Fertility & birth rates in Iraq and Venezuela

Fertility rate in Iraq vs Venezuela 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 2.08 in Venezuela in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Iraq vs Venezuela 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	Venezuela
1960	5.3	6.38
1961	5.8	6.3
1962	6.99	6.23
1963	7.01	6.16
1964	7.01	6.07
1965	7.02	5.98
1966	7.02	5.87
1967	7.03	5.75
1968	7.06	5.61
1969	7.08	5.47
1970	7.07	5.32
1971	7.06	5.17
1972	7.02	5.04
1973	6.99	4.91
1974	6.95	4.79
1975	6.91	4.69
1976	6.86	4.59
1977	6.8	4.49
1978	6.73	4.4
1979	6.66	4.3
1980	6.59	4.2
1981	6.53	4.1
1982	6.46	4.01
1983	6.39	3.93
1984	6.32	3.86
1985	6.25	3.79
1986	6.18	3.73
1987	6.11	3.67
1988	6.05	3.6
1989	5.99	3.52
1990	5.93	3.45
1991	5.83	3.37
1992	5.72	3.29
1993	5.61	3.22
1994	5.49	3.15
1995	5.36	3.08
1996	5.25	3.02
1997	5.19	2.97
1998	5.11	2.91
1999	5.04	2.86
2000	4.92	2.79
2001	4.8	2.78
2002	4.67	2.74
2003	4.58	2.7
2004	4.53	2.64
2005	4.45	2.63
2006	4.46	2.6
2007	4.4	2.52
2008	4.37	2.48
2009	4.38	2.42
2010	4.46	2.4
2011	4.59	2.4
2012	4.54	2.38
2013	4.44	2.33
2014	4.31	2.3
2015	4.08	2.25
2016	3.84	2.22
2017	3.64	2.18
2018	3.55	2.15
2019	3.48	2.13
2020	3.42	2.12
2021	3.36	2.11
2022	3.29	2.09
2023	3.25	2.08
2024	3.22	2.08
2025	3.17	2.06
2026	3.13	2.04
2027	3.09	2.03
2028	3.05	2.01
2029	3.01	2
2030	2.97	1.99
2031	2.94	1.98
2032	2.89	1.97
2033	2.86	1.96
2034	2.83	1.95
2035	2.79	1.94
2036	2.77	1.93
2037	2.74	1.92
2038	2.71	1.91
2039	2.69	1.91
2040	2.66	1.9
2041	2.64	1.89
2042	2.61	1.88
2043	2.59	1.87
2044	2.57	1.86
2045	2.54	1.86
2046	2.52	1.85
2047	2.5	1.84
2048	2.48	1.84
2049	2.47	1.83
2050	2.45	1.83

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Iraq	Venezuela
1960	39.8%	46.8%
1961	39.9%	46.9%
1962	40.4%	47%
1963	41%	47%
1964	41.5%	47%
1965	42.1%	46.9%
1966	42.5%	46.8%
1967	42.8%	46.6%
1968	43%	46.3%
1969	43.3%	46%
1970	43.6%	45.6%
1971	44.1%	45.2%
1972	44.7%	44.7%
1973	45.5%	44.3%
1974	46.2%	43.8%
1975	46.7%	43.3%
1976	47.2%	42.9%
1977	47.3%	42.5%
1978	47.1%	42.1%
1979	47%	41.7%
1980	46.8%	41.3%
1981	46.7%	41%
1982	46.6%	40.6%
1983	46.5%	40.3%
1984	46.3%	39.9%
1985	46.2%	39.6%
1986	46%	39.3%
1987	45.8%	39%
1988	45.6%	38.7%
1989	45.4%	38.4%
1990	45.2%	38.1%
1991	45%	37.8%
1992	44.9%	37.4%
1993	44.7%	37%
1994	44.6%	36.6%
1995	44.4%	36.2%
1996	44.3%	35.8%
1997	44.1%	35.3%
1998	44%	34.9%
1999	43.8%	34.5%
2000	43.7%	34%
2001	43.5%	33.6%
2002	43.3%	33.1%
2003	43.1%	32.7%
2004	42.9%	32.2%
2005	42.6%	31.8%
2006	42.3%	31.4%
2007	42.1%	31%
2008	41.8%	30.6%
2009	41.5%	30.3%
2010	41.2%	29.9%
2011	41.1%	29.5%
2012	41%	29.2%
2013	40.8%	28.9%
2014	40.6%	28.5%
2015	40.4%	28.2%
2016	40.1%	27.9%
2017	39.7%	27.8%
2018	39.3%	27.9%
2019	38.9%	28%
2020	38.5%	27.8%
2021	38.1%	27.4%
2022	37.6%	26.8%
2023	37.1%	26.2%
2024	36.6%	25.5%
2025	36%	24.9%
2026	35.4%	24.3%
2027	34.7%	23.8%
2028	34.1%	23.2%
2029	33.4%	22.8%
2030	32.9%	22.4%
2031	32.5%	22%
2032	32.1%	21.7%
2033	31.8%	21.5%
2034	31.6%	21.4%
2035	31.3%	21.4%
2036	31.1%	21.4%
2037	30.9%	21.5%
2038	30.6%	21.5%
2039	30.4%	21.4%
2040	30.1%	21.4%
2041	29.9%	21.3%
2042	29.7%	21.2%
2043	29.4%	21.1%
2044	29.1%	20.9%
2045	28.8%	20.7%
2046	28.6%	20.5%
2047	28.3%	20.3%
2048	28%	20%
2049	27.7%	19.8%
2050	27.4%	19.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 36.6% of the population in Iraq and 25.5% in Venezuela in 2024, compared to 45.2% and 38.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Iraq and Venezuela compared.

