Fertility & birth rates in Ivory Coast and Mauritania

Fertility rate in Ivory Coast vs Mauritania 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 4.7 in Mauritania in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

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The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Ivory Coast	Mauritania
1960	7.69	6.15
1961	7.72	6.2
1962	7.75	6.24
1963	7.78	6.31
1964	7.81	6.37
1965	7.84	6.44
1966	7.87	6.52
1967	7.89	6.57
1968	7.91	6.6
1969	7.93	6.64
1970	7.94	6.68
1971	7.94	6.7
1972	7.94	6.71
1973	7.94	6.72
1974	7.93	6.73
1975	7.91	6.71
1976	7.88	6.73
1977	7.83	6.74
1978	7.67	6.73
1979	7.63	6.7
1980	7.59	6.67
1981	7.54	6.64
1982	7.49	6.59
1983	7.42	6.54
1984	7.35	6.48
1985	7.27	6.42
1986	7.19	6.34
1987	7.09	6.27
1988	6.97	6.21
1989	6.85	6.2
1990	6.72	6.18
1991	6.59	6.16
1992	6.43	6.13
1993	6.27	6.09
1994	6.13	6.06
1995	6.04	5.96
1996	5.95	5.86
1997	5.9	5.74
1998	5.85	5.62
1999	5.81	5.52
2000	5.77	5.46
2001	5.7	5.41
2002	5.64	5.37
2003	5.57	5.36
2004	5.53	5.37
2005	5.5	5.38
2006	5.45	5.4
2007	5.4	5.43
2008	5.36	5.44
2009	5.33	5.41
2010	5.29	5.38
2011	5.24	5.38
2012	5.19	5.35
2013	5.14	5.32
2014	5.07	5.26
2015	4.97	5.21
2016	4.87	5.16
2017	4.76	5.11
2018	4.6	5.04
2019	4.52	4.98
2020	4.46	4.91
2021	4.41	4.85
2022	4.35	4.77
2023	4.28	4.7
2024	4.23	4.63
2025	4.17	4.56
2026	4.1	4.48
2027	4.05	4.42
2028	3.99	4.36
2029	3.93	4.29
2030	3.88	4.24
2031	3.83	4.18
2032	3.78	4.11
2033	3.75	4.02
2034	3.69	3.97
2035	3.64	3.9
2036	3.6	3.83
2037	3.56	3.78
2038	3.51	3.71
2039	3.47	3.66
2040	3.43	3.6
2041	3.39	3.55
2042	3.35	3.5
2043	3.31	3.45
2044	3.27	3.39
2045	3.23	3.35
2046	3.2	3.3
2047	3.17	3.26
2048	3.13	3.21
2049	3.1	3.17
2050	3.07	3.14

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Ivory Coast	Mauritania
1960	43.1%	41.8%
1961	43.2%	41.8%
1962	43.4%	41.8%
1963	43.6%	41.8%
1964	43.9%	42%
1965	44.1%	42.4%
1966	44.3%	42.8%
1967	44.6%	43.2%
1968	44.8%	43.6%
1969	44.9%	44%
1970	45.1%	44.4%
1971	45.1%	44.7%
1972	45.2%	44.9%
1973	45.2%	45.2%
1974	45.3%	45.4%
1975	45.4%	45.5%
1976	45.7%	45.6%
1977	46.1%	45.7%
1978	46.5%	45.8%
1979	46.8%	45.9%
1980	47.1%	45.9%
1981	47.3%	45.9%
1982	47.5%	45.8%
1983	47.7%	45.8%
1984	47.8%	45.7%
1985	47.9%	45.6%
1986	48%	45.5%
1987	48.1%	45.4%
1988	48%	45.3%
1989	47.9%	45.4%
1990	47.8%	45.4%
1991	47.6%	45.3%
1992	47.4%	44.9%
1993	47.1%	44.4%
1994	46.9%	44.3%
1995	46.7%	44.4%
1996	46.4%	44.6%
1997	46.2%	44.7%
1998	46.1%	44.6%
1999	46%	44.4%
2000	46%	44.2%
2001	46.1%	44.1%
2002	46.2%	44.2%
2003	46.2%	44.2%
2004	46.3%	44.2%
2005	46.3%	44.2%
2006	46.3%	44.2%
2007	46.4%	44.3%
2008	45.8%	44.1%
2009	44.9%	43.9%
2010	44%	43.9%
2011	43.3%	43.9%
2012	42.7%	44.1%
2013	42.2%	44.2%
2014	42%	44.2%
2015	42.2%	44.3%
2016	42.3%	44.2%
2017	42.4%	44.2%
2018	42.4%	44.1%
2019	42.3%	44%
2020	42.2%	43.8%
2021	42%	43.6%
2022	41.7%	43.4%
2023	41.3%	43%
2024	40.9%	42.7%
2025	40.5%	42.4%
2026	40%	42%
2027	39.7%	41.7%
2028	39.3%	41.3%
2029	38.8%	41%
2030	38.3%	40.7%
2031	37.8%	40.4%
2032	37.3%	40%
2033	37%	39.7%
2034	36.7%	39.3%
2035	36.4%	39%
2036	36.2%	38.6%
2037	35.9%	38.3%
2038	35.7%	37.9%
2039	35.6%	37.6%
2040	35.4%	37.3%
2041	35.3%	36.9%
2042	35.1%	36.6%
2043	35%	36.2%
2044	34.8%	35.9%
2045	34.7%	35.5%
2046	34.5%	35.2%
2047	34.4%	34.8%
2048	34.2%	34.5%
2049	34%	34.1%
2050	33.7%	33.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 40.9% of the population in Ivory Coast and 42.7% in Mauritania in 2024, compared to 47.8% and 45.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Ivory Coast and Mauritania compared.

