Fertility & birth rates in Lithuania and Namibia

Fertility rate in Lithuania vs Namibia 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 3.21 in Namibia 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	Namibia
1960	2.56	6.24
1961	2.53	6.29
1962	2.45	6.35
1963	2.35	6.41
1964	2.28	6.43
1965	2.23	6.45
1966	2.22	6.47
1967	2.23	6.49
1968	2.24	6.5
1969	2.3	6.51
1970	2.4	6.52
1971	2.41	6.52
1972	2.34	6.53
1973	2.22	6.54
1974	2.21	6.55
1975	2.18	6.53
1976	2.18	6.49
1977	2.14	6.44
1978	2.08	6.38
1979	2.05	6.31
1980	1.99	6.24
1981	1.98	6.16
1982	1.97	6.08
1983	2.1	6
1984	2.07	5.94
1985	2.08	5.88
1986	2.12	5.79
1987	2.11	5.7
1988	2.02	5.61
1989	1.98	5.52
1990	2.03	5.4
1991	2.01	5.29
1992	1.97	5.11
1993	1.74	4.91
1994	1.57	4.68
1995	1.55	4.42
1996	1.49	4.2
1997	1.47	4.17
1998	1.46	4.18
1999	1.46	4.14
2000	1.39	3.99
2001	1.29	3.83
2002	1.23	3.69
2003	1.26	3.58
2004	1.27	3.55
2005	1.29	3.57
2006	1.33	3.6
2007	1.36	3.61
2008	1.45	3.62
2009	1.5	3.63
2010	1.5	3.66
2011	1.55	3.66
2012	1.6	3.68
2013	1.59	3.65
2014	1.57	3.64
2015	1.63	3.6
2016	1.63	3.57
2017	1.57	3.51
2018	1.53	3.46
2019	1.43	3.4
2020	1.36	3.35
2021	1.36	3.3
2022	1.27	3.25
2023	1.18	3.21
2024	1.19	3.21
2025	1.2	3.17
2026	1.2	3.13
2027	1.21	3.09
2028	1.22	3.06
2029	1.22	3.02
2030	1.23	2.98
2031	1.23	2.94
2032	1.24	2.91
2033	1.25	2.88
2034	1.25	2.84
2035	1.26	2.81
2036	1.27	2.78
2037	1.27	2.75
2038	1.28	2.72
2039	1.28	2.68
2040	1.29	2.66
2041	1.29	2.63
2042	1.3	2.6
2043	1.3	2.58
2044	1.31	2.56
2045	1.31	2.53
2046	1.31	2.51
2047	1.32	2.49
2048	1.32	2.47
2049	1.33	2.45
2050	1.33	2.43

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Lithuania	Namibia
1960	27.1%	42.2%
1961	27.3%	42.4%
1962	27.4%	42.6%
1963	27.5%	42.7%
1964	27.4%	42.9%
1965	27.3%	43%
1966	27.3%	43.2%
1967	27.2%	43.3%
1968	27.2%	43.5%
1969	27.2%	43.6%
1970	27.1%	43.8%
1971	26.8%	43.9%
1972	26.6%	44.1%
1973	26.1%	44.3%
1974	25.6%	44.6%
1975	25.1%	44.8%
1976	24.6%	45%
1977	24.2%	45.3%
1978	23.8%	45.9%
1979	23.5%	46.3%
1980	23.3%	46.6%
1981	23.1%	47.1%
1982	22.9%	47.2%
1983	22.8%	46.9%
1984	22.8%	46.6%
1985	22.7%	46.2%
1986	22.7%	45.8%
1987	22.7%	45.3%
1988	22.6%	44.8%
1989	22.5%	43.4%
1990	22.6%	42.3%
1991	22.5%	42.2%
1992	22.4%	42.2%
1993	22.3%	42.2%
1994	22.1%	42.2%
1995	21.8%	42.1%
1996	21.5%	42%
1997	21.2%	41.9%
1998	20.9%	41.8%
1999	20.4%	41.7%
2000	20%	41.5%
2001	19.3%	41.3%
2002	18.6%	41%
2003	17.9%	40.5%
2004	17.4%	40%
2005	16.8%	39.4%
2006	16.3%	38.7%
2007	15.8%	38.1%
2008	15.3%	37.5%
2009	15%	37.1%
2010	14.9%	36.8%
2011	14.8%	36.7%
2012	14.7%	36.6%
2013	14.6%	36.6%
2014	14.6%	36.5%
2015	14.6%	36.5%
2016	14.7%	36.5%
2017	14.9%	36.7%
2018	15%	36.8%
2019	15.1%	37%
2020	15.1%	37.1%
2021	15.1%	37.4%
2022	15%	37.5%
2023	14.9%	37.3%
2024	14.7%	37%
2025	14.5%	36.7%
2026	14.3%	36.3%
2027	14.1%	35.9%
2028	13.9%	35.5%
2029	13.6%	35.1%
2030	13.3%	34.6%
2031	13%	34%
2032	12.7%	33.5%
2033	12.4%	32.9%
2034	12.1%	32.4%
2035	11.9%	31.8%
2036	11.7%	31.1%
2037	11.6%	30.6%
2038	11.5%	30.3%
2039	11.4%	30%
2040	11.4%	29.7%
2041	11.3%	29.5%
2042	11.3%	29.2%
2043	11.3%	29%
2044	11.2%	28.8%
2045	11.2%	28.5%
2046	11.3%	28.3%
2047	11.3%	28.1%
2048	11.3%	27.9%
2049	11.3%	27.7%
2050	11.4%	27.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 14.7% of the population in Lithuania and 37% in Namibia in 2024, compared to 22.6% and 42.3% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Lithuania and Namibia compared.

