Algeria vs Iraq: Fertility rate

Fertility rate in 2023: 2.77 births per woman in Algeria and 3.25 births per woman in Iraq, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Iraq, by 0.48 births per woman, or 1.17 times that in Algeria.

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births per woman · UN

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What the numbers say

Iraq has been higher since 1984, when it overtook Algeria.
In 2023, Algeria ranked 62 and Iraq ranked 49 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (medium variant) puts Algeria at 1.78 births per woman and Iraq at 1.92 births per woman in 2100.
The world as a whole: 2.25 births per woman in 2023.

Every year

births per woman · UN

Year	Algeria	Iraq	World
2023	2.77	3.25	2.25
2022	2.82	3.3	2.27
2021	2.87	3.36	2.29
2020	2.94	3.42	2.32
2019	3	3.48	2.4
2018	3.02	3.55	2.44
2017	3.09	3.64	2.5
2016	3.09	3.84	2.54
2015	3.09	4.08	2.54
2014	3.08	4.31	2.56
2013	3	4.44	2.57
2012	3	4.54	2.61
2011	2.9	4.59	2.59
2010	2.88	4.46	2.6
2009	2.83	4.38	2.62
2008	2.79	4.37	2.63
2007	2.7	4.4	2.62
2006	2.63	4.46	2.63
2005	2.56	4.45	2.63
2004	2.5	4.53	2.65
2003	2.45	4.58	2.66
2002	2.43	4.67	2.68
2001	2.52	4.8	2.71
2000	2.59	4.92	2.75
1999	2.62	5.04	2.75
1998	2.69	5.11	2.78
1997	2.89	5.19	2.81
1996	3.14	5.25	2.85
1995	3.49	5.36	2.89
1994	3.91	5.49	2.93
1993	4.08	5.61	2.98
1992	4.27	5.72	3.04
1991	4.37	5.83	3.13
1990	4.51	5.93	3.31
1989	4.76	5.99	3.35
1988	5.02	6.05	3.39
1987	5.3	6.11	3.48
1986	5.65	6.18	3.5
1985	6.04	6.25	3.51
1984	6.28	6.32	3.55
1983	6.5	6.39	3.58
1982	6.68	6.46	3.71
1981	6.85	6.53	3.71
1980	7	6.59	3.74
1979	7.12	6.66	3.77
1978	7.21	6.73	3.79
1977	7.31	6.8	3.85
1976	7.41	6.86	3.97
1975	7.49	6.91	4.08
1974	7.55	6.95	4.26
1973	7.59	6.99	4.42
1972	7.63	7.02	4.55
1971	7.67	7.06	4.68
1970	7.7	7.07	4.83
1969	7.71	7.08	4.87
1968	7.71	7.06	4.96
1967	7.71	7.03	4.85
1966	7.71	7.02	4.96
1965	7.71	7.02	5.07
1964	7.67	7.01	5.12
1963	7.65	7.01	5.31
1962	7.61	6.99	5.02
1961	7.56	5.8	4.57
1960	7.5	5.3	4.7
1959	7.45	5.3	4.74
1958	7.44	4.8	4.93
1957	7.39	4.8	5.07
1956	7.36	6	4.93
1955	7.34	6	5
1954	7.31	6.76	5
1953	7.29	6.84	4.92
1952	7.29	6.84	5
1951	7.31	6.4	4.82
1950	7.32	6.2	4.85

