Fertility & birth rates in Belarus and Palestine

Fertility rate in Belarus vs Palestine 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 3.31 in Palestine in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Belarus vs Palestine 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	Palestine
1960	2.67	-
1961	2.59	-
1962	2.5	-
1963	2.4	-
1964	2.31	-
1965	2.27	-
1966	2.29	-
1967	2.26	-
1968	2.22	-
1969	2.26	-
1970	2.31	-
1971	2.31	-
1972	2.28	-
1973	2.25	-
1974	2.21	-
1975	2.17	-
1976	2.12	-
1977	2.08	-
1978	2.06	-
1979	2.05	-
1980	2.03	-
1981	2.02	-
1982	2.05	-
1983	2.11	-
1984	2.11	-
1985	2.09	-
1986	2.09	-
1987	2.03	-
1988	2.03	-
1989	2.03	-
1990	1.91	6.81
1991	1.81	6.75
1992	1.76	6.65
1993	1.62	6.5
1994	1.53	6.33
1995	1.41	6.16
1996	1.34	5.99
1997	1.25	5.82
1998	1.3	5.69
1999	1.31	5.58
2000	1.32	5.46
2001	1.29	5.34
2002	1.24	5.22
2003	1.23	5.06
2004	1.23	4.97
2005	1.25	4.87
2006	1.34	4.74
2007	1.43	4.63
2008	1.49	4.51
2009	1.51	4.44
2010	1.49	4.43
2011	1.52	4.31
2012	1.62	4.15
2013	1.67	4.05
2014	1.7	4
2015	1.72	3.98
2016	1.73	3.89
2017	1.54	3.77
2018	1.45	3.67
2019	1.38	3.59
2020	1.37	3.51
2021	1.37	3.44
2022	1.33	3.38
2023	1.21	3.31
2024	1.22	3.25
2025	1.23	3.19
2026	1.23	3.13
2027	1.24	3.07
2028	1.25	3.02
2029	1.25	2.97
2030	1.26	2.93
2031	1.27	2.89
2032	1.28	2.85
2033	1.28	2.81
2034	1.29	2.78
2035	1.3	2.75
2036	1.31	2.71
2037	1.31	2.68
2038	1.32	2.65
2039	1.32	2.62
2040	1.33	2.59
2041	1.34	2.56
2042	1.34	2.53
2043	1.35	2.51
2044	1.35	2.48
2045	1.36	2.45
2046	1.36	2.43
2047	1.37	2.41
2048	1.37	2.38
2049	1.38	2.36
2050	1.38	2.34

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Belarus	Palestine
1960	30.8%	-
1961	31.2%	-
1962	31.2%	-
1963	31.1%	-
1964	30.8%	-
1965	30.5%	-
1966	30.2%	-
1967	29.9%	-
1968	29.6%	-
1969	29.3%	-
1970	28.7%	-
1971	27.9%	-
1972	27.2%	-
1973	26.4%	-
1974	25.7%	-
1975	25%	-
1976	24.4%	-
1977	23.9%	-
1978	23.5%	-
1979	23.1%	-
1980	22.9%	-
1981	22.8%	-
1982	22.7%	-
1983	22.7%	-
1984	22.8%	-
1985	22.9%	-
1986	23%	-
1987	23%	-
1988	23.1%	-
1989	23.1%	-
1990	23.1%	49.1%
1991	23%	49.1%
1992	22.8%	49%
1993	22.6%	49%
1994	22.2%	48.9%
1995	21.8%	48.8%
1996	21.3%	48.6%
1997	20.7%	48.4%
1998	20%	48.1%
1999	19.3%	47.8%
2000	18.6%	47.4%
2001	17.9%	47.1%
2002	17.3%	46.6%
2003	16.6%	46.1%
2004	16%	45.6%
2005	15.5%	45%
2006	15.2%	44.3%
2007	14.9%	43.7%
2008	14.8%	43%
2009	14.8%	42.4%
2010	14.8%	41.9%
2011	15%	41.5%
2012	15.3%	41.1%
2013	15.6%	40.7%
2014	15.9%	40.4%
2015	16.2%	40.1%
2016	16.5%	39.9%
2017	16.7%	39.7%
2018	16.9%	39.6%
2019	17%	39.5%
2020	17%	39.3%
2021	17.1%	39%
2022	17%	38.7%
2023	16.7%	38.4%
2024	16.3%	38%
2025	15.9%	37.6%
2026	15.5%	37%
2027	15%	36.5%
2028	14.4%	35.9%
2029	13.8%	35.3%
2030	13.2%	34.7%
2031	12.6%	34%
2032	12.1%	33.4%
2033	11.7%	32.8%
2034	11.5%	32.3%
2035	11.3%	31.8%
2036	11.1%	31.4%
2037	11%	31%
2038	11%	30.6%
2039	11.1%	30.3%
2040	11.2%	30%
2041	11.3%	29.7%
2042	11.5%	29.4%
2043	11.6%	29.2%
2044	11.8%	28.9%
2045	12%	28.6%
2046	12.2%	28.4%
2047	12.3%	28.1%
2048	12.5%	27.8%
2049	12.6%	27.5%
2050	12.7%	27.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 16.3% of the population in Belarus and 38% in Palestine in 2024, compared to 23.1% and 49.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Belarus and Palestine compared.

