Fertility & birth rates in Lithuania and Zambia

Fertility rate in Lithuania vs Zambia 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 4.1 in Zambia 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	Zambia
1960	2.56	6.95
1961	2.53	6.98
1962	2.45	7.01
1963	2.35	7.06
1964	2.28	7.09
1965	2.23	7.12
1966	2.22	7.14
1967	2.23	7.15
1968	2.24	7.18
1969	2.3	7.18
1970	2.4	7.22
1971	2.41	7.26
1972	2.34	7.3
1973	2.22	7.34
1974	2.21	7.36
1975	2.18	7.42
1976	2.18	7.39
1977	2.14	7.35
1978	2.08	7.29
1979	2.05	7.22
1980	1.99	7.14
1981	1.98	7.07
1982	1.97	7.04
1983	2.1	7.01
1984	2.07	6.97
1985	2.08	6.93
1986	2.12	6.87
1987	2.11	6.8
1988	2.02	6.7
1989	1.98	6.64
1990	2.03	6.57
1991	2.01	6.46
1992	1.97	6.35
1993	1.74	6.3
1994	1.57	6.26
1995	1.55	6.23
1996	1.49	6.18
1997	1.47	6.12
1998	1.46	6.07
1999	1.46	6
2000	1.39	5.92
2001	1.29	5.85
2002	1.23	5.77
2003	1.26	5.71
2004	1.27	5.7
2005	1.29	5.7
2006	1.33	5.68
2007	1.36	5.61
2008	1.45	5.53
2009	1.5	5.45
2010	1.5	5.36
2011	1.55	5.26
2012	1.6	5.14
2013	1.59	5.01
2014	1.57	4.89
2015	1.63	4.78
2016	1.63	4.67
2017	1.57	4.57
2018	1.53	4.49
2019	1.43	4.42
2020	1.36	4.32
2021	1.36	4.25
2022	1.27	4.18
2023	1.18	4.1
2024	1.19	4.04
2025	1.2	3.97
2026	1.2	3.91
2027	1.21	3.85
2028	1.22	3.77
2029	1.22	3.72
2030	1.23	3.67
2031	1.23	3.61
2032	1.24	3.56
2033	1.25	3.5
2034	1.25	3.45
2035	1.26	3.4
2036	1.27	3.35
2037	1.27	3.3
2038	1.28	3.25
2039	1.28	3.19
2040	1.29	3.15
2041	1.29	3.11
2042	1.3	3.07
2043	1.3	3.03
2044	1.31	3
2045	1.31	2.96
2046	1.31	2.93
2047	1.32	2.9
2048	1.32	2.87
2049	1.33	2.84
2050	1.33	2.81

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Lithuania	Zambia
1960	27.1%	46%
1961	27.3%	46.2%
1962	27.4%	46.3%
1963	27.5%	46.5%
1964	27.4%	46.7%
1965	27.3%	46.9%
1966	27.3%	46.9%
1967	27.2%	47%
1968	27.2%	47.1%
1969	27.2%	47.2%
1970	27.1%	47.4%
1971	26.8%	47.7%
1972	26.6%	48%
1973	26.1%	48.3%
1974	25.6%	48.6%
1975	25.1%	48.8%
1976	24.6%	49.1%
1977	24.2%	49.2%
1978	23.8%	49.4%
1979	23.5%	49.5%
1980	23.3%	49.5%
1981	23.1%	49.4%
1982	22.9%	49.3%
1983	22.8%	49.1%
1984	22.8%	49%
1985	22.7%	48.9%
1986	22.7%	48.8%
1987	22.7%	48.7%
1988	22.6%	48.6%
1989	22.5%	48.5%
1990	22.6%	48.4%
1991	22.5%	48.3%
1992	22.4%	48.2%
1993	22.3%	48.2%
1994	22.1%	48.2%
1995	21.8%	48.2%
1996	21.5%	48.2%
1997	21.2%	48.2%
1998	20.9%	48.2%
1999	20.4%	48.1%
2000	20%	48%
2001	19.3%	47.8%
2002	18.6%	47.6%
2003	17.9%	47.4%
2004	17.4%	47.3%
2005	16.8%	47.1%
2006	16.3%	47%
2007	15.8%	46.8%
2008	15.3%	46.6%
2009	15%	46.4%
2010	14.9%	46.3%
2011	14.8%	46.1%
2012	14.7%	45.9%
2013	14.6%	45.7%
2014	14.6%	45.5%
2015	14.6%	45.2%
2016	14.7%	44.9%
2017	14.9%	44.5%
2018	15%	44.1%
2019	15.1%	43.8%
2020	15.1%	43.3%
2021	15.1%	42.9%
2022	15%	42.4%
2023	14.9%	42%
2024	14.7%	41.5%
2025	14.5%	41%
2026	14.3%	40.5%
2027	14.1%	40%
2028	13.9%	39.6%
2029	13.6%	39.2%
2030	13.3%	38.8%
2031	13%	38.5%
2032	12.7%	38.1%
2033	12.4%	37.8%
2034	12.1%	37.5%
2035	11.9%	37.1%
2036	11.7%	36.8%
2037	11.6%	36.5%
2038	11.5%	36.1%
2039	11.4%	35.8%
2040	11.4%	35.4%
2041	11.3%	35.1%
2042	11.3%	34.7%
2043	11.3%	34.4%
2044	11.2%	34%
2045	11.2%	33.7%
2046	11.3%	33.3%
2047	11.3%	33%
2048	11.3%	32.6%
2049	11.3%	32.3%
2050	11.4%	32%

Children aged 0-14 make up 14.7% of the population in Lithuania and 41.5% in Zambia in 2024, compared to 22.6% and 48.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Lithuania and Zambia compared.

