Fertility & birth rates in Ivory Coast and Turkey

Fertility rate in Ivory Coast vs Turkey 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 1.51 in Turkey in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Ivory Coast vs Turkey 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	Turkey
1960	7.69	6.38
1961	7.72	6.42
1962	7.75	6.38
1963	7.78	6.34
1964	7.81	6.29
1965	7.84	6.22
1966	7.87	6.15
1967	7.89	6.06
1968	7.91	5.96
1969	7.93	5.87
1970	7.94	5.78
1971	7.94	5.67
1972	7.94	5.55
1973	7.94	5.41
1974	7.93	5.24
1975	7.91	5.09
1976	7.88	4.93
1977	7.83	4.78
1978	7.67	4.69
1979	7.63	4.58
1980	7.59	4.45
1981	7.54	4.35
1982	7.49	4.21
1983	7.42	4.06
1984	7.35	3.91
1985	7.27	3.78
1986	7.19	3.66
1987	7.09	3.54
1988	6.97	3.45
1989	6.85	3.34
1990	6.72	3.11
1991	6.59	3
1992	6.43	2.94
1993	6.27	2.92
1994	6.13	2.87
1995	6.04	2.84
1996	5.95	2.78
1997	5.9	2.74
1998	5.85	2.71
1999	5.81	2.63
2000	5.77	2.49
2001	5.7	2.39
2002	5.64	2.27
2003	5.57	2.2
2004	5.53	2.2
2005	5.5	2.2
2006	5.45	2.19
2007	5.4	2.16
2008	5.36	2.15
2009	5.33	2.1
2010	5.29	2.08
2011	5.24	2.05
2012	5.19	2.11
2013	5.14	2.11
2014	5.07	2.19
2015	4.97	2.16
2016	4.87	2.11
2017	4.76	2.08
2018	4.6	2
2019	4.52	1.89
2020	4.46	1.77
2021	4.41	1.71
2022	4.35	1.63
2023	4.28	1.51
2024	4.23	1.51
2025	4.17	1.5
2026	4.1	1.5
2027	4.05	1.5
2028	3.99	1.5
2029	3.93	1.5
2030	3.88	1.5
2031	3.83	1.5
2032	3.78	1.5
2033	3.75	1.5
2034	3.69	1.5
2035	3.64	1.5
2036	3.6	1.5
2037	3.56	1.5
2038	3.51	1.5
2039	3.47	1.5
2040	3.43	1.5
2041	3.39	1.5
2042	3.35	1.5
2043	3.31	1.5
2044	3.27	1.5
2045	3.23	1.5
2046	3.2	1.5
2047	3.17	1.5
2048	3.13	1.5
2049	3.1	1.5
2050	3.07	1.5

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Ivory Coast	Turkey
1960	43.1%	42%
1961	43.2%	42.2%
1962	43.4%	42.4%
1963	43.6%	42.5%
1964	43.9%	42.7%
1965	44.1%	42.8%
1966	44.3%	42.8%
1967	44.6%	42.9%
1968	44.8%	42.9%
1969	44.9%	42.8%
1970	45.1%	42.7%
1971	45.1%	42.5%
1972	45.2%	42.3%
1973	45.2%	42.1%
1974	45.3%	41.8%
1975	45.4%	41.5%
1976	45.7%	41.1%
1977	46.1%	40.7%
1978	46.5%	40.4%
1979	46.8%	40.1%
1980	47.1%	39.8%
1981	47.3%	39.6%
1982	47.5%	39.3%
1983	47.7%	38.9%
1984	47.8%	38.5%
1985	47.9%	38.1%
1986	48%	37.6%
1987	48.1%	37.2%
1988	48%	36.7%
1989	47.9%	36.3%
1990	47.8%	35.8%
1991	47.6%	35.3%
1992	47.4%	34.8%
1993	47.1%	34.3%
1994	46.9%	33.8%
1995	46.7%	33.2%
1996	46.4%	32.6%
1997	46.2%	32%
1998	46.1%	31.4%
1999	46%	30.8%
2000	46%	30.2%
2001	46.1%	29.7%
2002	46.2%	29.2%
2003	46.2%	28.7%
2004	46.3%	28.3%
2005	46.3%	27.9%
2006	46.3%	27.5%
2007	46.4%	27.1%
2008	45.8%	26.7%
2009	44.9%	26.3%
2010	44%	25.9%
2011	43.3%	25.5%
2012	42.7%	25.1%
2013	42.2%	24.7%
2014	42%	24.3%
2015	42.2%	23.9%
2016	42.3%	23.6%
2017	42.4%	23.3%
2018	42.4%	23.1%
2019	42.3%	23%
2020	42.2%	22.8%
2021	42%	22.5%
2022	41.7%	22.2%
2023	41.3%	21.8%
2024	40.9%	21.4%
2025	40.5%	21%
2026	40%	20.6%
2027	39.7%	20.1%
2028	39.3%	19.6%
2029	38.8%	19.2%
2030	38.3%	18.7%
2031	37.8%	18.2%
2032	37.3%	17.8%
2033	37%	17.4%
2034	36.7%	17.1%
2035	36.4%	16.8%
2036	36.2%	16.5%
2037	35.9%	16.3%
2038	35.7%	16.2%
2039	35.6%	16.1%
2040	35.4%	16%
2041	35.3%	15.8%
2042	35.1%	15.7%
2043	35%	15.6%
2044	34.8%	15.5%
2045	34.7%	15.4%
2046	34.5%	15.3%
2047	34.4%	15.2%
2048	34.2%	15.1%
2049	34%	15%
2050	33.7%	14.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 40.9% of the population in Ivory Coast and 21.4% in Turkey in 2024, compared to 47.8% and 35.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Ivory Coast and Turkey compared.

