Fertility & birth rates in Luxembourg and Syria

Fertility rate in Luxembourg vs Syria 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 2.71 in Syria in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Luxembourg vs Syria 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	Syria
1960	2.29	7.51
1961	-	7.5
1962	2.37	7.51
1963	-	7.51
1964	2.34	7.53
1965	2.42	7.53
1966	2.34	7.55
1967	2.24	7.56
1968	2.12	7.57
1969	2.02	7.59
1970	1.97	7.62
1971	1.95	7.6
1972	1.75	7.57
1973	1.58	7.55
1974	1.58	7.52
1975	1.55	7.49
1976	1.48	7.45
1977	1.5	7.42
1978	1.48	7.35
1979	1.48	7.25
1980	1.5	7.12
1981	1.55	6.97
1982	1.49	6.81
1983	1.43	6.69
1984	1.42	6.59
1985	1.38	6.48
1986	1.43	6.37
1987	1.4	6.2
1988	1.51	6
1989	1.52	5.78
1990	1.6	5.56
1991	1.6	5.34
1992	1.64	5.14
1993	1.7	4.99
1994	1.72	4.86
1995	1.7	4.7
1996	1.77	4.54
1997	1.71	4.37
1998	1.68	4.25
1999	1.74	4.14
2000	1.76	4.07
2001	1.66	3.98
2002	1.63	3.87
2003	1.62	3.76
2004	1.66	3.68
2005	1.63	3.61
2006	1.65	3.56
2007	1.61	3.54
2008	1.61	3.48
2009	1.59	3.42
2010	1.63	3.36
2011	1.52	3.29
2012	1.57	3.22
2013	1.55	3.17
2014	1.5	3.12
2015	1.47	3.07
2016	1.41	3.01
2017	1.39	2.97
2018	1.38	2.93
2019	1.34	2.88
2020	1.36	2.84
2021	1.38	2.8
2022	1.31	2.75
2023	1.25	2.71
2024	1.25	2.7
2025	1.26	2.66
2026	1.26	2.62
2027	1.27	2.58
2028	1.27	2.54
2029	1.28	2.51
2030	1.28	2.48
2031	1.29	2.45
2032	1.29	2.42
2033	1.29	2.39
2034	1.29	2.36
2035	1.3	2.33
2036	1.3	2.31
2037	1.3	2.29
2038	1.3	2.26
2039	1.3	2.24
2040	1.31	2.22
2041	1.31	2.2
2042	1.31	2.18
2043	1.31	2.16
2044	1.32	2.14
2045	1.32	2.13
2046	1.32	2.11
2047	1.32	2.1
2048	1.32	2.08
2049	1.33	2.07
2050	1.33	2.05

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Luxembourg	Syria
1960	21.2%	45.3%
1961	21.5%	45.7%
1962	21.7%	46.1%
1963	21.9%	46.3%
1964	22.1%	46.6%
1965	22.3%	46.9%
1966	22.5%	47.3%
1967	22.6%	47.5%
1968	22.5%	47.8%
1969	22.4%	48%
1970	22.2%	48.2%
1971	22%	48.3%
1972	21.6%	48.4%
1973	21.2%	48.5%
1974	20.9%	48.5%
1975	20.5%	48.6%
1976	20.2%	48.6%
1977	19.9%	48.7%
1978	19.5%	48.7%
1979	19.2%	48.7%
1980	18.8%	48.7%
1981	18.4%	48.7%
1982	18.1%	48.5%
1983	17.8%	48.4%
1984	17.5%	48.2%
1985	17.2%	48%
1986	17%	47.7%
1987	16.9%	47.5%
1988	17%	47.2%
1989	17.2%	46.9%
1990	17.4%	46.6%
1991	17.6%	46.1%
1992	17.8%	45.7%
1993	18%	45.2%
1994	18.3%	44.7%
1995	18.4%	44.2%
1996	18.6%	43.8%
1997	18.7%	43.3%
1998	18.8%	42.9%
1999	18.9%	42.4%
2000	18.9%	41.9%
2001	18.9%	41.3%
2002	18.9%	40.8%
2003	18.8%	40.2%
2004	18.7%	39.6%
2005	18.5%	39.1%
2006	18.4%	38.1%
2007	18.2%	36.7%
2008	18%	36.3%
2009	17.8%	36.3%
2010	17.7%	36.1%
2011	17.4%	36.1%
2012	17.1%	36.5%
2013	16.9%	38%
2014	16.7%	39.8%
2015	16.6%	40.6%
2016	16.4%	40.2%
2017	16.2%	39.3%
2018	16.1%	37.9%
2019	16%	36.1%
2020	16%	34.6%
2021	15.9%	33.4%
2022	15.9%	31.9%
2023	15.8%	30.3%
2024	15.8%	29.2%
2025	15.7%	28.4%
2026	15.7%	27.9%
2027	15.7%	27.5%
2028	15.6%	27.3%
2029	15.5%	27.3%
2030	15.4%	27.6%
2031	15.3%	27.9%
2032	15.2%	28.3%
2033	15.1%	28.6%
2034	15%	28.8%
2035	14.9%	29%
2036	14.7%	29%
2037	14.6%	28.9%
2038	14.5%	28.7%
2039	14.3%	28.4%
2040	14.2%	28%
2041	14%	27.5%
2042	13.9%	27%
2043	13.8%	26.4%
2044	13.7%	25.8%
2045	13.6%	25.1%
2046	13.5%	24.5%
2047	13.5%	23.9%
2048	13.5%	23.3%
2049	13.5%	22.8%
2050	13.5%	22.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15.8% of the population in Luxembourg and 29.2% in Syria in 2024, compared to 17.4% and 46.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Luxembourg and Syria compared.

