Fertility & birth rates in Ivory Coast and Japan

Fertility rate in Ivory Coast vs Japan chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Ivory Coast was 4.28 children per woman in 2023, compared to 1.2 in Japan in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Ivory Coast vs Japan population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Ivory Coast	Japan
1960	7.69	2
1961	7.72	1.96
1962	7.75	1.98
1963	7.78	2
1964	7.81	2.05
1965	7.84	2.14
1966	7.87	1.58
1967	7.89	2.23
1968	7.91	2.13
1969	7.93	2.13
1970	7.94	2.13
1971	7.94	2.16
1972	7.94	2.14
1973	7.94	2.14
1974	7.93	2.05
1975	7.91	1.91
1976	7.88	1.85
1977	7.83	1.8
1978	7.67	1.79
1979	7.63	1.77
1980	7.59	1.75
1981	7.54	1.74
1982	7.49	1.77
1983	7.42	1.8
1984	7.35	1.81
1985	7.27	1.76
1986	7.19	1.72
1987	7.09	1.69
1988	6.97	1.66
1989	6.85	1.57
1990	6.72	1.54
1991	6.59	1.53
1992	6.43	1.5
1993	6.27	1.46
1994	6.13	1.5
1995	6.04	1.42
1996	5.95	1.43
1997	5.9	1.39
1998	5.85	1.38
1999	5.81	1.34
2000	5.77	1.36
2001	5.7	1.33
2002	5.64	1.32
2003	5.57	1.29
2004	5.53	1.29
2005	5.5	1.26
2006	5.45	1.32
2007	5.4	1.34
2008	5.36	1.37
2009	5.33	1.37
2010	5.29	1.39
2011	5.24	1.39
2012	5.19	1.41
2013	5.14	1.43
2014	5.07	1.42
2015	4.97	1.45
2016	4.87	1.44
2017	4.76	1.43
2018	4.6	1.42
2019	4.52	1.36
2020	4.46	1.33
2021	4.41	1.3
2022	4.35	1.26
2023	4.28	1.2
2024	4.23	1.21
2025	4.17	1.22
2026	4.1	1.22
2027	4.05	1.23
2028	3.99	1.24
2029	3.93	1.25
2030	3.88	1.25
2031	3.83	1.26
2032	3.78	1.26
2033	3.75	1.27
2034	3.69	1.28
2035	3.64	1.28
2036	3.6	1.29
2037	3.56	1.29
2038	3.51	1.3
2039	3.47	1.3
2040	3.43	1.3
2041	3.39	1.31
2042	3.35	1.31
2043	3.31	1.31
2044	3.27	1.32
2045	3.23	1.32
2046	3.2	1.33
2047	3.17	1.33
2048	3.13	1.33
2049	3.1	1.34
2050	3.07	1.34

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Ivory Coast	Japan
1960	43.1%	29.8%
1961	43.2%	29.1%
1962	43.4%	28%
1963	43.6%	26.8%
1964	43.9%	25.8%
1965	44.1%	25.1%
1966	44.3%	24.4%
1967	44.6%	23.8%
1968	44.8%	23.5%
1969	44.9%	23.4%
1970	45.1%	23.3%
1971	45.1%	23.3%
1972	45.2%	23.4%
1973	45.2%	23.6%
1974	45.3%	23.8%
1975	45.4%	23.8%
1976	45.7%	23.9%
1977	46.1%	23.9%
1978	46.5%	23.8%
1979	46.8%	23.7%
1980	47.1%	23.4%
1981	47.3%	23.3%
1982	47.5%	23.1%
1983	47.7%	22.6%
1984	47.8%	22.2%
1985	47.9%	21.7%
1986	48%	21%
1987	48.1%	20.3%
1988	48%	19.5%
1989	47.9%	18.8%
1990	47.8%	18%
1991	47.6%	17.4%
1992	47.4%	16.9%
1993	47.1%	16.4%
1994	46.9%	16%
1995	46.7%	15.6%
1996	46.4%	15.3%
1997	46.2%	15.1%
1998	46.1%	14.8%
1999	46%	14.6%
2000	46%	14.4%
2001	46.1%	14.2%
2002	46.2%	14.1%
2003	46.2%	13.9%
2004	46.3%	13.8%
2005	46.3%	13.8%
2006	46.3%	13.7%
2007	46.4%	13.6%
2008	45.8%	13.5%
2009	44.9%	13.5%
2010	44%	13.4%
2011	43.3%	13.3%
2012	42.7%	13.2%
2013	42.2%	13.1%
2014	42%	13%
2015	42.2%	12.8%
2016	42.3%	12.7%
2017	42.4%	12.6%
2018	42.4%	12.5%
2019	42.3%	12.4%
2020	42.2%	12.2%
2021	42%	12%
2022	41.7%	11.9%
2023	41.3%	11.6%
2024	40.9%	11.4%
2025	40.5%	11.2%
2026	40%	11%
2027	39.7%	10.9%
2028	39.3%	10.7%
2029	38.8%	10.5%
2030	38.3%	10.4%
2031	37.8%	10.3%
2032	37.3%	10.2%
2033	37%	10.1%
2034	36.7%	10.1%
2035	36.4%	10.1%
2036	36.2%	10.1%
2037	35.9%	10.1%
2038	35.7%	10.2%
2039	35.6%	10.3%
2040	35.4%	10.4%
2041	35.3%	10.5%
2042	35.1%	10.6%
2043	35%	10.7%
2044	34.8%	10.8%
2045	34.7%	10.9%
2046	34.5%	11%
2047	34.4%	11.1%
2048	34.2%	11.2%
2049	34%	11.2%
2050	33.7%	11.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 40.9% of the population in Ivory Coast and 11.4% in Japan in 2024, compared to 47.8% and 18% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Ivory Coast and Japan compared.