Natural population change in Lithuania vs Namibia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.54% in Lithuania and +2.04% in Namibia. 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	Namibia
1960	40,845	14,307
1961	40,376	14,936
1962	34,933	15,656
1963	33,918	16,430
1964	34,048	17,134
1965	30,309	17,902
1966	30,381	18,635
1967	29,226	19,498
1968	28,325	20,470
1969	27,345	21,387
1970	27,629	22,414
1971	28,930	23,467
1972	25,388	24,606
1973	22,712	25,754
1974	22,589	26,844
1975	20,470	27,882
1976	20,305	28,785
1977	19,124	29,241
1978	17,573	29,821
1979	16,989	28,930
1980	16,042	28,142
1981	16,478	27,938
1982	18,323	27,474
1983	20,911	28,307
1984	18,976	29,395
1985	19,140	30,575
1986	23,978	31,764
1987	22,422	33,340
1988	19,006	34,798
1989	17,316	37,715
1990	17,010	43,956
1991	14,817	44,523
1992	12,950	43,945
1993	1,473	42,861
1994	-4,023	41,316
1995	-3,992	39,119
1996	-3,962	37,177
1997	-3,218	37,256
1998	-3,904	37,500
1999	-3,877	37,233
2000	-4,549	35,280
2001	-9,024	32,942
2002	-11,362	31,947
2003	-10,929	31,115
2004	-11,482	31,478
2005	-14,287	32,909
2006	-15,041	34,690
2007	-15,510	36,430
2008	-12,153	38,147
2009	-9,805	39,942
2010	-11,460	42,046
2011	-10,901	43,557
2012	-11,060	46,204
2013	-12,733	47,801
2014	-10,868	49,581
2015	-11,935	50,846
2016	-11,509	52,228
2017	-12,224	52,975
2018	-12,686	53,970
2019	-13,212	54,769
2020	-19,953	55,034
2021	-24,433	50,160
2022	-20,671	54,534
2023	-16,368	58,435

Maternal mortality chart: Lithuania vs Namibia

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 139 deaths in Namibia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Lithuania	Namibia
1985	35	354
1986	30	348
1987	28	336
1988	28	342
1989	31	306
1990	29	325
1991	29	337
1992	28	346
1993	29	354
1994	31	367
1995	28	369
1996	25	387
1997	21	383
1998	19	396
1999	18	371
2000	16	384
2001	16	376
2002	14	313
2003	14	290
2004	12	282
2005	13	344
2006	14	408
2007	14	489
2008	13	537
2009	11	547
2010	10	531
2011	10	498
2012	10	439
2013	10	402
2014	9	369
2015	10	307
2016	9	250
2017	10	213
2018	9	198
2019	9	175
2020	8	143
2021	9	254
2022	9	127
2023	8	139

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.34% in Lithuania and 4.07% in Namibia. 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	Namibia
1967	2.63%	9.66%
1968	2.63%	9.64%
1969	2.51%	9.65%
1970	2.29%	9.65%
1971	2.11%	9.67%
1972	2.08%	9.68%
1973	2.16%	9.73%
1974	2.24%	9.79%
1975	2.26%	9.89%
1976	2.25%	10%
1977	2.22%	10.2%
1978	2.18%	10.3%
1979	2.12%	10.3%
1980	2.05%	10.3%
1981	1.98%	10.2%
1982	1.92%	9.93%
1983	1.87%	9.61%
1984	1.82%	9.22%
1985	1.74%	8.81%
1986	1.64%	8.43%
1987	1.52%	8.09%
1988	1.42%	7.81%
1989	1.42%	7.57%
1990	1.52%	7.39%
1991	1.67%	7.24%
1992	1.78%	7.14%
1993	1.79%	7.1%
1994	1.69%	7.13%
1995	1.51%	7.24%
1996	1.34%	7.39%
1997	1.23%	7.56%
1998	1.16%	7.7%
1999	1.12%	7.79%
2000	1.07%	7.79%
2001	1.03%	7.71%
2002	0.99%	7.61%
2003	0.96%	7.51%
2004	0.93%	7.41%
2005	0.9%	7.05%
2006	0.86%	6.49%
2007	0.8%	6.06%
2008	0.74%	5.64%
2009	0.67%	5.29%
2010	0.6%	5.08%
2011	0.56%	5.16%
2012	0.53%	5.51%
2013	0.51%	5.4%
2014	0.51%	5.31%
2015	0.5%	5.5%
2016	0.49%	5.42%
2017	0.46%	5.19%
2018	0.42%	5.01%
2019	0.39%	4.78%
2020	0.37%	4.57%
2021	0.36%	4.38%
2022	0.35%	4.2%
2023	0.34%	4.07%