Natural population change in Belarus vs Palestine by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.34% in Belarus and +2.64% in Palestine. 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	Palestine
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	76,163
1991	18,349	79,444
1992	11,238	82,865
1993	-11,263	86,434
1994	-19,431	90,156
1995	-32,621	94,037
1996	-37,591	98,085
1997	-46,540	102,307
1998	-44,316	103,566
1999	-49,131	104,823
2000	-40,916	106,367
2001	-48,650	107,320
2002	-58,207	108,560
2003	-53,882	109,162
2004	-50,597	110,045
2005	-50,252	110,569
2006	-41,301	111,728
2007	-28,683	112,453
2008	-25,726	108,395
2009	-25,662	111,724
2010	-29,400	117,674
2011	-26,493	119,021
2012	-11,336	119,185
2013	-6,610	120,503
2014	-2,834	120,724
2015	-946	126,189
2016	-1,894	126,698
2017	-17,026	125,688
2018	-26,429	124,791
2019	-32,969	124,508
2020	-64,703	122,416
2021	-67,118	120,396
2022	-47,839	123,987
2023	-56,924	102,613

Maternal mortality chart: Belarus vs Palestine

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 16 deaths in Palestine.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Belarus	Palestine
1985	30	102
1986	30	96
1987	30	87
1988	32	85
1989	33	82
1990	33	78
1991	32	75
1992	32	73
1993	31	69
1994	30	66
1995	29	64
1996	28	61
1997	27	60
1998	25	59
1999	23	58
2000	20	59
2001	18	60
2002	16	58
2003	14	56
2004	12	55
2005	9	52
2006	7	51
2007	6	49
2008	4	49
2009	4	48
2010	3	42
2011	2	39
2012	2	36
2013	2	32
2014	2	29
2015	1	26
2016	1	23
2017	1	21
2018	1	19
2019	1	18
2020	2	20
2021	2	29
2022	1	17
2023	1	16

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.24% in Belarus and 2.63% in Palestine. 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	Palestine
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%	10.8%
1976	2.18%	10.2%
1977	2.16%	9.55%
1978	2.14%	8.98%
1979	2.11%	8.45%
1980	2.06%	7.95%
1981	2%	7.48%
1982	1.94%	7.04%
1983	1.88%	6.63%
1984	1.82%	6.25%
1985	1.76%	5.89%
1986	1.7%	5.56%
1987	1.64%	5.25%
1988	1.59%	4.97%
1989	1.55%	4.72%
1990	1.52%	4.49%
1991	1.52%	4.28%
1992	1.53%	4.09%
1993	1.55%	3.92%
1994	1.57%	3.77%
1995	1.57%	3.62%
1996	1.55%	3.49%
1997	1.51%	3.36%
1998	1.45%	3.24%
1999	1.37%	3.13%
2000	1.28%	3.03%
2001	1.18%	2.94%
2002	1.1%	2.85%
2003	1.02%	2.77%
2004	0.94%	2.68%
2005	0.87%	2.6%
2006	0.8%	2.52%
2007	0.73%	2.43%
2008	0.66%	2.35%
2009	0.61%	2.28%
2010	0.56%	2.2%
2011	0.52%	2.12%
2012	0.49%	2.04%
2013	0.46%	1.97%
2014	0.43%	2.2%
2015	0.41%	1.83%
2016	0.39%	1.76%
2017	0.36%	1.69%
2018	0.34%	1.63%
2019	0.31%	1.57%
2020	0.29%	1.52%
2021	0.27%	1.47%
2022	0.26%	1.42%
2023	0.24%	2.63%