Fertility & birth rates in Luxembourg and Panama

Fertility rate in Luxembourg vs Panama 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 2.12 in Panama in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Luxembourg vs Panama 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	Panama
1960	2.29	5.83
1961	-	5.87
1962	2.37	5.87
1963	-	5.87
1964	2.34	5.81
1965	2.42	5.73
1966	2.34	5.65
1967	2.24	5.53
1968	2.12	5.41
1969	2.02	5.29
1970	1.97	5.18
1971	1.95	5.05
1972	1.75	4.91
1973	1.58	4.74
1974	1.58	4.58
1975	1.55	4.41
1976	1.48	4.26
1977	1.5	4.12
1978	1.48	3.98
1979	1.48	3.88
1980	1.5	3.8
1981	1.55	3.72
1982	1.49	3.66
1983	1.43	3.6
1984	1.42	3.52
1985	1.38	3.43
1986	1.43	3.34
1987	1.4	3.25
1988	1.51	3.17
1989	1.52	3.12
1990	1.6	3.07
1991	1.6	3
1992	1.64	2.95
1993	1.7	2.91
1994	1.72	2.88
1995	1.7	2.85
1996	1.77	2.83
1997	1.71	2.81
1998	1.68	2.79
1999	1.74	2.77
2000	1.76	2.74
2001	1.66	2.72
2002	1.63	2.7
2003	1.62	2.68
2004	1.66	2.68
2005	1.63	2.64
2006	1.65	2.62
2007	1.61	2.61
2008	1.61	2.61
2009	1.59	2.59
2010	1.63	2.59
2011	1.52	2.6
2012	1.57	2.59
2013	1.55	2.57
2014	1.5	2.55
2015	1.47	2.53
2016	1.41	2.5
2017	1.39	2.46
2018	1.38	2.4
2019	1.34	2.29
2020	1.36	2.18
2021	1.38	2.15
2022	1.31	2.14
2023	1.25	2.12
2024	1.25	2.11
2025	1.26	2.09
2026	1.26	2.07
2027	1.27	2.06
2028	1.27	2.04
2029	1.28	2.02
2030	1.28	2.01
2031	1.29	2
2032	1.29	1.99
2033	1.29	1.97
2034	1.29	1.96
2035	1.3	1.95
2036	1.3	1.95
2037	1.3	1.94
2038	1.3	1.93
2039	1.3	1.92
2040	1.31	1.91
2041	1.31	1.91
2042	1.31	1.9
2043	1.31	1.89
2044	1.32	1.89
2045	1.32	1.88
2046	1.32	1.88
2047	1.32	1.87
2048	1.32	1.87
2049	1.33	1.86
2050	1.33	1.86

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Luxembourg	Panama
1960	21.2%	44.2%
1961	21.5%	44.3%
1962	21.7%	44.5%
1963	21.9%	44.6%
1964	22.1%	44.7%
1965	22.3%	44.8%
1966	22.5%	44.8%
1967	22.6%	44.8%
1968	22.5%	44.7%
1969	22.4%	44.6%
1970	22.2%	44.5%
1971	22%	44.3%
1972	21.6%	44.1%
1973	21.2%	43.9%
1974	20.9%	43.6%
1975	20.5%	43.3%
1976	20.2%	42.9%
1977	19.9%	42.4%
1978	19.5%	41.9%
1979	19.2%	41.4%
1980	18.8%	40.8%
1981	18.4%	40.3%
1982	18.1%	39.8%
1983	17.8%	39.3%
1984	17.5%	38.8%
1985	17.2%	38.3%
1986	17%	37.8%
1987	16.9%	37.4%
1988	17%	36.9%
1989	17.2%	36.5%
1990	17.4%	36.1%
1991	17.6%	35.7%
1992	17.8%	35.3%
1993	18%	34.9%
1994	18.3%	34.6%
1995	18.4%	34.2%
1996	18.6%	33.9%
1997	18.7%	33.5%
1998	18.8%	33.1%
1999	18.9%	32.8%
2000	18.9%	32.4%
2001	18.9%	32%
2002	18.9%	31.6%
2003	18.8%	31.3%
2004	18.7%	31%
2005	18.5%	30.6%
2006	18.4%	30.3%
2007	18.2%	30%
2008	18%	29.7%
2009	17.8%	29.5%
2010	17.7%	29.2%
2011	17.4%	28.9%
2012	17.1%	28.7%
2013	16.9%	28.4%
2014	16.7%	28.2%
2015	16.6%	27.9%
2016	16.4%	27.6%
2017	16.2%	27.4%
2018	16.1%	27.1%
2019	16%	26.7%
2020	16%	26.4%
2021	15.9%	26%
2022	15.9%	25.7%
2023	15.8%	25.3%
2024	15.8%	24.9%
2025	15.7%	24.5%
2026	15.7%	24.1%
2027	15.7%	23.8%
2028	15.6%	23.4%
2029	15.5%	23%
2030	15.4%	22.6%
2031	15.3%	22.2%
2032	15.2%	21.9%
2033	15.1%	21.6%
2034	15%	21.3%
2035	14.9%	21%
2036	14.7%	20.9%
2037	14.6%	20.7%
2038	14.5%	20.5%
2039	14.3%	20.3%
2040	14.2%	20.1%
2041	14%	20%
2042	13.9%	19.8%
2043	13.8%	19.6%
2044	13.7%	19.4%
2045	13.6%	19.3%
2046	13.5%	19.1%
2047	13.5%	18.9%
2048	13.5%	18.8%
2049	13.5%	18.6%
2050	13.5%	18.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15.8% of the population in Luxembourg and 24.9% in Panama in 2024, compared to 17.4% and 36.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Luxembourg and Panama compared.

