Fertility & birth rates in Ireland and Maldives

Fertility rate in Ireland vs Maldives 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 1.58 in Maldives in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Ireland vs Maldives 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	Maldives
1960	3.78	6.71
1961	3.78	6.79
1962	3.92	6.89
1963	4.01	6.94
1964	4.07	7
1965	4.04	7.07
1966	3.94	7.15
1967	3.84	7.23
1968	3.77	7.28
1969	3.83	7.33
1970	3.85	7.39
1971	3.93	7.38
1972	3.84	7.37
1973	3.71	7.4
1974	3.59	7.38
1975	3.37	7.32
1976	3.29	7.29
1977	3.24	7.27
1978	3.21	7.23
1979	3.21	7.23
1980	3.21	7.23
1981	3.05	7.19
1982	2.94	7.15
1983	2.74	7.09
1984	2.58	7.03
1985	2.48	6.94
1986	2.44	6.85
1987	2.32	6.73
1988	2.17	6.58
1989	2.08	6.39
1990	2.11	6.13
1991	2.08	5.8
1992	1.99	5.44
1993	1.9	5.06
1994	1.85	4.69
1995	1.84	4.29
1996	1.88	3.86
1997	1.93	3.48
1998	1.94	3.17
1999	1.9	2.9
2000	1.89	2.69
2001	1.94	2.53
2002	1.97	2.42
2003	1.96	2.34
2004	1.93	2.26
2005	1.86	2.2
2006	1.91	2.2
2007	2.01	2.29
2008	2.06	2.37
2009	2.06	2.39
2010	2.05	2.35
2011	2.03	2.31
2012	1.98	2.25
2013	1.93	2.17
2014	1.89	2.09
2015	1.85	2
2016	1.81	1.9
2017	1.77	1.8
2018	1.75	1.71
2019	1.71	1.64
2020	1.63	1.61
2021	1.78	1.6
2022	1.54	1.58
2023	1.5	1.58
2024	1.5	1.56
2025	1.5	1.55
2026	1.5	1.53
2027	1.5	1.53
2028	1.5	1.52
2029	1.5	1.52
2030	1.5	1.52
2031	1.5	1.51
2032	1.5	1.51
2033	1.5	1.51
2034	1.5	1.51
2035	1.5	1.51
2036	1.5	1.52
2037	1.5	1.52
2038	1.5	1.52
2039	1.51	1.52
2040	1.51	1.52
2041	1.5	1.52
2042	1.5	1.52
2043	1.5	1.52
2044	1.51	1.52
2045	1.51	1.53
2046	1.5	1.53
2047	1.5	1.53
2048	1.5	1.54
2049	1.5	1.54
2050	1.5	1.54

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Ireland	Maldives
1960	30.9%	37.9%
1961	31%	38.2%
1962	30.9%	38.7%
1963	30.9%	39.4%
1964	30.9%	40.3%
1965	31.1%	41.8%
1966	31.1%	43.5%
1967	31.1%	44.7%
1968	31.1%	45.2%
1969	31.1%	45.4%
1970	31.1%	45.6%
1971	31.2%	45.8%
1972	31.2%	45.8%
1973	31.2%	45.7%
1974	31.2%	45.6%
1975	31.1%	45.6%
1976	31%	45.8%
1977	30.9%	45.7%
1978	30.7%	45.8%
1979	30.5%	45.9%
1980	30.4%	45.9%
1981	30.3%	45.9%
1982	30.1%	45.8%
1983	29.9%	45.6%
1984	29.6%	45.4%
1985	29.3%	45.5%
1986	28.9%	45.9%
1987	28.5%	46.3%
1988	28.1%	46.6%
1989	27.6%	46.8%
1990	27.1%	47%
1991	26.6%	47.1%
1992	26%	47%
1993	25.5%	46.8%
1994	24.9%	46.5%
1995	24.2%	45.8%
1996	23.6%	45%
1997	23%	44.1%
1998	22.5%	42.9%
1999	22.1%	41.6%
2000	21.8%	40.2%
2001	21.4%	38.7%
2002	21.1%	37.1%
2003	21%	35.6%
2004	20.8%	34.2%
2005	20.6%	32.7%
2006	20.4%	31.2%
2007	20.3%	29.5%
2008	20.5%	28%
2009	20.7%	26.7%
2010	21.1%	25.7%
2011	21.4%	24.9%
2012	21.5%	24.3%
2013	21.5%	23.9%
2014	21.4%	23.5%
2015	21.3%	23.2%
2016	21.2%	22.8%
2017	20.9%	22.5%
2018	20.7%	22.1%
2019	20.4%	21.7%
2020	20.1%	21.2%
2021	19.8%	20.8%
2022	19.5%	20.4%
2023	19%	20%
2024	18.6%	19.6%
2025	18.1%	19%
2026	17.6%	18.4%
2027	17.2%	17.8%
2028	16.9%	17.2%
2029	16.6%	16.6%
2030	16.3%	16%
2031	16%	15.5%
2032	15.8%	15.1%
2033	15.6%	14.6%
2034	15.4%	14.2%
2035	15.3%	13.9%
2036	15.2%	13.6%
2037	15.1%	13.4%
2038	15.1%	13.2%
2039	15.2%	13%
2040	15.2%	12.9%
2041	15.3%	12.8%
2042	15.4%	12.8%
2043	15.4%	12.8%
2044	15.5%	12.8%
2045	15.6%	12.8%
2046	15.6%	12.9%
2047	15.7%	12.9%
2048	15.7%	13%
2049	15.7%	13.1%
2050	15.6%	13.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 18.6% of the population in Ireland and 19.6% in Maldives in 2024, compared to 27.1% and 47% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Ireland and Maldives compared.

