Fertility & birth rates in Luxembourg and Ukraine

Fertility rate in Luxembourg vs Ukraine 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 0.98 in Ukraine in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Luxembourg vs Ukraine 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	Ukraine
1960	2.29	2.29
1961	-	2.2
1962	2.37	2.15
1963	-	2.11
1964	2.34	2.01
1965	2.42	1.94
1966	2.34	2.04
1967	2.24	2.04
1968	2.12	2.03
1969	2.02	2.01
1970	1.97	2.08
1971	1.95	2.11
1972	1.75	2.13
1973	1.58	2.04
1974	1.58	2.06
1975	1.55	2.05
1976	1.48	2.04
1977	1.5	1.98
1978	1.48	1.97
1979	1.48	1.96
1980	1.5	1.95
1981	1.55	1.92
1982	1.49	1.95
1983	1.43	2.1
1984	1.42	2.08
1985	1.38	2.03
1986	1.43	2.12
1987	1.4	2.07
1988	1.51	2.04
1989	1.52	1.93
1990	1.6	1.85
1991	1.6	1.77
1992	1.64	1.67
1993	1.7	1.56
1994	1.72	1.47
1995	1.7	1.4
1996	1.77	1.33
1997	1.71	1.27
1998	1.68	1.21
1999	1.74	1.13
2000	1.76	1.11
2001	1.66	1.09
2002	1.63	1.13
2003	1.62	1.17
2004	1.66	1.22
2005	1.63	1.22
2006	1.65	1.3
2007	1.61	1.34
2008	1.61	1.44
2009	1.59	1.47
2010	1.63	1.44
2011	1.52	1.46
2012	1.57	1.53
2013	1.55	1.52
2014	1.5	1.47
2015	1.47	1.39
2016	1.41	1.39
2017	1.39	1.3
2018	1.38	1.23
2019	1.34	1.22
2020	1.36	1.21
2021	1.38	1.15
2022	1.31	0.9
2023	1.25	0.98
2024	1.25	0.99
2025	1.26	1
2026	1.26	1
2027	1.27	1.01
2028	1.27	1.02
2029	1.28	1.02
2030	1.28	1.03
2031	1.29	1.04
2032	1.29	1.04
2033	1.29	1.05
2034	1.29	1.05
2035	1.3	1.06
2036	1.3	1.06
2037	1.3	1.07
2038	1.3	1.07
2039	1.3	1.08
2040	1.31	1.09
2041	1.31	1.09
2042	1.31	1.1
2043	1.31	1.1
2044	1.32	1.11
2045	1.32	1.11
2046	1.32	1.12
2047	1.32	1.13
2048	1.32	1.13
2049	1.33	1.14
2050	1.33	1.14

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Luxembourg	Ukraine
1960	21.2%	26.7%
1961	21.5%	27%
1962	21.7%	27.1%
1963	21.9%	27.1%
1964	22.1%	26.8%
1965	22.3%	26.4%
1966	22.5%	26.1%
1967	22.6%	25.8%
1968	22.5%	25.5%
1969	22.4%	25.1%
1970	22.2%	24.8%
1971	22%	24.4%
1972	21.6%	24%
1973	21.2%	23.6%
1974	20.9%	23.2%
1975	20.5%	22.8%
1976	20.2%	22.4%
1977	19.9%	22.1%
1978	19.5%	21.7%
1979	19.2%	21.5%
1980	18.8%	21.4%
1981	18.4%	21.4%
1982	18.1%	21.4%
1983	17.8%	21.5%
1984	17.5%	21.6%
1985	17.2%	21.7%
1986	17%	21.7%
1987	16.9%	21.7%
1988	17%	21.7%
1989	17.2%	21.7%
1990	17.4%	21.6%
1991	17.6%	21.5%
1992	17.8%	21.4%
1993	18%	21.2%
1994	18.3%	21%
1995	18.4%	20.6%
1996	18.6%	20.2%
1997	18.7%	19.7%
1998	18.8%	19.2%
1999	18.9%	18.5%
2000	18.9%	17.9%
2001	18.9%	17.1%
2002	18.9%	16.3%
2003	18.8%	15.7%
2004	18.7%	15.1%
2005	18.5%	14.7%
2006	18.4%	14.3%
2007	18.2%	14.1%
2008	18%	14%
2009	17.8%	14%
2010	17.7%	14.1%
2011	17.4%	14.2%
2012	17.1%	14.4%
2013	16.9%	14.6%
2014	16.7%	14.9%
2015	16.6%	15.1%
2016	16.4%	15.3%
2017	16.2%	15.4%
2018	16.1%	15.4%
2019	16%	15.4%
2020	16%	15.3%
2021	15.9%	15.1%
2022	15.9%	14.8%
2023	15.8%	14.3%
2024	15.8%	13.9%
2025	15.7%	13.7%
2026	15.7%	13.4%
2027	15.7%	12.9%
2028	15.6%	12.4%
2029	15.5%	12%
2030	15.4%	11.6%
2031	15.3%	11.2%
2032	15.2%	10.9%
2033	15.1%	10.6%
2034	15%	10.4%
2035	14.9%	10.2%
2036	14.7%	10%
2037	14.6%	9.95%
2038	14.5%	9.95%
2039	14.3%	9.92%
2040	14.2%	9.9%
2041	14%	9.92%
2042	13.9%	9.97%
2043	13.8%	10%
2044	13.7%	10.1%
2045	13.6%	10.1%
2046	13.5%	10.2%
2047	13.5%	10.2%
2048	13.5%	10.2%
2049	13.5%	10.2%
2050	13.5%	10.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15.8% of the population in Luxembourg and 13.9% in Ukraine in 2024, compared to 17.4% and 21.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Luxembourg and Ukraine compared.

