Fertility & birth rates in Azerbaijan and Nepal

Fertility rate in Azerbaijan vs Nepal 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 1.98 in Nepal in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

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The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Azerbaijan	Nepal
1960	5.88	6.07
1961	5.94	6.09
1962	5.96	6.08
1963	5.95	6.06
1964	5.89	6.04
1965	5.79	6.01
1966	5.66	5.98
1967	5.38	5.95
1968	5.22	5.94
1969	5.07	5.89
1970	4.91	5.87
1971	4.77	5.85
1972	4.62	5.8
1973	4.45	5.7
1974	4.33	5.75
1975	4.18	5.73
1976	4.02	5.72
1977	3.87	5.69
1978	3.73	5.68
1979	3.61	5.64
1980	3.5	5.6
1981	3.41	5.58
1982	3.34	5.55
1983	3.29	5.54
1984	3.26	5.51
1985	2.91	5.46
1986	2.9	5.4
1987	2.9	5.35
1988	2.8	5.31
1989	2.8	5.26
1990	2.74	5.21
1991	2.87	5.15
1992	2.74	5.07
1993	2.7	5.04
1994	2.52	4.96
1995	2.29	4.87
1996	2.06	4.67
1997	2.07	4.44
1998	2	4.28
1999	2.07	4.13
2000	2	3.98
2001	1.8	3.79
2002	1.8	3.6
2003	1.9	3.44
2004	2.05	3.28
2005	2	3.12
2006	1.97	2.97
2007	1.97	2.86
2008	1.9	2.74
2009	1.82	2.63
2010	1.92	2.54
2011	1.96	2.46
2012	2	2.42
2013	1.98	2.36
2014	1.97	2.32
2015	1.94	2.27
2016	1.9	2.23
2017	1.75	2.17
2018	1.73	2.12
2019	1.81	2.08
2020	1.7	2.05
2021	1.52	2.03
2022	1.67	2
2023	1.55	1.98
2024	1.55	1.96
2025	1.54	1.94
2026	1.54	1.92
2027	1.54	1.9
2028	1.54	1.89
2029	1.54	1.88
2030	1.54	1.86
2031	1.53	1.85
2032	1.53	1.84
2033	1.53	1.83
2034	1.53	1.82
2035	1.53	1.81
2036	1.53	1.8
2037	1.53	1.79
2038	1.53	1.79
2039	1.52	1.78
2040	1.52	1.78
2041	1.52	1.77
2042	1.52	1.77
2043	1.52	1.76
2044	1.52	1.76
2045	1.52	1.75
2046	1.52	1.75
2047	1.52	1.74
2048	1.52	1.74
2049	1.52	1.74
2050	1.52	1.73

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Azerbaijan	Nepal
1960	40.4%	40.7%
1961	42%	40.7%
1962	43.3%	40.6%
1963	44.2%	40.5%
1964	44.9%	40.4%
1965	45.3%	40.4%
1966	45.6%	40.4%
1967	45.7%	40.3%
1968	45.6%	40.3%
1969	45.3%	40.3%
1970	44.9%	40.3%
1971	44.3%	40.4%
1972	43.6%	40.4%
1973	42.7%	40.5%
1974	41.7%	40.5%
1975	40.6%	40.6%
1976	39.4%	40.7%
1977	38.1%	40.7%
1978	36.7%	40.8%
1979	35.6%	40.8%
1980	35%	40.9%
1981	34.4%	40.9%
1982	34%	40.9%
1983	33.8%	41%
1984	33.5%	41%
1985	33.4%	41.1%
1986	33.2%	41.2%
1987	33.1%	41.3%
1988	33.2%	41.4%
1989	33.5%	41.5%
1990	33.8%	41.5%
1991	34%	41.5%
1992	34.1%	41.4%
1993	34%	41.3%
1994	33.9%	41.4%
1995	33.6%	41.4%
1996	33.2%	41.5%
1997	32.8%	41.4%
1998	32.2%	41.3%
1999	31.4%	41.1%
2000	30.3%	40.9%
2001	29.2%	40.7%
2002	28.1%	40.4%
2003	27%	40%
2004	26%	39.6%
2005	25.1%	39.2%
2006	24.4%	38.7%
2007	23.8%	38.1%
2008	23.2%	37.5%
2009	22.7%	36.7%
2010	22.3%	36%
2011	22.2%	35.3%
2012	22.3%	34.7%
2013	22.7%	34.2%
2014	23.1%	33.6%
2015	23.5%	33%
2016	23.8%	32.5%
2017	23.9%	32.1%
2018	23.8%	31.6%
2019	23.5%	30.9%
2020	23.4%	30.1%
2021	23.1%	29.4%
2022	22.8%	28.9%
2023	22.3%	28.7%
2024	21.8%	28.4%
2025	21.2%	28.1%
2026	20.6%	27.7%
2027	20%	27.3%
2028	19.4%	26.8%
2029	18.9%	26.4%
2030	18.3%	26%
2031	17.9%	25.6%
2032	17.6%	25.2%
2033	17.5%	24.8%
2034	17.3%	24.5%
2035	17%	24.1%
2036	16.9%	23.8%
2037	16.8%	23.4%
2038	16.8%	23%
2039	16.8%	22.7%
2040	16.8%	22.4%
2041	16.8%	22.1%
2042	16.9%	21.7%
2043	16.9%	21.4%
2044	16.9%	21.1%
2045	16.8%	20.8%
2046	16.8%	20.5%
2047	16.8%	20.3%
2048	16.7%	20%
2049	16.6%	19.7%
2050	16.5%	19.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 21.8% of the population in Azerbaijan and 28.4% in Nepal in 2024, compared to 33.8% and 41.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Azerbaijan and Nepal compared.

