Fertility & birth rates in Ivory Coast and Mozambique

Fertility rate in Ivory Coast vs Mozambique 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 4.76 in Mozambique in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Ivory Coast vs Mozambique 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	Mozambique
1960	7.69	6.31
1961	7.72	6.37
1962	7.75	6.42
1963	7.78	6.47
1964	7.81	6.51
1965	7.84	6.54
1966	7.87	6.58
1967	7.89	6.61
1968	7.91	6.65
1969	7.93	6.67
1970	7.94	6.7
1971	7.94	6.7
1972	7.94	6.7
1973	7.94	6.7
1974	7.93	6.67
1975	7.91	6.66
1976	7.88	6.64
1977	7.83	6.62
1978	7.67	6.59
1979	7.63	6.56
1980	7.59	6.53
1981	7.54	6.48
1982	7.49	6.43
1983	7.42	6.43
1984	7.35	6.44
1985	7.27	6.43
1986	7.19	6.41
1987	7.09	6.39
1988	6.97	6.37
1989	6.85	6.35
1990	6.72	6.32
1991	6.59	6.28
1992	6.43	6.22
1993	6.27	6.15
1994	6.13	6.08
1995	6.04	6.02
1996	5.95	5.97
1997	5.9	5.93
1998	5.85	5.91
1999	5.81	5.88
2000	5.77	5.83
2001	5.7	5.76
2002	5.64	5.67
2003	5.57	5.6
2004	5.53	5.55
2005	5.5	5.5
2006	5.45	5.45
2007	5.4	5.47
2008	5.36	5.6
2009	5.33	5.68
2010	5.29	5.66
2011	5.24	5.6
2012	5.19	5.52
2013	5.14	5.43
2014	5.07	5.3
2015	4.97	5.25
2016	4.87	5.19
2017	4.76	5.13
2018	4.6	5.07
2019	4.52	5.02
2020	4.46	4.96
2021	4.41	4.91
2022	4.35	4.84
2023	4.28	4.76
2024	4.23	4.69
2025	4.17	4.62
2026	4.1	4.54
2027	4.05	4.46
2028	3.99	4.39
2029	3.93	4.3
2030	3.88	4.23
2031	3.83	4.14
2032	3.78	4.06
2033	3.75	3.97
2034	3.69	3.89
2035	3.64	3.82
2036	3.6	3.75
2037	3.56	3.67
2038	3.51	3.6
2039	3.47	3.53
2040	3.43	3.47
2041	3.39	3.4
2042	3.35	3.34
2043	3.31	3.28
2044	3.27	3.22
2045	3.23	3.16
2046	3.2	3.11
2047	3.17	3.06
2048	3.13	3.01
2049	3.1	2.97
2050	3.07	2.92

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Ivory Coast	Mozambique
1960	43.1%	41%
1961	43.2%	41.2%
1962	43.4%	41.4%
1963	43.6%	41.6%
1964	43.9%	41.9%
1965	44.1%	42.2%
1966	44.3%	42.5%
1967	44.6%	42.7%
1968	44.8%	42.9%
1969	44.9%	43.1%
1970	45.1%	43.3%
1971	45.1%	43.4%
1972	45.2%	43.6%
1973	45.2%	43.7%
1974	45.3%	43.8%
1975	45.4%	44%
1976	45.7%	44.1%
1977	46.1%	44.3%
1978	46.5%	44.6%
1979	46.8%	44.9%
1980	47.1%	45.3%
1981	47.3%	45.6%
1982	47.5%	45.7%
1983	47.7%	45.8%
1984	47.8%	45.9%
1985	47.9%	45.9%
1986	48%	45.9%
1987	48.1%	45.9%
1988	48%	45.8%
1989	47.9%	45.7%
1990	47.8%	45.7%
1991	47.6%	45.6%
1992	47.4%	45.5%
1993	47.1%	45.4%
1994	46.9%	45.2%
1995	46.7%	45%
1996	46.4%	44.9%
1997	46.2%	44.8%
1998	46.1%	44.9%
1999	46%	45%
2000	46%	45.1%
2001	46.1%	45.1%
2002	46.2%	45.2%
2003	46.2%	45.3%
2004	46.3%	45.3%
2005	46.3%	45.3%
2006	46.3%	45.4%
2007	46.4%	45.4%
2008	45.8%	45.5%
2009	44.9%	45.6%
2010	44%	45.8%
2011	43.3%	45.8%
2012	42.7%	45.9%
2013	42.2%	45.8%
2014	42%	45.8%
2015	42.2%	45.7%
2016	42.3%	45.6%
2017	42.4%	45.5%
2018	42.4%	45.4%
2019	42.3%	45.3%
2020	42.2%	45.2%
2021	42%	45.1%
2022	41.7%	45%
2023	41.3%	44.8%
2024	40.9%	44.5%
2025	40.5%	44.2%
2026	40%	43.9%
2027	39.7%	43.5%
2028	39.3%	43.2%
2029	38.8%	42.9%
2030	38.3%	42.5%
2031	37.8%	42.2%
2032	37.3%	41.9%
2033	37%	41.5%
2034	36.7%	41.1%
2035	36.4%	40.7%
2036	36.2%	40.3%
2037	35.9%	39.9%
2038	35.7%	39.5%
2039	35.6%	39%
2040	35.4%	38.6%
2041	35.3%	38.2%
2042	35.1%	37.7%
2043	35%	37.3%
2044	34.8%	36.9%
2045	34.7%	36.4%
2046	34.5%	36%
2047	34.4%	35.6%
2048	34.2%	35.2%
2049	34%	34.8%
2050	33.7%	34.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 40.9% of the population in Ivory Coast and 44.5% in Mozambique in 2024, compared to 47.8% and 45.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Ivory Coast and Mozambique compared.

