Fertility & birth rates in Japan and Lithuania

Fertility rate in Japan vs Lithuania chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Japan was 1.2 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
	Japan	Lithuania
1960	2	2.56
1961	1.96	2.53
1962	1.98	2.45
1963	2	2.35
1964	2.05	2.28
1965	2.14	2.23
1966	1.58	2.22
1967	2.23	2.23
1968	2.13	2.24
1969	2.13	2.3
1970	2.13	2.4
1971	2.16	2.41
1972	2.14	2.34
1973	2.14	2.22
1974	2.05	2.21
1975	1.91	2.18
1976	1.85	2.18
1977	1.8	2.14
1978	1.79	2.08
1979	1.77	2.05
1980	1.75	1.99
1981	1.74	1.98
1982	1.77	1.97
1983	1.8	2.1
1984	1.81	2.07
1985	1.76	2.08
1986	1.72	2.12
1987	1.69	2.11
1988	1.66	2.02
1989	1.57	1.98
1990	1.54	2.03
1991	1.53	2.01
1992	1.5	1.97
1993	1.46	1.74
1994	1.5	1.57
1995	1.42	1.55
1996	1.43	1.49
1997	1.39	1.47
1998	1.38	1.46
1999	1.34	1.46
2000	1.36	1.39
2001	1.33	1.29
2002	1.32	1.23
2003	1.29	1.26
2004	1.29	1.27
2005	1.26	1.29
2006	1.32	1.33
2007	1.34	1.36
2008	1.37	1.45
2009	1.37	1.5
2010	1.39	1.5
2011	1.39	1.55
2012	1.41	1.6
2013	1.43	1.59
2014	1.42	1.57
2015	1.45	1.63
2016	1.44	1.63
2017	1.43	1.57
2018	1.42	1.53
2019	1.36	1.43
2020	1.33	1.36
2021	1.3	1.36
2022	1.26	1.27
2023	1.2	1.18
2024	1.21	1.19
2025	1.22	1.2
2026	1.22	1.2
2027	1.23	1.21
2028	1.24	1.22
2029	1.25	1.22
2030	1.25	1.23
2031	1.26	1.23
2032	1.26	1.24
2033	1.27	1.25
2034	1.28	1.25
2035	1.28	1.26
2036	1.29	1.27
2037	1.29	1.27
2038	1.3	1.28
2039	1.3	1.28
2040	1.3	1.29
2041	1.31	1.29
2042	1.31	1.3
2043	1.31	1.3
2044	1.32	1.31
2045	1.32	1.31
2046	1.33	1.31
2047	1.33	1.32
2048	1.33	1.32
2049	1.34	1.33
2050	1.34	1.33

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Japan	Lithuania
1960	29.8%	27.1%
1961	29.1%	27.3%
1962	28%	27.4%
1963	26.8%	27.5%
1964	25.8%	27.4%
1965	25.1%	27.3%
1966	24.4%	27.3%
1967	23.8%	27.2%
1968	23.5%	27.2%
1969	23.4%	27.2%
1970	23.3%	27.1%
1971	23.3%	26.8%
1972	23.4%	26.6%
1973	23.6%	26.1%
1974	23.8%	25.6%
1975	23.8%	25.1%
1976	23.9%	24.6%
1977	23.9%	24.2%
1978	23.8%	23.8%
1979	23.7%	23.5%
1980	23.4%	23.3%
1981	23.3%	23.1%
1982	23.1%	22.9%
1983	22.6%	22.8%
1984	22.2%	22.8%
1985	21.7%	22.7%
1986	21%	22.7%
1987	20.3%	22.7%
1988	19.5%	22.6%
1989	18.8%	22.5%
1990	18%	22.6%
1991	17.4%	22.5%
1992	16.9%	22.4%
1993	16.4%	22.3%
1994	16%	22.1%
1995	15.6%	21.8%
1996	15.3%	21.5%
1997	15.1%	21.2%
1998	14.8%	20.9%
1999	14.6%	20.4%
2000	14.4%	20%
2001	14.2%	19.3%
2002	14.1%	18.6%
2003	13.9%	17.9%
2004	13.8%	17.4%
2005	13.8%	16.8%
2006	13.7%	16.3%
2007	13.6%	15.8%
2008	13.5%	15.3%
2009	13.5%	15%
2010	13.4%	14.9%
2011	13.3%	14.8%
2012	13.2%	14.7%
2013	13.1%	14.6%
2014	13%	14.6%
2015	12.8%	14.6%
2016	12.7%	14.7%
2017	12.6%	14.9%
2018	12.5%	15%
2019	12.4%	15.1%
2020	12.2%	15.1%
2021	12%	15.1%
2022	11.9%	15%
2023	11.6%	14.9%
2024	11.4%	14.7%
2025	11.2%	14.5%
2026	11%	14.3%
2027	10.9%	14.1%
2028	10.7%	13.9%
2029	10.5%	13.6%
2030	10.4%	13.3%
2031	10.3%	13%
2032	10.2%	12.7%
2033	10.1%	12.4%
2034	10.1%	12.1%
2035	10.1%	11.9%
2036	10.1%	11.7%
2037	10.1%	11.6%
2038	10.2%	11.5%
2039	10.3%	11.4%
2040	10.4%	11.4%
2041	10.5%	11.3%
2042	10.6%	11.3%
2043	10.7%	11.3%
2044	10.8%	11.2%
2045	10.9%	11.2%
2046	11%	11.3%
2047	11.1%	11.3%
2048	11.2%	11.3%
2049	11.2%	11.3%
2050	11.2%	11.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 11.4% of the population in Japan and 14.7% in Lithuania in 2024, compared to 18% and 22.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Japan and Lithuania compared.

