Fertility & birth rates in Lithuania and Uganda

Fertility rate in Lithuania vs Uganda 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 4.28 in Uganda 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	Uganda
1960	2.56	6.91
1961	2.53	6.93
1962	2.45	6.96
1963	2.35	6.98
1964	2.28	7.01
1965	2.23	7.04
1966	2.22	7.07
1967	2.23	7.1
1968	2.24	7.13
1969	2.3	7.12
1970	2.4	7.15
1971	2.41	7.18
1972	2.34	7.19
1973	2.22	7.19
1974	2.21	7.19
1975	2.18	7.2
1976	2.18	7.19
1977	2.14	7.18
1978	2.08	7.16
1979	2.05	7.14
1980	1.99	7.11
1981	1.98	7.12
1982	1.97	7.11
1983	2.1	7.07
1984	2.07	7.02
1985	2.08	7.04
1986	2.12	7.08
1987	2.11	7.12
1988	2.02	7.1
1989	1.98	7.05
1990	2.03	7.01
1991	2.01	6.94
1992	1.97	6.91
1993	1.74	6.89
1994	1.57	6.9
1995	1.55	6.87
1996	1.49	6.84
1997	1.47	6.86
1998	1.46	6.84
1999	1.46	6.83
2000	1.39	6.79
2001	1.29	6.76
2002	1.23	6.74
2003	1.26	6.67
2004	1.27	6.61
2005	1.29	6.53
2006	1.33	6.43
2007	1.36	6.33
2008	1.45	6.2
2009	1.5	6.12
2010	1.5	6.02
2011	1.55	5.89
2012	1.6	5.73
2013	1.59	5.56
2014	1.57	5.41
2015	1.63	5.25
2016	1.63	5.11
2017	1.57	4.99
2018	1.53	4.87
2019	1.43	4.74
2020	1.36	4.62
2021	1.36	4.51
2022	1.27	4.39
2023	1.18	4.28
2024	1.19	4.16
2025	1.2	4.06
2026	1.2	3.97
2027	1.21	3.87
2028	1.22	3.79
2029	1.22	3.69
2030	1.23	3.61
2031	1.23	3.53
2032	1.24	3.45
2033	1.25	3.38
2034	1.25	3.31
2035	1.26	3.25
2036	1.27	3.19
2037	1.27	3.14
2038	1.28	3.09
2039	1.28	3.04
2040	1.29	2.99
2041	1.29	2.94
2042	1.3	2.9
2043	1.3	2.86
2044	1.31	2.82
2045	1.31	2.78
2046	1.31	2.74
2047	1.32	2.71
2048	1.32	2.67
2049	1.33	2.64
2050	1.33	2.61

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Lithuania	Uganda
1960	27.1%	46.3%
1961	27.3%	46.6%
1962	27.4%	46.8%
1963	27.5%	46.9%
1964	27.4%	46.8%
1965	27.3%	46.7%
1966	27.3%	46.6%
1967	27.2%	46.6%
1968	27.2%	46.5%
1969	27.2%	46.5%
1970	27.1%	46.5%
1971	26.8%	46.7%
1972	26.6%	46.9%
1973	26.1%	47.1%
1974	25.6%	47.3%
1975	25.1%	47.4%
1976	24.6%	47.5%
1977	24.2%	47.5%
1978	23.8%	47.6%
1979	23.5%	47.7%
1980	23.3%	47.9%
1981	23.1%	48%
1982	22.9%	48%
1983	22.8%	48.1%
1984	22.8%	48%
1985	22.7%	48%
1986	22.7%	48%
1987	22.7%	48%
1988	22.6%	48.1%
1989	22.5%	48.1%
1990	22.6%	48.2%
1991	22.5%	48.3%
1992	22.4%	48.4%
1993	22.3%	48.5%
1994	22.1%	48.6%
1995	21.8%	49.1%
1996	21.5%	49.4%
1997	21.2%	49.7%
1998	20.9%	49.9%
1999	20.4%	50%
2000	20%	50.1%
2001	19.3%	50.1%
2002	18.6%	50.1%
2003	17.9%	50.1%
2004	17.4%	50.1%
2005	16.8%	50.1%
2006	16.3%	50%
2007	15.8%	50%
2008	15.3%	49.8%
2009	15%	49.7%
2010	14.9%	49.5%
2011	14.8%	49.3%
2012	14.7%	49.1%
2013	14.6%	48.8%
2014	14.6%	48.5%
2015	14.6%	48.1%
2016	14.7%	47.5%
2017	14.9%	46.9%
2018	15%	46.3%
2019	15.1%	45.8%
2020	15.1%	45.2%
2021	15.1%	44.7%
2022	15%	44.3%
2023	14.9%	43.9%
2024	14.7%	43.5%
2025	14.5%	43.1%
2026	14.3%	42.7%
2027	14.1%	42.2%
2028	13.9%	41.8%
2029	13.6%	41.3%
2030	13.3%	40.9%
2031	13%	40.5%
2032	12.7%	40%
2033	12.4%	39.5%
2034	12.1%	39%
2035	11.9%	38.4%
2036	11.7%	37.8%
2037	11.6%	37.3%
2038	11.5%	36.7%
2039	11.4%	36.1%
2040	11.4%	35.6%
2041	11.3%	35.1%
2042	11.3%	34.6%
2043	11.3%	34.1%
2044	11.2%	33.6%
2045	11.2%	33.1%
2046	11.3%	32.7%
2047	11.3%	32.3%
2048	11.3%	31.8%
2049	11.3%	31.5%
2050	11.4%	31.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 14.7% of the population in Lithuania and 43.5% in Uganda in 2024, compared to 22.6% and 48.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Lithuania and Uganda compared.

