Fertility & birth rates in Ivory Coast and Mali

Fertility rate in Ivory Coast vs Mali 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 5.61 in Mali in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Ivory Coast vs Mali 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	Mali
1960	7.69	7.02
1961	7.72	7.03
1962	7.75	7.04
1963	7.78	7.05
1964	7.81	7.06
1965	7.84	7.08
1966	7.87	7.11
1967	7.89	7.14
1968	7.91	7.16
1969	7.93	7.18
1970	7.94	7.18
1971	7.94	7.2
1972	7.94	7.22
1973	7.94	7.22
1974	7.93	7.23
1975	7.91	7.25
1976	7.88	7.27
1977	7.83	7.3
1978	7.67	7.32
1979	7.63	7.35
1980	7.59	7.37
1981	7.54	7.37
1982	7.49	7.32
1983	7.42	7.28
1984	7.35	7.26
1985	7.27	7.26
1986	7.19	7.31
1987	7.09	7.31
1988	6.97	7.32
1989	6.85	7.33
1990	6.72	7.31
1991	6.59	7.28
1992	6.43	7.24
1993	6.27	7.18
1994	6.13	7.12
1995	6.04	7.05
1996	5.95	7.01
1997	5.9	6.97
1998	5.85	6.94
1999	5.81	6.91
2000	5.77	6.89
2001	5.7	6.85
2002	5.64	6.82
2003	5.57	6.78
2004	5.53	6.74
2005	5.5	6.71
2006	5.45	6.68
2007	5.4	6.65
2008	5.36	6.62
2009	5.33	6.59
2010	5.29	6.58
2011	5.24	6.55
2012	5.19	6.52
2013	5.14	6.49
2014	5.07	6.44
2015	4.97	6.39
2016	4.87	6.32
2017	4.76	6.25
2018	4.6	6.12
2019	4.52	5.89
2020	4.46	5.85
2021	4.41	5.78
2022	4.35	5.69
2023	4.28	5.61
2024	4.23	5.51
2025	4.17	5.42
2026	4.1	5.33
2027	4.05	5.24
2028	3.99	5.15
2029	3.93	5.07
2030	3.88	4.96
2031	3.83	4.88
2032	3.78	4.78
2033	3.75	4.7
2034	3.69	4.6
2035	3.64	4.49
2036	3.6	4.41
2037	3.56	4.32
2038	3.51	4.24
2039	3.47	4.14
2040	3.43	4.05
2041	3.39	3.97
2042	3.35	3.89
2043	3.31	3.82
2044	3.27	3.75
2045	3.23	3.69
2046	3.2	3.62
2047	3.17	3.55
2048	3.13	3.49
2049	3.1	3.42
2050	3.07	3.37

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Ivory Coast	Mali
1960	43.1%	40.3%
1961	43.2%	40.4%
1962	43.4%	40.4%
1963	43.6%	40.5%
1964	43.9%	40.6%
1965	44.1%	40.7%
1966	44.3%	40.8%
1967	44.6%	40.9%
1968	44.8%	41%
1969	44.9%	41.2%
1970	45.1%	41.3%
1971	45.1%	41.5%
1972	45.2%	41.7%
1973	45.2%	41.9%
1974	45.3%	42.1%
1975	45.4%	42.4%
1976	45.7%	42.7%
1977	46.1%	43%
1978	46.5%	43.2%
1979	46.8%	43.6%
1980	47.1%	43.9%
1981	47.3%	44.2%
1982	47.5%	44.5%
1983	47.7%	44.7%
1984	47.8%	45%
1985	47.9%	45.3%
1986	48%	45.7%
1987	48.1%	46%
1988	48%	46.4%
1989	47.9%	46.7%
1990	47.8%	46.8%
1991	47.6%	47%
1992	47.4%	47.1%
1993	47.1%	47.1%
1994	46.9%	47.1%
1995	46.7%	47.1%
1996	46.4%	47%
1997	46.2%	47%
1998	46.1%	46.8%
1999	46%	46.7%
2000	46%	46.6%
2001	46.1%	46.5%
2002	46.2%	46.4%
2003	46.2%	46.4%
2004	46.3%	46.4%
2005	46.3%	46.4%
2006	46.3%	46.5%
2007	46.4%	46.6%
2008	45.8%	46.8%
2009	44.9%	46.9%
2010	44%	47.1%
2011	43.3%	47.3%
2012	42.7%	47.6%
2013	42.2%	47.9%
2014	42%	48%
2015	42.2%	48%
2016	42.3%	48%
2017	42.4%	47.9%
2018	42.4%	47.8%
2019	42.3%	47.6%
2020	42.2%	47.3%
2021	42%	47%
2022	41.7%	46.8%
2023	41.3%	46.5%
2024	40.9%	46.1%
2025	40.5%	45.8%
2026	40%	45.4%
2027	39.7%	45.1%
2028	39.3%	44.7%
2029	38.8%	44.4%
2030	38.3%	44%
2031	37.8%	43.7%
2032	37.3%	43.4%
2033	37%	43%
2034	36.7%	42.7%
2035	36.4%	42.4%
2036	36.2%	42.1%
2037	35.9%	41.8%
2038	35.7%	41.5%
2039	35.6%	41.1%
2040	35.4%	40.8%
2041	35.3%	40.4%
2042	35.1%	40%
2043	35%	39.6%
2044	34.8%	39.2%
2045	34.7%	38.8%
2046	34.5%	38.4%
2047	34.4%	38%
2048	34.2%	37.6%
2049	34%	37.1%
2050	33.7%	36.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 40.9% of the population in Ivory Coast and 46.1% in Mali in 2024, compared to 47.8% and 46.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Ivory Coast and Mali compared.

