Fertility & birth rates in Ireland and Lithuania

Fertility rate in Ireland vs Lithuania chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Ireland was 1.5 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.

Check Ireland vs Lithuania population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Ireland	Lithuania
1960	3.78	2.56
1961	3.78	2.53
1962	3.92	2.45
1963	4.01	2.35
1964	4.07	2.28
1965	4.04	2.23
1966	3.94	2.22
1967	3.84	2.23
1968	3.77	2.24
1969	3.83	2.3
1970	3.85	2.4
1971	3.93	2.41
1972	3.84	2.34
1973	3.71	2.22
1974	3.59	2.21
1975	3.37	2.18
1976	3.29	2.18
1977	3.24	2.14
1978	3.21	2.08
1979	3.21	2.05
1980	3.21	1.99
1981	3.05	1.98
1982	2.94	1.97
1983	2.74	2.1
1984	2.58	2.07
1985	2.48	2.08
1986	2.44	2.12
1987	2.32	2.11
1988	2.17	2.02
1989	2.08	1.98
1990	2.11	2.03
1991	2.08	2.01
1992	1.99	1.97
1993	1.9	1.74
1994	1.85	1.57
1995	1.84	1.55
1996	1.88	1.49
1997	1.93	1.47
1998	1.94	1.46
1999	1.9	1.46
2000	1.89	1.39
2001	1.94	1.29
2002	1.97	1.23
2003	1.96	1.26
2004	1.93	1.27
2005	1.86	1.29
2006	1.91	1.33
2007	2.01	1.36
2008	2.06	1.45
2009	2.06	1.5
2010	2.05	1.5
2011	2.03	1.55
2012	1.98	1.6
2013	1.93	1.59
2014	1.89	1.57
2015	1.85	1.63
2016	1.81	1.63
2017	1.77	1.57
2018	1.75	1.53
2019	1.71	1.43
2020	1.63	1.36
2021	1.78	1.36
2022	1.54	1.27
2023	1.5	1.18
2024	1.5	1.19
2025	1.5	1.2
2026	1.5	1.2
2027	1.5	1.21
2028	1.5	1.22
2029	1.5	1.22
2030	1.5	1.23
2031	1.5	1.23
2032	1.5	1.24
2033	1.5	1.25
2034	1.5	1.25
2035	1.5	1.26
2036	1.5	1.27
2037	1.5	1.27
2038	1.5	1.28
2039	1.51	1.28
2040	1.51	1.29
2041	1.5	1.29
2042	1.5	1.3
2043	1.5	1.3
2044	1.51	1.31
2045	1.51	1.31
2046	1.5	1.31
2047	1.5	1.32
2048	1.5	1.32
2049	1.5	1.33
2050	1.5	1.33

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Ireland	Lithuania
1960	30.9%	27.1%
1961	31%	27.3%
1962	30.9%	27.4%
1963	30.9%	27.5%
1964	30.9%	27.4%
1965	31.1%	27.3%
1966	31.1%	27.3%
1967	31.1%	27.2%
1968	31.1%	27.2%
1969	31.1%	27.2%
1970	31.1%	27.1%
1971	31.2%	26.8%
1972	31.2%	26.6%
1973	31.2%	26.1%
1974	31.2%	25.6%
1975	31.1%	25.1%
1976	31%	24.6%
1977	30.9%	24.2%
1978	30.7%	23.8%
1979	30.5%	23.5%
1980	30.4%	23.3%
1981	30.3%	23.1%
1982	30.1%	22.9%
1983	29.9%	22.8%
1984	29.6%	22.8%
1985	29.3%	22.7%
1986	28.9%	22.7%
1987	28.5%	22.7%
1988	28.1%	22.6%
1989	27.6%	22.5%
1990	27.1%	22.6%
1991	26.6%	22.5%
1992	26%	22.4%
1993	25.5%	22.3%
1994	24.9%	22.1%
1995	24.2%	21.8%
1996	23.6%	21.5%
1997	23%	21.2%
1998	22.5%	20.9%
1999	22.1%	20.4%
2000	21.8%	20%
2001	21.4%	19.3%
2002	21.1%	18.6%
2003	21%	17.9%
2004	20.8%	17.4%
2005	20.6%	16.8%
2006	20.4%	16.3%
2007	20.3%	15.8%
2008	20.5%	15.3%
2009	20.7%	15%
2010	21.1%	14.9%
2011	21.4%	14.8%
2012	21.5%	14.7%
2013	21.5%	14.6%
2014	21.4%	14.6%
2015	21.3%	14.6%
2016	21.2%	14.7%
2017	20.9%	14.9%
2018	20.7%	15%
2019	20.4%	15.1%
2020	20.1%	15.1%
2021	19.8%	15.1%
2022	19.5%	15%
2023	19%	14.9%
2024	18.6%	14.7%
2025	18.1%	14.5%
2026	17.6%	14.3%
2027	17.2%	14.1%
2028	16.9%	13.9%
2029	16.6%	13.6%
2030	16.3%	13.3%
2031	16%	13%
2032	15.8%	12.7%
2033	15.6%	12.4%
2034	15.4%	12.1%
2035	15.3%	11.9%
2036	15.2%	11.7%
2037	15.1%	11.6%
2038	15.1%	11.5%
2039	15.2%	11.4%
2040	15.2%	11.4%
2041	15.3%	11.3%
2042	15.4%	11.3%
2043	15.4%	11.3%
2044	15.5%	11.2%
2045	15.6%	11.2%
2046	15.6%	11.3%
2047	15.7%	11.3%
2048	15.7%	11.3%
2049	15.7%	11.3%
2050	15.6%	11.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 18.6% of the population in Ireland and 14.7% in Lithuania in 2024, compared to 27.1% and 22.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Ireland and Lithuania compared.

