Fertility & birth rates in Bhutan and Lithuania

Fertility rate in Bhutan vs Lithuania 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 1.18 in Lithuania in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

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The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Bhutan	Lithuania
1960	6.7	2.56
1961	6.7	2.53
1962	6.69	2.45
1963	6.69	2.35
1964	6.68	2.28
1965	6.68	2.23
1966	6.67	2.22
1967	6.67	2.23
1968	6.66	2.24
1969	6.66	2.3
1970	6.65	2.4
1971	6.64	2.41
1972	6.64	2.34
1973	6.63	2.22
1974	6.62	2.21
1975	6.62	2.18
1976	6.62	2.18
1977	6.61	2.14
1978	6.58	2.08
1979	6.55	2.05
1980	6.51	1.99
1981	6.46	1.98
1982	6.4	1.97
1983	6.34	2.1
1984	6.26	2.07
1985	6.18	2.08
1986	6.1	2.12
1987	6	2.11
1988	5.88	2.02
1989	5.76	1.98
1990	5.6	2.03
1991	5.45	2.01
1992	5.27	1.97
1993	5.07	1.74
1994	4.87	1.57
1995	4.62	1.55
1996	4.37	1.49
1997	4.09	1.47
1998	3.85	1.46
1999	3.61	1.46
2000	3.38	1.39
2001	3.19	1.29
2002	3.01	1.23
2003	2.87	1.26
2004	2.78	1.27
2005	2.73	1.29
2006	2.66	1.33
2007	2.59	1.36
2008	2.48	1.45
2009	2.36	1.5
2010	2.25	1.5
2011	2.15	1.55
2012	2.07	1.6
2013	2	1.59
2014	1.92	1.57
2015	1.84	1.63
2016	1.74	1.63
2017	1.62	1.57
2018	1.52	1.53
2019	1.45	1.43
2020	1.5	1.36
2021	1.49	1.36
2022	1.48	1.27
2023	1.46	1.18
2024	1.45	1.19
2025	1.44	1.2
2026	1.43	1.2
2027	1.42	1.21
2028	1.42	1.22
2029	1.42	1.22
2030	1.42	1.23
2031	1.42	1.23
2032	1.42	1.24
2033	1.42	1.25
2034	1.42	1.25
2035	1.42	1.26
2036	1.43	1.27
2037	1.43	1.27
2038	1.43	1.28
2039	1.43	1.28
2040	1.43	1.29
2041	1.44	1.29
2042	1.44	1.3
2043	1.44	1.3
2044	1.44	1.31
2045	1.44	1.31
2046	1.45	1.31
2047	1.45	1.32
2048	1.45	1.32
2049	1.46	1.33
2050	1.46	1.33

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Bhutan	Lithuania
1960	42.3%	27.1%
1961	42.1%	27.3%
1962	41.9%	27.4%
1963	41.8%	27.5%
1964	41.8%	27.4%
1965	41.7%	27.3%
1966	41.7%	27.3%
1967	41.7%	27.2%
1968	41.8%	27.2%
1969	41.8%	27.2%
1970	41.8%	27.1%
1971	41.9%	26.8%
1972	42%	26.6%
1973	42.1%	26.1%
1974	42.2%	25.6%
1975	42.3%	25.1%
1976	42.4%	24.6%
1977	42.5%	24.2%
1978	42.6%	23.8%
1979	42.7%	23.5%
1980	42.8%	23.3%
1981	42.9%	23.1%
1982	43%	22.9%
1983	43.1%	22.8%
1984	43.1%	22.8%
1985	43.1%	22.7%
1986	43.1%	22.7%
1987	43.1%	22.7%
1988	43%	22.6%
1989	43%	22.5%
1990	42.9%	22.6%
1991	42.8%	22.5%
1992	42.6%	22.4%
1993	42.4%	22.3%
1994	42.1%	22.1%
1995	41.7%	21.8%
1996	41.3%	21.5%
1997	40.7%	21.2%
1998	40.1%	20.9%
1999	39.4%	20.4%
2000	38.6%	20%
2001	37.7%	19.3%
2002	36.6%	18.6%
2003	35.5%	17.9%
2004	34.3%	17.4%
2005	33.2%	16.8%
2006	32.4%	16.3%
2007	31.6%	15.8%
2008	30.8%	15.3%
2009	30.1%	15%
2010	29.4%	14.9%
2011	28.8%	14.8%
2012	28.3%	14.7%
2013	27.8%	14.6%
2014	27.4%	14.6%
2015	27%	14.6%
2016	26.5%	14.7%
2017	25.8%	14.9%
2018	25%	15%
2019	24.2%	15.1%
2020	23.4%	15.1%
2021	22.7%	15.1%
2022	22%	15%
2023	21.5%	14.9%
2024	20.9%	14.7%
2025	20.4%	14.5%
2026	19.8%	14.3%
2027	19.3%	14.1%
2028	18.7%	13.9%
2029	18.3%	13.6%
2030	17.9%	13.3%
2031	17.6%	13%
2032	17.4%	12.7%
2033	17.2%	12.4%
2034	17.1%	12.1%
2035	17%	11.9%
2036	16.9%	11.7%
2037	16.8%	11.6%
2038	16.6%	11.5%
2039	16.5%	11.4%
2040	16.3%	11.4%
2041	16.2%	11.3%
2042	16%	11.3%
2043	15.9%	11.3%
2044	15.7%	11.2%
2045	15.6%	11.2%
2046	15.4%	11.3%
2047	15.2%	11.3%
2048	15%	11.3%
2049	14.8%	11.3%
2050	14.6%	11.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 20.9% of the population in Bhutan and 14.7% in Lithuania in 2024, compared to 42.9% and 22.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Bhutan and Lithuania compared.

