Fertility & birth rates in Lithuania and Tajikistan

Fertility rate in Lithuania vs Tajikistan 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 3.07 in Tajikistan 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	Tajikistan
1960	2.56	6.24
1961	2.53	6.35
1962	2.45	6.48
1963	2.35	6.62
1964	2.28	6.68
1965	2.23	6.74
1966	2.22	6.82
1967	2.23	6.89
1968	2.24	6.91
1969	2.3	6.91
1970	2.4	6.91
1971	2.41	6.91
1972	2.34	6.89
1973	2.22	6.84
1974	2.21	6.77
1975	2.18	6.69
1976	2.18	6.6
1977	2.14	6.49
1978	2.08	6.4
1979	2.05	6.31
1980	1.99	6.21
1981	1.98	6.12
1982	1.97	6.03
1983	2.1	5.98
1984	2.07	5.96
1985	2.08	5.94
1986	2.12	5.91
1987	2.11	5.84
1988	2.02	5.75
1989	1.98	5.61
1990	2.03	5.46
1991	2.01	5.28
1992	1.97	5.06
1993	1.74	4.92
1994	1.57	4.79
1995	1.55	4.66
1996	1.49	3.94
1997	1.47	4.06
1998	1.46	4.07
1999	1.46	3.85
2000	1.39	3.49
2001	1.29	3.49
2002	1.23	3.47
2003	1.26	3.42
2004	1.27	3.51
2005	1.29	3.4
2006	1.33	3.34
2007	1.36	3.37
2008	1.45	3.39
2009	1.5	3.43
2010	1.5	3.46
2011	1.55	3.46
2012	1.6	3.42
2013	1.59	3.43
2014	1.57	3.46
2015	1.63	3.46
2016	1.63	3.38
2017	1.57	3.29
2018	1.53	3.29
2019	1.43	3.28
2020	1.36	3.21
2021	1.36	3.17
2022	1.27	3.13
2023	1.18	3.07
2024	1.19	3.04
2025	1.2	2.99
2026	1.2	2.96
2027	1.21	2.93
2028	1.22	2.89
2029	1.22	2.86
2030	1.23	2.83
2031	1.23	2.8
2032	1.24	2.76
2033	1.25	2.73
2034	1.25	2.7
2035	1.26	2.68
2036	1.27	2.65
2037	1.27	2.63
2038	1.28	2.6
2039	1.28	2.58
2040	1.29	2.55
2041	1.29	2.53
2042	1.3	2.51
2043	1.3	2.49
2044	1.31	2.46
2045	1.31	2.44
2046	1.31	2.42
2047	1.32	2.4
2048	1.32	2.38
2049	1.33	2.37
2050	1.33	2.35

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Lithuania	Tajikistan
1960	27.1%	40.2%
1961	27.3%	41.4%
1962	27.4%	42.5%
1963	27.5%	43.4%
1964	27.4%	44.1%
1965	27.3%	44.4%
1966	27.3%	44.6%
1967	27.2%	44.7%
1968	27.2%	44.7%
1969	27.2%	44.6%
1970	27.1%	44.6%
1971	26.8%	44.5%
1972	26.6%	44.4%
1973	26.1%	44.3%
1974	25.6%	44.2%
1975	25.1%	44%
1976	24.6%	43.8%
1977	24.2%	43.6%
1978	23.8%	43.4%
1979	23.5%	43.2%
1980	23.3%	43.2%
1981	23.1%	43.2%
1982	22.9%	43.2%
1983	22.8%	43.3%
1984	22.8%	43.3%
1985	22.7%	43.3%
1986	22.7%	43.1%
1987	22.7%	43.1%
1988	22.6%	43.2%
1989	22.5%	43.4%
1990	22.6%	43.7%
1991	22.5%	44%
1992	22.4%	44.3%
1993	22.3%	44.6%
1994	22.1%	44.8%
1995	21.8%	44.9%
1996	21.5%	44.7%
1997	21.2%	44.3%
1998	20.9%	43.7%
1999	20.4%	43%
2000	20%	42.3%
2001	19.3%	41.5%
2002	18.6%	40.7%
2003	17.9%	39.9%
2004	17.4%	39.3%
2005	16.8%	38.6%
2006	16.3%	38%
2007	15.8%	37.6%
2008	15.3%	37.3%
2009	15%	37%
2010	14.9%	36.8%
2011	14.8%	36.7%
2012	14.7%	36.7%
2013	14.6%	36.5%
2014	14.6%	36.4%
2015	14.6%	36.3%
2016	14.7%	36.3%
2017	14.9%	36.2%
2018	15%	36.2%
2019	15.1%	36.3%
2020	15.1%	36.4%
2021	15.1%	36.6%
2022	15%	36.6%
2023	14.9%	36.5%
2024	14.7%	36.3%
2025	14.5%	35.9%
2026	14.3%	35.4%
2027	14.1%	35%
2028	13.9%	34.5%
2029	13.6%	33.9%
2030	13.3%	33.2%
2031	13%	32.5%
2032	12.7%	32%
2033	12.4%	31.6%
2034	12.1%	31.2%
2035	11.9%	30.8%
2036	11.7%	30.4%
2037	11.6%	30.1%
2038	11.5%	29.8%
2039	11.4%	29.6%
2040	11.4%	29.4%
2041	11.3%	29.2%
2042	11.3%	29.1%
2043	11.3%	29%
2044	11.2%	28.9%
2045	11.2%	28.7%
2046	11.3%	28.6%
2047	11.3%	28.4%
2048	11.3%	28.1%
2049	11.3%	27.9%
2050	11.4%	27.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 14.7% of the population in Lithuania and 36.3% in Tajikistan in 2024, compared to 22.6% and 43.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Lithuania and Tajikistan compared.