Natural population change in Ivory Coast vs Japan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.65% in Ivory Coast and -0.41% in Japan. 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
	Ivory Coast	Japan
1960	99,681	894,874
1961	105,568	893,522
1962	111,930	901,864
1963	118,526	987,770
1964	124,996	1,046,553
1965	131,601	1,126,448
1966	138,438	682,072
1967	145,773	1,258,475
1968	153,464	1,191,930
1969	161,541	1,195,962
1970	170,070	1,230,496
1971	179,918	1,331,782
1972	190,842	1,372,006
1973	203,429	1,391,449
1974	216,389	1,332,960
1975	228,883	1,204,989
1976	241,939	1,127,750
1977	250,858	1,070,397
1978	257,222	1,011,234
1979	268,875	950,298
1980	280,630	864,372
1981	292,755	811,861
1982	305,204	805,664
1983	317,379	775,495
1984	331,910	756,523
1985	344,549	676,687
1986	357,205	631,706
1987	370,654	598,138
1988	378,575	527,085
1989	390,081	467,662
1990	402,629	407,478
1991	413,354	396,685
1992	423,294	360,833
1993	430,759	312,073
1994	438,274	363,017
1995	453,719	276,039
1996	469,740	314,392
1997	489,984	277,325
1998	509,167	265,440
1999	527,634	202,610
2000	545,129	228,317
2001	555,220	203,438
2002	563,692	178,423
2003	568,220	114,946
2004	579,424	76,656
2005	593,685	-25,554
2006	605,001	12,785
2007	617,247	-25,600
2008	630,610	-51,225
2009	654,439	-76,828
2010	676,554	-128,070
2011	694,033	-204,533
2012	708,847	-229,733
2013	720,228	-242,146
2014	728,978	-267,279
2015	731,387	-292,424
2016	735,630	-343,106
2017	734,553	-406,310
2018	722,445	-456,520
2019	727,774	-531,858
2020	727,455	-542,923
2021	732,191	-640,976
2022	750,270	-825,825
2023	758,261	-871,617

Maternal mortality chart: Ivory Coast vs Japan

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 359 deaths per 100,000 live births in Ivory Coast, compared to 3 deaths in Japan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Ivory Coast	Japan
1985	766	19
1986	735	18
1987	697	17
1988	671	16
1989	645	15
1990	619	14
1991	584	13
1992	546	13
1993	503	12
1994	463	11
1995	421	11
1996	381	11
1997	364	10
1998	380	10
1999	381	9
2000	378	9
2001	405	8
2002	427	8
2003	451	8
2004	456	7
2005	492	7
2006	544	7
2007	567	6
2008	562	6
2009	588	6
2010	592	6
2011	569	6
2012	566	6
2013	544	5
2014	522	5
2015	505	5
2016	488	5
2017	465	5
2018	449	5
2019	429	5
2020	447	4
2021	459	4
2022	409	5
2023	359	3

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 6.71% in Ivory Coast and 0.24% in Japan. 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
	Ivory Coast	Japan
1960	32.1%	3.97%
1961	31.3%	3.62%
1962	30.5%	3.29%
1963	29.7%	2.98%
1964	28.9%	2.7%
1965	28.2%	2.46%
1966	27.4%	2.26%
1967	26.7%	2.1%
1968	26%	1.96%
1969	25.2%	1.85%
1970	24.5%	1.75%
1971	23.7%	1.65%
1972	22.9%	1.57%
1973	22.1%	1.49%
1974	21.2%	1.41%
1975	20.3%	1.33%
1976	19.5%	1.25%
1977	18.7%	1.18%
1978	18%	1.11%
1979	17.4%	1.05%
1980	16.9%	0.99%
1981	16.4%	0.93%
1982	16.1%	0.88%
1983	15.8%	0.83%
1984	15.5%	0.79%
1985	15.4%	0.75%
1986	15.3%	0.71%
1987	15.2%	0.68%
1988	15.2%	0.66%
1989	15.3%	0.64%
1990	15.3%	0.63%
1991	15.4%	0.62%
1992	15.4%	0.61%
1993	15.4%	0.6%
1994	15.3%	0.59%
1995	15.2%	0.57%
1996	15.1%	0.55%
1997	14.9%	0.52%
1998	14.6%	0.5%
1999	14.4%	0.47%
2000	14.1%	0.45%
2001	13.7%	0.43%
2002	13.3%	0.41%
2003	13%	0.4%
2004	12.6%	0.39%
2005	12.2%	0.37%
2006	11.8%	0.36%
2007	11.4%	0.35%
2008	11%	0.34%
2009	10.6%	0.34%
2010	10.2%	0.33%
2011	9.91%	0.33%
2012	9.6%	0.31%
2013	9.27%	0.3%
2014	8.92%	0.29%
2015	8.61%	0.28%
2016	8.36%	0.27%
2017	8.11%	0.26%
2018	7.85%	0.25%
2019	7.59%	0.25%
2020	7.37%	0.24%
2021	7.14%	0.24%
2022	6.92%	0.24%
2023	6.71%	0.24%