Fertility & birth rates in Lithuania and Russia

Fertility rate in Lithuania vs Russia 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 1.41 in Russia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Lithuania vs Russia 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	Russia
1960	2.56	2.52
1961	2.53	2.45
1962	2.45	2.36
1963	2.35	2.27
1964	2.28	2.18
1965	2.23	2.13
1966	2.22	2.1
1967	2.23	2.04
1968	2.24	1.99
1969	2.3	1.97
1970	2.4	1.99
1971	2.41	2.03
1972	2.34	2.04
1973	2.22	2.01
1974	2.21	2
1975	2.18	1.98
1976	2.18	1.97
1977	2.14	1.95
1978	2.08	1.92
1979	2.05	1.9
1980	1.99	1.89
1981	1.98	1.91
1982	1.97	2.04
1983	2.1	2.11
1984	2.07	2.06
1985	2.08	2.05
1986	2.12	2.15
1987	2.11	2.22
1988	2.02	2.12
1989	1.98	2.01
1990	2.03	1.89
1991	2.01	1.73
1992	1.97	1.55
1993	1.74	1.39
1994	1.57	1.4
1995	1.55	1.34
1996	1.49	1.27
1997	1.47	1.22
1998	1.46	1.23
1999	1.46	1.16
2000	1.39	1.2
2001	1.29	1.22
2002	1.23	1.29
2003	1.26	1.32
2004	1.27	1.34
2005	1.29	1.29
2006	1.33	1.31
2007	1.36	1.42
2008	1.45	1.5
2009	1.5	1.54
2010	1.5	1.57
2011	1.55	1.58
2012	1.6	1.69
2013	1.59	1.71
2014	1.57	1.75
2015	1.63	1.78
2016	1.63	1.76
2017	1.57	1.62
2018	1.53	1.58
2019	1.43	1.5
2020	1.36	1.51
2021	1.36	1.51
2022	1.27	1.42
2023	1.18	1.41
2024	1.19	1.42
2025	1.2	1.43
2026	1.2	1.43
2027	1.21	1.43
2028	1.22	1.44
2029	1.22	1.44
2030	1.23	1.45
2031	1.23	1.45
2032	1.24	1.45
2033	1.25	1.46
2034	1.25	1.46
2035	1.26	1.46
2036	1.27	1.47
2037	1.27	1.47
2038	1.28	1.47
2039	1.28	1.47
2040	1.29	1.48
2041	1.29	1.48
2042	1.3	1.48
2043	1.3	1.48
2044	1.31	1.49
2045	1.31	1.49
2046	1.31	1.49
2047	1.32	1.49
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	Russia
1960	27.1%	30.5%
1961	27.3%	30.9%
1962	27.4%	30.8%
1963	27.5%	30.6%
1964	27.4%	30.2%
1965	27.3%	29.5%
1966	27.3%	28.9%
1967	27.2%	28.3%
1968	27.2%	27.6%
1969	27.2%	26.9%
1970	27.1%	26.1%
1971	26.8%	25.4%
1972	26.6%	24.8%
1973	26.1%	24.2%
1974	25.6%	23.6%
1975	25.1%	23%
1976	24.6%	22.5%
1977	24.2%	22.1%
1978	23.8%	21.8%
1979	23.5%	21.7%
1980	23.3%	21.7%
1981	23.1%	21.7%
1982	22.9%	21.9%
1983	22.8%	22.1%
1984	22.8%	22.4%
1985	22.7%	22.6%
1986	22.7%	22.8%
1987	22.7%	22.9%
1988	22.6%	23%
1989	22.5%	23%
1990	22.6%	22.9%
1991	22.5%	22.7%
1992	22.4%	22.4%
1993	22.3%	22%
1994	22.1%	21.6%
1995	21.8%	21.2%
1996	21.5%	20.7%
1997	21.2%	20.2%
1998	20.9%	19.5%
1999	20.4%	18.8%
2000	20%	18%
2001	19.3%	17.3%
2002	18.6%	16.6%
2003	17.9%	16%
2004	17.4%	15.6%
2005	16.8%	15.2%
2006	16.3%	14.9%
2007	15.8%	14.8%
2008	15.3%	14.9%
2009	15%	15%
2010	14.9%	15.2%
2011	14.8%	15.4%
2012	14.7%	15.7%
2013	14.6%	16.1%
2014	14.6%	16.5%
2015	14.6%	16.9%
2016	14.7%	17.2%
2017	14.9%	17.5%
2018	15%	17.6%
2019	15.1%	17.6%
2020	15.1%	17.7%
2021	15.1%	17.7%
2022	15%	17.7%
2023	14.9%	17.5%
2024	14.7%	17.3%
2025	14.5%	17%
2026	14.3%	16.7%
2027	14.1%	16.3%
2028	13.9%	15.9%
2029	13.6%	15.5%
2030	13.3%	15%
2031	13%	14.6%
2032	12.7%	14.2%
2033	12.4%	14%
2034	12.1%	13.8%
2035	11.9%	13.7%
2036	11.7%	13.6%
2037	11.6%	13.6%
2038	11.5%	13.6%
2039	11.4%	13.7%
2040	11.4%	13.9%
2041	11.3%	14%
2042	11.3%	14.2%
2043	11.3%	14.4%
2044	11.2%	14.6%
2045	11.2%	14.8%
2046	11.3%	15%
2047	11.3%	15.2%
2048	11.3%	15.4%
2049	11.3%	15.5%
2050	11.4%	15.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 14.7% of the population in Lithuania and 17.3% in Russia in 2024, compared to 22.6% and 22.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Lithuania and Russia compared.