Natural population change in Luxembourg vs Syria by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.33% in Luxembourg and +1.46% in Syria. 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	Syria
1960	1,319	143,687
1961	1,489	151,485
1962	1,091	159,155
1963	1,199	166,555
1964	1,377	174,549
1965	1,260	182,560
1966	1,168	191,122
1967	837	199,223
1968	604	209,454
1969	303	219,114
1970	272	230,117
1971	69	239,610
1972	-35	249,027
1973	-421	254,687
1974	-390	270,735
1975	-395	282,299
1976	-578	294,267
1977	-36	306,630
1978	-145	316,724
1979	72	324,943
1980	37	332,464
1981	329	330,237
1982	183	319,664
1983	37	355,375
1984	146	366,768
1985	74	379,231
1986	331	390,821
1987	222	399,159
1988	747	404,285
1989	679	406,111
1990	1,145	409,177
1991	1,239	410,830
1992	1,098	412,878
1993	1,470	420,244
1994	1,652	426,996
1995	1,634	430,172
1996	1,781	430,765
1997	1,552	429,887
1998	1,486	433,447
1999	1,808	439,261
2000	1,963	446,211
2001	1,766	451,503
2002	1,607	453,967
2003	1,220	457,000
2004	1,878	461,209
2005	1,721	468,960
2006	1,748	480,616
2007	1,584	529,162
2008	2,003	576,593
2009	1,991	559,314
2010	2,129	558,666
2011	1,814	543,950
2012	2,124	475,520
2013	2,336	419,341
2014	2,225	333,116
2015	2,107	253,977
2016	2,095	236,007
2017	1,968	237,214
2018	1,945	242,530
2019	1,922	293,762
2020	1,828	327,992
2021	2,240	350,560
2022	2,024	369,750
2023	1,933	402,713

Maternal mortality chart: Luxembourg vs Syria

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 20 deaths in Syria.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Luxembourg	Syria
1985	24	55
1986	24	52
1987	23	48
1988	24	44
1989	21	41
1990	24	37
1991	25	35
1992	26	33
1993	20	32
1994	20	32
1995	22	33
1996	23	34
1997	22	34
1998	18	34
1999	21	32
2000	18	31
2001	19	29
2002	17	26
2003	15	24
2004	17	22
2005	17	21
2006	16	20
2007	14	19
2008	13	20
2009	15	19
2010	17	19
2011	13	21
2012	13	22
2013	15	25
2014	13	25
2015	13	24
2016	13	23
2017	15	23
2018	9	21
2019	12	24
2020	6	23
2021	6	30
2022	6	21
2023	11	20

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.23% in Luxembourg and 2.06% in Syria. 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	Syria
1960	3.72%	16.9%
1961	3.54%	16.1%
1962	3.36%	15.3%
1963	3.2%	14.7%
1964	3.04%	14.1%
1965	2.89%	13.5%
1966	2.75%	12.9%
1967	2.61%	12.3%
1968	2.48%	11.7%
1969	2.36%	11.1%
1970	2.24%	10.5%
1971	2.11%	9.91%
1972	1.99%	9.4%
1973	1.88%	8.92%
1974	1.77%	8.47%
1975	1.67%	8.03%
1976	1.58%	7.61%
1977	1.51%	7.19%
1978	1.44%	6.79%
1979	1.39%	6.4%
1980	1.34%	6.03%
1981	1.29%	6.33%
1982	1.25%	7.06%
1983	1.21%	5.1%
1984	1.16%	4.84%
1985	1.12%	4.6%
1986	1.07%	4.39%
1987	1.02%	4.19%
1988	0.97%	4.02%
1989	0.93%	3.85%
1990	0.88%	3.7%
1991	0.83%	3.55%
1992	0.78%	3.4%
1993	0.73%	3.24%
1994	0.68%	3.09%
1995	0.64%	2.94%
1996	0.6%	2.8%
1997	0.56%	2.66%
1998	0.53%	2.53%
1999	0.5%	2.42%
2000	0.47%	2.32%
2001	0.44%	2.23%
2002	0.42%	2.15%
2003	0.39%	2.09%
2004	0.37%	2.03%
2005	0.35%	1.98%
2006	0.33%	1.95%
2007	0.31%	1.92%
2008	0.3%	1.9%
2009	0.29%	1.9%
2010	0.28%	1.9%
2011	0.27%	2.17%
2012	0.27%	3.39%
2013	0.26%	3.65%
2014	0.26%	3.53%
2015	0.26%	3.7%
2016	0.25%	3.22%
2017	0.25%	3.3%
2018	0.25%	3.26%
2019	0.25%	2.5%
2020	0.25%	2.24%
2021	0.24%	2.1%
2022	0.24%	2.11%
2023	0.23%	2.06%