Fertility & birth rates in Ivory Coast and Paraguay

Fertility rate in Ivory Coast vs Paraguay 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 2.42 in Paraguay in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Ivory Coast vs Paraguay 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	Paraguay
1960	7.69	6.5
1961	7.72	6.49
1962	7.75	6.47
1963	7.78	6.45
1964	7.81	6.42
1965	7.84	6.35
1966	7.87	6.23
1967	7.89	6.1
1968	7.91	5.97
1969	7.93	5.84
1970	7.94	5.72
1971	7.94	5.59
1972	7.94	5.46
1973	7.94	5.35
1974	7.93	5.27
1975	7.91	5.18
1976	7.88	5.12
1977	7.83	5.08
1978	7.67	5.04
1979	7.63	5.06
1980	7.59	5.1
1981	7.54	5.15
1982	7.49	5.13
1983	7.42	5.09
1984	7.35	5.04
1985	7.27	4.97
1986	7.19	4.93
1987	7.09	4.85
1988	6.97	4.77
1989	6.85	4.68
1990	6.72	4.57
1991	6.59	4.48
1992	6.43	4.4
1993	6.27	4.28
1994	6.13	4.2
1995	6.04	4.11
1996	5.95	4.01
1997	5.9	3.91
1998	5.85	3.8
1999	5.81	3.67
2000	5.77	3.51
2001	5.7	3.36
2002	5.64	3.23
2003	5.57	3.12
2004	5.53	3.05
2005	5.5	2.97
2006	5.45	2.89
2007	5.4	2.82
2008	5.36	2.79
2009	5.33	2.76
2010	5.29	2.7
2011	5.24	2.67
2012	5.19	2.66
2013	5.14	2.64
2014	5.07	2.65
2015	4.97	2.65
2016	4.87	2.62
2017	4.76	2.59
2018	4.6	2.56
2019	4.52	2.53
2020	4.46	2.5
2021	4.41	2.47
2022	4.35	2.44
2023	4.28	2.42
2024	4.23	2.42
2025	4.17	2.39
2026	4.1	2.37
2027	4.05	2.35
2028	3.99	2.33
2029	3.93	2.31
2030	3.88	2.29
2031	3.83	2.27
2032	3.78	2.26
2033	3.75	2.24
2034	3.69	2.22
2035	3.64	2.21
2036	3.6	2.19
2037	3.56	2.17
2038	3.51	2.16
2039	3.47	2.14
2040	3.43	2.13
2041	3.39	2.12
2042	3.35	2.11
2043	3.31	2.09
2044	3.27	2.08
2045	3.23	2.07
2046	3.2	2.06
2047	3.17	2.05
2048	3.13	2.04
2049	3.1	2.03
2050	3.07	2.02

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Ivory Coast	Paraguay
1960	43.1%	46.3%
1961	43.2%	46.2%
1962	43.4%	46.1%
1963	43.6%	46%
1964	43.9%	46%
1965	44.1%	46%
1966	44.3%	46%
1967	44.6%	45.9%
1968	44.8%	45.8%
1969	44.9%	45.7%
1970	45.1%	45.5%
1971	45.1%	45.2%
1972	45.2%	45%
1973	45.2%	44.6%
1974	45.3%	44.2%
1975	45.4%	43.7%
1976	45.7%	43.3%
1977	46.1%	42.8%
1978	46.5%	42.4%
1979	46.8%	42%
1980	47.1%	41.6%
1981	47.3%	41.4%
1982	47.5%	41.2%
1983	47.7%	41.2%
1984	47.8%	41.2%
1985	47.9%	41.2%
1986	48%	41.3%
1987	48.1%	41.3%
1988	48%	41.4%
1989	47.9%	41.5%
1990	47.8%	41.5%
1991	47.6%	41.5%
1992	47.4%	41.5%
1993	47.1%	41.4%
1994	46.9%	41.3%
1995	46.7%	41.1%
1996	46.4%	40.8%
1997	46.2%	40.4%
1998	46.1%	40%
1999	46%	39.5%
2000	46%	39%
2001	46.1%	38.4%
2002	46.2%	37.9%
2003	46.2%	37.3%
2004	46.3%	36.6%
2005	46.3%	35.8%
2006	46.3%	35.1%
2007	46.4%	34.4%
2008	45.8%	33.8%
2009	44.9%	33.2%
2010	44%	32.5%
2011	43.3%	32%
2012	42.7%	31.4%
2013	42.2%	30.9%
2014	42%	30.5%
2015	42.2%	30.2%
2016	42.3%	29.9%
2017	42.4%	29.7%
2018	42.4%	29.5%
2019	42.3%	29.3%
2020	42.2%	29.1%
2021	42%	29%
2022	41.7%	28.9%
2023	41.3%	28.8%
2024	40.9%	28.6%
2025	40.5%	28.4%
2026	40%	28.1%
2027	39.7%	27.9%
2028	39.3%	27.6%
2029	38.8%	27.3%
2030	38.3%	26.9%
2031	37.8%	26.5%
2032	37.3%	26.1%
2033	37%	25.8%
2034	36.7%	25.4%
2035	36.4%	25%
2036	36.2%	24.7%
2037	35.9%	24.4%
2038	35.7%	24.1%
2039	35.6%	23.8%
2040	35.4%	23.5%
2041	35.3%	23.2%
2042	35.1%	23%
2043	35%	22.7%
2044	34.8%	22.5%
2045	34.7%	22.3%
2046	34.5%	22.1%
2047	34.4%	22%
2048	34.2%	21.8%
2049	34%	21.6%
2050	33.7%	21.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 40.9% of the population in Ivory Coast and 28.6% in Paraguay in 2024, compared to 47.8% and 41.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Ivory Coast and Paraguay compared.

