Fertility & birth rates in Marshall Islands and Syria

Fertility rate in Marshall Islands vs Syria 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 2.71 in Syria in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check the Marshall Islands vs Syria 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	Syria
1960	8.08	7.51
1961	8.12	7.5
1962	8.12	7.51
1963	8.12	7.51
1964	8.14	7.53
1965	8.16	7.53
1966	8.2	7.55
1967	8.17	7.56
1968	8.14	7.57
1969	8.11	7.59
1970	8.07	7.62
1971	8.04	7.6
1972	8	7.57
1973	7.95	7.55
1974	7.9	7.52
1975	7.83	7.49
1976	7.76	7.45
1977	7.67	7.42
1978	7.58	7.35
1979	7.47	7.25
1980	7.37	7.12
1981	7.27	6.97
1982	7.18	6.81
1983	7.08	6.69
1984	6.99	6.59
1985	6.87	6.48
1986	6.73	6.37
1987	6.57	6.2
1988	6.38	6
1989	6.18	5.78
1990	5.97	5.56
1991	5.76	5.34
1992	5.55	5.14
1993	5.38	4.99
1994	5.23	4.86
1995	5.09	4.7
1996	5.02	4.54
1997	4.96	4.37
1998	4.87	4.25
1999	4.78	4.14
2000	4.7	4.07
2001	4.58	3.98
2002	4.49	3.87
2003	4.42	3.76
2004	4.34	3.68
2005	4.28	3.61
2006	4.2	3.56
2007	4.09	3.54
2008	3.97	3.48
2009	3.83	3.42
2010	3.67	3.36
2011	3.53	3.29
2012	3.38	3.22
2013	3.25	3.17
2014	3.18	3.12
2015	3.13	3.07
2016	3.09	3.01
2017	3.06	2.97
2018	3.04	2.93
2019	3.01	2.88
2020	2.99	2.84
2021	2.96	2.8
2022	2.94	2.75
2023	2.92	2.71
2024	2.86	2.7
2025	2.82	2.66
2026	2.77	2.62
2027	2.73	2.58
2028	2.69	2.54
2029	2.65	2.51
2030	2.6	2.48
2031	2.57	2.45
2032	2.53	2.42
2033	2.5	2.39
2034	2.47	2.36
2035	2.44	2.33
2036	2.41	2.31
2037	2.38	2.29
2038	2.36	2.26
2039	2.34	2.24
2040	2.31	2.22
2041	2.29	2.2
2042	2.26	2.18
2043	2.24	2.16
2044	2.23	2.14
2045	2.21	2.13
2046	2.19	2.11
2047	2.17	2.1
2048	2.15	2.08
2049	2.13	2.07
2050	2.11	2.05

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Marshall Islands	Syria
1960	46.1%	45.3%
1961	46.7%	45.7%
1962	47.1%	46.1%
1963	47.4%	46.3%
1964	47.5%	46.6%
1965	47.5%	46.9%
1966	47.2%	47.3%
1967	46.7%	47.5%
1968	46.1%	47.8%
1969	45.3%	48%
1970	45%	48.2%
1971	45.6%	48.3%
1972	46.6%	48.4%
1973	47.3%	48.5%
1974	47.8%	48.5%
1975	48.2%	48.6%
1976	48.5%	48.6%
1977	49%	48.7%
1978	49.4%	48.7%
1979	49.8%	48.7%
1980	50.1%	48.7%
1981	50.3%	48.7%
1982	50.3%	48.5%
1983	50.4%	48.4%
1984	50.4%	48.2%
1985	50.6%	48%
1986	50.7%	47.7%
1987	50.8%	47.5%
1988	50.8%	47.2%
1989	50.6%	46.9%
1990	50.2%	46.6%
1991	49.7%	46.1%
1992	49.1%	45.7%
1993	48.4%	45.2%
1994	47.5%	44.7%
1995	46.6%	44.2%
1996	45.6%	43.8%
1997	44.7%	43.3%
1998	43.7%	42.9%
1999	42.8%	42.4%
2000	42%	41.9%
2001	41.3%	41.3%
2002	40.6%	40.8%
2003	39.9%	40.2%
2004	39.4%	39.6%
2005	39.1%	39.1%
2006	38.9%	38.1%
2007	39%	36.7%
2008	39.2%	36.3%
2009	39.4%	36.3%
2010	39.7%	36.1%
2011	39.7%	36.1%
2012	39.4%	36.5%
2013	38.8%	38%
2014	38.2%	39.8%
2015	37.5%	40.6%
2016	36.8%	40.2%
2017	36.2%	39.3%
2018	35.7%	37.9%
2019	35.1%	36.1%
2020	34.5%	34.6%
2021	34.4%	33.4%
2022	34.6%	31.9%
2023	34.7%	30.3%
2024	34.5%	29.2%
2025	33.9%	28.4%
2026	33.2%	27.9%
2027	32.6%	27.5%
2028	32%	27.3%
2029	31.4%	27.3%
2030	30.9%	27.6%
2031	30.3%	27.9%
2032	29.7%	28.3%
2033	29.2%	28.6%
2034	28.6%	28.8%
2035	28.1%	29%
2036	27.6%	29%
2037	27.3%	28.9%
2038	27.3%	28.7%
2039	27.4%	28.4%
2040	27.7%	28%
2041	28%	27.5%
2042	28.3%	27%
2043	28.6%	26.4%
2044	28.8%	25.8%
2045	29%	25.1%
2046	29.1%	24.5%
2047	29.1%	23.9%
2048	29%	23.3%
2049	28.8%	22.8%
2050	28.5%	22.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 34.5% of the population in the Marshall Islands and 29.2% in Syria in 2024, compared to 50.2% and 46.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Marshall Islands and Syria compared.

