Fertility & birth rates in Ireland and Turkmenistan

Fertility rate in Ireland vs Turkmenistan 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 2.69 in Turkmenistan in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Ireland vs Turkmenistan 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	Turkmenistan
1960	3.78	6.59
1961	3.78	6.69
1962	3.92	6.76
1963	4.01	6.79
1964	4.07	6.79
1965	4.04	6.76
1966	3.94	6.7
1967	3.84	6.64
1968	3.77	6.56
1969	3.83	6.48
1970	3.85	6.4
1971	3.93	6.32
1972	3.84	6.2
1973	3.71	6.15
1974	3.59	6.09
1975	3.37	6
1976	3.29	5.9
1977	3.24	5.77
1978	3.21	5.61
1979	3.21	5.46
1980	3.21	5.3
1981	3.05	5.16
1982	2.94	5.04
1983	2.74	4.97
1984	2.58	4.96
1985	2.48	4.97
1986	2.44	4.94
1987	2.32	4.84
1988	2.17	4.68
1989	2.08	4.46
1990	2.11	4.29
1991	2.08	4.14
1992	1.99	3.96
1993	1.9	3.78
1994	1.85	3.62
1995	1.84	3.49
1996	1.88	3.29
1997	1.93	3.18
1998	1.94	3.08
1999	1.9	2.98
2000	1.89	2.9
2001	1.94	2.81
2002	1.97	2.71
2003	1.96	2.67
2004	1.93	2.67
2005	1.86	2.71
2006	1.91	2.72
2007	2.01	2.73
2008	2.06	2.75
2009	2.06	2.79
2010	2.05	2.85
2011	2.03	2.9
2012	1.98	2.96
2013	1.93	3.01
2014	1.89	3.02
2015	1.85	3.03
2016	1.81	2.99
2017	1.77	2.93
2018	1.75	2.88
2019	1.71	2.83
2020	1.63	2.79
2021	1.78	2.75
2022	1.54	2.73
2023	1.5	2.69
2024	1.5	2.66
2025	1.5	2.63
2026	1.5	2.6
2027	1.5	2.57
2028	1.5	2.54
2029	1.5	2.51
2030	1.5	2.49
2031	1.5	2.46
2032	1.5	2.43
2033	1.5	2.41
2034	1.5	2.39
2035	1.5	2.37
2036	1.5	2.35
2037	1.5	2.33
2038	1.5	2.31
2039	1.51	2.29
2040	1.51	2.27
2041	1.5	2.26
2042	1.5	2.24
2043	1.5	2.22
2044	1.51	2.21
2045	1.51	2.19
2046	1.5	2.18
2047	1.5	2.16
2048	1.5	2.15
2049	1.5	2.14
2050	1.5	2.13

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Ireland	Turkmenistan
1960	30.9%	40.4%
1961	31%	41.7%
1962	30.9%	42.8%
1963	30.9%	43.8%
1964	30.9%	44.5%
1965	31.1%	44.9%
1966	31.1%	45.2%
1967	31.1%	45.4%
1968	31.1%	45.6%
1969	31.1%	45.5%
1970	31.1%	45.4%
1971	31.2%	45.1%
1972	31.2%	44.8%
1973	31.2%	44.4%
1974	31.2%	43.9%
1975	31.1%	43.4%
1976	31%	43%
1977	30.9%	42.5%
1978	30.7%	42.1%
1979	30.5%	41.6%
1980	30.4%	41.3%
1981	30.3%	41%
1982	30.1%	40.8%
1983	29.9%	40.7%
1984	29.6%	40.7%
1985	29.3%	40.7%
1986	28.9%	40.8%
1987	28.5%	41%
1988	28.1%	41.1%
1989	27.6%	41.2%
1990	27.1%	41.2%
1991	26.6%	41.2%
1992	26%	41.1%
1993	25.5%	41%
1994	24.9%	40.8%
1995	24.2%	40.5%
1996	23.6%	40.2%
1997	23%	39.6%
1998	22.5%	38.9%
1999	22.1%	38.1%
2000	21.8%	37.3%
2001	21.4%	36.4%
2002	21.1%	35.6%
2003	21%	34.8%
2004	20.8%	34%
2005	20.6%	33.3%
2006	20.4%	32.6%
2007	20.3%	31.9%
2008	20.5%	31.3%
2009	20.7%	30.8%
2010	21.1%	30.3%
2011	21.4%	30%
2012	21.5%	29.7%
2013	21.5%	29.6%
2014	21.4%	29.6%
2015	21.3%	29.7%
2016	21.2%	29.9%
2017	20.9%	30.2%
2018	20.7%	30.5%
2019	20.4%	30.9%
2020	20.1%	31.2%
2021	19.8%	31.5%
2022	19.5%	31.7%
2023	19%	31.7%
2024	18.6%	31.5%
2025	18.1%	31.2%
2026	17.6%	30.8%
2027	17.2%	30.3%
2028	16.9%	29.7%
2029	16.6%	29.1%
2030	16.3%	28.4%
2031	16%	27.7%
2032	15.8%	27%
2033	15.6%	26.4%
2034	15.4%	25.8%
2035	15.3%	25.3%
2036	15.2%	24.8%
2037	15.1%	24.4%
2038	15.1%	24%
2039	15.2%	23.7%
2040	15.2%	23.4%
2041	15.3%	23.3%
2042	15.4%	23.1%
2043	15.4%	23.1%
2044	15.5%	23%
2045	15.6%	23%
2046	15.6%	23%
2047	15.7%	23%
2048	15.7%	23%
2049	15.7%	23%
2050	15.6%	22.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 18.6% of the population in Ireland and 31.5% in Turkmenistan in 2024, compared to 27.1% and 41.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Ireland and Turkmenistan compared.

