Fertility & birth rates in Czech Republic and Russia

Fertility rate in Czech Republic vs Russia 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 1.41 in Russia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check the Czech Republic vs Russia 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	Russia
1960	2.09	2.52
1961	2.11	2.45
1962	2.12	2.36
1963	2.31	2.27
1964	2.34	2.18
1965	2.18	2.13
1966	2.02	2.1
1967	1.91	2.04
1968	1.84	1.99
1969	1.87	1.97
1970	1.92	1.99
1971	2	2.03
1972	2.09	2.04
1973	2.31	2.01
1974	2.46	2
1975	2.43	1.98
1976	2.39	1.97
1977	2.34	1.95
1978	2.33	1.92
1979	2.27	1.9
1980	2.08	1.89
1981	2	1.91
1982	2	2.04
1983	1.97	2.11
1984	1.97	2.06
1985	1.95	2.05
1986	1.92	2.15
1987	1.91	2.22
1988	1.94	2.12
1989	1.87	2.01
1990	1.9	1.89
1991	1.86	1.73
1992	1.71	1.55
1993	1.67	1.39
1994	1.44	1.4
1995	1.28	1.34
1996	1.18	1.27
1997	1.17	1.22
1998	1.16	1.23
1999	1.13	1.16
2000	1.15	1.2
2001	1.15	1.22
2002	1.17	1.29
2003	1.18	1.32
2004	1.23	1.34
2005	1.29	1.29
2006	1.34	1.31
2007	1.45	1.42
2008	1.51	1.5
2009	1.51	1.54
2010	1.51	1.57
2011	1.43	1.58
2012	1.45	1.69
2013	1.46	1.71
2014	1.53	1.75
2015	1.57	1.78
2016	1.63	1.76
2017	1.69	1.62
2018	1.71	1.58
2019	1.71	1.5
2020	1.74	1.51
2021	1.83	1.51
2022	1.64	1.42
2023	1.45	1.41
2024	1.46	1.42
2025	1.47	1.43
2026	1.48	1.43
2027	1.48	1.43
2028	1.49	1.44
2029	1.49	1.44
2030	1.5	1.45
2031	1.51	1.45
2032	1.51	1.45
2033	1.52	1.46
2034	1.52	1.46
2035	1.53	1.46
2036	1.53	1.47
2037	1.54	1.47
2038	1.54	1.47
2039	1.54	1.47
2040	1.55	1.48
2041	1.55	1.48
2042	1.55	1.48
2043	1.55	1.48
2044	1.56	1.49
2045	1.56	1.49
2046	1.56	1.49
2047	1.56	1.49
2048	1.56	1.5
2049	1.57	1.5
2050	1.57	1.5

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Czech Republic	Russia
1960	25.6%	30.5%
1961	25.1%	30.9%
1962	24.5%	30.8%
1963	23.9%	30.6%
1964	23.5%	30.2%
1965	23.2%	29.5%
1966	22.7%	28.9%
1967	22.3%	28.3%
1968	21.9%	27.6%
1969	21.6%	26.9%
1970	21.3%	26.1%
1971	21.1%	25.4%
1972	21.1%	24.8%
1973	21.2%	24.2%
1974	21.6%	23.6%
1975	22.1%	23%
1976	22.6%	22.5%
1977	22.9%	22.1%
1978	23.2%	21.8%
1979	23.4%	21.7%
1980	23.4%	21.7%
1981	23.5%	21.7%
1982	23.5%	21.9%
1983	23.5%	22.1%
1984	23.5%	22.4%
1985	23.4%	22.6%
1986	23.2%	22.8%
1987	23%	22.9%
1988	22.6%	23%
1989	22%	23%
1990	21.4%	22.9%
1991	20.9%	22.7%
1992	20.3%	22.4%
1993	19.8%	22%
1994	19.2%	21.6%
1995	18.7%	21.2%
1996	18.2%	20.7%
1997	17.7%	20.2%
1998	17.3%	19.5%
1999	16.9%	18.8%
2000	16.5%	18%
2001	16.1%	17.3%
2002	15.7%	16.6%
2003	15.3%	16%
2004	15%	15.6%
2005	14.7%	15.2%
2006	14.4%	14.9%
2007	14.3%	14.8%
2008	14.2%	14.9%
2009	14.2%	15%
2010	14.4%	15.2%
2011	14.6%	15.4%
2012	14.8%	15.7%
2013	14.9%	16.1%
2014	15.1%	16.5%
2015	15.3%	16.9%
2016	15.4%	17.2%
2017	15.6%	17.5%
2018	15.8%	17.6%
2019	15.9%	17.6%
2020	16%	17.7%
2021	16.1%	17.7%
2022	15.9%	17.7%
2023	15.7%	17.5%
2024	15.4%	17.3%
2025	15.1%	17%
2026	14.8%	16.7%
2027	14.6%	16.3%
2028	14.4%	15.9%
2029	14.2%	15.5%
2030	14%	15%
2031	13.8%	14.6%
2032	13.5%	14.2%
2033	13.3%	14%
2034	13%	13.8%
2035	12.9%	13.7%
2036	12.7%	13.6%
2037	12.5%	13.6%
2038	12.5%	13.6%
2039	12.6%	13.7%
2040	12.7%	13.9%
2041	12.8%	14%
2042	12.9%	14.2%
2043	13.1%	14.4%
2044	13.2%	14.6%
2045	13.4%	14.8%
2046	13.5%	15%
2047	13.7%	15.2%
2048	13.8%	15.4%
2049	13.9%	15.5%
2050	14%	15.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15.4% of the population in the Czech Republic and 17.3% in Russia in 2024, compared to 21.4% and 22.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Czech Republic and Russia compared.

