Fertility & birth rates in Marshall Islands and Romania

Fertility rate in Marshall Islands vs Romania 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 1.71 in Romania in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check the Marshall Islands vs Romania 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	Romania
1960	8.08	2.34
1961	8.12	2.17
1962	8.12	2.04
1963	8.12	2.01
1964	8.14	1.96
1965	8.16	1.91
1966	8.2	1.9
1967	8.17	3.66
1968	8.14	3.63
1969	8.11	3.19
1970	8.07	2.89
1971	8.04	2.67
1972	8	2.55
1973	7.95	2.44
1974	7.9	2.71
1975	7.83	2.59
1976	7.76	2.54
1977	7.67	2.57
1978	7.58	2.52
1979	7.47	2.49
1980	7.37	2.43
1981	7.27	2.36
1982	7.18	2.17
1983	7.08	2.06
1984	6.99	2.26
1985	6.87	2.31
1986	6.73	2.39
1987	6.57	2.38
1988	6.38	2.3
1989	6.18	2.22
1990	5.97	1.83
1991	5.76	1.59
1992	5.55	1.51
1993	5.38	1.43
1994	5.23	1.4
1995	5.09	1.33
1996	5.02	1.3
1997	4.96	1.32
1998	4.87	1.32
1999	4.78	1.3
2000	4.7	1.31
2001	4.58	1.27
2002	4.49	1.27
2003	4.42	1.3
2004	4.34	1.33
2005	4.28	1.4
2006	4.2	1.42
2007	4.09	1.45
2008	3.97	1.6
2009	3.83	1.66
2010	3.67	1.59
2011	3.53	1.47
2012	3.38	1.52
2013	3.25	1.46
2014	3.18	1.56
2015	3.13	1.62
2016	3.09	1.69
2017	3.06	1.78
2018	3.04	1.76
2019	3.01	1.77
2020	2.99	1.8
2021	2.96	1.81
2022	2.94	1.71
2023	2.92	1.71
2024	2.86	1.71
2025	2.82	1.71
2026	2.77	1.7
2027	2.73	1.7
2028	2.69	1.7
2029	2.65	1.7
2030	2.6	1.7
2031	2.57	1.7
2032	2.53	1.7
2033	2.5	1.69
2034	2.47	1.69
2035	2.44	1.69
2036	2.41	1.69
2037	2.38	1.69
2038	2.36	1.69
2039	2.34	1.69
2040	2.31	1.69
2041	2.29	1.68
2042	2.26	1.68
2043	2.24	1.68
2044	2.23	1.68
2045	2.21	1.68
2046	2.19	1.68
2047	2.17	1.68
2048	2.15	1.68
2049	2.13	1.68
2050	2.11	1.68

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Marshall Islands	Romania
1960	46.1%	28.1%
1961	46.7%	28%
1962	47.1%	27.7%
1963	47.4%	27.3%
1964	47.5%	26.7%
1965	47.5%	26%
1966	47.2%	25.2%
1967	46.7%	25%
1968	46.1%	25.1%
1969	45.3%	25.1%
1970	45%	25.1%
1971	45.6%	24.9%
1972	46.6%	24.9%
1973	47.3%	24.9%
1974	47.8%	25.1%
1975	48.2%	25.3%
1976	48.5%	25.7%
1977	49%	26%
1978	49.4%	26.3%
1979	49.8%	26.5%
1980	50.1%	26.8%
1981	50.3%	27.1%
1982	50.3%	26.8%
1983	50.4%	25.9%
1984	50.4%	25.1%
1985	50.6%	24.6%
1986	50.7%	24.3%
1987	50.8%	24%
1988	50.8%	23.9%
1989	50.6%	23.7%
1990	50.2%	23.3%
1991	49.7%	22.8%
1992	49.1%	22.2%
1993	48.4%	21.6%
1994	47.5%	21%
1995	46.6%	20.5%
1996	45.6%	20%
1997	44.7%	19.6%
1998	43.7%	19.3%
1999	42.8%	19.1%
2000	42%	18.6%
2001	41.3%	18.1%
2002	40.6%	17.5%
2003	39.9%	16.9%
2004	39.4%	16.4%
2005	39.1%	16%
2006	38.9%	15.8%
2007	39%	15.7%
2008	39.2%	15.7%
2009	39.4%	15.7%
2010	39.7%	15.7%
2011	39.7%	15.8%
2012	39.4%	15.7%
2013	38.8%	15.7%
2014	38.2%	15.7%
2015	37.5%	15.7%
2016	36.8%	15.7%
2017	36.2%	15.8%
2018	35.7%	15.9%
2019	35.1%	16%
2020	34.5%	16.1%
2021	34.4%	16.1%
2022	34.6%	16%
2023	34.7%	15.9%
2024	34.5%	15.7%
2025	33.9%	15.6%
2026	33.2%	15.4%
2027	32.6%	15.3%
2028	32%	15.2%
2029	31.4%	15.1%
2030	30.9%	15%
2031	30.3%	14.9%
2032	29.7%	14.7%
2033	29.2%	14.6%
2034	28.6%	14.4%
2035	28.1%	14.4%
2036	27.6%	14.3%
2037	27.3%	14.3%
2038	27.3%	14.3%
2039	27.4%	14.2%
2040	27.7%	14.2%
2041	28%	14.3%
2042	28.3%	14.3%
2043	28.6%	14.3%
2044	28.8%	14.3%
2045	29%	14.4%
2046	29.1%	14.4%
2047	29.1%	14.4%
2048	29%	14.4%
2049	28.8%	14.4%
2050	28.5%	14.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 34.5% of the population in the Marshall Islands and 15.7% in Romania in 2024, compared to 50.2% and 23.3% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Marshall Islands and Romania compared.

