Fertility & birth rates in Italy and Marshall Islands

Fertility rate in Italy vs Marshall Islands chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Italy was 1.2 children per woman in 2023, compared to 2.92 in the Marshall Islands in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Italy vs the Marshall Islands population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Italy	Marshall Islands
1960	2.4	8.08
1961	2.44	8.12
1962	2.46	8.12
1963	2.51	8.12
1964	2.66	8.14
1965	2.6	8.16
1966	2.58	8.2
1967	2.5	8.17
1968	2.46	8.14
1969	2.47	8.11
1970	2.38	8.07
1971	2.4	8.04
1972	2.35	8
1973	2.3	7.95
1974	2.28	7.9
1975	2.17	7.83
1976	2.04	7.76
1977	1.93	7.67
1978	1.84	7.58
1979	1.73	7.47
1980	1.64	7.37
1981	1.58	7.27
1982	1.56	7.18
1983	1.51	7.08
1984	1.46	6.99
1985	1.42	6.87
1986	1.35	6.73
1987	1.33	6.57
1988	1.36	6.38
1989	1.33	6.18
1990	1.33	5.97
1991	1.3	5.76
1992	1.3	5.55
1993	1.25	5.38
1994	1.21	5.23
1995	1.19	5.09
1996	1.2	5.02
1997	1.22	4.96
1998	1.22	4.87
1999	1.23	4.78
2000	1.26	4.7
2001	1.25	4.58
2002	1.27	4.49
2003	1.29	4.42
2004	1.34	4.34
2005	1.33	4.28
2006	1.37	4.2
2007	1.39	4.09
2008	1.44	3.97
2009	1.44	3.83
2010	1.44	3.67
2011	1.42	3.53
2012	1.42	3.38
2013	1.39	3.25
2014	1.38	3.18
2015	1.36	3.13
2016	1.36	3.09
2017	1.34	3.06
2018	1.31	3.04
2019	1.27	3.01
2020	1.24	2.99
2021	1.25	2.96
2022	1.24	2.94
2023	1.2	2.92
2024	1.21	2.86
2025	1.22	2.82
2026	1.22	2.77
2027	1.23	2.73
2028	1.24	2.69
2029	1.24	2.65
2030	1.25	2.6
2031	1.26	2.57
2032	1.26	2.53
2033	1.27	2.5
2034	1.28	2.47
2035	1.28	2.44
2036	1.29	2.41
2037	1.29	2.38
2038	1.3	2.36
2039	1.3	2.34
2040	1.31	2.31
2041	1.31	2.29
2042	1.31	2.26
2043	1.32	2.24
2044	1.32	2.23
2045	1.33	2.21
2046	1.33	2.19
2047	1.34	2.17
2048	1.34	2.15
2049	1.35	2.13
2050	1.35	2.11

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Italy	Marshall Islands
1960	25%	46.1%
1961	25%	46.7%
1962	24.7%	47.1%
1963	24.5%	47.4%
1964	24.5%	47.5%
1965	24.5%	47.5%
1966	24.5%	47.2%
1967	24.6%	46.7%
1968	24.6%	46.1%
1969	24.7%	45.3%
1970	24.7%	45%
1971	24.6%	45.6%
1972	24.6%	46.6%
1973	24.6%	47.3%
1974	24.5%	47.8%
1975	24.3%	48.2%
1976	24.1%	48.5%
1977	23.7%	49%
1978	23.4%	49.4%
1979	22.8%	49.8%
1980	22.3%	50.1%
1981	21.6%	50.3%
1982	21.1%	50.3%
1983	20.5%	50.4%
1984	19.9%	50.4%
1985	19.3%	50.6%
1986	18.7%	50.7%
1987	18.1%	50.8%
1988	17.5%	50.8%
1989	17%	50.6%
1990	16.5%	50.2%
1991	15.8%	49.7%
1992	15.2%	49.1%
1993	15%	48.4%
1994	14.8%	47.5%
1995	14.6%	46.6%
1996	14.5%	45.6%
1997	14.4%	44.7%
1998	14.3%	43.7%
1999	14.3%	42.8%
2000	14.3%	42%
2001	14.2%	41.3%
2002	14.2%	40.6%
2003	14.2%	39.9%
2004	14.2%	39.4%
2005	14.1%	39.1%
2006	14.1%	38.9%
2007	14%	39%
2008	14%	39.2%
2009	14%	39.4%
2010	14%	39.7%
2011	14%	39.7%
2012	14%	39.4%
2013	13.9%	38.8%
2014	13.8%	38.2%
2015	13.7%	37.5%
2016	13.6%	36.8%
2017	13.4%	36.2%
2018	13.2%	35.7%
2019	13%	35.1%
2020	12.8%	34.5%
2021	12.6%	34.4%
2022	12.4%	34.6%
2023	12.1%	34.7%
2024	11.9%	34.5%
2025	11.7%	33.9%
2026	11.4%	33.2%
2027	11.2%	32.6%
2028	11%	32%
2029	10.9%	31.4%
2030	10.7%	30.9%
2031	10.6%	30.3%
2032	10.5%	29.7%
2033	10.4%	29.2%
2034	10.3%	28.6%
2035	10.3%	28.1%
2036	10.3%	27.6%
2037	10.3%	27.3%
2038	10.3%	27.3%
2039	10.4%	27.4%
2040	10.4%	27.7%
2041	10.5%	28%
2042	10.5%	28.3%
2043	10.6%	28.6%
2044	10.7%	28.8%
2045	10.7%	29%
2046	10.8%	29.1%
2047	10.8%	29.1%
2048	10.9%	29%
2049	10.9%	28.8%
2050	10.9%	28.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 11.9% of the population in Italy and 34.5% in the Marshall Islands in 2024, compared to 16.5% and 50.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Italy and the Marshall Islands compared.

