Fertility & birth rates in Luxembourg and Russia

Fertility rate in Luxembourg vs Russia 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 1.41 in Russia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Luxembourg vs Russia 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	Russia
1960	2.29	2.52
1961	-	2.45
1962	2.37	2.36
1963	-	2.27
1964	2.34	2.18
1965	2.42	2.13
1966	2.34	2.1
1967	2.24	2.04
1968	2.12	1.99
1969	2.02	1.97
1970	1.97	1.99
1971	1.95	2.03
1972	1.75	2.04
1973	1.58	2.01
1974	1.58	2
1975	1.55	1.98
1976	1.48	1.97
1977	1.5	1.95
1978	1.48	1.92
1979	1.48	1.9
1980	1.5	1.89
1981	1.55	1.91
1982	1.49	2.04
1983	1.43	2.11
1984	1.42	2.06
1985	1.38	2.05
1986	1.43	2.15
1987	1.4	2.22
1988	1.51	2.12
1989	1.52	2.01
1990	1.6	1.89
1991	1.6	1.73
1992	1.64	1.55
1993	1.7	1.39
1994	1.72	1.4
1995	1.7	1.34
1996	1.77	1.27
1997	1.71	1.22
1998	1.68	1.23
1999	1.74	1.16
2000	1.76	1.2
2001	1.66	1.22
2002	1.63	1.29
2003	1.62	1.32
2004	1.66	1.34
2005	1.63	1.29
2006	1.65	1.31
2007	1.61	1.42
2008	1.61	1.5
2009	1.59	1.54
2010	1.63	1.57
2011	1.52	1.58
2012	1.57	1.69
2013	1.55	1.71
2014	1.5	1.75
2015	1.47	1.78
2016	1.41	1.76
2017	1.39	1.62
2018	1.38	1.58
2019	1.34	1.5
2020	1.36	1.51
2021	1.38	1.51
2022	1.31	1.42
2023	1.25	1.41
2024	1.25	1.42
2025	1.26	1.43
2026	1.26	1.43
2027	1.27	1.43
2028	1.27	1.44
2029	1.28	1.44
2030	1.28	1.45
2031	1.29	1.45
2032	1.29	1.45
2033	1.29	1.46
2034	1.29	1.46
2035	1.3	1.46
2036	1.3	1.47
2037	1.3	1.47
2038	1.3	1.47
2039	1.3	1.47
2040	1.31	1.48
2041	1.31	1.48
2042	1.31	1.48
2043	1.31	1.48
2044	1.32	1.49
2045	1.32	1.49
2046	1.32	1.49
2047	1.32	1.49
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	Russia
1960	21.2%	30.5%
1961	21.5%	30.9%
1962	21.7%	30.8%
1963	21.9%	30.6%
1964	22.1%	30.2%
1965	22.3%	29.5%
1966	22.5%	28.9%
1967	22.6%	28.3%
1968	22.5%	27.6%
1969	22.4%	26.9%
1970	22.2%	26.1%
1971	22%	25.4%
1972	21.6%	24.8%
1973	21.2%	24.2%
1974	20.9%	23.6%
1975	20.5%	23%
1976	20.2%	22.5%
1977	19.9%	22.1%
1978	19.5%	21.8%
1979	19.2%	21.7%
1980	18.8%	21.7%
1981	18.4%	21.7%
1982	18.1%	21.9%
1983	17.8%	22.1%
1984	17.5%	22.4%
1985	17.2%	22.6%
1986	17%	22.8%
1987	16.9%	22.9%
1988	17%	23%
1989	17.2%	23%
1990	17.4%	22.9%
1991	17.6%	22.7%
1992	17.8%	22.4%
1993	18%	22%
1994	18.3%	21.6%
1995	18.4%	21.2%
1996	18.6%	20.7%
1997	18.7%	20.2%
1998	18.8%	19.5%
1999	18.9%	18.8%
2000	18.9%	18%
2001	18.9%	17.3%
2002	18.9%	16.6%
2003	18.8%	16%
2004	18.7%	15.6%
2005	18.5%	15.2%
2006	18.4%	14.9%
2007	18.2%	14.8%
2008	18%	14.9%
2009	17.8%	15%
2010	17.7%	15.2%
2011	17.4%	15.4%
2012	17.1%	15.7%
2013	16.9%	16.1%
2014	16.7%	16.5%
2015	16.6%	16.9%
2016	16.4%	17.2%
2017	16.2%	17.5%
2018	16.1%	17.6%
2019	16%	17.6%
2020	16%	17.7%
2021	15.9%	17.7%
2022	15.9%	17.7%
2023	15.8%	17.5%
2024	15.8%	17.3%
2025	15.7%	17%
2026	15.7%	16.7%
2027	15.7%	16.3%
2028	15.6%	15.9%
2029	15.5%	15.5%
2030	15.4%	15%
2031	15.3%	14.6%
2032	15.2%	14.2%
2033	15.1%	14%
2034	15%	13.8%
2035	14.9%	13.7%
2036	14.7%	13.6%
2037	14.6%	13.6%
2038	14.5%	13.6%
2039	14.3%	13.7%
2040	14.2%	13.9%
2041	14%	14%
2042	13.9%	14.2%
2043	13.8%	14.4%
2044	13.7%	14.6%
2045	13.6%	14.8%
2046	13.5%	15%
2047	13.5%	15.2%
2048	13.5%	15.4%
2049	13.5%	15.5%
2050	13.5%	15.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15.8% of the population in Luxembourg and 17.3% in Russia in 2024, compared to 17.4% and 22.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Luxembourg and Russia compared.

