Fertility & birth rates in Belgium and Montenegro

Fertility rate in Belgium vs Montenegro 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 1.74 in Montenegro in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Belgium vs Montenegro 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	Montenegro
1960	2.54	3.53
1961	2.63	3.49
1962	2.59	3.44
1963	2.68	3.38
1964	2.71	3.28
1965	2.61	3.19
1966	2.52	3.09
1967	2.41	2.91
1968	2.31	2.8
1969	2.27	2.79
1970	2.25	2.69
1971	2.21	2.67
1972	2.09	2.61
1973	1.95	2.51
1974	1.83	2.43
1975	1.74	2.38
1976	1.73	2.35
1977	1.71	2.31
1978	1.69	2.25
1979	1.69	2.2
1980	1.68	2.22
1981	1.66	2.19
1982	1.61	2.19
1983	1.57	2.17
1984	1.54	2.14
1985	1.51	2.13
1986	1.54	2.09
1987	1.54	2.07
1988	1.57	2.01
1989	1.58	1.94
1990	1.62	1.95
1991	1.66	2.02
1992	1.65	2.01
1993	1.61	1.96
1994	1.56	1.94
1995	1.56	1.96
1996	1.59	1.92
1997	1.6	1.89
1998	1.6	1.89
1999	1.62	1.88
2000	1.67	1.9
2001	1.67	1.86
2002	1.65	1.81
2003	1.67	1.8
2004	1.72	1.73
2005	1.76	1.69
2006	1.8	1.73
2007	1.82	1.8
2008	1.85	1.89
2009	1.84	1.98
2010	1.86	1.7
2011	1.81	1.65
2012	1.8	1.72
2013	1.76	1.73
2014	1.74	1.75
2015	1.7	1.7
2016	1.68	1.8
2017	1.65	1.8
2018	1.62	1.8
2019	1.6	1.8
2020	1.55	1.75
2021	1.6	1.75
2022	1.53	1.8
2023	1.47	1.74
2024	1.47	1.74
2025	1.48	1.73
2026	1.49	1.73
2027	1.49	1.73
2028	1.5	1.73
2029	1.51	1.72
2030	1.51	1.72
2031	1.52	1.72
2032	1.52	1.71
2033	1.53	1.71
2034	1.53	1.71
2035	1.54	1.7
2036	1.54	1.7
2037	1.54	1.7
2038	1.55	1.69
2039	1.55	1.69
2040	1.56	1.69
2041	1.56	1.69
2042	1.56	1.68
2043	1.57	1.68
2044	1.57	1.68
2045	1.57	1.68
2046	1.57	1.68
2047	1.58	1.67
2048	1.58	1.67
2049	1.59	1.67
2050	1.59	1.67

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Belgium	Montenegro
1960	23.7%	36.1%
1961	23.8%	36.3%
1962	23.8%	36.4%
1963	23.9%	36.2%
1964	23.9%	35.9%
1965	24%	35.5%
1966	24%	35.1%
1967	23.9%	34.5%
1968	23.9%	33.9%
1969	23.8%	33.3%
1970	23.6%	32.6%
1971	23.5%	32%
1972	23.3%	31.4%
1973	23%	30.9%
1974	22.6%	30.4%
1975	22.2%	29.9%
1976	21.8%	29.5%
1977	21.4%	29%
1978	21%	28.5%
1979	20.6%	28.1%
1980	20.3%	27.8%
1981	19.9%	27.5%
1982	19.6%	27.1%
1983	19.4%	26.9%
1984	19.1%	26.6%
1985	18.8%	26.4%
1986	18.6%	26.2%
1987	18.3%	26%
1988	18.2%	25.9%
1989	18.1%	25.7%
1990	18.1%	25.6%
1991	18.2%	25.4%
1992	18.2%	25.1%
1993	18.1%	24.7%
1994	18.1%	24.4%
1995	18%	24%
1996	17.9%	23.6%
1997	17.8%	23.2%
1998	17.7%	22.8%
1999	17.7%	22.4%
2000	17.6%	21.9%
2001	17.5%	21.5%
2002	17.5%	21.2%
2003	17.3%	20.9%
2004	17.2%	20.6%
2005	17.1%	20.4%
2006	17%	20.1%
2007	16.9%	19.9%
2008	16.9%	19.6%
2009	16.9%	19.4%
2010	16.9%	19.2%
2011	17%	19%
2012	17%	18.8%
2013	17%	18.7%
2014	17%	18.6%
2015	17%	18.6%
2016	17%	18.6%
2017	17%	18.5%
2018	16.9%	18.4%
2019	16.9%	18.4%
2020	16.8%	18.4%
2021	16.7%	18.5%
2022	16.5%	18.5%
2023	16.3%	18.3%
2024	16%	18.1%
2025	15.7%	17.9%
2026	15.4%	17.7%
2027	15.1%	17.5%
2028	14.9%	17.2%
2029	14.6%	17%
2030	14.4%	16.8%
2031	14.2%	16.6%
2032	14%	16.3%
2033	13.8%	16.2%
2034	13.6%	16%
2035	13.5%	15.8%
2036	13.4%	15.7%
2037	13.3%	15.5%
2038	13.3%	15.4%
2039	13.3%	15.3%
2040	13.4%	15.2%
2041	13.4%	15.1%
2042	13.5%	15.1%
2043	13.5%	15%
2044	13.6%	15%
2045	13.7%	15%
2046	13.8%	14.9%
2047	13.8%	14.9%
2048	13.9%	14.9%
2049	13.9%	14.9%
2050	13.9%	14.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 16% of the population in Belgium and 18.1% in Montenegro in 2024, compared to 18.1% and 25.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Belgium and Montenegro compared.