Natural population change in Ireland vs Lithuania by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.58% in Ireland 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
	Ireland	Lithuania
1960	28,286	40,845
1961	25,137	40,376
1962	28,077	34,933
1963	29,667	33,918
1964	31,532	34,048
1965	30,500	30,309
1966	26,866	30,381
1967	29,895	29,226
1968	27,697	28,325
1969	29,326	27,345
1970	30,756	27,629
1971	35,606	28,930
1972	34,316	25,388
1973	34,562	22,712
1974	34,199	22,589
1975	34,128	20,470
1976	33,676	20,305
1977	35,448	19,124
1978	36,288	17,573
1979	38,798	16,989
1980	40,612	16,042
1981	39,364	16,478
1982	38,344	18,323
1983	34,053	20,911
1984	31,791	18,976
1985	29,013	19,140
1986	27,963	23,978
1987	26,904	22,422
1988	22,912	19,006
1989	20,012	17,316
1990	21,787	17,010
1991	21,206	14,817
1992	20,283	12,950
1993	17,166	1,473
1994	17,234	-4,023
1995	16,601	-3,992
1996	18,915	-3,962
1997	21,311	-3,218
1998	22,277	-3,904
1999	21,402	-3,877
2000	23,592	-4,549
2001	27,837	-9,024
2002	31,062	-11,362
2003	32,372	-10,929
2004	33,376	-11,482
2005	33,279	-14,287
2006	36,752	-15,041
2007	43,109	-15,510
2008	46,691	-12,153
2009	47,168	-9,805
2010	47,426	-11,460
2011	45,801	-10,901
2012	42,775	-11,060
2013	39,302	-12,733
2014	37,728	-10,868
2015	35,265	-11,935
2016	33,339	-11,509
2017	31,379	-12,224
2018	29,878	-12,686
2019	28,365	-13,212
2020	23,687	-19,953
2021	26,064	-24,433
2022	19,287	-20,671
2023	19,638	-16,368

Maternal mortality chart: Ireland vs Lithuania

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 4 deaths per 100,000 live births in Ireland, compared to 8 deaths in Lithuania.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Ireland	Lithuania
1985	11	35
1986	11	30
1987	10	28
1988	11	28
1989	10	31
1990	11	29
1991	10	29
1992	10	28
1993	9	29
1994	9	31
1995	9	28
1996	8	25
1997	8	21
1998	8	19
1999	7	18
2000	8	16
2001	7	16
2002	7	14
2003	6	14
2004	6	12
2005	6	13
2006	6	14
2007	6	14
2008	6	13
2009	6	11
2010	6	10
2011	6	10
2012	6	10
2013	5	10
2014	5	9
2015	5	10
2016	4	9
2017	4	10
2018	5	9
2019	4	9
2020	6	8
2021	6	9
2022	7	9
2023	4	8

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.38% in Ireland 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
	Ireland	Lithuania
1960	3.53%	-
1961	3.38%	-
1962	3.25%	-
1963	3.13%	-
1964	3.01%	-
1965	2.87%	-
1966	2.71%	-
1967	2.55%	2.63%
1968	2.41%	2.63%
1969	2.3%	2.51%
1970	2.22%	2.29%
1971	2.17%	2.11%
1972	2.14%	2.08%
1973	2.11%	2.16%
1974	2.06%	2.24%
1975	2%	2.26%
1976	1.91%	2.25%
1977	1.81%	2.22%
1978	1.69%	2.18%
1979	1.56%	2.12%
1980	1.43%	2.05%
1981	1.32%	1.98%
1982	1.23%	1.92%
1983	1.17%	1.87%
1984	1.11%	1.82%
1985	1.07%	1.74%
1986	1.04%	1.64%
1987	1.02%	1.52%
1988	0.99%	1.42%
1989	0.96%	1.42%
1990	0.92%	1.52%
1991	0.87%	1.67%
1992	0.81%	1.78%
1993	0.77%	1.79%
1994	0.74%	1.69%
1995	0.73%	1.51%
1996	0.73%	1.34%
1997	0.73%	1.23%
1998	0.73%	1.16%
1999	0.73%	1.12%
2000	0.72%	1.07%
2001	0.69%	1.03%
2002	0.65%	0.99%
2003	0.6%	0.96%
2004	0.56%	0.93%
2005	0.52%	0.9%
2006	0.49%	0.86%
2007	0.46%	0.8%
2008	0.44%	0.74%
2009	0.43%	0.67%
2010	0.42%	0.6%
2011	0.41%	0.56%
2012	0.4%	0.53%
2013	0.39%	0.51%
2014	0.38%	0.51%
2015	0.37%	0.5%
2016	0.36%	0.49%
2017	0.35%	0.46%
2018	0.34%	0.42%
2019	0.34%	0.39%
2020	0.35%	0.37%
2021	0.36%	0.36%
2022	0.37%	0.35%
2023	0.38%	0.34%