Natural population change in Ivory Coast vs Paraguay by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.65% in Ivory Coast and +1.56% in Paraguay. 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	Paraguay
1960	99,681	60,009
1961	105,568	61,536
1962	111,930	63,079
1963	118,526	64,741
1964	124,996	65,681
1965	131,601	66,063
1966	138,438	66,002
1967	145,773	65,695
1968	153,464	65,575
1969	161,541	65,616
1970	170,070	65,905
1971	179,918	66,142
1972	190,842	66,625
1973	203,429	67,803
1974	216,389	69,059
1975	228,883	70,285
1976	241,939	71,973
1977	250,858	74,359
1978	257,222	76,691
1979	268,875	80,345
1980	280,630	84,568
1981	292,755	89,456
1982	305,204	92,917
1983	317,379	96,406
1984	331,910	99,937
1985	344,549	102,859
1986	357,205	105,776
1987	370,654	107,962
1988	378,575	110,348
1989	390,081	111,727
1990	402,629	112,864
1991	413,354	114,472
1992	423,294	115,442
1993	430,759	115,211
1994	438,274	115,662
1995	453,719	115,777
1996	469,740	115,623
1997	489,984	115,095
1998	509,167	114,122
1999	527,634	112,726
2000	545,129	109,979
2001	555,220	107,225
2002	563,692	104,658
2003	568,220	102,427
2004	579,424	101,896
2005	593,685	101,035
2006	605,001	99,808
2007	617,247	99,141
2008	630,610	99,821
2009	654,439	100,296
2010	676,554	99,456
2011	694,033	100,442
2012	708,847	102,508
2013	720,228	103,383
2014	728,978	105,585
2015	731,387	106,817
2016	735,630	106,804
2017	734,553	105,634
2018	722,445	104,908
2019	727,774	103,179
2020	727,455	98,667
2021	732,191	78,667
2022	750,270	94,627
2023	758,261	97,748

Maternal mortality chart: Ivory Coast vs Paraguay

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 58 deaths in Paraguay.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Ivory Coast	Paraguay
1985	766	237
1986	735	230
1987	697	225
1988	671	220
1989	645	209
1990	619	198
1991	584	192
1992	546	195
1993	503	197
1994	463	201
1995	421	202
1996	381	203
1997	364	205
1998	380	207
1999	381	207
2000	378	207
2001	405	207
2002	427	206
2003	451	203
2004	456	199
2005	492	194
2006	544	186
2007	567	177
2008	562	166
2009	588	152
2010	592	136
2011	569	120
2012	566	100
2013	544	84
2014	522	70
2015	505	64
2016	488	60
2017	465	58
2018	449	58
2019	429	58
2020	447	69
2021	459	140
2022	409	78
2023	359	58

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 6.71% in Ivory Coast and 1.7% in Paraguay. 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	Paraguay
1960	32.1%	8.18%
1961	31.3%	8.11%
1962	30.5%	8.06%
1963	29.7%	8.02%
1964	28.9%	7.99%
1965	28.2%	7.96%
1966	27.4%	7.94%
1967	26.7%	7.91%
1968	26%	7.88%
1969	25.2%	7.84%
1970	24.5%	7.79%
1971	23.7%	7.73%
1972	22.9%	7.66%
1973	22.1%	7.57%
1974	21.2%	7.46%
1975	20.3%	7.34%
1976	19.5%	7.21%
1977	18.7%	7.06%
1978	18%	6.91%
1979	17.4%	6.74%
1980	16.9%	6.55%
1981	16.4%	6.35%
1982	16.1%	6.14%
1983	15.8%	5.92%
1984	15.5%	5.71%
1985	15.4%	5.5%
1986	15.3%	5.3%
1987	15.2%	5.1%
1988	15.2%	4.92%
1989	15.3%	4.73%
1990	15.3%	4.55%
1991	15.4%	4.38%
1992	15.4%	4.23%
1993	15.4%	4.08%
1994	15.3%	3.95%
1995	15.2%	3.83%
1996	15.1%	3.72%
1997	14.9%	3.62%
1998	14.6%	3.53%
1999	14.4%	3.45%
2000	14.1%	3.36%
2001	13.7%	3.29%
2002	13.3%	3.22%
2003	13%	3.14%
2004	12.6%	3.07%
2005	12.2%	2.99%
2006	11.8%	2.91%
2007	11.4%	2.83%
2008	11%	2.75%
2009	10.6%	2.67%
2010	10.2%	2.59%
2011	9.91%	2.51%
2012	9.6%	2.44%
2013	9.27%	2.37%
2014	8.92%	2.3%
2015	8.61%	2.22%
2016	8.36%	2.15%
2017	8.11%	2.08%
2018	7.85%	2.01%
2019	7.59%	1.94%
2020	7.37%	1.88%
2021	7.14%	1.82%
2022	6.92%	1.76%
2023	6.71%	1.7%