Fertility & birth rates in Luxembourg and Mali

Fertility rate in Luxembourg vs Mali 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 5.61 in Mali in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Luxembourg vs Mali 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	Mali
1960	2.29	7.02
1961	-	7.03
1962	2.37	7.04
1963	-	7.05
1964	2.34	7.06
1965	2.42	7.08
1966	2.34	7.11
1967	2.24	7.14
1968	2.12	7.16
1969	2.02	7.18
1970	1.97	7.18
1971	1.95	7.2
1972	1.75	7.22
1973	1.58	7.22
1974	1.58	7.23
1975	1.55	7.25
1976	1.48	7.27
1977	1.5	7.3
1978	1.48	7.32
1979	1.48	7.35
1980	1.5	7.37
1981	1.55	7.37
1982	1.49	7.32
1983	1.43	7.28
1984	1.42	7.26
1985	1.38	7.26
1986	1.43	7.31
1987	1.4	7.31
1988	1.51	7.32
1989	1.52	7.33
1990	1.6	7.31
1991	1.6	7.28
1992	1.64	7.24
1993	1.7	7.18
1994	1.72	7.12
1995	1.7	7.05
1996	1.77	7.01
1997	1.71	6.97
1998	1.68	6.94
1999	1.74	6.91
2000	1.76	6.89
2001	1.66	6.85
2002	1.63	6.82
2003	1.62	6.78
2004	1.66	6.74
2005	1.63	6.71
2006	1.65	6.68
2007	1.61	6.65
2008	1.61	6.62
2009	1.59	6.59
2010	1.63	6.58
2011	1.52	6.55
2012	1.57	6.52
2013	1.55	6.49
2014	1.5	6.44
2015	1.47	6.39
2016	1.41	6.32
2017	1.39	6.25
2018	1.38	6.12
2019	1.34	5.89
2020	1.36	5.85
2021	1.38	5.78
2022	1.31	5.69
2023	1.25	5.61
2024	1.25	5.51
2025	1.26	5.42
2026	1.26	5.33
2027	1.27	5.24
2028	1.27	5.15
2029	1.28	5.07
2030	1.28	4.96
2031	1.29	4.88
2032	1.29	4.78
2033	1.29	4.7
2034	1.29	4.6
2035	1.3	4.49
2036	1.3	4.41
2037	1.3	4.32
2038	1.3	4.24
2039	1.3	4.14
2040	1.31	4.05
2041	1.31	3.97
2042	1.31	3.89
2043	1.31	3.82
2044	1.32	3.75
2045	1.32	3.69
2046	1.32	3.62
2047	1.32	3.55
2048	1.32	3.49
2049	1.33	3.42
2050	1.33	3.37

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Luxembourg	Mali
1960	21.2%	40.3%
1961	21.5%	40.4%
1962	21.7%	40.4%
1963	21.9%	40.5%
1964	22.1%	40.6%
1965	22.3%	40.7%
1966	22.5%	40.8%
1967	22.6%	40.9%
1968	22.5%	41%
1969	22.4%	41.2%
1970	22.2%	41.3%
1971	22%	41.5%
1972	21.6%	41.7%
1973	21.2%	41.9%
1974	20.9%	42.1%
1975	20.5%	42.4%
1976	20.2%	42.7%
1977	19.9%	43%
1978	19.5%	43.2%
1979	19.2%	43.6%
1980	18.8%	43.9%
1981	18.4%	44.2%
1982	18.1%	44.5%
1983	17.8%	44.7%
1984	17.5%	45%
1985	17.2%	45.3%
1986	17%	45.7%
1987	16.9%	46%
1988	17%	46.4%
1989	17.2%	46.7%
1990	17.4%	46.8%
1991	17.6%	47%
1992	17.8%	47.1%
1993	18%	47.1%
1994	18.3%	47.1%
1995	18.4%	47.1%
1996	18.6%	47%
1997	18.7%	47%
1998	18.8%	46.8%
1999	18.9%	46.7%
2000	18.9%	46.6%
2001	18.9%	46.5%
2002	18.9%	46.4%
2003	18.8%	46.4%
2004	18.7%	46.4%
2005	18.5%	46.4%
2006	18.4%	46.5%
2007	18.2%	46.6%
2008	18%	46.8%
2009	17.8%	46.9%
2010	17.7%	47.1%
2011	17.4%	47.3%
2012	17.1%	47.6%
2013	16.9%	47.9%
2014	16.7%	48%
2015	16.6%	48%
2016	16.4%	48%
2017	16.2%	47.9%
2018	16.1%	47.8%
2019	16%	47.6%
2020	16%	47.3%
2021	15.9%	47%
2022	15.9%	46.8%
2023	15.8%	46.5%
2024	15.8%	46.1%
2025	15.7%	45.8%
2026	15.7%	45.4%
2027	15.7%	45.1%
2028	15.6%	44.7%
2029	15.5%	44.4%
2030	15.4%	44%
2031	15.3%	43.7%
2032	15.2%	43.4%
2033	15.1%	43%
2034	15%	42.7%
2035	14.9%	42.4%
2036	14.7%	42.1%
2037	14.6%	41.8%
2038	14.5%	41.5%
2039	14.3%	41.1%
2040	14.2%	40.8%
2041	14%	40.4%
2042	13.9%	40%
2043	13.8%	39.6%
2044	13.7%	39.2%
2045	13.6%	38.8%
2046	13.5%	38.4%
2047	13.5%	38%
2048	13.5%	37.6%
2049	13.5%	37.1%
2050	13.5%	36.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15.8% of the population in Luxembourg and 46.1% in Mali in 2024, compared to 17.4% and 46.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Luxembourg and Mali compared.

