Fertility & birth rates in Luxembourg and Maldives

Fertility rate in Luxembourg vs Maldives chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Luxembourg was 1.25 children per woman in 2023, compared to 1.58 in Maldives in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Luxembourg vs Maldives population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Luxembourg	Maldives
1960	2.29	6.71
1961	-	6.79
1962	2.37	6.89
1963	-	6.94
1964	2.34	7
1965	2.42	7.07
1966	2.34	7.15
1967	2.24	7.23
1968	2.12	7.28
1969	2.02	7.33
1970	1.97	7.39
1971	1.95	7.38
1972	1.75	7.37
1973	1.58	7.4
1974	1.58	7.38
1975	1.55	7.32
1976	1.48	7.29
1977	1.5	7.27
1978	1.48	7.23
1979	1.48	7.23
1980	1.5	7.23
1981	1.55	7.19
1982	1.49	7.15
1983	1.43	7.09
1984	1.42	7.03
1985	1.38	6.94
1986	1.43	6.85
1987	1.4	6.73
1988	1.51	6.58
1989	1.52	6.39
1990	1.6	6.13
1991	1.6	5.8
1992	1.64	5.44
1993	1.7	5.06
1994	1.72	4.69
1995	1.7	4.29
1996	1.77	3.86
1997	1.71	3.48
1998	1.68	3.17
1999	1.74	2.9
2000	1.76	2.69
2001	1.66	2.53
2002	1.63	2.42
2003	1.62	2.34
2004	1.66	2.26
2005	1.63	2.2
2006	1.65	2.2
2007	1.61	2.29
2008	1.61	2.37
2009	1.59	2.39
2010	1.63	2.35
2011	1.52	2.31
2012	1.57	2.25
2013	1.55	2.17
2014	1.5	2.09
2015	1.47	2
2016	1.41	1.9
2017	1.39	1.8
2018	1.38	1.71
2019	1.34	1.64
2020	1.36	1.61
2021	1.38	1.6
2022	1.31	1.58
2023	1.25	1.58
2024	1.25	1.56
2025	1.26	1.55
2026	1.26	1.53
2027	1.27	1.53
2028	1.27	1.52
2029	1.28	1.52
2030	1.28	1.52
2031	1.29	1.51
2032	1.29	1.51
2033	1.29	1.51
2034	1.29	1.51
2035	1.3	1.51
2036	1.3	1.52
2037	1.3	1.52
2038	1.3	1.52
2039	1.3	1.52
2040	1.31	1.52
2041	1.31	1.52
2042	1.31	1.52
2043	1.31	1.52
2044	1.32	1.52
2045	1.32	1.53
2046	1.32	1.53
2047	1.32	1.53
2048	1.32	1.54
2049	1.33	1.54
2050	1.33	1.54

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Luxembourg	Maldives
1960	21.2%	37.9%
1961	21.5%	38.2%
1962	21.7%	38.7%
1963	21.9%	39.4%
1964	22.1%	40.3%
1965	22.3%	41.8%
1966	22.5%	43.5%
1967	22.6%	44.7%
1968	22.5%	45.2%
1969	22.4%	45.4%
1970	22.2%	45.6%
1971	22%	45.8%
1972	21.6%	45.8%
1973	21.2%	45.7%
1974	20.9%	45.6%
1975	20.5%	45.6%
1976	20.2%	45.8%
1977	19.9%	45.7%
1978	19.5%	45.8%
1979	19.2%	45.9%
1980	18.8%	45.9%
1981	18.4%	45.9%
1982	18.1%	45.8%
1983	17.8%	45.6%
1984	17.5%	45.4%
1985	17.2%	45.5%
1986	17%	45.9%
1987	16.9%	46.3%
1988	17%	46.6%
1989	17.2%	46.8%
1990	17.4%	47%
1991	17.6%	47.1%
1992	17.8%	47%
1993	18%	46.8%
1994	18.3%	46.5%
1995	18.4%	45.8%
1996	18.6%	45%
1997	18.7%	44.1%
1998	18.8%	42.9%
1999	18.9%	41.6%
2000	18.9%	40.2%
2001	18.9%	38.7%
2002	18.9%	37.1%
2003	18.8%	35.6%
2004	18.7%	34.2%
2005	18.5%	32.7%
2006	18.4%	31.2%
2007	18.2%	29.5%
2008	18%	28%
2009	17.8%	26.7%
2010	17.7%	25.7%
2011	17.4%	24.9%
2012	17.1%	24.3%
2013	16.9%	23.9%
2014	16.7%	23.5%
2015	16.6%	23.2%
2016	16.4%	22.8%
2017	16.2%	22.5%
2018	16.1%	22.1%
2019	16%	21.7%
2020	16%	21.2%
2021	15.9%	20.8%
2022	15.9%	20.4%
2023	15.8%	20%
2024	15.8%	19.6%
2025	15.7%	19%
2026	15.7%	18.4%
2027	15.7%	17.8%
2028	15.6%	17.2%
2029	15.5%	16.6%
2030	15.4%	16%
2031	15.3%	15.5%
2032	15.2%	15.1%
2033	15.1%	14.6%
2034	15%	14.2%
2035	14.9%	13.9%
2036	14.7%	13.6%
2037	14.6%	13.4%
2038	14.5%	13.2%
2039	14.3%	13%
2040	14.2%	12.9%
2041	14%	12.8%
2042	13.9%	12.8%
2043	13.8%	12.8%
2044	13.7%	12.8%
2045	13.6%	12.8%
2046	13.5%	12.9%
2047	13.5%	12.9%
2048	13.5%	13%
2049	13.5%	13.1%
2050	13.5%	13.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15.8% of the population in Luxembourg and 19.6% in Maldives in 2024, compared to 17.4% and 47% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Luxembourg and Maldives compared.