Natural population change in Lithuania vs Uganda by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.54% in Lithuania and +3.17% in Uganda. 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	Uganda
1960	40,845	225,080
1961	40,376	232,894
1962	34,933	241,513
1963	33,918	250,885
1964	34,048	260,733
1965	30,309	271,830
1966	30,381	282,225
1967	29,226	296,692
1968	28,325	309,725
1969	27,345	320,486
1970	27,629	333,202
1971	28,930	328,294
1972	25,388	335,935
1973	22,712	340,780
1974	22,589	345,773
1975	20,470	354,278
1976	20,305	359,458
1977	19,124	365,216
1978	17,573	371,930
1979	16,989	381,626
1980	16,042	370,287
1981	16,478	380,028
1982	18,323	390,820
1983	20,911	404,940
1984	18,976	421,241
1985	19,140	462,534
1986	23,978	487,693
1987	22,422	527,397
1988	19,006	547,759
1989	17,316	565,367
1990	17,010	587,291
1991	14,817	602,740
1992	12,950	627,139
1993	1,473	650,032
1994	-4,023	675,092
1995	-3,992	697,218
1996	-3,962	699,707
1997	-3,218	727,523
1998	-3,904	741,175
1999	-3,877	775,166
2000	-4,549	803,069
2001	-9,024	836,751
2002	-11,362	868,756
2003	-10,929	901,374
2004	-11,482	938,623
2005	-14,287	969,096
2006	-15,041	999,958
2007	-15,510	1,029,893
2008	-12,153	1,055,935
2009	-9,805	1,090,600
2010	-11,460	1,121,564
2011	-10,901	1,147,263
2012	-11,060	1,167,473
2013	-12,733	1,184,250
2014	-10,868	1,201,599
2015	-11,935	1,224,839
2016	-11,509	1,249,565
2017	-12,224	1,290,658
2018	-12,686	1,332,600
2019	-13,212	1,367,044
2020	-19,953	1,397,288
2021	-24,433	1,423,377
2022	-20,671	1,455,576
2023	-16,368	1,477,166

Maternal mortality chart: Lithuania vs Uganda

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 170 deaths in Uganda.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Lithuania	Uganda
1985	35	842
1986	30	781
1987	28	709
1988	28	655
1989	31	609
1990	29	575
1991	29	549
1992	28	530
1993	29	515
1994	31	507
1995	28	514
1996	25	513
1997	21	522
1998	19	523
1999	18	504
2000	16	475
2001	16	440
2002	14	416
2003	14	395
2004	12	384
2005	13	417
2006	14	409
2007	14	345
2008	13	324
2009	11	322
2010	10	304
2011	10	295
2012	10	285
2013	10	308
2014	9	311
2015	10	299
2016	9	272
2017	10	246
2018	9	232
2019	9	219
2020	8	209
2021	9	216
2022	9	184
2023	8	170

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.34% in Lithuania and 3.88% in Uganda. 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	Uganda
1960	-	22.3%
1961	-	21.9%
1962	-	21.6%
1963	-	21.3%
1964	-	20.9%
1965	-	20.6%
1966	-	20.3%
1967	2.63%	19.9%
1968	2.63%	19.7%
1969	2.51%	19.4%
1970	2.29%	19.3%
1971	2.11%	19.3%
1972	2.08%	19.4%
1973	2.16%	19.6%
1974	2.24%	19.9%
1975	2.26%	20.3%
1976	2.25%	20.7%
1977	2.22%	21.2%
1978	2.18%	21.6%
1979	2.12%	21.8%
1980	2.05%	22%
1981	1.98%	21.9%
1982	1.92%	21.4%
1983	1.87%	20.9%
1984	1.82%	20.3%
1985	1.74%	19.9%
1986	1.64%	19.5%
1987	1.52%	19.2%
1988	1.42%	18.9%
1989	1.42%	18.7%
1990	1.52%	18.3%
1991	1.67%	17.9%
1992	1.78%	17.4%
1993	1.79%	17%
1994	1.69%	16.7%
1995	1.51%	16.5%
1996	1.34%	16.2%
1997	1.23%	16%
1998	1.16%	15.6%
1999	1.12%	15.2%
2000	1.07%	14.6%
2001	1.03%	13.9%
2002	0.99%	13.1%
2003	0.96%	12.3%
2004	0.93%	11.5%
2005	0.9%	10.7%
2006	0.86%	9.97%
2007	0.8%	9.3%
2008	0.74%	8.69%
2009	0.67%	8.14%
2010	0.6%	7.61%
2011	0.56%	7.1%
2012	0.53%	6.67%
2013	0.51%	6.24%
2014	0.51%	5.91%
2015	0.5%	5.58%
2016	0.49%	5.25%
2017	0.46%	4.98%
2018	0.42%	4.74%
2019	0.39%	4.53%
2020	0.37%	4.35%
2021	0.36%	4.18%
2022	0.35%	4.05%
2023	0.34%	3.88%