Fertility & birth rates in Ivory Coast and Lesotho

Fertility rate in Ivory Coast vs Lesotho 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 2.69 in Lesotho in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Ivory Coast vs Lesotho 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	Lesotho
1960	7.69	5.78
1961	7.72	5.79
1962	7.75	5.79
1963	7.78	5.78
1964	7.81	5.77
1965	7.84	5.77
1966	7.87	5.76
1967	7.89	5.75
1968	7.91	5.73
1969	7.93	5.7
1970	7.94	5.7
1971	7.94	5.7
1972	7.94	5.69
1973	7.94	5.69
1974	7.93	5.75
1975	7.91	5.83
1976	7.88	5.87
1977	7.83	5.85
1978	7.67	5.82
1979	7.63	5.79
1980	7.59	5.75
1981	7.54	5.69
1982	7.49	5.63
1983	7.42	5.56
1984	7.35	5.48
1985	7.27	5.4
1986	7.19	5.32
1987	7.09	5.22
1988	6.97	5.1
1989	6.85	4.96
1990	6.72	4.81
1991	6.59	4.68
1992	6.43	4.54
1993	6.27	4.37
1994	6.13	4.21
1995	6.04	4.13
1996	5.95	4.06
1997	5.9	3.98
1998	5.85	3.82
1999	5.81	3.67
2000	5.77	3.61
2001	5.7	3.63
2002	5.64	3.68
2003	5.57	3.62
2004	5.53	3.51
2005	5.5	3.43
2006	5.45	3.41
2007	5.4	3.44
2008	5.36	3.39
2009	5.33	3.31
2010	5.29	3.25
2011	5.24	3.34
2012	5.19	3.3
2013	5.14	3.28
2014	5.07	3.24
2015	4.97	3.22
2016	4.87	3.18
2017	4.76	3.11
2018	4.6	3.02
2019	4.52	2.92
2020	4.46	2.85
2021	4.41	2.77
2022	4.35	2.72
2023	4.28	2.69
2024	4.23	2.66
2025	4.17	2.64
2026	4.1	2.61
2027	4.05	2.58
2028	3.99	2.55
2029	3.93	2.53
2030	3.88	2.5
2031	3.83	2.47
2032	3.78	2.45
2033	3.75	2.43
2034	3.69	2.41
2035	3.64	2.38
2036	3.6	2.37
2037	3.56	2.34
2038	3.51	2.32
2039	3.47	2.3
2040	3.43	2.29
2041	3.39	2.27
2042	3.35	2.25
2043	3.31	2.24
2044	3.27	2.22
2045	3.23	2.21
2046	3.2	2.19
2047	3.17	2.18
2048	3.13	2.17
2049	3.1	2.16
2050	3.07	2.14

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Ivory Coast	Lesotho
1960	43.1%	45.1%
1961	43.2%	45.2%
1962	43.4%	45.3%
1963	43.6%	45.2%
1964	43.9%	44.9%
1965	44.1%	44.8%
1966	44.3%	44.9%
1967	44.6%	44.8%
1968	44.8%	44.4%
1969	44.9%	44%
1970	45.1%	43.6%
1971	45.1%	43.1%
1972	45.2%	42.7%
1973	45.2%	42.3%
1974	45.3%	41.9%
1975	45.4%	41.6%
1976	45.7%	41.4%
1977	46.1%	41.5%
1978	46.5%	41.7%
1979	46.8%	41.9%
1980	47.1%	42.1%
1981	47.3%	42.3%
1982	47.5%	42.5%
1983	47.7%	42.7%
1984	47.8%	42.8%
1985	47.9%	43%
1986	48%	42.7%
1987	48.1%	42.5%
1988	48%	42.7%
1989	47.9%	42.8%
1990	47.8%	42.9%
1991	47.6%	42.9%
1992	47.4%	42.8%
1993	47.1%	42.6%
1994	46.9%	42.3%
1995	46.7%	42%
1996	46.4%	41.7%
1997	46.2%	41.2%
1998	46.1%	40.7%
1999	46%	40.2%
2000	46%	39.6%
2001	46.1%	39.1%
2002	46.2%	38.6%
2003	46.2%	38.1%
2004	46.3%	37.7%
2005	46.3%	37.4%
2006	46.3%	37.1%
2007	46.4%	36.8%
2008	45.8%	36.7%
2009	44.9%	36.6%
2010	44%	36.5%
2011	43.3%	36.5%
2012	42.7%	36.5%
2013	42.2%	36.5%
2014	42%	36.6%
2015	42.2%	36.6%
2016	42.3%	36.6%
2017	42.4%	36.5%
2018	42.4%	36.3%
2019	42.3%	36.1%
2020	42.2%	35.8%
2021	42%	35.6%
2022	41.7%	35.3%
2023	41.3%	34.9%
2024	40.9%	34.5%
2025	40.5%	34.1%
2026	40%	33.6%
2027	39.7%	33.1%
2028	39.3%	32.6%
2029	38.8%	32%
2030	38.3%	31.5%
2031	37.8%	31%
2032	37.3%	30.5%
2033	37%	30.1%
2034	36.7%	29.7%
2035	36.4%	29.3%
2036	36.2%	29%
2037	35.9%	28.8%
2038	35.7%	28.5%
2039	35.6%	28.3%
2040	35.4%	28.1%
2041	35.3%	27.8%
2042	35.1%	27.6%
2043	35%	27.4%
2044	34.8%	27.1%
2045	34.7%	26.9%
2046	34.5%	26.7%
2047	34.4%	26.4%
2048	34.2%	26.2%
2049	34%	25.9%
2050	33.7%	25.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 40.9% of the population in Ivory Coast and 34.5% in Lesotho in 2024, compared to 47.8% and 42.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Ivory Coast and Lesotho compared.

