Fertility & birth rates in Ireland and Marshall Islands

Fertility rate in Ireland vs Marshall Islands 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 2.92 in the Marshall Islands in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Ireland vs the Marshall Islands 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	Marshall Islands
1960	3.78	8.08
1961	3.78	8.12
1962	3.92	8.12
1963	4.01	8.12
1964	4.07	8.14
1965	4.04	8.16
1966	3.94	8.2
1967	3.84	8.17
1968	3.77	8.14
1969	3.83	8.11
1970	3.85	8.07
1971	3.93	8.04
1972	3.84	8
1973	3.71	7.95
1974	3.59	7.9
1975	3.37	7.83
1976	3.29	7.76
1977	3.24	7.67
1978	3.21	7.58
1979	3.21	7.47
1980	3.21	7.37
1981	3.05	7.27
1982	2.94	7.18
1983	2.74	7.08
1984	2.58	6.99
1985	2.48	6.87
1986	2.44	6.73
1987	2.32	6.57
1988	2.17	6.38
1989	2.08	6.18
1990	2.11	5.97
1991	2.08	5.76
1992	1.99	5.55
1993	1.9	5.38
1994	1.85	5.23
1995	1.84	5.09
1996	1.88	5.02
1997	1.93	4.96
1998	1.94	4.87
1999	1.9	4.78
2000	1.89	4.7
2001	1.94	4.58
2002	1.97	4.49
2003	1.96	4.42
2004	1.93	4.34
2005	1.86	4.28
2006	1.91	4.2
2007	2.01	4.09
2008	2.06	3.97
2009	2.06	3.83
2010	2.05	3.67
2011	2.03	3.53
2012	1.98	3.38
2013	1.93	3.25
2014	1.89	3.18
2015	1.85	3.13
2016	1.81	3.09
2017	1.77	3.06
2018	1.75	3.04
2019	1.71	3.01
2020	1.63	2.99
2021	1.78	2.96
2022	1.54	2.94
2023	1.5	2.92
2024	1.5	2.86
2025	1.5	2.82
2026	1.5	2.77
2027	1.5	2.73
2028	1.5	2.69
2029	1.5	2.65
2030	1.5	2.6
2031	1.5	2.57
2032	1.5	2.53
2033	1.5	2.5
2034	1.5	2.47
2035	1.5	2.44
2036	1.5	2.41
2037	1.5	2.38
2038	1.5	2.36
2039	1.51	2.34
2040	1.51	2.31
2041	1.5	2.29
2042	1.5	2.26
2043	1.5	2.24
2044	1.51	2.23
2045	1.51	2.21
2046	1.5	2.19
2047	1.5	2.17
2048	1.5	2.15
2049	1.5	2.13
2050	1.5	2.11

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Ireland	Marshall Islands
1960	30.9%	46.1%
1961	31%	46.7%
1962	30.9%	47.1%
1963	30.9%	47.4%
1964	30.9%	47.5%
1965	31.1%	47.5%
1966	31.1%	47.2%
1967	31.1%	46.7%
1968	31.1%	46.1%
1969	31.1%	45.3%
1970	31.1%	45%
1971	31.2%	45.6%
1972	31.2%	46.6%
1973	31.2%	47.3%
1974	31.2%	47.8%
1975	31.1%	48.2%
1976	31%	48.5%
1977	30.9%	49%
1978	30.7%	49.4%
1979	30.5%	49.8%
1980	30.4%	50.1%
1981	30.3%	50.3%
1982	30.1%	50.3%
1983	29.9%	50.4%
1984	29.6%	50.4%
1985	29.3%	50.6%
1986	28.9%	50.7%
1987	28.5%	50.8%
1988	28.1%	50.8%
1989	27.6%	50.6%
1990	27.1%	50.2%
1991	26.6%	49.7%
1992	26%	49.1%
1993	25.5%	48.4%
1994	24.9%	47.5%
1995	24.2%	46.6%
1996	23.6%	45.6%
1997	23%	44.7%
1998	22.5%	43.7%
1999	22.1%	42.8%
2000	21.8%	42%
2001	21.4%	41.3%
2002	21.1%	40.6%
2003	21%	39.9%
2004	20.8%	39.4%
2005	20.6%	39.1%
2006	20.4%	38.9%
2007	20.3%	39%
2008	20.5%	39.2%
2009	20.7%	39.4%
2010	21.1%	39.7%
2011	21.4%	39.7%
2012	21.5%	39.4%
2013	21.5%	38.8%
2014	21.4%	38.2%
2015	21.3%	37.5%
2016	21.2%	36.8%
2017	20.9%	36.2%
2018	20.7%	35.7%
2019	20.4%	35.1%
2020	20.1%	34.5%
2021	19.8%	34.4%
2022	19.5%	34.6%
2023	19%	34.7%
2024	18.6%	34.5%
2025	18.1%	33.9%
2026	17.6%	33.2%
2027	17.2%	32.6%
2028	16.9%	32%
2029	16.6%	31.4%
2030	16.3%	30.9%
2031	16%	30.3%
2032	15.8%	29.7%
2033	15.6%	29.2%
2034	15.4%	28.6%
2035	15.3%	28.1%
2036	15.2%	27.6%
2037	15.1%	27.3%
2038	15.1%	27.3%
2039	15.2%	27.4%
2040	15.2%	27.7%
2041	15.3%	28%
2042	15.4%	28.3%
2043	15.4%	28.6%
2044	15.5%	28.8%
2045	15.6%	29%
2046	15.6%	29.1%
2047	15.7%	29.1%
2048	15.7%	29%
2049	15.7%	28.8%
2050	15.6%	28.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 18.6% of the population in Ireland and 34.5% in the Marshall Islands in 2024, compared to 27.1% and 50.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Ireland and the Marshall Islands compared.

