Fertility & birth rates in Lithuania and Samoa

Fertility rate in Lithuania vs Samoa 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 3.83 in Samoa in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Lithuania vs Samoa 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	Samoa
1960	2.56	7.78
1961	2.53	7.77
1962	2.45	7.76
1963	2.35	7.73
1964	2.28	7.7
1965	2.23	7.65
1966	2.22	7.6
1967	2.23	7.55
1968	2.24	7.5
1969	2.3	7.43
1970	2.4	7.34
1971	2.41	7.22
1972	2.34	7.07
1973	2.22	6.91
1974	2.21	6.75
1975	2.18	6.61
1976	2.18	6.47
1977	2.14	6.31
1978	2.08	6.15
1979	2.05	5.99
1980	1.99	5.86
1981	1.98	5.75
1982	1.97	5.68
1983	2.1	5.62
1984	2.07	5.55
1985	2.08	5.49
1986	2.12	5.42
1987	2.11	5.32
1988	2.02	5.21
1989	1.98	5.11
1990	2.03	5.01
1991	2.01	4.91
1992	1.97	4.87
1993	1.74	4.83
1994	1.57	4.79
1995	1.55	4.77
1996	1.49	4.74
1997	1.47	4.7
1998	1.46	4.64
1999	1.46	4.57
2000	1.39	4.52
2001	1.29	4.48
2002	1.23	4.44
2003	1.26	4.39
2004	1.27	4.34
2005	1.29	4.32
2006	1.33	4.32
2007	1.36	4.36
2008	1.45	4.42
2009	1.5	4.47
2010	1.5	4.52
2011	1.55	4.56
2012	1.6	4.55
2013	1.59	4.49
2014	1.57	4.42
2015	1.63	4.34
2016	1.63	4.26
2017	1.57	4.2
2018	1.53	4.14
2019	1.43	4.06
2020	1.36	4
2021	1.36	3.94
2022	1.27	3.88
2023	1.18	3.83
2024	1.19	3.8
2025	1.2	3.75
2026	1.2	3.7
2027	1.21	3.66
2028	1.22	3.62
2029	1.22	3.58
2030	1.23	3.54
2031	1.23	3.5
2032	1.24	3.46
2033	1.25	3.42
2034	1.25	3.39
2035	1.26	3.35
2036	1.27	3.31
2037	1.27	3.27
2038	1.28	3.24
2039	1.28	3.21
2040	1.29	3.17
2041	1.29	3.13
2042	1.3	3.1
2043	1.3	3.06
2044	1.31	3.04
2045	1.31	3.01
2046	1.31	2.98
2047	1.32	2.95
2048	1.32	2.92
2049	1.33	2.89
2050	1.33	2.86

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Lithuania	Samoa
1960	27.1%	50.1%
1961	27.3%	50.2%
1962	27.4%	50.6%
1963	27.5%	50.9%
1964	27.4%	51.2%
1965	27.3%	51.3%
1966	27.3%	51.3%
1967	27.2%	51.4%
1968	27.2%	51.4%
1969	27.2%	51.4%
1970	27.1%	51.2%
1971	26.8%	51%
1972	26.6%	50.8%
1973	26.1%	50.4%
1974	25.6%	49.9%
1975	25.1%	49.3%
1976	24.6%	48.6%
1977	24.2%	48%
1978	23.8%	47.4%
1979	23.5%	46.9%
1980	23.3%	46.4%
1981	23.1%	45.9%
1982	22.9%	45.2%
1983	22.8%	44.4%
1984	22.8%	43.7%
1985	22.7%	43.1%
1986	22.7%	42.6%
1987	22.7%	42.2%
1988	22.6%	42%
1989	22.5%	41.8%
1990	22.6%	41.5%
1991	22.5%	41.2%
1992	22.4%	40.8%
1993	22.3%	40.3%
1994	22.1%	40%
1995	21.8%	39.9%
1996	21.5%	39.9%
1997	21.2%	40.1%
1998	20.9%	40.2%
1999	20.4%	40.3%
2000	20%	40.5%
2001	19.3%	40.7%
2002	18.6%	40.5%
2003	17.9%	40.2%
2004	17.4%	39.9%
2005	16.8%	39.6%
2006	16.3%	39.4%
2007	15.8%	39%
2008	15.3%	38.7%
2009	15%	38.5%
2010	14.9%	38.4%
2011	14.8%	38.4%
2012	14.7%	38.3%
2013	14.6%	38.1%
2014	14.6%	38.1%
2015	14.6%	38.1%
2016	14.7%	38.1%
2017	14.9%	38.2%
2018	15%	38.3%
2019	15.1%	38.5%
2020	15.1%	38.6%
2021	15.1%	38.7%
2022	15%	38.8%
2023	14.9%	38.7%
2024	14.7%	38.5%
2025	14.5%	38.1%
2026	14.3%	37.5%
2027	14.1%	36.9%
2028	13.9%	36.3%
2029	13.6%	35.8%
2030	13.3%	35.2%
2031	13%	34.7%
2032	12.7%	34.2%
2033	12.4%	33.7%
2034	12.1%	33.3%
2035	11.9%	33%
2036	11.7%	32.7%
2037	11.6%	32.6%
2038	11.5%	32.6%
2039	11.4%	32.7%
2040	11.4%	32.7%
2041	11.3%	32.8%
2042	11.3%	32.9%
2043	11.3%	33%
2044	11.2%	33.1%
2045	11.2%	33.1%
2046	11.3%	33.1%
2047	11.3%	33%
2048	11.3%	32.9%
2049	11.3%	32.7%
2050	11.4%	32.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 14.7% of the population in Lithuania and 38.5% in Samoa in 2024, compared to 22.6% and 41.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Lithuania and Samoa compared.

