Fertility & birth rates in Lithuania and Malta

Fertility rate in Lithuania vs Malta chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Lithuania was 1.18 children per woman in 2023, compared to 1.06 in Malta in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Lithuania vs Malta population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Lithuania	Malta
1960	2.56	3.62
1961	2.53	3.27
1962	2.45	3.24
1963	2.35	2.9
1964	2.28	2.79
1965	2.23	2.52
1966	2.22	2.33
1967	2.23	2.24
1968	2.24	2.12
1969	2.3	2.02
1970	2.4	2.03
1971	2.41	2.06
1972	2.34	2.01
1973	2.22	1.65
1974	2.21	1.64
1975	2.18	2.27
1976	2.18	2.21
1977	2.14	2.14
1978	2.08	2.05
1979	2.05	2.1
1980	1.99	1.99
1981	1.98	1.87
1982	1.97	1.9
1983	2.1	1.92
1984	2.07	1.95
1985	2.08	1.95
1986	2.12	1.93
1987	2.11	1.97
1988	2.02	2.06
1989	1.98	2.1
1990	2.03	2.02
1991	2.01	1.99
1992	1.97	2.07
1993	1.74	1.96
1994	1.57	1.84
1995	1.55	1.77
1996	1.49	1.99
1997	1.47	1.93
1998	1.46	1.84
1999	1.46	1.73
2000	1.39	1.68
2001	1.29	1.48
2002	1.23	1.45
2003	1.26	1.48
2004	1.27	1.4
2005	1.29	1.38
2006	1.33	1.36
2007	1.36	1.35
2008	1.45	1.43
2009	1.5	1.42
2010	1.5	1.36
2011	1.55	1.45
2012	1.6	1.42
2013	1.59	1.36
2014	1.57	1.38
2015	1.63	1.37
2016	1.63	1.37
2017	1.57	1.26
2018	1.53	1.23
2019	1.43	1.14
2020	1.36	1.13
2021	1.36	1.13
2022	1.27	1.08
2023	1.18	1.06
2024	1.19	1.07
2025	1.2	1.08
2026	1.2	1.08
2027	1.21	1.09
2028	1.22	1.1
2029	1.22	1.11
2030	1.23	1.11
2031	1.23	1.12
2032	1.24	1.12
2033	1.25	1.13
2034	1.25	1.13
2035	1.26	1.14
2036	1.27	1.15
2037	1.27	1.15
2038	1.28	1.16
2039	1.28	1.16
2040	1.29	1.17
2041	1.29	1.17
2042	1.3	1.18
2043	1.3	1.18
2044	1.31	1.19
2045	1.31	1.19
2046	1.31	1.2
2047	1.32	1.2
2048	1.32	1.21
2049	1.33	1.21
2050	1.33	1.21

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Lithuania	Malta
1960	27.1%	35.8%
1961	27.3%	35%
1962	27.4%	34.2%
1963	27.5%	33.4%
1964	27.4%	32.6%
1965	27.3%	31.7%
1966	27.3%	30.9%
1967	27.2%	30.1%
1968	27.2%	29.3%
1969	27.2%	28.5%
1970	27.1%	27.7%
1971	26.8%	26.9%
1972	26.6%	26.3%
1973	26.1%	25.6%
1974	25.6%	25%
1975	25.1%	24.5%
1976	24.6%	24.1%
1977	24.2%	23.8%
1978	23.8%	23.6%
1979	23.5%	23.5%
1980	23.3%	23.4%
1981	23.1%	23.5%
1982	22.9%	23.6%
1983	22.8%	23.8%
1984	22.8%	24%
1985	22.7%	24.1%
1986	22.7%	24.1%
1987	22.7%	24%
1988	22.6%	23.8%
1989	22.5%	23.6%
1990	22.6%	23.4%
1991	22.5%	23.1%
1992	22.4%	22.9%
1993	22.3%	22.6%
1994	22.1%	22.3%
1995	21.8%	22%
1996	21.5%	21.6%
1997	21.2%	21.2%
1998	20.9%	20.7%
1999	20.4%	20.2%
2000	20%	19.8%
2001	19.3%	19.4%
2002	18.6%	18.9%
2003	17.9%	18.4%
2004	17.4%	17.9%
2005	16.8%	17.4%
2006	16.3%	16.9%
2007	15.8%	16.4%
2008	15.3%	15.9%
2009	15%	15.5%
2010	14.9%	15.2%
2011	14.8%	14.9%
2012	14.7%	14.7%
2013	14.6%	14.5%
2014	14.6%	14.3%
2015	14.6%	14.2%
2016	14.7%	14.2%
2017	14.9%	14%
2018	15%	13.8%
2019	15.1%	13.6%
2020	15.1%	13.3%
2021	15.1%	13.2%
2022	15%	13.2%
2023	14.9%	13.2%
2024	14.7%	13%
2025	14.5%	12.9%
2026	14.3%	12.8%
2027	14.1%	12.6%
2028	13.9%	12.5%
2029	13.6%	12.3%
2030	13.3%	12.2%
2031	13%	12%
2032	12.7%	11.7%
2033	12.4%	11.5%
2034	12.1%	11.3%
2035	11.9%	11.1%
2036	11.7%	10.9%
2037	11.6%	10.8%
2038	11.5%	10.6%
2039	11.4%	10.4%
2040	11.4%	10.3%
2041	11.3%	10.1%
2042	11.3%	9.98%
2043	11.3%	9.86%
2044	11.2%	9.75%
2045	11.2%	9.66%
2046	11.3%	9.59%
2047	11.3%	9.55%
2048	11.3%	9.52%
2049	11.3%	9.51%
2050	11.4%	9.52%

Children aged 0-14 make up 14.7% of the population in Lithuania and 13% in Malta in 2024, compared to 22.6% and 23.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Lithuania and Malta compared.

