Fertility & birth rates in Belarus and Lithuania

Fertility rate in Belarus vs Lithuania 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 1.18 in Lithuania in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Belarus vs Lithuania population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Belarus	Lithuania
1960	2.67	2.56
1961	2.59	2.53
1962	2.5	2.45
1963	2.4	2.35
1964	2.31	2.28
1965	2.27	2.23
1966	2.29	2.22
1967	2.26	2.23
1968	2.22	2.24
1969	2.26	2.3
1970	2.31	2.4
1971	2.31	2.41
1972	2.28	2.34
1973	2.25	2.22
1974	2.21	2.21
1975	2.17	2.18
1976	2.12	2.18
1977	2.08	2.14
1978	2.06	2.08
1979	2.05	2.05
1980	2.03	1.99
1981	2.02	1.98
1982	2.05	1.97
1983	2.11	2.1
1984	2.11	2.07
1985	2.09	2.08
1986	2.09	2.12
1987	2.03	2.11
1988	2.03	2.02
1989	2.03	1.98
1990	1.91	2.03
1991	1.81	2.01
1992	1.76	1.97
1993	1.62	1.74
1994	1.53	1.57
1995	1.41	1.55
1996	1.34	1.49
1997	1.25	1.47
1998	1.3	1.46
1999	1.31	1.46
2000	1.32	1.39
2001	1.29	1.29
2002	1.24	1.23
2003	1.23	1.26
2004	1.23	1.27
2005	1.25	1.29
2006	1.34	1.33
2007	1.43	1.36
2008	1.49	1.45
2009	1.51	1.5
2010	1.49	1.5
2011	1.52	1.55
2012	1.62	1.6
2013	1.67	1.59
2014	1.7	1.57
2015	1.72	1.63
2016	1.73	1.63
2017	1.54	1.57
2018	1.45	1.53
2019	1.38	1.43
2020	1.37	1.36
2021	1.37	1.36
2022	1.33	1.27
2023	1.21	1.18
2024	1.22	1.19
2025	1.23	1.2
2026	1.23	1.2
2027	1.24	1.21
2028	1.25	1.22
2029	1.25	1.22
2030	1.26	1.23
2031	1.27	1.23
2032	1.28	1.24
2033	1.28	1.25
2034	1.29	1.25
2035	1.3	1.26
2036	1.31	1.27
2037	1.31	1.27
2038	1.32	1.28
2039	1.32	1.28
2040	1.33	1.29
2041	1.34	1.29
2042	1.34	1.3
2043	1.35	1.3
2044	1.35	1.31
2045	1.36	1.31
2046	1.36	1.31
2047	1.37	1.32
2048	1.37	1.32
2049	1.38	1.33
2050	1.38	1.33

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Belarus	Lithuania
1960	30.8%	27.1%
1961	31.2%	27.3%
1962	31.2%	27.4%
1963	31.1%	27.5%
1964	30.8%	27.4%
1965	30.5%	27.3%
1966	30.2%	27.3%
1967	29.9%	27.2%
1968	29.6%	27.2%
1969	29.3%	27.2%
1970	28.7%	27.1%
1971	27.9%	26.8%
1972	27.2%	26.6%
1973	26.4%	26.1%
1974	25.7%	25.6%
1975	25%	25.1%
1976	24.4%	24.6%
1977	23.9%	24.2%
1978	23.5%	23.8%
1979	23.1%	23.5%
1980	22.9%	23.3%
1981	22.8%	23.1%
1982	22.7%	22.9%
1983	22.7%	22.8%
1984	22.8%	22.8%
1985	22.9%	22.7%
1986	23%	22.7%
1987	23%	22.7%
1988	23.1%	22.6%
1989	23.1%	22.5%
1990	23.1%	22.6%
1991	23%	22.5%
1992	22.8%	22.4%
1993	22.6%	22.3%
1994	22.2%	22.1%
1995	21.8%	21.8%
1996	21.3%	21.5%
1997	20.7%	21.2%
1998	20%	20.9%
1999	19.3%	20.4%
2000	18.6%	20%
2001	17.9%	19.3%
2002	17.3%	18.6%
2003	16.6%	17.9%
2004	16%	17.4%
2005	15.5%	16.8%
2006	15.2%	16.3%
2007	14.9%	15.8%
2008	14.8%	15.3%
2009	14.8%	15%
2010	14.8%	14.9%
2011	15%	14.8%
2012	15.3%	14.7%
2013	15.6%	14.6%
2014	15.9%	14.6%
2015	16.2%	14.6%
2016	16.5%	14.7%
2017	16.7%	14.9%
2018	16.9%	15%
2019	17%	15.1%
2020	17%	15.1%
2021	17.1%	15.1%
2022	17%	15%
2023	16.7%	14.9%
2024	16.3%	14.7%
2025	15.9%	14.5%
2026	15.5%	14.3%
2027	15%	14.1%
2028	14.4%	13.9%
2029	13.8%	13.6%
2030	13.2%	13.3%
2031	12.6%	13%
2032	12.1%	12.7%
2033	11.7%	12.4%
2034	11.5%	12.1%
2035	11.3%	11.9%
2036	11.1%	11.7%
2037	11%	11.6%
2038	11%	11.5%
2039	11.1%	11.4%
2040	11.2%	11.4%
2041	11.3%	11.3%
2042	11.5%	11.3%
2043	11.6%	11.3%
2044	11.8%	11.2%
2045	12%	11.2%
2046	12.2%	11.3%
2047	12.3%	11.3%
2048	12.5%	11.3%
2049	12.6%	11.3%
2050	12.7%	11.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 16.3% of the population in Belarus and 14.7% in Lithuania in 2024, compared to 23.1% and 22.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Belarus and Lithuania compared.

