Fertility & birth rates in Luxembourg and Portugal

Fertility rate in Luxembourg vs Portugal 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 1.44 in Portugal in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Luxembourg vs Portugal 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	Portugal
1960	2.29	3.16
1961	-	3.21
1962	2.37	3.23
1963	-	3.12
1964	2.34	3.21
1965	2.42	3.15
1966	2.34	3.16
1967	2.24	3.16
1968	2.12	3.12
1969	2.02	3.12
1970	1.97	3.01
1971	1.95	3
1972	1.75	2.86
1973	1.58	2.77
1974	1.58	2.7
1975	1.55	2.75
1976	1.48	2.82
1977	1.5	2.69
1978	1.48	2.45
1979	1.48	2.31
1980	1.5	2.25
1981	1.55	2.13
1982	1.49	2.07
1983	1.43	1.95
1984	1.42	1.9
1985	1.38	1.72
1986	1.43	1.66
1987	1.4	1.62
1988	1.51	1.61
1989	1.52	1.57
1990	1.6	1.56
1991	1.6	1.56
1992	1.64	1.54
1993	1.7	1.52
1994	1.72	1.45
1995	1.7	1.41
1996	1.77	1.44
1997	1.71	1.47
1998	1.68	1.47
1999	1.74	1.5
2000	1.76	1.55
2001	1.66	1.45
2002	1.63	1.46
2003	1.62	1.44
2004	1.66	1.4
2005	1.63	1.41
2006	1.65	1.37
2007	1.61	1.35
2008	1.61	1.39
2009	1.59	1.34
2010	1.63	1.39
2011	1.52	1.35
2012	1.57	1.28
2013	1.55	1.21
2014	1.5	1.24
2015	1.47	1.31
2016	1.41	1.37
2017	1.39	1.38
2018	1.38	1.42
2019	1.34	1.44
2020	1.36	1.42
2021	1.38	1.35
2022	1.31	1.43
2023	1.25	1.44
2024	1.25	1.45
2025	1.26	1.45
2026	1.26	1.45
2027	1.27	1.46
2028	1.27	1.46
2029	1.28	1.46
2030	1.28	1.46
2031	1.29	1.47
2032	1.29	1.47
2033	1.29	1.47
2034	1.29	1.48
2035	1.3	1.48
2036	1.3	1.48
2037	1.3	1.48
2038	1.3	1.49
2039	1.3	1.49
2040	1.31	1.49
2041	1.31	1.49
2042	1.31	1.49
2043	1.31	1.49
2044	1.32	1.5
2045	1.32	1.5
2046	1.32	1.5
2047	1.32	1.5
2048	1.32	1.5
2049	1.33	1.5
2050	1.33	1.5

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Luxembourg	Portugal
1960	21.2%	29.3%
1961	21.5%	29.1%
1962	21.7%	29.1%
1963	21.9%	29.1%
1964	22.1%	29.1%
1965	22.3%	29.1%
1966	22.5%	29.2%
1967	22.6%	29.2%
1968	22.5%	29.2%
1969	22.4%	29.1%
1970	22.2%	28.7%
1971	22%	28.4%
1972	21.6%	28.2%
1973	21.2%	27.9%
1974	20.9%	27.7%
1975	20.5%	27.4%
1976	20.2%	27.2%
1977	19.9%	27.1%
1978	19.5%	26.8%
1979	19.2%	26.4%
1980	18.8%	25.9%
1981	18.4%	25.4%
1982	18.1%	25%
1983	17.8%	24.5%
1984	17.5%	24.1%
1985	17.2%	23.7%
1986	17%	23.1%
1987	16.9%	22.5%
1988	17%	21.9%
1989	17.2%	21.2%
1990	17.4%	20.5%
1991	17.6%	19.7%
1992	17.8%	19.1%
1993	18%	18.6%
1994	18.3%	18.2%
1995	18.4%	17.8%
1996	18.6%	17.4%
1997	18.7%	17.1%
1998	18.8%	16.8%
1999	18.9%	16.6%
2000	18.9%	16.4%
2001	18.9%	16.2%
2002	18.9%	16.1%
2003	18.8%	16.1%
2004	18.7%	16%
2005	18.5%	15.9%
2006	18.4%	15.8%
2007	18.2%	15.6%
2008	18%	15.5%
2009	17.8%	15.4%
2010	17.7%	15.2%
2011	17.4%	15%
2012	17.1%	14.9%
2013	16.9%	14.8%
2014	16.7%	14.6%
2015	16.6%	14.3%
2016	16.4%	14.1%
2017	16.2%	13.9%
2018	16.1%	13.7%
2019	16%	13.5%
2020	16%	13.3%
2021	15.9%	13.1%
2022	15.9%	13%
2023	15.8%	12.9%
2024	15.8%	12.8%
2025	15.7%	12.7%
2026	15.7%	12.6%
2027	15.7%	12.6%
2028	15.6%	12.6%
2029	15.5%	12.6%
2030	15.4%	12.7%
2031	15.3%	12.7%
2032	15.2%	12.7%
2033	15.1%	12.7%
2034	15%	12.7%
2035	14.9%	12.8%
2036	14.7%	12.9%
2037	14.6%	12.9%
2038	14.5%	13%
2039	14.3%	13%
2040	14.2%	13.1%
2041	14%	13.1%
2042	13.9%	13.2%
2043	13.8%	13.2%
2044	13.7%	13.3%
2045	13.6%	13.3%
2046	13.5%	13.4%
2047	13.5%	13.4%
2048	13.5%	13.4%
2049	13.5%	13.5%
2050	13.5%	13.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15.8% of the population in Luxembourg and 12.8% in Portugal in 2024, compared to 17.4% and 20.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Luxembourg and Portugal compared.

