Fertility & birth rates in Cyprus and Lithuania

Fertility rate in Cyprus vs Lithuania chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Cyprus was 1.39 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
	Cyprus	Lithuania
1960	3.39	2.56
1961	3.62	2.53
1962	3.51	2.45
1963	3.49	2.35
1964	3.41	2.28
1965	3.47	2.23
1966	3.4	2.22
1967	3.32	2.23
1968	3.27	2.24
1969	3.19	2.3
1970	3.07	2.4
1971	3.04	2.41
1972	2.99	2.34
1973	2.4	2.22
1974	2.28	2.21
1975	2.11	2.18
1976	2.33	2.18
1977	2.09	2.14
1978	2.08	2.08
1979	2.14	2.05
1980	2.3	1.99
1981	2.15	1.98
1982	2.49	1.97
1983	2.49	2.1
1984	2.51	2.07
1985	2.43	2.08
1986	2.45	2.12
1987	2.39	2.11
1988	2.47	2.02
1989	2.37	1.98
1990	2.4	2.03
1991	2.34	2.01
1992	2.46	1.97
1993	2.25	1.74
1994	2.16	1.57
1995	2.03	1.55
1996	1.95	1.49
1997	1.86	1.47
1998	1.76	1.46
1999	1.67	1.46
2000	1.64	1.39
2001	1.57	1.29
2002	1.5	1.23
2003	1.51	1.26
2004	1.51	1.27
2005	1.48	1.29
2006	1.51	1.33
2007	1.45	1.36
2008	1.48	1.45
2009	1.48	1.5
2010	1.43	1.5
2011	1.36	1.55
2012	1.38	1.6
2013	1.3	1.59
2014	1.31	1.57
2015	1.32	1.63
2016	1.36	1.63
2017	1.32	1.57
2018	1.32	1.53
2019	1.33	1.43
2020	1.36	1.36
2021	1.39	1.36
2022	1.39	1.27
2023	1.39	1.18
2024	1.38	1.19
2025	1.37	1.2
2026	1.37	1.2
2027	1.36	1.21
2028	1.36	1.22
2029	1.36	1.22
2030	1.37	1.23
2031	1.37	1.23
2032	1.37	1.24
2033	1.37	1.25
2034	1.37	1.25
2035	1.38	1.26
2036	1.38	1.27
2037	1.38	1.27
2038	1.38	1.28
2039	1.39	1.28
2040	1.39	1.29
2041	1.39	1.29
2042	1.39	1.3
2043	1.4	1.3
2044	1.4	1.31
2045	1.4	1.31
2046	1.41	1.31
2047	1.41	1.32
2048	1.42	1.32
2049	1.42	1.33
2050	1.42	1.33

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Cyprus	Lithuania
1960	36.5%	27.1%
1961	36.4%	27.3%
1962	35.8%	27.4%
1963	35.1%	27.5%
1964	34.5%	27.4%
1965	34%	27.3%
1966	33.5%	27.3%
1967	33%	27.2%
1968	32.6%	27.2%
1969	32.1%	27.2%
1970	31.7%	27.1%
1971	31.2%	26.8%
1972	30.8%	26.6%
1973	30.3%	26.1%
1974	30%	25.6%
1975	29.6%	25.1%
1976	28.8%	24.6%
1977	27.9%	24.2%
1978	27%	23.8%
1979	26.2%	23.5%
1980	25.5%	23.3%
1981	25%	23.1%
1982	24.8%	22.9%
1983	24.9%	22.8%
1984	25.1%	22.8%
1985	25.2%	22.7%
1986	25.2%	22.7%
1987	25.2%	22.7%
1988	25.1%	22.6%
1989	25%	22.5%
1990	24.8%	22.6%
1991	24.7%	22.5%
1992	24.6%	22.4%
1993	24.6%	22.3%
1994	24.7%	22.1%
1995	24.6%	21.8%
1996	24.3%	21.5%
1997	23.9%	21.2%
1998	23.4%	20.9%
1999	22.9%	20.4%
2000	22.3%	20%
2001	21.7%	19.3%
2002	21.3%	18.6%
2003	21%	17.9%
2004	20.5%	17.4%
2005	19.9%	16.8%
2006	19.3%	16.3%
2007	18.7%	15.8%
2008	18%	15.3%
2009	17.5%	15%
2010	17%	14.9%
2011	16.6%	14.8%
2012	16.4%	14.7%
2013	16.2%	14.6%
2014	16.1%	14.6%
2015	16%	14.6%
2016	15.9%	14.7%
2017	15.9%	14.9%
2018	15.9%	15%
2019	15.9%	15.1%
2020	15.9%	15.1%
2021	16%	15.1%
2022	16%	15%
2023	16.1%	14.9%
2024	16.1%	14.7%
2025	16.1%	14.5%
2026	16%	14.3%
2027	16%	14.1%
2028	15.9%	13.9%
2029	15.8%	13.6%
2030	15.6%	13.3%
2031	15.4%	13%
2032	15.2%	12.7%
2033	15%	12.4%
2034	14.8%	12.1%
2035	14.6%	11.9%
2036	14.3%	11.7%
2037	14%	11.6%
2038	13.8%	11.5%
2039	13.5%	11.4%
2040	13.3%	11.4%
2041	13.1%	11.3%
2042	12.9%	11.3%
2043	12.7%	11.3%
2044	12.6%	11.2%
2045	12.5%	11.2%
2046	12.4%	11.3%
2047	12.4%	11.3%
2048	12.4%	11.3%
2049	12.3%	11.3%
2050	12.3%	11.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 16.1% of the population in Cyprus and 14.7% in Lithuania in 2024, compared to 24.8% and 22.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Cyprus and Lithuania compared.