Natural population change in Lithuania vs Malta by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.54% in Lithuania and +0.13% in Malta. 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
	Lithuania	Malta
1960	40,845	5,747
1961	40,376	4,748
1962	34,933	4,664
1963	33,918	3,709
1964	34,048	3,630
1965	30,309	2,646
1966	30,381	2,458
1967	29,226	2,306
1968	28,325	2,247
1969	27,345	2,069
1970	27,629	2,270
1971	28,930	2,482
1972	25,388	2,480
1973	22,712	2,327
1974	22,589	2,687
1975	20,470	2,829
1976	20,305	2,721
1977	19,124	2,916
1978	17,573	2,389
1979	16,989	2,852
1980	16,042	2,375
1981	16,478	2,233
1982	18,323	2,835
1983	20,911	2,512
1984	18,976	2,678
1985	19,140	2,590
1986	23,978	2,395
1987	22,422	2,412
1988	19,006	2,813
1989	17,316	2,981
1990	17,010	2,621
1991	14,817	2,438
1992	12,950	2,573
1993	1,473	2,451
1994	-4,023	2,136
1995	-3,992	1,887
1996	-3,962	2,279
1997	-3,218	1,991
1998	-3,904	1,656
1999	-3,877	1,357
2000	-4,549	1,482
2001	-9,024	1,061
2002	-11,362	911
2003	-10,929	917
2004	-11,482	883
2005	-14,287	727
2006	-15,041	568
2007	-15,510	691
2008	-12,153	777
2009	-9,805	825
2010	-11,460	871
2011	-10,901	916
2012	-11,060	714
2013	-12,733	807
2014	-10,868	910
2015	-11,935	888
2016	-11,509	1,091
2017	-12,224	747
2018	-12,686	774
2019	-13,212	655
2020	-19,953	361
2021	-24,433	259
2022	-20,671	54
2023	-16,368	442

Maternal mortality chart: Lithuania vs Malta

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 8 deaths per 100,000 live births in Lithuania, compared to 8 deaths in Malta.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Lithuania	Malta
1985	35	21
1986	30	19
1987	28	19
1988	28	17
1989	31	17
1990	29	17
1991	29	17
1992	28	17
1993	29	16
1994	31	16
1995	28	15
1996	25	16
1997	21	15
1998	19	14
1999	18	15
2000	16	13
2001	16	12
2002	14	13
2003	14	13
2004	12	11
2005	13	11
2006	14	12
2007	14	10
2008	13	10
2009	11	11
2010	10	9
2011	10	11
2012	10	9
2013	10	7
2014	9	8
2015	10	7
2016	9	10
2017	10	7
2018	9	9
2019	9	8
2020	8	10
2021	9	10
2022	9	10
2023	8	8

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.34% in Lithuania and 0.55% in Malta. 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
	Lithuania	Malta
1960	-	4%
1961	-	3.85%
1962	-	3.73%
1963	-	3.63%
1964	-	3.53%
1965	-	3.43%
1966	-	3.31%
1967	2.63%	3.19%
1968	2.63%	3.06%
1969	2.51%	2.93%
1970	2.29%	2.79%
1971	2.11%	2.66%
1972	2.08%	2.52%
1973	2.16%	2.39%
1974	2.24%	2.26%
1975	2.26%	2.14%
1976	2.25%	2.03%
1977	2.22%	1.93%
1978	2.18%	1.84%
1979	2.12%	1.76%
1980	2.05%	1.69%
1981	1.98%	1.62%
1982	1.92%	1.57%
1983	1.87%	1.51%
1984	1.82%	1.45%
1985	1.74%	1.39%
1986	1.64%	1.33%
1987	1.52%	1.28%
1988	1.42%	1.23%
1989	1.42%	1.18%
1990	1.52%	1.13%
1991	1.67%	1.1%
1992	1.78%	1.06%
1993	1.79%	1.02%
1994	1.69%	0.98%
1995	1.51%	0.94%
1996	1.34%	0.9%
1997	1.23%	0.86%
1998	1.16%	0.82%
1999	1.12%	0.79%
2000	1.07%	0.76%
2001	1.03%	0.74%
2002	0.99%	0.72%
2003	0.96%	0.71%
2004	0.93%	0.7%
2005	0.9%	0.69%
2006	0.86%	0.69%
2007	0.8%	0.69%
2008	0.74%	0.69%
2009	0.67%	0.69%
2010	0.6%	0.69%
2011	0.56%	0.68%
2012	0.53%	0.68%
2013	0.51%	0.67%
2014	0.51%	0.67%
2015	0.5%	0.66%
2016	0.49%	0.65%
2017	0.46%	0.64%
2018	0.42%	0.63%
2019	0.39%	0.61%
2020	0.37%	0.6%
2021	0.36%	0.58%
2022	0.35%	0.57%
2023	0.34%	0.55%