Natural population change in Lithuania vs Tajikistan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.54% in Lithuania and +2.42% in Tajikistan. 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	Tajikistan
1960	40,845	65,415
1961	40,376	68,182
1962	34,933	70,700
1963	33,918	73,065
1964	34,048	74,030
1965	30,309	75,139
1966	30,381	76,702
1967	29,226	78,733
1968	28,325	80,698
1969	27,345	82,931
1970	27,629	85,645
1971	28,930	88,618
1972	25,388	91,677
1973	22,712	94,523
1974	22,589	97,481
1975	20,470	100,604
1976	20,305	103,777
1977	19,124	106,920
1978	17,573	110,564
1979	16,989	114,496
1980	16,042	117,888
1981	16,478	121,418
1982	18,323	127,838
1983	20,911	133,280
1984	18,976	139,145
1985	19,140	145,720
1986	23,978	155,987
1987	22,422	163,611
1988	19,006	172,805
1989	17,316	179,212
1990	17,010	178,429
1991	14,817	177,585
1992	12,950	163,652
1993	1,473	157,975
1994	-4,023	167,590
1995	-3,992	168,934
1996	-3,962	138,287
1997	-3,218	149,825
1998	-3,904	153,508
1999	-3,877	147,622
2000	-4,549	136,549
2001	-9,024	142,276
2002	-11,362	146,492
2003	-10,929	150,391
2004	-11,482	161,201
2005	-14,287	160,189
2006	-15,041	164,046
2007	-15,510	173,200
2008	-12,153	182,337
2009	-9,805	192,851
2010	-11,460	201,389
2011	-10,901	208,429
2012	-11,060	213,078
2013	-12,733	220,693
2014	-10,868	227,304
2015	-11,935	230,903
2016	-11,509	228,547
2017	-12,224	224,396
2018	-12,686	228,597
2019	-13,212	231,817
2020	-19,953	219,467
2021	-24,433	222,850
2022	-20,671	228,336
2023	-16,368	223,828

Maternal mortality chart: Lithuania vs Tajikistan

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 14 deaths in Tajikistan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Lithuania	Tajikistan
1985	35	98
1986	30	91
1987	28	91
1988	28	83
1989	31	85
1990	29	80
1991	29	79
1992	28	84
1993	29	84
1994	31	85
1995	28	81
1996	25	82
1997	21	76
1998	19	72
1999	18	64
2000	16	58
2001	16	58
2002	14	48
2003	14	39
2004	12	36
2005	13	36
2006	14	35
2007	14	30
2008	13	29
2009	11	29
2010	10	26
2011	10	25
2012	10	23
2013	10	21
2014	9	21
2015	10	20
2016	9	20
2017	10	17
2018	9	16
2019	9	16
2020	8	25
2021	9	25
2022	9	14
2023	8	14

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.34% in Lithuania and 2.73% in Tajikistan. 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	Tajikistan
1967	2.63%	-
1968	2.63%	-
1969	2.51%	-
1970	2.29%	-
1971	2.11%	-
1972	2.08%	15.5%
1973	2.16%	15%
1974	2.24%	14.4%
1975	2.26%	14%
1976	2.25%	13.5%
1977	2.22%	13.2%
1978	2.18%	13%
1979	2.12%	12.8%
1980	2.05%	12.7%
1981	1.98%	12.6%
1982	1.92%	12.5%
1983	1.87%	12.3%
1984	1.82%	12%
1985	1.74%	11.6%
1986	1.64%	11.1%
1987	1.52%	10.5%
1988	1.42%	10.1%
1989	1.42%	9.88%
1990	1.52%	9.92%
1991	1.67%	10.2%
1992	1.78%	10.6%
1993	1.79%	10.9%
1994	1.69%	11%
1995	1.51%	10.8%
1996	1.34%	10.4%
1997	1.23%	9.86%
1998	1.16%	9.26%
1999	1.12%	8.62%
2000	1.07%	7.97%
2001	1.03%	7.34%
2002	0.99%	6.75%
2003	0.96%	6.18%
2004	0.93%	5.67%
2005	0.9%	5.22%
2006	0.86%	4.82%
2007	0.8%	4.47%
2008	0.74%	4.17%
2009	0.67%	3.92%
2010	0.6%	3.7%
2011	0.56%	3.52%
2012	0.53%	3.36%
2013	0.51%	3.23%
2014	0.51%	3.12%
2015	0.5%	3.02%
2016	0.49%	2.94%
2017	0.46%	2.88%
2018	0.42%	2.83%
2019	0.39%	2.81%
2020	0.37%	2.8%
2021	0.36%	2.79%
2022	0.35%	2.77%
2023	0.34%	2.73%