Natural population change in Cyprus vs Lithuania by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.45% in Cyprus 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
	Cyprus	Lithuania
1960	8,385	40,845
1961	9,584	40,376
1962	9,455	34,933
1963	8,568	33,918
1964	8,322	34,048
1965	9,643	30,309
1966	9,478	30,381
1967	9,313	29,226
1968	9,153	28,325
1969	8,857	27,345
1970	8,412	27,629
1971	8,398	28,930
1972	8,244	25,388
1973	5,405	22,712
1974	321	22,589
1975	5,023	20,470
1976	6,546	20,305
1977	5,607	19,124
1978	5,949	17,573
1979	6,620	16,989
1980	7,954	16,042
1981	7,135	16,478
1982	9,282	18,323
1983	9,318	20,911
1984	9,516	18,976
1985	9,242	19,140
1986	9,412	23,978
1987	9,114	22,422
1988	9,595	19,006
1989	9,156	17,316
1990	9,417	17,010
1991	9,102	14,817
1992	9,844	12,950
1993	8,463	1,473
1994	7,973	-4,023
1995	7,226	-3,992
1996	6,911	-3,962
1997	6,444	-3,218
1998	5,879	-3,904
1999	5,524	-3,877
2000	5,570	-4,549
2001	5,308	-9,024
2002	5,225	-11,362
2003	5,484	-10,929
2004	5,705	-11,482
2005	5,646	-14,287
2006	6,166	-15,041
2007	5,983	-15,510
2008	6,429	-12,153
2009	6,820	-9,805
2010	6,723	-11,460
2011	6,271	-10,901
2012	6,726	-11,060
2013	6,116	-12,733
2014	6,193	-10,868
2015	6,340	-11,935
2016	6,643	-11,509
2017	6,082	-12,224
2018	5,905	-12,686
2019	5,679	-13,212
2020	5,826	-19,953
2021	5,305	-24,433
2022	4,466	-20,671
2023	5,025	-16,368

Maternal mortality chart: Cyprus vs Lithuania

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 14 deaths per 100,000 live births in Cyprus, compared to 8 deaths in Lithuania.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Cyprus	Lithuania
1985	19	35
1986	18	30
1987	17	28
1988	17	28
1989	16	31
1990	15	29
1991	15	29
1992	15	28
1993	15	29
1994	15	31
1995	14	28
1996	14	25
1997	13	21
1998	13	19
1999	12	18
2000	12	16
2001	11	16
2002	11	14
2003	10	14
2004	10	12
2005	10	13
2006	10	14
2007	10	14
2008	10	13
2009	10	11
2010	10	10
2011	10	10
2012	10	10
2013	10	10
2014	11	9
2015	11	10
2016	12	9
2017	12	10
2018	13	9
2019	13	9
2020	87	8
2021	98	9
2022	53	9
2023	14	8

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.35% in Cyprus 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
	Cyprus	Lithuania
1967	-	2.63%
1968	-	2.63%
1969	-	2.51%
1970	-	2.29%
1971	3.81%	2.11%
1972	3.72%	2.08%
1973	3.63%	2.16%
1974	3.53%	2.24%
1975	3.37%	2.26%
1976	3.16%	2.25%
1977	2.91%	2.22%
1978	2.65%	2.18%
1979	2.39%	2.12%
1980	2.16%	2.05%
1981	1.96%	1.98%
1982	1.78%	1.92%
1983	1.61%	1.87%
1984	1.45%	1.82%
1985	1.33%	1.74%
1986	1.23%	1.64%
1987	1.16%	1.52%
1988	1.13%	1.42%
1989	1.12%	1.42%
1990	1.11%	1.52%
1991	1.09%	1.67%
1992	1.06%	1.78%
1993	1.02%	1.79%
1994	0.97%	1.69%
1995	0.91%	1.51%
1996	0.86%	1.34%
1997	0.81%	1.23%
1998	0.76%	1.16%
1999	0.71%	1.12%
2000	0.66%	1.07%
2001	0.62%	1.03%
2002	0.58%	0.99%
2003	0.54%	0.96%
2004	0.5%	0.93%
2005	0.46%	0.9%
2006	0.42%	0.86%
2007	0.39%	0.8%
2008	0.37%	0.74%
2009	0.35%	0.67%
2010	0.33%	0.6%
2011	0.32%	0.56%
2012	0.3%	0.53%
2013	0.3%	0.51%
2014	0.29%	0.51%
2015	0.29%	0.5%
2016	0.29%	0.49%
2017	0.3%	0.46%
2018	0.3%	0.42%
2019	0.31%	0.39%
2020	0.32%	0.37%
2021	0.34%	0.36%
2022	0.35%	0.35%
2023	0.35%	0.34%