Fertility & birth rates in Lithuania and Sweden

Fertility rate in Lithuania vs Sweden 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 1.45 in Sweden in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

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The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Lithuania	Sweden
1960	2.56	2.17
1961	2.53	2.21
1962	2.45	2.25
1963	2.35	2.33
1964	2.28	2.47
1965	2.23	2.39
1966	2.22	2.37
1967	2.23	2.28
1968	2.24	2.07
1969	2.3	1.93
1970	2.4	1.92
1971	2.41	1.96
1972	2.34	1.91
1973	2.22	1.87
1974	2.21	1.87
1975	2.18	1.77
1976	2.18	1.68
1977	2.14	1.64
1978	2.08	1.6
1979	2.05	1.66
1980	1.99	1.68
1981	1.98	1.63
1982	1.97	1.62
1983	2.1	1.61
1984	2.07	1.66
1985	2.08	1.74
1986	2.12	1.8
1987	2.11	1.84
1988	2.02	1.96
1989	1.98	2.01
1990	2.03	2.13
1991	2.01	2.11
1992	1.97	2.09
1993	1.74	1.99
1994	1.57	1.88
1995	1.55	1.73
1996	1.49	1.6
1997	1.47	1.52
1998	1.46	1.5
1999	1.46	1.5
2000	1.39	1.54
2001	1.29	1.57
2002	1.23	1.65
2003	1.26	1.71
2004	1.27	1.75
2005	1.29	1.77
2006	1.33	1.85
2007	1.36	1.88
2008	1.45	1.91
2009	1.5	1.94
2010	1.5	1.98
2011	1.55	1.9
2012	1.6	1.91
2013	1.59	1.89
2014	1.57	1.88
2015	1.63	1.85
2016	1.63	1.85
2017	1.57	1.78
2018	1.53	1.76
2019	1.43	1.71
2020	1.36	1.67
2021	1.36	1.67
2022	1.27	1.53
2023	1.18	1.45
2024	1.19	1.45
2025	1.2	1.46
2026	1.2	1.46
2027	1.21	1.47
2028	1.22	1.47
2029	1.22	1.48
2030	1.23	1.48
2031	1.23	1.49
2032	1.24	1.49
2033	1.25	1.49
2034	1.25	1.5
2035	1.26	1.5
2036	1.27	1.5
2037	1.27	1.51
2038	1.28	1.51
2039	1.28	1.51
2040	1.29	1.52
2041	1.29	1.52
2042	1.3	1.53
2043	1.3	1.53
2044	1.31	1.53
2045	1.31	1.53
2046	1.31	1.53
2047	1.32	1.54
2048	1.32	1.54
2049	1.33	1.54
2050	1.33	1.54

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Lithuania	Sweden
1960	27.1%	22.4%
1961	27.3%	22%
1962	27.4%	21.5%
1963	27.5%	21.2%
1964	27.4%	21%
1965	27.3%	20.9%
1966	27.3%	20.9%
1967	27.2%	21%
1968	27.2%	20.9%
1969	27.2%	20.9%
1970	27.1%	20.8%
1971	26.8%	20.8%
1972	26.6%	20.8%
1973	26.1%	20.7%
1974	25.6%	20.7%
1975	25.1%	20.7%
1976	24.6%	20.6%
1977	24.2%	20.5%
1978	23.8%	20.3%
1979	23.5%	19.9%
1980	23.3%	19.6%
1981	23.1%	19.2%
1982	22.9%	18.9%
1983	22.8%	18.6%
1984	22.8%	18.3%
1985	22.7%	18.2%
1986	22.7%	18%
1987	22.7%	17.9%
1988	22.6%	17.8%
1989	22.5%	17.8%
1990	22.6%	17.9%
1991	22.5%	18.1%
1992	22.4%	18.4%
1993	22.3%	18.6%
1994	22.1%	18.8%
1995	21.8%	18.9%
1996	21.5%	18.8%
1997	21.2%	18.7%
1998	20.9%	18.7%
1999	20.4%	18.6%
2000	20%	18.4%
2001	19.3%	18.3%
2002	18.6%	18.1%
2003	17.9%	17.9%
2004	17.4%	17.7%
2005	16.8%	17.4%
2006	16.3%	17.1%
2007	15.8%	16.9%
2008	15.3%	16.7%
2009	15%	16.6%
2010	14.9%	16.6%
2011	14.8%	16.7%
2012	14.7%	16.8%
2013	14.6%	17%
2014	14.6%	17.2%
2015	14.6%	17.3%
2016	14.7%	17.5%
2017	14.9%	17.7%
2018	15%	17.8%
2019	15.1%	17.8%
2020	15.1%	17.7%
2021	15.1%	17.7%
2022	15%	17.5%
2023	14.9%	17.2%
2024	14.7%	17%
2025	14.5%	16.7%
2026	14.3%	16.4%
2027	14.1%	16.2%
2028	13.9%	15.9%
2029	13.6%	15.6%
2030	13.3%	15.3%
2031	13%	15.1%
2032	12.7%	14.8%
2033	12.4%	14.5%
2034	12.1%	14.3%
2035	11.9%	14.1%
2036	11.7%	13.9%
2037	11.6%	13.8%
2038	11.5%	13.8%
2039	11.4%	13.8%
2040	11.4%	13.8%
2041	11.3%	13.8%
2042	11.3%	13.9%
2043	11.3%	13.9%
2044	11.2%	14%
2045	11.2%	14.1%
2046	11.3%	14.1%
2047	11.3%	14.2%
2048	11.3%	14.3%
2049	11.3%	14.4%
2050	11.4%	14.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 14.7% of the population in Lithuania and 17% in Sweden in 2024, compared to 22.6% and 17.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Lithuania and Sweden compared.

