Fertility & birth rates in Marshall Islands and Portugal

Fertility rate in Marshall Islands vs Portugal 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 1.44 in Portugal in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check the Marshall Islands vs Portugal 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	Portugal
1960	8.08	3.16
1961	8.12	3.21
1962	8.12	3.23
1963	8.12	3.12
1964	8.14	3.21
1965	8.16	3.15
1966	8.2	3.16
1967	8.17	3.16
1968	8.14	3.12
1969	8.11	3.12
1970	8.07	3.01
1971	8.04	3
1972	8	2.86
1973	7.95	2.77
1974	7.9	2.7
1975	7.83	2.75
1976	7.76	2.82
1977	7.67	2.69
1978	7.58	2.45
1979	7.47	2.31
1980	7.37	2.25
1981	7.27	2.13
1982	7.18	2.07
1983	7.08	1.95
1984	6.99	1.9
1985	6.87	1.72
1986	6.73	1.66
1987	6.57	1.62
1988	6.38	1.61
1989	6.18	1.57
1990	5.97	1.56
1991	5.76	1.56
1992	5.55	1.54
1993	5.38	1.52
1994	5.23	1.45
1995	5.09	1.41
1996	5.02	1.44
1997	4.96	1.47
1998	4.87	1.47
1999	4.78	1.5
2000	4.7	1.55
2001	4.58	1.45
2002	4.49	1.46
2003	4.42	1.44
2004	4.34	1.4
2005	4.28	1.41
2006	4.2	1.37
2007	4.09	1.35
2008	3.97	1.39
2009	3.83	1.34
2010	3.67	1.39
2011	3.53	1.35
2012	3.38	1.28
2013	3.25	1.21
2014	3.18	1.24
2015	3.13	1.31
2016	3.09	1.37
2017	3.06	1.38
2018	3.04	1.42
2019	3.01	1.44
2020	2.99	1.42
2021	2.96	1.35
2022	2.94	1.43
2023	2.92	1.44
2024	2.86	1.45
2025	2.82	1.45
2026	2.77	1.45
2027	2.73	1.46
2028	2.69	1.46
2029	2.65	1.46
2030	2.6	1.46
2031	2.57	1.47
2032	2.53	1.47
2033	2.5	1.47
2034	2.47	1.48
2035	2.44	1.48
2036	2.41	1.48
2037	2.38	1.48
2038	2.36	1.49
2039	2.34	1.49
2040	2.31	1.49
2041	2.29	1.49
2042	2.26	1.49
2043	2.24	1.49
2044	2.23	1.5
2045	2.21	1.5
2046	2.19	1.5
2047	2.17	1.5
2048	2.15	1.5
2049	2.13	1.5
2050	2.11	1.5

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Marshall Islands	Portugal
1960	46.1%	29.3%
1961	46.7%	29.1%
1962	47.1%	29.1%
1963	47.4%	29.1%
1964	47.5%	29.1%
1965	47.5%	29.1%
1966	47.2%	29.2%
1967	46.7%	29.2%
1968	46.1%	29.2%
1969	45.3%	29.1%
1970	45%	28.7%
1971	45.6%	28.4%
1972	46.6%	28.2%
1973	47.3%	27.9%
1974	47.8%	27.7%
1975	48.2%	27.4%
1976	48.5%	27.2%
1977	49%	27.1%
1978	49.4%	26.8%
1979	49.8%	26.4%
1980	50.1%	25.9%
1981	50.3%	25.4%
1982	50.3%	25%
1983	50.4%	24.5%
1984	50.4%	24.1%
1985	50.6%	23.7%
1986	50.7%	23.1%
1987	50.8%	22.5%
1988	50.8%	21.9%
1989	50.6%	21.2%
1990	50.2%	20.5%
1991	49.7%	19.7%
1992	49.1%	19.1%
1993	48.4%	18.6%
1994	47.5%	18.2%
1995	46.6%	17.8%
1996	45.6%	17.4%
1997	44.7%	17.1%
1998	43.7%	16.8%
1999	42.8%	16.6%
2000	42%	16.4%
2001	41.3%	16.2%
2002	40.6%	16.1%
2003	39.9%	16.1%
2004	39.4%	16%
2005	39.1%	15.9%
2006	38.9%	15.8%
2007	39%	15.6%
2008	39.2%	15.5%
2009	39.4%	15.4%
2010	39.7%	15.2%
2011	39.7%	15%
2012	39.4%	14.9%
2013	38.8%	14.8%
2014	38.2%	14.6%
2015	37.5%	14.3%
2016	36.8%	14.1%
2017	36.2%	13.9%
2018	35.7%	13.7%
2019	35.1%	13.5%
2020	34.5%	13.3%
2021	34.4%	13.1%
2022	34.6%	13%
2023	34.7%	12.9%
2024	34.5%	12.8%
2025	33.9%	12.7%
2026	33.2%	12.6%
2027	32.6%	12.6%
2028	32%	12.6%
2029	31.4%	12.6%
2030	30.9%	12.7%
2031	30.3%	12.7%
2032	29.7%	12.7%
2033	29.2%	12.7%
2034	28.6%	12.7%
2035	28.1%	12.8%
2036	27.6%	12.9%
2037	27.3%	12.9%
2038	27.3%	13%
2039	27.4%	13%
2040	27.7%	13.1%
2041	28%	13.1%
2042	28.3%	13.2%
2043	28.6%	13.2%
2044	28.8%	13.3%
2045	29%	13.3%
2046	29.1%	13.4%
2047	29.1%	13.4%
2048	29%	13.4%
2049	28.8%	13.5%
2050	28.5%	13.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 34.5% of the population in the Marshall Islands and 12.8% in Portugal in 2024, compared to 50.2% and 20.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Marshall Islands and Portugal compared.

