Fertility & birth rates in Luxembourg and Niger

Fertility rate in Luxembourg vs Niger 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 6.06 in Niger in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Luxembourg vs Niger 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	Niger
1960	2.29	7.53
1961	-	7.51
1962	2.37	7.5
1963	-	7.49
1964	2.34	7.48
1965	2.42	7.47
1966	2.34	7.48
1967	2.24	7.49
1968	2.12	7.5
1969	2.02	7.51
1970	1.97	7.51
1971	1.95	7.52
1972	1.75	7.52
1973	1.58	7.53
1974	1.58	7.54
1975	1.55	7.54
1976	1.48	7.56
1977	1.5	7.6
1978	1.48	7.66
1979	1.48	7.72
1980	1.5	7.78
1981	1.55	7.82
1982	1.49	7.86
1983	1.43	7.9
1984	1.42	7.92
1985	1.38	7.93
1986	1.43	7.9
1987	1.4	7.87
1988	1.51	7.84
1989	1.52	7.82
1990	1.6	7.81
1991	1.6	7.8
1992	1.64	7.8
1993	1.7	7.79
1994	1.72	7.79
1995	1.7	7.78
1996	1.77	7.78
1997	1.71	7.8
1998	1.68	7.84
1999	1.74	7.84
2000	1.76	7.83
2001	1.66	7.81
2002	1.63	7.8
2003	1.62	7.79
2004	1.66	7.78
2005	1.63	7.77
2006	1.65	7.74
2007	1.61	7.73
2008	1.61	7.7
2009	1.59	7.68
2010	1.63	7.64
2011	1.52	7.59
2012	1.57	7.53
2013	1.55	7.45
2014	1.5	7.34
2015	1.47	7.22
2016	1.41	7.04
2017	1.39	6.87
2018	1.38	6.71
2019	1.34	6.54
2020	1.36	6.37
2021	1.38	6.2
2022	1.31	6.14
2023	1.25	6.06
2024	1.25	5.93
2025	1.26	5.79
2026	1.26	5.64
2027	1.27	5.49
2028	1.27	5.35
2029	1.28	5.22
2030	1.28	5.08
2031	1.29	4.93
2032	1.29	4.8
2033	1.29	4.69
2034	1.29	4.55
2035	1.3	4.44
2036	1.3	4.32
2037	1.3	4.21
2038	1.3	4.1
2039	1.3	4
2040	1.31	3.91
2041	1.31	3.82
2042	1.31	3.74
2043	1.31	3.66
2044	1.32	3.59
2045	1.32	3.53
2046	1.32	3.46
2047	1.32	3.39
2048	1.32	3.34
2049	1.33	3.28
2050	1.33	3.22

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Luxembourg	Niger
1960	21.2%	49%
1961	21.5%	48.9%
1962	21.7%	48.8%
1963	21.9%	48.8%
1964	22.1%	48.8%
1965	22.3%	48.7%
1966	22.5%	48.6%
1967	22.6%	48.5%
1968	22.5%	48.4%
1969	22.4%	48.3%
1970	22.2%	48.1%
1971	22%	48%
1972	21.6%	47.9%
1973	21.2%	47.7%
1974	20.9%	47.6%
1975	20.5%	47.4%
1976	20.2%	47.3%
1977	19.9%	47.1%
1978	19.5%	47%
1979	19.2%	47%
1980	18.8%	47%
1981	18.4%	47%
1982	18.1%	47%
1983	17.8%	47%
1984	17.5%	47%
1985	17.2%	47%
1986	17%	47%
1987	16.9%	47%
1988	17%	47%
1989	17.2%	46.9%
1990	17.4%	46.8%
1991	17.6%	46.8%
1992	17.8%	46.7%
1993	18%	46.7%
1994	18.3%	46.7%
1995	18.4%	46.7%
1996	18.6%	46.7%
1997	18.7%	46.8%
1998	18.8%	46.9%
1999	18.9%	47.1%
2000	18.9%	47.3%
2001	18.9%	47.5%
2002	18.9%	47.8%
2003	18.8%	48%
2004	18.7%	48.2%
2005	18.5%	48.5%
2006	18.4%	48.7%
2007	18.2%	48.9%
2008	18%	49.1%
2009	17.8%	49.3%
2010	17.7%	49.4%
2011	17.4%	49.5%
2012	17.1%	49.5%
2013	16.9%	49.4%
2014	16.7%	49.3%
2015	16.6%	49.2%
2016	16.4%	49%
2017	16.2%	48.8%
2018	16.1%	48.6%
2019	16%	48.3%
2020	16%	48%
2021	15.9%	47.7%
2022	15.9%	47.3%
2023	15.8%	47%
2024	15.8%	46.6%
2025	15.7%	46.2%
2026	15.7%	45.8%
2027	15.7%	45.5%
2028	15.6%	45%
2029	15.5%	44.6%
2030	15.4%	44.2%
2031	15.3%	43.8%
2032	15.2%	43.4%
2033	15.1%	43%
2034	15%	42.6%
2035	14.9%	42.2%
2036	14.7%	41.8%
2037	14.6%	41.3%
2038	14.5%	40.9%
2039	14.3%	40.4%
2040	14.2%	39.9%
2041	14%	39.4%
2042	13.9%	38.9%
2043	13.8%	38.4%
2044	13.7%	37.9%
2045	13.6%	37.4%
2046	13.5%	36.9%
2047	13.5%	36.4%
2048	13.5%	35.9%
2049	13.5%	35.5%
2050	13.5%	35%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15.8% of the population in Luxembourg and 46.6% in Niger in 2024, compared to 17.4% and 46.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Luxembourg and Niger compared.

