Fertility & birth rates in Ireland and Palestine

Fertility rate in Ireland vs Palestine 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 3.31 in Palestine in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Ireland vs Palestine 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	Palestine
1960	3.78	-
1961	3.78	-
1962	3.92	-
1963	4.01	-
1964	4.07	-
1965	4.04	-
1966	3.94	-
1967	3.84	-
1968	3.77	-
1969	3.83	-
1970	3.85	-
1971	3.93	-
1972	3.84	-
1973	3.71	-
1974	3.59	-
1975	3.37	-
1976	3.29	-
1977	3.24	-
1978	3.21	-
1979	3.21	-
1980	3.21	-
1981	3.05	-
1982	2.94	-
1983	2.74	-
1984	2.58	-
1985	2.48	-
1986	2.44	-
1987	2.32	-
1988	2.17	-
1989	2.08	-
1990	2.11	6.81
1991	2.08	6.75
1992	1.99	6.65
1993	1.9	6.5
1994	1.85	6.33
1995	1.84	6.16
1996	1.88	5.99
1997	1.93	5.82
1998	1.94	5.69
1999	1.9	5.58
2000	1.89	5.46
2001	1.94	5.34
2002	1.97	5.22
2003	1.96	5.06
2004	1.93	4.97
2005	1.86	4.87
2006	1.91	4.74
2007	2.01	4.63
2008	2.06	4.51
2009	2.06	4.44
2010	2.05	4.43
2011	2.03	4.31
2012	1.98	4.15
2013	1.93	4.05
2014	1.89	4
2015	1.85	3.98
2016	1.81	3.89
2017	1.77	3.77
2018	1.75	3.67
2019	1.71	3.59
2020	1.63	3.51
2021	1.78	3.44
2022	1.54	3.38
2023	1.5	3.31
2024	1.5	3.25
2025	1.5	3.19
2026	1.5	3.13
2027	1.5	3.07
2028	1.5	3.02
2029	1.5	2.97
2030	1.5	2.93
2031	1.5	2.89
2032	1.5	2.85
2033	1.5	2.81
2034	1.5	2.78
2035	1.5	2.75
2036	1.5	2.71
2037	1.5	2.68
2038	1.5	2.65
2039	1.51	2.62
2040	1.51	2.59
2041	1.5	2.56
2042	1.5	2.53
2043	1.5	2.51
2044	1.51	2.48
2045	1.51	2.45
2046	1.5	2.43
2047	1.5	2.41
2048	1.5	2.38
2049	1.5	2.36
2050	1.5	2.34

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Ireland	Palestine
1960	30.9%	-
1961	31%	-
1962	30.9%	-
1963	30.9%	-
1964	30.9%	-
1965	31.1%	-
1966	31.1%	-
1967	31.1%	-
1968	31.1%	-
1969	31.1%	-
1970	31.1%	-
1971	31.2%	-
1972	31.2%	-
1973	31.2%	-
1974	31.2%	-
1975	31.1%	-
1976	31%	-
1977	30.9%	-
1978	30.7%	-
1979	30.5%	-
1980	30.4%	-
1981	30.3%	-
1982	30.1%	-
1983	29.9%	-
1984	29.6%	-
1985	29.3%	-
1986	28.9%	-
1987	28.5%	-
1988	28.1%	-
1989	27.6%	-
1990	27.1%	49.1%
1991	26.6%	49.1%
1992	26%	49%
1993	25.5%	49%
1994	24.9%	48.9%
1995	24.2%	48.8%
1996	23.6%	48.6%
1997	23%	48.4%
1998	22.5%	48.1%
1999	22.1%	47.8%
2000	21.8%	47.4%
2001	21.4%	47.1%
2002	21.1%	46.6%
2003	21%	46.1%
2004	20.8%	45.6%
2005	20.6%	45%
2006	20.4%	44.3%
2007	20.3%	43.7%
2008	20.5%	43%
2009	20.7%	42.4%
2010	21.1%	41.9%
2011	21.4%	41.5%
2012	21.5%	41.1%
2013	21.5%	40.7%
2014	21.4%	40.4%
2015	21.3%	40.1%
2016	21.2%	39.9%
2017	20.9%	39.7%
2018	20.7%	39.6%
2019	20.4%	39.5%
2020	20.1%	39.3%
2021	19.8%	39%
2022	19.5%	38.7%
2023	19%	38.4%
2024	18.6%	38%
2025	18.1%	37.6%
2026	17.6%	37%
2027	17.2%	36.5%
2028	16.9%	35.9%
2029	16.6%	35.3%
2030	16.3%	34.7%
2031	16%	34%
2032	15.8%	33.4%
2033	15.6%	32.8%
2034	15.4%	32.3%
2035	15.3%	31.8%
2036	15.2%	31.4%
2037	15.1%	31%
2038	15.1%	30.6%
2039	15.2%	30.3%
2040	15.2%	30%
2041	15.3%	29.7%
2042	15.4%	29.4%
2043	15.4%	29.2%
2044	15.5%	28.9%
2045	15.6%	28.6%
2046	15.6%	28.4%
2047	15.7%	28.1%
2048	15.7%	27.8%
2049	15.7%	27.5%
2050	15.6%	27.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 18.6% of the population in Ireland and 38% in Palestine in 2024, compared to 27.1% and 49.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Ireland and Palestine compared.

