Fertility & birth rates in Ivory Coast and Namibia

Fertility rate in Ivory Coast vs Namibia 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 3.21 in Namibia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Ivory Coast vs Namibia 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	Namibia
1960	7.69	6.24
1961	7.72	6.29
1962	7.75	6.35
1963	7.78	6.41
1964	7.81	6.43
1965	7.84	6.45
1966	7.87	6.47
1967	7.89	6.49
1968	7.91	6.5
1969	7.93	6.51
1970	7.94	6.52
1971	7.94	6.52
1972	7.94	6.53
1973	7.94	6.54
1974	7.93	6.55
1975	7.91	6.53
1976	7.88	6.49
1977	7.83	6.44
1978	7.67	6.38
1979	7.63	6.31
1980	7.59	6.24
1981	7.54	6.16
1982	7.49	6.08
1983	7.42	6
1984	7.35	5.94
1985	7.27	5.88
1986	7.19	5.79
1987	7.09	5.7
1988	6.97	5.61
1989	6.85	5.52
1990	6.72	5.4
1991	6.59	5.29
1992	6.43	5.11
1993	6.27	4.91
1994	6.13	4.68
1995	6.04	4.42
1996	5.95	4.2
1997	5.9	4.17
1998	5.85	4.18
1999	5.81	4.14
2000	5.77	3.99
2001	5.7	3.83
2002	5.64	3.69
2003	5.57	3.58
2004	5.53	3.55
2005	5.5	3.57
2006	5.45	3.6
2007	5.4	3.61
2008	5.36	3.62
2009	5.33	3.63
2010	5.29	3.66
2011	5.24	3.66
2012	5.19	3.68
2013	5.14	3.65
2014	5.07	3.64
2015	4.97	3.6
2016	4.87	3.57
2017	4.76	3.51
2018	4.6	3.46
2019	4.52	3.4
2020	4.46	3.35
2021	4.41	3.3
2022	4.35	3.25
2023	4.28	3.21
2024	4.23	3.21
2025	4.17	3.17
2026	4.1	3.13
2027	4.05	3.09
2028	3.99	3.06
2029	3.93	3.02
2030	3.88	2.98
2031	3.83	2.94
2032	3.78	2.91
2033	3.75	2.88
2034	3.69	2.84
2035	3.64	2.81
2036	3.6	2.78
2037	3.56	2.75
2038	3.51	2.72
2039	3.47	2.68
2040	3.43	2.66
2041	3.39	2.63
2042	3.35	2.6
2043	3.31	2.58
2044	3.27	2.56
2045	3.23	2.53
2046	3.2	2.51
2047	3.17	2.49
2048	3.13	2.47
2049	3.1	2.45
2050	3.07	2.43

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Ivory Coast	Namibia
1960	43.1%	42.2%
1961	43.2%	42.4%
1962	43.4%	42.6%
1963	43.6%	42.7%
1964	43.9%	42.9%
1965	44.1%	43%
1966	44.3%	43.2%
1967	44.6%	43.3%
1968	44.8%	43.5%
1969	44.9%	43.6%
1970	45.1%	43.8%
1971	45.1%	43.9%
1972	45.2%	44.1%
1973	45.2%	44.3%
1974	45.3%	44.6%
1975	45.4%	44.8%
1976	45.7%	45%
1977	46.1%	45.3%
1978	46.5%	45.9%
1979	46.8%	46.3%
1980	47.1%	46.6%
1981	47.3%	47.1%
1982	47.5%	47.2%
1983	47.7%	46.9%
1984	47.8%	46.6%
1985	47.9%	46.2%
1986	48%	45.8%
1987	48.1%	45.3%
1988	48%	44.8%
1989	47.9%	43.4%
1990	47.8%	42.3%
1991	47.6%	42.2%
1992	47.4%	42.2%
1993	47.1%	42.2%
1994	46.9%	42.2%
1995	46.7%	42.1%
1996	46.4%	42%
1997	46.2%	41.9%
1998	46.1%	41.8%
1999	46%	41.7%
2000	46%	41.5%
2001	46.1%	41.3%
2002	46.2%	41%
2003	46.2%	40.5%
2004	46.3%	40%
2005	46.3%	39.4%
2006	46.3%	38.7%
2007	46.4%	38.1%
2008	45.8%	37.5%
2009	44.9%	37.1%
2010	44%	36.8%
2011	43.3%	36.7%
2012	42.7%	36.6%
2013	42.2%	36.6%
2014	42%	36.5%
2015	42.2%	36.5%
2016	42.3%	36.5%
2017	42.4%	36.7%
2018	42.4%	36.8%
2019	42.3%	37%
2020	42.2%	37.1%
2021	42%	37.4%
2022	41.7%	37.5%
2023	41.3%	37.3%
2024	40.9%	37%
2025	40.5%	36.7%
2026	40%	36.3%
2027	39.7%	35.9%
2028	39.3%	35.5%
2029	38.8%	35.1%
2030	38.3%	34.6%
2031	37.8%	34%
2032	37.3%	33.5%
2033	37%	32.9%
2034	36.7%	32.4%
2035	36.4%	31.8%
2036	36.2%	31.1%
2037	35.9%	30.6%
2038	35.7%	30.3%
2039	35.6%	30%
2040	35.4%	29.7%
2041	35.3%	29.5%
2042	35.1%	29.2%
2043	35%	29%
2044	34.8%	28.8%
2045	34.7%	28.5%
2046	34.5%	28.3%
2047	34.4%	28.1%
2048	34.2%	27.9%
2049	34%	27.7%
2050	33.7%	27.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 40.9% of the population in Ivory Coast and 37% in Namibia in 2024, compared to 47.8% and 42.3% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Ivory Coast and Namibia compared.

