Fertility & birth rates in Israel and Montenegro

Fertility rate in Israel vs Montenegro chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Israel was 2.85 children per woman in 2023, compared to 1.74 in Montenegro in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Israel vs Montenegro population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Israel	Montenegro
1960	3.87	3.53
1961	3.86	3.49
1962	3.85	3.44
1963	3.84	3.38
1964	3.83	3.28
1965	3.81	3.19
1966	3.8	3.09
1967	3.79	2.91
1968	3.79	2.8
1969	3.78	2.79
1970	3.78	2.69
1971	3.77	2.67
1972	3.77	2.61
1973	3.7	2.51
1974	3.63	2.43
1975	3.55	2.38
1976	3.48	2.35
1977	3.41	2.31
1978	3.35	2.25
1979	3.3	2.2
1980	3.24	2.22
1981	3.19	2.19
1982	3.13	2.19
1983	3.11	2.17
1984	3.08	2.14
1985	3.06	2.13
1986	3.03	2.09
1987	3.01	2.07
1988	2.95	2.01
1989	2.89	1.94
1990	2.82	1.95
1991	2.76	2.02
1992	2.7	2.01
1993	2.8	1.96
1994	2.9	1.94
1995	2.9	1.96
1996	2.9	1.92
1997	2.94	1.89
1998	2.98	1.89
1999	2.97	1.88
2000	2.95	1.9
2001	2.92	1.86
2002	2.89	1.81
2003	2.95	1.8
2004	2.9	1.73
2005	2.84	1.69
2006	2.88	1.73
2007	2.9	1.8
2008	2.96	1.89
2009	2.96	1.98
2010	3.03	1.7
2011	2.98	1.65
2012	3.05	1.72
2013	3.03	1.73
2014	3.08	1.75
2015	3.09	1.7
2016	3.11	1.8
2017	3.11	1.8
2018	3.09	1.8
2019	3.01	1.8
2020	2.9	1.75
2021	3	1.75
2022	2.89	1.8
2023	2.85	1.74
2024	2.8	1.74
2025	2.77	1.73
2026	2.75	1.73
2027	2.72	1.73
2028	2.7	1.73
2029	2.67	1.72
2030	2.66	1.72
2031	2.64	1.72
2032	2.63	1.71
2033	2.6	1.71
2034	2.58	1.71
2035	2.56	1.7
2036	2.55	1.7
2037	2.53	1.7
2038	2.51	1.69
2039	2.49	1.69
2040	2.47	1.69
2041	2.46	1.69
2042	2.44	1.68
2043	2.42	1.68
2044	2.41	1.68
2045	2.39	1.68
2046	2.38	1.68
2047	2.36	1.67
2048	2.35	1.67
2049	2.34	1.67
2050	2.33	1.67

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Israel	Montenegro
1960	35.2%	36.1%
1961	34.9%	36.3%
1962	34.8%	36.4%
1963	34.9%	36.2%
1964	34.8%	35.9%
1965	34.6%	35.5%
1966	34.4%	35.1%
1967	34.1%	34.5%
1968	33.8%	33.9%
1969	33.5%	33.3%
1970	33.2%	32.6%
1971	32.9%	32%
1972	32.7%	31.4%
1973	32.6%	30.9%
1974	32.7%	30.4%
1975	32.7%	29.9%
1976	32.8%	29.5%
1977	32.9%	29%
1978	33%	28.5%
1979	33%	28.1%
1980	32.9%	27.8%
1981	32.8%	27.5%
1982	32.7%	27.1%
1983	32.7%	26.9%
1984	32.6%	26.6%
1985	32.5%	26.4%
1986	32.3%	26.2%
1987	32.1%	26%
1988	31.9%	25.9%
1989	31.7%	25.7%
1990	31.3%	25.6%
1991	30.7%	25.4%
1992	30.3%	25.1%
1993	30%	24.7%
1994	29.8%	24.4%
1995	29.6%	24%
1996	29.3%	23.6%
1997	29%	23.2%
1998	28.8%	22.8%
1999	28.5%	22.4%
2000	28.3%	21.9%
2001	28.1%	21.5%
2002	28%	21.2%
2003	27.9%	20.9%
2004	27.9%	20.6%
2005	27.9%	20.4%
2006	27.8%	20.1%
2007	27.8%	19.9%
2008	27.8%	19.6%
2009	27.9%	19.4%
2010	28%	19.2%
2011	28.1%	19%
2012	28.1%	18.8%
2013	28.2%	18.7%
2014	28.2%	18.6%
2015	28.2%	18.6%
2016	28.3%	18.6%
2017	28.2%	18.5%
2018	28.2%	18.4%
2019	28.1%	18.4%
2020	28%	18.4%
2021	27.9%	18.5%
2022	27.8%	18.5%
2023	27.6%	18.3%
2024	27.4%	18.1%
2025	27.2%	17.9%
2026	26.9%	17.7%
2027	26.6%	17.5%
2028	26.4%	17.2%
2029	26.1%	17%
2030	25.8%	16.8%
2031	25.5%	16.6%
2032	25.2%	16.3%
2033	25%	16.2%
2034	24.7%	16%
2035	24.6%	15.8%
2036	24.4%	15.7%
2037	24.2%	15.5%
2038	24.1%	15.4%
2039	24%	15.3%
2040	24%	15.2%
2041	23.9%	15.1%
2042	23.9%	15.1%
2043	23.8%	15%
2044	23.8%	15%
2045	23.8%	15%
2046	23.8%	14.9%
2047	23.7%	14.9%
2048	23.7%	14.9%
2049	23.6%	14.9%
2050	23.5%	14.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 27.4% of the population in Israel and 18.1% in Montenegro in 2024, compared to 31.3% and 25.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Israel and Montenegro compared.