Natural population change in Marshall Islands vs Romania by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.69% in the Marshall Islands and -0.4% in Romania. 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	Romania
1960	452	191,431
1961	469	163,286
1962	488	130,736
1963	509	139,104
1964	536	134,326
1965	566	114,190
1966	603	115,293
1967	636	347,709
1968	685	338,577
1969	747	264,120
1970	819	234,905
1971	877	206,662
1972	913	198,316
1973	954	175,020
1974	1,000	235,530
1975	1,055	219,324
1976	1,109	213,361
1977	1,160	215,385
1978	1,207	204,148
1979	1,250	194,397
1980	1,287	168,776
1981	1,328	156,472
1982	1,375	119,121
1983	1,422	87,986
1984	1,470	117,731
1985	1,511	111,392
1986	1,544	134,737
1987	1,566	128,517
1988	1,575	126,817
1989	1,574	122,756
1990	1,556	69,605
1991	1,540	25,301
1992	1,525	-4,559
1993	1,524	-13,658
1994	1,524	-18,184
1995	1,522	-36,295
1996	1,542	-56,548
1997	1,564	-42,853
1998	1,576	-33,761
1999	1,590	-31,461
2000	1,592	-22,443
2001	1,596	-37,625
2002	1,594	-58,673
2003	1,600	-56,093
2004	1,595	-42,904
2005	1,586	-40,508
2006	1,556	-38,148
2007	1,507	-37,590
2008	1,443	-30,806
2009	1,365	-34,625
2010	1,273	-46,567
2011	1,185	-56,413
2012	1,097	-54,157
2013	1,014	-59,951
2014	959	-55,745
2015	912	-59,447
2016	866	-53,196
2017	826	-50,930
2018	785	-62,316
2019	746	-60,053
2020	689	-100,179
2021	653	-141,504
2022	606	-93,338
2023	550	-89,580

Maternal mortality chart: Marshall Islands vs Romania

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 12 deaths in Romania.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Marshall Islands	Romania
1985	254	184
1986	274	180
1987	282	173
1988	276	159
1989	299	143
1990	311	118
1991	297	104
1992	322	95
1993	320	87
1994	303	80
1995	303	75
1996	292	72
1997	274	66
1998	259	58
1999	250	51
2000	251	45
2001	231	41
2002	223	38
2003	221	35
2004	238	32
2005	234	30
2006	233	27
2007	229	25
2008	226	25
2009	224	25
2010	212	23
2011	209	20
2012	207	19
2013	201	18
2014	199	18
2015	184	18
2016	183	17
2017	179	17
2018	167	15
2019	168	14
2020	178	16
2021	206	20
2022	174	13
2023	155	12

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.82% in the Marshall Islands and 0.66% in Romania. 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	Romania
1960	12.2%	8.82%
1961	11.6%	7.98%
1962	11%	6.98%
1963	10.5%	6.03%
1964	10.1%	5.45%
1965	9.64%	5.44%
1966	9.25%	5.83%
1967	8.88%	6.27%
1968	8.53%	6.44%
1969	8.19%	6.23%
1970	7.87%	5.69%
1971	7.58%	5.06%
1972	7.33%	4.64%
1973	7.13%	4.49%
1974	6.97%	4.43%
1975	6.86%	4.27%
1976	6.77%	4.05%
1977	6.69%	3.86%
1978	6.61%	3.76%
1979	6.52%	3.68%
1980	6.42%	3.57%
1981	6.29%	3.44%
1982	6.15%	3.28%
1983	6%	3.14%
1984	5.83%	3.08%
1985	5.66%	3.16%
1986	5.49%	3.33%
1987	5.31%	3.45%
1988	5.13%	3.43%
1989	4.95%	3.31%
1990	4.76%	3.14%
1991	4.59%	2.97%
1992	4.43%	2.84%
1993	4.29%	2.79%
1994	4.2%	2.76%
1995	4.15%	2.73%
1996	4.14%	2.68%
1997	4.15%	2.58%
1998	4.19%	2.44%
1999	4.23%	2.29%
2000	4.25%	2.16%
2001	4.25%	2.06%
2002	4.24%	2.01%
2003	4.21%	1.99%
2004	4.18%	1.94%
2005	4.14%	1.82%
2006	4.1%	1.66%
2007	4.06%	1.51%
2008	4.02%	1.4%
2009	3.97%	1.31%
2010	3.94%	1.24%
2011	3.89%	1.18%
2012	3.82%	1.12%
2013	3.75%	1.05%
2014	3.66%	0.99%
2015	3.57%	0.92%
2016	3.48%	0.85%
2017	3.38%	0.79%
2018	3.29%	0.73%
2019	3.19%	0.68%
2020	3.1%	0.66%
2021	3%	0.65%
2022	2.91%	0.66%
2023	2.82%	0.66%