Belarus birth & fertility rate charts by year

Fertility rate in Belarus chart

According to the latest birth rate data available, the fertility rate in Belarus was 1.21 in 2023 and has been below the replacement level of 2.1 children per woman since 1985. In 1993, the fertility rate was 1.62 — a -25.6% decline in 30 years.

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The chart below showcases the historical changes in birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Belarus	World
1960	2.67	4.69
1961	2.59	4.56
1962	2.5	5.02
1963	2.4	5.31
1964	2.31	5.13
1965	2.27	5.08
1966	2.29	4.97
1967	2.26	4.87
1968	2.22	4.98
1969	2.26	4.88
1970	2.31	4.84
1971	2.31	4.69
1972	2.28	4.55
1973	2.25	4.42
1974	2.21	4.26
1975	2.17	4.07
1976	2.12	3.97
1977	2.08	3.84
1978	2.06	3.77
1979	2.05	3.76
1980	2.03	3.73
1981	2.02	3.71
1982	2.05	3.72
1983	2.11	3.59
1984	2.11	3.57
1985	2.09	3.53
1986	2.09	3.51
1987	2.03	3.48
1988	2.03	3.39
1989	2.03	3.35
1990	1.91	3.31
1991	1.81	3.13
1992	1.76	3.04
1993	1.62	2.97
1994	1.53	2.92
1995	1.41	2.87
1996	1.34	2.82
1997	1.25	2.78
1998	1.3	2.75
1999	1.31	2.72
2000	1.32	2.73
2001	1.29	2.69
2002	1.24	2.66
2003	1.23	2.64
2004	1.23	2.63
2005	1.25	2.61
2006	1.34	2.61
2007	1.43	2.6
2008	1.49	2.6
2009	1.51	2.59
2010	1.49	2.57
2011	1.52	2.55
2012	1.62	2.56
2013	1.67	2.53
2014	1.7	2.52
2015	1.72	2.49
2016	1.73	2.49
2017	1.54	2.46
2018	1.45	2.39
2019	1.38	2.35
2020	1.37	2.28
2021	1.37	2.25
2022	1.33	2.22
2023	1.21	2.2
2024	1.22	2.19
2025	1.23	2.18
2026	1.23	2.18
2027	1.24	2.17
2028	1.25	2.16
2029	1.25	2.15
2030	1.26	2.14
2031	1.27	2.13
2032	1.28	2.12
2033	1.28	2.12
2034	1.29	2.11
2035	1.3	2.1
2036	1.31	2.09
2037	1.31	2.09
2038	1.32	2.08
2039	1.32	2.08
2040	1.33	2.08
2041	1.34	2.07
2042	1.34	2.07
2043	1.35	2.07
2044	1.35	2.07
2045	1.36	2.06
2046	1.36	2.06
2047	1.37	2.06
2048	1.37	2.05
2049	1.38	2.05
2050	1.38	2.05

Birth rates by women ages chart

In 2025, of all live births 3.13% were to women under 20 years old, 46.9% to women ages 20-29, and 49.9% to women ages 30 and above. In comparison, the percentages in 1990 were 11%, 70.1%, and 18.9% for the same age groups respectively. A chart displaying the historical birth rates in Belarus by maternal age is provided below.

Annual births per 1,000 women ages

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Children 0-14 as share of population
	Belarus	World
1960	30.8%	37.4%
1961	31.2%	37.5%
1962	31.2%	37.6%
1963	31.1%	37.8%
1964	30.8%	38%
1965	30.5%	38%
1966	30.2%	38%
1967	29.9%	38%
1968	29.6%	37.9%
1969	29.3%	37.8%
1970	28.7%	37.7%
1971	27.9%	37.6%
1972	27.2%	37.5%
1973	26.4%	37.3%
1974	25.7%	37.2%
1975	25%	37.1%
1976	24.4%	36.9%
1977	23.9%	36.7%
1978	23.5%	36.3%
1979	23.1%	35.9%
1980	22.9%	35.5%
1981	22.8%	35.2%
1982	22.7%	34.9%
1983	22.7%	34.6%
1984	22.8%	34.3%
1985	22.9%	34%
1986	23%	33.8%
1987	23%	33.6%
1988	23.1%	33.4%
1989	23.1%	33.2%
1990	23.1%	33%
1991	23%	32.9%
1992	22.8%	32.7%
1993	22.6%	32.5%
1994	22.2%	32.3%
1995	21.8%	32.1%
1996	21.3%	31.8%
1997	20.7%	31.5%
1998	20%	31.1%
1999	19.3%	30.8%
2000	18.6%	30.4%
2001	17.9%	30%
2002	17.3%	29.6%
2003	16.6%	29.2%
2004	16%	28.8%
2005	15.5%	28.5%
2006	15.2%	28.1%
2007	14.9%	27.9%
2008	14.8%	27.6%
2009	14.8%	27.5%
2010	14.8%	27.3%
2011	15%	27.1%
2012	15.3%	27%
2013	15.6%	26.9%
2014	15.9%	26.8%
2015	16.2%	26.6%
2016	16.5%	26.5%
2017	16.7%	26.4%
2018	16.9%	26.2%
2019	17%	26%
2020	17%	25.8%
2021	17.1%	25.6%
2022	17%	25.3%
2023	16.7%	25%
2024	16.3%	24.7%
2025	15.9%	24.4%
2026	15.5%	24.1%
2027	15%	23.8%
2028	14.4%	23.4%
2029	13.8%	23.1%
2030	13.2%	22.8%
2031	12.6%	22.6%
2032	12.1%	22.3%
2033	11.7%	22.1%
2034	11.5%	21.9%
2035	11.3%	21.7%
2036	11.1%	21.6%
2037	11%	21.5%
2038	11%	21.4%
2039	11.1%	21.3%
2040	11.2%	21.2%
2041	11.3%	21.1%
2042	11.5%	21%
2043	11.6%	21%
2044	11.8%	20.9%
2045	12%	20.8%
2046	12.2%	20.7%
2047	12.3%	20.7%
2048	12.5%	20.6%
2049	12.6%	20.5%
2050	12.7%	20.4%