Natural population change in Italy vs Marshall Islands by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.38% in Italy and +1.69% in the Marshall Islands. 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
	Italy	Marshall Islands
1960	426,697	452
1961	459,880	469
1962	427,387	488
1963	440,767	509
1964	527,089	536
1965	474,222	566
1966	488,427	603
1967	439,074	636
1968	399,268	685
1969	390,827	747
1970	376,753	819
1971	383,922	877
1972	364,355	913
1973	328,508	954
1974	336,176	1,000
1975	271,660	1,055
1976	228,445	1,109
1977	190,248	1,160
1978	168,465	1,207
1979	129,531	1,250
1980	84,650	1,287
1981	73,452	1,328
1982	79,161	1,375
1983	33,939	1,422
1984	50,919	1,470
1985	28,297	1,511
1986	11,319	1,544
1987	16,980	1,566
1988	33,977	1,575
1989	28,336	1,574
1990	22,688	1,556
1991	11,352	1,540
1992	22,718	1,525
1993	0	1,524
1994	-17,053	1,524
1995	-34,107	1,522
1996	-22,744	1,542
1997	-22,756	1,564
1998	-39,835	1,576
1999	-22,766	1,590
2000	-17,082	1,592
2001	-11,396	1,596
2002	-22,836	1,594
2003	-40,179	1,600
2004	11,566	1,595
2005	-17,450	1,586
2006	0	1,556
2007	-5,876	1,507
2008	-11,842	1,443
2009	-17,866	1,365
2010	-23,928	1,273
2011	-48,021	1,185
2012	-78,248	1,097
2013	-90,468	1,014
2014	-96,513	959
2015	-162,620	912
2016	-138,265	866
2017	-192,007	826
2018	-192,475	785
2019	-215,025	746
2020	-338,801	689
2021	-301,579	653
2022	-318,674	606
2023	-283,168	550

Maternal mortality chart: Italy vs Marshall Islands

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 6 deaths per 100,000 live births in Italy, compared to 155 deaths in the Marshall Islands.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Italy	Marshall Islands
1985	22	254
1986	22	274
1987	21	282
1988	20	276
1989	19	299
1990	18	311
1991	18	297
1992	17	322
1993	16	320
1994	15	303
1995	15	303
1996	14	292
1997	13	274
1998	12	259
1999	11	250
2000	11	251
2001	10	231
2002	10	223
2003	8	221
2004	8	238
2005	8	234
2006	7	233
2007	7	229
2008	7	226
2009	8	224
2010	8	212
2011	8	209
2012	8	207
2013	8	201
2014	8	199
2015	8	184
2016	8	183
2017	8	179
2018	7	167
2019	7	168
2020	8	178
2021	7	206
2022	10	174
2023	6	155

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.28% in Italy and 2.82% in the Marshall Islands. 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
	Italy	Marshall Islands
1960	5.19%	12.2%
1961	4.98%	11.6%
1962	4.76%	11%
1963	4.53%	10.5%
1964	4.31%	10.1%
1965	4.11%	9.64%
1966	3.93%	9.25%
1967	3.78%	8.88%
1968	3.64%	8.53%
1969	3.51%	8.19%
1970	3.36%	7.87%
1971	3.18%	7.58%
1972	2.98%	7.33%
1973	2.76%	7.13%
1974	2.53%	6.97%
1975	2.31%	6.86%
1976	2.11%	6.77%
1977	1.95%	6.69%
1978	1.82%	6.61%
1979	1.7%	6.52%
1980	1.61%	6.42%
1981	1.52%	6.29%
1982	1.43%	6.15%
1983	1.35%	6%
1984	1.27%	5.83%
1985	1.2%	5.66%
1986	1.14%	5.49%
1987	1.08%	5.31%
1988	1.04%	5.13%
1989	1%	4.95%
1990	0.97%	4.76%
1991	0.93%	4.59%
1992	0.89%	4.43%
1993	0.85%	4.29%
1994	0.8%	4.2%
1995	0.75%	4.15%
1996	0.7%	4.14%
1997	0.66%	4.15%
1998	0.62%	4.19%
1999	0.59%	4.23%
2000	0.56%	4.25%
2001	0.53%	4.25%
2002	0.51%	4.24%
2003	0.48%	4.21%
2004	0.46%	4.18%
2005	0.45%	4.14%
2006	0.43%	4.1%
2007	0.42%	4.06%
2008	0.41%	4.02%
2009	0.41%	3.97%
2010	0.4%	3.94%
2011	0.39%	3.89%
2012	0.38%	3.82%
2013	0.37%	3.75%
2014	0.36%	3.66%
2015	0.35%	3.57%
2016	0.34%	3.48%
2017	0.33%	3.38%
2018	0.32%	3.29%
2019	0.31%	3.19%
2020	0.3%	3.1%
2021	0.29%	3%
2022	0.28%	2.91%
2023	0.28%	2.82%