Fertility & birth rates in Lithuania and Nicaragua

Fertility rate in Lithuania vs Nicaragua 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 2.22 in Nicaragua in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Lithuania vs Nicaragua 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	Nicaragua
1960	2.56	7.16
1961	2.53	7.11
1962	2.45	7.1
1963	2.35	7.08
1964	2.28	7.06
1965	2.23	7.03
1966	2.22	6.99
1967	2.23	6.94
1968	2.24	6.89
1969	2.3	6.83
1970	2.4	6.77
1971	2.41	6.71
1972	2.34	6.65
1973	2.22	6.59
1974	2.21	6.52
1975	2.18	6.45
1976	2.18	6.37
1977	2.14	6.28
1978	2.08	6.16
1979	2.05	6.07
1980	1.99	5.96
1981	1.98	5.84
1982	1.97	5.74
1983	2.1	5.61
1984	2.07	5.49
1985	2.08	5.36
1986	2.12	5.22
1987	2.11	5.07
1988	2.02	4.93
1989	1.98	4.76
1990	2.03	4.6
1991	2.01	4.43
1992	1.97	4.27
1993	1.74	4.1
1994	1.57	3.94
1995	1.55	3.78
1996	1.49	3.62
1997	1.47	3.47
1998	1.46	3.34
1999	1.46	3.22
2000	1.39	3.12
2001	1.29	3
2002	1.23	2.89
2003	1.26	2.83
2004	1.27	2.78
2005	1.29	2.77
2006	1.33	2.73
2007	1.36	2.7
2008	1.45	2.66
2009	1.5	2.63
2010	1.5	2.6
2011	1.55	2.56
2012	1.6	2.53
2013	1.59	2.49
2014	1.57	2.46
2015	1.63	2.43
2016	1.63	2.41
2017	1.57	2.38
2018	1.53	2.35
2019	1.43	2.32
2020	1.36	2.3
2021	1.36	2.27
2022	1.27	2.24
2023	1.18	2.22
2024	1.19	2.21
2025	1.2	2.18
2026	1.2	2.16
2027	1.21	2.14
2028	1.22	2.11
2029	1.22	2.09
2030	1.23	2.07
2031	1.23	2.05
2032	1.24	2.04
2033	1.25	2.02
2034	1.25	2.01
2035	1.26	2
2036	1.27	1.98
2037	1.27	1.97
2038	1.28	1.96
2039	1.28	1.95
2040	1.29	1.94
2041	1.29	1.93
2042	1.3	1.92
2043	1.3	1.91
2044	1.31	1.9
2045	1.31	1.89
2046	1.31	1.89
2047	1.32	1.88
2048	1.32	1.87
2049	1.33	1.87
2050	1.33	1.86

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Lithuania	Nicaragua
1960	27.1%	47.6%
1961	27.3%	47.8%
1962	27.4%	48%
1963	27.5%	48.2%
1964	27.4%	48.2%
1965	27.3%	48.1%
1966	27.3%	47.9%
1967	27.2%	47.8%
1968	27.2%	47.7%
1969	27.2%	47.6%
1970	27.1%	47.5%
1971	26.8%	47.5%
1972	26.6%	47.4%
1973	26.1%	47.4%
1974	25.6%	47.3%
1975	25.1%	47.3%
1976	24.6%	47.3%
1977	24.2%	47.2%
1978	23.8%	47.3%
1979	23.5%	47.3%
1980	23.3%	47.3%
1981	23.1%	47.3%
1982	22.9%	47.3%
1983	22.8%	47.2%
1984	22.8%	47.2%
1985	22.7%	47.1%
1986	22.7%	47%
1987	22.7%	46.9%
1988	22.6%	46.7%
1989	22.5%	46.4%
1990	22.6%	46.1%
1991	22.5%	45.7%
1992	22.4%	45.2%
1993	22.3%	44.8%
1994	22.1%	44.3%
1995	21.8%	43.7%
1996	21.5%	43.1%
1997	21.2%	42.4%
1998	20.9%	41.7%
1999	20.4%	41%
2000	20%	40.3%
2001	19.3%	39.6%
2002	18.6%	38.9%
2003	17.9%	38.2%
2004	17.4%	37.5%
2005	16.8%	36.8%
2006	16.3%	36.2%
2007	15.8%	35.7%
2008	15.3%	35.2%
2009	15%	34.7%
2010	14.9%	34.2%
2011	14.8%	33.8%
2012	14.7%	33.3%
2013	14.6%	32.9%
2014	14.6%	32.6%
2015	14.6%	32.2%
2016	14.7%	31.8%
2017	14.9%	31.5%
2018	15%	31.1%
2019	15.1%	30.8%
2020	15.1%	30.4%
2021	15.1%	30.1%
2022	15%	29.6%
2023	14.9%	29.2%
2024	14.7%	28.8%
2025	14.5%	28.3%
2026	14.3%	27.9%
2027	14.1%	27.4%
2028	13.9%	27%
2029	13.6%	26.6%
2030	13.3%	26.2%
2031	13%	25.8%
2032	12.7%	25.4%
2033	12.4%	25%
2034	12.1%	24.7%
2035	11.9%	24.4%
2036	11.7%	24%
2037	11.6%	23.7%
2038	11.5%	23.4%
2039	11.4%	23.1%
2040	11.4%	22.8%
2041	11.3%	22.5%
2042	11.3%	22.2%
2043	11.3%	22%
2044	11.2%	21.7%
2045	11.2%	21.4%
2046	11.3%	21.2%
2047	11.3%	20.9%
2048	11.3%	20.7%
2049	11.3%	20.5%
2050	11.4%	20.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 14.7% of the population in Lithuania and 28.8% in Nicaragua in 2024, compared to 22.6% and 46.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Lithuania and Nicaragua compared.

