Fertility & birth rates in Israel and Lithuania

Fertility rate in Israel vs Lithuania chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Israel was 2.85 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
	Israel	Lithuania
1960	3.87	2.56
1961	3.86	2.53
1962	3.85	2.45
1963	3.84	2.35
1964	3.83	2.28
1965	3.81	2.23
1966	3.8	2.22
1967	3.79	2.23
1968	3.79	2.24
1969	3.78	2.3
1970	3.78	2.4
1971	3.77	2.41
1972	3.77	2.34
1973	3.7	2.22
1974	3.63	2.21
1975	3.55	2.18
1976	3.48	2.18
1977	3.41	2.14
1978	3.35	2.08
1979	3.3	2.05
1980	3.24	1.99
1981	3.19	1.98
1982	3.13	1.97
1983	3.11	2.1
1984	3.08	2.07
1985	3.06	2.08
1986	3.03	2.12
1987	3.01	2.11
1988	2.95	2.02
1989	2.89	1.98
1990	2.82	2.03
1991	2.76	2.01
1992	2.7	1.97
1993	2.8	1.74
1994	2.9	1.57
1995	2.9	1.55
1996	2.9	1.49
1997	2.94	1.47
1998	2.98	1.46
1999	2.97	1.46
2000	2.95	1.39
2001	2.92	1.29
2002	2.89	1.23
2003	2.95	1.26
2004	2.9	1.27
2005	2.84	1.29
2006	2.88	1.33
2007	2.9	1.36
2008	2.96	1.45
2009	2.96	1.5
2010	3.03	1.5
2011	2.98	1.55
2012	3.05	1.6
2013	3.03	1.59
2014	3.08	1.57
2015	3.09	1.63
2016	3.11	1.63
2017	3.11	1.57
2018	3.09	1.53
2019	3.01	1.43
2020	2.9	1.36
2021	3	1.36
2022	2.89	1.27
2023	2.85	1.18
2024	2.8	1.19
2025	2.77	1.2
2026	2.75	1.2
2027	2.72	1.21
2028	2.7	1.22
2029	2.67	1.22
2030	2.66	1.23
2031	2.64	1.23
2032	2.63	1.24
2033	2.6	1.25
2034	2.58	1.25
2035	2.56	1.26
2036	2.55	1.27
2037	2.53	1.27
2038	2.51	1.28
2039	2.49	1.28
2040	2.47	1.29
2041	2.46	1.29
2042	2.44	1.3
2043	2.42	1.3
2044	2.41	1.31
2045	2.39	1.31
2046	2.38	1.31
2047	2.36	1.32
2048	2.35	1.32
2049	2.34	1.33
2050	2.33	1.33

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Israel	Lithuania
1960	35.2%	27.1%
1961	34.9%	27.3%
1962	34.8%	27.4%
1963	34.9%	27.5%
1964	34.8%	27.4%
1965	34.6%	27.3%
1966	34.4%	27.3%
1967	34.1%	27.2%
1968	33.8%	27.2%
1969	33.5%	27.2%
1970	33.2%	27.1%
1971	32.9%	26.8%
1972	32.7%	26.6%
1973	32.6%	26.1%
1974	32.7%	25.6%
1975	32.7%	25.1%
1976	32.8%	24.6%
1977	32.9%	24.2%
1978	33%	23.8%
1979	33%	23.5%
1980	32.9%	23.3%
1981	32.8%	23.1%
1982	32.7%	22.9%
1983	32.7%	22.8%
1984	32.6%	22.8%
1985	32.5%	22.7%
1986	32.3%	22.7%
1987	32.1%	22.7%
1988	31.9%	22.6%
1989	31.7%	22.5%
1990	31.3%	22.6%
1991	30.7%	22.5%
1992	30.3%	22.4%
1993	30%	22.3%
1994	29.8%	22.1%
1995	29.6%	21.8%
1996	29.3%	21.5%
1997	29%	21.2%
1998	28.8%	20.9%
1999	28.5%	20.4%
2000	28.3%	20%
2001	28.1%	19.3%
2002	28%	18.6%
2003	27.9%	17.9%
2004	27.9%	17.4%
2005	27.9%	16.8%
2006	27.8%	16.3%
2007	27.8%	15.8%
2008	27.8%	15.3%
2009	27.9%	15%
2010	28%	14.9%
2011	28.1%	14.8%
2012	28.1%	14.7%
2013	28.2%	14.6%
2014	28.2%	14.6%
2015	28.2%	14.6%
2016	28.3%	14.7%
2017	28.2%	14.9%
2018	28.2%	15%
2019	28.1%	15.1%
2020	28%	15.1%
2021	27.9%	15.1%
2022	27.8%	15%
2023	27.6%	14.9%
2024	27.4%	14.7%
2025	27.2%	14.5%
2026	26.9%	14.3%
2027	26.6%	14.1%
2028	26.4%	13.9%
2029	26.1%	13.6%
2030	25.8%	13.3%
2031	25.5%	13%
2032	25.2%	12.7%
2033	25%	12.4%
2034	24.7%	12.1%
2035	24.6%	11.9%
2036	24.4%	11.7%
2037	24.2%	11.6%
2038	24.1%	11.5%
2039	24%	11.4%
2040	24%	11.4%
2041	23.9%	11.3%
2042	23.9%	11.3%
2043	23.8%	11.3%
2044	23.8%	11.2%
2045	23.8%	11.2%
2046	23.8%	11.3%
2047	23.7%	11.3%
2048	23.7%	11.3%
2049	23.6%	11.3%
2050	23.5%	11.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 27.4% of the population in Israel and 14.7% in Lithuania in 2024, compared to 31.3% and 22.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Israel and Lithuania compared.