Natural population change in Belarus vs Lithuania by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.34% in Belarus and -0.54% in Lithuania. 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	Lithuania
1960	136,399	40,845
1961	134,490	40,376
1962	124,945	34,933
1963	113,160	33,918
1964	101,618	34,048
1965	90,611	30,309
1966	84,191	30,381
1967	81,136	29,226
1968	76,782	28,325
1969	74,567	27,345
1970	75,520	27,629
1971	77,464	28,930
1972	74,036	25,388
1973	70,911	22,712
1974	71,158	22,589
1975	65,494	20,470
1976	66,677	20,305
1977	67,434	19,124
1978	67,342	17,573
1979	64,481	16,989
1980	62,101	16,042
1981	65,057	16,478
1982	65,499	18,323
1983	75,791	20,911
1984	64,415	18,976
1985	58,852	19,140
1986	74,318	23,978
1987	62,689	22,422
1988	60,840	19,006
1989	49,833	17,316
1990	32,606	17,010
1991	18,349	14,817
1992	11,238	12,950
1993	-11,263	1,473
1994	-19,431	-4,023
1995	-32,621	-3,992
1996	-37,591	-3,962
1997	-46,540	-3,218
1998	-44,316	-3,904
1999	-49,131	-3,877
2000	-40,916	-4,549
2001	-48,650	-9,024
2002	-58,207	-11,362
2003	-53,882	-10,929
2004	-50,597	-11,482
2005	-50,252	-14,287
2006	-41,301	-15,041
2007	-28,683	-15,510
2008	-25,726	-12,153
2009	-25,662	-9,805
2010	-29,400	-11,460
2011	-26,493	-10,901
2012	-11,336	-11,060
2013	-6,610	-12,733
2014	-2,834	-10,868
2015	-946	-11,935
2016	-1,894	-11,509
2017	-17,026	-12,224
2018	-26,429	-12,686
2019	-32,969	-13,212
2020	-64,703	-19,953
2021	-67,118	-24,433
2022	-47,839	-20,671
2023	-56,924	-16,368

Maternal mortality chart: Belarus vs Lithuania

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 8 deaths in Lithuania.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Belarus	Lithuania
1985	30	35
1986	30	30
1987	30	28
1988	32	28
1989	33	31
1990	33	29
1991	32	29
1992	32	28
1993	31	29
1994	30	31
1995	29	28
1996	28	25
1997	27	21
1998	25	19
1999	23	18
2000	20	16
2001	18	16
2002	16	14
2003	14	14
2004	12	12
2005	9	13
2006	7	14
2007	6	14
2008	4	13
2009	4	11
2010	3	10
2011	2	10
2012	2	10
2013	2	10
2014	2	9
2015	1	10
2016	1	9
2017	1	10
2018	1	9
2019	1	9
2020	2	8
2021	2	9
2022	1	9
2023	1	8

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.24% in Belarus and 0.34% in Lithuania. 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	Lithuania
1960	4.49%	-
1961	4.05%	-
1962	3.68%	-
1963	3.36%	-
1964	3.1%	-
1965	2.88%	-
1966	2.7%	-
1967	2.56%	2.63%
1968	2.45%	2.63%
1969	2.37%	2.51%
1970	2.3%	2.29%
1971	2.25%	2.11%
1972	2.22%	2.08%
1973	2.2%	2.16%
1974	2.19%	2.24%
1975	2.18%	2.26%
1976	2.18%	2.25%
1977	2.16%	2.22%
1978	2.14%	2.18%
1979	2.11%	2.12%
1980	2.06%	2.05%
1981	2%	1.98%
1982	1.94%	1.92%
1983	1.88%	1.87%
1984	1.82%	1.82%
1985	1.76%	1.74%
1986	1.7%	1.64%
1987	1.64%	1.52%
1988	1.59%	1.42%
1989	1.55%	1.42%
1990	1.52%	1.52%
1991	1.52%	1.67%
1992	1.53%	1.78%
1993	1.55%	1.79%
1994	1.57%	1.69%
1995	1.57%	1.51%
1996	1.55%	1.34%
1997	1.51%	1.23%
1998	1.45%	1.16%
1999	1.37%	1.12%
2000	1.28%	1.07%
2001	1.18%	1.03%
2002	1.1%	0.99%
2003	1.02%	0.96%
2004	0.94%	0.93%
2005	0.87%	0.9%
2006	0.8%	0.86%
2007	0.73%	0.8%
2008	0.66%	0.74%
2009	0.61%	0.67%
2010	0.56%	0.6%
2011	0.52%	0.56%
2012	0.49%	0.53%
2013	0.46%	0.51%
2014	0.43%	0.51%
2015	0.41%	0.5%
2016	0.39%	0.49%
2017	0.36%	0.46%
2018	0.34%	0.42%
2019	0.31%	0.39%
2020	0.29%	0.37%
2021	0.27%	0.36%
2022	0.26%	0.35%
2023	0.24%	0.34%