Fertility & birth rates in Marshall Islands and Nicaragua

Fertility rate in Marshall Islands vs Nicaragua chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in the Marshall Islands was 2.92 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 the Marshall Islands 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
	Marshall Islands	Nicaragua
1960	8.08	7.16
1961	8.12	7.11
1962	8.12	7.1
1963	8.12	7.08
1964	8.14	7.06
1965	8.16	7.03
1966	8.2	6.99
1967	8.17	6.94
1968	8.14	6.89
1969	8.11	6.83
1970	8.07	6.77
1971	8.04	6.71
1972	8	6.65
1973	7.95	6.59
1974	7.9	6.52
1975	7.83	6.45
1976	7.76	6.37
1977	7.67	6.28
1978	7.58	6.16
1979	7.47	6.07
1980	7.37	5.96
1981	7.27	5.84
1982	7.18	5.74
1983	7.08	5.61
1984	6.99	5.49
1985	6.87	5.36
1986	6.73	5.22
1987	6.57	5.07
1988	6.38	4.93
1989	6.18	4.76
1990	5.97	4.6
1991	5.76	4.43
1992	5.55	4.27
1993	5.38	4.1
1994	5.23	3.94
1995	5.09	3.78
1996	5.02	3.62
1997	4.96	3.47
1998	4.87	3.34
1999	4.78	3.22
2000	4.7	3.12
2001	4.58	3
2002	4.49	2.89
2003	4.42	2.83
2004	4.34	2.78
2005	4.28	2.77
2006	4.2	2.73
2007	4.09	2.7
2008	3.97	2.66
2009	3.83	2.63
2010	3.67	2.6
2011	3.53	2.56
2012	3.38	2.53
2013	3.25	2.49
2014	3.18	2.46
2015	3.13	2.43
2016	3.09	2.41
2017	3.06	2.38
2018	3.04	2.35
2019	3.01	2.32
2020	2.99	2.3
2021	2.96	2.27
2022	2.94	2.24
2023	2.92	2.22
2024	2.86	2.21
2025	2.82	2.18
2026	2.77	2.16
2027	2.73	2.14
2028	2.69	2.11
2029	2.65	2.09
2030	2.6	2.07
2031	2.57	2.05
2032	2.53	2.04
2033	2.5	2.02
2034	2.47	2.01
2035	2.44	2
2036	2.41	1.98
2037	2.38	1.97
2038	2.36	1.96
2039	2.34	1.95
2040	2.31	1.94
2041	2.29	1.93
2042	2.26	1.92
2043	2.24	1.91
2044	2.23	1.9
2045	2.21	1.89
2046	2.19	1.89
2047	2.17	1.88
2048	2.15	1.87
2049	2.13	1.87
2050	2.11	1.86

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Marshall Islands	Nicaragua
1960	46.1%	47.6%
1961	46.7%	47.8%
1962	47.1%	48%
1963	47.4%	48.2%
1964	47.5%	48.2%
1965	47.5%	48.1%
1966	47.2%	47.9%
1967	46.7%	47.8%
1968	46.1%	47.7%
1969	45.3%	47.6%
1970	45%	47.5%
1971	45.6%	47.5%
1972	46.6%	47.4%
1973	47.3%	47.4%
1974	47.8%	47.3%
1975	48.2%	47.3%
1976	48.5%	47.3%
1977	49%	47.2%
1978	49.4%	47.3%
1979	49.8%	47.3%
1980	50.1%	47.3%
1981	50.3%	47.3%
1982	50.3%	47.3%
1983	50.4%	47.2%
1984	50.4%	47.2%
1985	50.6%	47.1%
1986	50.7%	47%
1987	50.8%	46.9%
1988	50.8%	46.7%
1989	50.6%	46.4%
1990	50.2%	46.1%
1991	49.7%	45.7%
1992	49.1%	45.2%
1993	48.4%	44.8%
1994	47.5%	44.3%
1995	46.6%	43.7%
1996	45.6%	43.1%
1997	44.7%	42.4%
1998	43.7%	41.7%
1999	42.8%	41%
2000	42%	40.3%
2001	41.3%	39.6%
2002	40.6%	38.9%
2003	39.9%	38.2%
2004	39.4%	37.5%
2005	39.1%	36.8%
2006	38.9%	36.2%
2007	39%	35.7%
2008	39.2%	35.2%
2009	39.4%	34.7%
2010	39.7%	34.2%
2011	39.7%	33.8%
2012	39.4%	33.3%
2013	38.8%	32.9%
2014	38.2%	32.6%
2015	37.5%	32.2%
2016	36.8%	31.8%
2017	36.2%	31.5%
2018	35.7%	31.1%
2019	35.1%	30.8%
2020	34.5%	30.4%
2021	34.4%	30.1%
2022	34.6%	29.6%
2023	34.7%	29.2%
2024	34.5%	28.8%
2025	33.9%	28.3%
2026	33.2%	27.9%
2027	32.6%	27.4%
2028	32%	27%
2029	31.4%	26.6%
2030	30.9%	26.2%
2031	30.3%	25.8%
2032	29.7%	25.4%
2033	29.2%	25%
2034	28.6%	24.7%
2035	28.1%	24.4%
2036	27.6%	24%
2037	27.3%	23.7%
2038	27.3%	23.4%
2039	27.4%	23.1%
2040	27.7%	22.8%
2041	28%	22.5%
2042	28.3%	22.2%
2043	28.6%	22%
2044	28.8%	21.7%
2045	29%	21.4%
2046	29.1%	21.2%
2047	29.1%	20.9%
2048	29%	20.7%
2049	28.8%	20.5%
2050	28.5%	20.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 34.5% of the population in the Marshall Islands and 28.8% in Nicaragua in 2024, compared to 50.2% and 46.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Marshall Islands and Nicaragua compared.

