Fertility & birth rates in Lithuania and Moldova

Fertility rate in Lithuania vs Moldova 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 1.73 in Moldova 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
	Lithuania	Moldova
1960	2.56	3.32
1961	2.53	3.23
1962	2.45	3.04
1963	2.35	2.89
1964	2.28	2.71
1965	2.23	2.69
1966	2.22	2.65
1967	2.23	2.62
1968	2.24	2.59
1969	2.3	2.57
1970	2.4	2.57
1971	2.41	2.56
1972	2.34	2.56
1973	2.22	2.57
1974	2.21	2.56
1975	2.18	2.52
1976	2.18	2.47
1977	2.14	2.42
1978	2.08	2.39
1979	2.05	2.38
1980	1.99	2.38
1981	1.98	2.4
1982	1.97	2.45
1983	2.1	2.58
1984	2.07	2.67
1985	2.08	2.67
1986	2.12	2.74
1987	2.11	2.78
1988	2.02	2.63
1989	1.98	2.46
1990	2.03	2.39
1991	2.01	2.28
1992	1.97	2.22
1993	1.74	2.11
1994	1.57	1.99
1995	1.55	1.83
1996	1.49	1.71
1997	1.47	1.79
1998	1.46	1.65
1999	1.46	1.56
2000	1.39	1.5
2001	1.29	1.47
2002	1.23	1.45
2003	1.26	1.48
2004	1.27	1.54
2005	1.29	1.53
2006	1.33	1.54
2007	1.36	1.58
2008	1.45	1.64
2009	1.5	1.72
2010	1.5	1.7
2011	1.55	1.65
2012	1.6	1.66
2013	1.59	1.62
2014	1.57	1.82
2015	1.63	1.87
2016	1.63	1.89
2017	1.57	1.81
2018	1.53	1.81
2019	1.43	1.78
2020	1.36	1.77
2021	1.36	1.75
2022	1.27	1.69
2023	1.18	1.73
2024	1.19	1.73
2025	1.2	1.72
2026	1.2	1.72
2027	1.21	1.72
2028	1.22	1.72
2029	1.22	1.72
2030	1.23	1.72
2031	1.23	1.72
2032	1.24	1.72
2033	1.25	1.71
2034	1.25	1.71
2035	1.26	1.71
2036	1.27	1.71
2037	1.27	1.71
2038	1.28	1.71
2039	1.28	1.71
2040	1.29	1.71
2041	1.29	1.71
2042	1.3	1.71
2043	1.3	1.7
2044	1.31	1.7
2045	1.31	1.7
2046	1.31	1.7
2047	1.32	1.7
2048	1.32	1.7
2049	1.33	1.7
2050	1.33	1.7

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Lithuania	Moldova
1960	27.1%	34.5%
1961	27.3%	34.9%
1962	27.4%	35.1%
1963	27.5%	35.1%
1964	27.4%	34.7%
1965	27.3%	34.2%
1966	27.3%	33.5%
1967	27.2%	32.8%
1968	27.2%	32.1%
1969	27.2%	31.3%
1970	27.1%	30.7%
1971	26.8%	30.1%
1972	26.6%	29.5%
1973	26.1%	28.9%
1974	25.6%	28.3%
1975	25.1%	27.7%
1976	24.6%	27.2%
1977	24.2%	26.8%
1978	23.8%	26.5%
1979	23.5%	26.7%
1980	23.3%	26.9%
1981	23.1%	26.9%
1982	22.9%	27%
1983	22.8%	27.1%
1984	22.8%	27.3%
1985	22.7%	27.5%
1986	22.7%	27.7%
1987	22.7%	27.8%
1988	22.6%	27.9%
1989	22.5%	27.8%
1990	22.6%	27.7%
1991	22.5%	27.6%
1992	22.4%	27.4%
1993	22.3%	27.2%
1994	22.1%	27%
1995	21.8%	26.7%
1996	21.5%	26.3%
1997	21.2%	25.8%
1998	20.9%	25.1%
1999	20.4%	24.4%
2000	20%	23.5%
2001	19.3%	22.5%
2002	18.6%	21.6%
2003	17.9%	20.7%
2004	17.4%	19.9%
2005	16.8%	19.3%
2006	16.3%	18.8%
2007	15.8%	18.4%
2008	15.3%	18%
2009	15%	17.7%
2010	14.9%	17.5%
2011	14.8%	17.4%
2012	14.7%	17.3%
2013	14.6%	17.4%
2014	14.6%	17.8%
2015	14.6%	18.2%
2016	14.7%	18.7%
2017	14.9%	19.1%
2018	15%	19.5%
2019	15.1%	19.8%
2020	15.1%	20%
2021	15.1%	20.1%
2022	15%	20.1%
2023	14.9%	20%
2024	14.7%	19.8%
2025	14.5%	19.5%
2026	14.3%	19.2%
2027	14.1%	18.9%
2028	13.9%	18.4%
2029	13.6%	17.9%
2030	13.3%	17.3%
2031	13%	16.8%
2032	12.7%	16.3%
2033	12.4%	15.9%
2034	12.1%	15.6%
2035	11.9%	15.4%
2036	11.7%	15.2%
2037	11.6%	15.1%
2038	11.5%	15.1%
2039	11.4%	15.1%
2040	11.4%	15.2%
2041	11.3%	15.3%
2042	11.3%	15.4%
2043	11.3%	15.6%
2044	11.2%	15.7%
2045	11.2%	15.9%
2046	11.3%	16.1%
2047	11.3%	16.3%
2048	11.3%	16.5%
2049	11.3%	16.6%
2050	11.4%	16.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 14.7% of the population in Lithuania and 19.8% in Moldova in 2024, compared to 22.6% and 27.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Lithuania and Moldova compared.

