Fertility & birth rates in Latvia and Malaysia

Fertility rate in Latvia vs Malaysia chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Latvia was 1.36 children per woman in 2023, compared to 1.55 in Malaysia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Latvia vs Malaysia population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Latvia	Malaysia
1960	1.94	6.41
1961	1.94	6.37
1962	1.91	6.3
1963	1.85	6.19
1964	1.79	6.03
1965	1.74	5.84
1966	1.76	5.64
1967	1.8	5.43
1968	1.83	5.29
1969	1.88	5.16
1970	1.96	5.04
1971	2	4.92
1972	2	4.82
1973	1.98	4.73
1974	1.97	4.62
1975	1.96	4.5
1976	1.93	4.4
1977	1.89	4.28
1978	1.87	4.18
1979	1.87	4.09
1980	1.86	4.04
1981	1.88	4
1982	1.97	3.97
1983	2.07	3.93
1984	2.09	3.89
1985	2.08	3.8
1986	2.12	3.7
1987	2.15	3.57
1988	2.11	3.5
1989	2.05	3.31
1990	2.02	3.3
1991	1.86	3.34
1992	1.73	3.37
1993	1.51	3.36
1994	1.39	3.35
1995	1.25	3.32
1996	1.16	3.3
1997	1.11	3.23
1998	1.09	3.12
1999	1.16	3.07
2000	1.25	2.94
2001	1.22	2.81
2002	1.26	2.66
2003	1.32	2.6
2004	1.29	2.49
2005	1.39	2.39
2006	1.46	2.31
2007	1.54	2.25
2008	1.58	2.26
2009	1.46	2.22
2010	1.36	2.14
2011	1.33	2.15
2012	1.44	2.12
2013	1.52	2.07
2014	1.65	2.06
2015	1.7	2.01
2016	1.74	1.94
2017	1.69	1.89
2018	1.6	1.84
2019	1.61	1.78
2020	1.55	1.68
2021	1.57	1.56
2022	1.47	1.55
2023	1.36	1.55
2024	1.36	1.54
2025	1.37	1.53
2026	1.38	1.52
2027	1.38	1.51
2028	1.39	1.51
2029	1.39	1.51
2030	1.4	1.51
2031	1.4	1.5
2032	1.41	1.5
2033	1.41	1.5
2034	1.41	1.5
2035	1.42	1.5
2036	1.42	1.51
2037	1.42	1.51
2038	1.43	1.51
2039	1.43	1.51
2040	1.43	1.51
2041	1.44	1.51
2042	1.44	1.51
2043	1.44	1.52
2044	1.45	1.52
2045	1.45	1.52
2046	1.45	1.52
2047	1.46	1.52
2048	1.46	1.53
2049	1.46	1.53
2050	1.47	1.53

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Latvia	Malaysia
1960	22.2%	45.4%
1961	22.4%	45.9%
1962	22.6%	46.3%
1963	22.5%	46.5%
1964	22.4%	46.6%
1965	22.2%	46.5%
1966	22%	46.2%
1967	21.8%	45.9%
1968	21.7%	45.5%
1969	21.6%	45%
1970	21.6%	44.5%
1971	21.5%	44%
1972	21.5%	43.4%
1973	21.3%	42.8%
1974	21.2%	42.2%
1975	21%	41.7%
1976	20.8%	41.1%
1977	20.6%	40.6%
1978	20.5%	40.1%
1979	20.4%	39.6%
1980	20.5%	39.2%
1981	20.6%	38.8%
1982	20.8%	38.6%
1983	20.9%	38.4%
1984	21.1%	38.2%
1985	21.2%	38.1%
1986	21.3%	38%
1987	21.3%	37.9%
1988	21.4%	37.7%
1989	21.4%	37.5%
1990	21.5%	37.2%
1991	21.5%	36.9%
1992	21.4%	36.6%
1993	21.2%	36.3%
1994	21%	36%
1995	20.7%	35.7%
1996	20.2%	35.5%
1997	19.7%	35.3%
1998	19%	35%
1999	18.3%	34.6%
2000	17.7%	34.2%
2001	17%	33.7%
2002	16.4%	33.2%
2003	15.8%	32.6%
2004	15.2%	32%
2005	14.7%	31.4%
2006	14.4%	30.7%
2007	14.1%	30%
2008	14%	29.4%
2009	14.1%	28.6%
2010	14.2%	27.9%
2011	14.2%	27.4%
2012	14.4%	27%
2013	14.6%	26.6%
2014	14.8%	26.2%
2015	15.1%	25.8%
2016	15.4%	25.5%
2017	15.7%	25.2%
2018	15.8%	24.9%
2019	15.9%	24.5%
2020	16%	24%
2021	16%	23.4%
2022	15.9%	22.8%
2023	15.7%	22.3%
2024	15.4%	21.8%
2025	15.2%	21.3%
2026	15%	20.8%
2027	14.8%	20.4%
2028	14.5%	19.9%
2029	14.1%	19.4%
2030	13.7%	19%
2031	13.2%	18.5%
2032	12.8%	18.1%
2033	12.4%	17.8%
2034	12.2%	17.6%
2035	11.9%	17.4%
2036	11.7%	17.3%
2037	11.6%	17.3%
2038	11.6%	17.2%
2039	11.6%	17.1%
2040	11.7%	17%
2041	11.7%	17%
2042	11.8%	16.9%
2043	12%	16.8%
2044	12.1%	16.7%
2045	12.2%	16.7%
2046	12.4%	16.6%
2047	12.5%	16.5%
2048	12.6%	16.4%
2049	12.7%	16.3%
2050	12.8%	16.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15.4% of the population in Latvia and 21.8% in Malaysia in 2024, compared to 21.5% and 37.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Latvia and Malaysia compared.

