Fertility & birth rates in Ethiopia and Latvia

Fertility rate in Ethiopia vs Latvia chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Ethiopia was 3.99 children per woman in 2023, compared to 1.36 in Latvia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Ethiopia vs Latvia population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Ethiopia	Latvia
1960	6.51	1.94
1961	6.53	1.94
1962	6.56	1.91
1963	6.59	1.85
1964	6.61	1.79
1965	6.63	1.74
1966	6.66	1.76
1967	6.68	1.8
1968	6.7	1.83
1969	6.72	1.88
1970	6.78	1.96
1971	6.84	2
1972	6.9	2
1973	6.96	1.98
1974	7.02	1.97
1975	7.08	1.96
1976	7.13	1.93
1977	7.19	1.89
1978	7.23	1.87
1979	7.25	1.87
1980	7.29	1.86
1981	7.31	1.88
1982	7.34	1.97
1983	7.35	2.07
1984	7.36	2.09
1985	7.34	2.08
1986	7.32	2.12
1987	7.29	2.15
1988	7.26	2.11
1989	7.23	2.05
1990	7.2	2.02
1991	7.16	1.86
1992	7.13	1.73
1993	7.09	1.51
1994	7.05	1.39
1995	7	1.25
1996	6.93	1.16
1997	6.87	1.11
1998	6.79	1.09
1999	6.72	1.16
2000	6.65	1.25
2001	6.58	1.22
2002	6.5	1.26
2003	6.4	1.32
2004	6.3	1.29
2005	6.19	1.39
2006	6.05	1.46
2007	5.89	1.54
2008	5.7	1.58
2009	5.49	1.46
2010	5.28	1.36
2011	5.08	1.33
2012	4.89	1.44
2013	4.71	1.52
2014	4.61	1.65
2015	4.53	1.7
2016	4.47	1.74
2017	4.4	1.69
2018	4.37	1.6
2019	4.35	1.61
2020	4.27	1.55
2021	4.18	1.57
2022	4.08	1.47
2023	3.99	1.36
2024	3.91	1.36
2025	3.81	1.37
2026	3.72	1.38
2027	3.64	1.38
2028	3.57	1.39
2029	3.5	1.39
2030	3.43	1.4
2031	3.36	1.4
2032	3.3	1.41
2033	3.24	1.41
2034	3.19	1.41
2035	3.14	1.42
2036	3.08	1.42
2037	3.03	1.42
2038	2.99	1.43
2039	2.94	1.43
2040	2.9	1.43
2041	2.86	1.44
2042	2.83	1.44
2043	2.79	1.44
2044	2.75	1.45
2045	2.72	1.45
2046	2.68	1.45
2047	2.65	1.46
2048	2.62	1.46
2049	2.59	1.46
2050	2.55	1.47

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Ethiopia	Latvia
1960	42.2%	22.2%
1961	42.2%	22.4%
1962	42.1%	22.6%
1963	42.2%	22.5%
1964	42.3%	22.4%
1965	42.5%	22.2%
1966	42.9%	22%
1967	43.2%	21.8%
1968	43.5%	21.7%
1969	43.8%	21.6%
1970	44.2%	21.6%
1971	44.5%	21.5%
1972	44.9%	21.5%
1973	45.2%	21.3%
1974	45.4%	21.2%
1975	45.6%	21%
1976	45.7%	20.8%
1977	45.9%	20.6%
1978	46.1%	20.5%
1979	46.2%	20.4%
1980	46.3%	20.5%
1981	46.4%	20.6%
1982	46.5%	20.8%
1983	46.4%	20.9%
1984	46.2%	21.1%
1985	46.1%	21.2%
1986	46%	21.3%
1987	46%	21.3%
1988	46%	21.4%
1989	46.1%	21.4%
1990	46.2%	21.5%
1991	46.2%	21.5%
1992	46.2%	21.4%
1993	46.4%	21.2%
1994	46.5%	21%
1995	46.7%	20.7%
1996	46.9%	20.2%
1997	47.1%	19.7%
1998	47.4%	19%
1999	47.6%	18.3%
2000	47.7%	17.7%
2001	47.8%	17%
2002	47.8%	16.4%
2003	47.7%	15.8%
2004	47.6%	15.2%
2005	47.4%	14.7%
2006	47.2%	14.4%
2007	46.9%	14.1%
2008	46.6%	14%
2009	46.2%	14.1%
2010	45.7%	14.2%
2011	45.2%	14.2%
2012	44.6%	14.4%
2013	44%	14.6%
2014	43.4%	14.8%
2015	42.9%	15.1%
2016	42.3%	15.4%
2017	41.8%	15.7%
2018	41.3%	15.8%
2019	40.9%	15.9%
2020	40.5%	16%
2021	40.1%	16%
2022	39.7%	15.9%
2023	39.4%	15.7%
2024	39.1%	15.4%
2025	38.8%	15.2%
2026	38.5%	15%
2027	38.3%	14.8%
2028	38.1%	14.5%
2029	37.8%	14.1%
2030	37.6%	13.7%
2031	37.3%	13.2%
2032	37%	12.8%
2033	36.6%	12.4%
2034	36.2%	12.2%
2035	35.8%	11.9%
2036	35.4%	11.7%
2037	34.9%	11.6%
2038	34.5%	11.6%
2039	34%	11.6%
2040	33.6%	11.7%
2041	33.2%	11.7%
2042	32.8%	11.8%
2043	32.4%	12%
2044	32%	12.1%
2045	31.7%	12.2%
2046	31.3%	12.4%
2047	31%	12.5%
2048	30.7%	12.6%
2049	30.3%	12.7%
2050	30%	12.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 39.1% of the population in Ethiopia and 15.4% in Latvia in 2024, compared to 46.2% and 21.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Ethiopia and Latvia compared.