Natural population change in Luxembourg vs Panama by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.33% in Luxembourg and +1.31% in Panama. 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	Panama
1960	1,319	35,431
1961	1,489	37,100
1962	1,091	38,537
1963	1,199	39,872
1964	1,377	40,806
1965	1,260	41,604
1966	1,168	42,457
1967	837	43,054
1968	604	43,641
1969	303	44,278
1970	272	45,075
1971	69	45,867
1972	-35	46,311
1973	-421	46,540
1974	-390	46,932
1975	-395	47,149
1976	-578	47,307
1977	-36	47,438
1978	-145	47,694
1979	72	48,362
1980	37	49,077
1981	329	50,018
1982	183	50,858
1983	37	51,880
1984	146	52,436
1985	74	52,573
1986	331	52,681
1987	222	52,690
1988	747	52,767
1989	679	52,295
1990	1,145	53,451
1991	1,239	53,079
1992	1,098	53,186
1993	1,470	53,591
1994	1,652	53,845
1995	1,634	54,069
1996	1,781	54,512
1997	1,552	55,060
1998	1,486	55,482
1999	1,808	55,911
2000	1,963	56,236
2001	1,766	56,654
2002	1,607	57,011
2003	1,220	57,458
2004	1,878	58,281
2005	1,721	58,014
2006	1,748	58,067
2007	1,584	58,454
2008	2,003	58,961
2009	1,991	59,168
2010	2,129	59,418
2011	1,814	60,411
2012	2,124	60,471
2013	2,336	60,295
2014	2,225	60,227
2015	2,107	59,896
2016	2,095	59,454
2017	1,968	58,607
2018	1,945	57,508
2019	1,922	54,420
2020	1,828	46,599
2021	2,240	46,747
2022	2,024	50,556
2023	1,933	50,197

Maternal mortality chart: Luxembourg vs Panama

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 37 deaths in Panama.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Luxembourg	Panama
1985	24	95
1986	24	94
1987	23	93
1988	24	93
1989	21	96
1990	24	89
1991	25	87
1992	26	85
1993	20	81
1994	20	78
1995	22	77
1996	23	73
1997	22	70
1998	18	68
1999	21	65
2000	18	64
2001	19	62
2002	17	59
2003	15	58
2004	17	57
2005	17	57
2006	16	56
2007	14	55
2008	13	55
2009	15	55
2010	17	56
2011	13	55
2012	13	53
2013	15	52
2014	13	49
2015	13	48
2016	13	47
2017	15	47
2018	9	43
2019	12	41
2020	6	74
2021	6	59
2022	6	40
2023	11	37

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.23% in Luxembourg and 1.33% in Panama. 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	Panama
1960	3.72%	9.31%
1961	3.54%	9.04%
1962	3.36%	8.78%
1963	3.2%	8.52%
1964	3.04%	8.28%
1965	2.89%	8.05%
1966	2.75%	7.83%
1967	2.61%	7.62%
1968	2.48%	7.38%
1969	2.36%	7.1%
1970	2.24%	6.78%
1971	2.11%	6.43%
1972	1.99%	6.07%
1973	1.88%	5.72%
1974	1.77%	5.41%
1975	1.67%	5.15%
1976	1.58%	4.93%
1977	1.51%	4.76%
1978	1.44%	4.61%
1979	1.39%	4.47%
1980	1.34%	4.34%
1981	1.29%	4.19%
1982	1.25%	4.05%
1983	1.21%	3.9%
1984	1.16%	3.75%
1985	1.12%	3.61%
1986	1.07%	3.47%
1987	1.02%	3.35%
1988	0.97%	3.24%
1989	0.93%	3.14%
1990	0.88%	3.05%
1991	0.83%	2.97%
1992	0.78%	2.91%
1993	0.73%	2.87%
1994	0.68%	2.83%
1995	0.64%	2.8%
1996	0.6%	2.77%
1997	0.56%	2.73%
1998	0.53%	2.68%
1999	0.5%	2.63%
2000	0.47%	2.56%
2001	0.44%	2.49%
2002	0.42%	2.41%
2003	0.39%	2.33%
2004	0.37%	2.25%
2005	0.35%	2.17%
2006	0.33%	2.1%
2007	0.31%	2.03%
2008	0.3%	1.97%
2009	0.29%	1.91%
2010	0.28%	1.86%
2011	0.27%	1.81%
2012	0.27%	1.77%
2013	0.26%	1.75%
2014	0.26%	1.73%
2015	0.26%	1.72%
2016	0.25%	1.7%
2017	0.25%	1.68%
2018	0.25%	1.65%
2019	0.25%	1.59%
2020	0.25%	1.52%
2021	0.24%	1.45%
2022	0.24%	1.39%
2023	0.23%	1.33%