Natural population change in Latvia vs Malaysia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.54% in Latvia and +0.92% in Malaysia. 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
	Latvia	Malaysia
1960	14,211	251,090
1961	14,207	257,270
1962	11,562	262,140
1963	11,055	265,815
1964	12,100	266,406
1965	8,384	264,836
1966	8,677	262,162
1967	7,825	258,764
1968	7,668	260,705
1969	6,561	264,327
1970	7,785	269,341
1971	8,793	272,323
1972	7,666	276,263
1973	6,040	284,611
1974	6,824	289,880
1975	4,913	294,541
1976	4,200	300,615
1977	3,480	305,515
1978	2,997	311,027
1979	2,506	317,439
1980	3,265	326,947
1981	3,779	339,991
1982	6,327	353,138
1983	8,147	365,290
1984	7,430	376,797
1985	5,673	383,243
1986	10,660	385,799
1987	9,981	381,999
1988	9,022	386,507
1989	6,401	373,277
1990	2,929	384,518
1991	0	401,938
1992	-3,660	418,900
1993	-12,560	429,910
1994	-17,645	437,873
1995	-17,396	443,349
1996	-14,498	450,174
1997	-14,841	447,768
1998	-15,906	436,316
1999	-13,387	432,355
2000	-11,838	417,371
2001	-13,322	400,939
2002	-12,475	381,084
2003	-11,439	377,425
2004	-11,542	365,138
2005	-10,746	355,324
2006	-10,204	349,509
2007	-9,021	348,711
2008	-6,531	362,380
2009	-7,924	366,157
2010	-10,278	360,260
2011	-9,886	372,836
2012	-9,154	371,497
2013	-8,252	366,738
2014	-6,779	367,587
2015	-6,526	358,302
2016	-6,663	345,681
2017	-7,963	336,434
2018	-9,636	324,568
2019	-8,995	309,426
2020	-11,402	283,282
2021	-17,337	212,002
2022	-14,847	237,560
2023	-13,517	254,806

Maternal mortality chart: Latvia vs Malaysia

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 19 deaths per 100,000 live births in Latvia, compared to 26 deaths in Malaysia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Latvia	Malaysia
1985	51	63
1986	43	59
1987	44	56
1988	42	55
1989	46	52
1990	47	51
1991	46	49
1992	48	48
1993	57	46
1994	65	44
1995	59	43
1996	45	42
1997	41	40
1998	40	39
1999	40	38
2000	34	37
2001	32	36
2002	29	34
2003	30	34
2004	28	33
2005	27	31
2006	28	30
2007	27	30
2008	25	29
2009	24	29
2010	22	29
2011	22	29
2012	20	29
2013	24	29
2014	22	30
2015	22	30
2016	23	30
2017	23	29
2018	23	29
2019	22	28
2020	21	29
2021	42	52
2022	29	38
2023	19	26

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.3% in Latvia and 0.81% in Malaysia. 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
	Latvia	Malaysia
1960	-	9.46%
1961	-	8.83%
1962	-	8.25%
1963	-	7.74%
1964	-	7.28%
1965	-	6.89%
1966	-	6.56%
1967	-	6.27%
1968	-	6.02%
1969	-	5.79%
1970	-	5.56%
1971	-	5.32%
1972	-	5.06%
1973	-	4.79%
1974	-	4.5%
1975	-	4.23%
1976	-	3.97%
1977	-	3.71%
1978	-	3.48%
1979	2.08%	3.25%
1980	2.07%	3.04%
1981	2.06%	2.84%
1982	2.03%	2.65%
1983	1.96%	2.47%
1984	1.87%	2.32%
1985	1.75%	2.18%
1986	1.64%	2.05%
1987	1.55%	1.93%
1988	1.53%	1.83%
1989	1.58%	1.74%
1990	1.7%	1.66%
1991	1.83%	1.58%
1992	1.93%	1.51%
1993	1.99%	1.45%
1994	2%	1.39%
1995	1.98%	1.34%
1996	1.9%	1.29%
1997	1.79%	1.23%
1998	1.67%	1.15%
1999	1.54%	1.07%
2000	1.42%	1%
2001	1.33%	0.93%
2002	1.26%	0.88%
2003	1.19%	0.85%
2004	1.12%	0.84%
2005	1.05%	0.83%
2006	0.99%	0.83%
2007	0.93%	0.82%
2008	0.88%	0.82%
2009	0.83%	0.82%
2010	0.78%	0.81%
2011	0.72%	0.81%
2012	0.66%	0.8%
2013	0.6%	0.81%
2014	0.55%	0.81%
2015	0.51%	0.81%
2016	0.47%	0.82%
2017	0.45%	0.82%
2018	0.42%	0.82%
2019	0.4%	0.82%
2020	0.37%	0.81%
2021	0.35%	0.81%
2022	0.32%	0.81%
2023	0.3%	0.81%