Fertility & birth rates in Georgia and Lithuania

Fertility rate in Georgia vs Lithuania chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Georgia was 1.81 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
	Georgia	Lithuania
1960	2.94	2.56
1961	2.94	2.53
1962	2.94	2.45
1963	2.95	2.35
1964	2.89	2.28
1965	2.77	2.23
1966	2.73	2.22
1967	2.74	2.23
1968	2.69	2.24
1969	2.69	2.3
1970	2.7	2.4
1971	2.71	2.41
1972	2.67	2.34
1973	2.62	2.22
1974	2.57	2.21
1975	2.55	2.18
1976	2.51	2.18
1977	2.44	2.14
1978	2.42	2.08
1979	2.38	2.05
1980	2.35	1.99
1981	2.33	1.98
1982	2.31	1.97
1983	2.34	2.1
1984	2.38	2.07
1985	2.4	2.08
1986	2.38	2.12
1987	2.32	2.11
1988	2.32	2.02
1989	2.32	1.98
1990	2.31	2.03
1991	2.21	2.01
1992	2.05	1.97
1993	1.91	1.74
1994	1.84	1.57
1995	1.81	1.55
1996	1.76	1.49
1997	1.73	1.47
1998	1.7	1.46
1999	1.64	1.46
2000	1.61	1.39
2001	1.58	1.29
2002	1.57	1.23
2003	1.55	1.26
2004	1.57	1.27
2005	1.58	1.29
2006	1.62	1.33
2007	1.7	1.36
2008	1.83	1.45
2009	1.99	1.5
2010	1.97	1.5
2011	1.92	1.55
2012	1.93	1.6
2013	1.99	1.59
2014	2.18	1.57
2015	2.21	1.63
2016	2.23	1.63
2017	2.14	1.57
2018	2.09	1.53
2019	2.02	1.43
2020	1.98	1.36
2021	1.98	1.36
2022	1.82	1.27
2023	1.81	1.18
2024	1.8	1.19
2025	1.79	1.2
2026	1.78	1.2
2027	1.77	1.21
2028	1.76	1.22
2029	1.75	1.22
2030	1.75	1.23
2031	1.75	1.23
2032	1.74	1.24
2033	1.74	1.25
2034	1.73	1.25
2035	1.73	1.26
2036	1.73	1.27
2037	1.73	1.27
2038	1.72	1.28
2039	1.72	1.28
2040	1.72	1.29
2041	1.72	1.29
2042	1.72	1.3
2043	1.72	1.3
2044	1.72	1.31
2045	1.71	1.31
2046	1.71	1.31
2047	1.71	1.32
2048	1.71	1.32
2049	1.71	1.33
2050	1.71	1.33

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Georgia	Lithuania
1960	28.7%	27.1%
1961	29.3%	27.3%
1962	29.7%	27.4%
1963	29.9%	27.5%
1964	30%	27.4%
1965	30%	27.3%
1966	30.2%	27.3%
1967	30.5%	27.2%
1968	30.7%	27.2%
1969	30.8%	27.2%
1970	30.5%	27.1%
1971	30%	26.8%
1972	29.5%	26.6%
1973	29%	26.1%
1974	28.4%	25.6%
1975	27.8%	25.1%
1976	27.3%	24.6%
1977	26.7%	24.2%
1978	26.2%	23.8%
1979	25.7%	23.5%
1980	25.4%	23.3%
1981	25.2%	23.1%
1982	25.1%	22.9%
1983	25.1%	22.8%
1984	25.1%	22.8%
1985	25.2%	22.7%
1986	25.4%	22.7%
1987	25.5%	22.7%
1988	25.5%	22.6%
1989	25.5%	22.5%
1990	25.5%	22.6%
1991	25.6%	22.5%
1992	25.5%	22.4%
1993	25.4%	22.3%
1994	25.2%	22.1%
1995	24.9%	21.8%
1996	24.6%	21.5%
1997	24.1%	21.2%
1998	23.6%	20.9%
1999	23%	20.4%
2000	22.4%	20%
2001	21.7%	19.3%
2002	21%	18.6%
2003	20.5%	17.9%
2004	19.9%	17.4%
2005	19.3%	16.8%
2006	18.8%	16.3%
2007	18.5%	15.8%
2008	18.3%	15.3%
2009	18.4%	15%
2010	18.6%	14.9%
2011	18.6%	14.8%
2012	18.7%	14.7%
2013	18.8%	14.6%
2014	19%	14.6%
2015	19.4%	14.6%
2016	19.8%	14.7%
2017	20.2%	14.9%
2018	20.5%	15%
2019	20.8%	15.1%
2020	21%	15.1%
2021	21.2%	15.1%
2022	21.2%	15%
2023	21%	14.9%
2024	20.8%	14.7%
2025	20.5%	14.5%
2026	20.2%	14.3%
2027	19.9%	14.1%
2028	19.5%	13.9%
2029	19%	13.6%
2030	18.5%	13.3%
2031	18%	13%
2032	17.6%	12.7%
2033	17.2%	12.4%
2034	16.9%	12.1%
2035	16.6%	11.9%
2036	16.4%	11.7%
2037	16.2%	11.6%
2038	16.2%	11.5%
2039	16.1%	11.4%
2040	16.1%	11.4%
2041	16.2%	11.3%
2042	16.2%	11.3%
2043	16.3%	11.3%
2044	16.4%	11.2%
2045	16.4%	11.2%
2046	16.5%	11.3%
2047	16.6%	11.3%
2048	16.7%	11.3%
2049	16.8%	11.3%
2050	16.8%	11.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 20.8% of the population in Georgia and 14.7% in Lithuania in 2024, compared to 25.5% and 22.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Georgia and Lithuania compared.

