Fertility & birth rates in Lithuania and Portugal

Fertility rate in Lithuania vs Portugal 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 1.44 in Portugal in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Lithuania vs Portugal 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	Portugal
1960	2.56	3.16
1961	2.53	3.21
1962	2.45	3.23
1963	2.35	3.12
1964	2.28	3.21
1965	2.23	3.15
1966	2.22	3.16
1967	2.23	3.16
1968	2.24	3.12
1969	2.3	3.12
1970	2.4	3.01
1971	2.41	3
1972	2.34	2.86
1973	2.22	2.77
1974	2.21	2.7
1975	2.18	2.75
1976	2.18	2.82
1977	2.14	2.69
1978	2.08	2.45
1979	2.05	2.31
1980	1.99	2.25
1981	1.98	2.13
1982	1.97	2.07
1983	2.1	1.95
1984	2.07	1.9
1985	2.08	1.72
1986	2.12	1.66
1987	2.11	1.62
1988	2.02	1.61
1989	1.98	1.57
1990	2.03	1.56
1991	2.01	1.56
1992	1.97	1.54
1993	1.74	1.52
1994	1.57	1.45
1995	1.55	1.41
1996	1.49	1.44
1997	1.47	1.47
1998	1.46	1.47
1999	1.46	1.5
2000	1.39	1.55
2001	1.29	1.45
2002	1.23	1.46
2003	1.26	1.44
2004	1.27	1.4
2005	1.29	1.41
2006	1.33	1.37
2007	1.36	1.35
2008	1.45	1.39
2009	1.5	1.34
2010	1.5	1.39
2011	1.55	1.35
2012	1.6	1.28
2013	1.59	1.21
2014	1.57	1.24
2015	1.63	1.31
2016	1.63	1.37
2017	1.57	1.38
2018	1.53	1.42
2019	1.43	1.44
2020	1.36	1.42
2021	1.36	1.35
2022	1.27	1.43
2023	1.18	1.44
2024	1.19	1.45
2025	1.2	1.45
2026	1.2	1.45
2027	1.21	1.46
2028	1.22	1.46
2029	1.22	1.46
2030	1.23	1.46
2031	1.23	1.47
2032	1.24	1.47
2033	1.25	1.47
2034	1.25	1.48
2035	1.26	1.48
2036	1.27	1.48
2037	1.27	1.48
2038	1.28	1.49
2039	1.28	1.49
2040	1.29	1.49
2041	1.29	1.49
2042	1.3	1.49
2043	1.3	1.49
2044	1.31	1.5
2045	1.31	1.5
2046	1.31	1.5
2047	1.32	1.5
2048	1.32	1.5
2049	1.33	1.5
2050	1.33	1.5

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Lithuania	Portugal
1960	27.1%	29.3%
1961	27.3%	29.1%
1962	27.4%	29.1%
1963	27.5%	29.1%
1964	27.4%	29.1%
1965	27.3%	29.1%
1966	27.3%	29.2%
1967	27.2%	29.2%
1968	27.2%	29.2%
1969	27.2%	29.1%
1970	27.1%	28.7%
1971	26.8%	28.4%
1972	26.6%	28.2%
1973	26.1%	27.9%
1974	25.6%	27.7%
1975	25.1%	27.4%
1976	24.6%	27.2%
1977	24.2%	27.1%
1978	23.8%	26.8%
1979	23.5%	26.4%
1980	23.3%	25.9%
1981	23.1%	25.4%
1982	22.9%	25%
1983	22.8%	24.5%
1984	22.8%	24.1%
1985	22.7%	23.7%
1986	22.7%	23.1%
1987	22.7%	22.5%
1988	22.6%	21.9%
1989	22.5%	21.2%
1990	22.6%	20.5%
1991	22.5%	19.7%
1992	22.4%	19.1%
1993	22.3%	18.6%
1994	22.1%	18.2%
1995	21.8%	17.8%
1996	21.5%	17.4%
1997	21.2%	17.1%
1998	20.9%	16.8%
1999	20.4%	16.6%
2000	20%	16.4%
2001	19.3%	16.2%
2002	18.6%	16.1%
2003	17.9%	16.1%
2004	17.4%	16%
2005	16.8%	15.9%
2006	16.3%	15.8%
2007	15.8%	15.6%
2008	15.3%	15.5%
2009	15%	15.4%
2010	14.9%	15.2%
2011	14.8%	15%
2012	14.7%	14.9%
2013	14.6%	14.8%
2014	14.6%	14.6%
2015	14.6%	14.3%
2016	14.7%	14.1%
2017	14.9%	13.9%
2018	15%	13.7%
2019	15.1%	13.5%
2020	15.1%	13.3%
2021	15.1%	13.1%
2022	15%	13%
2023	14.9%	12.9%
2024	14.7%	12.8%
2025	14.5%	12.7%
2026	14.3%	12.6%
2027	14.1%	12.6%
2028	13.9%	12.6%
2029	13.6%	12.6%
2030	13.3%	12.7%
2031	13%	12.7%
2032	12.7%	12.7%
2033	12.4%	12.7%
2034	12.1%	12.7%
2035	11.9%	12.8%
2036	11.7%	12.9%
2037	11.6%	12.9%
2038	11.5%	13%
2039	11.4%	13%
2040	11.4%	13.1%
2041	11.3%	13.1%
2042	11.3%	13.2%
2043	11.3%	13.2%
2044	11.2%	13.3%
2045	11.2%	13.3%
2046	11.3%	13.4%
2047	11.3%	13.4%
2048	11.3%	13.4%
2049	11.3%	13.5%
2050	11.4%	13.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 14.7% of the population in Lithuania and 12.8% in Portugal in 2024, compared to 22.6% and 20.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Lithuania and Portugal compared.

