Fertility & birth rates in Azerbaijan and Turkey

Fertility rate in Azerbaijan vs Turkey 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 1.51 in Turkey 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	Turkey
1960	5.88	6.38
1961	5.94	6.42
1962	5.96	6.38
1963	5.95	6.34
1964	5.89	6.29
1965	5.79	6.22
1966	5.66	6.15
1967	5.38	6.06
1968	5.22	5.96
1969	5.07	5.87
1970	4.91	5.78
1971	4.77	5.67
1972	4.62	5.55
1973	4.45	5.41
1974	4.33	5.24
1975	4.18	5.09
1976	4.02	4.93
1977	3.87	4.78
1978	3.73	4.69
1979	3.61	4.58
1980	3.5	4.45
1981	3.41	4.35
1982	3.34	4.21
1983	3.29	4.06
1984	3.26	3.91
1985	2.91	3.78
1986	2.9	3.66
1987	2.9	3.54
1988	2.8	3.45
1989	2.8	3.34
1990	2.74	3.11
1991	2.87	3
1992	2.74	2.94
1993	2.7	2.92
1994	2.52	2.87
1995	2.29	2.84
1996	2.06	2.78
1997	2.07	2.74
1998	2	2.71
1999	2.07	2.63
2000	2	2.49
2001	1.8	2.39
2002	1.8	2.27
2003	1.9	2.2
2004	2.05	2.2
2005	2	2.2
2006	1.97	2.19
2007	1.97	2.16
2008	1.9	2.15
2009	1.82	2.1
2010	1.92	2.08
2011	1.96	2.05
2012	2	2.11
2013	1.98	2.11
2014	1.97	2.19
2015	1.94	2.16
2016	1.9	2.11
2017	1.75	2.08
2018	1.73	2
2019	1.81	1.89
2020	1.7	1.77
2021	1.52	1.71
2022	1.67	1.63
2023	1.55	1.51
2024	1.55	1.51
2025	1.54	1.5
2026	1.54	1.5
2027	1.54	1.5
2028	1.54	1.5
2029	1.54	1.5
2030	1.54	1.5
2031	1.53	1.5
2032	1.53	1.5
2033	1.53	1.5
2034	1.53	1.5
2035	1.53	1.5
2036	1.53	1.5
2037	1.53	1.5
2038	1.53	1.5
2039	1.52	1.5
2040	1.52	1.5
2041	1.52	1.5
2042	1.52	1.5
2043	1.52	1.5
2044	1.52	1.5
2045	1.52	1.5
2046	1.52	1.5
2047	1.52	1.5
2048	1.52	1.5
2049	1.52	1.5
2050	1.52	1.5

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Azerbaijan	Turkey
1960	40.4%	42%
1961	42%	42.2%
1962	43.3%	42.4%
1963	44.2%	42.5%
1964	44.9%	42.7%
1965	45.3%	42.8%
1966	45.6%	42.8%
1967	45.7%	42.9%
1968	45.6%	42.9%
1969	45.3%	42.8%
1970	44.9%	42.7%
1971	44.3%	42.5%
1972	43.6%	42.3%
1973	42.7%	42.1%
1974	41.7%	41.8%
1975	40.6%	41.5%
1976	39.4%	41.1%
1977	38.1%	40.7%
1978	36.7%	40.4%
1979	35.6%	40.1%
1980	35%	39.8%
1981	34.4%	39.6%
1982	34%	39.3%
1983	33.8%	38.9%
1984	33.5%	38.5%
1985	33.4%	38.1%
1986	33.2%	37.6%
1987	33.1%	37.2%
1988	33.2%	36.7%
1989	33.5%	36.3%
1990	33.8%	35.8%
1991	34%	35.3%
1992	34.1%	34.8%
1993	34%	34.3%
1994	33.9%	33.8%
1995	33.6%	33.2%
1996	33.2%	32.6%
1997	32.8%	32%
1998	32.2%	31.4%
1999	31.4%	30.8%
2000	30.3%	30.2%
2001	29.2%	29.7%
2002	28.1%	29.2%
2003	27%	28.7%
2004	26%	28.3%
2005	25.1%	27.9%
2006	24.4%	27.5%
2007	23.8%	27.1%
2008	23.2%	26.7%
2009	22.7%	26.3%
2010	22.3%	25.9%
2011	22.2%	25.5%
2012	22.3%	25.1%
2013	22.7%	24.7%
2014	23.1%	24.3%
2015	23.5%	23.9%
2016	23.8%	23.6%
2017	23.9%	23.3%
2018	23.8%	23.1%
2019	23.5%	23%
2020	23.4%	22.8%
2021	23.1%	22.5%
2022	22.8%	22.2%
2023	22.3%	21.8%
2024	21.8%	21.4%
2025	21.2%	21%
2026	20.6%	20.6%
2027	20%	20.1%
2028	19.4%	19.6%
2029	18.9%	19.2%
2030	18.3%	18.7%
2031	17.9%	18.2%
2032	17.6%	17.8%
2033	17.5%	17.4%
2034	17.3%	17.1%
2035	17%	16.8%
2036	16.9%	16.5%
2037	16.8%	16.3%
2038	16.8%	16.2%
2039	16.8%	16.1%
2040	16.8%	16%
2041	16.8%	15.8%
2042	16.9%	15.7%
2043	16.9%	15.6%
2044	16.9%	15.5%
2045	16.8%	15.4%
2046	16.8%	15.3%
2047	16.8%	15.2%
2048	16.7%	15.1%
2049	16.6%	15%
2050	16.5%	14.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 21.8% of the population in Azerbaijan and 21.4% in Turkey in 2024, compared to 33.8% and 35.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Azerbaijan and Turkey compared.