Natural population change in Georgia vs Lithuania by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.13% in Georgia 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
	Georgia	Lithuania
1960	51,640	40,845
1961	52,284	40,376
1962	51,903	34,933
1963	51,456	33,918
1964	48,429	34,048
1965	43,463	30,309
1966	40,905	30,381
1967	40,070	29,226
1968	37,840	28,325
1969	37,764	27,345
1970	38,731	27,629
1971	38,953	28,930
1972	38,832	25,388
1973	38,259	22,712
1974	38,071	22,589
1975	39,331	20,470
1976	39,964	20,305
1977	40,023	19,124
1978	41,616	17,573
1979	42,863	16,989
1980	44,114	16,042
1981	46,185	16,478
1982	47,363	18,323
1983	48,496	20,911
1984	48,523	18,976
1985	49,786	19,140
1986	48,960	23,978
1987	45,561	22,422
1988	42,810	19,006
1989	41,510	17,316
1990	40,169	17,010
1991	32,932	14,817
1992	24,226	12,950
1993	18,303	1,473
1994	17,279	-4,023
1995	17,644	-3,992
1996	18,304	-3,962
1997	11,862	-3,218
1998	9,823	-3,904
1999	6,901	-3,877
2000	4,681	-4,549
2001	3,445	-9,024
2002	2,228	-11,362
2003	2,482	-10,929
2004	283	-11,482
2005	1,604	-14,287
2006	2,146	-15,041
2007	3,551	-15,510
2008	7,974	-12,153
2009	12,210	-9,805
2010	10,501	-11,460
2011	8,989	-10,901
2012	8,584	-11,060
2013	10,145	-12,733
2014	13,089	-10,868
2015	13,105	-11,935
2016	11,346	-11,509
2017	8,391	-12,224
2018	8,407	-12,686
2019	5,606	-13,212
2020	335	-19,953
2021	-9,127	-24,433
2022	-2,224	-20,671
2023	-1,282	-16,368

Maternal mortality chart: Georgia vs Lithuania

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 20 deaths per 100,000 live births in Georgia, compared to 8 deaths in Lithuania.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Georgia	Lithuania
1985	34	35
1986	34	30
1987	32	28
1988	33	28
1989	36	31
1990	34	29
1991	36	29
1992	38	28
1993	40	29
1994	40	31
1995	41	28
1996	35	25
1997	45	21
1998	43	19
1999	41	18
2000	43	16
2001	45	16
2002	46	14
2003	42	14
2004	43	12
2005	53	13
2006	45	14
2007	52	14
2008	54	13
2009	56	11
2010	41	10
2011	37	10
2012	35	10
2013	34	10
2014	32	9
2015	30	10
2016	28	9
2017	27	10
2018	24	9
2019	22	9
2020	30	8
2021	60	9
2022	22	9
2023	20	8

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.92% in Georgia 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
	Georgia	Lithuania
1967	-	2.63%
1968	-	2.63%
1969	-	2.51%
1970	-	2.29%
1971	-	2.11%
1972	-	2.08%
1973	-	2.16%
1974	-	2.24%
1975	7.12%	2.26%
1976	6.86%	2.25%
1977	6.61%	2.22%
1978	6.36%	2.18%
1979	6.13%	2.12%
1980	5.9%	2.05%
1981	5.69%	1.98%
1982	5.49%	1.92%
1983	5.31%	1.87%
1984	5.16%	1.82%
1985	5.04%	1.74%
1986	4.94%	1.64%
1987	4.87%	1.52%
1988	4.82%	1.42%
1989	4.78%	1.42%
1990	4.75%	1.52%
1991	4.72%	1.67%
1992	4.68%	1.78%
1993	4.63%	1.79%
1994	4.56%	1.69%
1995	4.47%	1.51%
1996	4.36%	1.34%
1997	4.22%	1.23%
1998	4.05%	1.16%
1999	3.85%	1.12%
2000	3.63%	1.07%
2001	3.39%	1.03%
2002	3.13%	0.99%
2003	2.87%	0.96%
2004	2.6%	0.93%
2005	2.35%	0.9%
2006	2.12%	0.86%
2007	1.9%	0.8%
2008	1.72%	0.74%
2009	1.55%	0.67%
2010	1.41%	0.6%
2011	1.3%	0.56%
2012	1.21%	0.53%
2013	1.14%	0.51%
2014	1.09%	0.51%
2015	1.05%	0.5%
2016	1.02%	0.49%
2017	1%	0.46%
2018	0.98%	0.42%
2019	0.97%	0.39%
2020	0.96%	0.37%
2021	0.95%	0.36%
2022	0.93%	0.35%
2023	0.92%	0.34%