Natural population change in Ivory Coast vs Namibia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.65% in Ivory Coast and +2.04% in Namibia. 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	Namibia
1960	99,681	14,307
1961	105,568	14,936
1962	111,930	15,656
1963	118,526	16,430
1964	124,996	17,134
1965	131,601	17,902
1966	138,438	18,635
1967	145,773	19,498
1968	153,464	20,470
1969	161,541	21,387
1970	170,070	22,414
1971	179,918	23,467
1972	190,842	24,606
1973	203,429	25,754
1974	216,389	26,844
1975	228,883	27,882
1976	241,939	28,785
1977	250,858	29,241
1978	257,222	29,821
1979	268,875	28,930
1980	280,630	28,142
1981	292,755	27,938
1982	305,204	27,474
1983	317,379	28,307
1984	331,910	29,395
1985	344,549	30,575
1986	357,205	31,764
1987	370,654	33,340
1988	378,575	34,798
1989	390,081	37,715
1990	402,629	43,956
1991	413,354	44,523
1992	423,294	43,945
1993	430,759	42,861
1994	438,274	41,316
1995	453,719	39,119
1996	469,740	37,177
1997	489,984	37,256
1998	509,167	37,500
1999	527,634	37,233
2000	545,129	35,280
2001	555,220	32,942
2002	563,692	31,947
2003	568,220	31,115
2004	579,424	31,478
2005	593,685	32,909
2006	605,001	34,690
2007	617,247	36,430
2008	630,610	38,147
2009	654,439	39,942
2010	676,554	42,046
2011	694,033	43,557
2012	708,847	46,204
2013	720,228	47,801
2014	728,978	49,581
2015	731,387	50,846
2016	735,630	52,228
2017	734,553	52,975
2018	722,445	53,970
2019	727,774	54,769
2020	727,455	55,034
2021	732,191	50,160
2022	750,270	54,534
2023	758,261	58,435

Maternal mortality chart: Ivory Coast vs Namibia

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 139 deaths in Namibia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Ivory Coast	Namibia
1985	766	354
1986	735	348
1987	697	336
1988	671	342
1989	645	306
1990	619	325
1991	584	337
1992	546	346
1993	503	354
1994	463	367
1995	421	369
1996	381	387
1997	364	383
1998	380	396
1999	381	371
2000	378	384
2001	405	376
2002	427	313
2003	451	290
2004	456	282
2005	492	344
2006	544	408
2007	567	489
2008	562	537
2009	588	547
2010	592	531
2011	569	498
2012	566	439
2013	544	402
2014	522	369
2015	505	307
2016	488	250
2017	465	213
2018	449	198
2019	429	175
2020	447	143
2021	459	254
2022	409	127
2023	359	139

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 6.71% in Ivory Coast and 4.07% in Namibia. 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	Namibia
1960	32.1%	-
1961	31.3%	-
1962	30.5%	-
1963	29.7%	-
1964	28.9%	-
1965	28.2%	-
1966	27.4%	-
1967	26.7%	9.66%
1968	26%	9.64%
1969	25.2%	9.65%
1970	24.5%	9.65%
1971	23.7%	9.67%
1972	22.9%	9.68%
1973	22.1%	9.73%
1974	21.2%	9.79%
1975	20.3%	9.89%
1976	19.5%	10%
1977	18.7%	10.2%
1978	18%	10.3%
1979	17.4%	10.3%
1980	16.9%	10.3%
1981	16.4%	10.2%
1982	16.1%	9.93%
1983	15.8%	9.61%
1984	15.5%	9.22%
1985	15.4%	8.81%
1986	15.3%	8.43%
1987	15.2%	8.09%
1988	15.2%	7.81%
1989	15.3%	7.57%
1990	15.3%	7.39%
1991	15.4%	7.24%
1992	15.4%	7.14%
1993	15.4%	7.1%
1994	15.3%	7.13%
1995	15.2%	7.24%
1996	15.1%	7.39%
1997	14.9%	7.56%
1998	14.6%	7.7%
1999	14.4%	7.79%
2000	14.1%	7.79%
2001	13.7%	7.71%
2002	13.3%	7.61%
2003	13%	7.51%
2004	12.6%	7.41%
2005	12.2%	7.05%
2006	11.8%	6.49%
2007	11.4%	6.06%
2008	11%	5.64%
2009	10.6%	5.29%
2010	10.2%	5.08%
2011	9.91%	5.16%
2012	9.6%	5.51%
2013	9.27%	5.4%
2014	8.92%	5.31%
2015	8.61%	5.5%
2016	8.36%	5.42%
2017	8.11%	5.19%
2018	7.85%	5.01%
2019	7.59%	4.78%
2020	7.37%	4.57%
2021	7.14%	4.38%
2022	6.92%	4.2%
2023	6.71%	4.07%