Fertility & birth rates in Luxembourg and Oman

Fertility rate in Luxembourg vs Oman 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 2.53 in Oman in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Luxembourg vs Oman 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	Oman
1960	2.29	7.28
1961	-	7.29
1962	2.37	7.32
1963	-	7.33
1964	2.34	7.37
1965	2.42	7.39
1966	2.34	7.41
1967	2.24	7.44
1968	2.12	7.46
1969	2.02	7.49
1970	1.97	7.52
1971	1.95	7.56
1972	1.75	7.59
1973	1.58	7.63
1974	1.58	7.67
1975	1.55	7.71
1976	1.48	7.74
1977	1.5	7.78
1978	1.48	7.82
1979	1.48	7.85
1980	1.5	7.89
1981	1.55	7.9
1982	1.49	7.84
1983	1.43	7.75
1984	1.42	7.64
1985	1.38	7.51
1986	1.43	7.35
1987	1.4	7.18
1988	1.51	6.95
1989	1.52	6.72
1990	1.6	6.46
1991	1.6	6.2
1992	1.64	5.92
1993	1.7	5.64
1994	1.72	5.36
1995	1.7	5.07
1996	1.77	4.79
1997	1.71	4.52
1998	1.68	4.27
1999	1.74	4.06
2000	1.76	3.85
2001	1.66	3.66
2002	1.63	3.51
2003	1.62	3.37
2004	1.66	3.2
2005	1.63	3.03
2006	1.65	2.88
2007	1.61	2.76
2008	1.61	2.76
2009	1.59	2.83
2010	1.63	2.97
2011	1.52	2.96
2012	1.57	2.93
2013	1.55	2.95
2014	1.5	2.97
2015	1.47	2.97
2016	1.41	2.95
2017	1.39	2.92
2018	1.38	2.81
2019	1.34	2.7
2020	1.36	2.64
2021	1.38	2.59
2022	1.31	2.45
2023	1.25	2.53
2024	1.25	2.51
2025	1.26	2.48
2026	1.26	2.44
2027	1.27	2.41
2028	1.27	2.37
2029	1.28	2.33
2030	1.28	2.29
2031	1.29	2.26
2032	1.29	2.22
2033	1.29	2.19
2034	1.29	2.16
2035	1.3	2.14
2036	1.3	2.11
2037	1.3	2.09
2038	1.3	2.07
2039	1.3	2.05
2040	1.31	2.03
2041	1.31	2.01
2042	1.31	2
2043	1.31	1.98
2044	1.32	1.97
2045	1.32	1.96
2046	1.32	1.95
2047	1.32	1.93
2048	1.32	1.92
2049	1.33	1.92
2050	1.33	1.91

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Luxembourg	Oman
1960	21.2%	41.5%
1961	21.5%	41.6%
1962	21.7%	41.7%
1963	21.9%	42%
1964	22.1%	42.6%
1965	22.3%	43.2%
1966	22.5%	43.8%
1967	22.6%	44.3%
1968	22.5%	44.8%
1969	22.4%	45.3%
1970	22.2%	45.9%
1971	22%	46.4%
1972	21.6%	46.8%
1973	21.2%	47.3%
1974	20.9%	47.5%
1975	20.5%	47.5%
1976	20.2%	47.5%
1977	19.9%	47.4%
1978	19.5%	47.3%
1979	19.2%	47.2%
1980	18.8%	47.1%
1981	18.4%	47.1%
1982	18.1%	47.1%
1983	17.8%	47.2%
1984	17.5%	47.2%
1985	17.2%	47%
1986	17%	46.5%
1987	16.9%	45.9%
1988	17%	45.1%
1989	17.2%	44.3%
1990	17.4%	43.4%
1991	17.6%	42.5%
1992	17.8%	41.5%
1993	18%	40.5%
1994	18.3%	39.9%
1995	18.4%	39.7%
1996	18.6%	39.3%
1997	18.7%	38.7%
1998	18.8%	38%
1999	18.9%	37.3%
2000	18.9%	36.6%
2001	18.9%	35.8%
2002	18.9%	35%
2003	18.8%	34.2%
2004	18.7%	33.2%
2005	18.5%	32.1%
2006	18.4%	30.9%
2007	18.2%	29.9%
2008	18%	29.1%
2009	17.8%	28.4%
2010	17.7%	27.9%
2011	17.4%	25.5%
2012	17.1%	22.8%
2013	16.9%	21.9%
2014	16.7%	22.1%
2015	16.6%	22.2%
2016	16.4%	22.1%
2017	16.2%	22.3%
2018	16.1%	22.9%
2019	16%	24%
2020	16%	25.6%
2021	15.9%	26.7%
2022	15.9%	26.2%
2023	15.8%	25.2%
2024	15.8%	24.7%
2025	15.7%	24.3%
2026	15.7%	24%
2027	15.7%	23.8%
2028	15.6%	23.6%
2029	15.5%	23.3%
2030	15.4%	23%
2031	15.3%	22.7%
2032	15.2%	22.4%
2033	15.1%	22.1%
2034	15%	21.8%
2035	14.9%	21.6%
2036	14.7%	21.4%
2037	14.6%	21.3%
2038	14.5%	21.3%
2039	14.3%	21.2%
2040	14.2%	21%
2041	14%	20.8%
2042	13.9%	20.7%
2043	13.8%	20.5%
2044	13.7%	20.4%
2045	13.6%	20.3%
2046	13.5%	20.2%
2047	13.5%	20.1%
2048	13.5%	20.1%
2049	13.5%	20%
2050	13.5%	20%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15.8% of the population in Luxembourg and 24.7% in Oman in 2024, compared to 17.4% and 43.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Luxembourg and Oman compared.