Natural population change in Luxembourg vs Ukraine by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.33% in Luxembourg and -0.56% in Ukraine. 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	Ukraine
1960	1,319	538,812
1961	1,489	508,602
1962	1,091	481,887
1963	1,199	449,648
1964	1,377	391,120
1965	1,260	334,365
1966	1,168	337,794
1967	837	313,899
1968	604	295,162
1969	303	274,858
1970	272	291,839
1971	69	305,849
1972	-35	309,785
1973	-421	274,938
1974	-390	273,486
1975	-395	256,787
1976	-578	247,323
1977	-36	216,932
1978	-145	206,554
1979	72	197,294
1980	37	197,223
1981	329	182,839
1982	183	194,101
1983	37	241,741
1984	146	222,430
1985	74	201,011
1986	331	225,751
1987	222	198,850
1988	747	162,002
1989	679	106,431
1990	1,145	48,463
1991	1,239	-16,486
1992	1,098	-95,857
1993	1,470	-169,405
1994	1,652	-238,820
1995	1,634	-281,629
1996	1,781	-305,154
1997	1,552	-306,549
1998	1,486	-318,299
1999	1,808	-348,286
2000	1,963	-364,143
2001	1,766	-374,734
2002	1,607	-364,544
2003	1,220	-351,299
2004	1,878	-344,157
2005	1,721	-337,857
2006	1,748	-300,787
2007	1,584	-282,659
2008	2,003	-229,086
2009	1,991	-197,918
2010	2,129	-180,388
2011	1,814	-158,372
2012	2,124	-130,451
2013	2,336	-129,662
2014	2,225	-140,216
2015	2,107	-147,107
2016	2,095	-135,710
2017	1,968	-158,390
2018	1,945	-227,491
2019	1,922	-236,296
2020	1,828	-307,533
2021	2,240	-449,941
2022	2,024	-349,284
2023	1,933	-283,185

Maternal mortality chart: Luxembourg vs Ukraine

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 Ukraine.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Luxembourg	Ukraine
1985	24	53
1986	24	50
1987	23	46
1988	24	44
1989	21	42
1990	24	40
1991	25	40
1992	26	40
1993	20	42
1994	20	45
1995	22	46
1996	23	45
1997	22	41
1998	18	37
1999	21	34
2000	18	32
2001	19	30
2002	17	28
2003	15	28
2004	17	27
2005	17	27
2006	16	27
2007	14	27
2008	13	26
2009	15	24
2010	17	21
2011	13	20
2012	13	20
2013	15	20
2014	13	19
2015	13	17
2016	13	17
2017	15	16
2018	9	16
2019	12	16
2020	6	18
2021	6	26
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 0.81% in Ukraine. 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	Ukraine
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%	3.23%
1972	1.99%	3.13%
1973	1.88%	3.04%
1974	1.77%	2.96%
1975	1.67%	2.89%
1976	1.58%	2.84%
1977	1.51%	2.78%
1978	1.44%	2.74%
1979	1.39%	2.69%
1980	1.34%	2.62%
1981	1.29%	2.55%
1982	1.25%	2.47%
1983	1.21%	2.39%
1984	1.16%	2.29%
1985	1.12%	2.21%
1986	1.07%	2.13%
1987	1.02%	2.05%
1988	0.97%	1.99%
1989	0.93%	1.95%
1990	0.88%	1.92%
1991	0.83%	1.92%
1992	0.78%	1.94%
1993	0.73%	1.97%
1994	0.68%	2%
1995	0.64%	2.02%
1996	0.6%	2.03%
1997	0.56%	2.01%
1998	0.53%	1.97%
1999	0.5%	1.9%
2000	0.47%	1.83%
2001	0.44%	1.75%
2002	0.42%	1.66%
2003	0.39%	1.58%
2004	0.37%	1.51%
2005	0.35%	1.45%
2006	0.33%	1.4%
2007	0.31%	1.34%
2008	0.3%	1.29%
2009	0.29%	1.23%
2010	0.28%	1.17%
2011	0.27%	1.12%
2012	0.27%	1.07%
2013	0.26%	1.02%
2014	0.26%	0.98%
2015	0.26%	0.94%
2016	0.25%	0.91%
2017	0.25%	0.89%
2018	0.25%	0.87%
2019	0.25%	0.85%
2020	0.25%	0.84%
2021	0.24%	0.82%
2022	0.24%	0.85%
2023	0.23%	0.81%