Natural population change in Marshall Islands vs Nicaragua by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.69% in the Marshall Islands 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
	Marshall Islands	Nicaragua
1960	452	55,664
1961	469	57,499
1962	488	59,547
1963	509	61,738
1964	536	64,227
1965	566	67,056
1966	603	69,883
1967	636	72,722
1968	685	75,458
1969	747	78,237
1970	819	81,127
1971	877	84,139
1972	913	76,906
1973	954	89,662
1974	1,000	92,505
1975	1,055	95,230
1976	1,109	98,100
1977	1,160	100,498
1978	1,207	98,419
1979	1,250	96,429
1980	1,287	108,604
1981	1,328	110,421
1982	1,375	112,468
1983	1,422	110,618
1984	1,470	110,133
1985	1,511	110,949
1986	1,544	113,054
1987	1,566	112,885
1988	1,575	117,299
1989	1,574	120,128
1990	1,556	120,677
1991	1,540	121,787
1992	1,525	121,204
1993	1,524	120,469
1994	1,524	119,565
1995	1,522	118,325
1996	1,542	116,849
1997	1,564	114,415
1998	1,576	108,862
1999	1,590	110,217
2000	1,592	109,192
2001	1,596	107,109
2002	1,594	105,805
2003	1,600	106,142
2004	1,595	106,904
2005	1,586	108,984
2006	1,556	110,073
2007	1,507	110,341
2008	1,443	110,395
2009	1,365	110,213
2010	1,273	110,475
2011	1,185	110,026
2012	1,097	110,065
2013	1,014	109,032
2014	959	108,420
2015	912	107,344
2016	866	106,585
2017	826	105,468
2018	785	104,814
2019	746	102,817
2020	689	90,515
2021	653	89,213
2022	606	100,987
2023	550	100,921

Maternal mortality chart: Marshall Islands vs Nicaragua

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 155 deaths per 100,000 live births in the Marshall Islands, compared to 60 deaths in Nicaragua.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Marshall Islands	Nicaragua
1985	254	319
1986	274	313
1987	282	316
1988	276	301
1989	299	286
1990	311	281
1991	297	273
1992	322	272
1993	320	265
1994	303	256
1995	303	251
1996	292	244
1997	274	236
1998	259	239
1999	250	228
2000	251	213
2001	231	194
2002	223	170
2003	221	154
2004	238	140
2005	234	124
2006	233	113
2007	229	106
2008	226	101
2009	224	99
2010	212	96
2011	209	93
2012	207	88
2013	201	86
2014	199	83
2015	184	81
2016	183	77
2017	179	72
2018	167	67
2019	168	69
2020	178	87
2021	206	124
2022	174	61
2023	155	60

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.82% in the Marshall Islands 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
	Marshall Islands	Nicaragua
1960	12.2%	19.8%
1961	11.6%	19.6%
1962	11%	19.4%
1963	10.5%	19.2%
1964	10.1%	19%
1965	9.64%	18.7%
1966	9.25%	18.4%
1967	8.88%	18.1%
1968	8.53%	17.8%
1969	8.19%	17.4%
1970	7.87%	17.1%
1971	7.58%	16.6%
1972	7.33%	18.7%
1973	7.13%	15.6%
1974	6.97%	15%
1975	6.86%	14.4%
1976	6.77%	13.7%
1977	6.69%	12.9%
1978	6.61%	12.2%
1979	6.52%	11.5%
1980	6.42%	10.8%
1981	6.29%	10.2%
1982	6.15%	9.58%
1983	6%	9.07%
1984	5.83%	8.62%
1985	5.66%	8.21%
1986	5.49%	7.85%
1987	5.31%	7.53%
1988	5.13%	7.22%
1989	4.95%	6.92%
1990	4.76%	6.62%
1991	4.59%	6.31%
1992	4.43%	6%
1993	4.29%	5.69%
1994	4.2%	5.39%
1995	4.15%	5.09%
1996	4.14%	4.81%
1997	4.15%	4.54%
1998	4.19%	5.01%
1999	4.23%	4.04%
2000	4.25%	3.82%
2001	4.25%	3.62%
2002	4.24%	3.43%
2003	4.21%	3.26%
2004	4.18%	3.1%
2005	4.14%	2.95%
2006	4.1%	2.81%
2007	4.06%	2.68%
2008	4.02%	2.55%
2009	3.97%	2.44%
2010	3.94%	2.33%
2011	3.89%	2.22%
2012	3.82%	2.13%
2013	3.75%	2.03%
2014	3.66%	1.94%
2015	3.57%	1.86%
2016	3.48%	1.78%
2017	3.38%	1.71%
2018	3.29%	1.64%
2019	3.19%	1.57%
2020	3.1%	1.51%
2021	3%	1.45%
2022	2.91%	1.39%
2023	2.82%	1.34%