Fertility & birth rates in Jordan and Nicaragua

Fertility rate in Jordan vs Nicaragua chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Jordan was 2.64 children per woman in 2023, compared to 2.22 in Nicaragua in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Jordan vs Nicaragua population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Jordan	Nicaragua
1960	7.6	7.16
1961	7.7	7.11
1962	7.79	7.1
1963	7.85	7.08
1964	7.91	7.06
1965	7.93	7.03
1966	7.99	6.99
1967	8.06	6.94
1968	8.14	6.89
1969	8.19	6.83
1970	8.18	6.77
1971	8.15	6.71
1972	8.12	6.65
1973	8.06	6.59
1974	8	6.52
1975	7.93	6.45
1976	7.83	6.37
1977	7.72	6.28
1978	7.59	6.16
1979	7.45	6.07
1980	7.29	5.96
1981	7.12	5.84
1982	6.96	5.74
1983	6.81	5.61
1984	6.67	5.49
1985	6.53	5.36
1986	6.39	5.22
1987	6.2	5.07
1988	6.01	4.93
1989	5.8	4.76
1990	5.54	4.6
1991	5.33	4.43
1992	5.14	4.27
1993	4.97	4.1
1994	4.82	3.94
1995	4.68	3.78
1996	4.51	3.62
1997	4.32	3.47
1998	4.11	3.34
1999	3.97	3.22
2000	3.86	3.12
2001	3.8	3
2002	3.81	2.89
2003	3.82	2.83
2004	3.73	2.78
2005	3.65	2.77
2006	3.71	2.73
2007	3.8	2.7
2008	3.88	2.66
2009	3.84	2.63
2010	3.78	2.6
2011	3.69	2.56
2012	3.57	2.53
2013	3.45	2.49
2014	3.3	2.46
2015	3.14	2.43
2016	3.07	2.41
2017	2.99	2.38
2018	2.92	2.35
2019	2.86	2.32
2020	2.79	2.3
2021	2.74	2.27
2022	2.68	2.24
2023	2.64	2.22
2024	2.6	2.21
2025	2.57	2.18
2026	2.54	2.16
2027	2.51	2.14
2028	2.48	2.11
2029	2.44	2.09
2030	2.42	2.07
2031	2.39	2.05
2032	2.36	2.04
2033	2.33	2.02
2034	2.3	2.01
2035	2.27	2
2036	2.25	1.98
2037	2.23	1.97
2038	2.21	1.96
2039	2.19	1.95
2040	2.16	1.94
2041	2.14	1.93
2042	2.12	1.92
2043	2.1	1.91
2044	2.08	1.9
2045	2.07	1.89
2046	2.05	1.89
2047	2.04	1.88
2048	2.02	1.87
2049	2.01	1.87
2050	1.99	1.86

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Jordan	Nicaragua
1960	46.1%	47.6%
1961	46.6%	47.8%
1962	47.2%	48%
1963	47.7%	48.2%
1964	48.2%	48.2%
1965	48.7%	48.1%
1966	49.1%	47.9%
1967	49.4%	47.8%
1968	49.8%	47.7%
1969	50%	47.6%
1970	50.3%	47.5%
1971	50.4%	47.5%
1972	50.6%	47.4%
1973	50.6%	47.4%
1974	50.6%	47.3%
1975	50.6%	47.3%
1976	50.5%	47.3%
1977	50.4%	47.2%
1978	50.2%	47.3%
1979	50%	47.3%
1980	49.7%	47.3%
1981	49.5%	47.3%
1982	49.2%	47.3%
1983	48.9%	47.2%
1984	48.6%	47.2%
1985	48.2%	47.1%
1986	47.9%	47%
1987	47.6%	46.9%
1988	47.2%	46.7%
1989	46.8%	46.4%
1990	45%	46.1%
1991	43.1%	45.7%
1992	42.2%	45.2%
1993	41.5%	44.8%
1994	40.9%	44.3%
1995	40.5%	43.7%
1996	40.4%	43.1%
1997	40.4%	42.4%
1998	40.3%	41.7%
1999	40.2%	41%
2000	40.1%	40.3%
2001	39.8%	39.6%
2002	39.5%	38.9%
2003	39.2%	38.2%
2004	38.8%	37.5%
2005	38.4%	36.8%
2006	38%	36.2%
2007	37.5%	35.7%
2008	37%	35.2%
2009	36.5%	34.7%
2010	36%	34.2%
2011	35.5%	33.8%
2012	35.1%	33.3%
2013	34.9%	32.9%
2014	34.9%	32.6%
2015	34.8%	32.2%
2016	34.5%	31.8%
2017	34.1%	31.5%
2018	33.7%	31.1%
2019	33.3%	30.8%
2020	32.8%	30.4%
2021	32.4%	30.1%
2022	31.9%	29.6%
2023	31.2%	29.2%
2024	30.7%	28.8%
2025	30.2%	28.3%
2026	29.6%	27.9%
2027	29%	27.4%
2028	28.4%	27%
2029	27.8%	26.6%
2030	27.3%	26.2%
2031	26.9%	25.8%
2032	26.6%	25.4%
2033	26.2%	25%
2034	25.9%	24.7%
2035	25.7%	24.4%
2036	25.4%	24%
2037	25.2%	23.7%
2038	25%	23.4%
2039	24.9%	23.1%
2040	24.7%	22.8%
2041	24.6%	22.5%
2042	24.4%	22.2%
2043	24.3%	22%
2044	24.1%	21.7%
2045	23.9%	21.4%
2046	23.7%	21.2%
2047	23.5%	20.9%
2048	23.3%	20.7%
2049	23.1%	20.5%
2050	22.8%	20.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 30.7% of the population in Jordan and 28.8% in Nicaragua in 2024, compared to 45% and 46.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Jordan and Nicaragua compared.

