	7.02	6.66
1967	7.03	6.57
1968	7.06	6.39
1969	7.08	6.34
1970	7.07	6.31
1971	7.06	6.28
1972	7.02	6.25
1973	6.99	6.16
1974	6.95	6.05
1975	6.91	5.92
1976	6.86	5.75
1977	6.8	5.54
1978	6.73	5.28
1979	6.66	5.16
1980	6.59	5.04
1981	6.53	4.91
1982	6.46	4.82
1983	6.39	4.71
1984	6.32	4.73
1985	6.25	4.69
1986	6.18	4.68
1987	6.11	4.53
1988	6.05	4.26
1989	5.99	4.1
1990	5.93	4.12
1991	5.83	4.19
1992	5.72	4.06
1993	5.61	3.86
1994	5.49	3.66
1995	5.36	3.57
1996	5.25	3.39
1997	5.19	3.19
1998	5.11	2.99
1999	5.04	2.83
2000	4.92	2.7
2001	4.8	2.61
2002	4.67	2.58
2003	4.58	2.5
2004	4.53	2.5
2005	4.45	2.44
2006	4.46	2.46
2007	4.4	2.57
2008	4.37	2.64
2009	4.38	2.56
2010	4.46	2.44
2011	4.59	2.35
2012	4.54	2.34
2013	4.44	2.44
2014	4.31	2.55
2015	4.08	2.58
2016	3.84	2.56
2017	3.64	2.57
2018	3.55	2.71
2019	3.48	2.87
2020	3.42	3.06
2021	3.36	3.27
2022	3.29	3.4
2023	3.25	3.5
2024	3.22	3.49
2025	3.17	3.45
2026	3.13	3.4
2027	3.09	3.36
2028	3.05	3.31
2029	3.01	3.27
2030	2.97	3.22
2031	2.94	3.18
2032	2.89	3.13
2033	2.86	3.09
2034	2.83	3.05
2035	2.79	3.01
2036	2.77	2.98
2037	2.74	2.94
2038	2.71	2.91
2039	2.69	2.87
2040	2.66	2.84
2041	2.64	2.81
2042	2.61	2.78
2043	2.59	2.75
2044	2.57	2.72
2045	2.54	2.69
2046	2.52	2.66
2047	2.5	2.63
2048	2.48	2.6
2049	2.47	2.58
2050	2.45	2.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Iraq	Uzbekistan
1960	39.8%	39.8%
1961	39.9%	41.2%
1962	40.4%	42.4%
1963	41%	43.4%
1964	41.5%	44.2%
1965	42.1%	44.7%
1966	42.5%	44.8%
1967	42.8%	44.9%
1968	43%	44.8%
1969	43.3%	44.7%
1970	43.6%	44.6%
1971	44.1%	44.4%
1972	44.7%	44.3%
1973	45.5%	44%
1974	46.2%	43.7%
1975	46.7%	43.3%
1976	47.2%	42.8%
1977	47.3%	42.3%
1978	47.1%	41.7%
1979	47%	41.2%
1980	46.8%	40.8%
1981	46.7%	40.5%
1982	46.6%	40.3%
1983	46.5%	40.1%
1984	46.3%	40.1%
1985	46.2%	40.1%
1986	46%	40.1%
1987	45.8%	40.1%
1988	45.6%	40%
1989	45.4%	39.9%
1990	45.2%	39.9%
1991	45%	39.9%
1992	44.9%	39.8%
1993	44.7%	39.8%
1994	44.6%	39.7%
1995	44.4%	39.4%
1996	44.3%	39.2%
1997	44.1%	38.8%
1998	44%	38.2%
1999	43.8%	37.5%
2000	43.7%	36.7%
2001	43.5%	35.8%
2002	43.3%	34.9%
2003	43.1%	34%
2004	42.9%	33.1%
2005	42.6%	32.3%
2006	42.3%	31.4%
2007	42.1%	30.6%
2008	41.8%	29.9%
2009	41.5%	29.4%
2010	41.2%	28.9%
2011	41.1%	28.5%
2012	41%	28.2%
2013	40.8%	28.1%
2014	40.6%	28.1%
2015	40.4%	28.3%
2016	40.1%	28.5%
2017	39.7%	28.8%
2018	39.3%	29%
2019	38.9%	29.3%
2020	38.5%	29.7%
2021	38.1%	30.2%
2022	37.6%	30.6%
2023	37.1%	30.9%
2024	36.6%	31.1%
2025	36%	31.3%
2026	35.4%	31.5%
2027	34.7%	31.6%
2028	34.1%	31.6%
2029	33.4%	31.6%
2030	32.9%	31.4%
2031	32.5%	31.3%
2032	32.1%	31.1%
2033	31.8%	30.9%
2034	31.6%	30.6%
2035	31.3%	30.3%
2036	31.1%	29.8%
2037	30.9%	29.3%
2038	30.6%	28.8%
2039	30.4%	28.3%
2040	30.1%	28%
2041	29.9%	27.6%
2042	29.7%	27.4%
2043	29.4%	27.2%
2044	29.1%	27%
2045	28.8%	26.9%
2046	28.6%	26.8%
2047	28.3%	26.8%
2048	28%	26.7%
2049	27.7%	26.7%
2050	27.4%	26.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 36.6% of the population in Iraq and 31.1% in Uzbekistan in 2024, compared to 45.2% and 39.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Iraq and Uzbekistan compared.

