Fertility & birth rates in Luxembourg and Serbia

Fertility rate in Luxembourg vs Serbia 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 1.61 in Serbia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Luxembourg vs Serbia 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	Serbia
1960	2.29	2.15
1961	-	2.13
1962	2.37	2.11
1963	-	2.08
1964	2.34	2.07
1965	2.42	2.06
1966	2.34	2.04
1967	2.24	2.02
1968	2.12	2.01
1969	2.02	1.99
1970	1.97	1.97
1971	1.95	1.96
1972	1.75	1.95
1973	1.58	1.94
1974	1.58	1.93
1975	1.55	1.92
1976	1.48	1.91
1977	1.5	1.9
1978	1.48	1.89
1979	1.48	1.88
1980	1.5	1.86
1981	1.55	1.85
1982	1.49	1.84
1983	1.43	1.83
1984	1.42	1.81
1985	1.38	1.8
1986	1.43	1.78
1987	1.4	1.75
1988	1.51	1.72
1989	1.52	1.69
1990	1.6	1.65
1991	1.6	1.61
1992	1.64	1.57
1993	1.7	1.54
1994	1.72	1.51
1995	1.7	1.47
1996	1.77	1.44
1997	1.71	1.4
1998	1.68	1.37
1999	1.74	1.35
2000	1.76	1.48
2001	1.66	1.58
2002	1.63	1.57
2003	1.62	1.59
2004	1.66	1.57
2005	1.63	1.45
2006	1.65	1.43
2007	1.61	1.38
2008	1.61	1.4
2009	1.59	1.44
2010	1.63	1.4
2011	1.52	1.4
2012	1.57	1.45
2013	1.55	1.43
2014	1.5	1.46
2015	1.47	1.46
2016	1.41	1.46
2017	1.39	1.49
2018	1.38	1.49
2019	1.34	1.52
2020	1.36	1.48
2021	1.38	1.52
2022	1.31	1.59
2023	1.25	1.61
2024	1.25	1.61
2025	1.26	1.61
2026	1.26	1.62
2027	1.27	1.62
2028	1.27	1.62
2029	1.28	1.63
2030	1.28	1.63
2031	1.29	1.63
2032	1.29	1.63
2033	1.29	1.64
2034	1.29	1.64
2035	1.3	1.65
2036	1.3	1.65
2037	1.3	1.65
2038	1.3	1.65
2039	1.3	1.65
2040	1.31	1.65
2041	1.31	1.66
2042	1.31	1.66
2043	1.31	1.66
2044	1.32	1.66
2045	1.32	1.67
2046	1.32	1.67
2047	1.32	1.67
2048	1.32	1.67
2049	1.33	1.67
2050	1.33	1.67

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Luxembourg	Serbia
1960	21.2%	27.2%
1961	21.5%	27.1%
1962	21.7%	27%
1963	21.9%	26.7%
1964	22.1%	26.3%
1965	22.3%	25.8%
1966	22.5%	25.3%
1967	22.6%	24.7%
1968	22.5%	24.1%
1969	22.4%	23.5%
1970	22.2%	23%
1971	22%	22.5%
1972	21.6%	22.2%
1973	21.2%	22%
1974	20.9%	21.7%
1975	20.5%	21.5%
1976	20.2%	21.3%
1977	19.9%	21%
1978	19.5%	20.9%
1979	19.2%	20.7%
1980	18.8%	20.6%
1981	18.4%	20.6%
1982	18.1%	20.6%
1983	17.8%	20.5%
1984	17.5%	20.5%
1985	17.2%	20.3%
1986	17%	20.2%
1987	16.9%	20%
1988	17%	19.8%
1989	17.2%	19.6%
1990	17.4%	19.3%
1991	17.6%	19.1%
1992	17.8%	18.8%
1993	18%	18.6%
1994	18.3%	18.3%
1995	18.4%	18%
1996	18.6%	17.7%
1997	18.7%	17.4%
1998	18.8%	17.1%
1999	18.9%	16.7%
2000	18.9%	16.4%
2001	18.9%	16.1%
2002	18.9%	15.8%
2003	18.8%	15.6%
2004	18.7%	15.4%
2005	18.5%	15.2%
2006	18.4%	15%
2007	18.2%	14.9%
2008	18%	14.7%
2009	17.8%	14.6%
2010	17.7%	14.5%
2011	17.4%	14.4%
2012	17.1%	14.3%
2013	16.9%	14.3%
2014	16.7%	14.3%
2015	16.6%	14.3%
2016	16.4%	14.3%
2017	16.2%	14.3%
2018	16.1%	14.3%
2019	16%	14.3%
2020	16%	14.3%
2021	15.9%	14.3%
2022	15.9%	14.4%
2023	15.8%	14.4%
2024	15.8%	14.3%
2025	15.7%	14.3%
2026	15.7%	14.2%
2027	15.7%	14.1%
2028	15.6%	14.1%
2029	15.5%	14%
2030	15.4%	13.9%
2031	15.3%	13.8%
2032	15.2%	13.7%
2033	15.1%	13.6%
2034	15%	13.5%
2035	14.9%	13.4%
2036	14.7%	13.3%
2037	14.6%	13.3%
2038	14.5%	13.2%
2039	14.3%	13.2%
2040	14.2%	13.1%
2041	14%	13.1%
2042	13.9%	13.1%
2043	13.8%	13.1%
2044	13.7%	13.1%
2045	13.6%	13.1%
2046	13.5%	13.1%
2047	13.5%	13.1%
2048	13.5%	13.1%
2049	13.5%	13.1%
2050	13.5%	13.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15.8% of the population in Luxembourg and 14.3% in Serbia in 2024, compared to 17.4% and 19.3% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Luxembourg and Serbia compared.