Natural population change in Ireland vs Turkmenistan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.58% in Ireland and +1.9% in Turkmenistan. 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	Turkmenistan
1960	28,286	49,436
1961	25,137	51,659
1962	28,077	53,248
1963	29,667	54,203
1964	31,532	54,574
1965	30,500	54,558
1966	26,866	54,353
1967	29,895	54,209
1968	27,697	54,324
1969	29,326	54,791
1970	30,756	55,617
1971	35,606	56,666
1972	34,316	57,326
1973	34,562	59,169
1974	34,199	60,925
1975	34,128	62,681
1976	33,676	64,513
1977	35,448	66,318
1978	36,288	68,437
1979	38,798	71,135
1980	40,612	74,394
1981	39,364	77,829
1982	38,344	80,989
1983	34,053	85,183
1984	31,791	90,591
1985	29,013	95,890
1986	27,963	100,930
1987	26,904	103,885
1988	22,912	104,802
1989	20,012	103,553
1990	21,787	101,099
1991	21,206	99,297
1992	20,283	96,668
1993	17,166	92,596
1994	17,234	89,319
1995	16,601	86,289
1996	18,915	80,996
1997	21,311	79,045
1998	22,277	77,342
1999	21,402	76,362
2000	23,592	76,875
2001	27,837	76,682
2002	31,062	75,639
2003	32,372	76,737
2004	33,376	79,850
2005	33,279	83,968
2006	36,752	87,840
2007	43,109	92,038
2008	46,691	96,815
2009	47,168	102,931
2010	47,426	109,318
2011	45,801	115,197
2012	42,775	120,957
2013	39,302	126,217
2014	37,728	129,677
2015	35,265	132,663
2016	33,339	132,581
2017	31,379	131,417
2018	29,878	129,537
2019	28,365	128,275
2020	23,687	124,014
2021	26,064	122,721
2022	19,287	121,814
2023	19,638	117,529

Maternal mortality chart: Ireland vs Turkmenistan

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 5 deaths in Turkmenistan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Ireland	Turkmenistan
1985	11	77
1986	11	75
1987	10	72
1988	11	69
1989	10	65
1990	11	62
1991	10	60
1992	10	58
1993	9	56
1994	9	54
1995	9	50
1996	8	46
1997	8	40
1998	8	34
1999	7	29
2000	8	25
2001	7	22
2002	7	20
2003	6	18
2004	6	17
2005	6	15
2006	6	14
2007	6	13
2008	6	11
2009	6	10
2010	6	9
2011	6	8
2012	6	7
2013	5	7
2014	5	6
2015	5	6
2016	4	6
2017	4	5
2018	5	5
2019	4	5
2020	6	5
2021	6	6
2022	7	5
2023	4	5

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.38% in Ireland and 4% in Turkmenistan. 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	Turkmenistan
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%	-
1976	1.91%	-
1977	1.81%	13.2%
1978	1.69%	12.8%
1979	1.56%	12.3%
1980	1.43%	11.9%
1981	1.32%	11.4%
1982	1.23%	10.9%
1983	1.17%	10.5%
1984	1.11%	9.98%
1985	1.07%	9.51%
1986	1.04%	9.08%
1987	1.02%	8.7%
1988	0.99%	8.36%
1989	0.96%	8.09%
1990	0.92%	7.91%
1991	0.87%	7.83%
1992	0.81%	7.83%
1993	0.77%	7.87%
1994	0.74%	7.92%
1995	0.73%	7.94%
1996	0.73%	7.9%
1997	0.73%	7.79%
1998	0.73%	7.59%
1999	0.73%	7.31%
2000	0.72%	6.97%
2001	0.69%	6.61%
2002	0.65%	6.24%
2003	0.6%	5.88%
2004	0.56%	5.56%
2005	0.52%	5.25%
2006	0.49%	4.99%
2007	0.46%	4.77%
2008	0.44%	4.6%
2009	0.43%	4.45%
2010	0.42%	4.36%
2011	0.41%	4.29%
2012	0.4%	4.25%
2013	0.39%	4.25%
2014	0.38%	4.25%
2015	0.37%	4.29%
2016	0.36%	4.33%
2017	0.35%	4.37%
2018	0.34%	4.36%
2019	0.34%	4.33%
2020	0.35%	4.26%
2021	0.36%	4.18%
2022	0.37%	4.1%
2023	0.38%	4%