Fertility & birth rates in Canada and Lithuania

Fertility rate in Canada vs Lithuania chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Canada was 1.26 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.

Check Canada vs Lithuania population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Canada	Lithuania
1960	3.81	2.56
1961	3.75	2.53
1962	3.68	2.45
1963	3.61	2.35
1964	3.46	2.28
1965	3.12	2.23
1966	2.75	2.22
1967	2.53	2.23
1968	2.39	2.24
1969	2.33	2.3
1970	2.26	2.4
1971	2.14	2.41
1972	1.98	2.34
1973	1.89	2.22
1974	1.84	2.21
1975	1.82	2.18
1976	1.8	2.18
1977	1.78	2.14
1978	1.77	2.08
1979	1.75	2.05
1980	1.74	1.99
1981	1.7	1.98
1982	1.69	1.97
1983	1.68	2.1
1984	1.65	2.07
1985	1.67	2.08
1986	1.68	2.12
1987	1.68	2.11
1988	1.68	2.02
1989	1.77	1.98
1990	1.83	2.03
1991	1.72	2.01
1992	1.71	1.97
1993	1.69	1.74
1994	1.69	1.57
1995	1.67	1.55
1996	1.63	1.49
1997	1.57	1.47
1998	1.56	1.46
1999	1.55	1.46
2000	1.51	1.39
2001	1.54	1.29
2002	1.52	1.23
2003	1.55	1.26
2004	1.56	1.27
2005	1.58	1.29
2006	1.63	1.33
2007	1.67	1.36
2008	1.7	1.45
2009	1.69	1.5
2010	1.65	1.5
2011	1.63	1.55
2012	1.63	1.6
2013	1.61	1.59
2014	1.61	1.57
2015	1.6	1.63
2016	1.59	1.63
2017	1.55	1.57
2018	1.51	1.53
2019	1.47	1.43
2020	1.41	1.36
2021	1.44	1.36
2022	1.33	1.27
2023	1.26	1.18
2024	1.25	1.19
2025	1.24	1.2
2026	1.24	1.2
2027	1.23	1.21
2028	1.24	1.22
2029	1.23	1.22
2030	1.24	1.23
2031	1.24	1.23
2032	1.24	1.24
2033	1.25	1.25
2034	1.25	1.25
2035	1.25	1.26
2036	1.26	1.27
2037	1.26	1.27
2038	1.26	1.28
2039	1.27	1.28
2040	1.27	1.29
2041	1.27	1.29
2042	1.28	1.3
2043	1.28	1.3
2044	1.28	1.31
2045	1.28	1.31
2046	1.29	1.31
2047	1.29	1.32
2048	1.29	1.32
2049	1.3	1.33
2050	1.3	1.33

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Canada	Lithuania
1960	33.8%	27.1%
1961	33.9%	27.3%
1962	33.9%	27.4%
1963	33.9%	27.5%
1964	33.7%	27.4%
1965	33.3%	27.3%
1966	32.9%	27.3%
1967	32.3%	27.2%
1968	31.6%	27.2%
1969	31%	27.2%
1970	30.2%	27.1%
1971	29.3%	26.8%
1972	28.6%	26.6%
1973	27.8%	26.1%
1974	27%	25.6%
1975	26.2%	25.1%
1976	25.5%	24.6%
1977	24.7%	24.2%
1978	24%	23.8%
1979	23.4%	23.5%
1980	22.8%	23.3%
1981	22.3%	23.1%
1982	22%	22.9%
1983	21.8%	22.8%
1984	21.6%	22.8%
1985	21.3%	22.7%
1986	21.1%	22.7%
1987	20.9%	22.7%
1988	20.8%	22.6%
1989	20.8%	22.5%
1990	20.7%	22.6%
1991	20.7%	22.5%
1992	20.7%	22.4%
1993	20.7%	22.3%
1994	20.6%	22.1%
1995	20.4%	21.8%
1996	20.2%	21.5%
1997	20%	21.2%
1998	19.8%	20.9%
1999	19.5%	20.4%
2000	19.2%	20%
2001	18.9%	19.3%
2002	18.6%	18.6%
2003	18.3%	17.9%
2004	18%	17.4%
2005	17.7%	16.8%
2006	17.4%	16.3%
2007	17.1%	15.8%
2008	16.9%	15.3%
2009	16.7%	15%
2010	16.6%	14.9%
2011	16.4%	14.8%
2012	16.3%	14.7%
2013	16.3%	14.6%
2014	16.2%	14.6%
2015	16.2%	14.6%
2016	16.2%	14.7%
2017	16.2%	14.9%
2018	16.1%	15%
2019	16%	15.1%
2020	15.9%	15.1%
2021	15.7%	15.1%
2022	15.5%	15%
2023	15.3%	14.9%
2024	15.1%	14.7%
2025	15%	14.5%
2026	14.9%	14.3%
2027	14.7%	14.1%
2028	14.6%	13.9%
2029	14.5%	13.6%
2030	14.4%	13.3%
2031	14.3%	13%
2032	14.2%	12.7%
2033	14.1%	12.4%
2034	14%	12.1%
2035	13.9%	11.9%
2036	13.9%	11.7%
2037	13.8%	11.6%
2038	13.8%	11.5%
2039	13.7%	11.4%
2040	13.7%	11.4%
2041	13.6%	11.3%
2042	13.6%	11.3%
2043	13.6%	11.3%
2044	13.5%	11.2%
2045	13.5%	11.2%
2046	13.5%	11.3%
2047	13.5%	11.3%
2048	13.5%	11.3%
2049	13.5%	11.3%
2050	13.5%	11.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15.1% of the population in Canada and 14.7% in Lithuania in 2024, compared to 20.7% and 22.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Canada and Lithuania compared.

