Fertility & birth rates in Monaco and Portugal

Fertility rate in Monaco vs Portugal chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Monaco was 2.11 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 Monaco 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
	Monaco	Portugal
1960	2.81	3.16
1961	2.78	3.21
1962	2.76	3.23
1963	2.73	3.12
1964	2.69	3.21
1965	2.66	3.15
1966	2.63	3.16
1967	2.59	3.16
1968	2.57	3.12
1969	2.54	3.12
1970	2.5	3.01
1971	2.47	3
1972	2.44	2.86
1973	2.41	2.77
1974	2.38	2.7
1975	2.35	2.75
1976	2.33	2.82
1977	2.31	2.69
1978	2.28	2.45
1979	2.26	2.31
1980	2.24	2.25
1981	2.22	2.13
1982	2.2	2.07
1983	2.18	1.95
1984	2.17	1.9
1985	2.14	1.72
1986	2.11	1.66
1987	2.06	1.62
1988	2.01	1.61
1989	1.93	1.57
1990	1.85	1.56
1991	1.79	1.56
1992	1.76	1.54
1993	1.75	1.52
1994	1.76	1.45
1995	1.78	1.41
1996	1.82	1.44
1997	1.88	1.47
1998	1.95	1.47
1999	2.01	1.5
2000	2.08	1.55
2001	2.18	1.45
2002	2.01	1.46
2003	1.91	1.44
2004	1.99	1.4
2005	2.01	1.41
2006	2.1	1.37
2007	2.21	1.35
2008	2.38	1.39
2009	2.4	1.34
2010	2.38	1.39
2011	2.22	1.35
2012	2.29	1.28
2013	2.31	1.21
2014	2.49	1.24
2015	2.5	1.31
2016	2.58	1.37
2017	2.42	1.38
2018	2.49	1.42
2019	2.4	1.44
2020	2.38	1.42
2021	2.12	1.35
2022	2.11	1.43
2023	2.11	1.44
2024	2.1	1.45
2025	2.09	1.45
2026	2.08	1.45
2027	2.08	1.46
2028	2.07	1.46
2029	2.06	1.46
2030	2.06	1.46
2031	2.05	1.47
2032	2.05	1.47
2033	2.04	1.47
2034	2.03	1.48
2035	2.03	1.48
2036	2.02	1.48
2037	2.02	1.48
2038	2.01	1.49
2039	2.01	1.49
2040	2	1.49
2041	1.99	1.49
2042	1.99	1.49
2043	1.99	1.49
2044	1.98	1.5
2045	1.98	1.5
2046	1.97	1.5
2047	1.97	1.5
2048	1.97	1.5
2049	1.96	1.5
2050	1.96	1.5

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Monaco	Portugal
1960	14.5%	29.3%
1961	13.7%	29.1%
1962	13.4%	29.1%
1963	13.8%	29.1%
1964	14.3%	29.1%
1965	14.5%	29.1%
1966	14.4%	29.2%
1967	14%	29.2%
1968	13.8%	29.2%
1969	14.3%	29.1%
1970	14.5%	28.7%
1971	14.5%	28.4%
1972	14.5%	28.2%
1973	14.1%	27.9%
1974	13.6%	27.7%
1975	13.5%	27.4%
1976	14%	27.2%
1977	14.2%	27.1%
1978	14.3%	26.8%
1979	14%	26.4%
1980	13.6%	25.9%
1981	12.9%	25.4%
1982	12.6%	25%
1983	12.9%	24.5%
1984	13.3%	24.1%
1985	13.5%	23.7%
1986	13.7%	23.1%
1987	13.7%	22.5%
1988	13.6%	21.9%
1989	13.2%	21.2%
1990	12.8%	20.5%
1991	12.9%	19.7%
1992	13.1%	19.1%
1993	13.4%	18.6%
1994	13.5%	18.2%
1995	13.7%	17.8%
1996	13.8%	17.4%
1997	13.8%	17.1%
1998	13.8%	16.8%
1999	13.6%	16.6%
2000	13.4%	16.4%
2001	13.6%	16.2%
2002	13.8%	16.1%
2003	14%	16.1%
2004	14.1%	16%
2005	14%	15.9%
2006	13.8%	15.8%
2007	13.5%	15.6%
2008	13.3%	15.5%
2009	13.2%	15.4%
2010	13.2%	15.2%
2011	13.1%	15%
2012	13%	14.9%
2013	12.8%	14.8%
2014	12.5%	14.6%
2015	12.3%	14.3%
2016	12.2%	14.1%
2017	12.3%	13.9%
2018	12.3%	13.7%
2019	12.5%	13.5%
2020	12.8%	13.3%
2021	12.8%	13.1%
2022	12.9%	13%
2023	13.2%	12.9%
2024	13.5%	12.8%
2025	13.8%	12.7%
2026	14.1%	12.6%
2027	14.3%	12.6%
2028	14.6%	12.6%
2029	14.8%	12.6%
2030	15.1%	12.7%
2031	15.2%	12.7%
2032	15.3%	12.7%
2033	15.4%	12.7%
2034	15.5%	12.7%
2035	15.6%	12.8%
2036	15.7%	12.9%
2037	15.8%	12.9%
2038	15.9%	13%
2039	15.9%	13%
2040	16%	13.1%
2041	16%	13.1%
2042	16.1%	13.2%
2043	16.1%	13.2%
2044	16.2%	13.3%
2045	16.2%	13.3%
2046	16.3%	13.4%
2047	16.4%	13.4%
2048	16.5%	13.4%
2049	16.6%	13.5%
2050	16.7%	13.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 13.5% of the population in Monaco and 12.8% in Portugal in 2024, compared to 12.8% and 20.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Monaco and Portugal compared.