Natural population change in Lithuania vs Sweden by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.54% in Lithuania and +0.2% in Sweden. 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	Sweden
1960	40,845	27,693
1961	40,376	30,832
1962	34,933	30,246
1963	33,918	35,741
1964	34,048	45,968
1965	30,309	44,857
1966	30,381	45,286
1967	29,226	41,700
1968	28,325	30,858
1969	27,345	23,904
1970	27,629	30,563
1971	28,930	31,583
1972	25,388	28,428
1973	22,712	24,409
1974	22,589	23,664
1975	20,470	14,746
1976	20,305	8,222
1977	19,124	7,426
1978	17,573	4,138
1979	16,989	4,976
1980	16,042	5,818
1981	16,478	1,664
1982	18,323	1,665
1983	20,911	833
1984	18,976	3,335
1985	19,140	4,175
1986	23,978	9,206
1987	22,422	11,757
1988	19,006	15,186
1989	17,316	24,629
1990	17,010	29,100
1991	14,817	29,299
1992	12,950	28,605
1993	1,473	20,924
1994	-4,023	20,196
1995	-3,992	9,710
1996	-3,962	1,768
1997	-3,218	-3,539
1998	-3,904	-3,541
1999	-3,877	-6,201
2000	-4,549	-2,662
2001	-9,024	-1,779
2002	-11,362	893
2003	-10,929	6,271
2004	-11,482	9,893
2005	-14,287	9,030
2006	-15,041	15,436
2007	-15,510	15,552
2008	-12,153	18,439
2009	-9,805	21,387
2010	-11,460	25,320
2011	-10,901	21,733
2012	-11,060	20,943
2013	-12,733	23,041
2014	-10,868	26,179
2015	-11,935	23,518
2016	-11,509	25,800
2017	-12,224	24,138
2018	-12,686	23,403
2019	-13,212	25,697
2020	-19,953	14,495
2021	-24,433	22,914
2022	-20,671	10,487
2023	-16,368	5,269

Maternal mortality chart: Lithuania vs Sweden

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 4 deaths in Sweden.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Lithuania	Sweden
1985	35	8
1986	30	8
1987	28	8
1988	28	9
1989	31	9
1990	29	8
1991	29	8
1992	28	8
1993	29	8
1994	31	7
1995	28	7
1996	25	6
1997	21	6
1998	19	6
1999	18	6
2000	16	5
2001	16	5
2002	14	5
2003	14	5
2004	12	5
2005	13	5
2006	14	5
2007	14	5
2008	13	5
2009	11	5
2010	10	5
2011	10	5
2012	10	5
2013	10	5
2014	9	5
2015	10	5
2016	9	5
2017	10	5
2018	9	5
2019	9	4
2020	8	5
2021	9	5
2022	9	5
2023	8	4

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.34% in Lithuania and 0.25% in Sweden. 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	Sweden
1960	-	1.96%
1961	-	1.92%
1962	-	1.86%
1963	-	1.79%
1964	-	1.71%
1965	-	1.63%
1966	-	1.56%
1967	2.63%	1.49%
1968	2.63%	1.44%
1969	2.51%	1.39%
1970	2.29%	1.34%
1971	2.11%	1.29%
1972	2.08%	1.23%
1973	2.16%	1.16%
1974	2.24%	1.09%
1975	2.26%	1.03%
1976	2.25%	0.98%
1977	2.22%	0.94%
1978	2.18%	0.9%
1979	2.12%	0.87%
1980	2.05%	0.84%
1981	1.98%	0.82%
1982	1.92%	0.8%
1983	1.87%	0.78%
1984	1.82%	0.77%
1985	1.74%	0.76%
1986	1.64%	0.75%
1987	1.52%	0.74%
1988	1.42%	0.73%
1989	1.42%	0.72%
1990	1.52%	0.7%
1991	1.67%	0.66%
1992	1.78%	0.62%
1993	1.79%	0.57%
1994	1.69%	0.52%
1995	1.51%	0.48%
1996	1.34%	0.46%
1997	1.23%	0.44%
1998	1.16%	0.42%
1999	1.12%	0.41%
2000	1.07%	0.41%
2001	1.03%	0.4%
2002	0.99%	0.4%
2003	0.96%	0.39%
2004	0.93%	0.37%
2005	0.9%	0.36%
2006	0.86%	0.35%
2007	0.8%	0.33%
2008	0.74%	0.32%
2009	0.67%	0.31%
2010	0.6%	0.31%
2011	0.56%	0.3%
2012	0.53%	0.3%
2013	0.51%	0.29%
2014	0.51%	0.29%
2015	0.5%	0.29%
2016	0.49%	0.28%
2017	0.46%	0.28%
2018	0.42%	0.27%
2019	0.39%	0.26%
2020	0.37%	0.26%
2021	0.36%	0.25%
2022	0.35%	0.25%
2023	0.34%	0.25%