Natural population change in Ivory Coast vs Turkey by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.65% in Ivory Coast and +0.91% in Turkey. 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	Turkey
1960	99,681	773,009
1961	105,568	816,911
1962	111,930	837,473
1963	118,526	862,626
1964	124,996	884,152
1965	131,601	904,016
1966	138,438	925,790
1967	145,773	936,727
1968	153,464	950,778
1969	161,541	970,958
1970	170,070	991,950
1971	179,918	1,014,165
1972	190,842	1,023,781
1973	203,429	1,025,675
1974	216,389	1,020,053
1975	228,883	1,012,904
1976	241,939	1,009,999
1977	250,858	1,023,779
1978	257,222	1,054,863
1979	268,875	1,076,707
1980	280,630	1,090,538
1981	292,755	1,100,082
1982	305,204	1,091,863
1983	317,379	1,095,106
1984	331,910	1,096,529
1985	344,549	1,098,846
1986	357,205	1,102,660
1987	370,654	1,099,042
1988	378,575	1,101,266
1989	390,081	1,094,036
1990	402,629	1,044,467
1991	413,354	1,041,229
1992	423,294	1,039,125
1993	430,759	1,064,168
1994	438,274	1,078,208
1995	453,719	1,090,630
1996	469,740	1,091,827
1997	489,984	1,099,738
1998	509,167	1,103,242
1999	527,634	1,063,312
2000	545,129	1,020,515
2001	555,220	980,560
2002	563,692	922,927
2003	568,220	893,683
2004	579,424	896,025
2005	593,685	898,650
2006	605,001	897,351
2007	617,247	876,626
2008	630,610	868,749
2009	654,439	900,491
2010	676,554	892,334
2011	694,033	875,839
2012	708,847	917,145
2013	720,228	921,386
2014	728,978	957,055
2015	731,387	930,799
2016	735,630	895,841
2017	734,553	875,408
2018	722,445	830,353
2019	727,774	751,472
2020	727,455	608,708
2021	732,191	521,713
2022	750,270	535,373
2023	758,261	426,630

Maternal mortality chart: Ivory Coast vs Turkey

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 15 deaths in Turkey.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Ivory Coast	Turkey
1985	766	56
1986	735	53
1987	697	50
1988	671	47
1989	645	44
1990	619	42
1991	584	41
1992	546	40
1993	503	39
1994	463	38
1995	421	37
1996	381	36
1997	364	35
1998	380	34
1999	381	34
2000	378	32
2001	405	31
2002	427	30
2003	451	29
2004	456	28
2005	492	27
2006	544	26
2007	567	25
2008	562	24
2009	588	23
2010	592	23
2011	569	23
2012	566	21
2013	544	20
2014	522	20
2015	505	19
2016	488	19
2017	465	18
2018	449	17
2019	429	17
2020	447	19
2021	459	20
2022	409	21
2023	359	15

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 6.71% in Ivory Coast and 1.28% in Turkey. 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	Turkey
1960	32.1%	25.8%
1961	31.3%	25%
1962	30.5%	24.1%
1963	29.7%	23.3%
1964	28.9%	22.5%
1965	28.2%	21.7%
1966	27.4%	21%
1967	26.7%	20.4%
1968	26%	19.7%
1969	25.2%	19.2%
1970	24.5%	18.6%
1971	23.7%	18%
1972	22.9%	17.5%
1973	22.1%	16.9%
1974	21.2%	16.3%
1975	20.3%	15.7%
1976	19.5%	15.1%
1977	18.7%	14.5%
1978	18%	13.9%
1979	17.4%	13.3%
1980	16.9%	12.7%
1981	16.4%	12.1%
1982	16.1%	11.5%
1983	15.8%	10.9%
1984	15.5%	10.3%
1985	15.4%	9.79%
1986	15.3%	9.27%
1987	15.2%	8.77%
1988	15.2%	8.29%
1989	15.3%	7.83%
1990	15.3%	7.38%
1991	15.4%	6.95%
1992	15.4%	6.52%
1993	15.4%	6.11%
1994	15.3%	5.73%
1995	15.2%	5.35%
1996	15.1%	5%
1997	14.9%	4.66%
1998	14.6%	4.33%
1999	14.4%	4.03%
2000	14.1%	3.74%
2001	13.7%	3.47%
2002	13.3%	3.22%
2003	13%	2.99%
2004	12.6%	2.77%
2005	12.2%	2.57%
2006	11.8%	2.38%
2007	11.4%	2.21%
2008	11%	2.06%
2009	10.6%	1.92%
2010	10.2%	1.79%
2011	9.91%	1.68%
2012	9.6%	1.58%
2013	9.27%	1.49%
2014	8.92%	1.4%
2015	8.61%	1.33%
2016	8.36%	1.26%
2017	8.11%	1.2%
2018	7.85%	1.15%
2019	7.59%	1.1%
2020	7.37%	1.05%
2021	7.14%	1.01%
2022	6.92%	0.96%
2023	6.71%	1.28%