Natural population change in Ireland vs Maldives by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.58% in Ireland and +1.09% in Maldives. 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	Maldives
1960	28,286	2,241
1961	25,137	2,354
1962	28,077	2,475
1963	29,667	2,567
1964	31,532	2,660
1965	30,500	2,747
1966	26,866	2,845
1967	29,895	3,010
1968	27,697	3,150
1969	29,326	3,260
1970	30,756	3,415
1971	35,606	3,549
1972	34,316	3,707
1973	34,562	3,924
1974	34,199	4,136
1975	34,128	4,325
1976	33,676	4,538
1977	35,448	4,779
1978	36,288	4,812
1979	38,798	5,275
1980	40,612	5,526
1981	39,364	5,778
1982	38,344	6,058
1983	34,053	6,361
1984	31,791	6,680
1985	29,013	6,944
1986	27,963	7,153
1987	26,904	7,300
1988	22,912	7,414
1989	20,012	7,472
1990	21,787	7,444
1991	21,206	7,295
1992	20,283	7,096
1993	17,166	6,842
1994	17,234	6,550
1995	16,601	6,177
1996	18,915	5,705
1997	21,311	5,267
1998	22,277	4,919
1999	21,402	4,601
2000	23,592	4,372
2001	27,837	4,271
2002	31,062	4,257
2003	32,372	4,316
2004	33,376	4,287
2005	33,279	4,493
2006	36,752	4,766
2007	43,109	5,324
2008	46,691	5,856
2009	47,168	6,227
2010	47,426	6,350
2011	45,801	6,429
2012	42,775	6,445
2013	39,302	6,307
2014	37,728	6,122
2015	35,265	5,914
2016	33,339	5,652
2017	31,379	5,342
2018	29,878	5,088
2019	28,365	4,886
2020	23,687	4,594
2021	26,064	4,426
2022	19,287	4,752
2023	19,638	4,566

Maternal mortality chart: Ireland vs Maldives

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 32 deaths in Maldives.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Ireland	Maldives
1985	11	552
1986	11	508
1987	10	471
1988	11	424
1989	10	381
1990	11	346
1991	10	310
1992	10	281
1993	9	251
1994	9	222
1995	9	191
1996	8	167
1997	8	149
1998	8	136
1999	7	111
2000	8	94
2001	7	81
2002	7	76
2003	6	70
2004	6	65
2005	6	54
2006	6	52
2007	6	51
2008	6	53
2009	6	52
2010	6	49
2011	6	48
2012	6	47
2013	5	47
2014	5	43
2015	5	41
2016	4	41
2017	4	41
2018	5	40
2019	4	39
2020	6	48
2021	6	60
2022	7	34
2023	4	32

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.38% in Ireland and 0.57% in Maldives. 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	Maldives
1960	3.53%	-
1961	3.38%	-
1962	3.25%	33.4%
1963	3.13%	32.5%
1964	3.01%	31.5%
1965	2.87%	30.6%
1966	2.71%	29.7%
1967	2.55%	28.7%
1968	2.41%	27.7%
1969	2.3%	26.8%
1970	2.22%	25.8%
1971	2.17%	24.7%
1972	2.14%	23.6%
1973	2.11%	22.4%
1974	2.06%	21.2%
1975	2%	20.1%
1976	1.91%	18.9%
1977	1.81%	17.9%
1978	1.69%	16.9%
1979	1.56%	15.9%
1980	1.43%	15%
1981	1.32%	14.2%
1982	1.23%	13.4%
1983	1.17%	12.7%
1984	1.11%	12%
1985	1.07%	11.3%
1986	1.04%	10.7%
1987	1.02%	10.1%
1988	0.99%	9.59%
1989	0.96%	9.06%
1990	0.92%	8.57%
1991	0.87%	8.08%
1992	0.81%	7.61%
1993	0.77%	7.15%
1994	0.74%	6.68%
1995	0.73%	6.22%
1996	0.73%	5.74%
1997	0.73%	5.28%
1998	0.73%	4.81%
1999	0.73%	4.36%
2000	0.72%	3.9%
2001	0.69%	3.47%
2002	0.65%	3.08%
2003	0.6%	2.72%
2004	0.56%	2.7%
2005	0.52%	2.16%
2006	0.49%	1.94%
2007	0.46%	1.76%
2008	0.44%	1.61%
2009	0.43%	1.49%
2010	0.42%	1.38%
2011	0.41%	1.29%
2012	0.4%	1.21%
2013	0.39%	1.13%
2014	0.38%	1.05%
2015	0.37%	0.99%
2016	0.36%	0.92%
2017	0.35%	0.86%
2018	0.34%	0.8%
2019	0.34%	0.74%
2020	0.35%	0.69%
2021	0.36%	0.64%
2022	0.37%	0.6%
2023	0.38%	0.57%