Fertility & birth rates in Denmark and Lithuania

Fertility rate in Denmark vs Lithuania chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Denmark was 1.5 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
	Denmark	Lithuania
1960	2.57	2.56
1961	2.55	2.53
1962	2.55	2.45
1963	2.67	2.35
1964	2.6	2.28
1965	2.61	2.23
1966	2.62	2.22
1967	2.35	2.23
1968	2.12	2.24
1969	2	2.3
1970	1.95	2.4
1971	2.04	2.41
1972	2.03	2.34
1973	1.92	2.22
1974	1.9	2.21
1975	1.92	2.18
1976	1.75	2.18
1977	1.66	2.14
1978	1.67	2.08
1979	1.6	2.05
1980	1.55	1.99
1981	1.44	1.98
1982	1.43	1.97
1983	1.38	2.1
1984	1.4	2.07
1985	1.45	2.08
1986	1.48	2.12
1987	1.5	2.11
1988	1.56	2.02
1989	1.62	1.98
1990	1.67	2.03
1991	1.68	2.01
1992	1.76	1.97
1993	1.75	1.74
1994	1.81	1.57
1995	1.8	1.55
1996	1.75	1.49
1997	1.75	1.47
1998	1.72	1.46
1999	1.73	1.46
2000	1.77	1.39
2001	1.74	1.29
2002	1.72	1.23
2003	1.76	1.26
2004	1.78	1.27
2005	1.8	1.29
2006	1.85	1.33
2007	1.84	1.36
2008	1.89	1.45
2009	1.84	1.5
2010	1.87	1.5
2011	1.75	1.55
2012	1.73	1.6
2013	1.67	1.59
2014	1.69	1.57
2015	1.71	1.63
2016	1.79	1.63
2017	1.75	1.57
2018	1.73	1.53
2019	1.7	1.43
2020	1.68	1.36
2021	1.72	1.36
2022	1.55	1.27
2023	1.5	1.18
2024	1.51	1.19
2025	1.51	1.2
2026	1.51	1.2
2027	1.52	1.21
2028	1.52	1.22
2029	1.52	1.22
2030	1.53	1.23
2031	1.53	1.23
2032	1.53	1.24
2033	1.53	1.25
2034	1.53	1.25
2035	1.54	1.26
2036	1.54	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	1.56	1.33
2050	1.56	1.33

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Denmark	Lithuania
1960	25.2%	27.1%
1961	24.7%	27.3%
1962	24.2%	27.4%
1963	24%	27.5%
1964	23.8%	27.4%
1965	23.8%	27.3%
1966	23.8%	27.3%
1967	23.8%	27.2%
1968	23.7%	27.2%
1969	23.5%	27.2%
1970	23.3%	27.1%
1971	23.1%	26.8%
1972	23%	26.6%
1973	22.9%	26.1%
1974	22.7%	25.6%
1975	22.6%	25.1%
1976	22.4%	24.6%
1977	22.1%	24.2%
1978	21.8%	23.8%
1979	21.3%	23.5%
1980	20.8%	23.3%
1981	20.3%	23.1%
1982	19.7%	22.9%
1983	19.2%	22.8%
1984	18.8%	22.8%
1985	18.4%	22.7%
1986	18.1%	22.7%
1987	17.7%	22.7%
1988	17.5%	22.6%
1989	17.2%	22.5%
1990	17.1%	22.6%
1991	17%	22.5%
1992	17%	22.4%
1993	17.1%	22.3%
1994	17.2%	22.1%
1995	17.4%	21.8%
1996	17.6%	21.5%
1997	17.9%	21.2%
1998	18.1%	20.9%
1999	18.3%	20.4%
2000	18.5%	20%
2001	18.7%	19.3%
2002	18.8%	18.6%
2003	18.8%	17.9%
2004	18.8%	17.4%
2005	18.8%	16.8%
2006	18.7%	16.3%
2007	18.5%	15.8%
2008	18.4%	15.3%
2009	18.2%	15%
2010	18%	14.9%
2011	17.8%	14.8%
2012	17.6%	14.7%
2013	17.3%	14.6%
2014	17.1%	14.6%
2015	16.9%	14.6%
2016	16.8%	14.7%
2017	16.7%	14.9%
2018	16.6%	15%
2019	16.4%	15.1%
2020	16.3%	15.1%
2021	16.2%	15.1%
2022	16%	15%
2023	15.9%	14.9%
2024	15.7%	14.7%
2025	15.6%	14.5%
2026	15.5%	14.3%
2027	15.4%	14.1%
2028	15.4%	13.9%
2029	15.4%	13.6%
2030	15.4%	13.3%
2031	15.4%	13%
2032	15.3%	12.7%
2033	15.2%	12.4%
2034	15.2%	12.1%
2035	15.1%	11.9%
2036	15%	11.7%
2037	15%	11.6%
2038	15%	11.5%
2039	15%	11.4%
2040	14.9%	11.4%
2041	14.9%	11.3%
2042	14.9%	11.3%
2043	14.8%	11.3%
2044	14.8%	11.2%
2045	14.7%	11.2%
2046	14.7%	11.3%
2047	14.6%	11.3%
2048	14.6%	11.3%
2049	14.5%	11.3%
2050	14.5%	11.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15.7% of the population in Denmark and 14.7% in Lithuania in 2024, compared to 17.1% and 22.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Denmark and Lithuania compared.

