Fertility & birth rates in Eritrea and Lithuania

Fertility rate in Eritrea vs Lithuania chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Eritrea was 3.71 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
	Eritrea	Lithuania
1960	6.48	2.56
1961	6.47	2.53
1962	6.5	2.45
1963	6.48	2.35
1964	6.49	2.28
1965	6.49	2.23
1966	6.5	2.22
1967	6.5	2.23
1968	6.5	2.24
1969	6.5	2.3
1970	6.54	2.4
1971	6.54	2.41
1972	6.54	2.34
1973	6.55	2.22
1974	6.57	2.21
1975	6.59	2.18
1976	6.6	2.18
1977	6.61	2.14
1978	6.61	2.08
1979	6.62	2.05
1980	6.61	1.99
1981	6.62	1.98
1982	6.63	1.97
1983	6.65	2.1
1984	6.62	2.07
1985	6.59	2.08
1986	6.56	2.12
1987	6.52	2.11
1988	6.47	2.02
1989	6.41	1.98
1990	6.34	2.03
1991	6.24	2.01
1992	6.16	1.97
1993	6.07	1.74
1994	6.01	1.57
1995	5.94	1.55
1996	5.84	1.49
1997	5.74	1.47
1998	5.63	1.46
1999	5.52	1.46
2000	5.4	1.39
2001	5.31	1.29
2002	5.23	1.23
2003	5.14	1.26
2004	5.04	1.27
2005	4.93	1.29
2006	4.88	1.33
2007	4.81	1.36
2008	4.74	1.45
2009	4.66	1.5
2010	4.57	1.5
2011	4.49	1.55
2012	4.41	1.6
2013	4.34	1.59
2014	4.27	1.57
2015	4.22	1.63
2016	4.16	1.63
2017	4.11	1.57
2018	4.06	1.53
2019	4	1.43
2020	3.93	1.36
2021	3.87	1.36
2022	3.79	1.27
2023	3.71	1.18
2024	3.68	1.19
2025	3.61	1.2
2026	3.55	1.2
2027	3.49	1.21
2028	3.43	1.22
2029	3.38	1.22
2030	3.32	1.23
2031	3.27	1.23
2032	3.22	1.24
2033	3.18	1.25
2034	3.13	1.25
2035	3.09	1.26
2036	3.04	1.27
2037	3.01	1.27
2038	2.97	1.28
2039	2.93	1.28
2040	2.9	1.29
2041	2.86	1.29
2042	2.83	1.3
2043	2.8	1.3
2044	2.77	1.31
2045	2.74	1.31
2046	2.71	1.31
2047	2.68	1.32
2048	2.65	1.32
2049	2.63	1.33
2050	2.6	1.33

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Eritrea	Lithuania
1960	41.5%	27.1%
1961	41.4%	27.3%
1962	41.4%	27.4%
1963	41.5%	27.5%
1964	41.6%	27.4%
1965	41.8%	27.3%
1966	42.1%	27.3%
1967	42.4%	27.2%
1968	42.8%	27.2%
1969	43%	27.2%
1970	43.3%	27.1%
1971	43.6%	26.8%
1972	43.8%	26.6%
1973	44%	26.1%
1974	44.1%	25.6%
1975	44.1%	25.1%
1976	44.2%	24.6%
1977	44.3%	24.2%
1978	44.3%	23.8%
1979	44.4%	23.5%
1980	44.4%	23.3%
1981	44.4%	23.1%
1982	44.4%	22.9%
1983	44.4%	22.8%
1984	44.2%	22.8%
1985	44.1%	22.7%
1986	44%	22.7%
1987	44%	22.7%
1988	44.2%	22.6%
1989	44.3%	22.5%
1990	44.5%	22.6%
1991	44.6%	22.5%
1992	44.7%	22.4%
1993	44.5%	22.3%
1994	44.4%	22.1%
1995	43.5%	21.8%
1996	42.9%	21.5%
1997	43.7%	21.2%
1998	44.4%	20.9%
1999	44.9%	20.4%
2000	45.2%	20%
2001	45%	19.3%
2002	44.4%	18.6%
2003	43.7%	17.9%
2004	43%	17.4%
2005	42.9%	16.8%
2006	43.1%	16.3%
2007	43.3%	15.8%
2008	43%	15.3%
2009	42.7%	15%
2010	42.6%	14.9%
2011	42.3%	14.8%
2012	42.1%	14.7%
2013	42%	14.6%
2014	42%	14.6%
2015	42.1%	14.6%
2016	42.1%	14.7%
2017	41.9%	14.9%
2018	41.5%	15%
2019	41%	15.1%
2020	40.4%	15.1%
2021	39.8%	15.1%
2022	39.2%	15%
2023	38.7%	14.9%
2024	38.1%	14.7%
2025	37.6%	14.5%
2026	37.1%	14.3%
2027	36.6%	14.1%
2028	36.3%	13.9%
2029	35.9%	13.6%
2030	35.7%	13.3%
2031	35.5%	13%
2032	35.3%	12.7%
2033	35.2%	12.4%
2034	35%	12.1%
2035	34.8%	11.9%
2036	34.7%	11.7%
2037	34.4%	11.6%
2038	34.2%	11.5%
2039	34%	11.4%
2040	33.7%	11.4%
2041	33.4%	11.3%
2042	33.1%	11.3%
2043	32.7%	11.3%
2044	32.3%	11.2%
2045	31.9%	11.2%
2046	31.5%	11.3%
2047	31.1%	11.3%
2048	30.7%	11.3%
2049	30.3%	11.3%
2050	29.9%	11.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 38.1% of the population in Eritrea and 14.7% in Lithuania in 2024, compared to 44.5% and 22.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Eritrea and Lithuania compared.