Natural population change in Luxembourg vs Russia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.33% in Luxembourg and -0.24% in Russia. 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	Russia
1960	1,319	1,962,834
1961	1,489	1,810,538
1962	1,091	1,573,701
1963	1,199	1,436,077
1964	1,377	1,233,520
1965	1,260	1,059,335
1966	1,168	989,279
1967	837	854,554
1968	604	787,621
1969	303	753,088
1970	272	785,554
1971	69	854,999
1972	-35	872,050
1973	-421	846,561
1974	-390	883,186
1975	-395	843,850
1976	-578	852,237
1977	-36	832,932
1978	-145	812,766
1979	72	690,135
1980	37	681,149
1981	329	713,700
1982	183	830,855
1983	37	906,676
1984	146	756,548
1985	74	762,447
1986	331	985,279
1987	222	977,583
1988	747	778,343
1989	679	576,112
1990	1,145	325,533
1991	1,239	103,876
1992	1,098	-222,808
1993	1,470	-757,140
1994	1,652	-920,129
1995	1,634	-845,742
1996	1,781	-785,248
1997	1,552	-769,159
1998	1,486	-694,053
1999	1,808	-927,453
2000	1,963	-967,540
2001	1,766	-963,445
2002	1,607	-944,492
2003	1,220	-896,822
2004	1,878	-792,370
2005	1,721	-846,761
2006	1,748	-686,638
2007	1,584	-471,257
2008	2,003	-356,856
2009	1,991	-257,014
2010	2,129	-242,844
2011	1,814	-128,716
2012	2,124	0
2013	2,336	28,761
2014	2,225	28,848
2015	2,107	43,392
2016	2,095	0
2017	1,968	-130,764
2018	1,945	-232,637
2019	1,922	-319,997
2020	1,828	-697,177
2021	2,240	-1,027,702
2022	2,024	-576,948
2023	1,933	-503,392

Maternal mortality chart: Luxembourg vs Russia

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 9 deaths in Russia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Luxembourg	Russia
1985	24	81
1986	24	69
1987	23	65
1988	24	63
1989	21	61
1990	24	58
1991	25	57
1992	26	62
1993	20	76
1994	20	85
1995	22	82
1996	23	69
1997	22	59
1998	18	53
1999	21	53
2000	18	51
2001	19	48
2002	17	47
2003	15	45
2004	17	41
2005	17	38
2006	16	32
2007	14	29
2008	13	27
2009	15	24
2010	17	23
2011	13	19
2012	13	18
2013	15	16
2014	13	16
2015	13	15
2016	13	14
2017	15	12
2018	9	12
2019	12	12
2020	6	19
2021	6	21
2022	6	13
2023	11	9

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.23% in Luxembourg and 0.45% in Russia. 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	Russia
1960	3.72%	4.55%
1961	3.54%	4.26%
1962	3.36%	3.99%
1963	3.2%	3.76%
1964	3.04%	3.55%
1965	2.89%	3.38%
1966	2.75%	3.23%
1967	2.61%	3.11%
1968	2.48%	3.02%
1969	2.36%	2.94%
1970	2.24%	2.88%
1971	2.11%	2.84%
1972	1.99%	2.81%
1973	1.88%	2.78%
1974	1.77%	2.77%
1975	1.67%	2.76%
1976	1.58%	2.76%
1977	1.51%	2.76%
1978	1.44%	2.76%
1979	1.39%	2.75%
1980	1.34%	2.73%
1981	1.29%	2.7%
1982	1.25%	2.66%
1983	1.21%	2.62%
1984	1.16%	2.56%
1985	1.12%	2.5%
1986	1.07%	2.42%
1987	1.02%	2.34%
1988	0.97%	2.26%
1989	0.93%	2.2%
1990	0.88%	2.17%
1991	0.83%	2.16%
1992	0.78%	2.17%
1993	0.73%	2.19%
1994	0.68%	2.2%
1995	0.64%	2.2%
1996	0.6%	2.17%
1997	0.56%	2.13%
1998	0.53%	2.08%
1999	0.5%	2.02%
2000	0.47%	1.94%
2001	0.44%	1.84%
2002	0.42%	1.73%
2003	0.39%	1.61%
2004	0.37%	1.5%
2005	0.35%	1.39%
2006	0.33%	1.29%
2007	0.31%	1.2%
2008	0.3%	1.13%
2009	0.29%	1.07%
2010	0.28%	1.04%
2011	0.27%	1.02%
2012	0.27%	0.99%
2013	0.26%	0.95%
2014	0.26%	0.89%
2015	0.26%	0.82%
2016	0.25%	0.75%
2017	0.25%	0.69%
2018	0.25%	0.63%
2019	0.25%	0.58%
2020	0.25%	0.54%
2021	0.24%	0.51%
2022	0.24%	0.47%
2023	0.23%	0.45%