Fertility & birth rates in Ireland and Venezuela

Fertility rate in Ireland vs Venezuela 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 2.08 in Venezuela in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Ireland vs Venezuela 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	Venezuela
1960	3.78	6.38
1961	3.78	6.3
1962	3.92	6.23
1963	4.01	6.16
1964	4.07	6.07
1965	4.04	5.98
1966	3.94	5.87
1967	3.84	5.75
1968	3.77	5.61
1969	3.83	5.47
1970	3.85	5.32
1971	3.93	5.17
1972	3.84	5.04
1973	3.71	4.91
1974	3.59	4.79
1975	3.37	4.69
1976	3.29	4.59
1977	3.24	4.49
1978	3.21	4.4
1979	3.21	4.3
1980	3.21	4.2
1981	3.05	4.1
1982	2.94	4.01
1983	2.74	3.93
1984	2.58	3.86
1985	2.48	3.79
1986	2.44	3.73
1987	2.32	3.67
1988	2.17	3.6
1989	2.08	3.52
1990	2.11	3.45
1991	2.08	3.37
1992	1.99	3.29
1993	1.9	3.22
1994	1.85	3.15
1995	1.84	3.08
1996	1.88	3.02
1997	1.93	2.97
1998	1.94	2.91
1999	1.9	2.86
2000	1.89	2.79
2001	1.94	2.78
2002	1.97	2.74
2003	1.96	2.7
2004	1.93	2.64
2005	1.86	2.63
2006	1.91	2.6
2007	2.01	2.52
2008	2.06	2.48
2009	2.06	2.42
2010	2.05	2.4
2011	2.03	2.4
2012	1.98	2.38
2013	1.93	2.33
2014	1.89	2.3
2015	1.85	2.25
2016	1.81	2.22
2017	1.77	2.18
2018	1.75	2.15
2019	1.71	2.13
2020	1.63	2.12
2021	1.78	2.11
2022	1.54	2.09
2023	1.5	2.08
2024	1.5	2.08
2025	1.5	2.06
2026	1.5	2.04
2027	1.5	2.03
2028	1.5	2.01
2029	1.5	2
2030	1.5	1.99
2031	1.5	1.98
2032	1.5	1.97
2033	1.5	1.96
2034	1.5	1.95
2035	1.5	1.94
2036	1.5	1.93
2037	1.5	1.92
2038	1.5	1.91
2039	1.51	1.91
2040	1.51	1.9
2041	1.5	1.89
2042	1.5	1.88
2043	1.5	1.87
2044	1.51	1.86
2045	1.51	1.86
2046	1.5	1.85
2047	1.5	1.84
2048	1.5	1.84
2049	1.5	1.83
2050	1.5	1.83

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Ireland	Venezuela
1960	30.9%	46.8%
1961	31%	46.9%
1962	30.9%	47%
1963	30.9%	47%
1964	30.9%	47%
1965	31.1%	46.9%
1966	31.1%	46.8%
1967	31.1%	46.6%
1968	31.1%	46.3%
1969	31.1%	46%
1970	31.1%	45.6%
1971	31.2%	45.2%
1972	31.2%	44.7%
1973	31.2%	44.3%
1974	31.2%	43.8%
1975	31.1%	43.3%
1976	31%	42.9%
1977	30.9%	42.5%
1978	30.7%	42.1%
1979	30.5%	41.7%
1980	30.4%	41.3%
1981	30.3%	41%
1982	30.1%	40.6%
1983	29.9%	40.3%
1984	29.6%	39.9%
1985	29.3%	39.6%
1986	28.9%	39.3%
1987	28.5%	39%
1988	28.1%	38.7%
1989	27.6%	38.4%
1990	27.1%	38.1%
1991	26.6%	37.8%
1992	26%	37.4%
1993	25.5%	37%
1994	24.9%	36.6%
1995	24.2%	36.2%
1996	23.6%	35.8%
1997	23%	35.3%
1998	22.5%	34.9%
1999	22.1%	34.5%
2000	21.8%	34%
2001	21.4%	33.6%
2002	21.1%	33.1%
2003	21%	32.7%
2004	20.8%	32.2%
2005	20.6%	31.8%
2006	20.4%	31.4%
2007	20.3%	31%
2008	20.5%	30.6%
2009	20.7%	30.3%
2010	21.1%	29.9%
2011	21.4%	29.5%
2012	21.5%	29.2%
2013	21.5%	28.9%
2014	21.4%	28.5%
2015	21.3%	28.2%
2016	21.2%	27.9%
2017	20.9%	27.8%
2018	20.7%	27.9%
2019	20.4%	28%
2020	20.1%	27.8%
2021	19.8%	27.4%
2022	19.5%	26.8%
2023	19%	26.2%
2024	18.6%	25.5%
2025	18.1%	24.9%
2026	17.6%	24.3%
2027	17.2%	23.8%
2028	16.9%	23.2%
2029	16.6%	22.8%
2030	16.3%	22.4%
2031	16%	22%
2032	15.8%	21.7%
2033	15.6%	21.5%
2034	15.4%	21.4%
2035	15.3%	21.4%
2036	15.2%	21.4%
2037	15.1%	21.5%
2038	15.1%	21.5%
2039	15.2%	21.4%
2040	15.2%	21.4%
2041	15.3%	21.3%
2042	15.4%	21.2%
2043	15.4%	21.1%
2044	15.5%	20.9%
2045	15.6%	20.7%
2046	15.6%	20.5%
2047	15.7%	20.3%
2048	15.7%	20%
2049	15.7%	19.8%
2050	15.6%	19.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 18.6% of the population in Ireland and 25.5% in Venezuela in 2024, compared to 27.1% and 38.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Ireland and Venezuela compared.

