Fertility & birth rates in Latvia and United States

Fertility rate in Latvia vs United States 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 1.62 in the United States in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Latvia vs the United States 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	United States
1960	1.94	3.65
1961	1.94	3.62
1962	1.91	3.46
1963	1.85	3.32
1964	1.79	3.19
1965	1.74	2.91
1966	1.76	2.72
1967	1.8	2.56
1968	1.83	2.46
1969	1.88	2.46
1970	1.96	2.48
1971	2	2.27
1972	2	2.01
1973	1.98	1.88
1974	1.97	1.84
1975	1.96	1.77
1976	1.93	1.74
1977	1.89	1.79
1978	1.87	1.76
1979	1.87	1.81
1980	1.86	1.84
1981	1.88	1.81
1982	1.97	1.83
1983	2.07	1.8
1984	2.09	1.81
1985	2.08	1.84
1986	2.12	1.84
1987	2.15	1.87
1988	2.11	1.93
1989	2.05	2.01
1990	2.02	2.08
1991	1.86	2.06
1992	1.73	2.05
1993	1.51	2.02
1994	1.39	2
1995	1.25	1.98
1996	1.16	1.98
1997	1.11	1.97
1998	1.09	2
1999	1.16	2.01
2000	1.25	2.06
2001	1.22	2.03
2002	1.26	2.02
2003	1.32	2.05
2004	1.29	2.05
2005	1.39	2.06
2006	1.46	2.11
2007	1.54	2.12
2008	1.58	2.07
2009	1.46	2
2010	1.36	1.93
2011	1.33	1.89
2012	1.44	1.88
2013	1.52	1.86
2014	1.65	1.86
2015	1.7	1.84
2016	1.74	1.82
2017	1.69	1.77
2018	1.6	1.73
2019	1.61	1.71
2020	1.55	1.64
2021	1.57	1.66
2022	1.47	1.66
2023	1.36	1.62
2024	1.36	1.62
2025	1.37	1.62
2026	1.38	1.62
2027	1.38	1.62
2028	1.39	1.62
2029	1.39	1.62
2030	1.4	1.62
2031	1.4	1.62
2032	1.41	1.62
2033	1.41	1.63
2034	1.41	1.62
2035	1.42	1.63
2036	1.42	1.63
2037	1.42	1.63
2038	1.43	1.63
2039	1.43	1.63
2040	1.43	1.63
2041	1.44	1.63
2042	1.44	1.63
2043	1.44	1.63
2044	1.45	1.63
2045	1.45	1.64
2046	1.45	1.64
2047	1.46	1.63
2048	1.46	1.64
2049	1.46	1.63
2050	1.47	1.64

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Latvia	United States
1960	22.2%	31.3%
1961	22.4%	31.4%
1962	22.6%	31.3%
1963	22.5%	31.1%
1964	22.4%	30.9%
1965	22.2%	30.7%
1966	22%	30.4%
1967	21.8%	30%
1968	21.7%	29.5%
1969	21.6%	29%
1970	21.6%	28.6%
1971	21.5%	28%
1972	21.5%	27.4%
1973	21.3%	26.6%
1974	21.2%	25.9%
1975	21%	25.2%
1976	20.8%	24.4%
1977	20.6%	23.8%
1978	20.5%	23.2%
1979	20.4%	22.8%
1980	20.5%	22.4%
1981	20.6%	22.1%
1982	20.8%	22%
1983	20.9%	21.8%
1984	21.1%	21.7%
1985	21.2%	21.5%
1986	21.3%	21.3%
1987	21.3%	21.3%
1988	21.4%	21.3%
1989	21.4%	21.5%
1990	21.5%	21.6%
1991	21.5%	21.7%
1992	21.4%	21.8%
1993	21.2%	21.9%
1994	21%	21.9%
1995	20.7%	21.8%
1996	20.2%	21.7%
1997	19.7%	21.5%
1998	19%	21.4%
1999	18.3%	21.3%
2000	17.7%	21.2%
2001	17%	21%
2002	16.4%	20.9%
2003	15.8%	20.7%
2004	15.2%	20.5%
2005	14.7%	20.3%
2006	14.4%	20.2%
2007	14.1%	20%
2008	14%	19.9%
2009	14.1%	19.8%
2010	14.2%	19.7%
2011	14.2%	19.6%
2012	14.4%	19.5%
2013	14.6%	19.4%
2014	14.8%	19.3%
2015	15.1%	19.2%
2016	15.4%	19.1%
2017	15.7%	18.9%
2018	15.8%	18.8%
2019	15.9%	18.6%
2020	16%	18.4%
2021	16%	18.1%
2022	15.9%	17.9%
2023	15.7%	17.6%
2024	15.4%	17.3%
2025	15.2%	17.1%
2026	15%	16.9%
2027	14.8%	16.7%
2028	14.5%	16.6%
2029	14.1%	16.4%
2030	13.7%	16.3%
2031	13.2%	16.1%
2032	12.8%	16%
2033	12.4%	16%
2034	12.2%	15.9%
2035	11.9%	15.9%
2036	11.7%	15.9%
2037	11.6%	15.9%
2038	11.6%	15.9%
2039	11.6%	15.9%
2040	11.7%	15.9%
2041	11.7%	16%
2042	11.8%	16%
2043	12%	16%
2044	12.1%	16%
2045	12.2%	16%
2046	12.4%	16%
2047	12.5%	16%
2048	12.6%	16%
2049	12.7%	15.9%
2050	12.8%	15.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15.4% of the population in Latvia and 17.3% in the United States in 2024, compared to 21.5% and 21.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Latvia and the United States compared.