Natural population change in Lithuania vs Nicaragua by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.54% in Lithuania and +1.58% in Nicaragua. 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	Nicaragua
1960	40,845	55,664
1961	40,376	57,499
1962	34,933	59,547
1963	33,918	61,738
1964	34,048	64,227
1965	30,309	67,056
1966	30,381	69,883
1967	29,226	72,722
1968	28,325	75,458
1969	27,345	78,237
1970	27,629	81,127
1971	28,930	84,139
1972	25,388	76,906
1973	22,712	89,662
1974	22,589	92,505
1975	20,470	95,230
1976	20,305	98,100
1977	19,124	100,498
1978	17,573	98,419
1979	16,989	96,429
1980	16,042	108,604
1981	16,478	110,421
1982	18,323	112,468
1983	20,911	110,618
1984	18,976	110,133
1985	19,140	110,949
1986	23,978	113,054
1987	22,422	112,885
1988	19,006	117,299
1989	17,316	120,128
1990	17,010	120,677
1991	14,817	121,787
1992	12,950	121,204
1993	1,473	120,469
1994	-4,023	119,565
1995	-3,992	118,325
1996	-3,962	116,849
1997	-3,218	114,415
1998	-3,904	108,862
1999	-3,877	110,217
2000	-4,549	109,192
2001	-9,024	107,109
2002	-11,362	105,805
2003	-10,929	106,142
2004	-11,482	106,904
2005	-14,287	108,984
2006	-15,041	110,073
2007	-15,510	110,341
2008	-12,153	110,395
2009	-9,805	110,213
2010	-11,460	110,475
2011	-10,901	110,026
2012	-11,060	110,065
2013	-12,733	109,032
2014	-10,868	108,420
2015	-11,935	107,344
2016	-11,509	106,585
2017	-12,224	105,468
2018	-12,686	104,814
2019	-13,212	102,817
2020	-19,953	90,515
2021	-24,433	89,213
2022	-20,671	100,987
2023	-16,368	100,921

Maternal mortality chart: Lithuania vs Nicaragua

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 60 deaths in Nicaragua.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Lithuania	Nicaragua
1985	35	319
1986	30	313
1987	28	316
1988	28	301
1989	31	286
1990	29	281
1991	29	273
1992	28	272
1993	29	265
1994	31	256
1995	28	251
1996	25	244
1997	21	236
1998	19	239
1999	18	228
2000	16	213
2001	16	194
2002	14	170
2003	14	154
2004	12	140
2005	13	124
2006	14	113
2007	14	106
2008	13	101
2009	11	99
2010	10	96
2011	10	93
2012	10	88
2013	10	86
2014	9	83
2015	10	81
2016	9	77
2017	10	72
2018	9	67
2019	9	69
2020	8	87
2021	9	124
2022	9	61
2023	8	60

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.34% in Lithuania and 1.34% in Nicaragua. 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	Nicaragua
1960	-	19.8%
1961	-	19.6%
1962	-	19.4%
1963	-	19.2%
1964	-	19%
1965	-	18.7%
1966	-	18.4%
1967	2.63%	18.1%
1968	2.63%	17.8%
1969	2.51%	17.4%
1970	2.29%	17.1%
1971	2.11%	16.6%
1972	2.08%	18.7%
1973	2.16%	15.6%
1974	2.24%	15%
1975	2.26%	14.4%
1976	2.25%	13.7%
1977	2.22%	12.9%
1978	2.18%	12.2%
1979	2.12%	11.5%
1980	2.05%	10.8%
1981	1.98%	10.2%
1982	1.92%	9.58%
1983	1.87%	9.07%
1984	1.82%	8.62%
1985	1.74%	8.21%
1986	1.64%	7.85%
1987	1.52%	7.53%
1988	1.42%	7.22%
1989	1.42%	6.92%
1990	1.52%	6.62%
1991	1.67%	6.31%
1992	1.78%	6%
1993	1.79%	5.69%
1994	1.69%	5.39%
1995	1.51%	5.09%
1996	1.34%	4.81%
1997	1.23%	4.54%
1998	1.16%	5.01%
1999	1.12%	4.04%
2000	1.07%	3.82%
2001	1.03%	3.62%
2002	0.99%	3.43%
2003	0.96%	3.26%
2004	0.93%	3.1%
2005	0.9%	2.95%
2006	0.86%	2.81%
2007	0.8%	2.68%
2008	0.74%	2.55%
2009	0.67%	2.44%
2010	0.6%	2.33%
2011	0.56%	2.22%
2012	0.53%	2.13%
2013	0.51%	2.03%
2014	0.51%	1.94%
2015	0.5%	1.86%
2016	0.49%	1.78%
2017	0.46%	1.71%
2018	0.42%	1.64%
2019	0.39%	1.57%
2020	0.37%	1.51%
2021	0.36%	1.45%
2022	0.35%	1.39%
2023	0.34%	1.34%