Fertility & birth rates in Ireland and Ivory Coast

Fertility rate in Ireland vs Ivory Coast chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Ireland was 1.5 children per woman in 2023, compared to 4.28 in Ivory Coast in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Ireland vs Ivory Coast population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Ireland	Ivory Coast
1960	3.78	7.69
1961	3.78	7.72
1962	3.92	7.75
1963	4.01	7.78
1964	4.07	7.81
1965	4.04	7.84
1966	3.94	7.87
1967	3.84	7.89
1968	3.77	7.91
1969	3.83	7.93
1970	3.85	7.94
1971	3.93	7.94
1972	3.84	7.94
1973	3.71	7.94
1974	3.59	7.93
1975	3.37	7.91
1976	3.29	7.88
1977	3.24	7.83
1978	3.21	7.67
1979	3.21	7.63
1980	3.21	7.59
1981	3.05	7.54
1982	2.94	7.49
1983	2.74	7.42
1984	2.58	7.35
1985	2.48	7.27
1986	2.44	7.19
1987	2.32	7.09
1988	2.17	6.97
1989	2.08	6.85
1990	2.11	6.72
1991	2.08	6.59
1992	1.99	6.43
1993	1.9	6.27
1994	1.85	6.13
1995	1.84	6.04
1996	1.88	5.95
1997	1.93	5.9
1998	1.94	5.85
1999	1.9	5.81
2000	1.89	5.77
2001	1.94	5.7
2002	1.97	5.64
2003	1.96	5.57
2004	1.93	5.53
2005	1.86	5.5
2006	1.91	5.45
2007	2.01	5.4
2008	2.06	5.36
2009	2.06	5.33
2010	2.05	5.29
2011	2.03	5.24
2012	1.98	5.19
2013	1.93	5.14
2014	1.89	5.07
2015	1.85	4.97
2016	1.81	4.87
2017	1.77	4.76
2018	1.75	4.6
2019	1.71	4.52
2020	1.63	4.46
2021	1.78	4.41
2022	1.54	4.35
2023	1.5	4.28
2024	1.5	4.23
2025	1.5	4.17
2026	1.5	4.1
2027	1.5	4.05
2028	1.5	3.99
2029	1.5	3.93
2030	1.5	3.88
2031	1.5	3.83
2032	1.5	3.78
2033	1.5	3.75
2034	1.5	3.69
2035	1.5	3.64
2036	1.5	3.6
2037	1.5	3.56
2038	1.5	3.51
2039	1.51	3.47
2040	1.51	3.43
2041	1.5	3.39
2042	1.5	3.35
2043	1.5	3.31
2044	1.51	3.27
2045	1.51	3.23
2046	1.5	3.2
2047	1.5	3.17
2048	1.5	3.13
2049	1.5	3.1
2050	1.5	3.07

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Ireland	Ivory Coast
1960	30.9%	43.1%
1961	31%	43.2%
1962	30.9%	43.4%
1963	30.9%	43.6%
1964	30.9%	43.9%
1965	31.1%	44.1%
1966	31.1%	44.3%
1967	31.1%	44.6%
1968	31.1%	44.8%
1969	31.1%	44.9%
1970	31.1%	45.1%
1971	31.2%	45.1%
1972	31.2%	45.2%
1973	31.2%	45.2%
1974	31.2%	45.3%
1975	31.1%	45.4%
1976	31%	45.7%
1977	30.9%	46.1%
1978	30.7%	46.5%
1979	30.5%	46.8%
1980	30.4%	47.1%
1981	30.3%	47.3%
1982	30.1%	47.5%
1983	29.9%	47.7%
1984	29.6%	47.8%
1985	29.3%	47.9%
1986	28.9%	48%
1987	28.5%	48.1%
1988	28.1%	48%
1989	27.6%	47.9%
1990	27.1%	47.8%
1991	26.6%	47.6%
1992	26%	47.4%
1993	25.5%	47.1%
1994	24.9%	46.9%
1995	24.2%	46.7%
1996	23.6%	46.4%
1997	23%	46.2%
1998	22.5%	46.1%
1999	22.1%	46%
2000	21.8%	46%
2001	21.4%	46.1%
2002	21.1%	46.2%
2003	21%	46.2%
2004	20.8%	46.3%
2005	20.6%	46.3%
2006	20.4%	46.3%
2007	20.3%	46.4%
2008	20.5%	45.8%
2009	20.7%	44.9%
2010	21.1%	44%
2011	21.4%	43.3%
2012	21.5%	42.7%
2013	21.5%	42.2%
2014	21.4%	42%
2015	21.3%	42.2%
2016	21.2%	42.3%
2017	20.9%	42.4%
2018	20.7%	42.4%
2019	20.4%	42.3%
2020	20.1%	42.2%
2021	19.8%	42%
2022	19.5%	41.7%
2023	19%	41.3%
2024	18.6%	40.9%
2025	18.1%	40.5%
2026	17.6%	40%
2027	17.2%	39.7%
2028	16.9%	39.3%
2029	16.6%	38.8%
2030	16.3%	38.3%
2031	16%	37.8%
2032	15.8%	37.3%
2033	15.6%	37%
2034	15.4%	36.7%
2035	15.3%	36.4%
2036	15.2%	36.2%
2037	15.1%	35.9%
2038	15.1%	35.7%
2039	15.2%	35.6%
2040	15.2%	35.4%
2041	15.3%	35.3%
2042	15.4%	35.1%
2043	15.4%	35%
2044	15.5%	34.8%
2045	15.6%	34.7%
2046	15.6%	34.5%
2047	15.7%	34.4%
2048	15.7%	34.2%
2049	15.7%	34%
2050	15.6%	33.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 18.6% of the population in Ireland and 40.9% in Ivory Coast in 2024, compared to 27.1% and 47.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Ireland and Ivory Coast compared.

