Fertility & birth rates in Nicaragua and Vanuatu

Fertility rate in Nicaragua vs Vanuatu 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 3.6 in Vanuatu in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Nicaragua vs Vanuatu 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	Vanuatu
1960	7.16	6.78
1961	7.11	6.73
1962	7.1	6.67
1963	7.08	6.62
1964	7.06	6.57
1965	7.03	6.52
1966	6.99	6.51
1967	6.94	6.51
1968	6.89	6.46
1969	6.83	6.41
1970	6.77	6.35
1971	6.71	6.29
1972	6.65	6.23
1973	6.59	6.15
1974	6.52	6.06
1975	6.45	5.98
1976	6.37	5.89
1977	6.28	5.81
1978	6.16	5.77
1979	6.07	5.73
1980	5.96	5.69
1981	5.84	5.65
1982	5.74	5.6
1983	5.61	5.55
1984	5.49	5.49
1985	5.36	5.43
1986	5.22	5.38
1987	5.07	5.33
1988	4.93	5.27
1989	4.76	5.21
1990	4.6	5.17
1991	4.43	5.13
1992	4.27	5.09
1993	4.1	5.02
1994	3.94	4.94
1995	3.78	4.85
1996	3.62	4.75
1997	3.47	4.66
1998	3.34	4.6
1999	3.22	4.56
2000	3.12	4.54
2001	3	4.5
2002	2.89	4.38
2003	2.83	4.29
2004	2.78	4.21
2005	2.77	4.13
2006	2.73	4.1
2007	2.7	4.12
2008	2.66	4.16
2009	2.63	4.16
2010	2.6	4.13
2011	2.56	4.09
2012	2.53	4.06
2013	2.49	4.04
2014	2.46	4
2015	2.43	3.95
2016	2.41	3.92
2017	2.38	3.88
2018	2.35	3.83
2019	2.32	3.79
2020	2.3	3.74
2021	2.27	3.7
2022	2.24	3.65
2023	2.22	3.6
2024	2.21	3.57
2025	2.18	3.53
2026	2.16	3.5
2027	2.14	3.46
2028	2.11	3.42
2029	2.09	3.39
2030	2.07	3.35
2031	2.05	3.32
2032	2.04	3.28
2033	2.02	3.25
2034	2.01	3.21
2035	2	3.18
2036	1.98	3.15
2037	1.97	3.13
2038	1.96	3.1
2039	1.95	3.08
2040	1.94	3.05
2041	1.93	3.03
2042	1.92	3
2043	1.91	2.97
2044	1.9	2.94
2045	1.89	2.92
2046	1.89	2.9
2047	1.88	2.88
2048	1.87	2.85
2049	1.87	2.83
2050	1.86	2.8

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Nicaragua	Vanuatu
1960	47.6%	44.6%
1961	47.8%	44.8%
1962	48%	45.1%
1963	48.2%	45.2%
1964	48.2%	45.4%
1965	48.1%	45.5%
1966	47.9%	45.7%
1967	47.8%	45.8%
1968	47.7%	45.8%
1969	47.6%	45.8%
1970	47.5%	45.7%
1971	47.5%	45.7%
1972	47.4%	45.6%
1973	47.4%	45.5%
1974	47.3%	45.5%
1975	47.3%	45.4%
1976	47.3%	45.2%
1977	47.2%	45.1%
1978	47.3%	45%
1979	47.3%	44.5%
1980	47.3%	44%
1981	47.3%	43.9%
1982	47.3%	44%
1983	47.2%	44%
1984	47.2%	44.1%
1985	47.1%	44.2%
1986	47%	44.2%
1987	46.9%	44.1%
1988	46.7%	44.1%
1989	46.4%	44%
1990	46.1%	43.9%
1991	45.7%	43.9%
1992	45.2%	44.1%
1993	44.8%	44.8%
1994	44.3%	45.2%
1995	43.7%	45%
1996	43.1%	44.8%
1997	42.4%	44.4%
1998	41.7%	44%
1999	41%	43.5%
2000	40.3%	42.9%
2001	39.6%	42.4%
2002	38.9%	41.8%
2003	38.2%	41.3%
2004	37.5%	40.7%
2005	36.8%	40.2%
2006	36.2%	39.6%
2007	35.7%	39.2%
2008	35.2%	38.8%
2009	34.7%	38.5%
2010	34.2%	38.2%
2011	33.8%	38.1%
2012	33.3%	38.2%
2013	32.9%	38.2%
2014	32.6%	38.4%
2015	32.2%	38.5%
2016	31.8%	38.7%
2017	31.5%	38.8%
2018	31.1%	38.9%
2019	30.8%	39%
2020	30.4%	39%
2021	30.1%	39%
2022	29.6%	38.8%
2023	29.2%	38.6%
2024	28.8%	38.3%
2025	28.3%	38%
2026	27.9%	37.6%
2027	27.4%	37.1%
2028	27%	36.7%
2029	26.6%	36.2%
2030	26.2%	35.8%
2031	25.8%	35.3%
2032	25.4%	34.9%
2033	25%	34.5%
2034	24.7%	34.1%
2035	24.4%	33.7%
2036	24%	33.4%
2037	23.7%	33.2%
2038	23.4%	32.9%
2039	23.1%	32.7%
2040	22.8%	32.5%
2041	22.5%	32.3%
2042	22.2%	32.2%
2043	22%	32%
2044	21.7%	31.8%
2045	21.4%	31.6%
2046	21.2%	31.5%
2047	20.9%	31.3%
2048	20.7%	31.1%
2049	20.5%	30.9%
2050	20.2%	30.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 28.8% of the population in Nicaragua and 38.3% in Vanuatu in 2024, compared to 46.1% and 43.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Nicaragua and Vanuatu compared.