Natural population change in Iraq vs Venezuela by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.37% in Iraq and +1% in Venezuela. 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	Venezuela
1960	155,651	285,105
1961	184,792	292,109
1962	247,520	299,345
1963	254,046	307,279
1964	262,825	314,397
1965	274,551	321,695
1966	285,507	329,697
1967	298,192	335,813
1968	310,644	340,973
1969	324,792	343,596
1970	338,030	350,709
1971	351,464	355,212
1972	362,334	360,749
1973	373,191	367,612
1974	376,197	375,678
1975	385,916	385,045
1976	402,260	395,344
1977	410,229	405,315
1978	418,756	414,032
1979	428,458	421,256
1980	419,653	425,613
1981	416,998	432,059
1982	428,336	436,564
1983	439,800	443,569
1984	455,740	449,186
1985	467,445	455,517
1986	474,348	468,252
1987	488,742	474,204
1988	476,778	477,569
1989	496,852	478,053
1990	518,575	478,168
1991	550,146	477,917
1992	591,886	474,824
1993	606,700	473,189
1994	634,344	469,178
1995	642,977	469,267
1996	652,866	468,653
1997	667,582	472,002
1998	684,152	469,123
1999	702,170	463,787
2000	715,771	459,802
2001	729,704	451,487
2002	739,419	466,821
2003	746,159	456,902
2004	761,563	455,881
2005	776,603	463,260
2006	797,342	460,152
2007	784,119	452,482
2008	802,382	435,870
2009	855,096	427,257
2010	906,369	425,397
2011	971,082	425,958
2012	999,987	420,758
2013	1,026,036	408,930
2014	1,040,726	395,088
2015	1,007,561	384,560
2016	946,968	359,651
2017	924,507	340,222
2018	938,310	317,302
2019	942,972	274,826
2020	919,953	237,223
2021	941,924	207,746
2022	962,501	216,619
2023	973,420	213,020

Maternal mortality chart: Iraq vs Venezuela

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 227 deaths in Venezuela.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Iraq	Venezuela
1985	152	83
1986	147	81
1987	145	81
1988	174	80
1989	190	80
1990	195	83
1991	157	80
1992	126	82
1993	132	82
1994	142	84
1995	152	84
1996	158	86
1997	165	82
1998	163	82
1999	156	88
2000	146	86
2001	137	101
2002	128	87
2003	125	97
2004	122	94
2005	118	93
2006	120	96
2007	117	92
2008	109	103
2009	107	109
2010	107	110
2011	105	104
2012	100	113
2013	96	123
2014	90	133
2015	86	136
2016	87	162
2017	81	195
2018	76	205
2019	74	202
2020	63	207
2021	77	251
2022	59	219
2023	66	227

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.26% in Iraq and 2.43% in Venezuela. 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	Venezuela
1960	19%	7.97%
1961	17.9%	7.72%
1962	16.9%	7.49%
1963	16%	7.3%
1964	15.1%	7.14%
1965	14.4%	7%
1966	13.6%	6.87%
1967	13%	6.75%
1968	12.4%	6.61%
1969	11.8%	6.47%
1970	11.2%	6.3%
1971	10.7%	6.12%
1972	10.3%	5.94%
1973	9.79%	5.75%
1974	9.35%	5.57%
1975	8.93%	5.38%
1976	8.54%	5.2%
1977	8.17%	5.01%
1978	7.83%	4.82%
1979	7.52%	4.62%
1980	7.23%	4.42%
1981	6.96%	4.24%
1982	6.71%	4.07%
1983	6.49%	3.91%
1984	6.28%	3.77%
1985	6.09%	3.64%
1986	5.91%	3.5%
1987	5.75%	3.37%
1988	6.92%	3.23%
1989	8.12%	3.09%
1990	7.97%	2.96%
1991	6.49%	2.86%
1992	5.17%	2.78%
1993	5.07%	2.73%
1994	4.98%	2.68%
1995	4.89%	2.63%
1996	4.8%	2.55%
1997	4.71%	2.45%
1998	4.61%	2.34%
1999	4.52%	2.24%
2000	4.43%	2.15%
2001	4.33%	2.09%
2002	4.24%	2.03%
2003	4.16%	1.98%
2004	4.07%	1.91%
2005	3.97%	1.85%
2006	3.88%	1.79%
2007	3.78%	1.74%
2008	3.67%	1.72%
2009	3.56%	1.71%
2010	3.46%	1.72%
2011	3.35%	1.73%
2012	3.24%	1.76%
2013	3.14%	1.79%
2014	3.04%	1.83%
2015	2.94%	1.92%
2016	2.84%	2.43%
2017	2.75%	2.43%
2018	2.66%	2.43%
2019	2.57%	2.43%
2020	2.49%	2.43%
2021	2.41%	2.43%
2022	2.33%	2.43%
2023	2.26%	2.43%