Fertility & birth rates in Belgium and Uzbekistan

Fertility rate in Belgium vs Uzbekistan 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 3.5 in Uzbekistan in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Belgium vs Uzbekistan 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	Uzbekistan
1960	2.54	6.61
1961	2.63	6.75
1962	2.59	6.88
1963	2.68	6.81
1964	2.71	6.82
1965	2.61	6.81
1966	2.52	6.66
1967	2.41	6.57
1968	2.31	6.39
1969	2.27	6.34
1970	2.25	6.31
1971	2.21	6.28
1972	2.09	6.25
1973	1.95	6.16
1974	1.83	6.05
1975	1.74	5.92
1976	1.73	5.75
1977	1.71	5.54
1978	1.69	5.28
1979	1.69	5.16
1980	1.68	5.04
1981	1.66	4.91
1982	1.61	4.82
1983	1.57	4.71
1984	1.54	4.73
1985	1.51	4.69
1986	1.54	4.68
1987	1.54	4.53
1988	1.57	4.26
1989	1.58	4.1
1990	1.62	4.12
1991	1.66	4.19
1992	1.65	4.06
1993	1.61	3.86
1994	1.56	3.66
1995	1.56	3.57
1996	1.59	3.39
1997	1.6	3.19
1998	1.6	2.99
1999	1.62	2.83
2000	1.67	2.7
2001	1.67	2.61
2002	1.65	2.58
2003	1.67	2.5
2004	1.72	2.5
2005	1.76	2.44
2006	1.8	2.46
2007	1.82	2.57
2008	1.85	2.64
2009	1.84	2.56
2010	1.86	2.44
2011	1.81	2.35
2012	1.8	2.34
2013	1.76	2.44
2014	1.74	2.55
2015	1.7	2.58
2016	1.68	2.56
2017	1.65	2.57
2018	1.62	2.71
2019	1.6	2.87
2020	1.55	3.06
2021	1.6	3.27
2022	1.53	3.4
2023	1.47	3.5
2024	1.47	3.49
2025	1.48	3.45
2026	1.49	3.4
2027	1.49	3.36
2028	1.5	3.31
2029	1.51	3.27
2030	1.51	3.22
2031	1.52	3.18
2032	1.52	3.13
2033	1.53	3.09
2034	1.53	3.05
2035	1.54	3.01
2036	1.54	2.98
2037	1.54	2.94
2038	1.55	2.91
2039	1.55	2.87
2040	1.56	2.84
2041	1.56	2.81
2042	1.56	2.78
2043	1.57	2.75
2044	1.57	2.72
2045	1.57	2.69
2046	1.57	2.66
2047	1.58	2.63
2048	1.58	2.6
2049	1.59	2.58
2050	1.59	2.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Belgium	Uzbekistan
1960	23.7%	39.8%
1961	23.8%	41.2%
1962	23.8%	42.4%
1963	23.9%	43.4%
1964	23.9%	44.2%
1965	24%	44.7%
1966	24%	44.8%
1967	23.9%	44.9%
1968	23.9%	44.8%
1969	23.8%	44.7%
1970	23.6%	44.6%
1971	23.5%	44.4%
1972	23.3%	44.3%
1973	23%	44%
1974	22.6%	43.7%
1975	22.2%	43.3%
1976	21.8%	42.8%
1977	21.4%	42.3%
1978	21%	41.7%
1979	20.6%	41.2%
1980	20.3%	40.8%
1981	19.9%	40.5%
1982	19.6%	40.3%
1983	19.4%	40.1%
1984	19.1%	40.1%
1985	18.8%	40.1%
1986	18.6%	40.1%
1987	18.3%	40.1%
1988	18.2%	40%
1989	18.1%	39.9%
1990	18.1%	39.9%
1991	18.2%	39.9%
1992	18.2%	39.8%
1993	18.1%	39.8%
1994	18.1%	39.7%
1995	18%	39.4%
1996	17.9%	39.2%
1997	17.8%	38.8%
1998	17.7%	38.2%
1999	17.7%	37.5%
2000	17.6%	36.7%
2001	17.5%	35.8%
2002	17.5%	34.9%
2003	17.3%	34%
2004	17.2%	33.1%
2005	17.1%	32.3%
2006	17%	31.4%
2007	16.9%	30.6%
2008	16.9%	29.9%
2009	16.9%	29.4%
2010	16.9%	28.9%
2011	17%	28.5%
2012	17%	28.2%
2013	17%	28.1%
2014	17%	28.1%
2015	17%	28.3%
2016	17%	28.5%
2017	17%	28.8%
2018	16.9%	29%
2019	16.9%	29.3%
2020	16.8%	29.7%
2021	16.7%	30.2%
2022	16.5%	30.6%
2023	16.3%	30.9%
2024	16%	31.1%
2025	15.7%	31.3%
2026	15.4%	31.5%
2027	15.1%	31.6%
2028	14.9%	31.6%
2029	14.6%	31.6%
2030	14.4%	31.4%
2031	14.2%	31.3%
2032	14%	31.1%
2033	13.8%	30.9%
2034	13.6%	30.6%
2035	13.5%	30.3%
2036	13.4%	29.8%
2037	13.3%	29.3%
2038	13.3%	28.8%
2039	13.3%	28.3%
2040	13.4%	28%
2041	13.4%	27.6%
2042	13.5%	27.4%
2043	13.5%	27.2%
2044	13.6%	27%
2045	13.7%	26.9%
2046	13.8%	26.8%
2047	13.8%	26.8%
2048	13.9%	26.7%
2049	13.9%	26.7%
2050	13.9%	26.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 16% of the population in Belgium and 31.1% in Uzbekistan in 2024, compared to 18.1% and 39.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Belgium and Uzbekistan compared.

