Fertility & birth rates in Lithuania and Suriname

Fertility rate in Lithuania vs Suriname 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 2.25 in Suriname in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Lithuania vs Suriname 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	Suriname
1960	2.56	6.59
1961	2.53	6.58
1962	2.45	6.57
1963	2.35	6.51
1964	2.28	6.43
1965	2.23	6.32
1966	2.22	6.2
1967	2.23	6.04
1968	2.24	5.86
1969	2.3	5.7
1970	2.4	5.53
1971	2.41	5.36
1972	2.34	5.18
1973	2.22	5.01
1974	2.21	4.81
1975	2.18	4.63
1976	2.18	4.45
1977	2.14	4.26
1978	2.08	4.08
1979	2.05	3.93
1980	1.99	3.79
1981	1.98	3.75
1982	1.97	3.82
1983	2.1	3.87
1984	2.07	3.8
1985	2.08	3.71
1986	2.12	3.61
1987	2.11	3.53
1988	2.02	3.46
1989	1.98	3.39
1990	2.03	3.23
1991	2.01	3.09
1992	1.97	3.01
1993	1.74	2.94
1994	1.57	2.9
1995	1.55	2.9
1996	1.49	2.92
1997	1.47	2.95
1998	1.46	2.99
1999	1.46	3.02
2000	1.39	3.05
2001	1.29	3.06
2002	1.23	2.96
2003	1.26	2.84
2004	1.27	2.74
2005	1.29	2.71
2006	1.33	2.73
2007	1.36	2.74
2008	1.45	2.73
2009	1.5	2.71
2010	1.5	2.69
2011	1.55	2.67
2012	1.6	2.67
2013	1.59	2.65
2014	1.57	2.62
2015	1.63	2.57
2016	1.63	2.5
2017	1.57	2.43
2018	1.53	2.38
2019	1.43	2.35
2020	1.36	2.31
2021	1.36	2.3
2022	1.27	2.27
2023	1.18	2.25
2024	1.19	2.23
2025	1.2	2.21
2026	1.2	2.19
2027	1.21	2.16
2028	1.22	2.14
2029	1.22	2.13
2030	1.23	2.11
2031	1.23	2.09
2032	1.24	2.08
2033	1.25	2.06
2034	1.25	2.05
2035	1.26	2.04
2036	1.27	2.02
2037	1.27	2.01
2038	1.28	2
2039	1.28	1.99
2040	1.29	1.98
2041	1.29	1.97
2042	1.3	1.96
2043	1.3	1.95
2044	1.31	1.94
2045	1.31	1.93
2046	1.31	1.92
2047	1.32	1.91
2048	1.32	1.9
2049	1.33	1.9
2050	1.33	1.89

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Lithuania	Suriname
1960	27.1%	44.5%
1961	27.3%	44.6%
1962	27.4%	45.1%
1963	27.5%	46.1%
1964	27.4%	46.8%
1965	27.3%	47.4%
1966	27.3%	48%
1967	27.2%	48.5%
1968	27.2%	48.8%
1969	27.2%	48.9%
1970	27.1%	48.8%
1971	26.8%	48.5%
1972	26.6%	47.8%
1973	26.1%	46.8%
1974	25.6%	46%
1975	25.1%	45.1%
1976	24.6%	44.3%
1977	24.2%	43.4%
1978	23.8%	42.6%
1979	23.5%	41.8%
1980	23.3%	41%
1981	23.1%	40.1%
1982	22.9%	39.5%
1983	22.8%	39%
1984	22.8%	38.6%
1985	22.7%	38.3%
1986	22.7%	38%
1987	22.7%	37.8%
1988	22.6%	37.7%
1989	22.5%	37.5%
1990	22.6%	37.4%
1991	22.5%	37.3%
1992	22.4%	37.2%
1993	22.3%	37.1%
1994	22.1%	37%
1995	21.8%	36.7%
1996	21.5%	36.1%
1997	21.2%	35.3%
1998	20.9%	34.5%
1999	20.4%	33.7%
2000	20%	33%
2001	19.3%	32.3%
2002	18.6%	31.8%
2003	17.9%	31.3%
2004	17.4%	31%
2005	16.8%	30.9%
2006	16.3%	30.8%
2007	15.8%	30.7%
2008	15.3%	30.6%
2009	15%	30.5%
2010	14.9%	30.3%
2011	14.8%	30%
2012	14.7%	29.8%
2013	14.6%	29.4%
2014	14.6%	29.1%
2015	14.6%	28.7%
2016	14.7%	28.3%
2017	14.9%	27.9%
2018	15%	27.5%
2019	15.1%	27.2%
2020	15.1%	26.8%
2021	15.1%	26.5%
2022	15%	26.3%
2023	14.9%	25.9%
2024	14.7%	25.6%
2025	14.5%	25.3%
2026	14.3%	25%
2027	14.1%	24.8%
2028	13.9%	24.5%
2029	13.6%	24.2%
2030	13.3%	23.9%
2031	13%	23.6%
2032	12.7%	23.4%
2033	12.4%	23.2%
2034	12.1%	23%
2035	11.9%	22.8%
2036	11.7%	22.6%
2037	11.6%	22.4%
2038	11.5%	22.2%
2039	11.4%	22%
2040	11.4%	21.8%
2041	11.3%	21.6%
2042	11.3%	21.4%
2043	11.3%	21.3%
2044	11.2%	21.1%
2045	11.2%	20.9%
2046	11.3%	20.7%
2047	11.3%	20.5%
2048	11.3%	20.3%
2049	11.3%	20.1%
2050	11.4%	19.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 14.7% of the population in Lithuania and 25.6% in Suriname in 2024, compared to 22.6% and 37.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Lithuania and Suriname compared.