Natural population change in Luxembourg vs Maldives by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.33% in Luxembourg and +1.09% in Maldives. 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
	Luxembourg	Maldives
1960	1,319	2,241
1961	1,489	2,354
1962	1,091	2,475
1963	1,199	2,567
1964	1,377	2,660
1965	1,260	2,747
1966	1,168	2,845
1967	837	3,010
1968	604	3,150
1969	303	3,260
1970	272	3,415
1971	69	3,549
1972	-35	3,707
1973	-421	3,924
1974	-390	4,136
1975	-395	4,325
1976	-578	4,538
1977	-36	4,779
1978	-145	4,812
1979	72	5,275
1980	37	5,526
1981	329	5,778
1982	183	6,058
1983	37	6,361
1984	146	6,680
1985	74	6,944
1986	331	7,153
1987	222	7,300
1988	747	7,414
1989	679	7,472
1990	1,145	7,444
1991	1,239	7,295
1992	1,098	7,096
1993	1,470	6,842
1994	1,652	6,550
1995	1,634	6,177
1996	1,781	5,705
1997	1,552	5,267
1998	1,486	4,919
1999	1,808	4,601
2000	1,963	4,372
2001	1,766	4,271
2002	1,607	4,257
2003	1,220	4,316
2004	1,878	4,287
2005	1,721	4,493
2006	1,748	4,766
2007	1,584	5,324
2008	2,003	5,856
2009	1,991	6,227
2010	2,129	6,350
2011	1,814	6,429
2012	2,124	6,445
2013	2,336	6,307
2014	2,225	6,122
2015	2,107	5,914
2016	2,095	5,652
2017	1,968	5,342
2018	1,945	5,088
2019	1,922	4,886
2020	1,828	4,594
2021	2,240	4,426
2022	2,024	4,752
2023	1,933	4,566

Maternal mortality chart: Luxembourg vs Maldives

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 11 deaths per 100,000 live births in Luxembourg, compared to 32 deaths in Maldives.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Luxembourg	Maldives
1985	24	552
1986	24	508
1987	23	471
1988	24	424
1989	21	381
1990	24	346
1991	25	310
1992	26	281
1993	20	251
1994	20	222
1995	22	191
1996	23	167
1997	22	149
1998	18	136
1999	21	111
2000	18	94
2001	19	81
2002	17	76
2003	15	70
2004	17	65
2005	17	54
2006	16	52
2007	14	51
2008	13	53
2009	15	52
2010	17	49
2011	13	48
2012	13	47
2013	15	47
2014	13	43
2015	13	41
2016	13	41
2017	15	41
2018	9	40
2019	12	39
2020	6	48
2021	6	60
2022	6	34
2023	11	32

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.23% in Luxembourg and 0.57% in Maldives. 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
	Luxembourg	Maldives
1960	3.72%	-
1961	3.54%	-
1962	3.36%	33.4%
1963	3.2%	32.5%
1964	3.04%	31.5%
1965	2.89%	30.6%
1966	2.75%	29.7%
1967	2.61%	28.7%
1968	2.48%	27.7%
1969	2.36%	26.8%
1970	2.24%	25.8%
1971	2.11%	24.7%
1972	1.99%	23.6%
1973	1.88%	22.4%
1974	1.77%	21.2%
1975	1.67%	20.1%
1976	1.58%	18.9%
1977	1.51%	17.9%
1978	1.44%	16.9%
1979	1.39%	15.9%
1980	1.34%	15%
1981	1.29%	14.2%
1982	1.25%	13.4%
1983	1.21%	12.7%
1984	1.16%	12%
1985	1.12%	11.3%
1986	1.07%	10.7%
1987	1.02%	10.1%
1988	0.97%	9.59%
1989	0.93%	9.06%
1990	0.88%	8.57%
1991	0.83%	8.08%
1992	0.78%	7.61%
1993	0.73%	7.15%
1994	0.68%	6.68%
1995	0.64%	6.22%
1996	0.6%	5.74%
1997	0.56%	5.28%
1998	0.53%	4.81%
1999	0.5%	4.36%
2000	0.47%	3.9%
2001	0.44%	3.47%
2002	0.42%	3.08%
2003	0.39%	2.72%
2004	0.37%	2.7%
2005	0.35%	2.16%
2006	0.33%	1.94%
2007	0.31%	1.76%
2008	0.3%	1.61%
2009	0.29%	1.49%
2010	0.28%	1.38%
2011	0.27%	1.29%
2012	0.27%	1.21%
2013	0.26%	1.13%
2014	0.26%	1.05%
2015	0.26%	0.99%
2016	0.25%	0.92%
2017	0.25%	0.86%
2018	0.25%	0.8%
2019	0.25%	0.74%
2020	0.25%	0.69%
2021	0.24%	0.64%
2022	0.24%	0.6%
2023	0.23%	0.57%