Natural population change in Marshall Islands vs Portugal by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.69% in the Marshall Islands and -0.29% in Portugal. 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	Portugal
1960	452	118,693
1961	469	117,867
1962	488	123,217
1963	509	113,783
1964	536	120,170
1965	566	115,182
1966	603	107,171
1967	636	106,495
1968	685	100,737
1969	747	89,329
1970	819	87,672
1971	877	82,980
1972	913	83,715
1973	954	76,835
1974	1,000	74,412
1975	1,055	81,841
1976	1,109	85,138
1977	1,160	84,156
1978	1,207	70,731
1979	1,250	67,628
1980	1,287	63,481
1981	1,328	56,152
1982	1,375	58,479
1983	1,422	47,798
1984	1,470	45,983
1985	1,511	33,077
1986	1,544	31,102
1987	1,566	28,084
1988	1,575	24,047
1989	1,574	22,011
1990	1,556	13,976
1991	1,540	12,948
1992	1,525	13,933
1993	1,524	7,972
1994	1,524	9,991
1995	1,522	4,011
1996	1,542	4,026
1997	1,564	8,087
1998	1,576	7,112
1999	1,590	8,175
2000	1,592	15,435
2001	1,596	8,290
2002	1,594	8,335
2003	1,600	4,184
2004	1,595	7,339
2005	1,586	2,101
2006	1,556	3,156
2007	1,507	-1,055
2008	1,443	0
2009	1,365	-5,284
2010	1,273	-4,230
2011	1,185	-5,279
2012	1,097	-17,875
2013	1,014	-24,052
2014	959	-22,882
2015	912	-23,823
2016	866	-23,749
2017	826	-23,691
2018	785	-25,709
2019	746	-24,687
2020	689	-39,129
2021	653	-45,592
2022	606	-40,694
2023	550	-32,792

Maternal mortality chart: Marshall Islands vs Portugal

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 15 deaths in Portugal.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Marshall Islands	Portugal
1985	254	20
1986	274	19
1987	282	19
1988	276	18
1989	299	18
1990	311	17
1991	297	17
1992	322	16
1993	320	15
1994	303	13
1995	303	12
1996	292	12
1997	274	12
1998	259	11
1999	250	10
2000	251	9
2001	231	9
2002	223	9
2003	221	8
2004	238	8
2005	234	8
2006	233	8
2007	229	8
2008	226	9
2009	224	9
2010	212	10
2011	209	10
2012	207	10
2013	201	10
2014	199	11
2015	184	11
2016	183	12
2017	179	13
2018	167	14
2019	168	15
2020	178	14
2021	206	19
2022	174	16
2023	155	15

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.82% in the Marshall Islands and 0.32% in Portugal. 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	Portugal
1960	12.2%	11.4%
1961	11.6%	11%
1962	11%	10.4%
1963	10.5%	9.76%
1964	10.1%	9.1%
1965	9.64%	8.53%
1966	9.25%	8.09%
1967	8.88%	7.76%
1968	8.53%	7.51%
1969	8.19%	7.22%
1970	7.87%	6.81%
1971	7.58%	6.3%
1972	7.33%	5.78%
1973	7.13%	5.27%
1974	6.97%	4.79%
1975	6.86%	4.35%
1976	6.77%	3.94%
1977	6.69%	3.57%
1978	6.61%	3.24%
1979	6.52%	2.97%
1980	6.42%	2.75%
1981	6.29%	2.58%
1982	6.15%	2.43%
1983	6%	2.29%
1984	5.83%	2.16%
1985	5.66%	2.04%
1986	5.49%	1.93%
1987	5.31%	1.82%
1988	5.13%	1.7%
1989	4.95%	1.59%
1990	4.76%	1.47%
1991	4.59%	1.36%
1992	4.43%	1.25%
1993	4.29%	1.14%
1994	4.2%	1.05%
1995	4.15%	0.98%
1996	4.14%	0.92%
1997	4.15%	0.86%
1998	4.19%	0.82%
1999	4.23%	0.77%
2000	4.25%	0.72%
2001	4.25%	0.66%
2002	4.24%	0.61%
2003	4.21%	0.55%
2004	4.18%	0.5%
2005	4.14%	0.47%
2006	4.1%	0.44%
2007	4.06%	0.42%
2008	4.02%	0.4%
2009	3.97%	0.39%
2010	3.94%	0.38%
2011	3.89%	0.37%
2012	3.82%	0.37%
2013	3.75%	0.36%
2014	3.66%	0.36%
2015	3.57%	0.36%
2016	3.48%	0.36%
2017	3.38%	0.36%
2018	3.29%	0.35%
2019	3.19%	0.35%
2020	3.1%	0.34%
2021	3%	0.33%
2022	2.91%	0.32%
2023	2.82%	0.32%