Natural population change in Ivory Coast vs Lesotho by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.65% in Ivory Coast and +1.44% in Lesotho. 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	Lesotho
1960	99,681	19,981
1961	105,568	20,581
1962	111,930	21,132
1963	118,526	21,585
1964	124,996	22,116
1965	131,601	22,755
1966	138,438	23,326
1967	145,773	23,911
1968	153,464	24,490
1969	161,541	25,137
1970	170,070	25,935
1971	179,918	26,838
1972	190,842	27,841
1973	203,429	28,859
1974	216,389	30,444
1975	228,883	32,311
1976	241,939	34,117
1977	250,858	35,654
1978	257,222	37,084
1979	268,875	38,440
1980	280,630	39,617
1981	292,755	40,808
1982	305,204	41,941
1983	317,379	42,899
1984	331,910	43,785
1985	344,549	44,575
1986	357,205	45,232
1987	370,654	47,718
1988	378,575	47,158
1989	390,081	46,264
1990	402,629	45,060
1991	413,354	44,026
1992	423,294	42,579
1993	430,759	40,505
1994	438,274	38,629
1995	453,719	37,370
1996	469,740	36,228
1997	489,984	34,637
1998	509,167	30,889
1999	527,634	27,393
2000	545,129	24,786
2001	555,220	23,190
2002	563,692	22,274
2003	568,220	20,133
2004	579,424	17,271
2005	593,685	15,831
2006	605,001	15,234
2007	617,247	17,763
2008	630,610	19,349
2009	654,439	20,335
2010	676,554	21,877
2011	694,033	25,647
2012	708,847	27,592
2013	720,228	29,789
2014	728,978	30,922
2015	731,387	32,087
2016	735,630	33,390
2017	734,553	33,601
2018	722,445	33,112
2019	727,774	32,279
2020	727,455	30,721
2021	732,191	27,806
2022	750,270	30,803
2023	758,261	31,115

Maternal mortality chart: Ivory Coast vs Lesotho

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 478 deaths in Lesotho.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Ivory Coast	Lesotho
1985	766	711
1986	735	680
1987	697	686
1988	671	680
1989	645	680
1990	619	665
1991	584	641
1992	546	601
1993	503	542
1994	463	423
1995	421	357
1996	381	319
1997	364	312
1998	380	332
1999	381	371
2000	378	413
2001	405	465
2002	427	484
2003	451	508
2004	456	499
2005	492	549
2006	544	696
2007	567	891
2008	562	1,205
2009	588	1,387
2010	592	1,311
2011	569	1,210
2012	566	1,000
2013	544	855
2014	522	707
2015	505	594
2016	488	518
2017	465	468
2018	449	491
2019	429	467
2020	447	529
2021	459	577
2022	409	477
2023	359	478

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 6.71% in Ivory Coast and 5.89% in Lesotho. 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	Lesotho
1960	32.1%	18.6%
1961	31.3%	18.5%
1962	30.5%	18.5%
1963	29.7%	18.6%
1964	28.9%	18.6%
1965	28.2%	18.7%
1966	27.4%	18.6%
1967	26.7%	18.5%
1968	26%	18.3%
1969	25.2%	18%
1970	24.5%	17.7%
1971	23.7%	17.3%
1972	22.9%	16.9%
1973	22.1%	16.5%
1974	21.2%	16%
1975	20.3%	15.5%
1976	19.5%	14.9%
1977	18.7%	14.2%
1978	18%	13.6%
1979	17.4%	12.9%
1980	16.9%	12.3%
1981	16.4%	11.7%
1982	16.1%	11.1%
1983	15.8%	10.6%
1984	15.5%	10.1%
1985	15.4%	9.72%
1986	15.3%	9.36%
1987	15.2%	9.06%
1988	15.2%	8.8%
1989	15.3%	8.6%
1990	15.3%	8.47%
1991	15.4%	8.43%
1992	15.4%	8.51%
1993	15.4%	8.73%
1994	15.3%	9.07%
1995	15.2%	9.45%
1996	15.1%	9.83%
1997	14.9%	10.2%
1998	14.6%	10.5%
1999	14.4%	10.7%
2000	14.1%	10.9%
2001	13.7%	11.1%
2002	13.3%	11.2%
2003	13%	11.4%
2004	12.6%	11.5%
2005	12.2%	11.6%
2006	11.8%	11.5%
2007	11.4%	11.2%
2008	11%	10.9%
2009	10.6%	9.64%
2010	10.2%	9.01%
2011	9.91%	8.59%
2012	9.6%	8.26%
2013	9.27%	8.02%
2014	8.92%	7.82%
2015	8.61%	7.51%
2016	8.36%	7.18%
2017	8.11%	7.12%
2018	7.85%	6.91%
2019	7.59%	6.87%
2020	7.37%	6.68%
2021	7.14%	6.44%
2022	6.92%	6.15%
2023	6.71%	5.89%