Natural population change in Ireland vs Venezuela by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.58% in Ireland and +1% in Venezuela. 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	Venezuela
1960	28,286	285,105
1961	25,137	292,109
1962	28,077	299,345
1963	29,667	307,279
1964	31,532	314,397
1965	30,500	321,695
1966	26,866	329,697
1967	29,895	335,813
1968	27,697	340,973
1969	29,326	343,596
1970	30,756	350,709
1971	35,606	355,212
1972	34,316	360,749
1973	34,562	367,612
1974	34,199	375,678
1975	34,128	385,045
1976	33,676	395,344
1977	35,448	405,315
1978	36,288	414,032
1979	38,798	421,256
1980	40,612	425,613
1981	39,364	432,059
1982	38,344	436,564
1983	34,053	443,569
1984	31,791	449,186
1985	29,013	455,517
1986	27,963	468,252
1987	26,904	474,204
1988	22,912	477,569
1989	20,012	478,053
1990	21,787	478,168
1991	21,206	477,917
1992	20,283	474,824
1993	17,166	473,189
1994	17,234	469,178
1995	16,601	469,267
1996	18,915	468,653
1997	21,311	472,002
1998	22,277	469,123
1999	21,402	463,787
2000	23,592	459,802
2001	27,837	451,487
2002	31,062	466,821
2003	32,372	456,902
2004	33,376	455,881
2005	33,279	463,260
2006	36,752	460,152
2007	43,109	452,482
2008	46,691	435,870
2009	47,168	427,257
2010	47,426	425,397
2011	45,801	425,958
2012	42,775	420,758
2013	39,302	408,930
2014	37,728	395,088
2015	35,265	384,560
2016	33,339	359,651
2017	31,379	340,222
2018	29,878	317,302
2019	28,365	274,826
2020	23,687	237,223
2021	26,064	207,746
2022	19,287	216,619
2023	19,638	213,020

Maternal mortality chart: Ireland vs Venezuela

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 227 deaths in Venezuela.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Ireland	Venezuela
1985	11	83
1986	11	81
1987	10	81
1988	11	80
1989	10	80
1990	11	83
1991	10	80
1992	10	82
1993	9	82
1994	9	84
1995	9	84
1996	8	86
1997	8	82
1998	8	82
1999	7	88
2000	8	86
2001	7	101
2002	7	87
2003	6	97
2004	6	94
2005	6	93
2006	6	96
2007	6	92
2008	6	103
2009	6	109
2010	6	110
2011	6	104
2012	6	113
2013	5	123
2014	5	133
2015	5	136
2016	4	162
2017	4	195
2018	5	205
2019	4	202
2020	6	207
2021	6	251
2022	7	219
2023	4	227

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.38% in Ireland and 2.43% in Venezuela. 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	Venezuela
1960	3.53%	7.97%
1961	3.38%	7.72%
1962	3.25%	7.49%
1963	3.13%	7.3%
1964	3.01%	7.14%
1965	2.87%	7%
1966	2.71%	6.87%
1967	2.55%	6.75%
1968	2.41%	6.61%
1969	2.3%	6.47%
1970	2.22%	6.3%
1971	2.17%	6.12%
1972	2.14%	5.94%
1973	2.11%	5.75%
1974	2.06%	5.57%
1975	2%	5.38%
1976	1.91%	5.2%
1977	1.81%	5.01%
1978	1.69%	4.82%
1979	1.56%	4.62%
1980	1.43%	4.42%
1981	1.32%	4.24%
1982	1.23%	4.07%
1983	1.17%	3.91%
1984	1.11%	3.77%
1985	1.07%	3.64%
1986	1.04%	3.5%
1987	1.02%	3.37%
1988	0.99%	3.23%
1989	0.96%	3.09%
1990	0.92%	2.96%
1991	0.87%	2.86%
1992	0.81%	2.78%
1993	0.77%	2.73%
1994	0.74%	2.68%
1995	0.73%	2.63%
1996	0.73%	2.55%
1997	0.73%	2.45%
1998	0.73%	2.34%
1999	0.73%	2.24%
2000	0.72%	2.15%
2001	0.69%	2.09%
2002	0.65%	2.03%
2003	0.6%	1.98%
2004	0.56%	1.91%
2005	0.52%	1.85%
2006	0.49%	1.79%
2007	0.46%	1.74%
2008	0.44%	1.72%
2009	0.43%	1.71%
2010	0.42%	1.72%
2011	0.41%	1.73%
2012	0.4%	1.76%
2013	0.39%	1.79%
2014	0.38%	1.83%
2015	0.37%	1.92%
2016	0.36%	2.43%
2017	0.35%	2.43%
2018	0.34%	2.43%
2019	0.34%	2.43%
2020	0.35%	2.43%
2021	0.36%	2.43%
2022	0.37%	2.43%
2023	0.38%	2.43%