Natural population change in Lithuania vs Zambia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.54% in Lithuania and +2.87% in Zambia. 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	Zambia
1960	40,845	102,335
1961	40,376	106,318
1962	34,933	110,173
1963	33,918	114,555
1964	34,048	117,197
1965	30,309	122,814
1966	30,381	127,164
1967	29,226	131,938
1968	28,325	137,315
1969	27,345	142,660
1970	27,629	149,380
1971	28,930	155,249
1972	25,388	161,648
1973	22,712	168,258
1974	22,589	174,484
1975	20,470	182,258
1976	20,305	186,762
1977	19,124	191,557
1978	17,573	194,933
1979	16,989	197,578
1980	16,042	198,817
1981	16,478	202,822
1982	18,323	207,621
1983	20,911	212,712
1984	18,976	216,695
1985	19,140	221,351
1986	23,978	224,768
1987	22,422	227,813
1988	19,006	230,118
1989	17,316	233,429
1990	17,010	235,835
1991	14,817	237,957
1992	12,950	239,953
1993	1,473	245,917
1994	-4,023	252,023
1995	-3,992	257,897
1996	-3,962	262,468
1997	-3,218	268,198
1998	-3,904	275,568
1999	-3,877	283,297
2000	-4,549	293,186
2001	-9,024	302,682
2002	-11,362	316,041
2003	-10,929	331,189
2004	-11,482	349,352
2005	-14,287	368,756
2006	-15,041	387,891
2007	-15,510	403,729
2008	-12,153	419,560
2009	-9,805	434,458
2010	-11,460	448,337
2011	-10,901	459,743
2012	-11,060	469,406
2013	-12,733	476,846
2014	-10,868	483,663
2015	-11,935	491,021
2016	-11,509	497,521
2017	-12,224	504,630
2018	-12,686	515,644
2019	-13,212	528,089
2020	-19,953	536,484
2021	-24,433	535,629
2022	-20,671	563,456
2023	-16,368	577,660

Maternal mortality chart: Lithuania vs Zambia

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 85 deaths in Zambia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Lithuania	Zambia
1985	35	596
1986	30	619
1987	28	630
1988	28	635
1989	31	635
1990	29	625
1991	29	611
1992	28	581
1993	29	532
1994	31	507
1995	28	466
1996	25	433
1997	21	403
1998	19	392
1999	18	378
2000	16	340
2001	16	306
2002	14	274
2003	14	250
2004	12	260
2005	13	264
2006	14	262
2007	14	324
2008	13	394
2009	11	406
2010	10	332
2011	10	291
2012	10	256
2013	10	213
2014	9	174
2015	10	154
2016	9	158
2017	10	141
2018	9	117
2019	9	103
2020	8	99
2021	9	140
2022	9	89
2023	8	85

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.34% in Lithuania and 4.47% in Zambia. 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	Zambia
1960	-	20.5%
1961	-	20.1%
1962	-	19.8%
1963	-	19.5%
1964	-	19.2%
1965	-	19%
1966	-	18.9%
1967	2.63%	18.7%
1968	2.63%	18.5%
1969	2.51%	18.3%
1970	2.29%	17.9%
1971	2.11%	17.4%
1972	2.08%	16.9%
1973	2.16%	16.3%
1974	2.24%	15.9%
1975	2.26%	15.5%
1976	2.25%	15.4%
1977	2.22%	15.3%
1978	2.18%	15.3%
1979	2.12%	15.4%
1980	2.05%	15.5%
1981	1.98%	15.6%
1982	1.92%	15.7%
1983	1.87%	15.9%
1984	1.82%	16.2%
1985	1.74%	16.6%
1986	1.64%	17%
1987	1.52%	17.3%
1988	1.42%	17.7%
1989	1.42%	17.9%
1990	1.52%	18.1%
1991	1.67%	18.1%
1992	1.78%	18.1%
1993	1.79%	17.9%
1994	1.69%	17.7%
1995	1.51%	17.3%
1996	1.34%	17%
1997	1.23%	16.7%
1998	1.16%	16.3%
1999	1.12%	15.9%
2000	1.07%	15.3%
2001	1.03%	14.4%
2002	0.99%	13.4%
2003	0.96%	12.4%
2004	0.93%	11.4%
2005	0.9%	10.5%
2006	0.86%	9.71%
2007	0.8%	9.14%
2008	0.74%	8.62%
2009	0.67%	8%
2010	0.6%	7.57%
2011	0.56%	7.31%
2012	0.53%	7.04%
2013	0.51%	6.72%
2014	0.51%	6.38%
2015	0.5%	6.15%
2016	0.49%	5.9%
2017	0.46%	5.61%
2018	0.42%	5.52%
2019	0.39%	5.41%
2020	0.37%	5.24%
2021	0.36%	4.92%
2022	0.35%	4.67%
2023	0.34%	4.47%