Fertility & birth rates in Mongolia and Nicaragua

Fertility rate in Mongolia vs Nicaragua chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Mongolia was 2.7 children per woman in 2023, compared to 2.22 in Nicaragua in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Mongolia vs Nicaragua population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Mongolia	Nicaragua
1960	6.82	7.16
1961	6.96	7.11
1962	7.1	7.1
1963	7.24	7.08
1964	7.33	7.06
1965	7.38	7.03
1966	7.41	6.99
1967	7.39	6.94
1968	7.37	6.89
1969	7.34	6.83
1970	7.31	6.77
1971	7.3	6.71
1972	7.28	6.65
1973	7.24	6.59
1974	7.17	6.52
1975	7.07	6.45
1976	6.93	6.37
1977	6.79	6.28
1978	6.62	6.16
1979	6.42	6.07
1980	6.21	5.96
1981	5.98	5.84
1982	5.8	5.74
1983	5.63	5.61
1984	5.45	5.49
1985	5.26	5.36
1986	5.03	5.22
1987	4.83	5.07
1988	4.65	4.93
1989	4.42	4.76
1990	4.5	4.6
1991	4	4.43
1992	3.5	4.27
1993	2.5	4.1
1994	2.7	3.94
1995	2.77	3.78
1996	2.5	3.62
1997	2.4	3.47
1998	2.3	3.34
1999	2.3	3.22
2000	2.2	3.12
2001	2.2	3
2002	2.1	2.89
2003	2	2.83
2004	2	2.78
2005	2	2.77
2006	2.1	2.73
2007	2.3	2.7
2008	2.6	2.66
2009	2.8	2.63
2010	2.4	2.6
2011	2.6	2.56
2012	2.7	2.53
2013	3	2.49
2014	3.1	2.46
2015	3	2.43
2016	3	2.41
2017	2.8	2.38
2018	2.9	2.35
2019	3	2.32
2020	2.9	2.3
2021	2.8	2.27
2022	2.7	2.24
2023	2.7	2.22
2024	2.65	2.21
2025	2.6	2.18
2026	2.55	2.16
2027	2.51	2.14
2028	2.47	2.11
2029	2.44	2.09
2030	2.4	2.07
2031	2.37	2.05
2032	2.34	2.04
2033	2.31	2.02
2034	2.29	2.01
2035	2.26	2
2036	2.23	1.98
2037	2.21	1.97
2038	2.19	1.96
2039	2.17	1.95
2040	2.15	1.94
2041	2.13	1.93
2042	2.11	1.92
2043	2.09	1.91
2044	2.08	1.9
2045	2.06	1.89
2046	2.05	1.89
2047	2.04	1.88
2048	2.02	1.87
2049	2.01	1.87
2050	2	1.86

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Mongolia	Nicaragua
1960	38.1%	47.6%
1961	38.8%	47.8%
1962	39.6%	48%
1963	40.4%	48.2%
1964	41.4%	48.2%
1965	42.4%	48.1%
1966	43.3%	47.9%
1967	44.2%	47.8%
1968	44.9%	47.7%
1969	45.4%	47.6%
1970	45.6%	47.5%
1971	45.8%	47.5%
1972	45.8%	47.4%
1973	45.8%	47.4%
1974	45.6%	47.3%
1975	45.4%	47.3%
1976	45.2%	47.3%
1977	44.8%	47.2%
1978	44.5%	47.3%
1979	44.1%	47.3%
1980	43.7%	47.3%
1981	43.3%	47.3%
1982	43%	47.3%
1983	42.7%	47.2%
1984	42.5%	47.2%
1985	42.3%	47.1%
1986	42.1%	47%
1987	42%	46.9%
1988	41.8%	46.7%
1989	41.7%	46.4%
1990	41.4%	46.1%
1991	41%	45.7%
1992	40.5%	45.2%
1993	40%	44.8%
1994	39.5%	44.3%
1995	39%	43.7%
1996	38.4%	43.1%
1997	37.8%	42.4%
1998	37%	41.7%
1999	36.2%	41%
2000	35.2%	40.3%
2001	34.1%	39.6%
2002	32.9%	38.9%
2003	31.8%	38.2%
2004	30.8%	37.5%
2005	29.9%	36.8%
2006	29.1%	36.2%
2007	28.5%	35.7%
2008	28.1%	35.2%
2009	27.9%	34.7%
2010	27.9%	34.2%
2011	28%	33.8%
2012	28.1%	33.3%
2013	28.5%	32.9%
2014	28.9%	32.6%
2015	29.5%	32.2%
2016	30.2%	31.8%
2017	30.9%	31.5%
2018	31.6%	31.1%
2019	32.3%	30.8%
2020	32.8%	30.4%
2021	32.9%	30.1%
2022	32.9%	29.6%
2023	32.6%	29.2%
2024	32.2%	28.8%
2025	31.6%	28.3%
2026	30.9%	27.9%
2027	30.1%	27.4%
2028	29.2%	27%
2029	28.2%	26.6%
2030	27.3%	26.2%
2031	26.3%	25.8%
2032	25.6%	25.4%
2033	24.9%	25%
2034	24.3%	24.7%
2035	23.8%	24.4%
2036	23.4%	24%
2037	23.1%	23.7%
2038	23%	23.4%
2039	22.9%	23.1%
2040	22.8%	22.8%
2041	22.9%	22.5%
2042	22.9%	22.2%
2043	23%	22%
2044	23.1%	21.7%
2045	23.2%	21.4%
2046	23.3%	21.2%
2047	23.4%	20.9%
2048	23.4%	20.7%
2049	23.4%	20.5%
2050	23.3%	20.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 32.2% of the population in Mongolia and 28.8% in Nicaragua in 2024, compared to 41.4% and 46.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Mongolia and Nicaragua compared.