Natural population change in Luxembourg vs Serbia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.33% in Luxembourg and -0.63% in Serbia. 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	Serbia
1960	1,319	63,642
1961	1,489	61,065
1962	1,091	59,307
1963	1,199	55,580
1964	1,377	54,185
1965	1,260	53,383
1966	1,168	53,338
1967	837	53,120
1968	604	51,653
1969	303	50,304
1970	272	48,343
1971	69	47,424
1972	-35	48,248
1973	-421	49,596
1974	-390	51,583
1975	-395	52,502
1976	-578	51,399
1977	-36	48,105
1978	-145	43,636
1979	72	39,022
1980	37	36,273
1981	329	34,304
1982	183	30,603
1983	37	27,515
1984	146	23,815
1985	74	22,090
1986	331	19,407
1987	222	16,711
1988	747	13,852
1989	679	11,872
1990	1,145	7,416
1991	1,239	2,210
1992	1,098	-3,779
1993	1,470	-5,703
1994	1,652	-7,157
1995	1,634	-7,628
1996	1,781	-16,007
1997	1,552	-18,389
1998	1,486	-23,006
1999	1,808	-29,408
2000	1,963	-30,065
2001	1,766	-20,259
2002	1,607	-24,750
2003	1,220	-24,686
2004	1,878	-26,121
2005	1,721	-34,227
2006	1,748	-31,870
2007	1,584	-34,693
2008	2,003	-33,590
2009	1,991	-33,676
2010	2,129	-34,999
2011	1,814	-36,906
2012	2,124	-35,288
2013	2,336	-34,399
2014	2,225	-34,946
2015	2,107	-37,605
2016	2,095	-35,998
2017	1,968	-39,317
2018	1,945	-37,707
2019	1,922	-36,810
2020	1,828	-55,193
2021	2,240	-74,494
2022	2,024	-46,651
2023	1,933	-36,427

Maternal mortality chart: Luxembourg vs Serbia

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 11 deaths in Serbia.

Table

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

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.23% in Luxembourg and 0.52% in Serbia. 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	Serbia
1960	3.72%	-
1961	3.54%	-
1962	3.36%	-
1963	3.2%	-
1964	3.04%	-
1965	2.89%	-
1966	2.75%	-
1967	2.61%	-
1968	2.48%	-
1969	2.36%	-
1970	2.24%	-
1971	2.11%	-
1972	1.99%	-
1973	1.88%	-
1974	1.77%	-
1975	1.67%	-
1976	1.58%	-
1977	1.51%	-
1978	1.44%	-
1979	1.39%	-
1980	1.34%	-
1981	1.29%	-
1982	1.25%	-
1983	1.21%	-
1984	1.16%	4.07%
1985	1.12%	3.93%
1986	1.07%	3.78%
1987	1.02%	3.59%
1988	0.97%	3.36%
1989	0.93%	3.1%
1990	0.88%	2.85%
1991	0.83%	2.61%
1992	0.78%	2.43%
1993	0.73%	2.29%
1994	0.68%	2.14%
1995	0.64%	1.95%
1996	0.6%	1.74%
1997	0.56%	1.56%
1998	0.53%	1.42%
1999	0.5%	1.32%
2000	0.47%	1.26%
2001	0.44%	1.2%
2002	0.42%	1.14%
2003	0.39%	1.05%
2004	0.37%	0.97%
2005	0.35%	0.9%
2006	0.33%	0.85%
2007	0.31%	0.82%
2008	0.3%	0.79%
2009	0.29%	0.78%
2010	0.28%	0.76%
2011	0.27%	0.73%
2012	0.27%	0.71%
2013	0.26%	0.68%
2014	0.26%	0.66%
2015	0.26%	0.63%
2016	0.25%	0.61%
2017	0.25%	0.59%
2018	0.25%	0.58%
2019	0.25%	0.57%
2020	0.25%	0.55%
2021	0.24%	0.54%
2022	0.24%	0.53%
2023	0.23%	0.52%