Fertility & birth rates in Lithuania and Somalia

Fertility rate in Lithuania vs Somalia 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 6.13 in Somalia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Lithuania vs Somalia 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	Somalia
1960	2.56	7.25
1961	2.53	7.25
1962	2.45	7.26
1963	2.35	7.26
1964	2.28	7.26
1965	2.23	7.26
1966	2.22	7.26
1967	2.23	7.25
1968	2.24	7.23
1969	2.3	7.21
1970	2.4	7.18
1971	2.41	7.15
1972	2.34	7.12
1973	2.22	7.09
1974	2.21	7.06
1975	2.18	7.03
1976	2.18	7.02
1977	2.14	7
1978	2.08	7.13
1979	2.05	7.16
1980	1.99	7.18
1981	1.98	7.23
1982	1.97	7.25
1983	2.1	7.28
1984	2.07	7.3
1985	2.08	7.33
1986	2.12	7.35
1987	2.11	7.37
1988	2.02	7.4
1989	1.98	7.42
1990	2.03	7.44
1991	2.01	7.47
1992	1.97	7.5
1993	1.74	7.53
1994	1.57	7.54
1995	1.55	7.58
1996	1.49	7.62
1997	1.47	7.66
1998	1.46	7.66
1999	1.46	7.66
2000	1.39	7.65
2001	1.29	7.64
2002	1.23	7.63
2003	1.26	7.6
2004	1.27	7.57
2005	1.29	7.53
2006	1.33	7.49
2007	1.36	7.46
2008	1.45	7.42
2009	1.5	7.38
2010	1.5	7.32
2011	1.55	7.27
2012	1.6	7.21
2013	1.59	7.14
2014	1.57	7.06
2015	1.63	6.98
2016	1.63	6.88
2017	1.57	6.77
2018	1.53	6.66
2019	1.43	6.56
2020	1.36	6.45
2021	1.36	6.35
2022	1.27	6.26
2023	1.18	6.13
2024	1.19	6.01
2025	1.2	5.91
2026	1.2	5.8
2027	1.21	5.68
2028	1.22	5.58
2029	1.22	5.47
2030	1.23	5.35
2031	1.23	5.25
2032	1.24	5.14
2033	1.25	5.04
2034	1.25	4.94
2035	1.26	4.84
2036	1.27	4.74
2037	1.27	4.63
2038	1.28	4.52
2039	1.28	4.44
2040	1.29	4.35
2041	1.29	4.26
2042	1.3	4.16
2043	1.3	4.07
2044	1.31	3.99
2045	1.31	3.91
2046	1.31	3.84
2047	1.32	3.78
2048	1.32	3.71
2049	1.33	3.65
2050	1.33	3.6

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Lithuania	Somalia
1960	27.1%	44.4%
1961	27.3%	44.7%
1962	27.4%	44.8%
1963	27.5%	45%
1964	27.4%	45.1%
1965	27.3%	45.1%
1966	27.3%	44.9%
1967	27.2%	44.8%
1968	27.2%	44.7%
1969	27.2%	44.6%
1970	27.1%	44.5%
1971	26.8%	44.5%
1972	26.6%	44.4%
1973	26.1%	44.4%
1974	25.6%	44.4%
1975	25.1%	44.3%
1976	24.6%	44.3%
1977	24.2%	44.3%
1978	23.8%	44.4%
1979	23.5%	44.5%
1980	23.3%	44.6%
1981	23.1%	44.8%
1982	22.9%	45%
1983	22.8%	45.2%
1984	22.8%	45.4%
1985	22.7%	45.6%
1986	22.7%	45.8%
1987	22.7%	46%
1988	22.6%	46.3%
1989	22.5%	46.7%
1990	22.6%	47%
1991	22.5%	47%
1992	22.4%	46.5%
1993	22.3%	46.4%
1994	22.1%	46.5%
1995	21.8%	46.7%
1996	21.5%	46.9%
1997	21.2%	47%
1998	20.9%	47.1%
1999	20.4%	47.2%
2000	20%	47.4%
2001	19.3%	47.5%
2002	18.6%	47.6%
2003	17.9%	47.7%
2004	17.4%	47.9%
2005	16.8%	48.2%
2006	16.3%	48.6%
2007	15.8%	48.9%
2008	15.3%	48.9%
2009	15%	48.8%
2010	14.9%	48.7%
2011	14.8%	48.3%
2012	14.7%	47.9%
2013	14.6%	47.8%
2014	14.6%	47.7%
2015	14.6%	47.6%
2016	14.7%	47.5%
2017	14.9%	47.4%
2018	15%	47.3%
2019	15.1%	47.1%
2020	15.1%	47%
2021	15.1%	47%
2022	15%	46.8%
2023	14.9%	46.7%
2024	14.7%	46.6%
2025	14.5%	46.6%
2026	14.3%	46.5%
2027	14.1%	46.4%
2028	13.9%	46.1%
2029	13.6%	45.8%
2030	13.3%	45.4%
2031	13%	45.1%
2032	12.7%	44.7%
2033	12.4%	44.3%
2034	12.1%	43.9%
2035	11.9%	43.5%
2036	11.7%	43.1%
2037	11.6%	42.6%
2038	11.5%	42.1%
2039	11.4%	41.7%
2040	11.4%	41.2%
2041	11.3%	40.8%
2042	11.3%	40.3%
2043	11.3%	39.9%
2044	11.2%	39.4%
2045	11.2%	39%
2046	11.3%	38.6%
2047	11.3%	38.2%
2048	11.3%	37.8%
2049	11.3%	37.4%
2050	11.4%	37%

Children aged 0-14 make up 14.7% of the population in Lithuania and 46.6% in Somalia in 2024, compared to 22.6% and 47% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Lithuania and Somalia compared.

