Fertility & birth rates in Lithuania and Palau

Fertility rate in Lithuania vs Palau 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 1.91 in Palau in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Lithuania vs Palau 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	Palau
1960	2.56	7.19
1961	2.53	7.17
1962	2.45	7.15
1963	2.35	7.12
1964	2.28	7.08
1965	2.23	7.01
1966	2.22	6.93
1967	2.23	6.84
1968	2.24	6.71
1969	2.3	6.58
1970	2.4	6.39
1971	2.41	6.16
1972	2.34	5.9
1973	2.22	5.59
1974	2.21	5.26
1975	2.18	4.9
1976	2.18	4.53
1977	2.14	4.09
1978	2.08	3.74
1979	2.05	3.49
1980	1.99	3.35
1981	1.98	3.28
1982	1.97	3.22
1983	2.1	3.14
1984	2.07	3.08
1985	2.08	3.01
1986	2.12	2.98
1987	2.11	2.93
1988	2.02	2.91
1989	1.98	2.92
1990	2.03	2.88
1991	2.01	2.74
1992	1.97	2.71
1993	1.74	2.73
1994	1.57	2.66
1995	1.55	2.55
1996	1.49	2.39
1997	1.47	2.19
1998	1.46	2.01
1999	1.46	1.91
2000	1.39	1.82
2001	1.29	1.87
2002	1.23	1.92
2003	1.26	1.96
2004	1.27	1.99
2005	1.29	2.02
2006	1.33	2
2007	1.36	1.97
2008	1.45	1.95
2009	1.5	1.94
2010	1.5	1.94
2011	1.55	1.97
2012	1.6	2.01
2013	1.59	2.05
2014	1.57	2.03
2015	1.63	2
2016	1.63	2.06
2017	1.57	2.02
2018	1.53	1.97
2019	1.43	1.98
2020	1.36	1.97
2021	1.36	1.95
2022	1.27	1.93
2023	1.18	1.91
2024	1.19	1.88
2025	1.2	1.86
2026	1.2	1.84
2027	1.21	1.82
2028	1.22	1.81
2029	1.22	1.8
2030	1.23	1.79
2031	1.23	1.78
2032	1.24	1.77
2033	1.25	1.76
2034	1.25	1.76
2035	1.26	1.75
2036	1.27	1.75
2037	1.27	1.75
2038	1.28	1.74
2039	1.28	1.74
2040	1.29	1.74
2041	1.29	1.74
2042	1.3	1.73
2043	1.3	1.73
2044	1.31	1.73
2045	1.31	1.73
2046	1.31	1.73
2047	1.32	1.72
2048	1.32	1.72
2049	1.33	1.72
2050	1.33	1.72

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Lithuania	Palau
1960	27.1%	47%
1961	27.3%	48.2%
1962	27.4%	49.1%
1963	27.5%	49.8%
1964	27.4%	50.1%
1965	27.3%	50.3%
1966	27.3%	50.2%
1967	27.2%	49.6%
1968	27.2%	48.4%
1969	27.2%	47.2%
1970	27.1%	46.5%
1971	26.8%	46.2%
1972	26.6%	46%
1973	26.1%	45.6%
1974	25.6%	44.9%
1975	25.1%	44.2%
1976	24.6%	43.4%
1977	24.2%	42.7%
1978	23.8%	41.9%
1979	23.5%	41.1%
1980	23.3%	40.1%
1981	23.1%	38.9%
1982	22.9%	37.7%
1983	22.8%	36.7%
1984	22.8%	36%
1985	22.7%	35.4%
1986	22.7%	34.5%
1987	22.7%	33.2%
1988	22.6%	32%
1989	22.5%	31%
1990	22.6%	30.2%
1991	22.5%	29.4%
1992	22.4%	28.8%
1993	22.3%	28.5%
1994	22.1%	28.2%
1995	21.8%	28%
1996	21.5%	27.5%
1997	21.2%	26.7%
1998	20.9%	25.8%
1999	20.4%	24.8%
2000	20%	24.1%
2001	19.3%	24%
2002	18.6%	24.1%
2003	17.9%	24.2%
2004	17.4%	24.2%
2005	16.8%	23.9%
2006	16.3%	23.2%
2007	15.8%	22.5%
2008	15.3%	21.9%
2009	15%	21.4%
2010	14.9%	21%
2011	14.8%	20.6%
2012	14.7%	20.3%
2013	14.6%	20.2%
2014	14.6%	20.3%
2015	14.6%	20.3%
2016	14.7%	20.1%
2017	14.9%	19.9%
2018	15%	19.7%
2019	15.1%	19.5%
2020	15.1%	19.2%
2021	15.1%	19.1%
2022	15%	18.8%
2023	14.9%	18.5%
2024	14.7%	18.2%
2025	14.5%	17.9%
2026	14.3%	17.6%
2027	14.1%	17.3%
2028	13.9%	17%
2029	13.6%	16.7%
2030	13.3%	16.5%
2031	13%	16.3%
2032	12.7%	16.1%
2033	12.4%	16%
2034	12.1%	16%
2035	11.9%	15.9%
2036	11.7%	15.9%
2037	11.6%	15.9%
2038	11.5%	15.9%
2039	11.4%	15.9%
2040	11.4%	16%
2041	11.3%	16%
2042	11.3%	16.1%
2043	11.3%	16.2%
2044	11.2%	16.2%
2045	11.2%	16.3%
2046	11.3%	16.3%
2047	11.3%	16.3%
2048	11.3%	16.4%
2049	11.3%	16.4%
2050	11.4%	16.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 14.7% of the population in Lithuania and 18.2% in Palau in 2024, compared to 22.6% and 30.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Lithuania and Palau compared.

