Fertility & birth rates in Lithuania and United Kingdom

Fertility rate in Lithuania vs United Kingdom 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 1.56 in the United Kingdom in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Lithuania vs the United Kingdom 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	United Kingdom
1960	2.56	2.69
1961	2.53	2.78
1962	2.45	2.86
1963	2.35	2.88
1964	2.28	2.93
1965	2.23	2.86
1966	2.22	2.78
1967	2.23	2.68
1968	2.24	2.6
1969	2.3	2.51
1970	2.4	2.44
1971	2.41	2.41
1972	2.34	2.2
1973	2.22	2.04
1974	2.21	1.92
1975	2.18	1.81
1976	2.18	1.74
1977	2.14	1.69
1978	2.08	1.75
1979	2.05	1.86
1980	1.99	1.9
1981	1.98	1.82
1982	1.97	1.78
1983	2.1	1.77
1984	2.07	1.77
1985	2.08	1.79
1986	2.12	1.78
1987	2.11	1.81
1988	2.02	1.82
1989	1.98	1.79
1990	2.03	1.83
1991	2.01	1.82
1992	1.97	1.79
1993	1.74	1.76
1994	1.57	1.74
1995	1.55	1.71
1996	1.49	1.73
1997	1.47	1.72
1998	1.46	1.71
1999	1.46	1.68
2000	1.39	1.64
2001	1.29	1.63
2002	1.23	1.63
2003	1.26	1.7
2004	1.27	1.75
2005	1.29	1.76
2006	1.33	1.82
2007	1.36	1.86
2008	1.45	1.91
2009	1.5	1.89
2010	1.5	1.92
2011	1.55	1.91
2012	1.6	1.92
2013	1.59	1.83
2014	1.57	1.81
2015	1.63	1.8
2016	1.63	1.79
2017	1.57	1.74
2018	1.53	1.68
2019	1.43	1.63
2020	1.36	1.57
2021	1.36	1.58
2022	1.27	1.56
2023	1.18	1.56
2024	1.19	1.55
2025	1.2	1.54
2026	1.2	1.53
2027	1.21	1.53
2028	1.22	1.53
2029	1.22	1.52
2030	1.23	1.52
2031	1.23	1.52
2032	1.24	1.53
2033	1.25	1.53
2034	1.25	1.53
2035	1.26	1.53
2036	1.27	1.53
2037	1.27	1.53
2038	1.28	1.53
2039	1.28	1.53
2040	1.29	1.53
2041	1.29	1.54
2042	1.3	1.54
2043	1.3	1.54
2044	1.31	1.54
2045	1.31	1.54
2046	1.31	1.54
2047	1.32	1.54
2048	1.32	1.54
2049	1.33	1.55
2050	1.33	1.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Lithuania	United Kingdom
1960	27.1%	23.3%
1961	27.3%	23.3%
1962	27.4%	23.2%
1963	27.5%	23.2%
1964	27.4%	23.3%
1965	27.3%	23.4%
1966	27.3%	23.5%
1967	27.2%	23.7%
1968	27.2%	23.9%
1969	27.2%	24%
1970	27.1%	24.1%
1971	26.8%	24.1%
1972	26.6%	24%
1973	26.1%	23.9%
1974	25.6%	23.6%
1975	25.1%	23.3%
1976	24.6%	22.9%
1977	24.2%	22.4%
1978	23.8%	21.9%
1979	23.5%	21.4%
1980	23.3%	21%
1981	23.1%	20.6%
1982	22.9%	20.2%
1983	22.8%	19.8%
1984	22.8%	19.5%
1985	22.7%	19.3%
1986	22.7%	19.1%
1987	22.7%	18.9%
1988	22.6%	18.9%
1989	22.5%	19.1%
1990	22.6%	19.1%
1991	22.5%	19.3%
1992	22.4%	19.4%
1993	22.3%	19.5%
1994	22.1%	19.6%
1995	21.8%	19.5%
1996	21.5%	19.4%
1997	21.2%	19.3%
1998	20.9%	19.3%
1999	20.4%	19.2%
2000	20%	18.9%
2001	19.3%	18.7%
2002	18.6%	18.5%
2003	17.9%	18.4%
2004	17.4%	18.3%
2005	16.8%	18.2%
2006	16.3%	18%
2007	15.8%	17.9%
2008	15.3%	17.8%
2009	15%	17.8%
2010	14.9%	17.8%
2011	14.8%	17.7%
2012	14.7%	17.8%
2013	14.6%	17.8%
2014	14.6%	17.8%
2015	14.6%	17.9%
2016	14.7%	18%
2017	14.9%	18%
2018	15%	18.1%
2019	15.1%	18%
2020	15.1%	18%
2021	15.1%	17.8%
2022	15%	17.6%
2023	14.9%	17.4%
2024	14.7%	17.2%
2025	14.5%	17%
2026	14.3%	16.7%
2027	14.1%	16.5%
2028	13.9%	16.2%
2029	13.6%	16%
2030	13.3%	15.7%
2031	13%	15.5%
2032	12.7%	15.3%
2033	12.4%	15.2%
2034	12.1%	15.1%
2035	11.9%	15%
2036	11.7%	14.9%
2037	11.6%	14.9%
2038	11.5%	14.8%
2039	11.4%	14.8%
2040	11.4%	14.8%
2041	11.3%	14.8%
2042	11.3%	14.8%
2043	11.3%	14.9%
2044	11.2%	14.9%
2045	11.2%	14.9%
2046	11.3%	15%
2047	11.3%	15%
2048	11.3%	15%
2049	11.3%	15%
2050	11.4%	15.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 14.7% of the population in Lithuania and 17.2% in the United Kingdom in 2024, compared to 22.6% and 19.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Lithuania and the United Kingdom compared.