Natural population change in Monaco vs Portugal by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -1.15% in Monaco 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
	Monaco	Portugal
1960	20	118,693
1961	13	117,867
1962	5	123,217
1963	-4	113,783
1964	-9	120,170
1965	-12	115,182
1966	-15	107,171
1967	-22	106,495
1968	-25	100,737
1969	-29	89,329
1970	-30	87,672
1971	-35	82,980
1972	-41	83,715
1973	-48	76,835
1974	-55	74,412
1975	-60	81,841
1976	-57	85,138
1977	-51	84,156
1978	-45	70,731
1979	-47	67,628
1980	-53	63,481
1981	-60	56,152
1982	-59	58,479
1983	-49	47,798
1984	-30	45,983
1985	-5	33,077
1986	16	31,102
1987	30	28,084
1988	19	24,047
1989	-2	22,011
1990	-26	13,976
1991	-35	12,948
1992	-33	13,933
1993	-29	7,972
1994	-22	9,991
1995	-14	4,011
1996	-6	4,026
1997	6	8,087
1998	18	7,112
1999	25	8,175
2000	36	15,435
2001	52	8,290
2002	26	8,335
2003	14	4,184
2004	31	7,339
2005	26	2,101
2006	25	3,156
2007	24	-1,055
2008	40	0
2009	23	-5,284
2010	-18	-4,230
2011	-91	-5,279
2012	-144	-17,875
2013	-216	-24,052
2014	-266	-22,882
2015	-327	-23,823
2016	-376	-23,749
2017	-417	-23,691
2018	-423	-25,709
2019	-473	-24,687
2020	-445	-39,129
2021	-605	-45,592
2022	-576	-40,694
2023	-449	-32,792

Maternal mortality chart: Monaco vs Portugal

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 5 deaths per 100,000 live births in Monaco, compared to 15 deaths in Portugal.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Monaco	Portugal
1985	29	20
1986	17	19
1987	17	19
1988	16	18
1989	16	18
1990	16	17
1991	15	17
1992	15	16
1993	10	15
1994	10	13
1995	10	12
1996	10	12
1997	10	12
1998	10	11
1999	10	10
2000	10	9
2001	10	9
2002	10	9
2003	5	8
2004	5	8
2005	5	8
2006	5	8
2007	10	8
2008	11	9
2009	11	9
2010	11	10
2011	11	10
2012	5	10
2013	5	10
2014	5	11
2015	5	11
2016	6	12
2017	5	13
2018	6	14
2019	6	15
2020	24	14
2021	5	19
2022	5	16
2023	5	15

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.27% in Monaco 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
	Monaco	Portugal
1960	-	11.4%
1961	-	11%
1962	-	10.4%
1963	-	9.76%
1964	-	9.1%
1965	-	8.53%
1966	-	8.09%
1967	-	7.76%
1968	-	7.51%
1969	-	7.22%
1970	-	6.81%
1971	-	6.3%
1972	-	5.78%
1973	-	5.27%
1974	-	4.79%
1975	-	4.35%
1976	-	3.94%
1977	-	3.57%
1978	-	3.24%
1979	-	2.97%
1980	-	2.75%
1981	-	2.58%
1982	-	2.43%
1983	-	2.29%
1984	-	2.16%
1985	0.97%	2.04%
1986	0.93%	1.93%
1987	0.89%	1.82%
1988	0.85%	1.7%
1989	0.81%	1.59%
1990	0.77%	1.47%
1991	0.74%	1.36%
1992	0.71%	1.25%
1993	0.68%	1.14%
1994	0.65%	1.05%
1995	0.62%	0.98%
1996	0.6%	0.92%
1997	0.58%	0.86%
1998	0.55%	0.82%
1999	0.53%	0.77%
2000	0.52%	0.72%
2001	0.5%	0.66%
2002	0.48%	0.61%
2003	0.47%	0.55%
2004	0.46%	0.5%
2005	0.45%	0.47%
2006	0.44%	0.44%
2007	0.43%	0.42%
2008	0.42%	0.4%
2009	0.41%	0.39%
2010	0.4%	0.38%
2011	0.39%	0.37%
2012	0.38%	0.37%
2013	0.37%	0.36%
2014	0.36%	0.36%
2015	0.35%	0.36%
2016	0.34%	0.36%
2017	0.33%	0.36%
2018	0.32%	0.35%
2019	0.31%	0.35%
2020	0.3%	0.34%
2021	0.29%	0.33%
2022	0.28%	0.32%
2023	0.27%	0.32%