Natural population change in Jordan vs Nicaragua by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.92% in Jordan and +1.58% in Nicaragua. 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
	Jordan	Nicaragua
1960	29,491	55,664
1961	32,143	57,499
1962	34,598	59,547
1963	36,858	61,738
1964	39,205	64,227
1965	41,635	67,056
1966	44,580	69,883
1967	48,791	72,722
1968	53,336	75,458
1969	57,431	78,237
1970	60,321	81,127
1971	64,763	84,139
1972	67,707	76,906
1973	70,058	89,662
1974	72,212	92,505
1975	74,392	95,230
1976	75,981	98,100
1977	78,101	100,498
1978	79,908	98,419
1979	82,076	96,429
1980	84,508	108,604
1981	86,751	110,421
1982	89,473	112,468
1983	92,863	110,618
1984	96,092	110,133
1985	99,801	110,949
1986	103,551	113,054
1987	106,536	112,885
1988	109,754	117,299
1989	112,608	120,128
1990	114,912	120,677
1991	129,642	121,787
1992	134,241	121,204
1993	139,467	120,469
1994	144,199	119,565
1995	147,652	118,325
1996	147,852	116,849
1997	145,358	114,415
1998	140,696	108,862
1999	138,201	110,217
2000	136,414	109,192
2001	136,450	107,109
2002	139,250	105,805
2003	142,443	106,142
2004	141,752	106,904
2005	141,816	108,984
2006	147,643	110,073
2007	167,574	110,341
2008	175,048	110,395
2009	177,651	110,213
2010	177,748	110,475
2011	177,076	110,026
2012	175,437	110,065
2013	170,473	109,032
2014	184,169	108,420
2015	195,495	107,344
2016	205,891	106,585
2017	205,903	105,468
2018	205,333	104,814
2019	204,933	102,817
2020	198,138	90,515
2021	190,795	89,213
2022	199,900	100,987
2023	200,895	100,921

Maternal mortality chart: Jordan vs Nicaragua

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 31 deaths per 100,000 live births in Jordan, compared to 60 deaths in Nicaragua.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Jordan	Nicaragua
1985	100	319
1986	93	313
1987	87	316
1988	82	301
1989	79	286
1990	72	281
1991	74	273
1992	72	272
1993	71	265
1994	70	256
1995	70	251
1996	69	244
1997	67	236
1998	65	239
1999	63	228
2000	61	213
2001	60	194
2002	58	170
2003	56	154
2004	54	140
2005	53	124
2006	49	113
2007	50	106
2008	50	101
2009	49	99
2010	48	96
2011	47	93
2012	47	88
2013	44	86
2014	43	83
2015	41	81
2016	40	77
2017	38	72
2018	36	67
2019	35	69
2020	41	87
2021	79	124
2022	35	61
2023	31	60

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.32% in Jordan and 1.34% in Nicaragua. 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
	Jordan	Nicaragua
1960	15.5%	19.8%
1961	14.6%	19.6%
1962	13.8%	19.4%
1963	13%	19.2%
1964	12.3%	19%
1965	11.6%	18.7%
1966	11%	18.4%
1967	10.4%	18.1%
1968	9.87%	17.8%
1969	9.38%	17.4%
1970	8.91%	17.1%
1971	8.48%	16.6%
1972	8.06%	18.7%
1973	7.67%	15.6%
1974	7.31%	15%
1975	6.96%	14.4%
1976	6.63%	13.7%
1977	6.31%	12.9%
1978	6.02%	12.2%
1979	5.74%	11.5%
1980	5.48%	10.8%
1981	5.22%	10.2%
1982	4.99%	9.58%
1983	4.76%	9.07%
1984	4.55%	8.62%
1985	4.34%	8.21%
1986	4.16%	7.85%
1987	3.98%	7.53%
1988	3.82%	7.22%
1989	3.68%	6.92%
1990	3.54%	6.62%
1991	3.42%	6.31%
1992	3.31%	6%
1993	3.2%	5.69%
1994	3.1%	5.39%
1995	3.01%	5.09%
1996	2.91%	4.81%
1997	2.83%	4.54%
1998	2.74%	5.01%
1999	2.66%	4.04%
2000	2.58%	3.82%
2001	2.5%	3.62%
2002	2.42%	3.43%
2003	2.35%	3.26%
2004	2.27%	3.1%
2005	2.2%	2.95%
2006	2.13%	2.81%
2007	2.07%	2.68%
2008	2%	2.55%
2009	1.94%	2.44%
2010	1.89%	2.33%
2011	1.83%	2.22%
2012	1.78%	2.13%
2013	1.74%	2.03%
2014	1.69%	1.94%
2015	1.65%	1.86%
2016	1.6%	1.78%
2017	1.56%	1.71%
2018	1.52%	1.64%
2019	1.48%	1.57%
2020	1.44%	1.51%
2021	1.4%	1.45%
2022	1.36%	1.39%
2023	1.32%	1.34%