Natural population change in Iraq vs Uzbekistan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.37% in Iraq and +1.87% in Uzbekistan. 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	Uzbekistan
1960	155,651	267,165
1961	184,792	279,841
1962	247,520	292,788
1963	254,046	293,432
1964	262,825	298,790
1965	274,551	302,264
1966	285,507	297,844
1967	298,192	298,350
1968	310,644	295,651
1969	324,792	302,833
1970	338,030	313,216
1971	351,464	323,171
1972	362,334	333,230
1973	373,191	341,807
1974	376,197	350,422
1975	385,916	357,382
1976	402,260	363,110
1977	410,229	369,572
1978	418,756	372,068
1979	428,458	387,754
1980	419,653	401,557
1981	416,998	413,897
1982	428,336	431,389
1983	439,800	454,464
1984	455,740	485,617
1985	467,445	508,893
1986	474,348	533,234
1987	488,742	537,292
1988	476,778	525,126
1989	496,852	522,323
1990	518,575	540,581
1991	550,146	557,886
1992	591,886	548,793
1993	606,700	527,557
1994	634,344	502,279
1995	642,977	493,966
1996	652,866	471,010
1997	667,582	441,631
1998	684,152	408,532
1999	702,170	385,448
2000	715,771	365,138
2001	729,704	356,483
2002	739,419	359,231
2003	746,159	355,098
2004	761,563	363,994
2005	776,603	363,462
2006	797,342	383,265
2007	784,119	426,880
2008	802,382	461,665
2009	855,096	471,839
2010	906,369	461,293
2011	971,082	454,858
2012	999,987	463,333
2013	1,026,036	501,742
2014	1,040,726	536,881
2015	1,007,561	552,781
2016	946,968	549,045
2017	924,507	548,372
2018	938,310	585,119
2019	942,972	618,154
2020	919,953	643,750
2021	941,924	689,325
2022	962,501	715,410
2023	973,420	722,280

Maternal mortality chart: Iraq vs Uzbekistan

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 26 deaths in Uzbekistan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Iraq	Uzbekistan
1985	152	72
1986	147	69
1987	145	63
1988	174	58
1989	190	53
1990	195	50
1991	157	47
1992	126	46
1993	132	47
1994	142	49
1995	152	46
1996	158	44
1997	165	42
1998	163	42
1999	156	43
2000	146	42
2001	137	42
2002	128	41
2003	125	40
2004	122	39
2005	118	39
2006	120	38
2007	117	37
2008	109	35
2009	107	34
2010	107	34
2011	105	33
2012	100	33
2013	96	32
2014	90	32
2015	86	31
2016	87	31
2017	81	30
2018	76	29
2019	74	29
2020	63	29
2021	77	28
2022	59	27
2023	66	26

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.26% in Iraq and 1.33% in Uzbekistan. 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	Uzbekistan
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%	12.5%
1980	7.23%	11.7%
1981	6.96%	10.9%
1982	6.71%	10.2%
1983	6.49%	9.5%
1984	6.28%	8.91%
1985	6.09%	8.4%
1986	5.91%	7.96%
1987	5.75%	7.59%
1988	6.92%	7.31%
1989	8.12%	7.13%
1990	7.97%	7.04%
1991	6.49%	7.01%
1992	5.17%	7.01%
1993	5.07%	6.99%
1994	4.98%	6.95%
1995	4.89%	6.91%
1996	4.8%	6.83%
1997	4.71%	6.72%
1998	4.61%	6.57%
1999	4.52%	6.38%
2000	4.43%	6.15%
2001	4.33%	5.88%
2002	4.24%	5.57%
2003	4.16%	5.25%
2004	4.07%	4.92%
2005	3.97%	4.57%
2006	3.88%	4.24%
2007	3.78%	3.9%
2008	3.67%	3.59%
2009	3.56%	3.29%
2010	3.46%	3.01%
2011	3.35%	2.75%
2012	3.24%	2.52%
2013	3.14%	2.32%
2014	3.04%	2.14%
2015	2.94%	1.98%
2016	2.84%	1.85%
2017	2.75%	1.73%
2018	2.66%	1.64%
2019	2.57%	1.56%
2020	2.49%	1.5%
2021	2.41%	1.44%
2022	2.33%	1.38%
2023	2.26%	1.33%