Fertility & birth rates in Azerbaijan and Rwanda

Fertility rate in Azerbaijan vs Rwanda 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 3.7 in Rwanda 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	Rwanda
1960	5.88	8.28
1961	5.94	8.28
1962	5.96	8.27
1963	5.95	8.27
1964	5.89	8.27
1965	5.79	8.25
1966	5.66	8.23
1967	5.38	8.21
1968	5.22	8.19
1969	5.07	8.18
1970	4.91	8.15
1971	4.77	8.09
1972	4.62	8.09
1973	4.45	8.09
1974	4.33	8.1
1975	4.18	8.1
1976	4.02	8.12
1977	3.87	8.14
1978	3.73	8.16
1979	3.61	8.13
1980	3.5	8.12
1981	3.41	8.1
1982	3.34	8.06
1983	3.29	8
1984	3.26	7.91
1985	2.91	7.79
1986	2.9	7.61
1987	2.9	7.43
1988	2.8	7.23
1989	2.8	7.03
1990	2.74	6.8
1991	2.87	6.62
1992	2.74	6.54
1993	2.7	6.48
1994	2.52	6.42
1995	2.29	6.35
1996	2.06	6.29
1997	2.07	6.24
1998	2	6.17
1999	2.07	6.06
2000	2	5.97
2001	1.8	5.89
2002	1.8	5.82
2003	1.9	5.74
2004	2.05	5.64
2005	2	5.5
2006	1.97	5.34
2007	1.97	5.14
2008	1.9	4.92
2009	1.82	4.71
2010	1.92	4.52
2011	1.96	4.33
2012	2	4.2
2013	1.98	4.14
2014	1.97	4.12
2015	1.94	4.11
2016	1.9	4.11
2017	1.75	4.08
2018	1.73	4.05
2019	1.81	3.99
2020	1.7	3.91
2021	1.52	3.84
2022	1.67	3.78
2023	1.55	3.7
2024	1.55	3.64
2025	1.54	3.59
2026	1.54	3.54
2027	1.54	3.49
2028	1.54	3.43
2029	1.54	3.38
2030	1.54	3.33
2031	1.53	3.28
2032	1.53	3.24
2033	1.53	3.19
2034	1.53	3.15
2035	1.53	3.11
2036	1.53	3.07
2037	1.53	3.03
2038	1.53	2.99
2039	1.52	2.95
2040	1.52	2.92
2041	1.52	2.89
2042	1.52	2.85
2043	1.52	2.81
2044	1.52	2.78
2045	1.52	2.75
2046	1.52	2.72
2047	1.52	2.69
2048	1.52	2.67
2049	1.52	2.64
2050	1.52	2.61

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Azerbaijan	Rwanda
1960	40.4%	49.2%
1961	42%	49.7%
1962	43.3%	50.2%
1963	44.2%	50.6%
1964	44.9%	50.8%
1965	45.3%	50.6%
1966	45.6%	50.2%
1967	45.7%	49.7%
1968	45.6%	49.2%
1969	45.3%	48.7%
1970	44.9%	48.2%
1971	44.3%	47.9%
1972	43.6%	47.5%
1973	42.7%	47.2%
1974	41.7%	46.9%
1975	40.6%	46.6%
1976	39.4%	46.4%
1977	38.1%	46.4%
1978	36.7%	46.4%
1979	35.6%	46.5%
1980	35%	46.8%
1981	34.4%	47.1%
1982	34%	47.4%
1983	33.8%	47.7%
1984	33.5%	48.1%
1985	33.4%	48.3%
1986	33.2%	48.6%
1987	33.1%	48.8%
1988	33.2%	48.9%
1989	33.5%	48.9%
1990	33.8%	49%
1991	34%	48.9%
1992	34.1%	48.7%
1993	34%	48.4%
1994	33.9%	50.1%
1995	33.6%	52.4%
1996	33.2%	51.4%
1997	32.8%	50.5%
1998	32.2%	49.2%
1999	31.4%	47.8%
2000	30.3%	46.4%
2001	29.2%	45.2%
2002	28.1%	44.3%
2003	27%	43.7%
2004	26%	43.3%
2005	25.1%	43.1%
2006	24.4%	42.9%
2007	23.8%	42.9%
2008	23.2%	42.8%
2009	22.7%	42.6%
2010	22.3%	42.4%
2011	22.2%	42.2%
2012	22.3%	41.9%
2013	22.7%	41.7%
2014	23.1%	41.4%
2015	23.5%	41.1%
2016	23.8%	40.9%
2017	23.9%	40.5%
2018	23.8%	40.1%
2019	23.5%	39.7%
2020	23.4%	39.2%
2021	23.1%	38.6%
2022	22.8%	38.2%
2023	22.3%	37.7%
2024	21.8%	37.4%
2025	21.2%	37%
2026	20.6%	36.7%
2027	20%	36.4%
2028	19.4%	36%
2029	18.9%	35.7%
2030	18.3%	35.4%
2031	17.9%	35%
2032	17.6%	34.7%
2033	17.5%	34.4%
2034	17.3%	34.1%
2035	17%	33.7%
2036	16.9%	33.4%
2037	16.8%	33.1%
2038	16.8%	32.9%
2039	16.8%	32.6%
2040	16.8%	32.3%
2041	16.8%	32%
2042	16.9%	31.7%
2043	16.9%	31.4%
2044	16.9%	31.1%
2045	16.8%	30.8%
2046	16.8%	30.5%
2047	16.8%	30.2%
2048	16.7%	29.9%
2049	16.6%	29.7%
2050	16.5%	29.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 21.8% of the population in Azerbaijan and 37.4% in Rwanda in 2024, compared to 33.8% and 49% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Azerbaijan and Rwanda compared.