Natural population change in Lithuania vs Moldova by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.54% in Lithuania and -0.08% in Moldova. 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	Moldova
1960	40,845	36,352
1961	40,376	35,180
1962	34,933	32,082
1963	33,918	29,382
1964	34,048	25,860
1965	30,309	24,916
1966	30,381	23,720
1967	29,226	22,654
1968	28,325	22,005
1969	27,345	21,768
1970	27,629	22,314
1971	28,930	23,359
1972	25,388	24,626
1973	22,712	25,967
1974	22,589	27,219
1975	20,470	27,677
1976	20,305	27,801
1977	19,124	27,707
1978	17,573	27,622
1979	16,989	28,322
1980	16,042	30,053
1981	16,478	31,360
1982	18,323	32,814
1983	20,911	36,076
1984	18,976	38,108
1985	19,140	38,060
1986	23,978	39,463
1987	22,422	40,122
1988	19,006	35,608
1989	17,316	29,638
1990	17,010	25,824
1991	14,817	21,127
1992	12,950	17,373
1993	1,473	13,886
1994	-4,023	9,921
1995	-3,992	5,534
1996	-3,962	2,655
1997	-3,218	4,669
1998	-3,904	2,140
1999	-3,877	642
2000	-4,549	-324
2001	-9,024	-718
2002	-11,362	-1,249
2003	-10,929	-322
2004	-11,482	1,714
2005	-14,287	2,005
2006	-15,041	2,406
2007	-15,510	3,490
2008	-12,153	5,210
2009	-9,805	7,492
2010	-11,460	7,456
2011	-10,901	5,948
2012	-11,060	5,581
2013	-12,733	3,537
2014	-10,868	7,248
2015	-11,935	6,049
2016	-11,509	4,580
2017	-12,224	1,402
2018	-12,686	-961
2019	-13,212	-3,416
2020	-19,953	-7,067
2021	-24,433	-13,444
2022	-20,671	-6,385
2023	-16,368	-7,007

Maternal mortality chart: Lithuania vs Moldova

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 19 deaths in Moldova.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Lithuania	Moldova
1985	35	62
1986	30	60
1987	28	56
1988	28	53
1989	31	52
1990	29	53
1991	29	53
1992	28	55
1993	29	55
1994	31	56
1995	28	54
1996	25	53
1997	21	52
1998	19	48
1999	18	43
2000	16	38
2001	16	35
2002	14	31
2003	14	29
2004	12	28
2005	13	26
2006	14	25
2007	14	24
2008	13	23
2009	11	22
2010	10	20
2011	10	19
2012	10	19
2013	10	19
2014	9	20
2015	10	20
2016	9	21
2017	10	20
2018	9	20
2019	9	21
2020	8	29
2021	9	24
2022	9	19
2023	8	19

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.34% in Lithuania and 1.47% in Moldova. 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	Moldova
1967	2.63%	-
1968	2.63%	-
1969	2.51%	-
1970	2.29%	-
1971	2.11%	6.39%
1972	2.08%	6.2%
1973	2.16%	6.03%
1974	2.24%	5.86%
1975	2.26%	5.68%
1976	2.25%	5.53%
1977	2.22%	5.38%
1978	2.18%	5.23%
1979	2.12%	5.08%
1980	2.05%	4.93%
1981	1.98%	4.78%
1982	1.92%	4.61%
1983	1.87%	4.41%
1984	1.82%	4.2%
1985	1.74%	4%
1986	1.64%	3.8%
1987	1.52%	3.62%
1988	1.42%	3.48%
1989	1.42%	3.38%
1990	1.52%	3.35%
1991	1.67%	3.39%
1992	1.78%	3.48%
1993	1.79%	3.62%
1994	1.69%	3.75%
1995	1.51%	3.84%
1996	1.34%	3.85%
1997	1.23%	3.78%
1998	1.16%	3.62%
1999	1.12%	3.4%
2000	1.07%	3.13%
2001	1.03%	2.85%
2002	0.99%	2.58%
2003	0.96%	2.34%
2004	0.93%	2.16%
2005	0.9%	2.01%
2006	0.86%	1.91%
2007	0.8%	1.83%
2008	0.74%	1.77%
2009	0.67%	1.73%
2010	0.6%	1.69%
2011	0.56%	1.66%
2012	0.53%	1.63%
2013	0.51%	1.6%
2014	0.51%	1.58%
2015	0.5%	1.55%
2016	0.49%	1.53%
2017	0.46%	1.52%
2018	0.42%	1.51%
2019	0.39%	1.5%
2020	0.37%	1.49%
2021	0.36%	1.48%
2022	0.35%	1.48%
2023	0.34%	1.47%