Natural population change in Israel vs Montenegro by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.5% in Israel and +0.07% in Montenegro. 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
	Israel	Montenegro
1960	44,818	9,144
1961	42,170	9,278
1962	43,337	9,402
1963	44,964	9,449
1964	48,015	9,227
1965	49,979	9,010
1966	50,477	8,661
1967	47,488	7,961
1968	51,014	7,497
1969	53,800	7,449
1970	56,506	7,069
1971	64,449	7,168
1972	62,960	7,252
1973	65,560	7,096
1974	68,891	6,919
1975	70,828	6,878
1976	74,899	6,845
1977	70,092	6,650
1978	67,158	6,408
1979	68,148	6,139
1980	68,253	6,383
1981	67,647	6,275
1982	68,931	6,419
1983	70,196	6,482
1984	70,703	6,337
1985	71,538	6,283
1986	70,073	6,097
1987	69,904	5,958
1988	71,072	5,529
1989	68,674	5,129
1990	71,764	5,010
1991	73,740	5,191
1992	77,357	5,015
1993	77,337	4,638
1994	79,365	4,381
1995	82,066	4,527
1996	86,518	4,155
1997	88,707	3,597
1998	93,744	3,889
1999	94,325	3,454
2000	98,737	3,751
2001	99,160	3,462
2002	101,178	2,988
2003	106,366	2,632
2004	106,901	2,146
2005	105,338	1,536
2006	109,332	1,599
2007	111,292	1,848
2008	117,672	2,530
2009	122,015	2,783
2010	126,552	1,797
2011	125,030	1,365
2012	128,941	1,554
2013	129,758	1,557
2014	133,916	1,560
2015	134,082	1,062
2016	136,736	1,125
2017	138,541	939
2018	140,348	752
2019	135,810	627
2020	128,089	-188
2021	134,011	-2,062
2022	129,982	0
2023	131,977	686

Maternal mortality chart: Israel vs Montenegro

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 2 deaths per 100,000 live births in Israel, compared to 6 deaths in Montenegro.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Israel	Montenegro
1985	36	11
1986	36	11
1987	30	10
1988	31	10
1989	30	10
1990	29	10
1991	28	11
1992	27	11
1993	25	11
1994	24	11
1995	22	11
1996	20	12
1997	17	12
1998	14	12
1999	11	12
2000	9	11
2001	7	11
2002	7	10
2003	5	10
2004	5	9
2005	4	8
2006	4	8
2007	4	8
2008	4	8
2009	4	8
2010	3	7
2011	3	7
2012	3	7
2013	3	7
2014	3	7
2015	3	7
2016	3	6
2017	3	7
2018	3	7
2019	3	6
2020	3	15
2021	3	15
2022	3	13
2023	2	6

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.34% in Israel and 0.26% in Montenegro. 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
	Israel	Montenegro
1960	4.71%	-
1961	4.48%	-
1962	4.26%	-
1963	4.06%	-
1964	3.86%	-
1965	3.68%	-
1966	3.52%	-
1967	3.36%	-
1968	3.23%	-
1969	3.11%	-
1970	3.01%	-
1971	2.91%	-
1972	2.82%	-
1973	2.72%	-
1974	2.61%	-
1975	2.48%	-
1976	2.33%	-
1977	2.19%	-
1978	2.05%	-
1979	1.93%	-
1980	1.82%	-
1981	1.74%	-
1982	1.66%	-
1983	1.59%	-
1984	1.51%	2.72%
1985	1.44%	2.48%
1986	1.37%	2.25%
1987	1.31%	2.05%
1988	1.26%	1.89%
1989	1.21%	1.75%
1990	1.15%	1.65%
1991	1.1%	1.58%
1992	1.04%	1.54%
1993	0.98%	1.52%
1994	0.92%	1.51%
1995	0.87%	1.51%
1996	0.82%	1.51%
1997	0.78%	1.51%
1998	0.75%	1.49%
1999	0.72%	1.46%
2000	0.69%	1.42%
2001	0.66%	1.37%
2002	0.63%	1.3%
2003	0.61%	1.22%
2004	0.58%	1.14%
2005	0.56%	1.06%
2006	0.53%	0.97%
2007	0.51%	0.89%
2008	0.49%	0.8%
2009	0.47%	0.73%
2010	0.46%	0.66%
2011	0.44%	0.59%
2012	0.43%	0.54%
2013	0.41%	0.49%
2014	0.4%	0.45%
2015	0.39%	0.41%
2016	0.38%	0.38%
2017	0.37%	0.36%
2018	0.37%	0.33%
2019	0.36%	0.32%
2020	0.35%	0.3%
2021	0.35%	0.28%
2022	0.34%	0.27%
2023	0.34%	0.26%