Natural population change in Lithuania vs Portugal by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.54% in Lithuania and -0.29% in Portugal. 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	Portugal
1960	40,845	118,693
1961	40,376	117,867
1962	34,933	123,217
1963	33,918	113,783
1964	34,048	120,170
1965	30,309	115,182
1966	30,381	107,171
1967	29,226	106,495
1968	28,325	100,737
1969	27,345	89,329
1970	27,629	87,672
1971	28,930	82,980
1972	25,388	83,715
1973	22,712	76,835
1974	22,589	74,412
1975	20,470	81,841
1976	20,305	85,138
1977	19,124	84,156
1978	17,573	70,731
1979	16,989	67,628
1980	16,042	63,481
1981	16,478	56,152
1982	18,323	58,479
1983	20,911	47,798
1984	18,976	45,983
1985	19,140	33,077
1986	23,978	31,102
1987	22,422	28,084
1988	19,006	24,047
1989	17,316	22,011
1990	17,010	13,976
1991	14,817	12,948
1992	12,950	13,933
1993	1,473	7,972
1994	-4,023	9,991
1995	-3,992	4,011
1996	-3,962	4,026
1997	-3,218	8,087
1998	-3,904	7,112
1999	-3,877	8,175
2000	-4,549	15,435
2001	-9,024	8,290
2002	-11,362	8,335
2003	-10,929	4,184
2004	-11,482	7,339
2005	-14,287	2,101
2006	-15,041	3,156
2007	-15,510	-1,055
2008	-12,153	0
2009	-9,805	-5,284
2010	-11,460	-4,230
2011	-10,901	-5,279
2012	-11,060	-17,875
2013	-12,733	-24,052
2014	-10,868	-22,882
2015	-11,935	-23,823
2016	-11,509	-23,749
2017	-12,224	-23,691
2018	-12,686	-25,709
2019	-13,212	-24,687
2020	-19,953	-39,129
2021	-24,433	-45,592
2022	-20,671	-40,694
2023	-16,368	-32,792

Maternal mortality chart: Lithuania vs Portugal

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 15 deaths in Portugal.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Lithuania	Portugal
1985	35	20
1986	30	19
1987	28	19
1988	28	18
1989	31	18
1990	29	17
1991	29	17
1992	28	16
1993	29	15
1994	31	13
1995	28	12
1996	25	12
1997	21	12
1998	19	11
1999	18	10
2000	16	9
2001	16	9
2002	14	9
2003	14	8
2004	12	8
2005	13	8
2006	14	8
2007	14	8
2008	13	9
2009	11	9
2010	10	10
2011	10	10
2012	10	10
2013	10	10
2014	9	11
2015	10	11
2016	9	12
2017	10	13
2018	9	14
2019	9	15
2020	8	14
2021	9	19
2022	9	16
2023	8	15

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.34% in Lithuania and 0.32% in Portugal. 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	Portugal
1960	-	11.4%
1961	-	11%
1962	-	10.4%
1963	-	9.76%
1964	-	9.1%
1965	-	8.53%
1966	-	8.09%
1967	2.63%	7.76%
1968	2.63%	7.51%
1969	2.51%	7.22%
1970	2.29%	6.81%
1971	2.11%	6.3%
1972	2.08%	5.78%
1973	2.16%	5.27%
1974	2.24%	4.79%
1975	2.26%	4.35%
1976	2.25%	3.94%
1977	2.22%	3.57%
1978	2.18%	3.24%
1979	2.12%	2.97%
1980	2.05%	2.75%
1981	1.98%	2.58%
1982	1.92%	2.43%
1983	1.87%	2.29%
1984	1.82%	2.16%
1985	1.74%	2.04%
1986	1.64%	1.93%
1987	1.52%	1.82%
1988	1.42%	1.7%
1989	1.42%	1.59%
1990	1.52%	1.47%
1991	1.67%	1.36%
1992	1.78%	1.25%
1993	1.79%	1.14%
1994	1.69%	1.05%
1995	1.51%	0.98%
1996	1.34%	0.92%
1997	1.23%	0.86%
1998	1.16%	0.82%
1999	1.12%	0.77%
2000	1.07%	0.72%
2001	1.03%	0.66%
2002	0.99%	0.61%
2003	0.96%	0.55%
2004	0.93%	0.5%
2005	0.9%	0.47%
2006	0.86%	0.44%
2007	0.8%	0.42%
2008	0.74%	0.4%
2009	0.67%	0.39%
2010	0.6%	0.38%
2011	0.56%	0.37%
2012	0.53%	0.37%
2013	0.51%	0.36%
2014	0.51%	0.36%
2015	0.5%	0.36%
2016	0.49%	0.36%
2017	0.46%	0.36%
2018	0.42%	0.35%
2019	0.39%	0.35%
2020	0.37%	0.34%
2021	0.36%	0.33%
2022	0.35%	0.32%
2023	0.34%	0.32%