Fertility & birth rates in Georgia and Portugal

Fertility rate in Georgia vs Portugal 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 1.44 in Portugal in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Georgia vs Portugal population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Georgia	Portugal
1960	2.94	3.16
1961	2.94	3.21
1962	2.94	3.23
1963	2.95	3.12
1964	2.89	3.21
1965	2.77	3.15
1966	2.73	3.16
1967	2.74	3.16
1968	2.69	3.12
1969	2.69	3.12
1970	2.7	3.01
1971	2.71	3
1972	2.67	2.86
1973	2.62	2.77
1974	2.57	2.7
1975	2.55	2.75
1976	2.51	2.82
1977	2.44	2.69
1978	2.42	2.45
1979	2.38	2.31
1980	2.35	2.25
1981	2.33	2.13
1982	2.31	2.07
1983	2.34	1.95
1984	2.38	1.9
1985	2.4	1.72
1986	2.38	1.66
1987	2.32	1.62
1988	2.32	1.61
1989	2.32	1.57
1990	2.31	1.56
1991	2.21	1.56
1992	2.05	1.54
1993	1.91	1.52
1994	1.84	1.45
1995	1.81	1.41
1996	1.76	1.44
1997	1.73	1.47
1998	1.7	1.47
1999	1.64	1.5
2000	1.61	1.55
2001	1.58	1.45
2002	1.57	1.46
2003	1.55	1.44
2004	1.57	1.4
2005	1.58	1.41
2006	1.62	1.37
2007	1.7	1.35
2008	1.83	1.39
2009	1.99	1.34
2010	1.97	1.39
2011	1.92	1.35
2012	1.93	1.28
2013	1.99	1.21
2014	2.18	1.24
2015	2.21	1.31
2016	2.23	1.37
2017	2.14	1.38
2018	2.09	1.42
2019	2.02	1.44
2020	1.98	1.42
2021	1.98	1.35
2022	1.82	1.43
2023	1.81	1.44
2024	1.8	1.45
2025	1.79	1.45
2026	1.78	1.45
2027	1.77	1.46
2028	1.76	1.46
2029	1.75	1.46
2030	1.75	1.46
2031	1.75	1.47
2032	1.74	1.47
2033	1.74	1.47
2034	1.73	1.48
2035	1.73	1.48
2036	1.73	1.48
2037	1.73	1.48
2038	1.72	1.49
2039	1.72	1.49
2040	1.72	1.49
2041	1.72	1.49
2042	1.72	1.49
2043	1.72	1.49
2044	1.72	1.5
2045	1.71	1.5
2046	1.71	1.5
2047	1.71	1.5
2048	1.71	1.5
2049	1.71	1.5
2050	1.71	1.5

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Georgia	Portugal
1960	28.7%	29.3%
1961	29.3%	29.1%
1962	29.7%	29.1%
1963	29.9%	29.1%
1964	30%	29.1%
1965	30%	29.1%
1966	30.2%	29.2%
1967	30.5%	29.2%
1968	30.7%	29.2%
1969	30.8%	29.1%
1970	30.5%	28.7%
1971	30%	28.4%
1972	29.5%	28.2%
1973	29%	27.9%
1974	28.4%	27.7%
1975	27.8%	27.4%
1976	27.3%	27.2%
1977	26.7%	27.1%
1978	26.2%	26.8%
1979	25.7%	26.4%
1980	25.4%	25.9%
1981	25.2%	25.4%
1982	25.1%	25%
1983	25.1%	24.5%
1984	25.1%	24.1%
1985	25.2%	23.7%
1986	25.4%	23.1%
1987	25.5%	22.5%
1988	25.5%	21.9%
1989	25.5%	21.2%
1990	25.5%	20.5%
1991	25.6%	19.7%
1992	25.5%	19.1%
1993	25.4%	18.6%
1994	25.2%	18.2%
1995	24.9%	17.8%
1996	24.6%	17.4%
1997	24.1%	17.1%
1998	23.6%	16.8%
1999	23%	16.6%
2000	22.4%	16.4%
2001	21.7%	16.2%
2002	21%	16.1%
2003	20.5%	16.1%
2004	19.9%	16%
2005	19.3%	15.9%
2006	18.8%	15.8%
2007	18.5%	15.6%
2008	18.3%	15.5%
2009	18.4%	15.4%
2010	18.6%	15.2%
2011	18.6%	15%
2012	18.7%	14.9%
2013	18.8%	14.8%
2014	19%	14.6%
2015	19.4%	14.3%
2016	19.8%	14.1%
2017	20.2%	13.9%
2018	20.5%	13.7%
2019	20.8%	13.5%
2020	21%	13.3%
2021	21.2%	13.1%
2022	21.2%	13%
2023	21%	12.9%
2024	20.8%	12.8%
2025	20.5%	12.7%
2026	20.2%	12.6%
2027	19.9%	12.6%
2028	19.5%	12.6%
2029	19%	12.6%
2030	18.5%	12.7%
2031	18%	12.7%
2032	17.6%	12.7%
2033	17.2%	12.7%
2034	16.9%	12.7%
2035	16.6%	12.8%
2036	16.4%	12.9%
2037	16.2%	12.9%
2038	16.2%	13%
2039	16.1%	13%
2040	16.1%	13.1%
2041	16.2%	13.1%
2042	16.2%	13.2%
2043	16.3%	13.2%
2044	16.4%	13.3%
2045	16.4%	13.3%
2046	16.5%	13.4%
2047	16.6%	13.4%
2048	16.7%	13.4%
2049	16.8%	13.5%
2050	16.8%	13.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 20.8% of the population in Georgia and 12.8% in Portugal in 2024, compared to 25.5% and 20.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Georgia and Portugal compared.

