Fertility & birth rates in France and Lithuania

Fertility rate in France vs Lithuania chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in France was 1.66 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
	France	Lithuania
1960	2.85	2.56
1961	2.87	2.53
1962	2.89	2.45
1963	2.89	2.35
1964	2.87	2.28
1965	2.84	2.23
1966	2.8	2.22
1967	2.75	2.23
1968	2.69	2.24
1969	2.62	2.3
1970	2.55	2.4
1971	2.47	2.41
1972	2.38	2.34
1973	2.28	2.22
1974	2.18	2.21
1975	2.09	2.18
1976	2.01	2.18
1977	1.94	2.14
1978	1.89	2.08
1979	1.87	2.05
1980	1.85	1.99
1981	1.85	1.98
1982	1.86	1.97
1983	1.86	2.1
1984	1.86	2.07
1985	1.86	2.08
1986	1.85	2.12
1987	1.83	2.11
1988	1.81	2.02
1989	1.79	1.98
1990	1.77	2.03
1991	1.75	2.01
1992	1.74	1.97
1993	1.73	1.74
1994	1.73	1.57
1995	1.74	1.55
1996	1.75	1.49
1997	1.77	1.47
1998	1.78	1.46
1999	1.81	1.46
2000	1.89	1.39
2001	1.9	1.29
2002	1.88	1.23
2003	1.89	1.26
2004	1.92	1.27
2005	1.94	1.29
2006	2	1.33
2007	1.98	1.36
2008	2.01	1.45
2009	2	1.5
2010	2.03	1.5
2011	2.01	1.55
2012	2.01	1.6
2013	1.99	1.59
2014	2	1.57
2015	1.96	1.63
2016	1.92	1.63
2017	1.89	1.57
2018	1.87	1.53
2019	1.86	1.43
2020	1.83	1.36
2021	1.84	1.36
2022	1.79	1.27
2023	1.66	1.18
2024	1.66	1.19
2025	1.66	1.2
2026	1.66	1.2
2027	1.66	1.21
2028	1.66	1.22
2029	1.66	1.22
2030	1.66	1.23
2031	1.66	1.23
2032	1.66	1.24
2033	1.66	1.25
2034	1.66	1.25
2035	1.66	1.26
2036	1.66	1.27
2037	1.67	1.27
2038	1.66	1.28
2039	1.66	1.28
2040	1.66	1.29
2041	1.67	1.29
2042	1.67	1.3
2043	1.67	1.3
2044	1.67	1.31
2045	1.67	1.31
2046	1.67	1.31
2047	1.67	1.32
2048	1.67	1.32
2049	1.67	1.33
2050	1.67	1.33

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	France	Lithuania
1960	26.5%	27.1%
1961	26.5%	27.3%
1962	26.2%	27.4%
1963	26%	27.5%
1964	25.8%	27.4%
1965	25.6%	27.3%
1966	25.4%	27.3%
1967	25.3%	27.2%
1968	25.1%	27.2%
1969	25%	27.2%
1970	24.8%	27.1%
1971	24.7%	26.8%
1972	24.6%	26.6%
1973	24.4%	26.1%
1974	24.2%	25.6%
1975	23.9%	25.1%
1976	23.6%	24.6%
1977	23.3%	24.2%
1978	23%	23.8%
1979	22.7%	23.5%
1980	22.4%	23.3%
1981	22.1%	23.1%
1982	21.9%	22.9%
1983	21.7%	22.8%
1984	21.5%	22.8%
1985	21.3%	22.7%
1986	21%	22.7%
1987	20.7%	22.7%
1988	20.5%	22.6%
1989	20.3%	22.5%
1990	20.1%	22.6%
1991	20.1%	22.5%
1992	20%	22.4%
1993	19.9%	22.3%
1994	19.7%	22.1%
1995	19.5%	21.8%
1996	19.3%	21.5%
1997	19.1%	21.2%
1998	19%	20.9%
1999	19%	20.4%
2000	18.9%	20%
2001	18.9%	19.3%
2002	18.8%	18.6%
2003	18.7%	17.9%
2004	18.6%	17.4%
2005	18.5%	16.8%
2006	18.5%	16.3%
2007	18.4%	15.8%
2008	18.5%	15.3%
2009	18.5%	15%
2010	18.5%	14.9%
2011	18.5%	14.8%
2012	18.5%	14.7%
2013	18.4%	14.6%
2014	18.3%	14.6%
2015	18.2%	14.6%
2016	18.1%	14.7%
2017	17.9%	14.9%
2018	17.8%	15%
2019	17.6%	15.1%
2020	17.4%	15.1%
2021	17.2%	15.1%
2022	17%	15%
2023	16.8%	14.9%
2024	16.5%	14.7%
2025	16.2%	14.5%
2026	16%	14.3%
2027	15.7%	14.1%
2028	15.5%	13.9%
2029	15.3%	13.6%
2030	15.1%	13.3%
2031	15%	13%
2032	14.8%	12.7%
2033	14.8%	12.4%
2034	14.7%	12.1%
2035	14.7%	11.9%
2036	14.7%	11.7%
2037	14.7%	11.6%
2038	14.7%	11.5%
2039	14.8%	11.4%
2040	14.9%	11.4%
2041	15%	11.3%
2042	15.1%	11.3%
2043	15.2%	11.3%
2044	15.3%	11.2%
2045	15.4%	11.2%
2046	15.5%	11.3%
2047	15.5%	11.3%
2048	15.5%	11.3%
2049	15.6%	11.3%
2050	15.6%	11.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 16.5% of the population in France and 14.7% in Lithuania in 2024, compared to 20.1% and 22.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of France and Lithuania compared.

