Fertility & birth rates in Bulgaria and Hungary

Fertility rate in Bulgaria vs Hungary chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Bulgaria was 1.81 children per woman in 2023, compared to 1.51 in Hungary 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
	Bulgaria	Hungary
1960	2.31	2.02
1961	2.29	1.94
1962	2.24	1.79
1963	2.21	1.82
1964	2.19	1.82
1965	2.09	1.82
1966	2.03	1.89
1967	2.02	2.01
1968	2.27	2.06
1969	2.27	2.04
1970	2.17	1.98
1971	2.1	1.93
1972	2.03	1.93
1973	2.15	1.93
1974	2.29	2.27
1975	2.23	2.35
1976	2.24	2.23
1977	2.21	2.15
1978	2.15	2.06
1979	2.16	2.01
1980	2.05	1.91
1981	2	1.88
1982	2.01	1.8
1983	2.01	1.75
1984	2.01	1.75
1985	1.97	1.85
1986	2.02	1.84
1987	1.96	1.82
1988	1.97	1.81
1989	1.9	1.82
1990	1.82	1.87
1991	1.66	1.87
1992	1.55	1.77
1993	1.46	1.68
1994	1.37	1.64
1995	1.23	1.57
1996	1.23	1.46
1997	1.09	1.37
1998	1.11	1.32
1999	1.23	1.28
2000	1.26	1.32
2001	1.21	1.31
2002	1.23	1.3
2003	1.26	1.27
2004	1.33	1.28
2005	1.37	1.31
2006	1.44	1.34
2007	1.49	1.32
2008	1.56	1.35
2009	1.66	1.32
2010	1.57	1.25
2011	1.51	1.23
2012	1.5	1.34
2013	1.54	1.35
2014	1.62	1.44
2015	1.64	1.45
2016	1.67	1.53
2017	1.71	1.54
2018	1.73	1.55
2019	1.79	1.55
2020	1.77	1.59
2021	1.8	1.61
2022	1.78	1.56
2023	1.81	1.51
2024	1.81	1.51
2025	1.8	1.52
2026	1.8	1.52
2027	1.8	1.53
2028	1.8	1.53
2029	1.79	1.53
2030	1.79	1.54
2031	1.79	1.54
2032	1.79	1.54
2033	1.79	1.54
2034	1.79	1.55
2035	1.78	1.55
2036	1.78	1.55
2037	1.78	1.55
2038	1.77	1.56
2039	1.77	1.56
2040	1.77	1.56
2041	1.77	1.56
2042	1.77	1.56
2043	1.76	1.57
2044	1.76	1.57
2045	1.76	1.57
2046	1.76	1.57
2047	1.76	1.57
2048	1.76	1.57
2049	1.76	1.57
2050	1.76	1.58

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Bulgaria	Hungary
1960	26.1%	25.3%
1961	25.8%	25.1%
1962	25.4%	24.8%
1963	25.1%	24.3%
1964	24.7%	23.8%
1965	24.2%	23.3%
1966	23.8%	22.8%
1967	23.4%	22.4%
1968	23.2%	22%
1969	23%	21.4%
1970	22.8%	20.8%
1971	22.6%	20.4%
1972	22.4%	20.1%
1973	22.3%	20%
1974	22.2%	20.1%
1975	22.3%	20.4%
1976	22.3%	20.8%
1977	22.2%	21.1%
1978	22.2%	21.5%
1979	22.1%	21.8%
1980	22.1%	21.9%
1981	22.1%	22.1%
1982	22.1%	22.1%
1983	22%	22%
1984	21.8%	21.8%
1985	21.6%	21.6%
1986	21.4%	21.5%
1987	21.3%	21.4%
1988	21.1%	21.2%
1989	20.8%	20.8%
1990	20.3%	20.2%
1991	19.8%	19.7%
1992	19.3%	19.2%
1993	18.8%	18.8%
1994	18.3%	18.5%
1995	17.9%	18.2%
1996	17.4%	17.9%
1997	17%	17.6%
1998	16.5%	17.4%
1999	16.1%	17.1%
2000	15.7%	16.8%
2001	15.2%	16.5%
2002	14.8%	16.2%
2003	14.4%	16%
2004	14%	15.8%
2005	13.7%	15.6%
2006	13.5%	15.3%
2007	13.4%	15.1%
2008	13.3%	15%
2009	13.4%	14.8%
2010	13.5%	14.7%
2011	13.5%	14.6%
2012	13.6%	14.5%
2013	13.7%	14.4%
2014	13.8%	14.5%
2015	13.9%	14.5%
2016	14%	14.5%
2017	14.2%	14.5%
2018	14.3%	14.5%
2019	14.4%	14.5%
2020	14.4%	14.6%
2021	14.5%	14.6%
2022	14.5%	14.6%
2023	14.5%	14.5%
2024	14.5%	14.4%
2025	14.4%	14.4%
2026	14.3%	14.3%
2027	14.3%	14.3%
2028	14.2%	14.3%
2029	14.1%	14.2%
2030	14%	14.2%
2031	14%	14.1%
2032	13.9%	14%
2033	13.8%	13.9%
2034	13.8%	13.8%
2035	13.7%	13.7%
2036	13.7%	13.6%
2037	13.7%	13.5%
2038	13.6%	13.4%
2039	13.6%	13.4%
2040	13.6%	13.4%
2041	13.6%	13.5%
2042	13.6%	13.5%
2043	13.6%	13.5%
2044	13.6%	13.5%
2045	13.6%	13.6%
2046	13.7%	13.6%
2047	13.7%	13.7%
2048	13.7%	13.7%
2049	13.8%	13.8%
2050	13.8%	13.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 14.5% of the population in Bulgaria and 14.4% in Hungary in 2024, compared to 20.3% and 20.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Bulgaria and Hungary compared.