Natural population change in Ivory Coast vs Mali by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.65% in Ivory Coast and +3.25% in Mali. 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	Mali
1960	99,681	88,802
1961	105,568	91,115
1962	111,930	93,101
1963	118,526	95,055
1964	124,996	97,166
1965	131,601	100,451
1966	138,438	103,684
1967	145,773	107,650
1968	153,464	111,403
1969	161,541	114,361
1970	170,070	118,952
1971	179,918	123,591
1972	190,842	129,687
1973	203,429	135,801
1974	216,389	142,448
1975	228,883	150,222
1976	241,939	157,778
1977	250,858	165,071
1978	257,222	172,652
1979	268,875	182,449
1980	280,630	190,560
1981	292,755	198,227
1982	305,204	204,892
1983	317,379	211,795
1984	331,910	218,078
1985	344,549	224,734
1986	357,205	233,799
1987	370,654	238,871
1988	378,575	245,682
1989	390,081	249,929
1990	402,629	252,308
1991	413,354	261,656
1992	423,294	267,605
1993	430,759	274,480
1994	438,274	282,356
1995	453,719	285,598
1996	469,740	293,953
1997	489,984	308,429
1998	509,167	323,940
1999	527,634	343,705
2000	545,129	359,159
2001	555,220	376,472
2002	563,692	396,732
2003	568,220	417,766
2004	579,424	439,717
2005	593,685	460,964
2006	605,001	477,665
2007	617,247	495,800
2008	630,610	514,665
2009	654,439	533,730
2010	676,554	554,447
2011	694,033	570,899
2012	708,847	588,748
2013	720,228	597,887
2014	728,978	614,419
2015	731,387	630,006
2016	735,630	645,652
2017	734,553	661,973
2018	722,445	670,723
2019	727,774	667,110
2020	727,455	683,053
2021	732,191	703,674
2022	750,270	726,465
2023	758,261	746,398

Maternal mortality chart: Ivory Coast vs Mali

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 367 deaths in Mali.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Ivory Coast	Mali
1985	766	1,217
1986	735	1,184
1987	697	1,142
1988	671	1,128
1989	645	1,106
1990	619	1,087
1991	584	1,063
1992	546	1,024
1993	503	988
1994	463	935
1995	421	895
1996	381	875
1997	364	820
1998	380	781
1999	381	749
2000	378	741
2001	405	694
2002	427	649
2003	451	616
2004	456	592
2005	492	577
2006	544	568
2007	567	574
2008	562	573
2009	588	565
2010	592	558
2011	569	553
2012	566	549
2013	544	525
2014	522	507
2015	505	490
2016	488	472
2017	465	453
2018	449	434
2019	429	416
2020	447	405
2021	459	415
2022	409	381
2023	359	367

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 6.71% in Ivory Coast and 9.13% in Mali. 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	Mali
1960	32.1%	-
1961	31.3%	-
1962	30.5%	-
1963	29.7%	42.6%
1964	28.9%	41.9%
1965	28.2%	41.2%
1966	27.4%	40.5%
1967	26.7%	39.8%
1968	26%	39.2%
1969	25.2%	38.6%
1970	24.5%	38%
1971	23.7%	37.3%
1972	22.9%	36.7%
1973	22.1%	36%
1974	21.2%	35.2%
1975	20.3%	34.4%
1976	19.5%	33.6%
1977	18.7%	32.7%
1978	18%	31.8%
1979	17.4%	31%
1980	16.9%	30.2%
1981	16.4%	29.3%
1982	16.1%	28.5%
1983	15.8%	27.7%
1984	15.5%	26.9%
1985	15.4%	26.1%
1986	15.3%	25.4%
1987	15.2%	24.8%
1988	15.2%	24.2%
1989	15.3%	23.6%
1990	15.3%	23.1%
1991	15.4%	22.7%
1992	15.4%	22.3%
1993	15.4%	21.9%
1994	15.3%	21.5%
1995	15.2%	21.2%
1996	15.1%	20.8%
1997	14.9%	20.4%
1998	14.6%	19.9%
1999	14.4%	19.4%
2000	14.1%	18.8%
2001	13.7%	18.2%
2002	13.3%	17.5%
2003	13%	16.9%
2004	12.6%	16.3%
2005	12.2%	15.7%
2006	11.8%	15.2%
2007	11.4%	14.7%
2008	11%	14.3%
2009	10.6%	13.8%
2010	10.2%	13.4%
2011	9.91%	13%
2012	9.6%	12.6%
2013	9.27%	12.2%
2014	8.92%	11.9%
2015	8.61%	11.6%
2016	8.36%	11.2%
2017	8.11%	10.9%
2018	7.85%	10.6%
2019	7.59%	10.3%
2020	7.37%	10%
2021	7.14%	9.69%
2022	6.92%	9.4%
2023	6.71%	9.13%