Fertility & birth rates in Czech Republic and Lithuania

Fertility rate in Czech Republic vs Lithuania chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in the Czech Republic was 1.45 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 the Czech Republic 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
	Czech Republic	Lithuania
1960	2.09	2.56
1961	2.11	2.53
1962	2.12	2.45
1963	2.31	2.35
1964	2.34	2.28
1965	2.18	2.23
1966	2.02	2.22
1967	1.91	2.23
1968	1.84	2.24
1969	1.87	2.3
1970	1.92	2.4
1971	2	2.41
1972	2.09	2.34
1973	2.31	2.22
1974	2.46	2.21
1975	2.43	2.18
1976	2.39	2.18
1977	2.34	2.14
1978	2.33	2.08
1979	2.27	2.05
1980	2.08	1.99
1981	2	1.98
1982	2	1.97
1983	1.97	2.1
1984	1.97	2.07
1985	1.95	2.08
1986	1.92	2.12
1987	1.91	2.11
1988	1.94	2.02
1989	1.87	1.98
1990	1.9	2.03
1991	1.86	2.01
1992	1.71	1.97
1993	1.67	1.74
1994	1.44	1.57
1995	1.28	1.55
1996	1.18	1.49
1997	1.17	1.47
1998	1.16	1.46
1999	1.13	1.46
2000	1.15	1.39
2001	1.15	1.29
2002	1.17	1.23
2003	1.18	1.26
2004	1.23	1.27
2005	1.29	1.29
2006	1.34	1.33
2007	1.45	1.36
2008	1.51	1.45
2009	1.51	1.5
2010	1.51	1.5
2011	1.43	1.55
2012	1.45	1.6
2013	1.46	1.59
2014	1.53	1.57
2015	1.57	1.63
2016	1.63	1.63
2017	1.69	1.57
2018	1.71	1.53
2019	1.71	1.43
2020	1.74	1.36
2021	1.83	1.36
2022	1.64	1.27
2023	1.45	1.18
2024	1.46	1.19
2025	1.47	1.2
2026	1.48	1.2
2027	1.48	1.21
2028	1.49	1.22
2029	1.49	1.22
2030	1.5	1.23
2031	1.51	1.23
2032	1.51	1.24
2033	1.52	1.25
2034	1.52	1.25
2035	1.53	1.26
2036	1.53	1.27
2037	1.54	1.27
2038	1.54	1.28
2039	1.54	1.28
2040	1.55	1.29
2041	1.55	1.29
2042	1.55	1.3
2043	1.55	1.3
2044	1.56	1.31
2045	1.56	1.31
2046	1.56	1.31
2047	1.56	1.32
2048	1.56	1.32
2049	1.57	1.33
2050	1.57	1.33

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Czech Republic	Lithuania
1960	25.6%	27.1%
1961	25.1%	27.3%
1962	24.5%	27.4%
1963	23.9%	27.5%
1964	23.5%	27.4%
1965	23.2%	27.3%
1966	22.7%	27.3%
1967	22.3%	27.2%
1968	21.9%	27.2%
1969	21.6%	27.2%
1970	21.3%	27.1%
1971	21.1%	26.8%
1972	21.1%	26.6%
1973	21.2%	26.1%
1974	21.6%	25.6%
1975	22.1%	25.1%
1976	22.6%	24.6%
1977	22.9%	24.2%
1978	23.2%	23.8%
1979	23.4%	23.5%
1980	23.4%	23.3%
1981	23.5%	23.1%
1982	23.5%	22.9%
1983	23.5%	22.8%
1984	23.5%	22.8%
1985	23.4%	22.7%
1986	23.2%	22.7%
1987	23%	22.7%
1988	22.6%	22.6%
1989	22%	22.5%
1990	21.4%	22.6%
1991	20.9%	22.5%
1992	20.3%	22.4%
1993	19.8%	22.3%
1994	19.2%	22.1%
1995	18.7%	21.8%
1996	18.2%	21.5%
1997	17.7%	21.2%
1998	17.3%	20.9%
1999	16.9%	20.4%
2000	16.5%	20%
2001	16.1%	19.3%
2002	15.7%	18.6%
2003	15.3%	17.9%
2004	15%	17.4%
2005	14.7%	16.8%
2006	14.4%	16.3%
2007	14.3%	15.8%
2008	14.2%	15.3%
2009	14.2%	15%
2010	14.4%	14.9%
2011	14.6%	14.8%
2012	14.8%	14.7%
2013	14.9%	14.6%
2014	15.1%	14.6%
2015	15.3%	14.6%
2016	15.4%	14.7%
2017	15.6%	14.9%
2018	15.8%	15%
2019	15.9%	15.1%
2020	16%	15.1%
2021	16.1%	15.1%
2022	15.9%	15%
2023	15.7%	14.9%
2024	15.4%	14.7%
2025	15.1%	14.5%
2026	14.8%	14.3%
2027	14.6%	14.1%
2028	14.4%	13.9%
2029	14.2%	13.6%
2030	14%	13.3%
2031	13.8%	13%
2032	13.5%	12.7%
2033	13.3%	12.4%
2034	13%	12.1%
2035	12.9%	11.9%
2036	12.7%	11.7%
2037	12.5%	11.6%
2038	12.5%	11.5%
2039	12.6%	11.4%
2040	12.7%	11.4%
2041	12.8%	11.3%
2042	12.9%	11.3%
2043	13.1%	11.3%
2044	13.2%	11.2%
2045	13.4%	11.2%
2046	13.5%	11.3%
2047	13.7%	11.3%
2048	13.8%	11.3%
2049	13.9%	11.3%
2050	14%	11.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15.4% of the population in the Czech Republic and 14.7% in Lithuania in 2024, compared to 21.4% and 22.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Czech Republic and Lithuania compared.