Natural population change in Bulgaria vs Hungary by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.79% in Bulgaria and -0.43% in Hungary. 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
	Bulgaria	Hungary
1960	76,314	44,926
1961	75,460	44,123
1962	64,104	21,128
1963	66,241	32,282
1964	66,783	31,371
1965	58,249	24,355
1966	54,504	36,643
1967	49,861	39,845
1968	69,468	39,997
1969	63,256	38,105
1970	61,125	32,048
1971	52,925	26,956
1972	47,169	34,315
1973	57,760	33,382
1974	64,223	60,777
1975	54,941	63,243
1976	56,055	52,993
1977	47,543	45,787
1978	44,070	27,780
1979	40,599	23,549
1980	30,129	3,213
1981	29,341	-2,142
1982	24,077	-10,705
1983	21,455	-21,379
1984	20,610	-21,336
1985	11,649	-18,103
1986	16,125	-18,072
1987	8,971	-15,919
1988	9,879	-15,895
1989	5,326	-20,963
1990	-3,487	-19,710
1991	-14,675	-17,635
1992	-18,789	-26,960
1993	-24,569	-33,144
1994	-32,086	-31,030
1995	-42,030	-34,086
1996	-45,159	-38,152
1997	-58,185	-38,075
1998	-52,844	-43,120
1999	-39,411	-49,140
2000	-41,668	-37,780
2001	-44,050	-35,657
2002	-46,240	-36,571
2003	-44,319	-41,531
2004	-40,128	-37,396
2005	-42,124	-38,331
2006	-39,526	-32,228
2007	-37,727	-35,195
2008	-32,967	-31,118
2009	-26,800	-34,077
2010	-34,759	-40,000
2011	-37,477	-40,884
2012	-40,183	-38,689
2013	-37,948	-36,529
2014	-41,027	-32,449
2015	-44,699	-39,191
2016	-42,744	-31,231
2017	-45,583	-37,934
2018	-46,304	-37,858
2019	-46,317	-36,840
2020	-65,507	-47,385
2021	-90,452	-61,638
2022	-62,065	-47,065
2023	-43,837	-41,247

Maternal mortality chart: Bulgaria vs Hungary

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 6 deaths per 100,000 live births in Bulgaria, compared to 12 deaths in Hungary.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Bulgaria	Hungary
1985	26	26
1986	25	26
1987	25	24
1988	26	24
1989	25	25
1990	27	25
1991	25	24
1992	25	24
1993	23	23
1994	25	21
1995	23	19
1996	22	17
1997	23	16
1998	20	15
1999	20	15
2000	19	14
2001	17	13
2002	15	13
2003	14	13
2004	14	12
2005	13	13
2006	12	12
2007	11	13
2008	10	13
2009	9	13
2010	9	13
2011	8	14
2012	7	13
2013	7	13
2014	7	13
2015	7	13
2016	7	13
2017	7	14
2018	7	14
2019	6	13
2020	9	18
2021	9	30
2022	10	14
2023	6	12

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.61% in Bulgaria and 0.38% in Hungary. 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
	Bulgaria	Hungary
1960	5.47%	5.41%
1961	4.89%	5.16%
1962	4.43%	4.94%
1963	4.08%	4.75%
1964	3.86%	4.59%
1965	3.75%	4.45%
1966	3.7%	4.32%
1967	3.64%	4.2%
1968	3.54%	4.08%
1969	3.4%	3.98%
1970	3.25%	3.89%
1971	3.11%	3.83%
1972	3.01%	3.82%
1973	2.95%	3.83%
1974	2.91%	3.77%
1975	2.86%	3.55%
1976	2.8%	3.23%
1977	2.72%	2.93%
1978	2.6%	2.7%
1979	2.49%	2.52%
1980	2.38%	2.37%
1981	2.3%	2.26%
1982	2.22%	2.2%
1983	2.15%	2.2%
1984	2.07%	2.2%
1985	1.97%	2.15%
1986	1.87%	2.07%
1987	1.8%	1.97%
1988	1.78%	1.87%
1989	1.79%	1.78%
1990	1.83%	1.72%
1991	1.89%	1.65%
1992	1.92%	1.57%
1993	1.92%	1.45%
1994	1.91%	1.34%
1995	1.92%	1.25%
1996	1.94%	1.19%
1997	1.93%	1.15%
1998	1.89%	1.11%
1999	1.82%	1.06%
2000	1.75%	1.01%
2001	1.68%	0.95%
2002	1.6%	0.9%
2003	1.51%	0.84%
2004	1.42%	0.8%
2005	1.33%	0.75%
2006	1.24%	0.72%
2007	1.18%	0.68%
2008	1.14%	0.65%
2009	1.12%	0.62%
2010	1.08%	0.6%
2011	1.04%	0.59%
2012	0.99%	0.57%
2013	0.93%	0.56%
2014	0.87%	0.53%
2015	0.82%	0.51%
2016	0.77%	0.47%
2017	0.73%	0.45%
2018	0.7%	0.43%
2019	0.67%	0.41%
2020	0.65%	0.4%
2021	0.63%	0.4%
2022	0.62%	0.39%
2023	0.61%	0.38%