Natural population change in Azerbaijan vs Nepal by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.79% in Azerbaijan and +1.37% in Nepal. 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	Nepal
1960	127,982	203,374
1961	133,870	209,917
1962	135,928	215,368
1963	136,762	219,586
1964	134,971	227,948
1965	131,114	233,726
1966	126,678	241,716
1967	118,988	249,240
1968	115,379	258,259
1969	111,387	264,560
1970	108,976	272,439
1971	106,948	280,752
1972	105,009	286,708
1973	103,208	288,750
1974	103,872	303,078
1975	103,472	312,479
1976	103,370	323,222
1977	102,304	332,843
1978	102,831	345,765
1979	104,864	355,597
1980	110,279	364,254
1981	121,400	374,145
1982	117,615	385,741
1983	125,966	399,103
1984	130,043	411,122
1985	132,068	423,240
1986	141,499	434,802
1987	138,195	449,400
1988	136,702	463,581
1989	141,531	478,771
1990	142,069	495,202
1991	147,607	512,233
1992	133,615	533,029
1993	123,664	561,549
1994	107,112	578,293
1995	93,755	591,283
1996	80,735	580,099
1997	84,653	565,882
1998	77,548	562,787
1999	71,047	557,847
2000	70,023	554,506
2001	64,890	542,118
2002	63,741	525,045
2003	64,226	516,575
2004	81,403	504,853
2005	89,793	489,093
2006	96,724	475,335
2007	97,827	464,780
2008	99,903	452,353
2009	99,315	441,290
2010	112,274	432,631
2011	122,002	429,957
2012	119,915	430,151
2013	117,710	424,804
2014	115,374	423,166
2015	110,967	410,565
2016	102,457	415,921
2017	86,715	406,219
2018	81,506	394,576
2019	85,207	387,113
2020	50,466	373,553
2021	35,483	351,165
2022	61,865	379,021
2023	52,800	368,450

Maternal mortality chart: Azerbaijan vs Nepal

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 142 deaths in Nepal.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Azerbaijan	Nepal
1985	45	1,186
1986	48	1,143
1987	45	1,088
1988	45	1,038
1989	43	973
1990	41	920
1991	43	850
1992	56	768
1993	54	703
1994	58	657
1995	64	625
1996	58	584
1997	59	550
1998	54	522
1999	51	512
2000	46	480
2001	45	443
2002	40	414
2003	41	387
2004	40	364
2005	40	344
2006	33	318
2007	33	309
2008	30	302
2009	29	299
2010	28	297
2011	27	286
2012	28	272
2013	24	258
2014	23	245
2015	21	236
2016	22	214
2017	22	197
2018	21	183
2019	21	170
2020	21	153
2021	55	173
2022	32	139
2023	18	142

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.86% in Azerbaijan and 2.65% in Nepal. 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	Nepal
1960	-	32.8%
1961	-	32.4%
1962	-	31.9%
1963	-	31.3%
1964	-	30.7%
1965	-	30%
1966	-	29.4%
1967	-	28.7%
1968	-	28%
1969	-	27.3%
1970	-	26.7%
1971	-	26.2%
1972	-	25.6%
1973	-	25%
1974	-	24.5%
1975	-	23.9%
1976	-	23.3%
1977	-	22.7%
1978	-	22.1%
1979	-	21.5%
1980	-	20.8%
1981	-	20.2%
1982	10.9%	19.5%
1983	10.7%	18.8%
1984	10.4%	18.2%
1985	10.2%	17.5%
1986	9.96%	16.8%
1987	9.77%	16.1%
1988	9.62%	15.3%
1989	9.52%	14.6%
1990	9.48%	13.9%
1991	9.5%	13.2%
1992	9.52%	12.5%
1993	9.52%	11.8%
1994	9.47%	11.2%
1995	9.34%	10.6%
1996	9.1%	10%
1997	8.78%	9.44%
1998	8.37%	8.91%
1999	7.91%	8.4%
2000	7.4%	7.92%
2001	6.9%	7.48%
2002	6.41%	7.06%
2003	5.96%	6.69%
2004	5.55%	6.35%
2005	5.18%	6.04%
2006	4.85%	5.76%
2007	4.55%	5.51%
2008	4.27%	5.27%
2009	4.01%	5.05%
2010	3.77%	4.83%
2011	3.54%	4.62%
2012	3.32%	4.41%
2013	3.12%	4.21%
2014	2.95%	4.01%
2015	2.78%	3.82%
2016	2.63%	3.64%
2017	2.49%	3.46%
2018	2.36%	3.3%
2019	2.24%	3.14%
2020	2.13%	2.99%
2021	2.04%	2.86%
2022	1.94%	2.75%
2023	1.86%	2.65%