Natural population change in Azerbaijan vs Turkey by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.79% in Azerbaijan and +0.91% in Turkey. 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	Turkey
1960	127,982	773,009
1961	133,870	816,911
1962	135,928	837,473
1963	136,762	862,626
1964	134,971	884,152
1965	131,114	904,016
1966	126,678	925,790
1967	118,988	936,727
1968	115,379	950,778
1969	111,387	970,958
1970	108,976	991,950
1971	106,948	1,014,165
1972	105,009	1,023,781
1973	103,208	1,025,675
1974	103,872	1,020,053
1975	103,472	1,012,904
1976	103,370	1,009,999
1977	102,304	1,023,779
1978	102,831	1,054,863
1979	104,864	1,076,707
1980	110,279	1,090,538
1981	121,400	1,100,082
1982	117,615	1,091,863
1983	125,966	1,095,106
1984	130,043	1,096,529
1985	132,068	1,098,846
1986	141,499	1,102,660
1987	138,195	1,099,042
1988	136,702	1,101,266
1989	141,531	1,094,036
1990	142,069	1,044,467
1991	147,607	1,041,229
1992	133,615	1,039,125
1993	123,664	1,064,168
1994	107,112	1,078,208
1995	93,755	1,090,630
1996	80,735	1,091,827
1997	84,653	1,099,738
1998	77,548	1,103,242
1999	71,047	1,063,312
2000	70,023	1,020,515
2001	64,890	980,560
2002	63,741	922,927
2003	64,226	893,683
2004	81,403	896,025
2005	89,793	898,650
2006	96,724	897,351
2007	97,827	876,626
2008	99,903	868,749
2009	99,315	900,491
2010	112,274	892,334
2011	122,002	875,839
2012	119,915	917,145
2013	117,710	921,386
2014	115,374	957,055
2015	110,967	930,799
2016	102,457	895,841
2017	86,715	875,408
2018	81,506	830,353
2019	85,207	751,472
2020	50,466	608,708
2021	35,483	521,713
2022	61,865	535,373
2023	52,800	426,630

Maternal mortality chart: Azerbaijan vs Turkey

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 15 deaths in Turkey.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Azerbaijan	Turkey
1985	45	56
1986	48	53
1987	45	50
1988	45	47
1989	43	44
1990	41	42
1991	43	41
1992	56	40
1993	54	39
1994	58	38
1995	64	37
1996	58	36
1997	59	35
1998	54	34
1999	51	34
2000	46	32
2001	45	31
2002	40	30
2003	41	29
2004	40	28
2005	40	27
2006	33	26
2007	33	25
2008	30	24
2009	29	23
2010	28	23
2011	27	23
2012	28	21
2013	24	20
2014	23	20
2015	21	19
2016	22	19
2017	22	18
2018	21	17
2019	21	17
2020	21	19
2021	55	20
2022	32	21
2023	18	15

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.86% in Azerbaijan and 1.28% in Turkey. 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	Turkey
1960	-	25.8%
1961	-	25%
1962	-	24.1%
1963	-	23.3%
1964	-	22.5%
1965	-	21.7%
1966	-	21%
1967	-	20.4%
1968	-	19.7%
1969	-	19.2%
1970	-	18.6%
1971	-	18%
1972	-	17.5%
1973	-	16.9%
1974	-	16.3%
1975	-	15.7%
1976	-	15.1%
1977	-	14.5%
1978	-	13.9%
1979	-	13.3%
1980	-	12.7%
1981	-	12.1%
1982	10.9%	11.5%
1983	10.7%	10.9%
1984	10.4%	10.3%
1985	10.2%	9.79%
1986	9.96%	9.27%
1987	9.77%	8.77%
1988	9.62%	8.29%
1989	9.52%	7.83%
1990	9.48%	7.38%
1991	9.5%	6.95%
1992	9.52%	6.52%
1993	9.52%	6.11%
1994	9.47%	5.73%
1995	9.34%	5.35%
1996	9.1%	5%
1997	8.78%	4.66%
1998	8.37%	4.33%
1999	7.91%	4.03%
2000	7.4%	3.74%
2001	6.9%	3.47%
2002	6.41%	3.22%
2003	5.96%	2.99%
2004	5.55%	2.77%
2005	5.18%	2.57%
2006	4.85%	2.38%
2007	4.55%	2.21%
2008	4.27%	2.06%
2009	4.01%	1.92%
2010	3.77%	1.79%
2011	3.54%	1.68%
2012	3.32%	1.58%
2013	3.12%	1.49%
2014	2.95%	1.4%
2015	2.78%	1.33%
2016	2.63%	1.26%
2017	2.49%	1.2%
2018	2.36%	1.15%
2019	2.24%	1.1%
2020	2.13%	1.05%
2021	2.04%	1.01%
2022	1.94%	0.96%
2023	1.86%	1.28%