Fertility & birth rates in Belgium and Mongolia

Fertility rate in Belgium vs Mongolia chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Belgium was 1.47 children per woman in 2023, compared to 2.7 in Mongolia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Belgium vs Mongolia population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Belgium	Mongolia
1960	2.54	6.82
1961	2.63	6.96
1962	2.59	7.1
1963	2.68	7.24
1964	2.71	7.33
1965	2.61	7.38
1966	2.52	7.41
1967	2.41	7.39
1968	2.31	7.37
1969	2.27	7.34
1970	2.25	7.31
1971	2.21	7.3
1972	2.09	7.28
1973	1.95	7.24
1974	1.83	7.17
1975	1.74	7.07
1976	1.73	6.93
1977	1.71	6.79
1978	1.69	6.62
1979	1.69	6.42
1980	1.68	6.21
1981	1.66	5.98
1982	1.61	5.8
1983	1.57	5.63
1984	1.54	5.45
1985	1.51	5.26
1986	1.54	5.03
1987	1.54	4.83
1988	1.57	4.65
1989	1.58	4.42
1990	1.62	4.5
1991	1.66	4
1992	1.65	3.5
1993	1.61	2.5
1994	1.56	2.7
1995	1.56	2.77
1996	1.59	2.5
1997	1.6	2.4
1998	1.6	2.3
1999	1.62	2.3
2000	1.67	2.2
2001	1.67	2.2
2002	1.65	2.1
2003	1.67	2
2004	1.72	2
2005	1.76	2
2006	1.8	2.1
2007	1.82	2.3
2008	1.85	2.6
2009	1.84	2.8
2010	1.86	2.4
2011	1.81	2.6
2012	1.8	2.7
2013	1.76	3
2014	1.74	3.1
2015	1.7	3
2016	1.68	3
2017	1.65	2.8
2018	1.62	2.9
2019	1.6	3
2020	1.55	2.9
2021	1.6	2.8
2022	1.53	2.7
2023	1.47	2.7
2024	1.47	2.65
2025	1.48	2.6
2026	1.49	2.55
2027	1.49	2.51
2028	1.5	2.47
2029	1.51	2.44
2030	1.51	2.4
2031	1.52	2.37
2032	1.52	2.34
2033	1.53	2.31
2034	1.53	2.29
2035	1.54	2.26
2036	1.54	2.23
2037	1.54	2.21
2038	1.55	2.19
2039	1.55	2.17
2040	1.56	2.15
2041	1.56	2.13
2042	1.56	2.11
2043	1.57	2.09
2044	1.57	2.08
2045	1.57	2.06
2046	1.57	2.05
2047	1.58	2.04
2048	1.58	2.02
2049	1.59	2.01
2050	1.59	2

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Belgium	Mongolia
1960	23.7%	38.1%
1961	23.8%	38.8%
1962	23.8%	39.6%
1963	23.9%	40.4%
1964	23.9%	41.4%
1965	24%	42.4%
1966	24%	43.3%
1967	23.9%	44.2%
1968	23.9%	44.9%
1969	23.8%	45.4%
1970	23.6%	45.6%
1971	23.5%	45.8%
1972	23.3%	45.8%
1973	23%	45.8%
1974	22.6%	45.6%
1975	22.2%	45.4%
1976	21.8%	45.2%
1977	21.4%	44.8%
1978	21%	44.5%
1979	20.6%	44.1%
1980	20.3%	43.7%
1981	19.9%	43.3%
1982	19.6%	43%
1983	19.4%	42.7%
1984	19.1%	42.5%
1985	18.8%	42.3%
1986	18.6%	42.1%
1987	18.3%	42%
1988	18.2%	41.8%
1989	18.1%	41.7%
1990	18.1%	41.4%
1991	18.2%	41%
1992	18.2%	40.5%
1993	18.1%	40%
1994	18.1%	39.5%
1995	18%	39%
1996	17.9%	38.4%
1997	17.8%	37.8%
1998	17.7%	37%
1999	17.7%	36.2%
2000	17.6%	35.2%
2001	17.5%	34.1%
2002	17.5%	32.9%
2003	17.3%	31.8%
2004	17.2%	30.8%
2005	17.1%	29.9%
2006	17%	29.1%
2007	16.9%	28.5%
2008	16.9%	28.1%
2009	16.9%	27.9%
2010	16.9%	27.9%
2011	17%	28%
2012	17%	28.1%
2013	17%	28.5%
2014	17%	28.9%
2015	17%	29.5%
2016	17%	30.2%
2017	17%	30.9%
2018	16.9%	31.6%
2019	16.9%	32.3%
2020	16.8%	32.8%
2021	16.7%	32.9%
2022	16.5%	32.9%
2023	16.3%	32.6%
2024	16%	32.2%
2025	15.7%	31.6%
2026	15.4%	30.9%
2027	15.1%	30.1%
2028	14.9%	29.2%
2029	14.6%	28.2%
2030	14.4%	27.3%
2031	14.2%	26.3%
2032	14%	25.6%
2033	13.8%	24.9%
2034	13.6%	24.3%
2035	13.5%	23.8%
2036	13.4%	23.4%
2037	13.3%	23.1%
2038	13.3%	23%
2039	13.3%	22.9%
2040	13.4%	22.8%
2041	13.4%	22.9%
2042	13.5%	22.9%
2043	13.5%	23%
2044	13.6%	23.1%
2045	13.7%	23.2%
2046	13.8%	23.3%
2047	13.8%	23.4%
2048	13.9%	23.4%
2049	13.9%	23.4%
2050	13.9%	23.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 16% of the population in Belgium and 32.2% in Mongolia in 2024, compared to 18.1% and 41.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Belgium and Mongolia compared.