Natural population change in Lithuania vs Russia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.54% in Lithuania and -0.24% in Russia. 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	Russia
1960	40,845	1,962,834
1961	40,376	1,810,538
1962	34,933	1,573,701
1963	33,918	1,436,077
1964	34,048	1,233,520
1965	30,309	1,059,335
1966	30,381	989,279
1967	29,226	854,554
1968	28,325	787,621
1969	27,345	753,088
1970	27,629	785,554
1971	28,930	854,999
1972	25,388	872,050
1973	22,712	846,561
1974	22,589	883,186
1975	20,470	843,850
1976	20,305	852,237
1977	19,124	832,932
1978	17,573	812,766
1979	16,989	690,135
1980	16,042	681,149
1981	16,478	713,700
1982	18,323	830,855
1983	20,911	906,676
1984	18,976	756,548
1985	19,140	762,447
1986	23,978	985,279
1987	22,422	977,583
1988	19,006	778,343
1989	17,316	576,112
1990	17,010	325,533
1991	14,817	103,876
1992	12,950	-222,808
1993	1,473	-757,140
1994	-4,023	-920,129
1995	-3,992	-845,742
1996	-3,962	-785,248
1997	-3,218	-769,159
1998	-3,904	-694,053
1999	-3,877	-927,453
2000	-4,549	-967,540
2001	-9,024	-963,445
2002	-11,362	-944,492
2003	-10,929	-896,822
2004	-11,482	-792,370
2005	-14,287	-846,761
2006	-15,041	-686,638
2007	-15,510	-471,257
2008	-12,153	-356,856
2009	-9,805	-257,014
2010	-11,460	-242,844
2011	-10,901	-128,716
2012	-11,060	0
2013	-12,733	28,761
2014	-10,868	28,848
2015	-11,935	43,392
2016	-11,509	0
2017	-12,224	-130,764
2018	-12,686	-232,637
2019	-13,212	-319,997
2020	-19,953	-697,177
2021	-24,433	-1,027,702
2022	-20,671	-576,948
2023	-16,368	-503,392

Maternal mortality chart: Lithuania vs Russia

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 9 deaths in Russia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Lithuania	Russia
1985	35	81
1986	30	69
1987	28	65
1988	28	63
1989	31	61
1990	29	58
1991	29	57
1992	28	62
1993	29	76
1994	31	85
1995	28	82
1996	25	69
1997	21	59
1998	19	53
1999	18	53
2000	16	51
2001	16	48
2002	14	47
2003	14	45
2004	12	41
2005	13	38
2006	14	32
2007	14	29
2008	13	27
2009	11	24
2010	10	23
2011	10	19
2012	10	18
2013	10	16
2014	9	16
2015	10	15
2016	9	14
2017	10	12
2018	9	12
2019	9	12
2020	8	19
2021	9	21
2022	9	13
2023	8	9

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.34% in Lithuania and 0.45% in Russia. 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	Russia
1960	-	4.55%
1961	-	4.26%
1962	-	3.99%
1963	-	3.76%
1964	-	3.55%
1965	-	3.38%
1966	-	3.23%
1967	2.63%	3.11%
1968	2.63%	3.02%
1969	2.51%	2.94%
1970	2.29%	2.88%
1971	2.11%	2.84%
1972	2.08%	2.81%
1973	2.16%	2.78%
1974	2.24%	2.77%
1975	2.26%	2.76%
1976	2.25%	2.76%
1977	2.22%	2.76%
1978	2.18%	2.76%
1979	2.12%	2.75%
1980	2.05%	2.73%
1981	1.98%	2.7%
1982	1.92%	2.66%
1983	1.87%	2.62%
1984	1.82%	2.56%
1985	1.74%	2.5%
1986	1.64%	2.42%
1987	1.52%	2.34%
1988	1.42%	2.26%
1989	1.42%	2.2%
1990	1.52%	2.17%
1991	1.67%	2.16%
1992	1.78%	2.17%
1993	1.79%	2.19%
1994	1.69%	2.2%
1995	1.51%	2.2%
1996	1.34%	2.17%
1997	1.23%	2.13%
1998	1.16%	2.08%
1999	1.12%	2.02%
2000	1.07%	1.94%
2001	1.03%	1.84%
2002	0.99%	1.73%
2003	0.96%	1.61%
2004	0.93%	1.5%
2005	0.9%	1.39%
2006	0.86%	1.29%
2007	0.8%	1.2%
2008	0.74%	1.13%
2009	0.67%	1.07%
2010	0.6%	1.04%
2011	0.56%	1.02%
2012	0.53%	0.99%
2013	0.51%	0.95%
2014	0.51%	0.89%
2015	0.5%	0.82%
2016	0.49%	0.75%
2017	0.46%	0.69%
2018	0.42%	0.63%
2019	0.39%	0.58%
2020	0.37%	0.54%
2021	0.36%	0.51%
2022	0.35%	0.47%
2023	0.34%	0.45%