Fertility & birth rates in Marshall Islands and Poland

Fertility rate in Marshall Islands vs Poland 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 1.16 in Poland in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check the Marshall Islands vs Poland 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	Poland
1960	8.08	2.98
1961	8.12	2.83
1962	8.12	2.72
1963	8.12	2.7
1964	8.14	2.57
1965	8.16	2.52
1966	8.2	2.34
1967	8.17	2.33
1968	8.14	2.24
1969	8.11	2.2
1970	8.07	2.2
1971	8.04	2.25
1972	8	2.24
1973	7.95	2.26
1974	7.9	2.26
1975	7.83	2.27
1976	7.76	2.3
1977	7.67	2.23
1978	7.58	2.21
1979	7.47	2.28
1980	7.37	2.28
1981	7.27	2.24
1982	7.18	2.34
1983	7.08	2.42
1984	6.99	2.37
1985	6.87	2.33
1986	6.73	2.22
1987	6.57	2.15
1988	6.38	2.13
1989	6.18	2.08
1990	5.97	2.06
1991	5.76	2.07
1992	5.55	1.95
1993	5.38	1.87
1994	5.23	1.81
1995	5.09	1.62
1996	5.02	1.59
1997	4.96	1.51
1998	4.87	1.44
1999	4.78	1.37
2000	4.7	1.37
2001	4.58	1.31
2002	4.49	1.25
2003	4.42	1.22
2004	4.34	1.23
2005	4.28	1.24
2006	4.2	1.27
2007	4.09	1.31
2008	3.97	1.39
2009	3.83	1.4
2010	3.67	1.41
2011	3.53	1.33
2012	3.38	1.33
2013	3.25	1.29
2014	3.18	1.32
2015	3.13	1.32
2016	3.09	1.39
2017	3.06	1.48
2018	3.04	1.46
2019	3.01	1.44
2020	2.99	1.39
2021	2.96	1.33
2022	2.94	1.29
2023	2.92	1.16
2024	2.86	1.16
2025	2.82	1.17
2026	2.77	1.17
2027	2.73	1.17
2028	2.69	1.18
2029	2.65	1.18
2030	2.6	1.19
2031	2.57	1.19
2032	2.53	1.19
2033	2.5	1.2
2034	2.47	1.2
2035	2.44	1.21
2036	2.41	1.21
2037	2.38	1.21
2038	2.36	1.21
2039	2.34	1.22
2040	2.31	1.22
2041	2.29	1.22
2042	2.26	1.22
2043	2.24	1.23
2044	2.23	1.23
2045	2.21	1.24
2046	2.19	1.24
2047	2.17	1.24
2048	2.15	1.24
2049	2.13	1.24
2050	2.11	1.25

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Marshall Islands	Poland
1960	46.1%	33.4%
1961	46.7%	33.4%
1962	47.1%	33%
1963	47.4%	32.5%
1964	47.5%	31.9%
1965	47.5%	31.1%
1966	47.2%	30.3%
1967	46.7%	29.5%
1968	46.1%	28.6%
1969	45.3%	27.8%
1970	45%	26.9%
1971	45.6%	26.1%
1972	46.6%	25.4%
1973	47.3%	24.8%
1974	47.8%	24.3%
1975	48.2%	24%
1976	48.5%	24%
1977	49%	24%
1978	49.4%	24%
1979	49.8%	24.1%
1980	50.1%	24.3%
1981	50.3%	24.5%
1982	50.3%	24.7%
1983	50.4%	25%
1984	50.4%	25.3%
1985	50.6%	25.5%
1986	50.7%	25.6%
1987	50.8%	25.6%
1988	50.8%	25.5%
1989	50.6%	25.3%
1990	50.2%	25%
1991	49.7%	24.6%
1992	49.1%	24.3%
1993	48.4%	23.9%
1994	47.5%	23.4%
1995	46.6%	22.8%
1996	45.6%	22.2%
1997	44.7%	21.6%
1998	43.7%	20.9%
1999	42.8%	20.2%
2000	42%	19.4%
2001	41.3%	18.7%
2002	40.6%	18.1%
2003	39.9%	17.5%
2004	39.4%	17%
2005	39.1%	16.5%
2006	38.9%	16%
2007	39%	15.7%
2008	39.2%	15.4%
2009	39.4%	15.2%
2010	39.7%	15.1%
2011	39.7%	15.2%
2012	39.4%	15.1%
2013	38.8%	15.1%
2014	38.2%	15.1%
2015	37.5%	15.1%
2016	36.8%	15.1%
2017	36.2%	15.2%
2018	35.7%	15.3%
2019	35.1%	15.4%
2020	34.5%	15.5%
2021	34.4%	15.5%
2022	34.6%	15.3%
2023	34.7%	15.1%
2024	34.5%	14.8%
2025	33.9%	14.5%
2026	33.2%	14.1%
2027	32.6%	13.8%
2028	32%	13.5%
2029	31.4%	13.2%
2030	30.9%	13%
2031	30.3%	12.7%
2032	29.7%	12.4%
2033	29.2%	12.1%
2034	28.6%	11.8%
2035	28.1%	11.5%
2036	27.6%	11.3%
2037	27.3%	11.2%
2038	27.3%	11.1%
2039	27.4%	11.1%
2040	27.7%	11.1%
2041	28%	11%
2042	28.3%	11.1%
2043	28.6%	11.1%
2044	28.8%	11.1%
2045	29%	11.2%
2046	29.1%	11.3%
2047	29.1%	11.3%
2048	29%	11.4%
2049	28.8%	11.5%
2050	28.5%	11.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 34.5% of the population in the Marshall Islands and 14.8% in Poland in 2024, compared to 50.2% and 25% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Marshall Islands and Poland compared.