Natural population change in Denmark vs Lithuania by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.09% in Denmark 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
	Denmark	Lithuania
1960	32,515	40,845
1961	33,205	40,376
1962	32,070	34,933
1963	36,539	33,918
1964	36,832	34,048
1965	37,596	30,309
1966	38,858	30,381
1967	33,363	29,226
1968	27,243	28,325
1969	23,481	27,345
1970	22,673	27,629
1971	26,801	28,930
1972	24,958	25,388
1973	21,092	22,712
1974	19,676	22,589
1975	20,746	20,470
1976	11,667	20,305
1977	11,703	19,124
1978	9,187	17,573
1979	4,605	16,989
1980	1,537	16,042
1981	-3,073	16,478
1982	-2,559	18,323
1983	-6,649	20,911
1984	-5,623	18,976
1985	-4,603	19,140
1986	-2,561	23,978
1987	-1,538	22,422
1988	0	19,006
1989	2,053	17,316
1990	2,056	17,010
1991	4,639	14,817
1992	6,722	12,950
1993	4,670	1,473
1994	8,850	-4,023
1995	6,280	-3,992
1996	6,842	-3,962
1997	7,927	-3,218
1998	7,956	-3,904
1999	6,919	-3,877
2000	9,078	-4,549
2001	6,967	-9,024
2002	5,376	-11,362
2003	7,007	-10,929
2004	9,188	-11,482
2005	9,755	-14,287
2006	9,787	-15,041
2007	8,192	-15,510
2008	10,438	-12,153
2009	8,285	-9,805
2010	8,876	-11,460
2011	6,685	-10,901
2012	5,592	-11,060
2013	3,931	-12,733
2014	5,644	-10,868
2015	5,683	-11,935
2016	9,165	-11,509
2017	8,071	-12,224
2018	6,373	-12,686
2019	6,977	-13,212
2020	5,831	-19,953
2021	5,857	-24,433
2022	-1,180	-20,671
2023	-595	-16,368

Maternal mortality chart: Denmark vs Lithuania

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 4 deaths per 100,000 live births in Denmark, compared to 8 deaths in Lithuania.

Table

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

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.34% in Denmark 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
	Denmark	Lithuania
1960	2.5%	-
1961	2.45%	-
1962	2.38%	-
1963	2.3%	-
1964	2.21%	-
1965	2.11%	-
1966	2.01%	-
1967	1.9%	2.63%
1968	1.81%	2.63%
1969	1.73%	2.51%
1970	1.66%	2.29%
1971	1.58%	2.11%
1972	1.49%	2.08%
1973	1.39%	2.16%
1974	1.31%	2.24%
1975	1.23%	2.26%
1976	1.17%	2.25%
1977	1.11%	2.22%
1978	1.06%	2.18%
1979	1.03%	2.12%
1980	1%	2.05%
1981	0.98%	1.98%
1982	0.96%	1.92%
1983	0.96%	1.87%
1984	0.96%	1.82%
1985	0.97%	1.74%
1986	0.97%	1.64%
1987	0.97%	1.52%
1988	0.96%	1.42%
1989	0.93%	1.42%
1990	0.89%	1.52%
1991	0.84%	1.67%
1992	0.79%	1.78%
1993	0.74%	1.79%
1994	0.69%	1.69%
1995	0.65%	1.51%
1996	0.63%	1.34%
1997	0.6%	1.23%
1998	0.59%	1.16%
1999	0.57%	1.12%
2000	0.56%	1.07%
2001	0.55%	1.03%
2002	0.54%	0.99%
2003	0.52%	0.96%
2004	0.5%	0.93%
2005	0.48%	0.9%
2006	0.46%	0.86%
2007	0.45%	0.8%
2008	0.43%	0.74%
2009	0.42%	0.67%
2010	0.41%	0.6%
2011	0.41%	0.56%
2012	0.41%	0.53%
2013	0.41%	0.51%
2014	0.41%	0.51%
2015	0.41%	0.5%
2016	0.4%	0.49%
2017	0.4%	0.46%
2018	0.39%	0.42%
2019	0.38%	0.39%
2020	0.37%	0.37%
2021	0.36%	0.36%
2022	0.35%	0.35%
2023	0.34%	0.34%