Natural population change in Georgia vs Portugal by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.13% in Georgia and -0.29% in Portugal. 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	Portugal
1960	51,640	118,693
1961	52,284	117,867
1962	51,903	123,217
1963	51,456	113,783
1964	48,429	120,170
1965	43,463	115,182
1966	40,905	107,171
1967	40,070	106,495
1968	37,840	100,737
1969	37,764	89,329
1970	38,731	87,672
1971	38,953	82,980
1972	38,832	83,715
1973	38,259	76,835
1974	38,071	74,412
1975	39,331	81,841
1976	39,964	85,138
1977	40,023	84,156
1978	41,616	70,731
1979	42,863	67,628
1980	44,114	63,481
1981	46,185	56,152
1982	47,363	58,479
1983	48,496	47,798
1984	48,523	45,983
1985	49,786	33,077
1986	48,960	31,102
1987	45,561	28,084
1988	42,810	24,047
1989	41,510	22,011
1990	40,169	13,976
1991	32,932	12,948
1992	24,226	13,933
1993	18,303	7,972
1994	17,279	9,991
1995	17,644	4,011
1996	18,304	4,026
1997	11,862	8,087
1998	9,823	7,112
1999	6,901	8,175
2000	4,681	15,435
2001	3,445	8,290
2002	2,228	8,335
2003	2,482	4,184
2004	283	7,339
2005	1,604	2,101
2006	2,146	3,156
2007	3,551	-1,055
2008	7,974	0
2009	12,210	-5,284
2010	10,501	-4,230
2011	8,989	-5,279
2012	8,584	-17,875
2013	10,145	-24,052
2014	13,089	-22,882
2015	13,105	-23,823
2016	11,346	-23,749
2017	8,391	-23,691
2018	8,407	-25,709
2019	5,606	-24,687
2020	335	-39,129
2021	-9,127	-45,592
2022	-2,224	-40,694
2023	-1,282	-32,792

Maternal mortality chart: Georgia vs Portugal

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 15 deaths in Portugal.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Georgia	Portugal
1985	34	20
1986	34	19
1987	32	19
1988	33	18
1989	36	18
1990	34	17
1991	36	17
1992	38	16
1993	40	15
1994	40	13
1995	41	12
1996	35	12
1997	45	12
1998	43	11
1999	41	10
2000	43	9
2001	45	9
2002	46	9
2003	42	8
2004	43	8
2005	53	8
2006	45	8
2007	52	8
2008	54	9
2009	56	9
2010	41	10
2011	37	10
2012	35	10
2013	34	10
2014	32	11
2015	30	11
2016	28	12
2017	27	13
2018	24	14
2019	22	15
2020	30	14
2021	60	19
2022	22	16
2023	20	15

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.92% in Georgia and 0.32% in Portugal. 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	Portugal
1960	-	11.4%
1961	-	11%
1962	-	10.4%
1963	-	9.76%
1964	-	9.1%
1965	-	8.53%
1966	-	8.09%
1967	-	7.76%
1968	-	7.51%
1969	-	7.22%
1970	-	6.81%
1971	-	6.3%
1972	-	5.78%
1973	-	5.27%
1974	-	4.79%
1975	7.12%	4.35%
1976	6.86%	3.94%
1977	6.61%	3.57%
1978	6.36%	3.24%
1979	6.13%	2.97%
1980	5.9%	2.75%
1981	5.69%	2.58%
1982	5.49%	2.43%
1983	5.31%	2.29%
1984	5.16%	2.16%
1985	5.04%	2.04%
1986	4.94%	1.93%
1987	4.87%	1.82%
1988	4.82%	1.7%
1989	4.78%	1.59%
1990	4.75%	1.47%
1991	4.72%	1.36%
1992	4.68%	1.25%
1993	4.63%	1.14%
1994	4.56%	1.05%
1995	4.47%	0.98%
1996	4.36%	0.92%
1997	4.22%	0.86%
1998	4.05%	0.82%
1999	3.85%	0.77%
2000	3.63%	0.72%
2001	3.39%	0.66%
2002	3.13%	0.61%
2003	2.87%	0.55%
2004	2.6%	0.5%
2005	2.35%	0.47%
2006	2.12%	0.44%
2007	1.9%	0.42%
2008	1.72%	0.4%
2009	1.55%	0.39%
2010	1.41%	0.38%
2011	1.3%	0.37%
2012	1.21%	0.37%
2013	1.14%	0.36%
2014	1.09%	0.36%
2015	1.05%	0.36%
2016	1.02%	0.36%
2017	1%	0.36%
2018	0.98%	0.35%
2019	0.97%	0.35%
2020	0.96%	0.34%
2021	0.95%	0.33%
2022	0.93%	0.32%
2023	0.92%	0.32%