Fertility & birth rates in Nicaragua and Togo

Fertility rate in Nicaragua vs Togo chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Nicaragua was 2.22 children per woman in 2023, compared to 4.19 in Togo in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

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

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Nicaragua	Togo
1960	7.16	6.8
1961	7.11	6.82
1962	7.1	6.86
1963	7.08	6.89
1964	7.06	6.92
1965	7.03	6.94
1966	6.99	6.96
1967	6.94	6.96
1968	6.89	6.97
1969	6.83	7.02
1970	6.77	7.04
1971	6.71	7.06
1972	6.65	7.07
1973	6.59	7.08
1974	6.52	7.09
1975	6.45	7.09
1976	6.37	7.06
1977	6.28	7.03
1978	6.16	6.98
1979	6.07	6.94
1980	5.96	6.88
1981	5.84	6.81
1982	5.74	6.73
1983	5.61	6.63
1984	5.49	6.54
1985	5.36	6.46
1986	5.22	6.38
1987	5.07	6.3
1988	4.93	6.23
1989	4.76	6.15
1990	4.6	6.07
1991	4.43	5.99
1992	4.27	5.89
1993	4.1	5.78
1994	3.94	5.67
1995	3.78	5.57
1996	3.62	5.46
1997	3.47	5.36
1998	3.34	5.29
1999	3.22	5.23
2000	3.12	5.17
2001	3	5.13
2002	2.89	5.09
2003	2.83	5.05
2004	2.78	5
2005	2.77	5.04
2006	2.73	5.08
2007	2.7	5.1
2008	2.66	5.1
2009	2.63	5.1
2010	2.6	5.09
2011	2.56	4.98
2012	2.53	4.85
2013	2.49	4.75
2014	2.46	4.7
2015	2.43	4.66
2016	2.41	4.63
2017	2.38	4.58
2018	2.35	4.51
2019	2.32	4.45
2020	2.3	4.39
2021	2.27	4.32
2022	2.24	4.25
2023	2.22	4.19
2024	2.21	4.12
2025	2.18	4.07
2026	2.16	4.01
2027	2.14	3.95
2028	2.11	3.89
2029	2.09	3.84
2030	2.07	3.79
2031	2.05	3.75
2032	2.04	3.7
2033	2.02	3.65
2034	2.01	3.61
2035	2	3.56
2036	1.98	3.52
2037	1.97	3.48
2038	1.96	3.44
2039	1.95	3.4
2040	1.94	3.37
2041	1.93	3.33
2042	1.92	3.3
2043	1.91	3.27
2044	1.9	3.23
2045	1.89	3.2
2046	1.89	3.16
2047	1.88	3.13
2048	1.87	3.1
2049	1.87	3.07
2050	1.86	3.04

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Nicaragua	Togo
1960	47.6%	44%
1961	47.8%	44.1%
1962	48%	44.2%
1963	48.2%	44.4%
1964	48.2%	44.5%
1965	48.1%	44.6%
1966	47.9%	44.7%
1967	47.8%	44.8%
1968	47.7%	44.9%
1969	47.6%	45%
1970	47.5%	45.1%
1971	47.5%	45.2%
1972	47.4%	45.4%
1973	47.4%	45.5%
1974	47.3%	45.6%
1975	47.3%	45.8%
1976	47.3%	45.9%
1977	47.2%	46%
1978	47.3%	46.1%
1979	47.3%	46.2%
1980	47.3%	46.2%
1981	47.3%	46.2%
1982	47.3%	46.2%
1983	47.2%	46.1%
1984	47.2%	46%
1985	47.1%	45.9%
1986	47%	45.8%
1987	46.9%	45.7%
1988	46.7%	45.5%
1989	46.4%	45.3%
1990	46.1%	45.2%
1991	45.7%	44.9%
1992	45.2%	44.7%
1993	44.8%	44.5%
1994	44.3%	44.2%
1995	43.7%	44%
1996	43.1%	43.8%
1997	42.4%	43.5%
1998	41.7%	43.2%
1999	41%	42.9%
2000	40.3%	42.6%
2001	39.6%	42.4%
2002	38.9%	42.3%
2003	38.2%	42.2%
2004	37.5%	42%
2005	36.8%	41.9%
2006	36.2%	41.8%
2007	35.7%	41.6%
2008	35.2%	41.6%
2009	34.7%	41.5%
2010	34.2%	41.6%
2011	33.8%	41.6%
2012	33.3%	41.6%
2013	32.9%	41.6%
2014	32.6%	41.5%
2015	32.2%	41.5%
2016	31.8%	41.4%
2017	31.5%	41.2%
2018	31.1%	41.1%
2019	30.8%	40.9%
2020	30.4%	40.7%
2021	30.1%	40.5%
2022	29.6%	40.2%
2023	29.2%	39.9%
2024	28.8%	39.5%
2025	28.3%	39.2%
2026	27.9%	38.8%
2027	27.4%	38.4%
2028	27%	38.1%
2029	26.6%	37.8%
2030	26.2%	37.5%
2031	25.8%	37.2%
2032	25.4%	36.9%
2033	25%	36.6%
2034	24.7%	36.4%
2035	24.4%	36.1%
2036	24%	35.9%
2037	23.7%	35.6%
2038	23.4%	35.4%
2039	23.1%	35.2%
2040	22.8%	35%
2041	22.5%	34.8%
2042	22.2%	34.6%
2043	22%	34.4%
2044	21.7%	34.2%
2045	21.4%	33.9%
2046	21.2%	33.7%
2047	20.9%	33.5%
2048	20.7%	33.2%
2049	20.5%	33%
2050	20.2%	32.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 28.8% of the population in Nicaragua and 39.5% in Togo in 2024, compared to 46.1% and 45.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Nicaragua and Togo compared.

