Fertility & birth rates in Azerbaijan and Lesotho

Fertility rate in Azerbaijan vs Lesotho chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Azerbaijan was 1.55 children per woman in 2023, compared to 2.69 in Lesotho in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Azerbaijan vs Lesotho population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Azerbaijan	Lesotho
1960	5.88	5.78
1961	5.94	5.79
1962	5.96	5.79
1963	5.95	5.78
1964	5.89	5.77
1965	5.79	5.77
1966	5.66	5.76
1967	5.38	5.75
1968	5.22	5.73
1969	5.07	5.7
1970	4.91	5.7
1971	4.77	5.7
1972	4.62	5.69
1973	4.45	5.69
1974	4.33	5.75
1975	4.18	5.83
1976	4.02	5.87
1977	3.87	5.85
1978	3.73	5.82
1979	3.61	5.79
1980	3.5	5.75
1981	3.41	5.69
1982	3.34	5.63
1983	3.29	5.56
1984	3.26	5.48
1985	2.91	5.4
1986	2.9	5.32
1987	2.9	5.22
1988	2.8	5.1
1989	2.8	4.96
1990	2.74	4.81
1991	2.87	4.68
1992	2.74	4.54
1993	2.7	4.37
1994	2.52	4.21
1995	2.29	4.13
1996	2.06	4.06
1997	2.07	3.98
1998	2	3.82
1999	2.07	3.67
2000	2	3.61
2001	1.8	3.63
2002	1.8	3.68
2003	1.9	3.62
2004	2.05	3.51
2005	2	3.43
2006	1.97	3.41
2007	1.97	3.44
2008	1.9	3.39
2009	1.82	3.31
2010	1.92	3.25
2011	1.96	3.34
2012	2	3.3
2013	1.98	3.28
2014	1.97	3.24
2015	1.94	3.22
2016	1.9	3.18
2017	1.75	3.11
2018	1.73	3.02
2019	1.81	2.92
2020	1.7	2.85
2021	1.52	2.77
2022	1.67	2.72
2023	1.55	2.69
2024	1.55	2.66
2025	1.54	2.64
2026	1.54	2.61
2027	1.54	2.58
2028	1.54	2.55
2029	1.54	2.53
2030	1.54	2.5
2031	1.53	2.47
2032	1.53	2.45
2033	1.53	2.43
2034	1.53	2.41
2035	1.53	2.38
2036	1.53	2.37
2037	1.53	2.34
2038	1.53	2.32
2039	1.52	2.3
2040	1.52	2.29
2041	1.52	2.27
2042	1.52	2.25
2043	1.52	2.24
2044	1.52	2.22
2045	1.52	2.21
2046	1.52	2.19
2047	1.52	2.18
2048	1.52	2.17
2049	1.52	2.16
2050	1.52	2.14

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Azerbaijan	Lesotho
1960	40.4%	45.1%
1961	42%	45.2%
1962	43.3%	45.3%
1963	44.2%	45.2%
1964	44.9%	44.9%
1965	45.3%	44.8%
1966	45.6%	44.9%
1967	45.7%	44.8%
1968	45.6%	44.4%
1969	45.3%	44%
1970	44.9%	43.6%
1971	44.3%	43.1%
1972	43.6%	42.7%
1973	42.7%	42.3%
1974	41.7%	41.9%
1975	40.6%	41.6%
1976	39.4%	41.4%
1977	38.1%	41.5%
1978	36.7%	41.7%
1979	35.6%	41.9%
1980	35%	42.1%
1981	34.4%	42.3%
1982	34%	42.5%
1983	33.8%	42.7%
1984	33.5%	42.8%
1985	33.4%	43%
1986	33.2%	42.7%
1987	33.1%	42.5%
1988	33.2%	42.7%
1989	33.5%	42.8%
1990	33.8%	42.9%
1991	34%	42.9%
1992	34.1%	42.8%
1993	34%	42.6%
1994	33.9%	42.3%
1995	33.6%	42%
1996	33.2%	41.7%
1997	32.8%	41.2%
1998	32.2%	40.7%
1999	31.4%	40.2%
2000	30.3%	39.6%
2001	29.2%	39.1%
2002	28.1%	38.6%
2003	27%	38.1%
2004	26%	37.7%
2005	25.1%	37.4%
2006	24.4%	37.1%
2007	23.8%	36.8%
2008	23.2%	36.7%
2009	22.7%	36.6%
2010	22.3%	36.5%
2011	22.2%	36.5%
2012	22.3%	36.5%
2013	22.7%	36.5%
2014	23.1%	36.6%
2015	23.5%	36.6%
2016	23.8%	36.6%
2017	23.9%	36.5%
2018	23.8%	36.3%
2019	23.5%	36.1%
2020	23.4%	35.8%
2021	23.1%	35.6%
2022	22.8%	35.3%
2023	22.3%	34.9%
2024	21.8%	34.5%
2025	21.2%	34.1%
2026	20.6%	33.6%
2027	20%	33.1%
2028	19.4%	32.6%
2029	18.9%	32%
2030	18.3%	31.5%
2031	17.9%	31%
2032	17.6%	30.5%
2033	17.5%	30.1%
2034	17.3%	29.7%
2035	17%	29.3%
2036	16.9%	29%
2037	16.8%	28.8%
2038	16.8%	28.5%
2039	16.8%	28.3%
2040	16.8%	28.1%
2041	16.8%	27.8%
2042	16.9%	27.6%
2043	16.9%	27.4%
2044	16.9%	27.1%
2045	16.8%	26.9%
2046	16.8%	26.7%
2047	16.8%	26.4%
2048	16.7%	26.2%
2049	16.6%	25.9%
2050	16.5%	25.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 21.8% of the population in Azerbaijan and 34.5% in Lesotho in 2024, compared to 33.8% and 42.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Azerbaijan and Lesotho compared.

