Fertility & birth rates in Luxembourg and Morocco

Fertility rate in Luxembourg vs Morocco 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 2.23 in Morocco in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Luxembourg vs Morocco 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	Morocco
1960	2.29	6.89
1961	-	6.97
1962	2.37	7.05
1963	-	7.01
1964	2.34	6.97
1965	2.42	6.93
1966	2.34	6.89
1967	2.24	6.85
1968	2.12	6.79
1969	2.02	6.73
1970	1.97	6.68
1971	1.95	6.62
1972	1.75	6.55
1973	1.58	6.48
1974	1.58	6.4
1975	1.55	6.3
1976	1.48	6.18
1977	1.5	6.04
1978	1.48	5.91
1979	1.48	5.85
1980	1.5	5.78
1981	1.55	5.71
1982	1.49	5.6
1983	1.43	5.41
1984	1.42	5.2
1985	1.38	4.99
1986	1.43	4.77
1987	1.4	4.58
1988	1.51	4.39
1989	1.52	4.22
1990	1.6	4.06
1991	1.6	3.95
1992	1.64	3.76
1993	1.7	3.55
1994	1.72	3.41
1995	1.7	3.3
1996	1.77	3.23
1997	1.71	3.15
1998	1.68	3.04
1999	1.74	2.88
2000	1.76	2.77
2001	1.66	2.69
2002	1.63	2.62
2003	1.62	2.61
2004	1.66	2.61
2005	1.63	2.61
2006	1.65	2.61
2007	1.61	2.62
2008	1.61	2.61
2009	1.59	2.62
2010	1.63	2.63
2011	1.52	2.6
2012	1.57	2.54
2013	1.55	2.48
2014	1.5	2.42
2015	1.47	2.41
2016	1.41	2.4
2017	1.39	2.38
2018	1.38	2.35
2019	1.34	2.34
2020	1.36	2.32
2021	1.38	2.29
2022	1.31	2.26
2023	1.25	2.23
2024	1.25	2.21
2025	1.26	2.18
2026	1.26	2.16
2027	1.27	2.14
2028	1.27	2.12
2029	1.28	2.1
2030	1.28	2.08
2031	1.29	2.06
2032	1.29	2.05
2033	1.29	2.03
2034	1.29	2.02
2035	1.3	2
2036	1.3	1.99
2037	1.3	1.98
2038	1.3	1.96
2039	1.3	1.95
2040	1.31	1.94
2041	1.31	1.93
2042	1.31	1.92
2043	1.31	1.91
2044	1.32	1.9
2045	1.32	1.89
2046	1.32	1.89
2047	1.32	1.88
2048	1.32	1.88
2049	1.33	1.87
2050	1.33	1.86

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Luxembourg	Morocco
1960	21.2%	44.9%
1961	21.5%	45.4%
1962	21.7%	45.9%
1963	21.9%	46.3%
1964	22.1%	46.5%
1965	22.3%	46.6%
1966	22.5%	46.8%
1967	22.6%	46.8%
1968	22.5%	46.9%
1969	22.4%	46.8%
1970	22.2%	46.7%
1971	22%	46.6%
1972	21.6%	46.4%
1973	21.2%	46.3%
1974	20.9%	46.1%
1975	20.5%	45.8%
1976	20.2%	45.6%
1977	19.9%	45.3%
1978	19.5%	44.9%
1979	19.2%	44.6%
1980	18.8%	44.3%
1981	18.4%	44%
1982	18.1%	43.7%
1983	17.8%	43.4%
1984	17.5%	43.1%
1985	17.2%	42.7%
1986	17%	42.3%
1987	16.9%	41.8%
1988	17%	41.3%
1989	17.2%	40.8%
1990	17.4%	40.2%
1991	17.6%	39.6%
1992	17.8%	39%
1993	18%	38.4%
1994	18.3%	37.7%
1995	18.4%	37%
1996	18.6%	36.4%
1997	18.7%	35.8%
1998	18.8%	35.2%
1999	18.9%	34.6%
2000	18.9%	34%
2001	18.9%	33.5%
2002	18.9%	32.9%
2003	18.8%	32.4%
2004	18.7%	31.8%
2005	18.5%	31.2%
2006	18.4%	30.7%
2007	18.2%	30.2%
2008	18%	29.8%
2009	17.8%	29.5%
2010	17.7%	29.2%
2011	17.4%	29%
2012	17.1%	28.7%
2013	16.9%	28.5%
2014	16.7%	28.3%
2015	16.6%	28.1%
2016	16.4%	27.8%
2017	16.2%	27.6%
2018	16.1%	27.4%
2019	16%	27.2%
2020	16%	27%
2021	15.9%	26.7%
2022	15.9%	26.4%
2023	15.8%	26%
2024	15.8%	25.6%
2025	15.7%	25.2%
2026	15.7%	24.8%
2027	15.7%	24.3%
2028	15.6%	23.9%
2029	15.5%	23.6%
2030	15.4%	23.2%
2031	15.3%	22.9%
2032	15.2%	22.5%
2033	15.1%	22.2%
2034	15%	21.9%
2035	14.9%	21.6%
2036	14.7%	21.3%
2037	14.6%	21.1%
2038	14.5%	20.8%
2039	14.3%	20.6%
2040	14.2%	20.4%
2041	14%	20.2%
2042	13.9%	20.1%
2043	13.8%	19.9%
2044	13.7%	19.7%
2045	13.6%	19.6%
2046	13.5%	19.4%
2047	13.5%	19.3%
2048	13.5%	19.1%
2049	13.5%	19%
2050	13.5%	18.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15.8% of the population in Luxembourg and 25.6% in Morocco in 2024, compared to 17.4% and 40.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Luxembourg and Morocco compared.

