Fertility & birth rates in Kazakhstan and Portugal

Fertility rate in Kazakhstan vs Portugal chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Kazakhstan was 3.01 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 Kazakhstan 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
	Kazakhstan	Portugal
1960	4.5	3.16
1961	4.42	3.21
1962	4.36	3.23
1963	4.26	3.12
1964	4.07	3.21
1965	3.88	3.15
1966	3.82	3.16
1967	3.77	3.16
1968	3.63	3.12
1969	3.51	3.12
1970	3.51	3.01
1971	3.53	3
1972	3.55	2.86
1973	3.51	2.77
1974	3.45	2.7
1975	3.4	2.75
1976	3.33	2.82
1977	3.26	2.69
1978	3.16	2.45
1979	3.14	2.31
1980	3.09	2.25
1981	3.05	2.13
1982	3.02	2.07
1983	3.07	1.95
1984	3.15	1.9
1985	3.21	1.72
1986	3.19	1.66
1987	3.12	1.62
1988	3	1.61
1989	2.87	1.57
1990	2.75	1.56
1991	2.68	1.56
1992	2.58	1.54
1993	2.48	1.52
1994	2.38	1.45
1995	2.25	1.41
1996	2.08	1.44
1997	1.97	1.47
1998	1.94	1.47
1999	1.9	1.5
2000	1.9	1.55
2001	1.91	1.45
2002	1.96	1.46
2003	2.08	1.44
2004	2.2	1.4
2005	2.27	1.41
2006	2.38	1.37
2007	2.49	1.35
2008	2.62	1.39
2009	2.58	1.34
2010	2.61	1.39
2011	2.61	1.35
2012	2.64	1.28
2013	2.67	1.21
2014	2.76	1.24
2015	2.76	1.31
2016	2.8	1.37
2017	2.75	1.38
2018	2.85	1.42
2019	2.89	1.44
2020	3.13	1.42
2021	3.32	1.35
2022	3.05	1.43
2023	3.01	1.44
2024	2.98	1.45
2025	2.95	1.45
2026	2.92	1.45
2027	2.9	1.46
2028	2.87	1.46
2029	2.84	1.46
2030	2.81	1.46
2031	2.78	1.47
2032	2.76	1.47
2033	2.74	1.47
2034	2.71	1.48
2035	2.69	1.48
2036	2.66	1.48
2037	2.64	1.48
2038	2.62	1.49
2039	2.6	1.49
2040	2.58	1.49
2041	2.56	1.49
2042	2.54	1.49
2043	2.52	1.49
2044	2.5	1.5
2045	2.48	1.5
2046	2.47	1.5
2047	2.44	1.5
2048	2.43	1.5
2049	2.41	1.5
2050	2.39	1.5

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Kazakhstan	Portugal
1960	37.2%	29.3%
1961	38%	29.1%
1962	38.4%	29.1%
1963	38.5%	29.1%
1964	38.4%	29.1%
1965	38.1%	29.1%
1966	37.8%	29.2%
1967	37.4%	29.2%
1968	37%	29.2%
1969	36.5%	29.1%
1970	36.1%	28.7%
1971	35.6%	28.4%
1972	35.2%	28.2%
1973	34.7%	27.9%
1974	34.1%	27.7%
1975	33.6%	27.4%
1976	33.3%	27.2%
1977	33.1%	27.1%
1978	32.8%	26.8%
1979	32.9%	26.4%
1980	33%	25.9%
1981	32.8%	25.4%
1982	32.7%	25%
1983	32.6%	24.5%
1984	32.6%	24.1%
1985	32.6%	23.7%
1986	32.6%	23.1%
1987	32.4%	22.5%
1988	32.1%	21.9%
1989	31.9%	21.2%
1990	31.7%	20.5%
1991	31.6%	19.7%
1992	31.4%	19.1%
1993	31.1%	18.6%
1994	30.8%	18.2%
1995	30.5%	17.8%
1996	30.1%	17.4%
1997	29.6%	17.1%
1998	29%	16.8%
1999	28.3%	16.6%
2000	27.6%	16.4%
2001	26.9%	16.2%
2002	26.2%	16.1%
2003	25.6%	16.1%
2004	25.1%	16%
2005	24.8%	15.9%
2006	24.7%	15.8%
2007	24.7%	15.6%
2008	24.9%	15.5%
2009	25.1%	15.4%
2010	25.4%	15.2%
2011	25.7%	15%
2012	26.2%	14.9%
2013	26.7%	14.8%
2014	27.2%	14.6%
2015	27.7%	14.3%
2016	28.1%	14.1%
2017	28.5%	13.9%
2018	28.8%	13.7%
2019	29%	13.5%
2020	29.2%	13.3%
2021	29.5%	13.1%
2022	29.6%	13%
2023	29.5%	12.9%
2024	29.4%	12.8%
2025	29.1%	12.7%
2026	28.9%	12.6%
2027	28.5%	12.6%
2028	28.2%	12.6%
2029	27.9%	12.6%
2030	27.5%	12.7%
2031	27.1%	12.7%
2032	26.8%	12.7%
2033	26.5%	12.7%
2034	26.1%	12.7%
2035	25.8%	12.8%
2036	25.4%	12.9%
2037	25%	12.9%
2038	24.8%	13%
2039	24.7%	13%
2040	24.6%	13.1%
2041	24.5%	13.1%
2042	24.5%	13.2%
2043	24.6%	13.2%
2044	24.6%	13.3%
2045	24.6%	13.3%
2046	24.7%	13.4%
2047	24.7%	13.4%
2048	24.7%	13.4%
2049	24.7%	13.5%
2050	24.7%	13.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 29.4% of the population in Kazakhstan and 12.8% in Portugal in 2024, compared to 31.7% and 20.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Kazakhstan and Portugal compared.