Natural population change in Ireland vs Marshall Islands by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.58% in Ireland and +1.69% in the Marshall Islands. 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	Marshall Islands
1960	28,286	452
1961	25,137	469
1962	28,077	488
1963	29,667	509
1964	31,532	536
1965	30,500	566
1966	26,866	603
1967	29,895	636
1968	27,697	685
1969	29,326	747
1970	30,756	819
1971	35,606	877
1972	34,316	913
1973	34,562	954
1974	34,199	1,000
1975	34,128	1,055
1976	33,676	1,109
1977	35,448	1,160
1978	36,288	1,207
1979	38,798	1,250
1980	40,612	1,287
1981	39,364	1,328
1982	38,344	1,375
1983	34,053	1,422
1984	31,791	1,470
1985	29,013	1,511
1986	27,963	1,544
1987	26,904	1,566
1988	22,912	1,575
1989	20,012	1,574
1990	21,787	1,556
1991	21,206	1,540
1992	20,283	1,525
1993	17,166	1,524
1994	17,234	1,524
1995	16,601	1,522
1996	18,915	1,542
1997	21,311	1,564
1998	22,277	1,576
1999	21,402	1,590
2000	23,592	1,592
2001	27,837	1,596
2002	31,062	1,594
2003	32,372	1,600
2004	33,376	1,595
2005	33,279	1,586
2006	36,752	1,556
2007	43,109	1,507
2008	46,691	1,443
2009	47,168	1,365
2010	47,426	1,273
2011	45,801	1,185
2012	42,775	1,097
2013	39,302	1,014
2014	37,728	959
2015	35,265	912
2016	33,339	866
2017	31,379	826
2018	29,878	785
2019	28,365	746
2020	23,687	689
2021	26,064	653
2022	19,287	606
2023	19,638	550

Maternal mortality chart: Ireland vs Marshall Islands

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 155 deaths in the Marshall Islands.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Ireland	Marshall Islands
1985	11	254
1986	11	274
1987	10	282
1988	11	276
1989	10	299
1990	11	311
1991	10	297
1992	10	322
1993	9	320
1994	9	303
1995	9	303
1996	8	292
1997	8	274
1998	8	259
1999	7	250
2000	8	251
2001	7	231
2002	7	223
2003	6	221
2004	6	238
2005	6	234
2006	6	233
2007	6	229
2008	6	226
2009	6	224
2010	6	212
2011	6	209
2012	6	207
2013	5	201
2014	5	199
2015	5	184
2016	4	183
2017	4	179
2018	5	167
2019	4	168
2020	6	178
2021	6	206
2022	7	174
2023	4	155

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.38% in Ireland and 2.82% in the Marshall Islands. 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	Marshall Islands
1960	3.53%	12.2%
1961	3.38%	11.6%
1962	3.25%	11%
1963	3.13%	10.5%
1964	3.01%	10.1%
1965	2.87%	9.64%
1966	2.71%	9.25%
1967	2.55%	8.88%
1968	2.41%	8.53%
1969	2.3%	8.19%
1970	2.22%	7.87%
1971	2.17%	7.58%
1972	2.14%	7.33%
1973	2.11%	7.13%
1974	2.06%	6.97%
1975	2%	6.86%
1976	1.91%	6.77%
1977	1.81%	6.69%
1978	1.69%	6.61%
1979	1.56%	6.52%
1980	1.43%	6.42%
1981	1.32%	6.29%
1982	1.23%	6.15%
1983	1.17%	6%
1984	1.11%	5.83%
1985	1.07%	5.66%
1986	1.04%	5.49%
1987	1.02%	5.31%
1988	0.99%	5.13%
1989	0.96%	4.95%
1990	0.92%	4.76%
1991	0.87%	4.59%
1992	0.81%	4.43%
1993	0.77%	4.29%
1994	0.74%	4.2%
1995	0.73%	4.15%
1996	0.73%	4.14%
1997	0.73%	4.15%
1998	0.73%	4.19%
1999	0.73%	4.23%
2000	0.72%	4.25%
2001	0.69%	4.25%
2002	0.65%	4.24%
2003	0.6%	4.21%
2004	0.56%	4.18%
2005	0.52%	4.14%
2006	0.49%	4.1%
2007	0.46%	4.06%
2008	0.44%	4.02%
2009	0.43%	3.97%
2010	0.42%	3.94%
2011	0.41%	3.89%
2012	0.4%	3.82%
2013	0.39%	3.75%
2014	0.38%	3.66%
2015	0.37%	3.57%
2016	0.36%	3.48%
2017	0.35%	3.38%
2018	0.34%	3.29%
2019	0.34%	3.19%
2020	0.35%	3.1%
2021	0.36%	3%
2022	0.37%	2.91%
2023	0.38%	2.82%