Fertility & birth rates in Belarus and Bosnia and Herzegovina

Fertility rate in Belarus vs Bosnia and Herzegovina chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Belarus was 1.21 children per woman in 2023, compared to 1.49 in Bosnia and Herzegovina 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
	Belarus	Bosnia
1960	2.67	3.96
1961	2.59	3.89
1962	2.5	3.81
1963	2.4	3.7
1964	2.31	3.6
1965	2.27	3.53
1966	2.29	3.39
1967	2.26	3.22
1968	2.22	3.08
1969	2.26	2.95
1970	2.31	2.79
1971	2.31	2.75
1972	2.28	2.67
1973	2.25	2.54
1974	2.21	2.45
1975	2.17	2.39
1976	2.12	2.31
1977	2.08	2.2
1978	2.06	2.08
1979	2.05	1.99
1980	2.03	1.98
1981	2.02	2.02
1982	2.05	2.05
1983	2.11	2.05
1984	2.11	2.02
1985	2.09	1.96
1986	2.09	1.91
1987	2.03	1.88
1988	2.03	1.85
1989	2.03	1.79
1990	1.91	1.79
1991	1.81	1.78
1992	1.76	1.76
1993	1.62	1.73
1994	1.53	1.7
1995	1.41	1.67
1996	1.34	1.65
1997	1.25	1.69
1998	1.3	1.56
1999	1.31	1.37
2000	1.32	1.28
2001	1.29	1.23
2002	1.24	1.23
2003	1.23	1.22
2004	1.23	1.22
2005	1.25	1.2
2006	1.34	1.18
2007	1.43	1.19
2008	1.49	1.21
2009	1.51	1.27
2010	1.49	1.26
2011	1.52	1.21
2012	1.62	1.25
2013	1.67	1.28
2014	1.7	1.26
2015	1.72	1.32
2016	1.73	1.36
2017	1.54	1.42
2018	1.45	1.5
2019	1.38	1.51
2020	1.37	1.52
2021	1.37	1.49
2022	1.33	1.48
2023	1.21	1.49
2024	1.22	1.49
2025	1.23	1.5
2026	1.23	1.5
2027	1.24	1.51
2028	1.25	1.51
2029	1.25	1.51
2030	1.26	1.52
2031	1.27	1.52
2032	1.28	1.52
2033	1.28	1.53
2034	1.29	1.53
2035	1.3	1.53
2036	1.31	1.54
2037	1.31	1.54
2038	1.32	1.54
2039	1.32	1.54
2040	1.33	1.55
2041	1.34	1.55
2042	1.34	1.55
2043	1.35	1.56
2044	1.35	1.56
2045	1.36	1.56
2046	1.36	1.56
2047	1.37	1.57
2048	1.37	1.57
2049	1.38	1.57
2050	1.38	1.57

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Belarus	Bosnia
1960	30.8%	38.2%
1961	31.2%	38.5%
1962	31.2%	38.6%
1963	31.1%	38.6%
1964	30.8%	38.4%
1965	30.5%	38.1%
1966	30.2%	37.8%
1967	29.9%	37.3%
1968	29.6%	36.7%
1969	29.3%	36%
1970	28.7%	35.2%
1971	27.9%	34.4%
1972	27.2%	33.7%
1973	26.4%	33%
1974	25.7%	32.2%
1975	25%	31.5%
1976	24.4%	30.7%
1977	23.9%	30%
1978	23.5%	29.3%
1979	23.1%	28.7%
1980	22.9%	28.1%
1981	22.8%	27.5%
1982	22.7%	26.9%
1983	22.7%	26.5%
1984	22.8%	26.2%
1985	22.9%	25.9%
1986	23%	25.7%
1987	23%	25.4%
1988	23.1%	25.1%
1989	23.1%	24.9%
1990	23.1%	24.6%
1991	23%	24.3%
1992	22.8%	24.7%
1993	22.6%	25.5%
1994	22.2%	25.5%
1995	21.8%	24.8%
1996	21.3%	23.5%
1997	20.7%	22.4%
1998	20%	21.5%
1999	19.3%	20.7%
2000	18.6%	19.9%
2001	17.9%	19.1%
2002	17.3%	18.4%
2003	16.6%	17.8%
2004	16%	17.3%
2005	15.5%	16.9%
2006	15.2%	16.4%
2007	14.9%	16.1%
2008	14.8%	15.8%
2009	14.8%	15.7%
2010	14.8%	15.6%
2011	15%	15.4%
2012	15.3%	15.1%
2013	15.6%	14.8%
2014	15.9%	14.5%
2015	16.2%	14.3%
2016	16.5%	14.1%
2017	16.7%	14%
2018	16.9%	13.8%
2019	17%	13.7%
2020	17%	13.6%
2021	17.1%	13.5%
2022	17%	13.4%
2023	16.7%	13.2%
2024	16.3%	13%
2025	15.9%	12.8%
2026	15.5%	12.7%
2027	15%	12.6%
2028	14.4%	12.5%
2029	13.8%	12.4%
2030	13.2%	12.4%
2031	12.6%	12.3%
2032	12.1%	12.2%
2033	11.7%	12.1%
2034	11.5%	12%
2035	11.3%	12%
2036	11.1%	11.9%
2037	11%	11.9%
2038	11%	11.9%
2039	11.1%	11.9%
2040	11.2%	11.9%
2041	11.3%	11.9%
2042	11.5%	11.9%
2043	11.6%	11.9%
2044	11.8%	11.9%
2045	12%	11.9%
2046	12.2%	11.8%
2047	12.3%	11.8%
2048	12.5%	11.8%
2049	12.6%	11.7%
2050	12.7%	11.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 16.3% of the population in Belarus and 13% in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2024, compared to 23.1% and 24.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Belarus and Bosnia and Herzegovina compared.