Natural population change in Belgium vs Montenegro by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.06% in Belgium and +0.07% in Montenegro. 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	Montenegro
1960	40,275	9,144
1961	52,349	9,278
1962	42,414	9,402
1963	41,804	9,449
1964	51,580	9,227
1965	39,748	9,010
1966	36,206	8,661
1967	31,618	7,961
1968	20,199	7,497
1969	21,221	7,449
1970	23,173	7,069
1971	21,281	7,168
1972	18,451	7,252
1973	11,690	7,096
1974	7,818	6,919
1975	0	6,878
1976	1,964	6,845
1977	8,847	6,650
1978	7,872	6,408
1979	11,818	6,139
1980	10,845	6,383
1981	11,831	6,275
1982	7,885	6,419
1983	2,956	6,482
1984	4,927	6,337
1985	2,958	6,283
1986	5,917	6,097
1987	11,844	5,958
1988	14,853	5,529
1989	13,912	5,129
1990	19,935	5,010
1991	22,010	5,191
1992	20,090	5,015
1993	14,118	4,638
1994	12,139	4,381
1995	11,150	4,527
1996	12,188	4,155
1997	12,218	3,597
1998	9,183	3,889
1999	9,203	3,454
2000	12,302	3,751
2001	11,315	3,462
2002	7,233	2,988
2003	7,263	2,632
2004	16,673	2,146
2005	15,718	1,536
2006	21,096	1,599
2007	23,376	1,848
2008	22,491	2,530
2009	23,752	2,783
2010	23,970	1,797
2011	25,388	1,365
2012	18,882	1,554
2013	16,739	1,557
2014	21,297	1,560
2015	11,274	1,062
2016	14,731	1,125
2017	10,238	939
2018	7,999	752
2019	8,042	627
2020	-12,692	-188
2021	5,793	-2,062
2022	-2,336	0
2023	0	686

Maternal mortality chart: Belgium vs Montenegro

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 6 deaths in Montenegro.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Belgium	Montenegro
1985	9	11
1986	9	11
1987	9	10
1988	9	10
1989	9	10
1990	9	10
1991	9	11
1992	9	11
1993	9	11
1994	9	11
1995	9	11
1996	9	12
1997	8	12
1998	8	12
1999	8	12
2000	8	11
2001	8	11
2002	7	10
2003	7	10
2004	7	9
2005	7	8
2006	6	8
2007	7	8
2008	6	8
2009	6	8
2010	6	7
2011	6	7
2012	5	7
2013	6	7
2014	5	7
2015	5	7
2016	5	6
2017	5	7
2018	5	7
2019	4	6
2020	4	15
2021	7	15
2022	11	13
2023	4	6

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.36% in Belgium and 0.26% in Montenegro. 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	Montenegro
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%	-
1979	1.52%	-
1980	1.45%	-
1981	1.39%	-
1982	1.33%	-
1983	1.27%	-
1984	1.22%	2.72%
1985	1.18%	2.48%
1986	1.14%	2.25%
1987	1.1%	2.05%
1988	1.07%	1.89%
1989	1.03%	1.75%
1990	1%	1.65%
1991	0.96%	1.58%
1992	0.92%	1.54%
1993	0.87%	1.52%
1994	0.82%	1.51%
1995	0.77%	1.51%
1996	0.72%	1.51%
1997	0.67%	1.51%
1998	0.64%	1.49%
1999	0.61%	1.46%
2000	0.59%	1.42%
2001	0.57%	1.37%
2002	0.55%	1.3%
2003	0.53%	1.22%
2004	0.52%	1.14%
2005	0.5%	1.06%
2006	0.49%	0.97%
2007	0.48%	0.89%
2008	0.47%	0.8%
2009	0.46%	0.73%
2010	0.45%	0.66%
2011	0.44%	0.59%
2012	0.43%	0.54%
2013	0.42%	0.49%
2014	0.42%	0.45%
2015	0.41%	0.41%
2016	0.41%	0.38%
2017	0.4%	0.36%
2018	0.4%	0.33%
2019	0.39%	0.32%
2020	0.39%	0.3%
2021	0.38%	0.28%
2022	0.37%	0.27%
2023	0.36%	0.26%