Fertility & birth rates in Belarus and Pakistan

Fertility rate in Belarus vs Pakistan 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 3.61 in Pakistan in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Belarus vs Pakistan 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	Pakistan
1960	2.67	6.8
1961	2.59	6.8
1962	2.5	6.8
1963	2.4	6.8
1964	2.31	6.8
1965	2.27	6.8
1966	2.29	6.8
1967	2.26	6.8
1968	2.22	6.8
1969	2.26	6.8
1970	2.31	6.8
1971	2.31	6.8
1972	2.28	6.81
1973	2.25	6.81
1974	2.21	6.81
1975	2.17	6.81
1976	2.12	6.81
1977	2.08	6.8
1978	2.06	6.78
1979	2.05	6.76
1980	2.03	6.73
1981	2.02	6.7
1982	2.05	6.67
1983	2.11	6.64
1984	2.11	6.62
1985	2.09	6.59
1986	2.09	6.55
1987	2.03	6.52
1988	2.03	6.48
1989	2.03	6.43
1990	1.91	6.36
1991	1.81	6.29
1992	1.76	6.21
1993	1.62	6.11
1994	1.53	6.01
1995	1.41	5.89
1996	1.34	5.77
1997	1.25	5.64
1998	1.3	5.51
1999	1.31	5.46
2000	1.32	5.35
2001	1.29	5.18
2002	1.24	5.01
2003	1.23	4.89
2004	1.23	4.68
2005	1.25	4.6
2006	1.34	4.59
2007	1.43	4.55
2008	1.49	4.51
2009	1.51	4.47
2010	1.49	4.4
2011	1.52	4.31
2012	1.62	4.2
2013	1.67	4.13
2014	1.7	4.06
2015	1.72	3.99
2016	1.73	3.9
2017	1.54	3.9
2018	1.45	3.86
2019	1.38	3.81
2020	1.37	3.77
2021	1.37	3.72
2022	1.33	3.66
2023	1.21	3.61
2024	1.22	3.55
2025	1.23	3.5
2026	1.23	3.44
2027	1.24	3.39
2028	1.25	3.34
2029	1.25	3.3
2030	1.26	3.25
2031	1.27	3.21
2032	1.28	3.16
2033	1.28	3.12
2034	1.29	3.08
2035	1.3	3.04
2036	1.31	3.01
2037	1.31	2.97
2038	1.32	2.94
2039	1.32	2.9
2040	1.33	2.87
2041	1.34	2.83
2042	1.34	2.8
2043	1.35	2.77
2044	1.35	2.74
2045	1.36	2.71
2046	1.36	2.69
2047	1.37	2.66
2048	1.37	2.63
2049	1.38	2.61
2050	1.38	2.58

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Belarus	Pakistan
1960	30.8%	41.3%
1961	31.2%	41.4%
1962	31.2%	41.6%
1963	31.1%	41.8%
1964	30.8%	42.2%
1965	30.5%	42.7%
1966	30.2%	43%
1967	29.9%	43.3%
1968	29.6%	43.5%
1969	29.3%	43.7%
1970	28.7%	43.9%
1971	27.9%	44%
1972	27.2%	44.1%
1973	26.4%	44.1%
1974	25.7%	44.1%
1975	25%	44.1%
1976	24.4%	44%
1977	23.9%	43.9%
1978	23.5%	43.8%
1979	23.1%	43.7%
1980	22.9%	43.3%
1981	22.8%	43.1%
1982	22.7%	43%
1983	22.7%	43.1%
1984	22.8%	43.3%
1985	22.9%	43.5%
1986	23%	43.6%
1987	23%	43.7%
1988	23.1%	43.8%
1989	23.1%	44%
1990	23.1%	44.1%
1991	23%	44.1%
1992	22.8%	44.3%
1993	22.6%	44.5%
1994	22.2%	44.5%
1995	21.8%	44.5%
1996	21.3%	44.3%
1997	20.7%	44.1%
1998	20%	43.9%
1999	19.3%	43.6%
2000	18.6%	43.3%
2001	17.9%	42.9%
2002	17.3%	42.6%
2003	16.6%	42.3%
2004	16%	41.8%
2005	15.5%	41.3%
2006	15.2%	40.9%
2007	14.9%	40.4%
2008	14.8%	40%
2009	14.8%	39.6%
2010	14.8%	39.3%
2011	15%	39.1%
2012	15.3%	39%
2013	15.6%	38.9%
2014	15.9%	38.9%
2015	16.2%	38.8%
2016	16.5%	38.6%
2017	16.7%	38.5%
2018	16.9%	38.3%
2019	17%	38.1%
2020	17%	37.9%
2021	17.1%	37.6%
2022	17%	37.3%
2023	16.7%	37%
2024	16.3%	36.7%
2025	15.9%	36.2%
2026	15.5%	35.8%
2027	15%	35.3%
2028	14.4%	34.9%
2029	13.8%	34.5%
2030	13.2%	34.2%
2031	12.6%	33.8%
2032	12.1%	33.5%
2033	11.7%	33.3%
2034	11.5%	33%
2035	11.3%	32.7%
2036	11.1%	32.5%
2037	11%	32.2%
2038	11%	32%
2039	11.1%	31.7%
2040	11.2%	31.5%
2041	11.3%	31.3%
2042	11.5%	31%
2043	11.6%	30.8%
2044	11.8%	30.5%
2045	12%	30.3%
2046	12.2%	30%
2047	12.3%	29.7%
2048	12.5%	29.5%
2049	12.6%	29.2%
2050	12.7%	28.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 16.3% of the population in Belarus and 36.7% in Pakistan in 2024, compared to 23.1% and 44.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Belarus and Pakistan compared.