Natural population change in Ivory Coast vs Mozambique by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.65% in Ivory Coast and +3.08% in Mozambique. 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	Mozambique
1960	99,681	165,774
1961	105,568	171,236
1962	111,930	176,297
1963	118,526	180,867
1964	124,996	182,334
1965	131,601	185,931
1966	138,438	189,218
1967	145,773	193,044
1968	153,464	197,623
1969	161,541	202,174
1970	170,070	207,385
1971	179,918	211,137
1972	190,842	215,793
1973	203,429	226,847
1974	216,389	240,665
1975	228,883	257,984
1976	241,939	273,924
1977	250,858	289,193
1978	257,222	310,403
1979	268,875	331,162
1980	280,630	349,586
1981	292,755	322,207
1982	305,204	321,493
1983	317,379	324,158
1984	331,910	304,524
1985	344,549	307,625
1986	357,205	332,609
1987	370,654	334,438
1988	378,575	349,480
1989	390,081	348,833
1990	402,629	353,290
1991	413,354	357,676
1992	423,294	362,373
1993	430,759	369,518
1994	438,274	384,821
1995	453,719	421,630
1996	469,740	442,559
1997	489,984	461,209
1998	509,167	474,453
1999	527,634	491,814
2000	545,129	506,162
2001	555,220	519,594
2002	563,692	529,867
2003	568,220	540,992
2004	579,424	554,973
2005	593,685	570,132
2006	605,001	586,009
2007	617,247	610,913
2008	630,610	654,920
2009	654,439	693,673
2010	676,554	719,025
2011	694,033	741,303
2012	708,847	763,088
2013	720,228	784,641
2014	728,978	799,778
2015	731,387	824,435
2016	735,630	850,430
2017	734,553	876,594
2018	722,445	903,176
2019	727,774	927,581
2020	727,455	945,952
2021	732,191	951,234
2022	750,270	1,003,689
2023	758,261	1,025,334

Maternal mortality chart: Ivory Coast vs Mozambique

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 99 deaths in Mozambique.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Ivory Coast	Mozambique
1985	766	1,452
1986	735	1,355
1987	697	1,348
1988	671	1,259
1989	645	1,209
1990	619	1,150
1991	584	1,094
1992	546	1,046
1993	503	968
1994	463	902
1995	421	883
1996	381	819
1997	364	738
1998	380	694
1999	381	624
2000	378	547
2001	405	473
2002	427	398
2003	451	360
2004	456	321
2005	492	301
2006	544	298
2007	567	327
2008	562	365
2009	588	352
2010	592	305
2011	569	268
2012	566	218
2013	544	196
2014	522	210
2015	505	216
2016	488	202
2017	465	187
2018	449	159
2019	429	134
2020	447	123
2021	459	180
2022	409	104
2023	359	99

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 6.71% in Ivory Coast and 6.17% in Mozambique. 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	Mozambique
1960	32.1%	-
1961	31.3%	-
1962	30.5%	-
1963	29.7%	26.5%
1964	28.9%	26.7%
1965	28.2%	26.8%
1966	27.4%	26.8%
1967	26.7%	26.9%
1968	26%	26.9%
1969	25.2%	26.9%
1970	24.5%	26.8%
1971	23.7%	26.7%
1972	22.9%	26.6%
1973	22.1%	26.4%
1974	21.2%	26.3%
1975	20.3%	26.1%
1976	19.5%	26%
1977	18.7%	25.8%
1978	18%	25.7%
1979	17.4%	25.7%
1980	16.9%	25.6%
1981	16.4%	25.6%
1982	16.1%	25.5%
1983	15.8%	25.3%
1984	15.5%	25.1%
1985	15.4%	24.8%
1986	15.3%	24.5%
1987	15.2%	24.2%
1988	15.2%	23.9%
1989	15.3%	23.6%
1990	15.3%	23.3%
1991	15.4%	23%
1992	15.4%	22.6%
1993	15.4%	22.1%
1994	15.3%	21.6%
1995	15.2%	20.9%
1996	15.1%	20.1%
1997	14.9%	19.2%
1998	14.6%	18.2%
1999	14.4%	17.2%
2000	14.1%	16.3%
2001	13.7%	15.4%
2002	13.3%	14.6%
2003	13%	13.9%
2004	12.6%	13.2%
2005	12.2%	12.5%
2006	11.8%	11.8%
2007	11.4%	11%
2008	11%	10.4%
2009	10.6%	9.75%
2010	10.2%	9.5%
2011	9.91%	9.05%
2012	9.6%	8.63%
2013	9.27%	8.26%
2014	8.92%	7.92%
2015	8.61%	7.51%
2016	8.36%	7.23%
2017	8.11%	7.09%
2018	7.85%	6.95%
2019	7.59%	6.83%
2020	7.37%	6.73%
2021	7.14%	6.58%
2022	6.92%	6.43%
2023	6.71%	6.17%