Natural population change in Lithuania vs Somalia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.54% in Lithuania and +3.34% in Somalia. 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	Somalia
1960	40,845	73,850
1961	40,376	75,513
1962	34,933	77,737
1963	33,918	79,859
1964	34,048	82,042
1965	30,309	84,448
1966	30,381	86,930
1967	29,226	89,497
1968	28,325	92,208
1969	27,345	95,045
1970	27,629	98,025
1971	28,930	101,196
1972	25,388	104,493
1973	22,712	108,038
1974	22,589	104,813
1975	20,470	108,998
1976	20,305	113,319
1977	19,124	124,818
1978	17,573	132,689
1979	16,989	151,016
1980	16,042	174,790
1981	16,478	185,211
1982	18,323	182,793
1983	20,911	190,775
1984	18,976	199,017
1985	19,140	207,960
1986	23,978	218,416
1987	22,422	231,580
1988	19,006	215,599
1989	17,316	225,255
1990	17,010	225,162
1991	14,817	53,052
1992	12,950	57,495
1993	1,473	232,960
1994	-4,023	246,950
1995	-3,992	254,509
1996	-3,962	264,807
1997	-3,218	271,894
1998	-3,904	284,779
1999	-3,877	295,523
2000	-4,549	306,651
2001	-9,024	319,059
2002	-11,362	331,215
2003	-10,929	341,192
2004	-11,482	351,959
2005	-14,287	363,117
2006	-15,041	372,597
2007	-15,510	380,303
2008	-12,153	394,258
2009	-9,805	405,784
2010	-11,460	385,571
2011	-10,901	203,213
2012	-11,060	399,468
2013	-12,733	448,518
2014	-10,868	464,481
2015	-11,935	481,573
2016	-11,509	495,132
2017	-12,224	478,556
2018	-12,686	514,244
2019	-13,212	548,756
2020	-19,953	561,311
2021	-24,433	566,399
2022	-20,671	551,450
2023	-16,368	608,203

Maternal mortality chart: Lithuania vs Somalia

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 563 deaths in Somalia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Lithuania	Somalia
1985	35	1,465
1986	30	1,452
1987	28	1,393
1988	28	1,423
1989	31	1,395
1990	29	1,358
1991	29	1,431
1992	28	1,339
1993	29	1,195
1994	31	1,254
1995	28	1,210
1996	25	1,225
1997	21	1,206
1998	19	1,177
1999	18	1,170
2000	16	1,150
2001	16	1,129
2002	14	1,121
2003	14	1,111
2004	12	1,104
2005	13	1,086
2006	14	1,085
2007	14	1,074
2008	13	1,035
2009	11	995
2010	10	1,062
2011	10	972
2012	10	894
2013	10	855
2014	9	816
2015	10	784
2016	9	754
2017	10	716
2018	9	727
2019	9	656
2020	8	655
2021	9	726
2022	9	622
2023	8	563

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.34% in Lithuania and 10.4% in Somalia. 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	Somalia
1967	2.63%	-
1968	2.63%	-
1969	2.51%	-
1970	2.29%	-
1971	2.11%	-
1972	2.08%	-
1973	2.16%	-
1974	2.24%	-
1975	2.26%	-
1976	2.25%	-
1977	2.22%	-
1978	2.18%	-
1979	2.12%	-
1980	2.05%	-
1981	1.98%	-
1982	1.92%	20.1%
1983	1.87%	19.8%
1984	1.82%	19.5%
1985	1.74%	19.3%
1986	1.64%	19%
1987	1.52%	18.8%
1988	1.42%	18.6%
1989	1.42%	18.3%
1990	1.52%	18%
1991	1.67%	44.3%
1992	1.78%	45.6%
1993	1.79%	17.3%
1994	1.69%	17.2%
1995	1.51%	17.2%
1996	1.34%	17.2%
1997	1.23%	17.2%
1998	1.16%	17.2%
1999	1.12%	17.2%
2000	1.07%	17.2%
2001	1.03%	17.2%
2002	0.99%	17.2%
2003	0.96%	17.2%
2004	0.93%	17.2%
2005	0.9%	17.2%
2006	0.86%	17.2%
2007	0.8%	17%
2008	0.74%	16.6%
2009	0.67%	16.2%
2010	0.6%	18.6%
2011	0.56%	35.9%
2012	0.53%	18.4%
2013	0.51%	14.3%
2014	0.51%	13.8%
2015	0.5%	13.4%
2016	0.49%	13%
2017	0.46%	15.5%
2018	0.42%	13.6%
2019	0.39%	11.8%
2020	0.37%	11.4%
2021	0.36%	11.1%
2022	0.35%	14.3%
2023	0.34%	10.4%