Natural population change in Canada vs Lithuania by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.22% in Canada 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
	Canada	Lithuania
1960	338,487	40,845
1961	334,360	40,376
1962	325,745	34,933
1963	318,595	33,918
1964	307,268	34,048
1965	269,589	30,309
1966	236,566	30,381
1967	220,450	29,226
1968	211,589	28,325
1969	216,588	27,345
1970	215,372	27,629
1971	208,640	28,930
1972	188,857	25,388
1973	184,432	22,712
1974	182,464	22,589
1975	196,718	20,470
1976	196,979	20,305
1977	199,297	19,124
1978	194,102	17,573
1979	203,293	16,989
1980	203,480	16,042
1981	206,005	16,478
1982	200,935	18,323
1983	202,931	20,911
1984	204,856	18,976
1985	204,153	19,140
1986	190,532	23,978
1987	190,416	22,422
1988	192,901	19,006
1989	207,304	17,316
1990	213,222	17,010
1991	207,477	14,817
1992	204,273	12,950
1993	186,451	1,473
1994	179,804	-4,023
1995	167,023	-3,992
1996	153,973	-3,962
1997	134,577	-3,218
1998	126,651	-3,904
1999	118,565	-3,877
2000	110,469	-4,549
2001	114,777	-9,024
2002	106,621	-11,362
2003	110,749	-10,929
2004	111,786	-11,482
2005	116,074	-14,287
2006	130,285	-15,041
2007	134,845	-15,510
2008	142,963	-12,153
2009	144,609	-9,805
2010	139,425	-11,460
2011	133,923	-10,901
2012	135,382	-11,060
2013	129,799	-12,733
2014	127,563	-10,868
2015	117,825	-11,935
2016	115,555	-11,509
2017	98,672	-12,224
2018	88,974	-12,686
2019	86,523	-13,212
2020	53,241	-19,953
2021	57,360	-24,433
2022	15,574	-20,671
2023	28,058	-16,368

Maternal mortality chart: Canada vs Lithuania

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 12 deaths per 100,000 live births in Canada, compared to 8 deaths in Lithuania.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Canada	Lithuania
1985	7	35
1986	7	30
1987	7	28
1988	7	28
1989	8	31
1990	7	29
1991	8	29
1992	8	28
1993	8	29
1994	8	31
1995	8	28
1996	9	25
1997	8	21
1998	9	19
1999	9	18
2000	9	16
2001	10	16
2002	10	14
2003	10	14
2004	10	12
2005	11	13
2006	11	14
2007	11	14
2008	12	13
2009	12	11
2010	11	10
2011	11	10
2012	11	10
2013	11	10
2014	12	9
2015	11	10
2016	12	9
2017	12	10
2018	13	9
2019	12	9
2020	17	8
2021	14	9
2022	15	9
2023	12	8

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.51% in Canada 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
	Canada	Lithuania
1960	3.26%	-
1961	3.15%	-
1962	3.05%	-
1963	2.94%	-
1964	2.82%	-
1965	2.71%	-
1966	2.6%	-
1967	2.5%	2.63%
1968	2.4%	2.63%
1969	2.3%	2.51%
1970	2.19%	2.29%
1971	2.09%	2.11%
1972	1.99%	2.08%
1973	1.89%	2.16%
1974	1.79%	2.24%
1975	1.7%	2.26%
1976	1.6%	2.25%
1977	1.51%	2.22%
1978	1.42%	2.18%
1979	1.33%	2.12%
1980	1.25%	2.05%
1981	1.18%	1.98%
1982	1.12%	1.92%
1983	1.06%	1.87%
1984	1.01%	1.82%
1985	0.98%	1.74%
1986	0.94%	1.64%
1987	0.91%	1.52%
1988	0.88%	1.42%
1989	0.85%	1.42%
1990	0.82%	1.52%
1991	0.8%	1.67%
1992	0.77%	1.78%
1993	0.74%	1.79%
1994	0.72%	1.69%
1995	0.69%	1.51%
1996	0.67%	1.34%
1997	0.65%	1.23%
1998	0.64%	1.16%
1999	0.63%	1.12%
2000	0.62%	1.07%
2001	0.62%	1.03%
2002	0.62%	0.99%
2003	0.62%	0.96%
2004	0.61%	0.93%
2005	0.61%	0.9%
2006	0.6%	0.86%
2007	0.6%	0.8%
2008	0.59%	0.74%
2009	0.58%	0.67%
2010	0.57%	0.6%
2011	0.56%	0.56%
2012	0.56%	0.53%
2013	0.55%	0.51%
2014	0.54%	0.51%
2015	0.54%	0.5%
2016	0.53%	0.49%
2017	0.52%	0.46%
2018	0.52%	0.42%
2019	0.51%	0.39%
2020	0.51%	0.37%
2021	0.51%	0.36%
2022	0.51%	0.35%
2023	0.51%	0.34%