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Algeria	Iraq	World
2024	2.722.28–3.18	3.222.51–3.99	2.25
2025	2.672.2–3.16	3.172.42–3.96	2.24
2026	2.622.09–3.15	3.132.35–3.94	2.23
2027	2.582.01–3.14	3.092.28–3.93	2.22
2028	2.531.96–3.13	3.052.22–3.91	2.21
2029	2.491.9–3.13	3.012.15–3.92	2.2
2030	2.451.85–3.1	2.972.05–3.9	2.2
2031	2.421.79–3.09	2.941.99–3.89	2.19
2032	2.381.73–3.06	2.891.91–3.89	2.18
2033	2.351.66–3.04	2.861.87–3.87	2.17
2034	2.321.65–3.03	2.831.83–3.84	2.16
2035	2.291.61–3.01	2.791.83–3.82	2.15
2036	2.261.57–2.99	2.771.79–3.81	2.15
2037	2.231.55–2.97	2.741.76–3.84	2.14
2038	2.211.51–2.97	2.711.72–3.86	2.13
2039	2.181.46–2.94	2.691.69–3.81	2.13
2040	2.161.43–2.92	2.661.68–3.81	2.13
2041	2.141.4–2.89	2.641.64–3.82	2.12
2042	2.121.41–2.87	2.611.6–3.8	2.12
2043	2.11.39–2.85	2.591.61–3.78	2.12
2044	2.081.38–2.85	2.571.6–3.77	2.12
2045	2.071.35–2.82	2.551.55–3.75	2.12
2046	2.051.36–2.81	2.521.53–3.8	2.11
2047	2.041.29–2.82	2.51.49–3.77	2.11
2048	2.031.29–2.79	2.491.48–3.75	2.11
2049	2.011.29–2.78	2.471.47–3.73	2.1
2050	21.29–2.77	2.451.46–3.71	2.1
2051	1.991.29–2.72	2.431.45–3.72	2.09
2052	1.981.29–2.71	2.411.44–3.63	2.09
2053	1.971.29–2.68	2.391.43–3.64	2.08
2054	1.961.28–2.66	2.371.42–3.62	2.07
2055	1.951.29–2.64	2.351.39–3.59	2.07
2056	1.941.28–2.62	2.331.38–3.6	2.06
2057	1.931.25–2.59	2.321.36–3.58	2.05
2058	1.921.24–2.57	2.31.34–3.61	2.04
2059	1.921.24–2.59	2.281.34–3.6	2.04
2060	1.911.23–2.58	2.271.35–3.58	2.03
2061	1.911.22–2.58	2.251.34–3.59	2.02
2062	1.91.22–2.58	2.241.34–3.62	2.02
2063	1.891.22–2.56	2.231.33–3.56	2.01
2064	1.891.2–2.58	2.221.33–3.55	2
2065	1.881.18–2.57	2.211.34–3.53	2
2066	1.881.18–2.57	2.21.32–3.53	1.99
2067	1.881.18–2.56	2.191.32–3.5	1.98
2068	1.871.18–2.55	2.171.31–3.52	1.98
2069	1.871.18–2.56	2.161.32–3.47	1.97
2070	1.861.16–2.57	2.151.3–3.46	1.97
2071	1.861.17–2.58	2.141.27–3.42	1.96
2072	1.851.15–2.56	2.121.27–3.4	1.96
2073	1.851.15–2.55	2.111.26–3.36	1.95
2074	1.841.14–2.57	2.11.26–3.35	1.95
2075	1.841.14–2.56	2.091.26–3.32	1.94
2076	1.841.13–2.56	2.091.23–3.33	1.94
2077	1.831.13–2.53	2.081.24–3.33	1.94
2078	1.831.11–2.55	2.071.24–3.35	1.93
2079	1.831.12–2.55	2.061.25–3.33	1.93
2080	1.821.1–2.54	2.051.24–3.33	1.92
2081	1.821.08–2.54	2.041.23–3.33	1.92
2082	1.811.06–2.54	2.031.23–3.31	1.91
2083	1.811.08–2.54	2.021.22–3.3	1.91
2084	1.811.06–2.53	2.021.21–3.32	1.91
2085	1.811.08–2.54	2.011.2–3.27	1.9
2086	1.81.07–2.54	21.21–3.24	1.9
2087	1.81.07–2.53	1.991.19–3.22	1.89
2088	1.81.09–2.53	1.991.19–3.23	1.89
2089	1.81.08–2.53	1.981.17–3.22	1.88
2090	1.791.08–2.54	1.971.17–3.17	1.88
2091	1.791.08–2.53	1.961.16–3.18	1.88
2092	1.791.09–2.51	1.961.16–3.18	1.87
2093	1.791.08–2.53	1.951.15–3.14	1.87
2094	1.791.08–2.51	1.951.17–3.08	1.86
2095	1.791.07–2.53	1.941.16–3.09	1.86
2096	1.781.04–2.53	1.931.15–3.08	1.85
2097	1.781.05–2.53	1.931.14–3.06	1.85
2098	1.781.04–2.52	1.921.14–3.1	1.85
2099	1.781.06–2.51	1.921.14–3.08	1.84
2100	1.781.05–2.52	1.921.14–3.11	1.84

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The children a woman would have over her life at the year’s birth rates for each age.
Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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