Natural population change in Bhutan vs Lithuania by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.74% in Bhutan and -0.54% in Lithuania. 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	Lithuania
1960	4,888	40,845
1961	5,081	40,376
1962	5,297	34,933
1963	5,551	33,918
1964	5,818	34,048
1965	6,109	30,309
1966	6,418	30,381
1967	6,744	29,226
1968	7,085	28,325
1969	7,435	27,345
1970	7,791	27,629
1971	8,161	28,930
1972	8,549	25,388
1973	8,939	22,712
1974	9,324	22,589
1975	9,775	20,470
1976	10,228	20,305
1977	10,679	19,124
1978	11,133	17,573
1979	11,583	16,989
1980	12,016	16,042
1981	12,444	16,478
1982	12,872	18,323
1983	13,284	20,911
1984	13,688	18,976
1985	14,061	19,140
1986	14,516	23,978
1987	14,887	22,422
1988	15,212	19,006
1989	15,516	17,316
1990	15,704	17,010
1991	15,801	14,817
1992	15,594	12,950
1993	13,915	1,473
1994	13,536	-4,023
1995	12,938	-3,992
1996	12,153	-3,962
1997	11,668	-3,218
1998	11,320	-3,904
1999	10,940	-3,877
2000	10,142	-4,549
2001	9,904	-9,024
2002	9,464	-11,362
2003	9,132	-10,929
2004	9,056	-11,482
2005	9,102	-14,287
2006	9,197	-15,041
2007	9,322	-15,510
2008	9,200	-12,153
2009	8,913	-9,805
2010	8,598	-11,460
2011	8,282	-10,901
2012	7,967	-11,060
2013	7,689	-12,733
2014	7,290	-10,868
2015	6,762	-11,935
2016	6,164	-11,509
2017	5,367	-12,224
2018	4,909	-12,686
2019	4,643	-13,212
2020	5,142	-19,953
2021	5,162	-24,433
2022	5,204	-20,671
2023	5,153	-16,368

Maternal mortality chart: Bhutan vs Lithuania

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 8 deaths in Lithuania.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Bhutan	Lithuania
1985	969	35
1986	911	30
1987	857	28
1988	798	28
1989	747	31
1990	704	29
1991	671	29
1992	656	28
1993	578	29
1994	544	31
1995	498	28
1996	450	25
1997	415	21
1998	378	19
1999	346	18
2000	324	16
2001	286	16
2002	257	14
2003	229	14
2004	207	12
2005	186	13
2006	167	14
2007	149	14
2008	133	13
2009	121	11
2010	107	10
2011	96	10
2012	86	10
2013	79	10
2014	73	9
2015	68	10
2016	63	9
2017	58	10
2018	55	9
2019	52	9
2020	51	8
2021	50	9
2022	49	9
2023	47	8

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.31% in Bhutan and 0.34% in Lithuania. 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	Lithuania
1967	-	2.63%
1968	27.4%	2.63%
1969	26.7%	2.51%
1970	26.2%	2.29%
1971	25.5%	2.11%
1972	24.9%	2.08%
1973	24.3%	2.16%
1974	23.6%	2.24%
1975	22.9%	2.26%
1976	22.3%	2.25%
1977	21.6%	2.22%
1978	20.9%	2.18%
1979	20.2%	2.12%
1980	19.5%	2.05%
1981	18.7%	1.98%
1982	18%	1.92%
1983	17.3%	1.87%
1984	16.6%	1.82%
1985	15.9%	1.74%
1986	15.3%	1.64%
1987	14.6%	1.52%
1988	14%	1.42%
1989	13.4%	1.42%
1990	12.8%	1.52%
1991	12.3%	1.67%
1992	11.8%	1.78%
1993	11.3%	1.79%
1994	10.8%	1.69%
1995	10.3%	1.51%
1996	9.75%	1.34%
1997	9.26%	1.23%
1998	8.77%	1.16%
1999	8.3%	1.12%
2000	7.85%	1.07%
2001	7.4%	1.03%
2002	6.96%	0.99%
2003	6.54%	0.96%
2004	6.12%	0.93%
2005	5.71%	0.9%
2006	5.32%	0.86%
2007	4.96%	0.8%
2008	4.62%	0.74%
2009	4.31%	0.67%
2010	4.03%	0.6%
2011	3.77%	0.56%
2012	3.56%	0.53%
2013	3.38%	0.51%
2014	3.22%	0.51%
2015	3.08%	0.5%
2016	2.96%	0.49%
2017	2.85%	0.46%
2018	2.74%	0.42%
2019	2.65%	0.39%
2020	2.55%	0.37%
2021	2.47%	0.36%
2022	2.39%	0.35%
2023	2.31%	0.34%