Fertility & birth rates in Bhutan and Czech Republic

Fertility rate in Bhutan vs Czech Republic chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Bhutan was 1.46 children per woman in 2023, compared to 1.45 in the Czech Republic in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Bhutan vs the Czech Republic population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Bhutan	Czech Republic
1960	6.7	2.09
1961	6.7	2.11
1962	6.69	2.12
1963	6.69	2.31
1964	6.68	2.34
1965	6.68	2.18
1966	6.67	2.02
1967	6.67	1.91
1968	6.66	1.84
1969	6.66	1.87
1970	6.65	1.92
1971	6.64	2
1972	6.64	2.09
1973	6.63	2.31
1974	6.62	2.46
1975	6.62	2.43
1976	6.62	2.39
1977	6.61	2.34
1978	6.58	2.33
1979	6.55	2.27
1980	6.51	2.08
1981	6.46	2
1982	6.4	2
1983	6.34	1.97
1984	6.26	1.97
1985	6.18	1.95
1986	6.1	1.92
1987	6	1.91
1988	5.88	1.94
1989	5.76	1.87
1990	5.6	1.9
1991	5.45	1.86
1992	5.27	1.71
1993	5.07	1.67
1994	4.87	1.44
1995	4.62	1.28
1996	4.37	1.18
1997	4.09	1.17
1998	3.85	1.16
1999	3.61	1.13
2000	3.38	1.15
2001	3.19	1.15
2002	3.01	1.17
2003	2.87	1.18
2004	2.78	1.23
2005	2.73	1.29
2006	2.66	1.34
2007	2.59	1.45
2008	2.48	1.51
2009	2.36	1.51
2010	2.25	1.51
2011	2.15	1.43
2012	2.07	1.45
2013	2	1.46
2014	1.92	1.53
2015	1.84	1.57
2016	1.74	1.63
2017	1.62	1.69
2018	1.52	1.71
2019	1.45	1.71
2020	1.5	1.74
2021	1.49	1.83
2022	1.48	1.64
2023	1.46	1.45
2024	1.45	1.46
2025	1.44	1.47
2026	1.43	1.48
2027	1.42	1.48
2028	1.42	1.49
2029	1.42	1.49
2030	1.42	1.5
2031	1.42	1.51
2032	1.42	1.51
2033	1.42	1.52
2034	1.42	1.52
2035	1.42	1.53
2036	1.43	1.53
2037	1.43	1.54
2038	1.43	1.54
2039	1.43	1.54
2040	1.43	1.55
2041	1.44	1.55
2042	1.44	1.55
2043	1.44	1.55
2044	1.44	1.56
2045	1.44	1.56
2046	1.45	1.56
2047	1.45	1.56
2048	1.45	1.56
2049	1.46	1.57
2050	1.46	1.57

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Bhutan	Czech Republic
1960	42.3%	25.6%
1961	42.1%	25.1%
1962	41.9%	24.5%
1963	41.8%	23.9%
1964	41.8%	23.5%
1965	41.7%	23.2%
1966	41.7%	22.7%
1967	41.7%	22.3%
1968	41.8%	21.9%
1969	41.8%	21.6%
1970	41.8%	21.3%
1971	41.9%	21.1%
1972	42%	21.1%
1973	42.1%	21.2%
1974	42.2%	21.6%
1975	42.3%	22.1%
1976	42.4%	22.6%
1977	42.5%	22.9%
1978	42.6%	23.2%
1979	42.7%	23.4%
1980	42.8%	23.4%
1981	42.9%	23.5%
1982	43%	23.5%
1983	43.1%	23.5%
1984	43.1%	23.5%
1985	43.1%	23.4%
1986	43.1%	23.2%
1987	43.1%	23%
1988	43%	22.6%
1989	43%	22%
1990	42.9%	21.4%
1991	42.8%	20.9%
1992	42.6%	20.3%
1993	42.4%	19.8%
1994	42.1%	19.2%
1995	41.7%	18.7%
1996	41.3%	18.2%
1997	40.7%	17.7%
1998	40.1%	17.3%
1999	39.4%	16.9%
2000	38.6%	16.5%
2001	37.7%	16.1%
2002	36.6%	15.7%
2003	35.5%	15.3%
2004	34.3%	15%
2005	33.2%	14.7%
2006	32.4%	14.4%
2007	31.6%	14.3%
2008	30.8%	14.2%
2009	30.1%	14.2%
2010	29.4%	14.4%
2011	28.8%	14.6%
2012	28.3%	14.8%
2013	27.8%	14.9%
2014	27.4%	15.1%
2015	27%	15.3%
2016	26.5%	15.4%
2017	25.8%	15.6%
2018	25%	15.8%
2019	24.2%	15.9%
2020	23.4%	16%
2021	22.7%	16.1%
2022	22%	15.9%
2023	21.5%	15.7%
2024	20.9%	15.4%
2025	20.4%	15.1%
2026	19.8%	14.8%
2027	19.3%	14.6%
2028	18.7%	14.4%
2029	18.3%	14.2%
2030	17.9%	14%
2031	17.6%	13.8%
2032	17.4%	13.5%
2033	17.2%	13.3%
2034	17.1%	13%
2035	17%	12.9%
2036	16.9%	12.7%
2037	16.8%	12.5%
2038	16.6%	12.5%
2039	16.5%	12.6%
2040	16.3%	12.7%
2041	16.2%	12.8%
2042	16%	12.9%
2043	15.9%	13.1%
2044	15.7%	13.2%
2045	15.6%	13.4%
2046	15.4%	13.5%
2047	15.2%	13.7%
2048	15%	13.8%
2049	14.8%	13.9%
2050	14.6%	14%

Children aged 0-14 make up 20.9% of the population in Bhutan and 15.4% in the Czech Republic in 2024, compared to 42.9% and 21.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Bhutan and the Czech Republic compared.

