Fertility & birth rates in Lithuania and Norway

Fertility rate in Lithuania vs Norway 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 1.4 in Norway in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Lithuania vs Norway 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	Norway
1960	2.56	2.85
1961	2.53	2.94
1962	2.45	2.91
1963	2.35	2.93
1964	2.28	2.98
1965	2.23	2.94
1966	2.22	2.9
1967	2.23	2.81
1968	2.24	2.75
1969	2.3	2.7
1970	2.4	2.5
1971	2.41	2.49
1972	2.34	2.38
1973	2.22	2.23
1974	2.21	2.13
1975	2.18	1.98
1976	2.18	1.86
1977	2.14	1.75
1978	2.08	1.77
1979	2.05	1.75
1980	1.99	1.72
1981	1.98	1.7
1982	1.97	1.71
1983	2.1	1.66
1984	2.07	1.66
1985	2.08	1.68
1986	2.12	1.71
1987	2.11	1.74
1988	2.02	1.84
1989	1.98	1.89
1990	2.03	1.93
1991	2.01	1.92
1992	1.97	1.88
1993	1.74	1.86
1994	1.57	1.87
1995	1.55	1.87
1996	1.49	1.89
1997	1.47	1.86
1998	1.46	1.81
1999	1.46	1.85
2000	1.39	1.85
2001	1.29	1.78
2002	1.23	1.75
2003	1.26	1.8
2004	1.27	1.83
2005	1.29	1.84
2006	1.33	1.9
2007	1.36	1.9
2008	1.45	1.96
2009	1.5	1.98
2010	1.5	1.95
2011	1.55	1.88
2012	1.6	1.85
2013	1.59	1.78
2014	1.57	1.75
2015	1.63	1.72
2016	1.63	1.71
2017	1.57	1.62
2018	1.53	1.56
2019	1.43	1.53
2020	1.36	1.48
2021	1.36	1.55
2022	1.27	1.41
2023	1.18	1.4
2024	1.19	1.41
2025	1.2	1.41
2026	1.2	1.41
2027	1.21	1.42
2028	1.22	1.42
2029	1.22	1.43
2030	1.23	1.43
2031	1.23	1.43
2032	1.24	1.44
2033	1.25	1.44
2034	1.25	1.45
2035	1.26	1.45
2036	1.27	1.45
2037	1.27	1.46
2038	1.28	1.46
2039	1.28	1.46
2040	1.29	1.47
2041	1.29	1.47
2042	1.3	1.47
2043	1.3	1.48
2044	1.31	1.48
2045	1.31	1.48
2046	1.31	1.48
2047	1.32	1.48
2048	1.32	1.49
2049	1.33	1.49
2050	1.33	1.49

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Lithuania	Norway
1960	27.1%	25.9%
1961	27.3%	25.6%
1962	27.4%	25.2%
1963	27.5%	25%
1964	27.4%	24.8%
1965	27.3%	24.8%
1966	27.3%	24.7%
1967	27.2%	24.7%
1968	27.2%	24.6%
1969	27.2%	24.5%
1970	27.1%	24.5%
1971	26.8%	24.4%
1972	26.6%	24.3%
1973	26.1%	24.2%
1974	25.6%	24%
1975	25.1%	23.8%
1976	24.6%	23.5%
1977	24.2%	23.3%
1978	23.8%	22.9%
1979	23.5%	22.6%
1980	23.3%	22.2%
1981	23.1%	21.8%
1982	22.9%	21.3%
1983	22.8%	20.9%
1984	22.8%	20.4%
1985	22.7%	20%
1986	22.7%	19.6%
1987	22.7%	19.3%
1988	22.6%	19.1%
1989	22.5%	19%
1990	22.6%	18.9%
1991	22.5%	19%
1992	22.4%	19.1%
1993	22.3%	19.3%
1994	22.1%	19.4%
1995	21.8%	19.5%
1996	21.5%	19.6%
1997	21.2%	19.7%
1998	20.9%	19.8%
1999	20.4%	19.9%
2000	20%	20%
2001	19.3%	20%
2002	18.6%	20%
2003	17.9%	19.9%
2004	17.4%	19.8%
2005	16.8%	19.6%
2006	16.3%	19.4%
2007	15.8%	19.3%
2008	15.3%	19.1%
2009	15%	18.9%
2010	14.9%	18.8%
2011	14.8%	18.6%
2012	14.7%	18.4%
2013	14.6%	18.3%
2014	14.6%	18.1%
2015	14.6%	18%
2016	14.7%	17.9%
2017	14.9%	17.8%
2018	15%	17.6%
2019	15.1%	17.4%
2020	15.1%	17.2%
2021	15.1%	17%
2022	15%	16.8%
2023	14.9%	16.5%
2024	14.7%	16.2%
2025	14.5%	15.9%
2026	14.3%	15.7%
2027	14.1%	15.4%
2028	13.9%	15.2%
2029	13.6%	15%
2030	13.3%	14.8%
2031	13%	14.7%
2032	12.7%	14.5%
2033	12.4%	14.4%
2034	12.1%	14.3%
2035	11.9%	14.2%
2036	11.7%	14.1%
2037	11.6%	14%
2038	11.5%	14%
2039	11.4%	14%
2040	11.4%	13.9%
2041	11.3%	13.9%
2042	11.3%	13.9%
2043	11.3%	13.9%
2044	11.2%	13.9%
2045	11.2%	13.9%
2046	11.3%	13.9%
2047	11.3%	13.9%
2048	11.3%	13.9%
2049	11.3%	13.9%
2050	11.4%	13.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 14.7% of the population in Lithuania and 16.2% in Norway in 2024, compared to 22.6% and 18.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Lithuania and Norway compared.