Natural population change in Japan vs Lithuania by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.41% in Japan 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
	Japan	Lithuania
1960	894,874	40,845
1961	893,522	40,376
1962	901,864	34,933
1963	987,770	33,918
1964	1,046,553	34,048
1965	1,126,448	30,309
1966	682,072	30,381
1967	1,258,475	29,226
1968	1,191,930	28,325
1969	1,195,962	27,345
1970	1,230,496	27,629
1971	1,331,782	28,930
1972	1,372,006	25,388
1973	1,391,449	22,712
1974	1,332,960	22,589
1975	1,204,989	20,470
1976	1,127,750	20,305
1977	1,070,397	19,124
1978	1,011,234	17,573
1979	950,298	16,989
1980	864,372	16,042
1981	811,861	16,478
1982	805,664	18,323
1983	775,495	20,911
1984	756,523	18,976
1985	676,687	19,140
1986	631,706	23,978
1987	598,138	22,422
1988	527,085	19,006
1989	467,662	17,316
1990	407,478	17,010
1991	396,685	14,817
1992	360,833	12,950
1993	312,073	1,473
1994	363,017	-4,023
1995	276,039	-3,992
1996	314,392	-3,962
1997	277,325	-3,218
1998	265,440	-3,904
1999	202,610	-3,877
2000	228,317	-4,549
2001	203,438	-9,024
2002	178,423	-11,362
2003	114,946	-10,929
2004	76,656	-11,482
2005	-25,554	-14,287
2006	12,785	-15,041
2007	-25,600	-15,510
2008	-51,225	-12,153
2009	-76,828	-9,805
2010	-128,070	-11,460
2011	-204,533	-10,901
2012	-229,733	-11,060
2013	-242,146	-12,733
2014	-267,279	-10,868
2015	-292,424	-11,935
2016	-343,106	-11,509
2017	-406,310	-12,224
2018	-456,520	-12,686
2019	-531,858	-13,212
2020	-542,923	-19,953
2021	-640,976	-24,433
2022	-825,825	-20,671
2023	-871,617	-16,368

Maternal mortality chart: Japan vs Lithuania

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 3 deaths per 100,000 live births in Japan, compared to 8 deaths in Lithuania.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Japan	Lithuania
1985	19	35
1986	18	30
1987	17	28
1988	16	28
1989	15	31
1990	14	29
1991	13	29
1992	13	28
1993	12	29
1994	11	31
1995	11	28
1996	11	25
1997	10	21
1998	10	19
1999	9	18
2000	9	16
2001	8	16
2002	8	14
2003	8	14
2004	7	12
2005	7	13
2006	7	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	5	9
2017	5	10
2018	5	9
2019	5	9
2020	4	8
2021	4	9
2022	5	9
2023	3	8

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.24% in Japan 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
	Japan	Lithuania
1960	3.97%	-
1961	3.62%	-
1962	3.29%	-
1963	2.98%	-
1964	2.7%	-
1965	2.46%	-
1966	2.26%	-
1967	2.1%	2.63%
1968	1.96%	2.63%
1969	1.85%	2.51%
1970	1.75%	2.29%
1971	1.65%	2.11%
1972	1.57%	2.08%
1973	1.49%	2.16%
1974	1.41%	2.24%
1975	1.33%	2.26%
1976	1.25%	2.25%
1977	1.18%	2.22%
1978	1.11%	2.18%
1979	1.05%	2.12%
1980	0.99%	2.05%
1981	0.93%	1.98%
1982	0.88%	1.92%
1983	0.83%	1.87%
1984	0.79%	1.82%
1985	0.75%	1.74%
1986	0.71%	1.64%
1987	0.68%	1.52%
1988	0.66%	1.42%
1989	0.64%	1.42%
1990	0.63%	1.52%
1991	0.62%	1.67%
1992	0.61%	1.78%
1993	0.6%	1.79%
1994	0.59%	1.69%
1995	0.57%	1.51%
1996	0.55%	1.34%
1997	0.52%	1.23%
1998	0.5%	1.16%
1999	0.47%	1.12%
2000	0.45%	1.07%
2001	0.43%	1.03%
2002	0.41%	0.99%
2003	0.4%	0.96%
2004	0.39%	0.93%
2005	0.37%	0.9%
2006	0.36%	0.86%
2007	0.35%	0.8%
2008	0.34%	0.74%
2009	0.34%	0.67%
2010	0.33%	0.6%
2011	0.33%	0.56%
2012	0.31%	0.53%
2013	0.3%	0.51%
2014	0.29%	0.51%
2015	0.28%	0.5%
2016	0.27%	0.49%
2017	0.26%	0.46%
2018	0.25%	0.42%
2019	0.25%	0.39%
2020	0.24%	0.37%
2021	0.24%	0.36%
2022	0.24%	0.35%
2023	0.24%	0.34%