Iran vs Mozambique: Number of births

Iran
1.17 million births
in 2023
Mozambique
1.26 million births
in 2023
Iran rank
25th
Mozambique rank
23rd

Number of births over time

  • Iran
  • Mozambique
500.0k1.0M1.5M2.0M195019862023

How they compare

Mozambique currently reports 1.26 million births against 1.17 million births in Iran, a difference of 87,400 births.

That makes Mozambique's figure about 1.1 times Iran's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Iran ahead.

Iran ranks 25th and Mozambique ranks 23rd of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Iran averaged higher in 7 and Mozambique in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Iran Mozambique Difference Ahead
1950s 956,684 births 295,917 births 660,767 births Iran
1960s 1.16 million births 354,020 births 809,583 births Iran
1970s 1.40 million births 463,139 births 941,278 births Iran
1980s 2.01 million births 615,709 births 1.40 million births Iran
1990s 1.40 million births 689,772 births 707,738 births Iran
2000s 1.17 million births 849,000 births 323,135 births Iran
2010s 1.46 million births 1.07 million births 388,261 births Iran
2020s 1.20 million births 1.23 million births 26,658 births Mozambique

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of births, Iran or Mozambique?
Mozambique, at 1.26 million births against 1.17 million births in Iran as of 2023.
What is the difference in number of births between Iran and Mozambique?
87,400 births, with Mozambique ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Iran and Mozambique?
74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Iran and Mozambique rank globally for number of births?
Iran ranks 25th and Mozambique ranks 23rd of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of births. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Number of births
Unit
births
Source
UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed

Number of live births in a calendar year.