Natural population change in Luxembourg vs Portugal by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.33% in Luxembourg and -0.29% in Portugal. 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	Portugal
1960	1,319	118,693
1961	1,489	117,867
1962	1,091	123,217
1963	1,199	113,783
1964	1,377	120,170
1965	1,260	115,182
1966	1,168	107,171
1967	837	106,495
1968	604	100,737
1969	303	89,329
1970	272	87,672
1971	69	82,980
1972	-35	83,715
1973	-421	76,835
1974	-390	74,412
1975	-395	81,841
1976	-578	85,138
1977	-36	84,156
1978	-145	70,731
1979	72	67,628
1980	37	63,481
1981	329	56,152
1982	183	58,479
1983	37	47,798
1984	146	45,983
1985	74	33,077
1986	331	31,102
1987	222	28,084
1988	747	24,047
1989	679	22,011
1990	1,145	13,976
1991	1,239	12,948
1992	1,098	13,933
1993	1,470	7,972
1994	1,652	9,991
1995	1,634	4,011
1996	1,781	4,026
1997	1,552	8,087
1998	1,486	7,112
1999	1,808	8,175
2000	1,963	15,435
2001	1,766	8,290
2002	1,607	8,335
2003	1,220	4,184
2004	1,878	7,339
2005	1,721	2,101
2006	1,748	3,156
2007	1,584	-1,055
2008	2,003	0
2009	1,991	-5,284
2010	2,129	-4,230
2011	1,814	-5,279
2012	2,124	-17,875
2013	2,336	-24,052
2014	2,225	-22,882
2015	2,107	-23,823
2016	2,095	-23,749
2017	1,968	-23,691
2018	1,945	-25,709
2019	1,922	-24,687
2020	1,828	-39,129
2021	2,240	-45,592
2022	2,024	-40,694
2023	1,933	-32,792

Maternal mortality chart: Luxembourg vs Portugal

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 15 deaths in Portugal.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Luxembourg	Portugal
1985	24	20
1986	24	19
1987	23	19
1988	24	18
1989	21	18
1990	24	17
1991	25	17
1992	26	16
1993	20	15
1994	20	13
1995	22	12
1996	23	12
1997	22	12
1998	18	11
1999	21	10
2000	18	9
2001	19	9
2002	17	9
2003	15	8
2004	17	8
2005	17	8
2006	16	8
2007	14	8
2008	13	9
2009	15	9
2010	17	10
2011	13	10
2012	13	10
2013	15	10
2014	13	11
2015	13	11
2016	13	12
2017	15	13
2018	9	14
2019	12	15
2020	6	14
2021	6	19
2022	6	16
2023	11	15

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.23% in Luxembourg and 0.32% in Portugal. 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	Portugal
1960	3.72%	11.4%
1961	3.54%	11%
1962	3.36%	10.4%
1963	3.2%	9.76%
1964	3.04%	9.1%
1965	2.89%	8.53%
1966	2.75%	8.09%
1967	2.61%	7.76%
1968	2.48%	7.51%
1969	2.36%	7.22%
1970	2.24%	6.81%
1971	2.11%	6.3%
1972	1.99%	5.78%
1973	1.88%	5.27%
1974	1.77%	4.79%
1975	1.67%	4.35%
1976	1.58%	3.94%
1977	1.51%	3.57%
1978	1.44%	3.24%
1979	1.39%	2.97%
1980	1.34%	2.75%
1981	1.29%	2.58%
1982	1.25%	2.43%
1983	1.21%	2.29%
1984	1.16%	2.16%
1985	1.12%	2.04%
1986	1.07%	1.93%
1987	1.02%	1.82%
1988	0.97%	1.7%
1989	0.93%	1.59%
1990	0.88%	1.47%
1991	0.83%	1.36%
1992	0.78%	1.25%
1993	0.73%	1.14%
1994	0.68%	1.05%
1995	0.64%	0.98%
1996	0.6%	0.92%
1997	0.56%	0.86%
1998	0.53%	0.82%
1999	0.5%	0.77%
2000	0.47%	0.72%
2001	0.44%	0.66%
2002	0.42%	0.61%
2003	0.39%	0.55%
2004	0.37%	0.5%
2005	0.35%	0.47%
2006	0.33%	0.44%
2007	0.31%	0.42%
2008	0.3%	0.4%
2009	0.29%	0.39%
2010	0.28%	0.38%
2011	0.27%	0.37%
2012	0.27%	0.37%
2013	0.26%	0.36%
2014	0.26%	0.36%
2015	0.26%	0.36%
2016	0.25%	0.36%
2017	0.25%	0.36%
2018	0.25%	0.35%
2019	0.25%	0.35%
2020	0.25%	0.34%
2021	0.24%	0.33%
2022	0.24%	0.32%
2023	0.23%	0.32%