Fertility & birth rates in Ireland and Mozambique

Fertility rate in Ireland vs Mozambique 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 4.76 in Mozambique in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Ireland vs Mozambique 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	Mozambique
1960	3.78	6.31
1961	3.78	6.37
1962	3.92	6.42
1963	4.01	6.47
1964	4.07	6.51
1965	4.04	6.54
1966	3.94	6.58
1967	3.84	6.61
1968	3.77	6.65
1969	3.83	6.67
1970	3.85	6.7
1971	3.93	6.7
1972	3.84	6.7
1973	3.71	6.7
1974	3.59	6.67
1975	3.37	6.66
1976	3.29	6.64
1977	3.24	6.62
1978	3.21	6.59
1979	3.21	6.56
1980	3.21	6.53
1981	3.05	6.48
1982	2.94	6.43
1983	2.74	6.43
1984	2.58	6.44
1985	2.48	6.43
1986	2.44	6.41
1987	2.32	6.39
1988	2.17	6.37
1989	2.08	6.35
1990	2.11	6.32
1991	2.08	6.28
1992	1.99	6.22
1993	1.9	6.15
1994	1.85	6.08
1995	1.84	6.02
1996	1.88	5.97
1997	1.93	5.93
1998	1.94	5.91
1999	1.9	5.88
2000	1.89	5.83
2001	1.94	5.76
2002	1.97	5.67
2003	1.96	5.6
2004	1.93	5.55
2005	1.86	5.5
2006	1.91	5.45
2007	2.01	5.47
2008	2.06	5.6
2009	2.06	5.68
2010	2.05	5.66
2011	2.03	5.6
2012	1.98	5.52
2013	1.93	5.43
2014	1.89	5.3
2015	1.85	5.25
2016	1.81	5.19
2017	1.77	5.13
2018	1.75	5.07
2019	1.71	5.02
2020	1.63	4.96
2021	1.78	4.91
2022	1.54	4.84
2023	1.5	4.76
2024	1.5	4.69
2025	1.5	4.62
2026	1.5	4.54
2027	1.5	4.46
2028	1.5	4.39
2029	1.5	4.3
2030	1.5	4.23
2031	1.5	4.14
2032	1.5	4.06
2033	1.5	3.97
2034	1.5	3.89
2035	1.5	3.82
2036	1.5	3.75
2037	1.5	3.67
2038	1.5	3.6
2039	1.51	3.53
2040	1.51	3.47
2041	1.5	3.4
2042	1.5	3.34
2043	1.5	3.28
2044	1.51	3.22
2045	1.51	3.16
2046	1.5	3.11
2047	1.5	3.06
2048	1.5	3.01
2049	1.5	2.97
2050	1.5	2.92

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Ireland	Mozambique
1960	30.9%	41%
1961	31%	41.2%
1962	30.9%	41.4%
1963	30.9%	41.6%
1964	30.9%	41.9%
1965	31.1%	42.2%
1966	31.1%	42.5%
1967	31.1%	42.7%
1968	31.1%	42.9%
1969	31.1%	43.1%
1970	31.1%	43.3%
1971	31.2%	43.4%
1972	31.2%	43.6%
1973	31.2%	43.7%
1974	31.2%	43.8%
1975	31.1%	44%
1976	31%	44.1%
1977	30.9%	44.3%
1978	30.7%	44.6%
1979	30.5%	44.9%
1980	30.4%	45.3%
1981	30.3%	45.6%
1982	30.1%	45.7%
1983	29.9%	45.8%
1984	29.6%	45.9%
1985	29.3%	45.9%
1986	28.9%	45.9%
1987	28.5%	45.9%
1988	28.1%	45.8%
1989	27.6%	45.7%
1990	27.1%	45.7%
1991	26.6%	45.6%
1992	26%	45.5%
1993	25.5%	45.4%
1994	24.9%	45.2%
1995	24.2%	45%
1996	23.6%	44.9%
1997	23%	44.8%
1998	22.5%	44.9%
1999	22.1%	45%
2000	21.8%	45.1%
2001	21.4%	45.1%
2002	21.1%	45.2%
2003	21%	45.3%
2004	20.8%	45.3%
2005	20.6%	45.3%
2006	20.4%	45.4%
2007	20.3%	45.4%
2008	20.5%	45.5%
2009	20.7%	45.6%
2010	21.1%	45.8%
2011	21.4%	45.8%
2012	21.5%	45.9%
2013	21.5%	45.8%
2014	21.4%	45.8%
2015	21.3%	45.7%
2016	21.2%	45.6%
2017	20.9%	45.5%
2018	20.7%	45.4%
2019	20.4%	45.3%
2020	20.1%	45.2%
2021	19.8%	45.1%
2022	19.5%	45%
2023	19%	44.8%
2024	18.6%	44.5%
2025	18.1%	44.2%
2026	17.6%	43.9%
2027	17.2%	43.5%
2028	16.9%	43.2%
2029	16.6%	42.9%
2030	16.3%	42.5%
2031	16%	42.2%
2032	15.8%	41.9%
2033	15.6%	41.5%
2034	15.4%	41.1%
2035	15.3%	40.7%
2036	15.2%	40.3%
2037	15.1%	39.9%
2038	15.1%	39.5%
2039	15.2%	39%
2040	15.2%	38.6%
2041	15.3%	38.2%
2042	15.4%	37.7%
2043	15.4%	37.3%
2044	15.5%	36.9%
2045	15.6%	36.4%
2046	15.6%	36%
2047	15.7%	35.6%
2048	15.7%	35.2%
2049	15.7%	34.8%
2050	15.6%	34.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 18.6% of the population in Ireland and 44.5% in Mozambique in 2024, compared to 27.1% and 45.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Ireland and Mozambique compared.