Natural population change in Kazakhstan vs Portugal by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.44% in Kazakhstan 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
	Kazakhstan	Portugal
1960	226,027	118,693
1961	228,686	117,867
1962	228,177	123,217
1963	223,105	113,783
1964	208,899	120,170
1965	194,470	115,182
1966	191,506	107,171
1967	191,536	106,495
1968	186,254	100,737
1969	184,118	89,329
1970	191,775	87,672
1971	202,450	82,980
1972	212,319	83,715
1973	215,940	76,835
1974	217,668	74,412
1975	219,748	81,841
1976	221,992	85,138
1977	224,284	84,156
1978	225,895	70,731
1979	237,442	67,628
1980	238,977	63,481
1981	243,652	56,152
1982	246,983	58,479
1983	260,471	47,798
1984	278,485	45,983
1985	293,834	33,077
1986	295,818	31,102
1987	290,227	28,084
1988	275,278	24,047
1989	254,394	22,011
1990	235,113	13,976
1991	221,581	12,948
1992	204,785	13,933
1993	185,649	7,972
1994	165,631	9,991
1995	140,721	4,011
1996	112,384	4,026
1997	92,778	8,087
1998	85,735	7,112
1999	79,536	8,175
2000	80,699	15,435
2001	84,279	8,290
2002	93,564	8,335
2003	112,137	4,184
2004	132,286	7,339
2005	146,619	2,101
2006	166,480	3,156
2007	188,486	-1,055
2008	214,169	0
2009	218,036	-5,284
2010	230,479	-4,230
2011	237,883	-5,279
2012	249,987	-17,875
2013	259,239	-24,052
2014	274,406	-22,882
2015	273,523	-23,823
2016	277,878	-23,749
2017	268,066	-23,691
2018	278,917	-25,709
2019	278,788	-24,687
2020	272,458	-39,129
2021	269,026	-45,592
2022	277,019	-40,694
2023	273,013	-32,792

Maternal mortality chart: Kazakhstan vs Portugal

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 10 deaths per 100,000 live births in Kazakhstan, compared to 15 deaths in Portugal.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Kazakhstan	Portugal
1985	68	20
1986	67	19
1987	66	19
1988	65	18
1989	64	18
1990	64	17
1991	64	17
1992	65	16
1993	67	15
1994	70	13
1995	72	12
1996	72	12
1997	71	12
1998	68	11
1999	63	10
2000	58	9
2001	53	9
2002	48	9
2003	45	8
2004	41	8
2005	38	8
2006	35	8
2007	32	8
2008	28	9
2009	25	9
2010	22	10
2011	19	10
2012	17	10
2013	15	10
2014	14	11
2015	13	11
2016	12	12
2017	12	13
2018	11	14
2019	11	15
2020	18	14
2021	23	19
2022	14	16
2023	10	15

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.96% in Kazakhstan 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
	Kazakhstan	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	8.54%	6.3%
1972	8.33%	5.78%
1973	8.14%	5.27%
1974	7.96%	4.79%
1975	7.8%	4.35%
1976	7.66%	3.94%
1977	7.53%	3.57%
1978	7.39%	3.24%
1979	7.24%	2.97%
1980	7.05%	2.75%
1981	6.83%	2.58%
1982	6.6%	2.43%
1983	6.38%	2.29%
1984	6.16%	2.16%
1985	5.94%	2.04%
1986	5.73%	1.93%
1987	5.54%	1.82%
1988	5.37%	1.7%
1989	5.23%	1.59%
1990	5.16%	1.47%
1991	5.13%	1.36%
1992	5.16%	1.25%
1993	5.23%	1.14%
1994	5.28%	1.05%
1995	5.26%	0.98%
1996	5.16%	0.92%
1997	4.99%	0.86%
1998	4.76%	0.82%
1999	4.51%	0.77%
2000	4.25%	0.72%
2001	3.99%	0.66%
2002	3.76%	0.61%
2003	3.54%	0.55%
2004	3.33%	0.5%
2005	3.12%	0.47%
2006	2.9%	0.44%
2007	2.69%	0.42%
2008	2.47%	0.4%
2009	2.25%	0.39%
2010	2.04%	0.38%
2011	1.83%	0.37%
2012	1.63%	0.37%
2013	1.46%	0.36%
2014	1.3%	0.36%
2015	1.19%	0.36%
2016	1.1%	0.36%
2017	1.05%	0.36%
2018	1.03%	0.35%
2019	1.02%	0.35%
2020	1.01%	0.34%
2021	1%	0.33%
2022	0.98%	0.32%
2023	0.96%	0.32%