Natural population change in Luxembourg vs Morocco by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.33% in Luxembourg and +1.25% in Morocco. 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	Morocco
1960	1,319	323,499
1961	1,489	348,650
1962	1,091	363,843
1963	1,199	369,250
1964	1,377	375,835
1965	1,260	383,989
1966	1,168	391,881
1967	837	400,594
1968	604	407,437
1969	303	414,931
1970	272	426,015
1971	69	435,104
1972	-35	446,449
1973	-421	455,699
1974	-390	464,147
1975	-395	474,631
1976	-578	482,130
1977	-36	489,173
1978	-145	498,834
1979	72	515,554
1980	37	534,448
1981	329	552,936
1982	183	564,904
1983	37	566,301
1984	146	564,159
1985	74	560,810
1986	331	558,105
1987	222	553,005
1988	747	545,800
1989	679	538,996
1990	1,145	535,506
1991	1,239	539,850
1992	1,098	525,680
1993	1,470	507,707
1994	1,652	501,426
1995	1,634	496,573
1996	1,781	501,499
1997	1,552	500,807
1998	1,486	492,604
1999	1,808	473,071
2000	1,963	461,341
2001	1,766	452,621
2002	1,607	446,147
2003	1,220	452,650
2004	1,878	461,756
2005	1,721	474,285
2006	1,748	483,200
2007	1,584	493,526
2008	2,003	499,766
2009	1,991	509,386
2010	2,129	515,804
2011	1,814	513,305
2012	2,124	504,698
2013	2,336	492,284
2014	2,225	481,295
2015	2,107	477,654
2016	2,095	474,637
2017	1,968	471,011
2018	1,945	464,375
2019	1,922	457,307
2020	1,828	415,999
2021	2,240	407,829
2022	2,024	427,903
2023	1,933	417,213

Maternal mortality chart: Luxembourg vs Morocco

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 70 deaths in Morocco.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Luxembourg	Morocco
1985	24	752
1986	24	697
1987	23	650
1988	24	602
1989	21	559
1990	24	522
1991	25	490
1992	26	458
1993	20	428
1994	20	401
1995	22	378
1996	23	354
1997	22	333
1998	18	313
1999	21	291
2000	18	271
2001	19	254
2002	17	238
2003	15	224
2004	17	213
2005	17	196
2006	16	182
2007	14	169
2008	13	158
2009	15	148
2010	17	140
2011	13	130
2012	13	121
2013	15	113
2014	13	106
2015	13	100
2016	13	94
2017	15	88
2018	9	83
2019	12	79
2020	6	81
2021	6	92
2022	6	71
2023	11	70

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.23% in Luxembourg and 1.66% in Morocco. 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	Morocco
1960	3.72%	24.4%
1961	3.54%	23.9%
1962	3.36%	23.4%
1963	3.2%	22.9%
1964	3.04%	22.3%
1965	2.89%	21.8%
1966	2.75%	21.2%
1967	2.61%	20.6%
1968	2.48%	20.1%
1969	2.36%	19.6%
1970	2.24%	19.1%
1971	2.11%	18.7%
1972	1.99%	18.3%
1973	1.88%	17.8%
1974	1.77%	17.4%
1975	1.67%	16.8%
1976	1.58%	16.2%
1977	1.51%	15.6%
1978	1.44%	14.9%
1979	1.39%	14.2%
1980	1.34%	13.5%
1981	1.29%	12.8%
1982	1.25%	12.1%
1983	1.21%	11.5%
1984	1.16%	10.9%
1985	1.12%	10.3%
1986	1.07%	9.79%
1987	1.02%	9.3%
1988	0.97%	8.86%
1989	0.93%	8.45%
1990	0.88%	8.08%
1991	0.83%	7.73%
1992	0.78%	7.4%
1993	0.73%	7.09%
1994	0.68%	6.78%
1995	0.64%	6.49%
1996	0.6%	6.21%
1997	0.56%	5.94%
1998	0.53%	5.69%
1999	0.5%	5.45%
2000	0.47%	5.22%
2001	0.44%	5.01%
2002	0.42%	4.79%
2003	0.39%	4.57%
2004	0.37%	4.36%
2005	0.35%	4.13%
2006	0.33%	3.91%
2007	0.31%	3.7%
2008	0.3%	3.49%
2009	0.29%	3.29%
2010	0.28%	3.11%
2011	0.27%	2.93%
2012	0.27%	2.77%
2013	0.26%	2.62%
2014	0.26%	2.47%
2015	0.26%	2.34%
2016	0.25%	2.22%
2017	0.25%	2.11%
2018	0.25%	2.02%
2019	0.25%	1.94%
2020	0.25%	1.86%
2021	0.24%	1.79%
2022	0.24%	1.72%
2023	0.23%	1.66%