Fertility & birth rates in Lithuania and Ukraine

Fertility rate in Lithuania vs Ukraine 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 0.98 in Ukraine 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	Ukraine
1960	2.56	2.29
1961	2.53	2.2
1962	2.45	2.15
1963	2.35	2.11
1964	2.28	2.01
1965	2.23	1.94
1966	2.22	2.04
1967	2.23	2.04
1968	2.24	2.03
1969	2.3	2.01
1970	2.4	2.08
1971	2.41	2.11
1972	2.34	2.13
1973	2.22	2.04
1974	2.21	2.06
1975	2.18	2.05
1976	2.18	2.04
1977	2.14	1.98
1978	2.08	1.97
1979	2.05	1.96
1980	1.99	1.95
1981	1.98	1.92
1982	1.97	1.95
1983	2.1	2.1
1984	2.07	2.08
1985	2.08	2.03
1986	2.12	2.12
1987	2.11	2.07
1988	2.02	2.04
1989	1.98	1.93
1990	2.03	1.85
1991	2.01	1.77
1992	1.97	1.67
1993	1.74	1.56
1994	1.57	1.47
1995	1.55	1.4
1996	1.49	1.33
1997	1.47	1.27
1998	1.46	1.21
1999	1.46	1.13
2000	1.39	1.11
2001	1.29	1.09
2002	1.23	1.13
2003	1.26	1.17
2004	1.27	1.22
2005	1.29	1.22
2006	1.33	1.3
2007	1.36	1.34
2008	1.45	1.44
2009	1.5	1.47
2010	1.5	1.44
2011	1.55	1.46
2012	1.6	1.53
2013	1.59	1.52
2014	1.57	1.47
2015	1.63	1.39
2016	1.63	1.39
2017	1.57	1.3
2018	1.53	1.23
2019	1.43	1.22
2020	1.36	1.21
2021	1.36	1.15
2022	1.27	0.9
2023	1.18	0.98
2024	1.19	0.99
2025	1.2	1
2026	1.2	1
2027	1.21	1.01
2028	1.22	1.02
2029	1.22	1.02
2030	1.23	1.03
2031	1.23	1.04
2032	1.24	1.04
2033	1.25	1.05
2034	1.25	1.05
2035	1.26	1.06
2036	1.27	1.06
2037	1.27	1.07
2038	1.28	1.07
2039	1.28	1.08
2040	1.29	1.09
2041	1.29	1.09
2042	1.3	1.1
2043	1.3	1.1
2044	1.31	1.11
2045	1.31	1.11
2046	1.31	1.12
2047	1.32	1.13
2048	1.32	1.13
2049	1.33	1.14
2050	1.33	1.14

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Lithuania	Ukraine
1960	27.1%	26.7%
1961	27.3%	27%
1962	27.4%	27.1%
1963	27.5%	27.1%
1964	27.4%	26.8%
1965	27.3%	26.4%
1966	27.3%	26.1%
1967	27.2%	25.8%
1968	27.2%	25.5%
1969	27.2%	25.1%
1970	27.1%	24.8%
1971	26.8%	24.4%
1972	26.6%	24%
1973	26.1%	23.6%
1974	25.6%	23.2%
1975	25.1%	22.8%
1976	24.6%	22.4%
1977	24.2%	22.1%
1978	23.8%	21.7%
1979	23.5%	21.5%
1980	23.3%	21.4%
1981	23.1%	21.4%
1982	22.9%	21.4%
1983	22.8%	21.5%
1984	22.8%	21.6%
1985	22.7%	21.7%
1986	22.7%	21.7%
1987	22.7%	21.7%
1988	22.6%	21.7%
1989	22.5%	21.7%
1990	22.6%	21.6%
1991	22.5%	21.5%
1992	22.4%	21.4%
1993	22.3%	21.2%
1994	22.1%	21%
1995	21.8%	20.6%
1996	21.5%	20.2%
1997	21.2%	19.7%
1998	20.9%	19.2%
1999	20.4%	18.5%
2000	20%	17.9%
2001	19.3%	17.1%
2002	18.6%	16.3%
2003	17.9%	15.7%
2004	17.4%	15.1%
2005	16.8%	14.7%
2006	16.3%	14.3%
2007	15.8%	14.1%
2008	15.3%	14%
2009	15%	14%
2010	14.9%	14.1%
2011	14.8%	14.2%
2012	14.7%	14.4%
2013	14.6%	14.6%
2014	14.6%	14.9%
2015	14.6%	15.1%
2016	14.7%	15.3%
2017	14.9%	15.4%
2018	15%	15.4%
2019	15.1%	15.4%
2020	15.1%	15.3%
2021	15.1%	15.1%
2022	15%	14.8%
2023	14.9%	14.3%
2024	14.7%	13.9%
2025	14.5%	13.7%
2026	14.3%	13.4%
2027	14.1%	12.9%
2028	13.9%	12.4%
2029	13.6%	12%
2030	13.3%	11.6%
2031	13%	11.2%
2032	12.7%	10.9%
2033	12.4%	10.6%
2034	12.1%	10.4%
2035	11.9%	10.2%
2036	11.7%	10%
2037	11.6%	9.95%
2038	11.5%	9.95%
2039	11.4%	9.92%
2040	11.4%	9.9%
2041	11.3%	9.92%
2042	11.3%	9.97%
2043	11.3%	10%
2044	11.2%	10.1%
2045	11.2%	10.1%
2046	11.3%	10.2%
2047	11.3%	10.2%
2048	11.3%	10.2%
2049	11.3%	10.2%
2050	11.4%	10.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 14.7% of the population in Lithuania and 13.9% in Ukraine in 2024, compared to 22.6% and 21.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Lithuania and Ukraine compared.