Natural population change in Luxembourg vs Mali by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.33% in Luxembourg and +3.25% in Mali. 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	Mali
1960	1,319	88,802
1961	1,489	91,115
1962	1,091	93,101
1963	1,199	95,055
1964	1,377	97,166
1965	1,260	100,451
1966	1,168	103,684
1967	837	107,650
1968	604	111,403
1969	303	114,361
1970	272	118,952
1971	69	123,591
1972	-35	129,687
1973	-421	135,801
1974	-390	142,448
1975	-395	150,222
1976	-578	157,778
1977	-36	165,071
1978	-145	172,652
1979	72	182,449
1980	37	190,560
1981	329	198,227
1982	183	204,892
1983	37	211,795
1984	146	218,078
1985	74	224,734
1986	331	233,799
1987	222	238,871
1988	747	245,682
1989	679	249,929
1990	1,145	252,308
1991	1,239	261,656
1992	1,098	267,605
1993	1,470	274,480
1994	1,652	282,356
1995	1,634	285,598
1996	1,781	293,953
1997	1,552	308,429
1998	1,486	323,940
1999	1,808	343,705
2000	1,963	359,159
2001	1,766	376,472
2002	1,607	396,732
2003	1,220	417,766
2004	1,878	439,717
2005	1,721	460,964
2006	1,748	477,665
2007	1,584	495,800
2008	2,003	514,665
2009	1,991	533,730
2010	2,129	554,447
2011	1,814	570,899
2012	2,124	588,748
2013	2,336	597,887
2014	2,225	614,419
2015	2,107	630,006
2016	2,095	645,652
2017	1,968	661,973
2018	1,945	670,723
2019	1,922	667,110
2020	1,828	683,053
2021	2,240	703,674
2022	2,024	726,465
2023	1,933	746,398

Maternal mortality chart: Luxembourg vs Mali

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 367 deaths in Mali.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Luxembourg	Mali
1985	24	1,217
1986	24	1,184
1987	23	1,142
1988	24	1,128
1989	21	1,106
1990	24	1,087
1991	25	1,063
1992	26	1,024
1993	20	988
1994	20	935
1995	22	895
1996	23	875
1997	22	820
1998	18	781
1999	21	749
2000	18	741
2001	19	694
2002	17	649
2003	15	616
2004	17	592
2005	17	577
2006	16	568
2007	14	574
2008	13	573
2009	15	565
2010	17	558
2011	13	553
2012	13	549
2013	15	525
2014	13	507
2015	13	490
2016	13	472
2017	15	453
2018	9	434
2019	12	416
2020	6	405
2021	6	415
2022	6	381
2023	11	367

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.23% in Luxembourg and 9.13% in Mali. 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	Mali
1960	3.72%	-
1961	3.54%	-
1962	3.36%	-
1963	3.2%	42.6%
1964	3.04%	41.9%
1965	2.89%	41.2%
1966	2.75%	40.5%
1967	2.61%	39.8%
1968	2.48%	39.2%
1969	2.36%	38.6%
1970	2.24%	38%
1971	2.11%	37.3%
1972	1.99%	36.7%
1973	1.88%	36%
1974	1.77%	35.2%
1975	1.67%	34.4%
1976	1.58%	33.6%
1977	1.51%	32.7%
1978	1.44%	31.8%
1979	1.39%	31%
1980	1.34%	30.2%
1981	1.29%	29.3%
1982	1.25%	28.5%
1983	1.21%	27.7%
1984	1.16%	26.9%
1985	1.12%	26.1%
1986	1.07%	25.4%
1987	1.02%	24.8%
1988	0.97%	24.2%
1989	0.93%	23.6%
1990	0.88%	23.1%
1991	0.83%	22.7%
1992	0.78%	22.3%
1993	0.73%	21.9%
1994	0.68%	21.5%
1995	0.64%	21.2%
1996	0.6%	20.8%
1997	0.56%	20.4%
1998	0.53%	19.9%
1999	0.5%	19.4%
2000	0.47%	18.8%
2001	0.44%	18.2%
2002	0.42%	17.5%
2003	0.39%	16.9%
2004	0.37%	16.3%
2005	0.35%	15.7%
2006	0.33%	15.2%
2007	0.31%	14.7%
2008	0.3%	14.3%
2009	0.29%	13.8%
2010	0.28%	13.4%
2011	0.27%	13%
2012	0.27%	12.6%
2013	0.26%	12.2%
2014	0.26%	11.9%
2015	0.26%	11.6%
2016	0.25%	11.2%
2017	0.25%	10.9%
2018	0.25%	10.6%
2019	0.25%	10.3%
2020	0.25%	10%
2021	0.24%	9.69%
2022	0.24%	9.4%
2023	0.23%	9.13%