Fertility & birth rates in Latvia and Trinidad and Tobago

Fertility rate in Latvia vs Trinidad and Tobago 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 1.53 in Trinidad and Tobago 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	Trinidad
1960	1.94	5.41
1961	1.94	5.41
1962	1.91	5.36
1963	1.85	5.24
1964	1.79	5.08
1965	1.74	4.88
1966	1.76	4.62
1967	1.8	4.35
1968	1.83	4.11
1969	1.88	3.86
1970	1.96	3.71
1971	2	3.61
1972	2	3.55
1973	1.98	3.47
1974	1.97	3.32
1975	1.96	3.21
1976	1.93	3.14
1977	1.89	3.12
1978	1.87	3.13
1979	1.87	3.13
1980	1.86	3.15
1981	1.88	3.13
1982	1.97	3.11
1983	2.07	3.07
1984	2.09	3.02
1985	2.08	2.99
1986	2.12	2.9
1987	2.15	2.78
1988	2.11	2.65
1989	2.05	2.53
1990	2.02	2.39
1991	1.86	2.29
1992	1.73	2.21
1993	1.51	2.13
1994	1.39	2.06
1995	1.25	1.97
1996	1.16	1.89
1997	1.11	1.83
1998	1.09	1.78
1999	1.16	1.76
2000	1.25	1.73
2001	1.22	1.71
2002	1.26	1.67
2003	1.32	1.65
2004	1.29	1.63
2005	1.39	1.63
2006	1.46	1.62
2007	1.54	1.62
2008	1.58	1.62
2009	1.46	1.62
2010	1.36	1.61
2011	1.33	1.61
2012	1.44	1.61
2013	1.52	1.6
2014	1.65	1.6
2015	1.7	1.6
2016	1.74	1.6
2017	1.69	1.59
2018	1.6	1.59
2019	1.61	1.58
2020	1.55	1.57
2021	1.57	1.56
2022	1.47	1.54
2023	1.36	1.53
2024	1.36	1.54
2025	1.37	1.52
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	1.51
2032	1.41	1.51
2033	1.41	1.51
2034	1.41	1.51
2035	1.42	1.51
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	1.51
2044	1.45	1.51
2045	1.45	1.51
2046	1.45	1.51
2047	1.46	1.51
2048	1.46	1.52
2049	1.46	1.52
2050	1.47	1.52

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Latvia	Trinidad
1960	22.2%	43.1%
1961	22.4%	43.2%
1962	22.6%	43.2%
1963	22.5%	43.3%
1964	22.4%	43.2%
1965	22.2%	43.1%
1966	22%	42.9%
1967	21.8%	42.7%
1968	21.7%	42.3%
1969	21.6%	41.9%
1970	21.6%	41.2%
1971	21.5%	40.4%
1972	21.5%	39.7%
1973	21.3%	39.1%
1974	21.2%	38.4%
1975	21%	37.6%
1976	20.8%	36.8%
1977	20.6%	36%
1978	20.5%	35.3%
1979	20.4%	34.8%
1980	20.5%	34.4%
1981	20.6%	34.2%
1982	20.8%	34.2%
1983	20.9%	34.2%
1984	21.1%	34.3%
1985	21.2%	34.4%
1986	21.3%	34.4%
1987	21.3%	34.4%
1988	21.4%	34.2%
1989	21.4%	34%
1990	21.5%	33.7%
1991	21.5%	33.3%
1992	21.4%	32.8%
1993	21.2%	32.2%
1994	21%	31.6%
1995	20.7%	30.8%
1996	20.2%	29.9%
1997	19.7%	28.9%
1998	19%	27.9%
1999	18.3%	27%
2000	17.7%	26%
2001	17%	25%
2002	16.4%	24.2%
2003	15.8%	23.4%
2004	15.2%	22.7%
2005	14.7%	22.1%
2006	14.4%	21.6%
2007	14.1%	21.2%
2008	14%	20.8%
2009	14.1%	20.5%
2010	14.2%	20.3%
2011	14.2%	20.1%
2012	14.4%	20%
2013	14.6%	19.9%
2014	14.8%	19.7%
2015	15.1%	19.6%
2016	15.4%	19.5%
2017	15.7%	19.3%
2018	15.8%	19%
2019	15.9%	18.8%
2020	16%	18.7%
2021	16%	18.5%
2022	15.9%	18.3%
2023	15.7%	18%
2024	15.4%	17.8%
2025	15.2%	17.5%
2026	15%	17.2%
2027	14.8%	16.9%
2028	14.5%	16.6%
2029	14.1%	16.4%
2030	13.7%	16.1%
2031	13.2%	15.8%
2032	12.8%	15.5%
2033	12.4%	15.3%
2034	12.2%	15.1%
2035	11.9%	14.9%
2036	11.7%	14.7%
2037	11.6%	14.5%
2038	11.6%	14.4%
2039	11.6%	14.2%
2040	11.7%	14.1%
2041	11.7%	14.1%
2042	11.8%	14%
2043	12%	13.9%
2044	12.1%	13.9%
2045	12.2%	13.8%
2046	12.4%	13.8%
2047	12.5%	13.7%
2048	12.6%	13.7%
2049	12.7%	13.6%
2050	12.8%	13.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15.4% of the population in Latvia and 17.8% in Trinidad and Tobago in 2024, compared to 21.5% and 33.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Latvia and Trinidad and Tobago compared.