Natural population change in Lithuania vs Norway by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.54% in Lithuania and +0.26% in Norway. 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	Norway
1960	40,845	29,366
1961	40,376	29,239
1962	34,933	28,020
1963	33,918	26,766
1964	34,048	30,293
1965	30,309	31,275
1966	30,381	31,150
1967	29,226	30,276
1968	28,325	29,387
1969	27,345	28,858
1970	27,629	25,968
1971	28,930	26,541
1972	25,388	24,777
1973	22,712	21,387
1974	22,589	20,324
1975	20,470	16,430
1976	20,305	13,286
1977	19,124	11,321
1978	17,573	11,364
1979	16,989	10,181
1980	16,042	9,806
1981	16,478	9,020
1982	18,323	9,875
1983	20,911	7,844
1984	18,976	7,452
1985	19,140	6,644
1986	23,978	8,751
1987	22,422	9,212
1988	19,006	12,207
1989	17,316	13,949
1990	17,010	14,845
1991	14,817	16,194
1992	12,950	15,431
1993	1,473	12,936
1994	-4,023	16,045
1995	-3,992	14,821
1996	-3,962	17,087
1997	-3,218	15,418
1998	-3,904	14,181
1999	-3,877	14,278
2000	-4,549	15,269
2001	-9,024	13,090
2002	-11,362	10,892
2003	-10,929	14,151
2004	-11,482	15,612
2005	-14,287	15,719
2006	-15,041	17,244
2007	-15,510	16,482
2008	-12,153	19,073
2009	-9,805	20,280
2010	-11,460	20,046
2011	-10,901	18,822
2012	-11,060	18,066
2013	-12,733	17,779
2014	-10,868	18,494
2015	-11,935	18,160
2016	-11,509	17,797
2017	-12,224	15,831
2018	-12,686	14,342
2019	-13,212	13,904
2020	-19,953	12,372
2021	-24,433	14,062
2022	-20,671	5,457
2023	-16,368	8,280

Maternal mortality chart: Lithuania vs Norway

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 1 deaths in Norway.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Lithuania	Norway
1985	35	9
1986	30	9
1987	28	9
1988	28	9
1989	31	9
1990	29	9
1991	29	8
1992	28	8
1993	29	7
1994	31	7
1995	28	6
1996	25	6
1997	21	5
1998	19	5
1999	18	5
2000	16	5
2001	16	5
2002	14	5
2003	14	5
2004	12	6
2005	13	6
2006	14	5
2007	14	5
2008	13	5
2009	11	4
2010	10	4
2011	10	4
2012	10	3
2013	10	3
2014	9	2
2015	10	2
2016	9	2
2017	10	2
2018	9	2
2019	9	2
2020	8	2
2021	9	2
2022	9	3
2023	8	1

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.34% in Lithuania and 0.24% in Norway. 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	Norway
1960	-	2.26%
1961	-	2.21%
1962	-	2.15%
1963	-	2.1%
1964	-	2.04%
1965	-	1.97%
1966	-	1.9%
1967	2.63%	1.82%
1968	2.63%	1.75%
1969	2.51%	1.69%
1970	2.29%	1.62%
1971	2.11%	1.56%
1972	2.08%	1.5%
1973	2.16%	1.43%
1974	2.24%	1.36%
1975	2.26%	1.29%
1976	2.25%	1.22%
1977	2.22%	1.15%
1978	2.18%	1.09%
1979	2.12%	1.04%
1980	2.05%	1.01%
1981	1.98%	0.99%
1982	1.92%	0.99%
1983	1.87%	1%
1984	1.82%	1.01%
1985	1.74%	1.02%
1986	1.64%	1.02%
1987	1.52%	1.01%
1988	1.42%	0.98%
1989	1.42%	0.93%
1990	1.52%	0.87%
1991	1.67%	0.79%
1992	1.78%	0.72%
1993	1.79%	0.66%
1994	1.69%	0.61%
1995	1.51%	0.57%
1996	1.34%	0.54%
1997	1.23%	0.52%
1998	1.16%	0.51%
1999	1.12%	0.5%
2000	1.07%	0.49%
2001	1.03%	0.47%
2002	0.99%	0.46%
2003	0.96%	0.44%
2004	0.93%	0.42%
2005	0.9%	0.41%
2006	0.86%	0.39%
2007	0.8%	0.37%
2008	0.74%	0.36%
2009	0.67%	0.34%
2010	0.6%	0.33%
2011	0.56%	0.31%
2012	0.53%	0.3%
2013	0.51%	0.29%
2014	0.51%	0.28%
2015	0.5%	0.27%
2016	0.49%	0.26%
2017	0.46%	0.25%
2018	0.42%	0.25%
2019	0.39%	0.24%
2020	0.37%	0.24%
2021	0.36%	0.23%
2022	0.35%	0.23%
2023	0.34%	0.24%