Natural population change in Azerbaijan vs Rwanda by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.79% in Azerbaijan and +2.45% in Rwanda. 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	Rwanda
1960	127,982	100,627
1961	133,870	102,051
1962	135,928	102,548
1963	136,762	94,296
1964	134,971	102,562
1965	131,114	103,422
1966	126,678	105,128
1967	118,988	108,053
1968	115,379	111,422
1969	111,387	115,394
1970	108,976	119,273
1971	106,948	122,567
1972	105,009	126,403
1973	103,208	131,021
1974	103,872	135,743
1975	103,472	140,596
1976	103,370	147,665
1977	102,304	155,011
1978	102,831	163,779
1979	104,864	174,477
1980	110,279	184,988
1981	121,400	195,769
1982	117,615	205,147
1983	125,966	212,750
1984	130,043	219,337
1985	132,068	223,794
1986	141,499	225,526
1987	138,195	225,744
1988	136,702	223,759
1989	141,531	217,632
1990	142,069	207,895
1991	147,607	196,431
1992	133,615	188,025
1993	123,664	183,926
1994	107,112	-719,479
1995	93,755	121,137
1996	80,735	140,455
1997	84,653	174,687
1998	77,548	197,185
1999	71,047	210,518
2000	70,023	221,276
2001	64,890	230,845
2002	63,741	239,036
2003	64,226	251,243
2004	81,403	265,273
2005	89,793	275,121
2006	96,724	282,149
2007	97,827	285,791
2008	99,903	287,334
2009	99,315	287,034
2010	112,274	286,848
2011	122,002	282,922
2012	119,915	282,584
2013	117,710	286,331
2014	115,374	292,779
2015	110,967	299,114
2016	102,457	305,549
2017	86,715	310,323
2018	81,506	312,512
2019	85,207	313,525
2020	50,466	312,692
2021	35,483	309,895
2022	61,865	312,145
2023	52,800	312,762

Maternal mortality chart: Azerbaijan vs Rwanda

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 229 deaths in Rwanda.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Azerbaijan	Rwanda
1985	45	1,116
1986	48	1,126
1987	45	1,145
1988	45	1,188
1989	43	1,238
1990	41	1,309
1991	43	1,386
1992	56	1,530
1993	54	1,619
1994	58	5,721
1995	64	1,505
1996	58	1,295
1997	59	1,318
1998	54	1,268
1999	51	1,073
2000	46	885
2001	45	769
2002	40	677
2003	41	551
2004	40	460
2005	40	465
2006	33	494
2007	33	494
2008	30	454
2009	29	418
2010	28	393
2011	27	358
2012	28	331
2013	24	317
2014	23	301
2015	21	292
2016	22	278
2017	22	275
2018	21	269
2019	21	261
2020	21	252
2021	55	254
2022	32	234
2023	18	229

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.86% in Azerbaijan and 4% in Rwanda. 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	Rwanda
1960	-	22.4%
1961	-	21.9%
1962	-	21.5%
1963	-	21.3%
1964	-	21.1%
1965	-	21.1%
1966	-	21.2%
1967	-	21.4%
1968	-	21.7%
1969	-	22%
1970	-	22.3%
1971	-	22.6%
1972	-	23%
1973	-	23.4%
1974	-	24%
1975	-	24.6%
1976	-	25.1%
1977	-	25.1%
1978	-	24.6%
1979	-	23.4%
1980	-	21.8%
1981	-	20.1%
1982	10.9%	18.6%
1983	10.7%	17.4%
1984	10.4%	16.6%
1985	10.2%	16.1%
1986	9.96%	15.6%
1987	9.77%	15.2%
1988	9.62%	14.8%
1989	9.52%	14.8%
1990	9.48%	15.1%
1991	9.5%	16%
1992	9.52%	17.5%
1993	9.52%	19.3%
1994	9.47%	38.9%
1995	9.34%	21.8%
1996	9.1%	22.2%
1997	8.78%	22.2%
1998	8.37%	21.5%
1999	7.91%	20.2%
2000	7.4%	18.5%
2001	6.9%	16.7%
2002	6.41%	14.9%
2003	5.96%	13.3%
2004	5.55%	11.8%
2005	5.18%	10.5%
2006	4.85%	9.37%
2007	4.55%	8.45%
2008	4.27%	7.62%
2009	4.01%	6.92%
2010	3.77%	6.33%
2011	3.54%	5.81%
2012	3.32%	5.45%
2013	3.12%	5.17%
2014	2.95%	4.96%
2015	2.78%	4.78%
2016	2.63%	4.63%
2017	2.49%	4.52%
2018	2.36%	4.43%
2019	2.24%	4.34%
2020	2.13%	4.25%
2021	2.04%	4.16%
2022	1.94%	4.08%
2023	1.86%	4%