Fertility & birth rates in Croatia and Mongolia

Fertility rate in Croatia vs Mongolia chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Croatia was 1.46 children per woman in 2023, compared to 2.7 in Mongolia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Croatia vs Mongolia population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Croatia	Mongolia
1960	2.24	6.82
1961	2.22	6.96
1962	2.19	7.1
1963	2.15	7.24
1964	2.14	7.33
1965	2.22	7.38
1966	2.23	7.41
1967	2.1	7.39
1968	2.03	7.37
1969	1.95	7.34
1970	1.88	7.31
1971	1.97	7.3
1972	2.01	7.28
1973	2.01	7.24
1974	1.98	7.17
1975	1.95	7.07
1976	1.94	6.93
1977	1.95	6.79
1978	1.96	6.62
1979	1.95	6.42
1980	1.93	6.21
1981	1.93	5.98
1982	1.9	5.8
1983	1.88	5.63
1984	1.87	5.45
1985	1.82	5.26
1986	1.76	5.03
1987	1.64	4.83
1988	1.79	4.65
1989	1.63	4.42
1990	1.63	4.5
1991	1.53	4
1992	1.48	3.5
1993	1.52	2.5
1994	1.47	2.7
1995	1.58	2.77
1996	1.67	2.5
1997	1.69	2.4
1998	1.45	2.3
1999	1.38	2.3
2000	1.39	2.2
2001	1.46	2.2
2002	1.42	2.1
2003	1.41	2
2004	1.43	2
2005	1.5	2
2006	1.47	2.1
2007	1.48	2.3
2008	1.47	2.6
2009	1.5	2.8
2010	1.46	2.4
2011	1.41	2.6
2012	1.52	2.7
2013	1.46	3
2014	1.46	3.1
2015	1.41	3
2016	1.43	3
2017	1.42	2.8
2018	1.47	2.9
2019	1.47	3
2020	1.48	2.9
2021	1.62	2.8
2022	1.53	2.7
2023	1.46	2.7
2024	1.46	2.65
2025	1.47	2.6
2026	1.46	2.55
2027	1.47	2.51
2028	1.47	2.47
2029	1.47	2.44
2030	1.47	2.4
2031	1.48	2.37
2032	1.48	2.34
2033	1.48	2.31
2034	1.48	2.29
2035	1.49	2.26
2036	1.49	2.23
2037	1.49	2.21
2038	1.49	2.19
2039	1.49	2.17
2040	1.49	2.15
2041	1.5	2.13
2042	1.5	2.11
2043	1.5	2.09
2044	1.5	2.08
2045	1.5	2.06
2046	1.51	2.05
2047	1.51	2.04
2048	1.51	2.02
2049	1.51	2.01
2050	1.51	2

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Croatia	Mongolia
1960	27%	38.1%
1961	26.9%	38.8%
1962	26.8%	39.6%
1963	26.5%	40.4%
1964	26.1%	41.4%
1965	25.7%	42.4%
1966	25.2%	43.3%
1967	24.8%	44.2%
1968	24.3%	44.9%
1969	23.7%	45.4%
1970	23.2%	45.6%
1971	22.8%	45.8%
1972	22.4%	45.8%
1973	22.2%	45.8%
1974	22%	45.6%
1975	21.8%	45.4%
1976	21.6%	45.2%
1977	21.4%	44.8%
1978	21.3%	44.5%
1979	21.2%	44.1%
1980	21.1%	43.7%
1981	21%	43.3%
1982	21%	43%
1983	20.9%	42.7%
1984	20.9%	42.5%
1985	20.8%	42.3%
1986	20.7%	42.1%
1987	20.5%	42%
1988	20.3%	41.8%
1989	20.1%	41.7%
1990	19.8%	41.4%
1991	19.5%	41%
1992	19.2%	40.5%
1993	18.8%	40%
1994	18.4%	39.5%
1995	18%	39%
1996	17.7%	38.4%
1997	17.5%	37.8%
1998	17.3%	37%
1999	17.1%	36.2%
2000	16.9%	35.2%
2001	16.7%	34.1%
2002	16.5%	32.9%
2003	16.3%	31.8%
2004	16%	30.8%
2005	15.8%	29.9%
2006	15.7%	29.1%
2007	15.5%	28.5%
2008	15.4%	28.1%
2009	15.4%	27.9%
2010	15.3%	27.9%
2011	15.1%	28%
2012	15%	28.1%
2013	14.8%	28.5%
2014	14.7%	28.9%
2015	14.6%	29.5%
2016	14.6%	30.2%
2017	14.6%	30.9%
2018	14.6%	31.6%
2019	14.5%	32.3%
2020	14.5%	32.8%
2021	14.4%	32.9%
2022	14.3%	32.9%
2023	14.1%	32.6%
2024	13.9%	32.2%
2025	13.7%	31.6%
2026	13.5%	30.9%
2027	13.3%	30.1%
2028	13.2%	29.2%
2029	13.1%	28.2%
2030	13%	27.3%
2031	12.9%	26.3%
2032	12.8%	25.6%
2033	12.8%	24.9%
2034	12.7%	24.3%
2035	12.7%	23.8%
2036	12.6%	23.4%
2037	12.6%	23.1%
2038	12.6%	23%
2039	12.6%	22.9%
2040	12.6%	22.8%
2041	12.6%	22.9%
2042	12.6%	22.9%
2043	12.7%	23%
2044	12.7%	23.1%
2045	12.7%	23.2%
2046	12.7%	23.3%
2047	12.8%	23.4%
2048	12.8%	23.4%
2049	12.8%	23.4%
2050	12.7%	23.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 13.9% of the population in Croatia and 32.2% in Mongolia in 2024, compared to 19.8% and 41.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Croatia and Mongolia compared.