Natural population change in Belgium vs Mongolia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.06% in Belgium and +1.81% in Mongolia. 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
	Belgium	Mongolia
1960	40,275	20,726
1961	52,349	21,873
1962	42,414	22,960
1963	41,804	24,142
1964	51,580	25,317
1965	39,748	26,364
1966	36,206	27,338
1967	31,618	28,178
1968	20,199	29,017
1969	21,221	29,781
1970	23,173	30,558
1971	21,281	31,536
1972	18,451	32,727
1973	11,690	33,993
1974	7,818	35,297
1975	0	36,490
1976	1,964	37,670
1977	8,847	38,995
1978	7,872	40,276
1979	11,818	41,568
1980	10,845	42,343
1981	11,831	43,588
1982	7,885	45,179
1983	2,956	46,919
1984	4,927	48,562
1985	2,958	49,944
1986	5,917	50,329
1987	11,844	51,140
1988	14,853	51,588
1989	13,912	51,420
1990	19,935	49,443
1991	22,010	47,884
1992	20,090	42,437
1993	14,118	36,924
1994	12,139	34,711
1995	11,150	34,473
1996	12,188	33,741
1997	12,218	32,403
1998	9,183	31,757
1999	9,203	32,283
2000	12,302	32,753
2001	11,315	32,052
2002	7,233	30,439
2003	7,263	28,827
2004	16,673	28,418
2005	15,718	29,290
2006	21,096	33,609
2007	23,376	39,636
2008	22,491	45,843
2009	23,752	48,876
2010	23,970	44,914
2011	25,388	50,711
2012	18,882	55,942
2013	16,739	62,618
2014	21,297	66,078
2015	11,274	64,473
2016	14,731	62,086
2017	10,238	57,940
2018	7,999	60,635
2019	8,042	61,433
2020	-12,692	60,888
2021	5,793	52,109
2022	-2,336	47,730
2023	0	46,995

Maternal mortality chart: Belgium vs Mongolia

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 4 deaths per 100,000 live births in Belgium, compared to 41 deaths in Mongolia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Belgium	Mongolia
1985	9	352
1986	9	346
1987	9	341
1988	9	335
1989	9	311
1990	9	276
1991	9	227
1992	9	199
1993	9	181
1994	9	178
1995	9	176
1996	9	178
1997	8	180
1998	8	174
1999	8	162
2000	8	144
2001	8	130
2002	7	120
2003	7	114
2004	7	108
2005	7	99
2006	6	90
2007	7	81
2008	6	77
2009	6	75
2010	6	71
2011	6	67
2012	5	63
2013	6	59
2014	5	56
2015	5	52
2016	5	48
2017	5	45
2018	5	45
2019	4	45
2020	4	47
2021	7	63
2022	11	41
2023	4	41

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.36% in Belgium and 1.36% in Mongolia. 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
	Belgium	Mongolia
1960	3.39%	-
1961	3.25%	-
1962	3.12%	-
1963	3%	-
1964	2.89%	-
1965	2.79%	-
1966	2.7%	-
1967	2.62%	-
1968	2.55%	-
1969	2.48%	-
1970	2.39%	-
1971	2.3%	-
1972	2.19%	-
1973	2.08%	-
1974	1.97%	-
1975	1.86%	-
1976	1.76%	-
1977	1.67%	-
1978	1.59%	17.3%
1979	1.52%	16.7%
1980	1.45%	16.1%
1981	1.39%	15.5%
1982	1.33%	15%
1983	1.27%	14.4%
1984	1.22%	13.9%
1985	1.18%	13.4%
1986	1.14%	12.8%
1987	1.1%	12.2%
1988	1.07%	11.7%
1989	1.03%	11.1%
1990	1%	10.7%
1991	0.96%	10.2%
1992	0.92%	9.78%
1993	0.87%	9.39%
1994	0.82%	9%
1995	0.77%	8.6%
1996	0.72%	8.19%
1997	0.67%	7.74%
1998	0.64%	7.27%
1999	0.61%	6.78%
2000	0.59%	6.29%
2001	0.57%	5.8%
2002	0.55%	5.32%
2003	0.53%	4.87%
2004	0.52%	4.45%
2005	0.5%	4.07%
2006	0.49%	3.71%
2007	0.48%	3.39%
2008	0.47%	3.11%
2009	0.46%	2.85%
2010	0.45%	2.63%
2011	0.44%	2.44%
2012	0.43%	2.28%
2013	0.42%	2.15%
2014	0.42%	2.04%
2015	0.41%	1.94%
2016	0.41%	1.84%
2017	0.4%	1.74%
2018	0.4%	1.64%
2019	0.39%	1.56%
2020	0.39%	1.48%
2021	0.38%	1.43%
2022	0.37%	1.39%
2023	0.36%	1.36%