Natural population change in Marshall Islands vs Poland by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.69% in the Marshall Islands and -0.18% in Poland. 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	Poland
1960	452	444,562
1961	469	398,521
1962	488	360,671
1963	509	359,330
1964	536	326,965
1965	566	314,450
1966	603	297,801
1967	636	275,089
1968	685	280,963
1969	747	270,151
1970	819	280,913
1971	877	278,660
1972	913	314,028
1973	954	320,229
1974	1,000	346,893
1975	1,055	350,356
1976	1,109	367,612
1977	1,160	353,828
1978	1,207	339,166
1979	1,250	366,571
1980	1,287	348,627
1981	1,328	351,806
1982	1,375	369,551
1983	1,422	373,032
1984	1,470	332,137
1985	1,511	297,615
1986	1,544	258,448
1987	1,566	226,008
1988	1,575	215,599
1989	1,574	182,215
1990	1,556	160,066
1991	1,540	141,511
1992	1,525	118,928
1993	1,524	103,846
1994	1,524	96,357
1995	1,522	46,314
1996	1,542	42,487
1997	1,564	34,785
1998	1,576	19,332
1999	1,590	0
2000	1,592	11,478
2001	1,596	3,825
2002	1,594	-3,823
2003	1,600	-15,281
2004	1,595	-7,637
2005	1,586	-3,817
2006	1,556	3,814
2007	1,507	11,436
2008	1,443	34,313
2009	1,365	30,521
2010	1,273	38,043
2011	1,185	11,419
2012	1,097	0
2013	1,014	-19,020
2014	959	0
2015	912	-26,590
2016	866	-3,797
2017	826	0
2018	785	-26,582
2019	746	-34,169
2020	689	-120,050
2021	653	-184,907
2022	606	-143,605
2023	550	-135,743

Maternal mortality chart: Marshall Islands vs Poland

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 2 deaths in Poland.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Marshall Islands	Poland
1985	254	19
1986	274	19
1987	282	18
1988	276	18
1989	299	18
1990	311	18
1991	297	18
1992	322	16
1993	320	15
1994	303	14
1995	303	12
1996	292	11
1997	274	10
1998	259	9
1999	250	8
2000	251	7
2001	231	6
2002	223	5
2003	221	5
2004	238	4
2005	234	4
2006	233	4
2007	229	3
2008	226	3
2009	224	3
2010	212	3
2011	209	2
2012	207	2
2013	201	2
2014	199	2
2015	184	2
2016	183	2
2017	179	2
2018	167	2
2019	168	2
2020	178	3
2021	206	2
2022	174	2
2023	155	2

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.82% in the Marshall Islands and 0.44% in Poland. 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	Poland
1960	12.2%	6.51%
1961	11.6%	6.02%
1962	11%	5.6%
1963	10.5%	5.23%
1964	10.1%	4.89%
1965	9.64%	4.57%
1966	9.25%	4.29%
1967	8.88%	4.06%
1968	8.53%	3.89%
1969	8.19%	3.75%
1970	7.87%	3.59%
1971	7.58%	3.42%
1972	7.33%	3.24%
1973	7.13%	3.06%
1974	6.97%	2.9%
1975	6.86%	2.79%
1976	6.77%	2.7%
1977	6.69%	2.62%
1978	6.61%	2.54%
1979	6.52%	2.47%
1980	6.42%	2.4%
1981	6.29%	2.33%
1982	6.15%	2.26%
1983	6%	2.19%
1984	5.83%	2.11%
1985	5.66%	2.03%
1986	5.49%	1.96%
1987	5.31%	1.89%
1988	5.13%	1.84%
1989	4.95%	1.79%
1990	4.76%	1.74%
1991	4.59%	1.69%
1992	4.43%	1.65%
1993	4.29%	1.6%
1994	4.2%	1.53%
1995	4.15%	1.43%
1996	4.14%	1.32%
1997	4.15%	1.2%
1998	4.19%	1.09%
1999	4.23%	1%
2000	4.25%	0.93%
2001	4.25%	0.88%
2002	4.24%	0.84%
2003	4.21%	0.81%
2004	4.18%	0.78%
2005	4.14%	0.76%
2006	4.1%	0.73%
2007	4.06%	0.7%
2008	4.02%	0.67%
2009	3.97%	0.63%
2010	3.94%	0.6%
2011	3.89%	0.57%
2012	3.82%	0.54%
2013	3.75%	0.52%
2014	3.66%	0.5%
2015	3.57%	0.49%
2016	3.48%	0.48%
2017	3.38%	0.46%
2018	3.29%	0.45%
2019	3.19%	0.44%
2020	3.1%	0.44%
2021	3%	0.44%
2022	2.91%	0.44%
2023	2.82%	0.44%