Natural population change in Lithuania vs Ukraine by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.54% in Lithuania and -0.56% in Ukraine. 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	Ukraine
1960	40,845	538,812
1961	40,376	508,602
1962	34,933	481,887
1963	33,918	449,648
1964	34,048	391,120
1965	30,309	334,365
1966	30,381	337,794
1967	29,226	313,899
1968	28,325	295,162
1969	27,345	274,858
1970	27,629	291,839
1971	28,930	305,849
1972	25,388	309,785
1973	22,712	274,938
1974	22,589	273,486
1975	20,470	256,787
1976	20,305	247,323
1977	19,124	216,932
1978	17,573	206,554
1979	16,989	197,294
1980	16,042	197,223
1981	16,478	182,839
1982	18,323	194,101
1983	20,911	241,741
1984	18,976	222,430
1985	19,140	201,011
1986	23,978	225,751
1987	22,422	198,850
1988	19,006	162,002
1989	17,316	106,431
1990	17,010	48,463
1991	14,817	-16,486
1992	12,950	-95,857
1993	1,473	-169,405
1994	-4,023	-238,820
1995	-3,992	-281,629
1996	-3,962	-305,154
1997	-3,218	-306,549
1998	-3,904	-318,299
1999	-3,877	-348,286
2000	-4,549	-364,143
2001	-9,024	-374,734
2002	-11,362	-364,544
2003	-10,929	-351,299
2004	-11,482	-344,157
2005	-14,287	-337,857
2006	-15,041	-300,787
2007	-15,510	-282,659
2008	-12,153	-229,086
2009	-9,805	-197,918
2010	-11,460	-180,388
2011	-10,901	-158,372
2012	-11,060	-130,451
2013	-12,733	-129,662
2014	-10,868	-140,216
2015	-11,935	-147,107
2016	-11,509	-135,710
2017	-12,224	-158,390
2018	-12,686	-227,491
2019	-13,212	-236,296
2020	-19,953	-307,533
2021	-24,433	-449,941
2022	-20,671	-349,284
2023	-16,368	-283,185

Maternal mortality chart: Lithuania vs Ukraine

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 15 deaths in Ukraine.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Lithuania	Ukraine
1985	35	53
1986	30	50
1987	28	46
1988	28	44
1989	31	42
1990	29	40
1991	29	40
1992	28	40
1993	29	42
1994	31	45
1995	28	46
1996	25	45
1997	21	41
1998	19	37
1999	18	34
2000	16	32
2001	16	30
2002	14	28
2003	14	28
2004	12	27
2005	13	27
2006	14	27
2007	14	27
2008	13	26
2009	11	24
2010	10	21
2011	10	20
2012	10	20
2013	10	20
2014	9	19
2015	10	17
2016	9	17
2017	10	16
2018	9	16
2019	9	16
2020	8	18
2021	9	26
2022	9	16
2023	8	15

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.34% in Lithuania and 0.81% in Ukraine. 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	Ukraine
1967	2.63%	-
1968	2.63%	-
1969	2.51%	-
1970	2.29%	-
1971	2.11%	3.23%
1972	2.08%	3.13%
1973	2.16%	3.04%
1974	2.24%	2.96%
1975	2.26%	2.89%
1976	2.25%	2.84%
1977	2.22%	2.78%
1978	2.18%	2.74%
1979	2.12%	2.69%
1980	2.05%	2.62%
1981	1.98%	2.55%
1982	1.92%	2.47%
1983	1.87%	2.39%
1984	1.82%	2.29%
1985	1.74%	2.21%
1986	1.64%	2.13%
1987	1.52%	2.05%
1988	1.42%	1.99%
1989	1.42%	1.95%
1990	1.52%	1.92%
1991	1.67%	1.92%
1992	1.78%	1.94%
1993	1.79%	1.97%
1994	1.69%	2%
1995	1.51%	2.02%
1996	1.34%	2.03%
1997	1.23%	2.01%
1998	1.16%	1.97%
1999	1.12%	1.9%
2000	1.07%	1.83%
2001	1.03%	1.75%
2002	0.99%	1.66%
2003	0.96%	1.58%
2004	0.93%	1.51%
2005	0.9%	1.45%
2006	0.86%	1.4%
2007	0.8%	1.34%
2008	0.74%	1.29%
2009	0.67%	1.23%
2010	0.6%	1.17%
2011	0.56%	1.12%
2012	0.53%	1.07%
2013	0.51%	1.02%
2014	0.51%	0.98%
2015	0.5%	0.94%
2016	0.49%	0.91%
2017	0.46%	0.89%
2018	0.42%	0.87%
2019	0.39%	0.85%
2020	0.37%	0.84%
2021	0.36%	0.82%
2022	0.35%	0.85%
2023	0.34%	0.81%