Natural population change in Ireland vs Palestine by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.58% in Ireland and +2.64% in Palestine. 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	Palestine
1960	28,286	-
1961	25,137	-
1962	28,077	-
1963	29,667	-
1964	31,532	-
1965	30,500	-
1966	26,866	-
1967	29,895	-
1968	27,697	-
1969	29,326	-
1970	30,756	-
1971	35,606	-
1972	34,316	-
1973	34,562	-
1974	34,199	-
1975	34,128	-
1976	33,676	-
1977	35,448	-
1978	36,288	-
1979	38,798	-
1980	40,612	-
1981	39,364	-
1982	38,344	-
1983	34,053	-
1984	31,791	-
1985	29,013	-
1986	27,963	-
1987	26,904	-
1988	22,912	-
1989	20,012	-
1990	21,787	76,163
1991	21,206	79,444
1992	20,283	82,865
1993	17,166	86,434
1994	17,234	90,156
1995	16,601	94,037
1996	18,915	98,085
1997	21,311	102,307
1998	22,277	103,566
1999	21,402	104,823
2000	23,592	106,367
2001	27,837	107,320
2002	31,062	108,560
2003	32,372	109,162
2004	33,376	110,045
2005	33,279	110,569
2006	36,752	111,728
2007	43,109	112,453
2008	46,691	108,395
2009	47,168	111,724
2010	47,426	117,674
2011	45,801	119,021
2012	42,775	119,185
2013	39,302	120,503
2014	37,728	120,724
2015	35,265	126,189
2016	33,339	126,698
2017	31,379	125,688
2018	29,878	124,791
2019	28,365	124,508
2020	23,687	122,416
2021	26,064	120,396
2022	19,287	123,987
2023	19,638	102,613

Maternal mortality chart: Ireland vs Palestine

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 16 deaths in Palestine.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Ireland	Palestine
1985	11	102
1986	11	96
1987	10	87
1988	11	85
1989	10	82
1990	11	78
1991	10	75
1992	10	73
1993	9	69
1994	9	66
1995	9	64
1996	8	61
1997	8	60
1998	8	59
1999	7	58
2000	8	59
2001	7	60
2002	7	58
2003	6	56
2004	6	55
2005	6	52
2006	6	51
2007	6	49
2008	6	49
2009	6	48
2010	6	42
2011	6	39
2012	6	36
2013	5	32
2014	5	29
2015	5	26
2016	4	23
2017	4	21
2018	5	19
2019	4	18
2020	6	20
2021	6	29
2022	7	17
2023	4	16

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.38% in Ireland and 2.63% in Palestine. 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	Palestine
1960	3.53%	-
1961	3.38%	-
1962	3.25%	-
1963	3.13%	-
1964	3.01%	-
1965	2.87%	-
1966	2.71%	-
1967	2.55%	-
1968	2.41%	-
1969	2.3%	-
1970	2.22%	-
1971	2.17%	-
1972	2.14%	-
1973	2.11%	-
1974	2.06%	-
1975	2%	10.8%
1976	1.91%	10.2%
1977	1.81%	9.55%
1978	1.69%	8.98%
1979	1.56%	8.45%
1980	1.43%	7.95%
1981	1.32%	7.48%
1982	1.23%	7.04%
1983	1.17%	6.63%
1984	1.11%	6.25%
1985	1.07%	5.89%
1986	1.04%	5.56%
1987	1.02%	5.25%
1988	0.99%	4.97%
1989	0.96%	4.72%
1990	0.92%	4.49%
1991	0.87%	4.28%
1992	0.81%	4.09%
1993	0.77%	3.92%
1994	0.74%	3.77%
1995	0.73%	3.62%
1996	0.73%	3.49%
1997	0.73%	3.36%
1998	0.73%	3.24%
1999	0.73%	3.13%
2000	0.72%	3.03%
2001	0.69%	2.94%
2002	0.65%	2.85%
2003	0.6%	2.77%
2004	0.56%	2.68%
2005	0.52%	2.6%
2006	0.49%	2.52%
2007	0.46%	2.43%
2008	0.44%	2.35%
2009	0.43%	2.28%
2010	0.42%	2.2%
2011	0.41%	2.12%
2012	0.4%	2.04%
2013	0.39%	1.97%
2014	0.38%	2.2%
2015	0.37%	1.83%
2016	0.36%	1.76%
2017	0.35%	1.69%
2018	0.34%	1.63%
2019	0.34%	1.57%
2020	0.35%	1.52%
2021	0.36%	1.47%
2022	0.37%	1.42%
2023	0.38%	2.63%