Natural population change in Ireland vs Ivory Coast by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.58% in Ireland and +2.65% in Ivory Coast. 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
	Ireland	Ivory Coast
1960	28,286	99,681
1961	25,137	105,568
1962	28,077	111,930
1963	29,667	118,526
1964	31,532	124,996
1965	30,500	131,601
1966	26,866	138,438
1967	29,895	145,773
1968	27,697	153,464
1969	29,326	161,541
1970	30,756	170,070
1971	35,606	179,918
1972	34,316	190,842
1973	34,562	203,429
1974	34,199	216,389
1975	34,128	228,883
1976	33,676	241,939
1977	35,448	250,858
1978	36,288	257,222
1979	38,798	268,875
1980	40,612	280,630
1981	39,364	292,755
1982	38,344	305,204
1983	34,053	317,379
1984	31,791	331,910
1985	29,013	344,549
1986	27,963	357,205
1987	26,904	370,654
1988	22,912	378,575
1989	20,012	390,081
1990	21,787	402,629
1991	21,206	413,354
1992	20,283	423,294
1993	17,166	430,759
1994	17,234	438,274
1995	16,601	453,719
1996	18,915	469,740
1997	21,311	489,984
1998	22,277	509,167
1999	21,402	527,634
2000	23,592	545,129
2001	27,837	555,220
2002	31,062	563,692
2003	32,372	568,220
2004	33,376	579,424
2005	33,279	593,685
2006	36,752	605,001
2007	43,109	617,247
2008	46,691	630,610
2009	47,168	654,439
2010	47,426	676,554
2011	45,801	694,033
2012	42,775	708,847
2013	39,302	720,228
2014	37,728	728,978
2015	35,265	731,387
2016	33,339	735,630
2017	31,379	734,553
2018	29,878	722,445
2019	28,365	727,774
2020	23,687	727,455
2021	26,064	732,191
2022	19,287	750,270
2023	19,638	758,261

Maternal mortality chart: Ireland vs Ivory Coast

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 4 deaths per 100,000 live births in Ireland, compared to 359 deaths in Ivory Coast.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Ireland	Ivory Coast
1985	11	766
1986	11	735
1987	10	697
1988	11	671
1989	10	645
1990	11	619
1991	10	584
1992	10	546
1993	9	503
1994	9	463
1995	9	421
1996	8	381
1997	8	364
1998	8	380
1999	7	381
2000	8	378
2001	7	405
2002	7	427
2003	6	451
2004	6	456
2005	6	492
2006	6	544
2007	6	567
2008	6	562
2009	6	588
2010	6	592
2011	6	569
2012	6	566
2013	5	544
2014	5	522
2015	5	505
2016	4	488
2017	4	465
2018	5	449
2019	4	429
2020	6	447
2021	6	459
2022	7	409
2023	4	359

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.38% in Ireland and 6.71% in Ivory Coast. 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
	Ireland	Ivory Coast
1960	3.53%	32.1%
1961	3.38%	31.3%
1962	3.25%	30.5%
1963	3.13%	29.7%
1964	3.01%	28.9%
1965	2.87%	28.2%
1966	2.71%	27.4%
1967	2.55%	26.7%
1968	2.41%	26%
1969	2.3%	25.2%
1970	2.22%	24.5%
1971	2.17%	23.7%
1972	2.14%	22.9%
1973	2.11%	22.1%
1974	2.06%	21.2%
1975	2%	20.3%
1976	1.91%	19.5%
1977	1.81%	18.7%
1978	1.69%	18%
1979	1.56%	17.4%
1980	1.43%	16.9%
1981	1.32%	16.4%
1982	1.23%	16.1%
1983	1.17%	15.8%
1984	1.11%	15.5%
1985	1.07%	15.4%
1986	1.04%	15.3%
1987	1.02%	15.2%
1988	0.99%	15.2%
1989	0.96%	15.3%
1990	0.92%	15.3%
1991	0.87%	15.4%
1992	0.81%	15.4%
1993	0.77%	15.4%
1994	0.74%	15.3%
1995	0.73%	15.2%
1996	0.73%	15.1%
1997	0.73%	14.9%
1998	0.73%	14.6%
1999	0.73%	14.4%
2000	0.72%	14.1%
2001	0.69%	13.7%
2002	0.65%	13.3%
2003	0.6%	13%
2004	0.56%	12.6%
2005	0.52%	12.2%
2006	0.49%	11.8%
2007	0.46%	11.4%
2008	0.44%	11%
2009	0.43%	10.6%
2010	0.42%	10.2%
2011	0.41%	9.91%
2012	0.4%	9.6%
2013	0.39%	9.27%
2014	0.38%	8.92%
2015	0.37%	8.61%
2016	0.36%	8.36%
2017	0.35%	8.11%
2018	0.34%	7.85%
2019	0.34%	7.59%
2020	0.35%	7.37%
2021	0.36%	7.14%
2022	0.37%	6.92%
2023	0.38%	6.71%