Natural population change in Mongolia vs Nicaragua by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.81% in Mongolia and +1.58% in Nicaragua. 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
	Mongolia	Nicaragua
1960	20,726	55,664
1961	21,873	57,499
1962	22,960	59,547
1963	24,142	61,738
1964	25,317	64,227
1965	26,364	67,056
1966	27,338	69,883
1967	28,178	72,722
1968	29,017	75,458
1969	29,781	78,237
1970	30,558	81,127
1971	31,536	84,139
1972	32,727	76,906
1973	33,993	89,662
1974	35,297	92,505
1975	36,490	95,230
1976	37,670	98,100
1977	38,995	100,498
1978	40,276	98,419
1979	41,568	96,429
1980	42,343	108,604
1981	43,588	110,421
1982	45,179	112,468
1983	46,919	110,618
1984	48,562	110,133
1985	49,944	110,949
1986	50,329	113,054
1987	51,140	112,885
1988	51,588	117,299
1989	51,420	120,128
1990	49,443	120,677
1991	47,884	121,787
1992	42,437	121,204
1993	36,924	120,469
1994	34,711	119,565
1995	34,473	118,325
1996	33,741	116,849
1997	32,403	114,415
1998	31,757	108,862
1999	32,283	110,217
2000	32,753	109,192
2001	32,052	107,109
2002	30,439	105,805
2003	28,827	106,142
2004	28,418	106,904
2005	29,290	108,984
2006	33,609	110,073
2007	39,636	110,341
2008	45,843	110,395
2009	48,876	110,213
2010	44,914	110,475
2011	50,711	110,026
2012	55,942	110,065
2013	62,618	109,032
2014	66,078	108,420
2015	64,473	107,344
2016	62,086	106,585
2017	57,940	105,468
2018	60,635	104,814
2019	61,433	102,817
2020	60,888	90,515
2021	52,109	89,213
2022	47,730	100,987
2023	46,995	100,921

Maternal mortality chart: Mongolia vs Nicaragua

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 41 deaths per 100,000 live births in Mongolia, compared to 60 deaths in Nicaragua.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Mongolia	Nicaragua
1985	352	319
1986	346	313
1987	341	316
1988	335	301
1989	311	286
1990	276	281
1991	227	273
1992	199	272
1993	181	265
1994	178	256
1995	176	251
1996	178	244
1997	180	236
1998	174	239
1999	162	228
2000	144	213
2001	130	194
2002	120	170
2003	114	154
2004	108	140
2005	99	124
2006	90	113
2007	81	106
2008	77	101
2009	75	99
2010	71	96
2011	67	93
2012	63	88
2013	59	86
2014	56	83
2015	52	81
2016	48	77
2017	45	72
2018	45	67
2019	45	69
2020	47	87
2021	63	124
2022	41	61
2023	41	60

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.36% in Mongolia and 1.34% in Nicaragua. 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
	Mongolia	Nicaragua
1960	-	19.8%
1961	-	19.6%
1962	-	19.4%
1963	-	19.2%
1964	-	19%
1965	-	18.7%
1966	-	18.4%
1967	-	18.1%
1968	-	17.8%
1969	-	17.4%
1970	-	17.1%
1971	-	16.6%
1972	-	18.7%
1973	-	15.6%
1974	-	15%
1975	-	14.4%
1976	-	13.7%
1977	-	12.9%
1978	17.3%	12.2%
1979	16.7%	11.5%
1980	16.1%	10.8%
1981	15.5%	10.2%
1982	15%	9.58%
1983	14.4%	9.07%
1984	13.9%	8.62%
1985	13.4%	8.21%
1986	12.8%	7.85%
1987	12.2%	7.53%
1988	11.7%	7.22%
1989	11.1%	6.92%
1990	10.7%	6.62%
1991	10.2%	6.31%
1992	9.78%	6%
1993	9.39%	5.69%
1994	9%	5.39%
1995	8.6%	5.09%
1996	8.19%	4.81%
1997	7.74%	4.54%
1998	7.27%	5.01%
1999	6.78%	4.04%
2000	6.29%	3.82%
2001	5.8%	3.62%
2002	5.32%	3.43%
2003	4.87%	3.26%
2004	4.45%	3.1%
2005	4.07%	2.95%
2006	3.71%	2.81%
2007	3.39%	2.68%
2008	3.11%	2.55%
2009	2.85%	2.44%
2010	2.63%	2.33%
2011	2.44%	2.22%
2012	2.28%	2.13%
2013	2.15%	2.03%
2014	2.04%	1.94%
2015	1.94%	1.86%
2016	1.84%	1.78%
2017	1.74%	1.71%
2018	1.64%	1.64%
2019	1.56%	1.57%
2020	1.48%	1.51%
2021	1.43%	1.45%
2022	1.39%	1.39%
2023	1.36%	1.34%