Natural population change in Lithuania vs Samoa by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.54% in Lithuania and +2.18% in Samoa. 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	Samoa
1960	40,845	4,298
1961	40,376	4,399
1962	34,933	4,498
1963	33,918	4,544
1964	34,048	4,326
1965	30,309	4,605
1966	30,381	4,593
1967	29,226	4,621
1968	28,325	4,605
1969	27,345	4,592
1970	27,629	4,567
1971	28,930	4,534
1972	25,388	4,487
1973	22,712	4,446
1974	22,589	4,411
1975	20,470	4,465
1976	20,305	4,519
1977	19,124	4,555
1978	17,573	4,587
1979	16,989	4,624
1980	16,042	4,672
1981	16,478	4,720
1982	18,323	4,808
1983	20,911	4,914
1984	18,976	4,979
1985	19,140	4,998
1986	23,978	4,983
1987	22,422	4,909
1988	19,006	4,889
1989	17,316	4,845
1990	17,010	4,759
1991	14,817	4,655
1992	12,950	4,652
1993	1,473	4,769
1994	-4,023	4,880
1995	-3,992	4,976
1996	-3,962	5,038
1997	-3,218	5,053
1998	-3,904	5,022
1999	-3,877	4,937
2000	-4,549	4,855
2001	-9,024	4,759
2002	-11,362	4,672
2003	-10,929	4,622
2004	-11,482	4,554
2005	-14,287	4,503
2006	-15,041	4,473
2007	-15,510	4,480
2008	-12,153	4,581
2009	-9,805	4,525
2010	-11,460	4,779
2011	-10,901	4,860
2012	-11,060	4,863
2013	-12,733	4,875
2014	-10,868	4,849
2015	-11,935	4,795
2016	-11,509	4,720
2017	-12,224	4,661
2018	-12,686	4,637
2019	-13,212	4,495
2020	-19,953	4,442
2021	-24,433	4,379
2022	-20,671	4,288
2023	-16,368	4,170

Maternal mortality chart: Lithuania vs Samoa

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 101 deaths in Samoa.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Lithuania	Samoa
1985	35	160
1986	30	153
1987	28	147
1988	28	143
1989	31	136
1990	29	135
1991	29	131
1992	28	124
1993	29	117
1994	31	112
1995	28	105
1996	25	103
1997	21	98
1998	19	96
1999	18	94
2000	16	93
2001	16	93
2002	14	89
2003	14	87
2004	12	86
2005	13	87
2006	14	86
2007	14	85
2008	13	87
2009	11	94
2010	10	92
2011	10	93
2012	10	101
2013	10	100
2014	9	106
2015	10	108
2016	9	108
2017	10	111
2018	9	110
2019	9	111
2020	8	114
2021	9	115
2022	9	110
2023	8	101

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.34% in Lithuania and 1.57% in Samoa. 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	Samoa
1960	-	10.7%
1961	-	10.3%
1962	-	9.93%
1963	-	9.56%
1964	-	11.1%
1965	-	8.9%
1966	-	8.57%
1967	2.63%	8.23%
1968	2.63%	7.89%
1969	2.51%	7.53%
1970	2.29%	7.19%
1971	2.11%	6.85%
1972	2.08%	6.52%
1973	2.16%	6.2%
1974	2.24%	5.9%
1975	2.26%	5.62%
1976	2.25%	5.34%
1977	2.22%	5.07%
1978	2.18%	4.82%
1979	2.12%	4.59%
1980	2.05%	4.38%
1981	1.98%	4.19%
1982	1.92%	4.01%
1983	1.87%	3.85%
1984	1.82%	3.7%
1985	1.74%	3.56%
1986	1.64%	3.42%
1987	1.52%	3.3%
1988	1.42%	3.18%
1989	1.42%	3.08%
1990	1.52%	2.98%
1991	1.67%	2.89%
1992	1.78%	2.8%
1993	1.79%	2.7%
1994	1.69%	2.61%
1995	1.51%	2.52%
1996	1.34%	2.44%
1997	1.23%	2.35%
1998	1.16%	2.27%
1999	1.12%	2.19%
2000	1.07%	2.12%
2001	1.03%	2.06%
2002	0.99%	2%
2003	0.96%	1.97%
2004	0.93%	1.94%
2005	0.9%	1.93%
2006	0.86%	1.93%
2007	0.8%	1.93%
2008	0.74%	1.93%
2009	0.67%	2.54%
2010	0.6%	1.93%
2011	0.56%	1.92%
2012	0.53%	1.91%
2013	0.51%	1.89%
2014	0.51%	1.87%
2015	0.5%	1.85%
2016	0.49%	1.83%
2017	0.46%	1.81%
2018	0.42%	1.78%
2019	0.39%	2.02%
2020	0.37%	1.7%
2021	0.36%	1.66%
2022	0.35%	1.62%
2023	0.34%	1.57%