Natural population change in Lithuania vs Palau by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.54% in Lithuania and +0.15% in Palau. 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	Palau
1960	40,845	296
1961	40,376	298
1962	34,933	296
1963	33,918	291
1964	34,048	284
1965	30,309	275
1966	30,381	268
1967	29,226	266
1968	28,325	275
1969	27,345	283
1970	27,629	286
1971	28,930	287
1972	25,388	280
1973	22,712	268
1974	22,589	256
1975	20,470	249
1976	20,305	236
1977	19,124	213
1978	17,573	193
1979	16,989	176
1980	16,042	165
1981	16,478	161
1982	18,323	170
1983	20,911	176
1984	18,976	181
1985	19,140	181
1986	23,978	182
1987	22,422	182
1988	19,006	183
1989	17,316	185
1990	17,010	181
1991	14,817	175
1992	12,950	183
1993	1,473	196
1994	-4,023	195
1995	-3,992	186
1996	-3,962	166
1997	-3,218	140
1998	-3,904	116
1999	-3,877	100
2000	-4,549	85
2001	-9,024	88
2002	-11,362	88
2003	-10,929	86
2004	-11,482	83
2005	-14,287	80
2006	-15,041	79
2007	-15,510	80
2008	-12,153	79
2009	-9,805	81
2010	-11,460	81
2011	-10,901	83
2012	-11,060	86
2013	-12,733	88
2014	-10,868	73
2015	-11,935	55
2016	-11,509	53
2017	-12,224	43
2018	-12,686	29
2019	-13,212	23
2020	-19,953	8
2021	-24,433	-3
2022	-20,671	-7
2023	-16,368	-10

Maternal mortality chart: Lithuania vs Palau

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 89 deaths in Palau.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Lithuania	Palau
1985	35	95
1986	30	92
1987	28	88
1988	28	96
1989	31	93
1990	29	100
1991	29	106
1992	28	113
1993	29	109
1994	31	116
1995	28	111
1996	25	123
1997	21	125
1998	19	119
1999	18	115
2000	16	119
2001	16	118
2002	14	117
2003	14	108
2004	12	106
2005	13	105
2006	14	105
2007	14	98
2008	13	99
2009	11	94
2010	10	96
2011	10	83
2012	10	84
2013	10	85
2014	9	78
2015	10	79
2016	9	80
2017	10	80
2018	9	82
2019	9	84
2020	8	117
2021	9	109
2022	9	121
2023	8	89

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.34% in Lithuania and 2.23% in Palau. 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	Palau
1965	-	9.58%
1966	-	9.27%
1967	2.63%	8.97%
1968	2.63%	8.65%
1969	2.51%	8.34%
1970	2.29%	8%
1971	2.11%	7.62%
1972	2.08%	7.24%
1973	2.16%	6.85%
1974	2.24%	6.46%
1975	2.26%	6.06%
1976	2.25%	5.7%
1977	2.22%	5.37%
1978	2.18%	5.09%
1979	2.12%	4.84%
1980	2.05%	4.63%
1981	1.98%	4.44%
1982	1.92%	4.27%
1983	1.87%	4.13%
1984	1.82%	4.01%
1985	1.74%	3.9%
1986	1.64%	3.81%
1987	1.52%	3.73%
1988	1.42%	3.66%
1989	1.42%	3.6%
1990	1.52%	3.53%
1991	1.67%	3.47%
1992	1.78%	3.4%
1993	1.79%	3.32%
1994	1.69%	3.23%
1995	1.51%	3.14%
1996	1.34%	3.04%
1997	1.23%	2.94%
1998	1.16%	2.84%
1999	1.12%	2.74%
2000	1.07%	2.65%
2001	1.03%	2.55%
2002	0.99%	2.46%
2003	0.96%	2.38%
2004	0.93%	2.29%
2005	0.9%	2.21%
2006	0.86%	2.14%
2007	0.8%	2.07%
2008	0.74%	2.02%
2009	0.67%	1.98%
2010	0.6%	1.97%
2011	0.56%	1.97%
2012	0.53%	1.99%
2013	0.51%	2.03%
2014	0.51%	2.08%
2015	0.5%	2.14%
2016	0.49%	2.21%
2017	0.46%	2.28%
2018	0.42%	2.32%
2019	0.39%	2.34%
2020	0.37%	2.33%
2021	0.36%	2.3%
2022	0.35%	2.27%
2023	0.34%	2.23%