Natural population change in Marshall Islands vs Syria by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.69% in the Marshall Islands and +1.46% in Syria. 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	Syria
1960	452	143,687
1961	469	151,485
1962	488	159,155
1963	509	166,555
1964	536	174,549
1965	566	182,560
1966	603	191,122
1967	636	199,223
1968	685	209,454
1969	747	219,114
1970	819	230,117
1971	877	239,610
1972	913	249,027
1973	954	254,687
1974	1,000	270,735
1975	1,055	282,299
1976	1,109	294,267
1977	1,160	306,630
1978	1,207	316,724
1979	1,250	324,943
1980	1,287	332,464
1981	1,328	330,237
1982	1,375	319,664
1983	1,422	355,375
1984	1,470	366,768
1985	1,511	379,231
1986	1,544	390,821
1987	1,566	399,159
1988	1,575	404,285
1989	1,574	406,111
1990	1,556	409,177
1991	1,540	410,830
1992	1,525	412,878
1993	1,524	420,244
1994	1,524	426,996
1995	1,522	430,172
1996	1,542	430,765
1997	1,564	429,887
1998	1,576	433,447
1999	1,590	439,261
2000	1,592	446,211
2001	1,596	451,503
2002	1,594	453,967
2003	1,600	457,000
2004	1,595	461,209
2005	1,586	468,960
2006	1,556	480,616
2007	1,507	529,162
2008	1,443	576,593
2009	1,365	559,314
2010	1,273	558,666
2011	1,185	543,950
2012	1,097	475,520
2013	1,014	419,341
2014	959	333,116
2015	912	253,977
2016	866	236,007
2017	826	237,214
2018	785	242,530
2019	746	293,762
2020	689	327,992
2021	653	350,560
2022	606	369,750
2023	550	402,713

Maternal mortality chart: Marshall Islands vs Syria

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 20 deaths in Syria.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Marshall Islands	Syria
1985	254	55
1986	274	52
1987	282	48
1988	276	44
1989	299	41
1990	311	37
1991	297	35
1992	322	33
1993	320	32
1994	303	32
1995	303	33
1996	292	34
1997	274	34
1998	259	34
1999	250	32
2000	251	31
2001	231	29
2002	223	26
2003	221	24
2004	238	22
2005	234	21
2006	233	20
2007	229	19
2008	226	20
2009	224	19
2010	212	19
2011	209	21
2012	207	22
2013	201	25
2014	199	25
2015	184	24
2016	183	23
2017	179	23
2018	167	21
2019	168	24
2020	178	23
2021	206	30
2022	174	21
2023	155	20

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.82% in the Marshall Islands and 2.06% in Syria. 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	Syria
1960	12.2%	16.9%
1961	11.6%	16.1%
1962	11%	15.3%
1963	10.5%	14.7%
1964	10.1%	14.1%
1965	9.64%	13.5%
1966	9.25%	12.9%
1967	8.88%	12.3%
1968	8.53%	11.7%
1969	8.19%	11.1%
1970	7.87%	10.5%
1971	7.58%	9.91%
1972	7.33%	9.4%
1973	7.13%	8.92%
1974	6.97%	8.47%
1975	6.86%	8.03%
1976	6.77%	7.61%
1977	6.69%	7.19%
1978	6.61%	6.79%
1979	6.52%	6.4%
1980	6.42%	6.03%
1981	6.29%	6.33%
1982	6.15%	7.06%
1983	6%	5.1%
1984	5.83%	4.84%
1985	5.66%	4.6%
1986	5.49%	4.39%
1987	5.31%	4.19%
1988	5.13%	4.02%
1989	4.95%	3.85%
1990	4.76%	3.7%
1991	4.59%	3.55%
1992	4.43%	3.4%
1993	4.29%	3.24%
1994	4.2%	3.09%
1995	4.15%	2.94%
1996	4.14%	2.8%
1997	4.15%	2.66%
1998	4.19%	2.53%
1999	4.23%	2.42%
2000	4.25%	2.32%
2001	4.25%	2.23%
2002	4.24%	2.15%
2003	4.21%	2.09%
2004	4.18%	2.03%
2005	4.14%	1.98%
2006	4.1%	1.95%
2007	4.06%	1.92%
2008	4.02%	1.9%
2009	3.97%	1.9%
2010	3.94%	1.9%
2011	3.89%	2.17%
2012	3.82%	3.39%
2013	3.75%	3.65%
2014	3.66%	3.53%
2015	3.57%	3.7%
2016	3.48%	3.22%
2017	3.38%	3.3%
2018	3.29%	3.26%
2019	3.19%	2.5%
2020	3.1%	2.24%
2021	3%	2.1%
2022	2.91%	2.11%
2023	2.82%	2.06%