Natural population change in Luxembourg vs Oman by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.33% in Luxembourg and +1.7% in Oman. 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	Oman
1960	1,319	12,034
1961	1,489	12,690
1962	1,091	13,485
1963	1,199	14,283
1964	1,377	15,205
1965	1,260	16,103
1966	1,168	17,030
1967	837	17,990
1968	604	18,962
1969	303	19,949
1970	272	20,893
1971	69	21,973
1972	-35	22,968
1973	-421	24,195
1974	-390	25,543
1975	-395	27,699
1976	-578	30,032
1977	-36	32,342
1978	-145	35,141
1979	72	38,022
1980	37	41,109
1981	329	44,176
1982	183	46,939
1983	37	49,646
1984	146	52,253
1985	74	54,609
1986	331	55,324
1987	222	55,933
1988	747	56,142
1989	679	56,202
1990	1,145	56,000
1991	1,239	55,382
1992	1,098	54,471
1993	1,470	53,439
1994	1,652	52,337
1995	1,634	51,139
1996	1,781	50,362
1997	1,552	49,510
1998	1,486	48,654
1999	1,808	48,053
2000	1,963	47,208
2001	1,766	46,651
2002	1,607	46,397
2003	1,220	46,273
2004	1,878	45,651
2005	1,721	44,688
2006	1,748	43,969
2007	1,584	44,207
2008	2,003	47,146
2009	1,991	52,007
2010	2,129	57,619
2011	1,814	59,689
2012	2,124	65,572
2013	2,336	71,905
2014	2,225	76,258
2015	2,107	79,241
2016	2,095	81,350
2017	1,968	82,408
2018	1,945	79,438
2019	1,922	77,394
2020	1,828	74,224
2021	2,240	69,991
2022	2,024	67,278
2023	1,933	75,467

Maternal mortality chart: Luxembourg vs Oman

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 13 deaths in Oman.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Luxembourg	Oman
1985	24	43
1986	24	40
1987	23	37
1988	24	34
1989	21	32
1990	24	29
1991	25	28
1992	26	26
1993	20	25
1994	20	23
1995	22	22
1996	23	21
1997	22	20
1998	18	20
1999	21	19
2000	18	19
2001	19	18
2002	17	18
2003	15	18
2004	17	18
2005	17	18
2006	16	18
2007	14	18
2008	13	18
2009	15	17
2010	17	17
2011	13	16
2012	13	16
2013	15	15
2014	13	15
2015	13	15
2016	13	14
2017	15	14
2018	9	14
2019	12	14
2020	6	32
2021	6	74
2022	6	13
2023	11	13

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.23% in Luxembourg and 1.04% in Oman. 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	Oman
1960	3.72%	37.5%
1961	3.54%	35.8%
1962	3.36%	34.2%
1963	3.2%	32.7%
1964	3.04%	31.2%
1965	2.89%	29.8%
1966	2.75%	28.4%
1967	2.61%	27.1%
1968	2.48%	25.7%
1969	2.36%	24.4%
1970	2.24%	23.1%
1971	2.11%	21.8%
1972	1.99%	20.5%
1973	1.88%	19.3%
1974	1.77%	18.1%
1975	1.67%	16.9%
1976	1.58%	15.7%
1977	1.51%	14.5%
1978	1.44%	13.4%
1979	1.39%	12.2%
1980	1.34%	11.1%
1981	1.29%	10.1%
1982	1.25%	9.1%
1983	1.21%	8.18%
1984	1.16%	7.34%
1985	1.12%	6.58%
1986	1.07%	5.9%
1987	1.02%	5.3%
1988	0.97%	4.78%
1989	0.93%	4.32%
1990	0.88%	3.91%
1991	0.83%	3.54%
1992	0.78%	3.2%
1993	0.73%	2.9%
1994	0.68%	2.64%
1995	0.64%	2.41%
1996	0.6%	2.22%
1997	0.56%	2.04%
1998	0.53%	1.89%
1999	0.5%	1.76%
2000	0.47%	1.64%
2001	0.44%	1.54%
2002	0.42%	1.45%
2003	0.39%	1.38%
2004	0.37%	1.32%
2005	0.35%	1.28%
2006	0.33%	1.24%
2007	0.31%	1.22%
2008	0.3%	1.2%
2009	0.29%	1.19%
2010	0.28%	1.17%
2011	0.27%	1.16%
2012	0.27%	1.15%
2013	0.26%	1.13%
2014	0.26%	1.12%
2015	0.26%	1.12%
2016	0.25%	1.11%
2017	0.25%	1.1%
2018	0.25%	1.09%
2019	0.25%	1.08%
2020	0.25%	1.07%
2021	0.24%	1.06%
2022	0.24%	1.05%
2023	0.23%	1.04%