Natural population change in Lithuania vs Suriname by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.54% in Lithuania and +1.11% in Suriname. 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	Suriname
1960	40,845	8,170
1961	40,376	8,361
1962	34,933	8,529
1963	33,918	8,838
1964	34,048	9,174
1965	30,309	9,270
1966	30,381	9,243
1967	29,226	9,104
1968	28,325	8,980
1969	27,345	8,880
1970	27,629	8,823
1971	28,930	8,814
1972	25,388	8,893
1973	22,712	8,877
1974	22,589	8,751
1975	20,470	8,587
1976	20,305	8,327
1977	19,124	7,998
1978	17,573	7,650
1979	16,989	7,312
1980	16,042	7,002
1981	16,478	7,541
1982	18,323	8,197
1983	20,911	8,797
1984	18,976	9,031
1985	19,140	9,177
1986	23,978	9,222
1987	22,422	9,319
1988	19,006	9,347
1989	17,316	9,441
1990	17,010	9,047
1991	14,817	8,637
1992	12,950	8,355
1993	1,473	8,127
1994	-4,023	7,929
1995	-3,992	7,968
1996	-3,962	8,031
1997	-3,218	8,106
1998	-3,904	8,173
1999	-3,877	8,236
2000	-4,549	8,323
2001	-9,024	8,349
2002	-11,362	7,916
2003	-10,929	7,396
2004	-11,482	6,948
2005	-14,287	7,037
2006	-15,041	7,278
2007	-15,510	7,468
2008	-12,153	7,552
2009	-9,805	7,559
2010	-11,460	7,489
2011	-10,901	7,401
2012	-11,060	7,405
2013	-12,733	7,350
2014	-10,868	7,284
2015	-11,935	7,150
2016	-11,509	6,979
2017	-12,224	6,772
2018	-12,686	6,613
2019	-13,212	6,564
2020	-19,953	6,640
2021	-24,433	5,291
2022	-20,671	6,719
2023	-16,368	6,697

Maternal mortality chart: Lithuania vs Suriname

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 84 deaths in Suriname.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Lithuania	Suriname
1985	35	386
1986	30	377
1987	28	372
1988	28	364
1989	31	360
1990	29	350
1991	29	347
1992	28	346
1993	29	343
1994	31	334
1995	28	331
1996	25	323
1997	21	312
1998	19	302
1999	18	291
2000	16	282
2001	16	270
2002	14	253
2003	14	238
2004	12	219
2005	13	202
2006	14	187
2007	14	173
2008	13	161
2009	11	147
2010	10	134
2011	10	126
2012	10	122
2013	10	121
2014	9	120
2015	10	115
2016	9	109
2017	10	105
2018	9	101
2019	9	97
2020	8	94
2021	9	144
2022	9	88
2023	8	84

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.34% in Lithuania and 1.62% in Suriname. 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	Suriname
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%	-
1983	1.87%	5.67%
1984	1.82%	5.49%
1985	1.74%	5.31%
1986	1.64%	5.13%
1987	1.52%	4.97%
1988	1.42%	4.81%
1989	1.42%	4.65%
1990	1.52%	4.49%
1991	1.67%	4.34%
1992	1.78%	4.19%
1993	1.79%	4.03%
1994	1.69%	3.88%
1995	1.51%	3.74%
1996	1.34%	3.6%
1997	1.23%	3.47%
1998	1.16%	3.34%
1999	1.12%	3.22%
2000	1.07%	3.11%
2001	1.03%	3%
2002	0.99%	2.9%
2003	0.96%	2.81%
2004	0.93%	2.72%
2005	0.9%	2.64%
2006	0.86%	2.57%
2007	0.8%	2.5%
2008	0.74%	2.44%
2009	0.67%	2.38%
2010	0.6%	2.32%
2011	0.56%	2.26%
2012	0.53%	2.21%
2013	0.51%	2.16%
2014	0.51%	2.11%
2015	0.5%	2.05%
2016	0.49%	2%
2017	0.46%	1.95%
2018	0.42%	1.9%
2019	0.39%	1.84%
2020	0.37%	1.78%
2021	0.36%	1.73%
2022	0.35%	1.68%
2023	0.34%	1.62%