Natural population change in Nicaragua vs Togo by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.58% in Nicaragua and +2.46% in Togo. 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
	Nicaragua	Togo
1960	55,664	43,307
1961	57,499	44,623
1962	59,547	46,201
1963	61,738	47,869
1964	64,227	49,449
1965	67,056	51,323
1966	69,883	53,640
1967	72,722	56,128
1968	75,458	59,110
1969	78,237	62,589
1970	81,127	65,851
1971	84,139	69,206
1972	76,906	72,008
1973	89,662	74,713
1974	92,505	77,347
1975	95,230	79,831
1976	98,100	82,321
1977	100,498	84,572
1978	98,419	86,950
1979	96,429	89,148
1980	108,604	91,445
1981	110,421	94,318
1982	112,468	97,003
1983	110,618	99,817
1984	110,133	102,425
1985	110,949	104,949
1986	113,054	107,957
1987	112,885	110,739
1988	117,299	112,915
1989	120,128	114,432
1990	120,677	116,200
1991	121,787	117,409
1992	121,204	118,876
1993	120,469	119,938
1994	119,565	113,074
1995	118,325	116,314
1996	116,849	119,418
1997	114,415	122,109
1998	108,862	125,392
1999	110,217	129,832
2000	109,192	133,873
2001	107,109	137,808
2002	105,805	141,643
2003	106,142	144,900
2004	106,904	147,574
2005	108,984	154,117
2006	110,073	160,671
2007	110,341	168,144
2008	110,395	173,677
2009	110,213	180,111
2010	110,475	185,294
2011	110,026	186,406
2012	110,065	186,061
2013	109,032	187,309
2014	108,420	190,667
2015	107,344	194,768
2016	106,585	199,364
2017	105,468	202,307
2018	104,814	204,942
2019	102,817	207,608
2020	90,515	208,663
2021	89,213	210,613
2022	100,987	215,090
2023	100,921	218,093

Maternal mortality chart: Nicaragua vs Togo

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 60 deaths per 100,000 live births in Nicaragua, compared to 349 deaths in Togo.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Nicaragua	Togo
1985	319	668
1986	313	649
1987	316	636
1988	301	628
1989	286	644
1990	281	657
1991	273	676
1992	272	692
1993	265	728
1994	256	688
1995	251	663
1996	244	627
1997	236	600
1998	239	570
1999	228	529
2000	213	496
2001	194	478
2002	170	447
2003	154	431
2004	140	431
2005	124	434
2006	113	453
2007	106	448
2008	101	457
2009	99	471
2010	96	497
2011	93	501
2012	88	506
2013	86	500
2014	83	490
2015	81	470
2016	77	460
2017	72	443
2018	67	435
2019	69	416
2020	87	398
2021	124	397
2022	61	362
2023	60	349

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.34% in Nicaragua and 5.83% in Togo. 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
	Nicaragua	Togo
1960	19.8%	26%
1961	19.6%	25.8%
1962	19.4%	25.5%
1963	19.2%	25.2%
1964	19%	24.9%
1965	18.7%	24.6%
1966	18.4%	24.2%
1967	18.1%	23.8%
1968	17.8%	23.4%
1969	17.4%	23%
1970	17.1%	22.5%
1971	16.6%	22.1%
1972	18.7%	21.6%
1973	15.6%	21.1%
1974	15%	20.7%
1975	14.4%	20.2%
1976	13.7%	19.7%
1977	12.9%	19.2%
1978	12.2%	18.8%
1979	11.5%	18.3%
1980	10.8%	17.9%
1981	10.2%	17.5%
1982	9.58%	17.1%
1983	9.07%	16.7%
1984	8.62%	16.3%
1985	8.21%	16%
1986	7.85%	15.7%
1987	7.53%	15.4%
1988	7.22%	15.2%
1989	6.92%	14.9%
1990	6.62%	14.7%
1991	6.31%	14.5%
1992	6%	14.3%
1993	5.69%	14.1%
1994	5.39%	13.9%
1995	5.09%	13.6%
1996	4.81%	13.3%
1997	4.54%	13%
1998	5.01%	12.7%
1999	4.04%	12.3%
2000	3.82%	12%
2001	3.62%	11.6%
2002	3.43%	11.3%
2003	3.26%	10.9%
2004	3.1%	10.6%
2005	2.95%	10.3%
2006	2.81%	9.97%
2007	2.68%	9.69%
2008	2.55%	9.41%
2009	2.44%	9.14%
2010	2.33%	8.87%
2011	2.22%	8.59%
2012	2.13%	8.33%
2013	2.03%	8.07%
2014	1.94%	7.81%
2015	1.86%	7.56%
2016	1.78%	7.32%
2017	1.71%	7.09%
2018	1.64%	6.86%
2019	1.57%	6.63%
2020	1.51%	6.43%
2021	1.45%	6.22%
2022	1.39%	6.02%
2023	1.34%	5.83%