Natural population change in Croatia vs Mongolia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.45% in Croatia and +1.81% in Mongolia. 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
	Croatia	Mongolia
1960	34,778	20,726
1961	36,255	21,873
1962	30,216	22,960
1963	31,270	24,142
1964	25,942	25,317
1965	31,251	26,364
1966	33,192	27,338
1967	26,032	28,178
1968	21,828	29,017
1969	16,688	29,781
1970	16,767	30,558
1971	19,941	31,536
1972	17,802	32,727
1973	21,904	33,993
1974	22,453	35,297
1975	21,658	36,490
1976	22,226	37,670
1977	22,798	38,995
1978	20,157	40,276
1979	21,136	41,568
1980	17,939	42,343
1981	15,680	43,588
1982	15,756	45,179
1983	10,714	46,919
1984	10,764	48,562
1985	10,343	49,944
1986	8,499	50,329
1987	6,161	51,140
1988	5,707	51,588
1989	3,337	51,420
1990	3,344	49,443
1991	-2,813	47,884
1992	-4,576	42,437
1993	-2,301	36,924
1994	-930	34,711
1995	0	34,473
1996	3,190	33,741
1997	3,175	32,403
1998	-4,985	31,757
1999	-6,769	32,283
2000	-6,255	32,753
2001	-8,599	32,052
2002	-10,325	30,439
2003	-12,480	28,827
2004	-9,040	28,418
2005	-9,022	29,290
2006	-8,669	33,609
2007	-10,335	39,636
2008	-8,188	45,843
2009	-7,319	48,876
2010	-8,591	44,914
2011	-9,846	50,711
2012	-9,799	55,942
2013	-10,162	62,618
2014	-11,345	66,078
2015	-16,607	64,473
2016	-13,553	62,086
2017	-16,570	57,940
2018	-15,557	60,635
2019	-15,008	61,433
2020	-20,354	60,888
2021	-26,377	52,109
2022	-23,134	47,730
2023	-19,298	46,995

Maternal mortality chart: Croatia vs Mongolia

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 3 deaths per 100,000 live births in Croatia, compared to 41 deaths in Mongolia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Croatia	Mongolia
1985	10	352
1986	10	346
1987	10	341
1988	10	335
1989	9	311
1990	10	276
1991	10	227
1992	10	199
1993	9	181
1994	9	178
1995	9	176
1996	9	178
1997	9	180
1998	8	174
1999	8	162
2000	8	144
2001	7	130
2002	7	120
2003	8	114
2004	7	108
2005	7	99
2006	6	90
2007	6	81
2008	6	77
2009	6	75
2010	6	71
2011	5	67
2012	5	63
2013	5	59
2014	4	56
2015	4	52
2016	4	48
2017	4	45
2018	3	45
2019	4	45
2020	5	47
2021	12	63
2022	6	41
2023	3	41

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.46% in Croatia and 1.36% in Mongolia. 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
	Croatia	Mongolia
1978	-	17.3%
1979	-	16.7%
1980	-	16.1%
1981	2.19%	15.5%
1982	2.09%	15%
1983	2%	14.4%
1984	1.91%	13.9%
1985	1.8%	13.4%
1986	1.69%	12.8%
1987	1.59%	12.2%
1988	1.48%	11.7%
1989	1.38%	11.1%
1990	1.29%	10.7%
1991	1.39%	10.2%
1992	1.15%	9.78%
1993	1.09%	9.39%
1994	1.04%	9%
1995	1%	8.6%
1996	0.96%	8.19%
1997	0.93%	7.74%
1998	0.9%	7.27%
1999	0.86%	6.78%
2000	0.83%	6.29%
2001	0.8%	5.8%
2002	0.77%	5.32%
2003	0.82%	4.87%
2004	0.71%	4.45%
2005	0.67%	4.07%
2006	0.64%	3.71%
2007	0.61%	3.39%
2008	0.59%	3.11%
2009	0.57%	2.85%
2010	0.55%	2.63%
2011	0.53%	2.44%
2012	0.52%	2.28%
2013	0.51%	2.15%
2014	0.5%	2.04%
2015	0.49%	1.94%
2016	0.49%	1.84%
2017	0.48%	1.74%
2018	0.48%	1.64%
2019	0.47%	1.56%
2020	0.47%	1.48%
2021	0.46%	1.43%
2022	0.46%	1.39%
2023	0.46%	1.36%