Natural population change in Ireland vs Mozambique by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.58% in Ireland and +3.08% in Mozambique. 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	Mozambique
1960	28,286	165,774
1961	25,137	171,236
1962	28,077	176,297
1963	29,667	180,867
1964	31,532	182,334
1965	30,500	185,931
1966	26,866	189,218
1967	29,895	193,044
1968	27,697	197,623
1969	29,326	202,174
1970	30,756	207,385
1971	35,606	211,137
1972	34,316	215,793
1973	34,562	226,847
1974	34,199	240,665
1975	34,128	257,984
1976	33,676	273,924
1977	35,448	289,193
1978	36,288	310,403
1979	38,798	331,162
1980	40,612	349,586
1981	39,364	322,207
1982	38,344	321,493
1983	34,053	324,158
1984	31,791	304,524
1985	29,013	307,625
1986	27,963	332,609
1987	26,904	334,438
1988	22,912	349,480
1989	20,012	348,833
1990	21,787	353,290
1991	21,206	357,676
1992	20,283	362,373
1993	17,166	369,518
1994	17,234	384,821
1995	16,601	421,630
1996	18,915	442,559
1997	21,311	461,209
1998	22,277	474,453
1999	21,402	491,814
2000	23,592	506,162
2001	27,837	519,594
2002	31,062	529,867
2003	32,372	540,992
2004	33,376	554,973
2005	33,279	570,132
2006	36,752	586,009
2007	43,109	610,913
2008	46,691	654,920
2009	47,168	693,673
2010	47,426	719,025
2011	45,801	741,303
2012	42,775	763,088
2013	39,302	784,641
2014	37,728	799,778
2015	35,265	824,435
2016	33,339	850,430
2017	31,379	876,594
2018	29,878	903,176
2019	28,365	927,581
2020	23,687	945,952
2021	26,064	951,234
2022	19,287	1,003,689
2023	19,638	1,025,334

Maternal mortality chart: Ireland vs Mozambique

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 99 deaths in Mozambique.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Ireland	Mozambique
1985	11	1,452
1986	11	1,355
1987	10	1,348
1988	11	1,259
1989	10	1,209
1990	11	1,150
1991	10	1,094
1992	10	1,046
1993	9	968
1994	9	902
1995	9	883
1996	8	819
1997	8	738
1998	8	694
1999	7	624
2000	8	547
2001	7	473
2002	7	398
2003	6	360
2004	6	321
2005	6	301
2006	6	298
2007	6	327
2008	6	365
2009	6	352
2010	6	305
2011	6	268
2012	6	218
2013	5	196
2014	5	210
2015	5	216
2016	4	202
2017	4	187
2018	5	159
2019	4	134
2020	6	123
2021	6	180
2022	7	104
2023	4	99

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.38% in Ireland and 6.17% in Mozambique. 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	Mozambique
1960	3.53%	-
1961	3.38%	-
1962	3.25%	-
1963	3.13%	26.5%
1964	3.01%	26.7%
1965	2.87%	26.8%
1966	2.71%	26.8%
1967	2.55%	26.9%
1968	2.41%	26.9%
1969	2.3%	26.9%
1970	2.22%	26.8%
1971	2.17%	26.7%
1972	2.14%	26.6%
1973	2.11%	26.4%
1974	2.06%	26.3%
1975	2%	26.1%
1976	1.91%	26%
1977	1.81%	25.8%
1978	1.69%	25.7%
1979	1.56%	25.7%
1980	1.43%	25.6%
1981	1.32%	25.6%
1982	1.23%	25.5%
1983	1.17%	25.3%
1984	1.11%	25.1%
1985	1.07%	24.8%
1986	1.04%	24.5%
1987	1.02%	24.2%
1988	0.99%	23.9%
1989	0.96%	23.6%
1990	0.92%	23.3%
1991	0.87%	23%
1992	0.81%	22.6%
1993	0.77%	22.1%
1994	0.74%	21.6%
1995	0.73%	20.9%
1996	0.73%	20.1%
1997	0.73%	19.2%
1998	0.73%	18.2%
1999	0.73%	17.2%
2000	0.72%	16.3%
2001	0.69%	15.4%
2002	0.65%	14.6%
2003	0.6%	13.9%
2004	0.56%	13.2%
2005	0.52%	12.5%
2006	0.49%	11.8%
2007	0.46%	11%
2008	0.44%	10.4%
2009	0.43%	9.75%
2010	0.42%	9.5%
2011	0.41%	9.05%
2012	0.4%	8.63%
2013	0.39%	8.26%
2014	0.38%	7.92%
2015	0.37%	7.51%
2016	0.36%	7.23%
2017	0.35%	7.09%
2018	0.34%	6.95%
2019	0.34%	6.83%
2020	0.35%	6.73%
2021	0.36%	6.58%
2022	0.37%	6.43%
2023	0.38%	6.17%