Natural population change in Ivory Coast vs Mauritania by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.65% in Ivory Coast and +3% in Mauritania. 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	Mauritania
1960	99,681	21,604
1961	105,568	22,781
1962	111,930	23,927
1963	118,526	25,250
1964	124,996	26,565
1965	131,601	28,028
1966	138,438	29,502
1967	145,773	30,853
1968	153,464	32,029
1969	161,541	33,252
1970	170,070	34,382
1971	179,918	35,279
1972	190,842	36,184
1973	203,429	37,122
1974	216,389	38,106
1975	228,883	38,975
1976	241,939	40,149
1977	250,858	41,352
1978	257,222	42,539
1979	268,875	43,537
1980	280,630	45,026
1981	292,755	46,641
1982	305,204	47,947
1983	317,379	49,187
1984	331,910	50,705
1985	344,549	52,125
1986	357,205	53,313
1987	370,654	55,037
1988	378,575	56,654
1989	390,081	58,666
1990	402,629	59,934
1991	413,354	61,782
1992	423,294	63,501
1993	430,759	68,167
1994	438,274	70,570
1995	453,719	72,244
1996	469,740	71,939
1997	489,984	71,327
1998	509,167	72,045
1999	527,634	73,554
2000	545,129	75,929
2001	555,220	78,769
2002	563,692	80,993
2003	568,220	83,804
2004	579,424	87,578
2005	593,685	90,940
2006	605,001	94,991
2007	617,247	98,895
2008	630,610	102,432
2009	654,439	105,273
2010	676,554	108,121
2011	694,033	111,165
2012	708,847	113,489
2013	720,228	115,558
2014	728,978	118,792
2015	731,387	122,092
2016	735,630	125,342
2017	734,553	128,562
2018	722,445	131,584
2019	727,774	134,460
2020	727,455	134,899
2021	732,191	137,557
2022	750,270	142,451
2023	758,261	145,164

Maternal mortality chart: Ivory Coast vs Mauritania

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 381 deaths in Mauritania.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Ivory Coast	Mauritania
1985	766	998
1986	735	961
1987	697	914
1988	671	887
1989	645	883
1990	619	858
1991	584	845
1992	546	811
1993	503	813
1994	463	809
1995	421	815
1996	381	813
1997	364	752
1998	380	698
1999	381	669
2000	378	644
2001	405	616
2002	427	590
2003	451	571
2004	456	557
2005	492	536
2006	544	521
2007	567	516
2008	562	506
2009	588	500
2010	592	499
2011	569	494
2012	566	496
2013	544	496
2014	522	484
2015	505	469
2016	488	456
2017	465	450
2018	449	437
2019	429	424
2020	447	413
2021	459	425
2022	409	385
2023	359	381

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 6.71% in Ivory Coast and 3.78% in Mauritania. 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	Mauritania
1960	32.1%	25.3%
1961	31.3%	24.7%
1962	30.5%	24%
1963	29.7%	23.4%
1964	28.9%	22.7%
1965	28.2%	22%
1966	27.4%	21.3%
1967	26.7%	20.6%
1968	26%	19.9%
1969	25.2%	19.4%
1970	24.5%	19%
1971	23.7%	18.9%
1972	22.9%	18.9%
1973	22.1%	19%
1974	21.2%	19%
1975	20.3%	18.9%
1976	19.5%	18.6%
1977	18.7%	18.2%
1978	18%	17.6%
1979	17.4%	17.1%
1980	16.9%	16.6%
1981	16.4%	16.1%
1982	16.1%	15.6%
1983	15.8%	15.1%
1984	15.5%	14.5%
1985	15.4%	13.8%
1986	15.3%	13.2%
1987	15.2%	12.6%
1988	15.2%	12.1%
1989	15.3%	11.8%
1990	15.3%	11.5%
1991	15.4%	11.4%
1992	15.4%	11.3%
1993	15.4%	11.2%
1994	15.3%	11.2%
1995	15.2%	11.1%
1996	15.1%	11%
1997	14.9%	10.8%
1998	14.6%	10.6%
1999	14.4%	10.2%
2000	14.1%	9.82%
2001	13.7%	9.35%
2002	13.3%	8.81%
2003	13%	8.25%
2004	12.6%	7.7%
2005	12.2%	7.18%
2006	11.8%	6.73%
2007	11.4%	6.35%
2008	11%	6.04%
2009	10.6%	5.79%
2010	10.2%	5.61%
2011	9.91%	5.45%
2012	9.6%	5.31%
2013	9.27%	5.17%
2014	8.92%	5.04%
2015	8.61%	4.89%
2016	8.36%	4.74%
2017	8.11%	4.59%
2018	7.85%	4.45%
2019	7.59%	4.3%
2020	7.37%	4.17%
2021	7.14%	4.03%
2022	6.92%	3.91%
2023	6.71%	3.78%