Natural population change in Azerbaijan vs Lesotho by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.79% in Azerbaijan and +1.44% in Lesotho. 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
	Azerbaijan	Lesotho
1960	127,982	19,981
1961	133,870	20,581
1962	135,928	21,132
1963	136,762	21,585
1964	134,971	22,116
1965	131,114	22,755
1966	126,678	23,326
1967	118,988	23,911
1968	115,379	24,490
1969	111,387	25,137
1970	108,976	25,935
1971	106,948	26,838
1972	105,009	27,841
1973	103,208	28,859
1974	103,872	30,444
1975	103,472	32,311
1976	103,370	34,117
1977	102,304	35,654
1978	102,831	37,084
1979	104,864	38,440
1980	110,279	39,617
1981	121,400	40,808
1982	117,615	41,941
1983	125,966	42,899
1984	130,043	43,785
1985	132,068	44,575
1986	141,499	45,232
1987	138,195	47,718
1988	136,702	47,158
1989	141,531	46,264
1990	142,069	45,060
1991	147,607	44,026
1992	133,615	42,579
1993	123,664	40,505
1994	107,112	38,629
1995	93,755	37,370
1996	80,735	36,228
1997	84,653	34,637
1998	77,548	30,889
1999	71,047	27,393
2000	70,023	24,786
2001	64,890	23,190
2002	63,741	22,274
2003	64,226	20,133
2004	81,403	17,271
2005	89,793	15,831
2006	96,724	15,234
2007	97,827	17,763
2008	99,903	19,349
2009	99,315	20,335
2010	112,274	21,877
2011	122,002	25,647
2012	119,915	27,592
2013	117,710	29,789
2014	115,374	30,922
2015	110,967	32,087
2016	102,457	33,390
2017	86,715	33,601
2018	81,506	33,112
2019	85,207	32,279
2020	50,466	30,721
2021	35,483	27,806
2022	61,865	30,803
2023	52,800	31,115

Maternal mortality chart: Azerbaijan vs Lesotho

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 18 deaths per 100,000 live births in Azerbaijan, compared to 478 deaths in Lesotho.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Azerbaijan	Lesotho
1985	45	711
1986	48	680
1987	45	686
1988	45	680
1989	43	680
1990	41	665
1991	43	641
1992	56	601
1993	54	542
1994	58	423
1995	64	357
1996	58	319
1997	59	312
1998	54	332
1999	51	371
2000	46	413
2001	45	465
2002	40	484
2003	41	508
2004	40	499
2005	40	549
2006	33	696
2007	33	891
2008	30	1,205
2009	29	1,387
2010	28	1,311
2011	27	1,210
2012	28	1,000
2013	24	855
2014	23	707
2015	21	594
2016	22	518
2017	22	468
2018	21	491
2019	21	467
2020	21	529
2021	55	577
2022	32	477
2023	18	478

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.86% in Azerbaijan and 5.89% in Lesotho. 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
	Azerbaijan	Lesotho
1960	-	18.6%
1961	-	18.5%
1962	-	18.5%
1963	-	18.6%
1964	-	18.6%
1965	-	18.7%
1966	-	18.6%
1967	-	18.5%
1968	-	18.3%
1969	-	18%
1970	-	17.7%
1971	-	17.3%
1972	-	16.9%
1973	-	16.5%
1974	-	16%
1975	-	15.5%
1976	-	14.9%
1977	-	14.2%
1978	-	13.6%
1979	-	12.9%
1980	-	12.3%
1981	-	11.7%
1982	10.9%	11.1%
1983	10.7%	10.6%
1984	10.4%	10.1%
1985	10.2%	9.72%
1986	9.96%	9.36%
1987	9.77%	9.06%
1988	9.62%	8.8%
1989	9.52%	8.6%
1990	9.48%	8.47%
1991	9.5%	8.43%
1992	9.52%	8.51%
1993	9.52%	8.73%
1994	9.47%	9.07%
1995	9.34%	9.45%
1996	9.1%	9.83%
1997	8.78%	10.2%
1998	8.37%	10.5%
1999	7.91%	10.7%
2000	7.4%	10.9%
2001	6.9%	11.1%
2002	6.41%	11.2%
2003	5.96%	11.4%
2004	5.55%	11.5%
2005	5.18%	11.6%
2006	4.85%	11.5%
2007	4.55%	11.2%
2008	4.27%	10.9%
2009	4.01%	9.64%
2010	3.77%	9.01%
2011	3.54%	8.59%
2012	3.32%	8.26%
2013	3.12%	8.02%
2014	2.95%	7.82%
2015	2.78%	7.51%
2016	2.63%	7.18%
2017	2.49%	7.12%
2018	2.36%	6.91%
2019	2.24%	6.87%
2020	2.13%	6.68%
2021	2.04%	6.44%
2022	1.94%	6.15%
2023	1.86%	5.89%