Natural population change in Belarus vs Bosnia and Herzegovina by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.34% in Belarus and -0.51% in Bosnia and Herzegovina. 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
	Belarus	Bosnia
1960	136,399	76,840
1961	134,490	77,601
1962	124,945	77,582
1963	113,160	75,380
1964	101,618	74,151
1965	90,611	72,896
1966	84,191	70,085
1967	81,136	65,618
1968	76,782	61,422
1969	74,567	58,454
1970	75,520	54,455
1971	77,464	54,352
1972	74,036	54,072
1973	70,911	52,989
1974	71,158	53,600
1975	65,494	53,629
1976	66,677	52,107
1977	67,434	48,643
1978	67,342	44,800
1979	64,481	42,157
1980	62,101	42,911
1981	65,057	45,423
1982	65,499	47,023
1983	75,791	47,135
1984	64,415	46,413
1985	58,852	44,983
1986	74,318	42,884
1987	62,689	41,172
1988	60,840	39,058
1989	49,833	36,802
1990	32,606	34,993
1991	18,349	33,692
1992	11,238	-17,883
1993	-11,263	-27,199
1994	-19,431	4,895
1995	-32,621	5,926
1996	-37,591	13,327
1997	-46,540	19,311
1998	-44,316	18,492
1999	-49,131	13,568
2000	-40,916	11,722
2001	-48,650	10,424
2002	-58,207	10,972
2003	-53,882	10,781
2004	-50,597	9,549
2005	-50,252	6,546
2006	-41,301	2,714
2007	-28,683	1,557
2008	-25,726	161
2009	-25,662	652
2010	-29,400	-1,895
2011	-26,493	-5,354
2012	-11,336	-6,761
2013	-6,610	-8,367
2014	-2,834	-11,009
2015	-946	-11,942
2016	-1,894	-13,009
2017	-17,026	-12,810
2018	-26,429	-10,761
2019	-32,969	-15,192
2020	-64,703	-22,502
2021	-67,118	-33,670
2022	-47,839	-20,197
2023	-56,924	-18,292

Maternal mortality chart: Belarus vs Bosnia and Herzegovina

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 1 deaths per 100,000 live births in Belarus, compared to 6 deaths in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Belarus	Bosnia
1985	30	35
1986	30	33
1987	30	31
1988	32	29
1989	33	26
1990	33	25
1991	32	23
1992	32	30
1993	31	26
1994	30	22
1995	29	19
1996	28	17
1997	27	16
1998	25	14
1999	23	13
2000	20	11
2001	18	11
2002	16	10
2003	14	10
2004	12	10
2005	9	9
2006	7	9
2007	6	9
2008	4	8
2009	4	8
2010	3	8
2011	2	7
2012	2	7
2013	2	7
2014	2	7
2015	1	7
2016	1	7
2017	1	7
2018	1	7
2019	1	6
2020	2	7
2021	2	13
2022	1	12
2023	1	6

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.24% in Belarus and 0.6% in Bosnia and Herzegovina. 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
	Belarus	Bosnia
1960	4.49%	-
1961	4.05%	-
1962	3.68%	-
1963	3.36%	-
1964	3.1%	-
1965	2.88%	-
1966	2.7%	-
1967	2.56%	-
1968	2.45%	-
1969	2.37%	-
1970	2.3%	-
1971	2.25%	-
1972	2.22%	-
1973	2.2%	-
1974	2.19%	-
1975	2.18%	-
1976	2.18%	-
1977	2.16%	-
1978	2.14%	-
1979	2.11%	-
1980	2.06%	-
1981	2%	-
1982	1.94%	-
1983	1.88%	-
1984	1.82%	2.94%
1985	1.76%	2.7%
1986	1.7%	2.49%
1987	1.64%	2.3%
1988	1.59%	2.12%
1989	1.55%	1.96%
1990	1.52%	1.82%
1991	1.52%	1.69%
1992	1.53%	5.78%
1993	1.55%	5.87%
1994	1.57%	1.4%
1995	1.57%	1.94%
1996	1.55%	1.24%
1997	1.51%	1.17%
1998	1.45%	1.09%
1999	1.37%	1.02%
2000	1.28%	0.95%
2001	1.18%	0.89%
2002	1.1%	0.84%
2003	1.02%	0.8%
2004	0.94%	0.76%
2005	0.87%	0.74%
2006	0.8%	0.72%
2007	0.73%	0.71%
2008	0.66%	0.7%
2009	0.61%	0.69%
2010	0.56%	0.68%
2011	0.52%	0.68%
2012	0.49%	0.67%
2013	0.46%	0.67%
2014	0.43%	0.67%
2015	0.41%	0.67%
2016	0.39%	0.68%
2017	0.36%	0.68%
2018	0.34%	0.68%
2019	0.31%	0.67%
2020	0.29%	0.66%
2021	0.27%	0.64%
2022	0.26%	0.62%
2023	0.24%	0.6%