Natural population change in France vs Lithuania by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.2% in France 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
	France	Lithuania
1960	346,115	40,845
1961	354,504	40,376
1962	358,082	34,933
1963	361,694	33,918
1964	360,631	34,048
1965	354,132	30,309
1966	352,181	30,381
1967	339,843	29,226
1968	337,346	28,325
1969	329,831	27,345
1970	322,444	27,629
1971	309,747	28,930
1972	296,589	25,388
1973	282,979	22,712
1974	268,733	22,589
1975	248,413	20,470
1976	227,776	20,305
1977	217,946	19,124
1978	213,462	17,573
1979	208,923	16,989
1980	210,042	16,042
1981	222,414	16,478
1982	234,389	18,323
1983	235,655	20,911
1984	248,086	18,976
1985	249,328	19,140
1986	250,606	23,978
1987	251,971	22,422
1988	247,672	19,006
1989	243,361	17,316
1990	238,870	17,010
1991	234,216	14,817
1992	229,502	12,950
1993	224,592	1,473
1994	201,704	-4,023
1995	220,303	-3,992
1996	221,092	-3,962
1997	215,885	-3,218
1998	222,705	-3,904
1999	229,907	-3,877
2000	268,042	-4,549
2001	263,867	-9,024
2002	253,430	-11,362
2003	230,325	-10,929
2004	282,185	-11,482
2005	271,677	-14,287
2006	305,387	-15,041
2007	288,076	-15,510
2008	283,250	-12,153
2009	278,238	-9,805
2010	286,116	-11,460
2011	280,966	-10,901
2012	256,065	-11,060
2013	244,192	-12,733
2014	265,248	-10,868
2015	206,300	-11,935
2016	193,500	-11,509
2017	160,604	-12,224
2018	147,749	-12,686
2019	141,503	-13,212
2020	67,602	-19,953
2021	74,627	-24,433
2022	54,452	-20,671
2023	47,802	-16,368

Maternal mortality chart: France vs Lithuania

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 7 deaths per 100,000 live births in France, compared to 8 deaths in Lithuania.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	France	Lithuania
1985	20	35
1986	20	30
1987	19	28
1988	19	28
1989	19	31
1990	18	29
1991	18	29
1992	17	28
1993	16	29
1994	15	31
1995	15	28
1996	13	25
1997	11	21
1998	10	19
1999	10	18
2000	9	16
2001	9	16
2002	9	14
2003	9	14
2004	9	12
2005	9	13
2006	9	14
2007	9	14
2008	10	13
2009	10	11
2010	9	10
2011	9	10
2012	9	10
2013	9	10
2014	9	9
2015	9	10
2016	9	9
2017	8	10
2018	9	9
2019	8	9
2020	9	8
2021	9	9
2022	9	9
2023	7	8

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.43% in France 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
	France	Lithuania
1960	2.85%	-
1961	2.7%	-
1962	2.57%	-
1963	2.45%	-
1964	2.34%	-
1965	2.24%	-
1966	2.14%	-
1967	2.06%	2.63%
1968	1.99%	2.63%
1969	1.91%	2.51%
1970	1.82%	2.29%
1971	1.74%	2.11%
1972	1.66%	2.08%
1973	1.6%	2.16%
1974	1.54%	2.24%
1975	1.49%	2.26%
1976	1.44%	2.25%
1977	1.39%	2.22%
1978	1.34%	2.18%
1979	1.28%	2.12%
1980	1.24%	2.05%
1981	1.19%	1.98%
1982	1.15%	1.92%
1983	1.11%	1.87%
1984	1.07%	1.82%
1985	1.04%	1.74%
1986	1.01%	1.64%
1987	0.98%	1.52%
1988	0.96%	1.42%
1989	0.93%	1.42%
1990	0.9%	1.52%
1991	0.86%	1.67%
1992	0.81%	1.78%
1993	0.75%	1.79%
1994	0.7%	1.69%
1995	0.65%	1.51%
1996	0.61%	1.34%
1997	0.58%	1.23%
1998	0.57%	1.16%
1999	0.55%	1.12%
2000	0.54%	1.07%
2001	0.52%	1.03%
2002	0.51%	0.99%
2003	0.49%	0.96%
2004	0.48%	0.93%
2005	0.46%	0.9%
2006	0.45%	0.86%
2007	0.44%	0.8%
2008	0.44%	0.74%
2009	0.43%	0.67%
2010	0.42%	0.6%
2011	0.42%	0.56%
2012	0.41%	0.53%
2013	0.41%	0.51%
2014	0.41%	0.51%
2015	0.42%	0.5%
2016	0.42%	0.49%
2017	0.42%	0.46%
2018	0.42%	0.42%
2019	0.42%	0.39%
2020	0.42%	0.37%
2021	0.43%	0.36%
2022	0.43%	0.35%
2023	0.43%	0.34%