Fertility & birth rates in Latvia and Mauritania

Fertility rate in Latvia vs Mauritania 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 4.7 in Mauritania 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
	Latvia	Mauritania
1960	1.94	6.15
1961	1.94	6.2
1962	1.91	6.24
1963	1.85	6.31
1964	1.79	6.37
1965	1.74	6.44
1966	1.76	6.52
1967	1.8	6.57
1968	1.83	6.6
1969	1.88	6.64
1970	1.96	6.68
1971	2	6.7
1972	2	6.71
1973	1.98	6.72
1974	1.97	6.73
1975	1.96	6.71
1976	1.93	6.73
1977	1.89	6.74
1978	1.87	6.73
1979	1.87	6.7
1980	1.86	6.67
1981	1.88	6.64
1982	1.97	6.59
1983	2.07	6.54
1984	2.09	6.48
1985	2.08	6.42
1986	2.12	6.34
1987	2.15	6.27
1988	2.11	6.21
1989	2.05	6.2
1990	2.02	6.18
1991	1.86	6.16
1992	1.73	6.13
1993	1.51	6.09
1994	1.39	6.06
1995	1.25	5.96
1996	1.16	5.86
1997	1.11	5.74
1998	1.09	5.62
1999	1.16	5.52
2000	1.25	5.46
2001	1.22	5.41
2002	1.26	5.37
2003	1.32	5.36
2004	1.29	5.37
2005	1.39	5.38
2006	1.46	5.4
2007	1.54	5.43
2008	1.58	5.44
2009	1.46	5.41
2010	1.36	5.38
2011	1.33	5.38
2012	1.44	5.35
2013	1.52	5.32
2014	1.65	5.26
2015	1.7	5.21
2016	1.74	5.16
2017	1.69	5.11
2018	1.6	5.04
2019	1.61	4.98
2020	1.55	4.91
2021	1.57	4.85
2022	1.47	4.77
2023	1.36	4.7
2024	1.36	4.63
2025	1.37	4.56
2026	1.38	4.48
2027	1.38	4.42
2028	1.39	4.36
2029	1.39	4.29
2030	1.4	4.24
2031	1.4	4.18
2032	1.41	4.11
2033	1.41	4.02
2034	1.41	3.97
2035	1.42	3.9
2036	1.42	3.83
2037	1.42	3.78
2038	1.43	3.71
2039	1.43	3.66
2040	1.43	3.6
2041	1.44	3.55
2042	1.44	3.5
2043	1.44	3.45
2044	1.45	3.39
2045	1.45	3.35
2046	1.45	3.3
2047	1.46	3.26
2048	1.46	3.21
2049	1.46	3.17
2050	1.47	3.14

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Latvia	Mauritania
1960	22.2%	41.8%
1961	22.4%	41.8%
1962	22.6%	41.8%
1963	22.5%	41.8%
1964	22.4%	42%
1965	22.2%	42.4%
1966	22%	42.8%
1967	21.8%	43.2%
1968	21.7%	43.6%
1969	21.6%	44%
1970	21.6%	44.4%
1971	21.5%	44.7%
1972	21.5%	44.9%
1973	21.3%	45.2%
1974	21.2%	45.4%
1975	21%	45.5%
1976	20.8%	45.6%
1977	20.6%	45.7%
1978	20.5%	45.8%
1979	20.4%	45.9%
1980	20.5%	45.9%
1981	20.6%	45.9%
1982	20.8%	45.8%
1983	20.9%	45.8%
1984	21.1%	45.7%
1985	21.2%	45.6%
1986	21.3%	45.5%
1987	21.3%	45.4%
1988	21.4%	45.3%
1989	21.4%	45.4%
1990	21.5%	45.4%
1991	21.5%	45.3%
1992	21.4%	44.9%
1993	21.2%	44.4%
1994	21%	44.3%
1995	20.7%	44.4%
1996	20.2%	44.6%
1997	19.7%	44.7%
1998	19%	44.6%
1999	18.3%	44.4%
2000	17.7%	44.2%
2001	17%	44.1%
2002	16.4%	44.2%
2003	15.8%	44.2%
2004	15.2%	44.2%
2005	14.7%	44.2%
2006	14.4%	44.2%
2007	14.1%	44.3%
2008	14%	44.1%
2009	14.1%	43.9%
2010	14.2%	43.9%
2011	14.2%	43.9%
2012	14.4%	44.1%
2013	14.6%	44.2%
2014	14.8%	44.2%
2015	15.1%	44.3%
2016	15.4%	44.2%
2017	15.7%	44.2%
2018	15.8%	44.1%
2019	15.9%	44%
2020	16%	43.8%
2021	16%	43.6%
2022	15.9%	43.4%
2023	15.7%	43%
2024	15.4%	42.7%
2025	15.2%	42.4%
2026	15%	42%
2027	14.8%	41.7%
2028	14.5%	41.3%
2029	14.1%	41%
2030	13.7%	40.7%
2031	13.2%	40.4%
2032	12.8%	40%
2033	12.4%	39.7%
2034	12.2%	39.3%
2035	11.9%	39%
2036	11.7%	38.6%
2037	11.6%	38.3%
2038	11.6%	37.9%
2039	11.6%	37.6%
2040	11.7%	37.3%
2041	11.7%	36.9%
2042	11.8%	36.6%
2043	12%	36.2%
2044	12.1%	35.9%
2045	12.2%	35.5%
2046	12.4%	35.2%
2047	12.5%	34.8%
2048	12.6%	34.5%
2049	12.7%	34.1%
2050	12.8%	33.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15.4% of the population in Latvia and 42.7% in Mauritania in 2024, compared to 21.5% and 45.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Latvia and Mauritania compared.