Natural population change in Israel vs Lithuania by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.5% in Israel 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
	Israel	Lithuania
1960	44,818	40,845
1961	42,170	40,376
1962	43,337	34,933
1963	44,964	33,918
1964	48,015	34,048
1965	49,979	30,309
1966	50,477	30,381
1967	47,488	29,226
1968	51,014	28,325
1969	53,800	27,345
1970	56,506	27,629
1971	64,449	28,930
1972	62,960	25,388
1973	65,560	22,712
1974	68,891	22,589
1975	70,828	20,470
1976	74,899	20,305
1977	70,092	19,124
1978	67,158	17,573
1979	68,148	16,989
1980	68,253	16,042
1981	67,647	16,478
1982	68,931	18,323
1983	70,196	20,911
1984	70,703	18,976
1985	71,538	19,140
1986	70,073	23,978
1987	69,904	22,422
1988	71,072	19,006
1989	68,674	17,316
1990	71,764	17,010
1991	73,740	14,817
1992	77,357	12,950
1993	77,337	1,473
1994	79,365	-4,023
1995	82,066	-3,992
1996	86,518	-3,962
1997	88,707	-3,218
1998	93,744	-3,904
1999	94,325	-3,877
2000	98,737	-4,549
2001	99,160	-9,024
2002	101,178	-11,362
2003	106,366	-10,929
2004	106,901	-11,482
2005	105,338	-14,287
2006	109,332	-15,041
2007	111,292	-15,510
2008	117,672	-12,153
2009	122,015	-9,805
2010	126,552	-11,460
2011	125,030	-10,901
2012	128,941	-11,060
2013	129,758	-12,733
2014	133,916	-10,868
2015	134,082	-11,935
2016	136,736	-11,509
2017	138,541	-12,224
2018	140,348	-12,686
2019	135,810	-13,212
2020	128,089	-19,953
2021	134,011	-24,433
2022	129,982	-20,671
2023	131,977	-16,368

Maternal mortality chart: Israel vs Lithuania

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 2 deaths per 100,000 live births in Israel, compared to 8 deaths in Lithuania.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Israel	Lithuania
1985	36	35
1986	36	30
1987	30	28
1988	31	28
1989	30	31
1990	29	29
1991	28	29
1992	27	28
1993	25	29
1994	24	31
1995	22	28
1996	20	25
1997	17	21
1998	14	19
1999	11	18
2000	9	16
2001	7	16
2002	7	14
2003	5	14
2004	5	12
2005	4	13
2006	4	14
2007	4	14
2008	4	13
2009	4	11
2010	3	10
2011	3	10
2012	3	10
2013	3	10
2014	3	9
2015	3	10
2016	3	9
2017	3	10
2018	3	9
2019	3	9
2020	3	8
2021	3	9
2022	3	9
2023	2	8

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.34% in Israel 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
	Israel	Lithuania
1960	4.71%	-
1961	4.48%	-
1962	4.26%	-
1963	4.06%	-
1964	3.86%	-
1965	3.68%	-
1966	3.52%	-
1967	3.36%	2.63%
1968	3.23%	2.63%
1969	3.11%	2.51%
1970	3.01%	2.29%
1971	2.91%	2.11%
1972	2.82%	2.08%
1973	2.72%	2.16%
1974	2.61%	2.24%
1975	2.48%	2.26%
1976	2.33%	2.25%
1977	2.19%	2.22%
1978	2.05%	2.18%
1979	1.93%	2.12%
1980	1.82%	2.05%
1981	1.74%	1.98%
1982	1.66%	1.92%
1983	1.59%	1.87%
1984	1.51%	1.82%
1985	1.44%	1.74%
1986	1.37%	1.64%
1987	1.31%	1.52%
1988	1.26%	1.42%
1989	1.21%	1.42%
1990	1.15%	1.52%
1991	1.1%	1.67%
1992	1.04%	1.78%
1993	0.98%	1.79%
1994	0.92%	1.69%
1995	0.87%	1.51%
1996	0.82%	1.34%
1997	0.78%	1.23%
1998	0.75%	1.16%
1999	0.72%	1.12%
2000	0.69%	1.07%
2001	0.66%	1.03%
2002	0.63%	0.99%
2003	0.61%	0.96%
2004	0.58%	0.93%
2005	0.56%	0.9%
2006	0.53%	0.86%
2007	0.51%	0.8%
2008	0.49%	0.74%
2009	0.47%	0.67%
2010	0.46%	0.6%
2011	0.44%	0.56%
2012	0.43%	0.53%
2013	0.41%	0.51%
2014	0.4%	0.51%
2015	0.39%	0.5%
2016	0.38%	0.49%
2017	0.37%	0.46%
2018	0.37%	0.42%
2019	0.36%	0.39%
2020	0.35%	0.37%
2021	0.35%	0.36%
2022	0.34%	0.35%
2023	0.34%	0.34%