Natural population change in Eritrea vs Lithuania by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.29% in Eritrea 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
	Eritrea	Lithuania
1960	21,424	40,845
1961	22,351	40,376
1962	23,478	34,933
1963	24,393	33,918
1964	25,327	34,048
1965	26,285	30,309
1966	24,713	30,381
1967	27,992	29,226
1968	28,777	28,325
1969	29,535	27,345
1970	30,686	27,629
1971	31,490	28,930
1972	30,951	25,388
1973	31,969	22,712
1974	30,111	22,589
1975	30,971	20,470
1976	36,250	20,305
1977	37,295	19,124
1978	38,353	17,573
1979	39,577	16,989
1980	41,392	16,042
1981	42,924	16,478
1982	44,146	18,323
1983	33,420	20,911
1984	35,101	18,976
1985	37,362	19,140
1986	39,470	23,978
1987	52,229	22,422
1988	54,163	19,006
1989	54,299	17,316
1990	56,903	17,010
1991	57,741	14,817
1992	51,443	12,950
1993	51,679	1,473
1994	56,288	-4,023
1995	56,157	-3,992
1996	66,557	-3,962
1997	63,953	-3,218
1998	55,332	-3,904
1999	45,120	-3,877
2000	60,274	-4,549
2001	61,180	-9,024
2002	65,436	-11,362
2003	66,291	-10,929
2004	72,147	-11,482
2005	72,930	-14,287
2006	74,470	-15,041
2007	73,101	-15,510
2008	73,391	-12,153
2009	76,206	-9,805
2010	76,098	-11,460
2011	76,806	-10,901
2012	76,416	-11,060
2013	75,562	-12,733
2014	75,729	-10,868
2015	73,682	-11,935
2016	73,002	-11,509
2017	72,291	-12,224
2018	72,511	-12,686
2019	73,572	-13,212
2020	73,362	-19,953
2021	74,394	-24,433
2022	76,221	-20,671
2023	78,073	-16,368

Maternal mortality chart: Eritrea vs Lithuania

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 291 deaths per 100,000 live births in Eritrea, compared to 8 deaths in Lithuania.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Eritrea	Lithuania
1985	1,678	35
1986	1,625	30
1987	1,555	28
1988	1,499	28
1989	1,473	31
1990	1,352	29
1991	1,384	29
1992	1,149	28
1993	1,040	29
1994	998	31
1995	854	28
1996	878	25
1997	817	21
1998	865	19
1999	734	18
2000	741	16
2001	651	16
2002	636	14
2003	588	14
2004	588	12
2005	567	13
2006	555	14
2007	541	14
2008	530	13
2009	515	11
2010	498	10
2011	478	10
2012	458	10
2013	443	10
2014	430	9
2015	413	10
2016	395	9
2017	379	10
2018	363	9
2019	351	9
2020	334	8
2021	338	9
2022	301	9
2023	291	8

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.54% in Eritrea 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
	Eritrea	Lithuania
1967	-	2.63%
1968	-	2.63%
1969	-	2.51%
1970	-	2.29%
1971	-	2.11%
1972	-	2.08%
1973	-	2.16%
1974	25.6%	2.24%
1975	25%	2.26%
1976	20.8%	2.25%
1977	20.4%	2.22%
1978	20%	2.18%
1979	19.7%	2.12%
1980	19.4%	2.05%
1981	19.1%	1.98%
1982	18.8%	1.92%
1983	27.8%	1.87%
1984	27.2%	1.82%
1985	26.2%	1.74%
1986	25.6%	1.64%
1987	17.1%	1.52%
1988	16.6%	1.42%
1989	16%	1.42%
1990	15.4%	1.52%
1991	14.7%	1.67%
1992	13.9%	1.78%
1993	13.1%	1.79%
1994	12.3%	1.69%
1995	11.5%	1.51%
1996	10.8%	1.34%
1997	10.1%	1.23%
1998	9.51%	1.16%
1999	10.9%	1.12%
2000	8.53%	1.07%
2001	8.11%	1.03%
2002	7.73%	0.99%
2003	7.38%	0.96%
2004	7.05%	0.93%
2005	6.75%	0.9%
2006	6.46%	0.86%
2007	6.19%	0.8%
2008	5.94%	0.74%
2009	5.71%	0.67%
2010	5.5%	0.6%
2011	5.31%	0.56%
2012	5.12%	0.53%
2013	4.94%	0.51%
2014	4.78%	0.51%
2015	4.61%	0.5%
2016	4.46%	0.49%
2017	4.32%	0.46%
2018	4.17%	0.42%
2019	4.03%	0.39%
2020	3.91%	0.37%
2021	3.79%	0.36%
2022	3.66%	0.35%
2023	3.54%	0.34%