Natural population change in Bhutan vs Czech Republic by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.74% in Bhutan and -0.07% in the Czech Republic. 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
	Bhutan	Czech Republic
1960	4,888	34,567
1961	5,081	36,430
1962	5,297	29,836
1963	5,551	48,353
1964	5,818	52,531
1965	6,109	43,029
1966	6,418	35,355
1967	6,744	29,558
1968	7,085	21,728
1969	7,435	22,762
1970	7,791	24,646
1971	8,161	31,445
1972	8,549	44,404
1973	8,939	57,549
1974	9,324	66,923
1975	9,775	67,393
1976	10,228	61,768
1977	10,679	55,009
1978	11,133	52,234
1979	11,583	44,257
1980	12,016	17,517
1981	12,444	13,391
1982	12,872	10,315
1983	13,284	3,097
1984	13,688	5,165
1985	14,061	4,135
1986	14,516	1,034
1987	14,887	4,138
1988	15,212	7,249
1989	15,516	1,036
1990	15,704	1,034
1991	15,801	4,124
1992	15,594	1,032
1993	13,915	3,099
1994	13,536	-11,367
1995	12,938	-21,687
1996	12,153	-21,662
1997	11,668	-21,639
1998	11,320	-18,530
1999	10,940	-20,568
2000	10,142	-17,433
2001	9,904	-16,347
2002	9,464	-15,296
2003	9,132	-17,330
2004	9,056	-9,177
2005	9,102	-6,126
2006	9,197	1,024
2007	9,322	9,268
2008	9,200	14,538
2009	8,913	10,444
2010	8,598	10,475
2011	8,282	2,099
2012	7,967	0
2013	7,689	-2,103
2014	7,290	4,210
2015	6,762	0
2016	6,164	5,283
2017	5,367	3,178
2018	4,909	1,063
2019	4,643	0
2020	5,142	-19,257
2021	5,162	-28,365
2022	5,204	-19,209
2023	5,153	-21,729

Maternal mortality chart: Bhutan vs Czech Republic

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 47 deaths per 100,000 live births in Bhutan, compared to 3 deaths in the Czech Republic.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Bhutan	Czech Republic
1985	969	15
1986	911	17
1987	857	15
1988	798	16
1989	747	15
1990	704	15
1991	671	15
1992	656	13
1993	578	12
1994	544	11
1995	498	10
1996	450	8
1997	415	8
1998	378	7
1999	346	7
2000	324	7
2001	286	6
2002	257	6
2003	229	6
2004	207	5
2005	186	5
2006	167	5
2007	149	4
2008	133	4
2009	121	4
2010	107	4
2011	96	4
2012	86	4
2013	79	3
2014	73	3
2015	68	3
2016	63	3
2017	58	3
2018	55	3
2019	52	3
2020	51	3
2021	50	4
2022	49	3
2023	47	3

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.31% in Bhutan and 0.26% in the Czech Republic. 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
	Bhutan	Czech Republic
1960	-	2.48%
1961	-	2.44%
1962	-	2.42%
1963	-	2.43%
1964	-	2.44%
1965	-	2.46%
1966	-	2.47%
1967	-	2.48%
1968	27.4%	2.47%
1969	26.7%	2.46%
1970	26.2%	2.43%
1971	25.5%	2.39%
1972	24.9%	2.34%
1973	24.3%	2.29%
1974	23.6%	2.23%
1975	22.9%	2.16%
1976	22.3%	2.08%
1977	21.6%	1.99%
1978	20.9%	1.89%
1979	20.2%	1.78%
1980	19.5%	1.68%
1981	18.7%	1.59%
1982	18%	1.52%
1983	17.3%	1.47%
1984	16.6%	1.44%
1985	15.9%	1.41%
1986	15.3%	1.38%
1987	14.6%	1.35%
1988	14%	1.3%
1989	13.4%	1.25%
1990	12.8%	1.21%
1991	12.3%	1.17%
1992	11.8%	1.11%
1993	11.3%	1.03%
1994	10.8%	0.94%
1995	10.3%	0.85%
1996	9.75%	0.77%
1997	9.26%	0.7%
1998	8.77%	0.63%
1999	8.3%	0.58%
2000	7.85%	0.55%
2001	7.4%	0.52%
2002	6.96%	0.5%
2003	6.54%	0.48%
2004	6.12%	0.46%
2005	5.71%	0.44%
2006	5.32%	0.41%
2007	4.96%	0.39%
2008	4.62%	0.37%
2009	4.31%	0.35%
2010	4.03%	0.34%
2011	3.77%	0.33%
2012	3.56%	0.32%
2013	3.38%	0.31%
2014	3.22%	0.31%
2015	3.08%	0.32%
2016	2.96%	0.32%
2017	2.85%	0.32%
2018	2.74%	0.31%
2019	2.65%	0.3%
2020	2.55%	0.29%
2021	2.47%	0.28%
2022	2.39%	0.27%
2023	2.31%	0.26%