Natural population change in Latvia vs Trinidad and Tobago by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.54% in Latvia and +0.41% in Trinidad and Tobago. 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	Trinidad
1960	14,211	24,766
1961	14,207	25,518
1962	11,562	25,763
1963	11,055	25,507
1964	12,100	25,065
1965	8,384	24,349
1966	8,677	23,228
1967	7,825	21,992
1968	7,668	20,849
1969	6,561	19,652
1970	7,785	19,074
1971	8,793	19,400
1972	7,666	20,116
1973	6,040	20,617
1974	6,824	20,412
1975	4,913	20,468
1976	4,200	20,875
1977	3,480	21,660
1978	2,997	22,538
1979	2,506	23,475
1980	3,265	24,557
1981	3,779	25,015
1982	6,327	25,181
1983	8,147	25,118
1984	7,430	24,738
1985	5,673	24,487
1986	10,660	23,705
1987	9,981	22,398
1988	9,022	21,028
1989	6,401	19,636
1990	2,929	18,052
1991	0	16,903
1992	-3,660	15,910
1993	-12,560	14,878
1994	-17,645	14,032
1995	-17,396	12,971
1996	-14,498	12,101
1997	-14,841	11,405
1998	-15,906	10,964
1999	-13,387	10,821
2000	-11,838	10,588
2001	-13,322	10,438
2002	-12,475	10,316
2003	-11,439	10,169
2004	-11,542	10,149
2005	-10,746	9,822
2006	-10,204	9,889
2007	-9,021	9,939
2008	-6,531	9,872
2009	-7,924	9,769
2010	-10,278	9,698
2011	-9,886	9,601
2012	-9,154	9,376
2013	-8,252	9,020
2014	-6,779	8,571
2015	-6,526	7,963
2016	-6,663	7,436
2017	-7,963	6,779
2018	-9,636	5,869
2019	-8,995	5,647
2020	-11,402	4,558
2021	-17,337	2,091
2022	-14,847	3,773
2023	-13,517	3,200

Maternal mortality chart: Latvia vs Trinidad and Tobago

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 54 deaths in Trinidad and Tobago.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Latvia	Trinidad
1985	51	87
1986	43	89
1987	44	86
1988	42	87
1989	46	86
1990	47	84
1991	46	82
1992	48	85
1993	57	85
1994	65	84
1995	59	85
1996	45	84
1997	41	82
1998	40	79
1999	40	78
2000	34	76
2001	32	72
2002	29	69
2003	30	67
2004	28	63
2005	27	60
2006	28	58
2007	27	57
2008	25	55
2009	24	54
2010	22	54
2011	22	53
2012	20	51
2013	24	50
2014	22	50
2015	22	50
2016	23	51
2017	23	51
2018	23	53
2019	22	53
2020	21	35
2021	42	54
2022	29	30
2023	19	54

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.3% in Latvia and 1.91% in Trinidad and Tobago. 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	Trinidad
1960	-	6.74%
1961	-	6.53%
1962	-	6.33%
1963	-	6.14%
1964	-	5.96%
1965	-	5.8%
1966	-	5.66%
1967	-	5.53%
1968	-	5.4%
1969	-	5.28%
1970	-	5.17%
1971	-	5.06%
1972	-	4.95%
1973	-	4.84%
1974	-	4.72%
1975	-	4.6%
1976	-	4.48%
1977	-	4.37%
1978	-	4.25%
1979	2.08%	4.14%
1980	2.07%	4.03%
1981	2.06%	3.92%
1982	2.03%	3.83%
1983	1.96%	3.73%
1984	1.87%	3.64%
1985	1.75%	3.56%
1986	1.64%	3.49%
1987	1.55%	3.42%
1988	1.53%	3.36%
1989	1.58%	3.3%
1990	1.7%	3.25%
1991	1.83%	3.21%
1992	1.93%	3.16%
1993	1.99%	3.13%
1994	2%	3.09%
1995	1.98%	3.06%
1996	1.9%	3.02%
1997	1.79%	2.99%
1998	1.67%	2.96%
1999	1.54%	2.92%
2000	1.42%	2.88%
2001	1.33%	2.84%
2002	1.26%	2.81%
2003	1.19%	2.76%
2004	1.12%	2.72%
2005	1.05%	2.68%
2006	0.99%	2.64%
2007	0.93%	2.59%
2008	0.88%	2.55%
2009	0.83%	2.51%
2010	0.78%	2.47%
2011	0.72%	2.43%
2012	0.66%	2.38%
2013	0.6%	2.35%
2014	0.55%	2.3%
2015	0.51%	2.26%
2016	0.47%	2.22%
2017	0.45%	2.18%
2018	0.42%	2.14%
2019	0.4%	2.1%
2020	0.37%	2.06%
2021	0.35%	2.01%
2022	0.32%	1.96%
2023	0.3%	1.91%