Natural population change in Czech Republic vs Russia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.07% in the Czech Republic and -0.24% in Russia. 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	Russia
1960	34,567	1,962,834
1961	36,430	1,810,538
1962	29,836	1,573,701
1963	48,353	1,436,077
1964	52,531	1,233,520
1965	43,029	1,059,335
1966	35,355	989,279
1967	29,558	854,554
1968	21,728	787,621
1969	22,762	753,088
1970	24,646	785,554
1971	31,445	854,999
1972	44,404	872,050
1973	57,549	846,561
1974	66,923	883,186
1975	67,393	843,850
1976	61,768	852,237
1977	55,009	832,932
1978	52,234	812,766
1979	44,257	690,135
1980	17,517	681,149
1981	13,391	713,700
1982	10,315	830,855
1983	3,097	906,676
1984	5,165	756,548
1985	4,135	762,447
1986	1,034	985,279
1987	4,138	977,583
1988	7,249	778,343
1989	1,036	576,112
1990	1,034	325,533
1991	4,124	103,876
1992	1,032	-222,808
1993	3,099	-757,140
1994	-11,367	-920,129
1995	-21,687	-845,742
1996	-21,662	-785,248
1997	-21,639	-769,159
1998	-18,530	-694,053
1999	-20,568	-927,453
2000	-17,433	-967,540
2001	-16,347	-963,445
2002	-15,296	-944,492
2003	-17,330	-896,822
2004	-9,177	-792,370
2005	-6,126	-846,761
2006	1,024	-686,638
2007	9,268	-471,257
2008	14,538	-356,856
2009	10,444	-257,014
2010	10,475	-242,844
2011	2,099	-128,716
2012	0	0
2013	-2,103	28,761
2014	4,210	28,848
2015	0	43,392
2016	5,283	0
2017	3,178	-130,764
2018	1,063	-232,637
2019	0	-319,997
2020	-19,257	-697,177
2021	-28,365	-1,027,702
2022	-19,209	-576,948
2023	-21,729	-503,392

Maternal mortality chart: Czech Republic vs Russia

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 9 deaths in Russia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Czech Republic	Russia
1985	15	81
1986	17	69
1987	15	65
1988	16	63
1989	15	61
1990	15	58
1991	15	57
1992	13	62
1993	12	76
1994	11	85
1995	10	82
1996	8	69
1997	8	59
1998	7	53
1999	7	53
2000	7	51
2001	6	48
2002	6	47
2003	6	45
2004	5	41
2005	5	38
2006	5	32
2007	4	29
2008	4	27
2009	4	24
2010	4	23
2011	4	19
2012	4	18
2013	3	16
2014	3	16
2015	3	15
2016	3	14
2017	3	12
2018	3	12
2019	3	12
2020	3	19
2021	4	21
2022	3	13
2023	3	9

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.26% in the Czech Republic and 0.45% in Russia. 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	Russia
1960	2.48%	4.55%
1961	2.44%	4.26%
1962	2.42%	3.99%
1963	2.43%	3.76%
1964	2.44%	3.55%
1965	2.46%	3.38%
1966	2.47%	3.23%
1967	2.48%	3.11%
1968	2.47%	3.02%
1969	2.46%	2.94%
1970	2.43%	2.88%
1971	2.39%	2.84%
1972	2.34%	2.81%
1973	2.29%	2.78%
1974	2.23%	2.77%
1975	2.16%	2.76%
1976	2.08%	2.76%
1977	1.99%	2.76%
1978	1.89%	2.76%
1979	1.78%	2.75%
1980	1.68%	2.73%
1981	1.59%	2.7%
1982	1.52%	2.66%
1983	1.47%	2.62%
1984	1.44%	2.56%
1985	1.41%	2.5%
1986	1.38%	2.42%
1987	1.35%	2.34%
1988	1.3%	2.26%
1989	1.25%	2.2%
1990	1.21%	2.17%
1991	1.17%	2.16%
1992	1.11%	2.17%
1993	1.03%	2.19%
1994	0.94%	2.2%
1995	0.85%	2.2%
1996	0.77%	2.17%
1997	0.7%	2.13%
1998	0.63%	2.08%
1999	0.58%	2.02%
2000	0.55%	1.94%
2001	0.52%	1.84%
2002	0.5%	1.73%
2003	0.48%	1.61%
2004	0.46%	1.5%
2005	0.44%	1.39%
2006	0.41%	1.29%
2007	0.39%	1.2%
2008	0.37%	1.13%
2009	0.35%	1.07%
2010	0.34%	1.04%
2011	0.33%	1.02%
2012	0.32%	0.99%
2013	0.31%	0.95%
2014	0.31%	0.89%
2015	0.32%	0.82%
2016	0.32%	0.75%
2017	0.32%	0.69%
2018	0.31%	0.63%
2019	0.3%	0.58%
2020	0.29%	0.54%
2021	0.28%	0.51%
2022	0.27%	0.47%
2023	0.26%	0.45%