Natural population change in Czech Republic vs Lithuania by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.07% in the Czech Republic 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
	Czech Republic	Lithuania
1960	34,567	40,845
1961	36,430	40,376
1962	29,836	34,933
1963	48,353	33,918
1964	52,531	34,048
1965	43,029	30,309
1966	35,355	30,381
1967	29,558	29,226
1968	21,728	28,325
1969	22,762	27,345
1970	24,646	27,629
1971	31,445	28,930
1972	44,404	25,388
1973	57,549	22,712
1974	66,923	22,589
1975	67,393	20,470
1976	61,768	20,305
1977	55,009	19,124
1978	52,234	17,573
1979	44,257	16,989
1980	17,517	16,042
1981	13,391	16,478
1982	10,315	18,323
1983	3,097	20,911
1984	5,165	18,976
1985	4,135	19,140
1986	1,034	23,978
1987	4,138	22,422
1988	7,249	19,006
1989	1,036	17,316
1990	1,034	17,010
1991	4,124	14,817
1992	1,032	12,950
1993	3,099	1,473
1994	-11,367	-4,023
1995	-21,687	-3,992
1996	-21,662	-3,962
1997	-21,639	-3,218
1998	-18,530	-3,904
1999	-20,568	-3,877
2000	-17,433	-4,549
2001	-16,347	-9,024
2002	-15,296	-11,362
2003	-17,330	-10,929
2004	-9,177	-11,482
2005	-6,126	-14,287
2006	1,024	-15,041
2007	9,268	-15,510
2008	14,538	-12,153
2009	10,444	-9,805
2010	10,475	-11,460
2011	2,099	-10,901
2012	0	-11,060
2013	-2,103	-12,733
2014	4,210	-10,868
2015	0	-11,935
2016	5,283	-11,509
2017	3,178	-12,224
2018	1,063	-12,686
2019	0	-13,212
2020	-19,257	-19,953
2021	-28,365	-24,433
2022	-19,209	-20,671
2023	-21,729	-16,368

Maternal mortality chart: Czech Republic vs Lithuania

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 the Czech Republic, compared to 8 deaths in Lithuania.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Czech Republic	Lithuania
1985	15	35
1986	17	30
1987	15	28
1988	16	28
1989	15	31
1990	15	29
1991	15	29
1992	13	28
1993	12	29
1994	11	31
1995	10	28
1996	8	25
1997	8	21
1998	7	19
1999	7	18
2000	7	16
2001	6	16
2002	6	14
2003	6	14
2004	5	12
2005	5	13
2006	5	14
2007	4	14
2008	4	13
2009	4	11
2010	4	10
2011	4	10
2012	4	10
2013	3	10
2014	3	9
2015	3	10
2016	3	9
2017	3	10
2018	3	9
2019	3	9
2020	3	8
2021	4	9
2022	3	9
2023	3	8

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.26% in the Czech Republic 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
	Czech Republic	Lithuania
1960	2.48%	-
1961	2.44%	-
1962	2.42%	-
1963	2.43%	-
1964	2.44%	-
1965	2.46%	-
1966	2.47%	-
1967	2.48%	2.63%
1968	2.47%	2.63%
1969	2.46%	2.51%
1970	2.43%	2.29%
1971	2.39%	2.11%
1972	2.34%	2.08%
1973	2.29%	2.16%
1974	2.23%	2.24%
1975	2.16%	2.26%
1976	2.08%	2.25%
1977	1.99%	2.22%
1978	1.89%	2.18%
1979	1.78%	2.12%
1980	1.68%	2.05%
1981	1.59%	1.98%
1982	1.52%	1.92%
1983	1.47%	1.87%
1984	1.44%	1.82%
1985	1.41%	1.74%
1986	1.38%	1.64%
1987	1.35%	1.52%
1988	1.3%	1.42%
1989	1.25%	1.42%
1990	1.21%	1.52%
1991	1.17%	1.67%
1992	1.11%	1.78%
1993	1.03%	1.79%
1994	0.94%	1.69%
1995	0.85%	1.51%
1996	0.77%	1.34%
1997	0.7%	1.23%
1998	0.63%	1.16%
1999	0.58%	1.12%
2000	0.55%	1.07%
2001	0.52%	1.03%
2002	0.5%	0.99%
2003	0.48%	0.96%
2004	0.46%	0.93%
2005	0.44%	0.9%
2006	0.41%	0.86%
2007	0.39%	0.8%
2008	0.37%	0.74%
2009	0.35%	0.67%
2010	0.34%	0.6%
2011	0.33%	0.56%
2012	0.32%	0.53%
2013	0.31%	0.51%
2014	0.31%	0.51%
2015	0.32%	0.5%
2016	0.32%	0.49%
2017	0.32%	0.46%
2018	0.31%	0.42%
2019	0.3%	0.39%
2020	0.29%	0.37%
2021	0.28%	0.36%
2022	0.27%	0.35%
2023	0.26%	0.34%