Natural population change in Luxembourg vs Niger by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.33% in Luxembourg and +3.43% in Niger. 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	Niger
1960	1,319	105,081
1961	1,489	107,693
1962	1,091	110,280
1963	1,199	113,072
1964	1,377	115,386
1965	1,260	116,963
1966	1,168	119,314
1967	837	121,358
1968	604	123,301
1969	303	125,389
1970	272	128,184
1971	69	128,223
1972	-35	133,813
1973	-421	137,695
1974	-390	142,606
1975	-395	147,962
1976	-578	154,489
1977	-36	161,792
1978	-145	171,614
1979	72	180,632
1980	37	189,251
1981	329	195,938
1982	183	202,012
1983	37	207,962
1984	146	213,111
1985	74	219,206
1986	331	224,365
1987	222	231,371
1988	747	237,296
1989	679	245,278
1990	1,145	256,594
1991	1,239	266,527
1992	1,098	278,690
1993	1,470	292,135
1994	1,652	306,026
1995	1,634	323,630
1996	1,781	341,223
1997	1,552	358,745
1998	1,486	377,120
1999	1,808	394,212
2000	1,963	410,779
2001	1,766	428,417
2002	1,607	446,767
2003	1,220	467,295
2004	1,878	488,328
2005	1,721	511,167
2006	1,748	533,374
2007	1,584	556,808
2008	2,003	579,727
2009	1,991	602,671
2010	2,129	624,685
2011	1,814	645,175
2012	2,124	664,009
2013	2,336	686,070
2014	2,225	704,609
2015	2,107	721,630
2016	2,095	738,999
2017	1,968	752,384
2018	1,945	763,536
2019	1,922	775,474
2020	1,828	784,437
2021	2,240	793,428
2022	2,024	829,651
2023	1,933	864,139

Maternal mortality chart: Luxembourg vs Niger

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 350 deaths in Niger.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Luxembourg	Niger
1985	24	1,137
1986	24	1,107
1987	23	1,074
1988	24	1,040
1989	21	1,010
1990	24	983
1991	25	957
1992	26	926
1993	20	903
1994	20	883
1995	22	865
1996	23	854
1997	22	841
1998	18	839
1999	21	841
2000	18	845
2001	19	843
2002	17	835
2003	15	813
2004	17	790
2005	17	764
2006	16	737
2007	14	704
2008	13	669
2009	15	647
2010	17	621
2011	13	585
2012	13	554
2013	15	526
2014	13	497
2015	13	473
2016	13	450
2017	15	433
2018	9	420
2019	12	406
2020	6	388
2021	6	396
2022	6	361
2023	11	350

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.23% in Luxembourg and 11.5% in Niger. 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	Niger
1960	3.72%	-
1961	3.54%	-
1962	3.36%	-
1963	3.2%	-
1964	3.04%	-
1965	2.89%	-
1966	2.75%	-
1967	2.61%	31.9%
1968	2.48%	32.3%
1969	2.36%	32.7%
1970	2.24%	33.2%
1971	2.11%	33.6%
1972	1.99%	34%
1973	1.88%	34.2%
1974	1.77%	34.3%
1975	1.67%	34.2%
1976	1.58%	33.9%
1977	1.51%	33.5%
1978	1.44%	33%
1979	1.39%	32.6%
1980	1.34%	32.3%
1981	1.29%	32.3%
1982	1.25%	32.5%
1983	1.21%	32.9%
1984	1.16%	33.3%
1985	1.12%	33.7%
1986	1.07%	34%
1987	1.02%	34.1%
1988	0.97%	34%
1989	0.93%	33.7%
1990	0.88%	33.2%
1991	0.83%	32.5%
1992	0.78%	31.7%
1993	0.73%	30.6%
1994	0.68%	29.4%
1995	0.64%	28.1%
1996	0.6%	26.9%
1997	0.56%	25.7%
1998	0.53%	24.7%
1999	0.5%	23.7%
2000	0.47%	22.8%
2001	0.44%	21.8%
2002	0.42%	20.6%
2003	0.39%	19.4%
2004	0.37%	18.3%
2005	0.35%	17.2%
2006	0.33%	16.2%
2007	0.31%	15.4%
2008	0.3%	14.7%
2009	0.29%	14.1%
2010	0.28%	13.7%
2011	0.27%	13.3%
2012	0.27%	13.1%
2013	0.26%	12.9%
2014	0.26%	12.7%
2015	0.26%	12.6%
2016	0.25%	12.5%
2017	0.25%	12.4%
2018	0.25%	12.3%
2019	0.25%	12.2%
2020	0.25%	12.1%
2021	0.24%	11.9%
2022	0.24%	11.7%
2023	0.23%	11.5%