Natural population change in Belgium vs Uzbekistan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.06% in Belgium and +1.87% in Uzbekistan. 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	Uzbekistan
1960	40,275	267,165
1961	52,349	279,841
1962	42,414	292,788
1963	41,804	293,432
1964	51,580	298,790
1965	39,748	302,264
1966	36,206	297,844
1967	31,618	298,350
1968	20,199	295,651
1969	21,221	302,833
1970	23,173	313,216
1971	21,281	323,171
1972	18,451	333,230
1973	11,690	341,807
1974	7,818	350,422
1975	0	357,382
1976	1,964	363,110
1977	8,847	369,572
1978	7,872	372,068
1979	11,818	387,754
1980	10,845	401,557
1981	11,831	413,897
1982	7,885	431,389
1983	2,956	454,464
1984	4,927	485,617
1985	2,958	508,893
1986	5,917	533,234
1987	11,844	537,292
1988	14,853	525,126
1989	13,912	522,323
1990	19,935	540,581
1991	22,010	557,886
1992	20,090	548,793
1993	14,118	527,557
1994	12,139	502,279
1995	11,150	493,966
1996	12,188	471,010
1997	12,218	441,631
1998	9,183	408,532
1999	9,203	385,448
2000	12,302	365,138
2001	11,315	356,483
2002	7,233	359,231
2003	7,263	355,098
2004	16,673	363,994
2005	15,718	363,462
2006	21,096	383,265
2007	23,376	426,880
2008	22,491	461,665
2009	23,752	471,839
2010	23,970	461,293
2011	25,388	454,858
2012	18,882	463,333
2013	16,739	501,742
2014	21,297	536,881
2015	11,274	552,781
2016	14,731	549,045
2017	10,238	548,372
2018	7,999	585,119
2019	8,042	618,154
2020	-12,692	643,750
2021	5,793	689,325
2022	-2,336	715,410
2023	0	722,280

Maternal mortality chart: Belgium vs Uzbekistan

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 26 deaths in Uzbekistan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Belgium	Uzbekistan
1985	9	72
1986	9	69
1987	9	63
1988	9	58
1989	9	53
1990	9	50
1991	9	47
1992	9	46
1993	9	47
1994	9	49
1995	9	46
1996	9	44
1997	8	42
1998	8	42
1999	8	43
2000	8	42
2001	8	42
2002	7	41
2003	7	40
2004	7	39
2005	7	39
2006	6	38
2007	7	37
2008	6	35
2009	6	34
2010	6	34
2011	6	33
2012	5	33
2013	6	32
2014	5	32
2015	5	31
2016	5	31
2017	5	30
2018	5	29
2019	4	29
2020	4	29
2021	7	28
2022	11	27
2023	4	26

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.36% in Belgium and 1.33% in Uzbekistan. 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	Uzbekistan
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%	12.5%
1980	1.45%	11.7%
1981	1.39%	10.9%
1982	1.33%	10.2%
1983	1.27%	9.5%
1984	1.22%	8.91%
1985	1.18%	8.4%
1986	1.14%	7.96%
1987	1.1%	7.59%
1988	1.07%	7.31%
1989	1.03%	7.13%
1990	1%	7.04%
1991	0.96%	7.01%
1992	0.92%	7.01%
1993	0.87%	6.99%
1994	0.82%	6.95%
1995	0.77%	6.91%
1996	0.72%	6.83%
1997	0.67%	6.72%
1998	0.64%	6.57%
1999	0.61%	6.38%
2000	0.59%	6.15%
2001	0.57%	5.88%
2002	0.55%	5.57%
2003	0.53%	5.25%
2004	0.52%	4.92%
2005	0.5%	4.57%
2006	0.49%	4.24%
2007	0.48%	3.9%
2008	0.47%	3.59%
2009	0.46%	3.29%
2010	0.45%	3.01%
2011	0.44%	2.75%
2012	0.43%	2.52%
2013	0.42%	2.32%
2014	0.42%	2.14%
2015	0.41%	1.98%
2016	0.41%	1.85%
2017	0.4%	1.73%
2018	0.4%	1.64%
2019	0.39%	1.56%
2020	0.39%	1.5%
2021	0.38%	1.44%
2022	0.37%	1.38%
2023	0.36%	1.33%