Natural population change in Belarus vs Pakistan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.34% in Belarus and +2.23% in Pakistan. 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	Pakistan
1960	136,399	1,217,147
1961	134,490	1,273,772
1962	124,945	1,328,675
1963	113,160	1,384,934
1964	101,618	1,447,394
1965	90,611	1,496,050
1966	84,191	1,566,343
1967	81,136	1,626,737
1968	76,782	1,683,296
1969	74,567	1,733,601
1970	75,520	1,793,570
1971	77,464	1,695,374
1972	74,036	1,912,774
1973	70,911	1,971,909
1974	71,158	2,028,061
1975	65,494	2,099,811
1976	66,677	2,171,812
1977	67,434	2,257,849
1978	67,342	2,356,601
1979	64,481	2,461,311
1980	62,101	2,598,421
1981	65,057	2,790,454
1982	65,499	2,934,689
1983	75,791	3,052,738
1984	64,415	3,145,772
1985	58,852	3,233,315
1986	74,318	3,341,643
1987	62,689	3,448,813
1988	60,840	3,554,755
1989	49,833	3,648,132
1990	32,606	3,731,730
1991	18,349	3,822,363
1992	11,238	3,888,637
1993	-11,263	3,915,776
1994	-19,431	3,956,699
1995	-32,621	3,977,175
1996	-37,591	4,021,758
1997	-46,540	4,043,912
1998	-44,316	4,104,824
1999	-49,131	4,228,026
2000	-40,916	4,281,169
2001	-48,650	4,304,297
2002	-58,207	4,307,607
2003	-53,882	4,340,688
2004	-50,597	4,294,654
2005	-50,252	4,294,393
2006	-41,301	4,538,426
2007	-28,683	4,690,187
2008	-25,726	4,885,855
2009	-25,662	5,028,132
2010	-29,400	5,147,142
2011	-26,493	5,189,412
2012	-11,336	5,191,263
2013	-6,610	5,176,590
2014	-2,834	5,148,994
2015	-946	5,113,507
2016	-1,894	5,044,922
2017	-17,026	5,090,200
2018	-26,429	5,103,858
2019	-32,969	5,127,011
2020	-64,703	5,011,177
2021	-67,118	5,065,913
2022	-47,839	5,268,077
2023	-56,924	5,281,745

Maternal mortality chart: Belarus vs Pakistan

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 155 deaths in Pakistan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Belarus	Pakistan
1985	30	432
1986	30	436
1987	30	442
1988	32	441
1989	33	439
1990	33	434
1991	32	443
1992	32	459
1993	31	473
1994	30	479
1995	29	485
1996	28	482
1997	27	476
1998	25	456
1999	23	438
2000	20	419
2001	18	400
2002	16	380
2003	14	358
2004	12	333
2005	9	316
2006	7	284
2007	6	265
2008	4	254
2009	4	246
2010	3	240
2011	2	234
2012	2	227
2013	2	220
2014	2	211
2015	1	202
2016	1	193
2017	1	184
2018	1	178
2019	1	173
2020	2	178
2021	2	193
2022	1	160
2023	1	155

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.24% in Belarus and 5.85% in Pakistan. 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	Pakistan
1960	4.49%	25%
1961	4.05%	24.1%
1962	3.68%	23.3%
1963	3.36%	22.5%
1964	3.1%	21.8%
1965	2.88%	21.2%
1966	2.7%	20.6%
1967	2.56%	20.2%
1968	2.45%	19.7%
1969	2.37%	19.4%
1970	2.3%	19%
1971	2.25%	18.7%
1972	2.22%	18.4%
1973	2.2%	18.1%
1974	2.19%	17.8%
1975	2.18%	17.6%
1976	2.18%	17.4%
1977	2.16%	17.1%
1978	2.14%	16.9%
1979	2.11%	16.7%
1980	2.06%	16.5%
1981	2%	16.3%
1982	1.94%	16.1%
1983	1.88%	15.8%
1984	1.82%	15.6%
1985	1.76%	15.3%
1986	1.7%	15%
1987	1.64%	14.8%
1988	1.59%	14.5%
1989	1.55%	14.2%
1990	1.52%	14%
1991	1.52%	13.7%
1992	1.53%	13.4%
1993	1.55%	13.1%
1994	1.57%	12.8%
1995	1.57%	12.5%
1996	1.55%	12.1%
1997	1.51%	11.8%
1998	1.45%	11.5%
1999	1.37%	11.1%
2000	1.28%	10.8%
2001	1.18%	10.5%
2002	1.1%	10.3%
2003	1.02%	10.1%
2004	0.94%	9.85%
2005	0.87%	9.65%
2006	0.8%	9.47%
2007	0.73%	9.29%
2008	0.66%	9.1%
2009	0.61%	8.91%
2010	0.56%	8.71%
2011	0.52%	8.49%
2012	0.49%	8.27%
2013	0.46%	8.04%
2014	0.43%	7.8%
2015	0.41%	7.56%
2016	0.39%	7.33%
2017	0.36%	7.1%
2018	0.34%	6.88%
2019	0.31%	6.67%
2020	0.29%	6.46%
2021	0.27%	6.25%
2022	0.26%	6.05%
2023	0.24%	5.85%