Natural population change in Latvia vs United States by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.54% in Latvia and +0.25% in the United States. 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	United States
1960	14,211	2,565,530
1961	14,207	2,571,681
1962	11,562	2,406,337
1963	11,055	2,289,826
1964	12,100	2,245,099
1965	8,384	1,943,030
1966	8,677	1,749,387
1967	7,825	1,669,181
1968	7,668	1,565,507
1969	6,561	1,702,487
1970	7,785	1,824,965
1971	8,793	1,640,519
1972	7,666	1,301,355
1973	6,040	1,165,499
1974	6,824	1,218,968
1975	4,913	1,252,644
1976	4,200	1,264,604
1977	3,480	1,431,556
1978	2,997	1,402,283
1979	2,506	1,597,894
1980	3,265	1,608,450
1981	3,779	1,652,153
1982	6,327	1,714,317
1983	8,147	1,636,544
1984	7,430	1,627,192
1985	5,673	1,689,258
1986	10,660	1,656,917
1987	9,981	1,720,252
1988	9,022	1,735,943
1989	6,401	1,875,826
1990	2,929	2,026,068
1991	0	1,926,543
1992	-3,660	1,875,328
1993	-12,560	1,717,685
1994	-17,645	1,633,302
1995	-17,396	1,546,031
1996	-14,498	1,510,137
1997	-14,841	1,501,014
1998	-15,906	1,573,857
1999	-13,387	1,564,050
2000	-11,838	1,664,758
2001	-13,322	1,595,826
2002	-12,475	1,581,938
2003	-11,439	1,653,615
2004	-11,542	1,698,271
2005	-10,746	1,684,445
2006	-10,204	1,849,955
2007	-9,021	1,897,757
2008	-6,531	1,794,154
2009	-7,924	1,717,920
2010	-10,278	1,548,182
2011	-9,886	1,441,697
2012	-9,154	1,411,822
2013	-8,252	1,322,711
2014	-6,779	1,357,281
2015	-6,526	1,270,126
2016	-6,663	1,197,627
2017	-7,963	1,028,037
2018	-9,636	955,022
2019	-8,995	887,476
2020	-11,402	208,862
2021	-17,337	199,137
2022	-14,847	399,926
2023	-13,517	502,372

Maternal mortality chart: Latvia vs United States

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 17 deaths in the United States.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Latvia	United States
1985	51	11
1986	43	11
1987	44	11
1988	42	12
1989	46	12
1990	47	12
1991	46	12
1992	48	11
1993	57	12
1994	65	11
1995	59	12
1996	45	11
1997	41	11
1998	40	11
1999	40	12
2000	34	12
2001	32	13
2002	29	13
2003	30	13
2004	28	13
2005	27	13
2006	28	13
2007	27	13
2008	25	14
2009	24	15
2010	22	15
2011	22	15
2012	20	16
2013	24	16
2014	22	17
2015	22	17
2016	23	18
2017	23	18
2018	23	18
2019	22	18
2020	21	22
2021	42	31
2022	29	20
2023	19	17

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.3% in Latvia and 0.65% in the United States. 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	United States
1960	-	3.01%
1961	-	2.95%
1962	-	2.89%
1963	-	2.83%
1964	-	2.77%
1965	-	2.71%
1966	-	2.64%
1967	-	2.57%
1968	-	2.49%
1969	-	2.41%
1970	-	2.32%
1971	-	2.24%
1972	-	2.15%
1973	-	2.06%
1974	-	1.97%
1975	-	1.88%
1976	-	1.79%
1977	-	1.71%
1978	-	1.63%
1979	2.08%	1.56%
1980	2.07%	1.5%
1981	2.06%	1.44%
1982	2.03%	1.39%
1983	1.96%	1.34%
1984	1.87%	1.3%
1985	1.75%	1.27%
1986	1.64%	1.24%
1987	1.55%	1.21%
1988	1.53%	1.19%
1989	1.58%	1.16%
1990	1.7%	1.12%
1991	1.83%	1.09%
1992	1.93%	1.05%
1993	1.99%	1.01%
1994	2%	0.98%
1995	1.98%	0.95%
1996	1.9%	0.92%
1997	1.79%	0.89%
1998	1.67%	0.87%
1999	1.54%	0.86%
2000	1.42%	0.84%
2001	1.33%	0.83%
2002	1.26%	0.82%
2003	1.19%	0.81%
2004	1.12%	0.81%
2005	1.05%	0.8%
2006	0.99%	0.79%
2007	0.93%	0.77%
2008	0.88%	0.76%
2009	0.83%	0.75%
2010	0.78%	0.73%
2011	0.72%	0.72%
2012	0.66%	0.7%
2013	0.6%	0.69%
2014	0.55%	0.68%
2015	0.51%	0.68%
2016	0.47%	0.67%
2017	0.45%	0.66%
2018	0.42%	0.65%
2019	0.4%	0.65%
2020	0.37%	0.65%
2021	0.35%	0.65%
2022	0.32%	0.65%
2023	0.3%	0.65%