Natural population change in Ethiopia vs Latvia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.64% in Ethiopia and -0.54% in Latvia. 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
	Ethiopia	Latvia
1960	511,694	14,211
1961	538,518	14,207
1962	563,650	11,562
1963	590,998	11,055
1964	618,667	12,100
1965	642,359	8,384
1966	616,281	8,677
1967	695,283	7,825
1968	715,602	7,668
1969	736,428	6,561
1970	760,821	7,785
1971	787,047	8,793
1972	779,808	7,666
1973	807,535	6,040
1974	777,306	6,824
1975	801,425	4,913
1976	899,577	4,200
1977	929,381	3,480
1978	943,388	2,997
1979	987,203	2,506
1980	1,007,516	3,265
1981	1,018,838	3,779
1982	1,080,853	6,327
1983	863,472	8,147
1984	920,670	7,430
1985	997,050	5,673
1986	1,050,277	10,660
1987	1,356,853	9,981
1988	1,393,356	9,022
1989	1,441,769	6,401
1990	1,479,663	2,929
1991	1,579,416	0
1992	1,673,839	-3,660
1993	1,734,851	-12,560
1994	1,788,133	-17,645
1995	1,831,068	-17,396
1996	1,896,364	-14,498
1997	1,945,112	-14,841
1998	1,984,989	-15,906
1999	2,010,987	-13,387
2000	2,083,622	-11,838
2001	2,137,791	-13,322
2002	2,189,683	-12,475
2003	2,231,223	-11,439
2004	2,296,999	-11,542
2005	2,353,375	-10,746
2006	2,393,585	-10,204
2007	2,436,753	-9,021
2008	2,465,283	-6,531
2009	2,467,118	-7,924
2010	2,498,048	-10,278
2011	2,527,811	-9,886
2012	2,533,398	-9,154
2013	2,546,020	-8,252
2014	2,623,647	-6,779
2015	2,713,529	-6,526
2016	2,809,889	-6,663
2017	2,899,143	-7,963
2018	3,015,231	-9,636
2019	3,132,780	-8,995
2020	3,199,718	-11,402
2021	3,204,673	-17,337
2022	3,300,114	-14,847
2023	3,338,649	-13,517

Maternal mortality chart: Ethiopia vs Latvia

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 195 deaths per 100,000 live births in Ethiopia, compared to 19 deaths in Latvia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Ethiopia	Latvia
1985	1,329	51
1986	1,317	43
1987	1,289	44
1988	1,306	42
1989	1,296	46
1990	1,320	47
1991	1,239	46
1992	1,218	48
1993	1,168	57
1994	1,113	65
1995	1,060	59
1996	1,008	45
1997	957	41
1998	911	40
1999	901	40
2000	870	34
2001	856	32
2002	826	29
2003	797	30
2004	764	28
2005	754	27
2006	729	28
2007	704	27
2008	678	25
2009	649	24
2010	619	22
2011	588	22
2012	545	20
2013	494	24
2014	444	22
2015	401	22
2016	364	23
2017	327	23
2018	297	23
2019	269	22
2020	244	21
2021	250	42
2022	207	29
2023	195	19

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 4.65% in Ethiopia and 0.3% in Latvia. 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
	Ethiopia	Latvia
1966	27.8%	-
1967	24.9%	-
1968	24.8%	-
1969	24.8%	-
1970	24.7%	-
1971	24.7%	-
1972	24.7%	-
1973	24.6%	-
1974	28.3%	-
1975	28.2%	-
1976	24.5%	-
1977	24.5%	-
1978	24.4%	-
1979	24.2%	2.08%
1980	24%	2.07%
1981	23.8%	2.06%
1982	23.5%	2.03%
1983	32%	1.96%
1984	31.4%	1.87%
1985	30.3%	1.75%
1986	29.7%	1.64%
1987	21.5%	1.55%
1988	21%	1.53%
1989	20.6%	1.58%
1990	20.2%	1.7%
1991	19.7%	1.83%
1992	19.1%	1.93%
1993	18.5%	1.99%
1994	17.9%	2%
1995	17.2%	1.98%
1996	16.6%	1.9%
1997	15.9%	1.79%
1998	15.3%	1.67%
1999	14.7%	1.54%
2000	14%	1.42%
2001	13.4%	1.33%
2002	12.8%	1.26%
2003	12.1%	1.19%
2004	11.5%	1.12%
2005	10.9%	1.05%
2006	10.3%	0.99%
2007	9.74%	0.93%
2008	9.23%	0.88%
2009	8.76%	0.83%
2010	8.32%	0.78%
2011	7.91%	0.72%
2012	7.53%	0.66%
2013	7.16%	0.6%
2014	6.82%	0.55%
2015	6.49%	0.51%
2016	6.17%	0.47%
2017	5.89%	0.45%
2018	5.64%	0.42%
2019	5.41%	0.4%
2020	5.2%	0.37%
2021	5%	0.35%
2022	4.82%	0.32%
2023	4.65%	0.3%