The share of children aged 0-14 in Belarus was 30.8% in 1960, 22.6% in 1993, and 16.3% as of the latest data in 2025.

More about the demographics of Belarus.

Natural population change by year

For the past 10 years, the natural population change in Belarus, excluding migration, has been -0.34% annually. On average, -31,868 more people died each year than were born.

Table

Year	Population change due to births and deaths
	Belarus
1960	136,399
1961	134,490
1962	124,945
1963	113,160
1964	101,618
1965	90,611
1966	84,191
1967	81,136
1968	76,782
1969	74,567
1970	75,520
1971	77,464
1972	74,036
1973	70,911
1974	71,158
1975	65,494
1976	66,677
1977	67,434
1978	67,342
1979	64,481
1980	62,101
1981	65,057
1982	65,499
1983	75,791
1984	64,415
1985	58,852
1986	74,318
1987	62,689
1988	60,840
1989	49,833
1990	32,606
1991	18,349
1992	11,238
1993	-11,263
1994	-19,431
1995	-32,621
1996	-37,591
1997	-46,540
1998	-44,316
1999	-49,131
2000	-40,916
2001	-48,650
2002	-58,207
2003	-53,882
2004	-50,597
2005	-50,252
2006	-41,301
2007	-28,683
2008	-25,726
2009	-25,662
2010	-29,400
2011	-26,493
2012	-11,336
2013	-6,610
2014	-2,834
2015	-946
2016	-1,894
2017	-17,026
2018	-26,429
2019	-32,969
2020	-64,703
2021	-67,118
2022	-47,839
2023	-56,924

Maternal mortality chart

The maternal mortality rate in Belarus was 1 deaths per 100,000 live births in 2023 — a 0.001% chance of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination. This is a -95% decrease compared to the year 2000.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Belarus	World
1985	30	460
1986	30	438
1987	30	429
1988	32	414
1989	33	401
1990	33	391
1991	32	395
1992	32	395
1993	31	389
1994	30	382
1995	29	371
1996	28	366
1997	27	358
1998	25	360
1999	23	340
2000	20	328
2001	18	321
2002	16	311
2003	14	301
2004	12	291
2005	9	283
2006	7	276
2007	6	269
2008	4	264
2009	4	258
2010	3	253
2011	2	247
2012	2	239
2013	2	235
2014	2	231
2015	1	228
2016	1	220
2017	1	215
2018	1	211
2019	1	207
2020	2	211
2021	2	242
2022	1	203
2023	1	197

Under-five mortality rate chart

The under-5 mortality rate in Belarus was 2.4 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2023 — a 0.24% chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five. This is down from 12.8 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2000.

Table

Year	Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
	Belarus	World
1960	4.49%	18.5%
1961	4.05%	18.1%
1962	3.68%	17.8%
1963	3.36%	17.5%
1964	3.1%	17.7%
1965	2.88%	17.5%
1966	2.7%	17.3%
1967	2.56%	17%
1968	2.45%	16.5%
1969	2.37%	15.5%
1970	2.3%	15.2%
1971	2.25%	15.1%
1972	2.22%	14.4%
1973	2.2%	14.1%
1974	2.19%	13.7%
1975	2.18%	13.4%
1976	2.18%	13%
1977	2.16%	12.5%
1978	2.14%	12.1%
1979	2.11%	11.7%
1980	2.06%	11.4%
1981	2%	11%
1982	1.94%	10.8%
1983	1.88%	10.6%
1984	1.82%	10.4%
1985	1.76%	10.1%
1986	1.7%	9.81%
1987	1.64%	9.47%
1988	1.59%	9.31%
1989	1.55%	9.02%
1990	1.52%	8.81%
1991	1.52%	8.66%
1992	1.53%	8.46%
1993	1.55%	8.19%
1994	1.57%	7.98%
1995	1.57%	7.76%
1996	1.55%	7.52%
1997	1.51%	7.28%
1998	1.45%	7.05%
1999	1.37%	6.76%
2000	1.28%	6.48%
2001	1.18%	6.21%
2002	1.1%	5.94%
2003	1.02%	5.65%
2004	0.94%	5.43%
2005	0.87%	5.16%
2006	0.8%	4.92%
2007	0.73%	4.7%
2008	0.66%	4.5%
2009	0.61%	4.31%
2010	0.56%	4.11%
2011	0.52%	3.97%
2012	0.49%	3.77%
2013	0.46%	3.61%
2014	0.43%	3.48%
2015	0.41%	3.35%
2016	0.39%	3.23%
2017	0.36%	3.11%
2018	0.34%	2.97%
2019	0.31%	2.86%
2020	0.29%	2.75%
2021	0.27%	2.66%
2022	0.26%	2.59%
2023	0.24%	2.49%