Natural population change in Nicaragua vs Vanuatu by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.58% in Nicaragua and +2.53% in Vanuatu. 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	Vanuatu
1960	55,664	1,796
1961	57,499	1,872
1962	59,547	1,947
1963	61,738	2,025
1964	64,227	2,098
1965	67,056	2,180
1966	69,883	2,278
1967	72,722	2,384
1968	75,458	2,470
1969	78,237	2,529
1970	81,127	2,597
1971	84,139	2,685
1972	76,906	2,775
1973	89,662	2,876
1974	92,505	2,968
1975	95,230	3,074
1976	98,100	3,174
1977	100,498	3,285
1978	98,419	3,428
1979	96,429	3,590
1980	108,604	3,383
1981	110,421	3,592
1982	112,468	3,778
1983	110,618	3,944
1984	110,133	4,088
1985	110,949	4,219
1986	113,054	4,360
1987	112,885	4,427
1988	117,299	4,577
1989	120,128	4,656
1990	120,677	4,762
1991	121,787	4,859
1992	121,204	4,941
1993	120,469	4,973
1994	119,565	4,973
1995	118,325	4,945
1996	116,849	4,897
1997	114,415	4,854
1998	108,862	4,866
1999	110,217	4,871
2000	109,192	5,026
2001	107,109	5,144
2002	105,805	5,181
2003	106,142	5,258
2004	106,904	5,353
2005	108,984	5,454
2006	110,073	5,606
2007	110,341	5,842
2008	110,395	6,138
2009	110,213	6,362
2010	110,475	6,548
2011	110,026	6,715
2012	110,065	6,877
2013	109,032	7,036
2014	108,420	7,143
2015	107,344	7,220
2016	106,585	7,315
2017	105,468	7,371
2018	104,814	7,379
2019	102,817	7,364
2020	90,515	7,233
2021	89,213	7,199
2022	100,987	7,358
2023	100,921	7,359

Maternal mortality chart: Nicaragua vs Vanuatu

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 100 deaths in Vanuatu.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Nicaragua	Vanuatu
1985	319	211
1986	313	194
1987	316	200
1988	301	172
1989	286	162
1990	281	151
1991	273	140
1992	272	140
1993	265	133
1994	256	131
1995	251	131
1996	244	129
1997	236	131
1998	239	134
1999	228	146
2000	213	133
2001	194	132
2002	170	128
2003	154	131
2004	140	131
2005	124	127
2006	113	123
2007	106	120
2008	101	117
2009	99	114
2010	96	114
2011	93	112
2012	88	109
2013	86	110
2014	83	110
2015	81	109
2016	77	107
2017	72	107
2018	67	108
2019	69	105
2020	87	107
2021	124	124
2022	61	105
2023	60	100

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.34% in Nicaragua and 1.68% in Vanuatu. 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	Vanuatu
1960	19.8%	15.2%
1961	19.6%	14.7%
1962	19.4%	14.3%
1963	19.2%	13.8%
1964	19%	13.4%
1965	18.7%	12.9%
1966	18.4%	12.4%
1967	18.1%	12%
1968	17.8%	11.5%
1969	17.4%	11%
1970	17.1%	10.6%
1971	16.6%	10.2%
1972	18.7%	9.73%
1973	15.6%	9.34%
1974	15%	8.95%
1975	14.4%	8.58%
1976	13.7%	8.21%
1977	12.9%	7.84%
1978	12.2%	7.45%
1979	11.5%	7.07%
1980	10.8%	6.67%
1981	10.2%	6.27%
1982	9.58%	5.87%
1983	9.07%	5.48%
1984	8.62%	5.12%
1985	8.21%	4.78%
1986	7.85%	4.47%
1987	7.53%	4.2%
1988	7.22%	3.96%
1989	6.92%	3.76%
1990	6.62%	3.58%
1991	6.31%	3.43%
1992	6%	3.29%
1993	5.69%	3.18%
1994	5.39%	3.08%
1995	5.09%	3%
1996	4.81%	2.92%
1997	4.54%	2.86%
1998	5.01%	2.79%
1999	4.04%	2.74%
2000	3.82%	2.68%
2001	3.62%	2.63%
2002	3.43%	2.58%
2003	3.26%	2.54%
2004	3.1%	2.5%
2005	2.95%	2.45%
2006	2.81%	2.4%
2007	2.68%	2.34%
2008	2.55%	2.27%
2009	2.44%	2.2%
2010	2.33%	2.12%
2011	2.22%	2.05%
2012	2.13%	1.99%
2013	2.03%	1.94%
2014	1.94%	1.9%
2015	1.86%	1.87%
2016	1.78%	1.84%
2017	1.71%	1.82%
2018	1.64%	1.8%
2019	1.57%	1.78%
2020	1.51%	1.77%
2021	1.45%	1.74%
2022	1.39%	1.71%
2023	1.34%	1.68%