Natural population change in Lithuania vs United Kingdom by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.54% in Lithuania and +0.16% in the United Kingdom. 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	United Kingdom
1960	40,845	314,400
1961	40,376	311,519
1962	34,933	340,800
1963	33,918	337,995
1964	34,048	405,000
1965	30,309	364,132
1966	30,381	333,356
1967	29,226	346,145
1968	28,325	292,622
1969	27,345	260,577
1970	27,629	244,918
1971	28,930	257,123
1972	25,388	162,650
1973	22,712	112,389
1974	22,589	67,476
1975	20,470	33,735
1976	20,305	-5,621
1977	19,124	0
1978	17,573	16,859
1979	16,989	61,872
1980	16,042	95,734
1981	16,478	73,234
1982	18,323	56,314
1983	20,911	61,966
1984	18,976	84,633
1985	19,140	79,170
1986	23,978	90,690
1987	22,422	136,325
1988	19,006	136,628
1989	17,316	119,861
1990	17,010	154,569
1991	14,817	143,562
1992	12,950	149,709
1993	1,473	103,893
1994	-4,023	127,304
1995	-3,992	87,028
1996	-3,962	98,884
1997	-3,218	99,138
1998	-3,904	87,730
1999	-3,877	64,551
2000	-4,549	70,671
2001	-9,024	65,032
2002	-11,362	65,308
2003	-10,929	89,471
2004	-11,482	131,974
2005	-14,287	144,963
2006	-15,041	176,455
2007	-15,510	196,232
2008	-12,153	216,325
2009	-9,805	230,422
2010	-11,460	251,066
2011	-10,901	259,361
2012	-11,060	248,473
2013	-12,733	198,830
2014	-10,868	206,784
2015	-11,935	175,738
2016	-11,509	177,139
2017	-12,224	145,125
2018	-12,686	119,321
2019	-13,212	108,342
2020	-19,953	-4,272
2021	-24,433	30,612
2022	-20,671	39,751
2023	-16,368	34,589

Maternal mortality chart: Lithuania vs United Kingdom

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 8 deaths in the United Kingdom.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Lithuania	United Kingdom
1985	35	2
1986	30	2
1987	28	3
1988	28	4
1989	31	5
1990	29	6
1991	29	7
1992	28	7
1993	29	8
1994	31	9
1995	28	9
1996	25	8
1997	21	9
1998	19	10
1999	18	11
2000	16	12
2001	16	13
2002	14	13
2003	14	14
2004	12	13
2005	13	12
2006	14	12
2007	14	11
2008	13	11
2009	11	11
2010	10	10
2011	10	10
2012	10	9
2013	10	9
2014	9	9
2015	10	9
2016	9	9
2017	10	9
2018	9	9
2019	9	9
2020	8	14
2021	9	13
2022	9	15
2023	8	8

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.34% in Lithuania and 0.45% in the United Kingdom. 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	United Kingdom
1960	-	2.66%
1961	-	2.61%
1962	-	2.56%
1963	-	2.49%
1964	-	2.42%
1965	-	2.34%
1966	-	2.28%
1967	2.63%	2.22%
1968	2.63%	2.18%
1969	2.51%	2.14%
1970	2.29%	2.1%
1971	2.11%	2.06%
1972	2.08%	2%
1973	2.16%	1.94%
1974	2.24%	1.87%
1975	2.26%	1.8%
1976	2.25%	1.72%
1977	2.22%	1.64%
1978	2.18%	1.57%
1979	2.12%	1.49%
1980	2.05%	1.41%
1981	1.98%	1.34%
1982	1.92%	1.27%
1983	1.87%	1.22%
1984	1.82%	1.17%
1985	1.74%	1.14%
1986	1.64%	1.11%
1987	1.52%	1.08%
1988	1.42%	1.04%
1989	1.42%	0.99%
1990	1.52%	0.93%
1991	1.67%	0.87%
1992	1.78%	0.82%
1993	1.79%	0.77%
1994	1.69%	0.74%
1995	1.51%	0.72%
1996	1.34%	0.7%
1997	1.23%	0.69%
1998	1.16%	0.68%
1999	1.12%	0.67%
2000	1.07%	0.65%
2001	1.03%	0.64%
2002	0.99%	0.63%
2003	0.96%	0.63%
2004	0.93%	0.61%
2005	0.9%	0.6%
2006	0.86%	0.59%
2007	0.8%	0.58%
2008	0.74%	0.56%
2009	0.67%	0.54%
2010	0.6%	0.52%
2011	0.56%	0.5%
2012	0.53%	0.48%
2013	0.51%	0.46%
2014	0.51%	0.45%
2015	0.5%	0.45%
2016	0.49%	0.44%
2017	0.46%	0.44%
2018	0.42%	0.44%
2019	0.39%	0.44%
2020	0.37%	0.44%
2021	0.36%	0.44%
2022	0.35%	0.45%
2023	0.34%	0.45%