Natural population change in Latvia vs Mauritania by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.54% in Latvia and +3% in Mauritania. 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	Mauritania
1960	14,211	21,604
1961	14,207	22,781
1962	11,562	23,927
1963	11,055	25,250
1964	12,100	26,565
1965	8,384	28,028
1966	8,677	29,502
1967	7,825	30,853
1968	7,668	32,029
1969	6,561	33,252
1970	7,785	34,382
1971	8,793	35,279
1972	7,666	36,184
1973	6,040	37,122
1974	6,824	38,106
1975	4,913	38,975
1976	4,200	40,149
1977	3,480	41,352
1978	2,997	42,539
1979	2,506	43,537
1980	3,265	45,026
1981	3,779	46,641
1982	6,327	47,947
1983	8,147	49,187
1984	7,430	50,705
1985	5,673	52,125
1986	10,660	53,313
1987	9,981	55,037
1988	9,022	56,654
1989	6,401	58,666
1990	2,929	59,934
1991	0	61,782
1992	-3,660	63,501
1993	-12,560	68,167
1994	-17,645	70,570
1995	-17,396	72,244
1996	-14,498	71,939
1997	-14,841	71,327
1998	-15,906	72,045
1999	-13,387	73,554
2000	-11,838	75,929
2001	-13,322	78,769
2002	-12,475	80,993
2003	-11,439	83,804
2004	-11,542	87,578
2005	-10,746	90,940
2006	-10,204	94,991
2007	-9,021	98,895
2008	-6,531	102,432
2009	-7,924	105,273
2010	-10,278	108,121
2011	-9,886	111,165
2012	-9,154	113,489
2013	-8,252	115,558
2014	-6,779	118,792
2015	-6,526	122,092
2016	-6,663	125,342
2017	-7,963	128,562
2018	-9,636	131,584
2019	-8,995	134,460
2020	-11,402	134,899
2021	-17,337	137,557
2022	-14,847	142,451
2023	-13,517	145,164

Maternal mortality chart: Latvia vs Mauritania

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 381 deaths in Mauritania.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Latvia	Mauritania
1985	51	998
1986	43	961
1987	44	914
1988	42	887
1989	46	883
1990	47	858
1991	46	845
1992	48	811
1993	57	813
1994	65	809
1995	59	815
1996	45	813
1997	41	752
1998	40	698
1999	40	669
2000	34	644
2001	32	616
2002	29	590
2003	30	571
2004	28	557
2005	27	536
2006	28	521
2007	27	516
2008	25	506
2009	24	500
2010	22	499
2011	22	494
2012	20	496
2013	24	496
2014	22	484
2015	22	469
2016	23	456
2017	23	450
2018	23	437
2019	22	424
2020	21	413
2021	42	425
2022	29	385
2023	19	381

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.3% in Latvia and 3.78% in Mauritania. 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	Mauritania
1960	-	25.3%
1961	-	24.7%
1962	-	24%
1963	-	23.4%
1964	-	22.7%
1965	-	22%
1966	-	21.3%
1967	-	20.6%
1968	-	19.9%
1969	-	19.4%
1970	-	19%
1971	-	18.9%
1972	-	18.9%
1973	-	19%
1974	-	19%
1975	-	18.9%
1976	-	18.6%
1977	-	18.2%
1978	-	17.6%
1979	2.08%	17.1%
1980	2.07%	16.6%
1981	2.06%	16.1%
1982	2.03%	15.6%
1983	1.96%	15.1%
1984	1.87%	14.5%
1985	1.75%	13.8%
1986	1.64%	13.2%
1987	1.55%	12.6%
1988	1.53%	12.1%
1989	1.58%	11.8%
1990	1.7%	11.5%
1991	1.83%	11.4%
1992	1.93%	11.3%
1993	1.99%	11.2%
1994	2%	11.2%
1995	1.98%	11.1%
1996	1.9%	11%
1997	1.79%	10.8%
1998	1.67%	10.6%
1999	1.54%	10.2%
2000	1.42%	9.82%
2001	1.33%	9.35%
2002	1.26%	8.81%
2003	1.19%	8.25%
2004	1.12%	7.7%
2005	1.05%	7.18%
2006	0.99%	6.73%
2007	0.93%	6.35%
2008	0.88%	6.04%
2009	0.83%	5.79%
2010	0.78%	5.61%
2011	0.72%	5.45%
2012	0.66%	5.31%
2013	0.6%	5.17%
2014	0.55%	5.04%
2015	0.51%	4.89%
2016	0.47%	4.74%
2017	0.45%	4.59%
2018	0.42%	4.45%
2019	0.4%	4.3%
2020	0.37%	4.17%
2021	0.35%	4.03%
2022	0.32%	3.91%
2023	0.3%	3.78%