Fertility & birth rates in Luxembourg and United States

Fertility rate in Luxembourg vs United States 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 1.62 in the United States in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Luxembourg vs the United States 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	United States
1960	2.29	3.65
1961	-	3.62
1962	2.37	3.46
1963	-	3.32
1964	2.34	3.19
1965	2.42	2.91
1966	2.34	2.72
1967	2.24	2.56
1968	2.12	2.46
1969	2.02	2.46
1970	1.97	2.48
1971	1.95	2.27
1972	1.75	2.01
1973	1.58	1.88
1974	1.58	1.84
1975	1.55	1.77
1976	1.48	1.74
1977	1.5	1.79
1978	1.48	1.76
1979	1.48	1.81
1980	1.5	1.84
1981	1.55	1.81
1982	1.49	1.83
1983	1.43	1.8
1984	1.42	1.81
1985	1.38	1.84
1986	1.43	1.84
1987	1.4	1.87
1988	1.51	1.93
1989	1.52	2.01
1990	1.6	2.08
1991	1.6	2.06
1992	1.64	2.05
1993	1.7	2.02
1994	1.72	2
1995	1.7	1.98
1996	1.77	1.98
1997	1.71	1.97
1998	1.68	2
1999	1.74	2.01
2000	1.76	2.06
2001	1.66	2.03
2002	1.63	2.02
2003	1.62	2.05
2004	1.66	2.05
2005	1.63	2.06
2006	1.65	2.11
2007	1.61	2.12
2008	1.61	2.07
2009	1.59	2
2010	1.63	1.93
2011	1.52	1.89
2012	1.57	1.88
2013	1.55	1.86
2014	1.5	1.86
2015	1.47	1.84
2016	1.41	1.82
2017	1.39	1.77
2018	1.38	1.73
2019	1.34	1.71
2020	1.36	1.64
2021	1.38	1.66
2022	1.31	1.66
2023	1.25	1.62
2024	1.25	1.62
2025	1.26	1.62
2026	1.26	1.62
2027	1.27	1.62
2028	1.27	1.62
2029	1.28	1.62
2030	1.28	1.62
2031	1.29	1.62
2032	1.29	1.62
2033	1.29	1.63
2034	1.29	1.62
2035	1.3	1.63
2036	1.3	1.63
2037	1.3	1.63
2038	1.3	1.63
2039	1.3	1.63
2040	1.31	1.63
2041	1.31	1.63
2042	1.31	1.63
2043	1.31	1.63
2044	1.32	1.63
2045	1.32	1.64
2046	1.32	1.64
2047	1.32	1.63
2048	1.32	1.64
2049	1.33	1.63
2050	1.33	1.64

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Luxembourg	United States
1960	21.2%	31.3%
1961	21.5%	31.4%
1962	21.7%	31.3%
1963	21.9%	31.1%
1964	22.1%	30.9%
1965	22.3%	30.7%
1966	22.5%	30.4%
1967	22.6%	30%
1968	22.5%	29.5%
1969	22.4%	29%
1970	22.2%	28.6%
1971	22%	28%
1972	21.6%	27.4%
1973	21.2%	26.6%
1974	20.9%	25.9%
1975	20.5%	25.2%
1976	20.2%	24.4%
1977	19.9%	23.8%
1978	19.5%	23.2%
1979	19.2%	22.8%
1980	18.8%	22.4%
1981	18.4%	22.1%
1982	18.1%	22%
1983	17.8%	21.8%
1984	17.5%	21.7%
1985	17.2%	21.5%
1986	17%	21.3%
1987	16.9%	21.3%
1988	17%	21.3%
1989	17.2%	21.5%
1990	17.4%	21.6%
1991	17.6%	21.7%
1992	17.8%	21.8%
1993	18%	21.9%
1994	18.3%	21.9%
1995	18.4%	21.8%
1996	18.6%	21.7%
1997	18.7%	21.5%
1998	18.8%	21.4%
1999	18.9%	21.3%
2000	18.9%	21.2%
2001	18.9%	21%
2002	18.9%	20.9%
2003	18.8%	20.7%
2004	18.7%	20.5%
2005	18.5%	20.3%
2006	18.4%	20.2%
2007	18.2%	20%
2008	18%	19.9%
2009	17.8%	19.8%
2010	17.7%	19.7%
2011	17.4%	19.6%
2012	17.1%	19.5%
2013	16.9%	19.4%
2014	16.7%	19.3%
2015	16.6%	19.2%
2016	16.4%	19.1%
2017	16.2%	18.9%
2018	16.1%	18.8%
2019	16%	18.6%
2020	16%	18.4%
2021	15.9%	18.1%
2022	15.9%	17.9%
2023	15.8%	17.6%
2024	15.8%	17.3%
2025	15.7%	17.1%
2026	15.7%	16.9%
2027	15.7%	16.7%
2028	15.6%	16.6%
2029	15.5%	16.4%
2030	15.4%	16.3%
2031	15.3%	16.1%
2032	15.2%	16%
2033	15.1%	16%
2034	15%	15.9%
2035	14.9%	15.9%
2036	14.7%	15.9%
2037	14.6%	15.9%
2038	14.5%	15.9%
2039	14.3%	15.9%
2040	14.2%	15.9%
2041	14%	16%
2042	13.9%	16%
2043	13.8%	16%
2044	13.7%	16%
2045	13.6%	16%
2046	13.5%	16%
2047	13.5%	16%
2048	13.5%	16%
2049	13.5%	15.9%
2050	13.5%	15.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15.8% of the population in Luxembourg and 17.3% in the United States in 2024, compared to 17.4% and 21.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Luxembourg and the United States compared.

Natural population change in Luxembourg vs United States by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.33% in Luxembourg and +0.25% in the United States. 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	United States
1960	1,319	2,565,530
1961	1,489	2,571,681
1962	1,091	2,406,337
1963	1,199	2,289,826
1964	1,377	2,245,099
1965	1,260	1,943,030
1966	1,168	1,749,387
1967	837	1,669,181
1968	604	1,565,507
1969	303	1,702,487
1970	272	1,824,965
1971	69	1,640,519
1972	-35	1,301,355
1973	-421	1,165,499
1974	-390	1,218,968
1975	-395	1,252,644
1976	-578	1,264,604
1977	-36	1,431,556
1978	-145	1,402,283
1979	72	1,597,894
1980	37	1,608,450
1981	329	1,652,153
1982	183	1,714,317
1983	37	1,636,544
1984	146	1,627,192
1985	74	1,689,258
1986	331	1,656,917
1987	222	1,720,252
1988	747	1,735,943
1989	679	1,875,826
1990	1,145	2,026,068
1991	1,239	1,926,543
1992	1,098	1,875,328
1993	1,470	1,717,685
1994	1,652	1,633,302
1995	1,634	1,546,031
1996	1,781	1,510,137
1997	1,552	1,501,014
1998	1,486	1,573,857
1999	1,808	1,564,050
2000	1,963	1,664,758
2001	1,766	1,595,826
2002	1,607	1,581,938
2003	1,220	1,653,615
2004	1,878	1,698,271
2005	1,721	1,684,445
2006	1,748	1,849,955
2007	1,584	1,897,757
2008	2,003	1,794,154
2009	1,991	1,717,920
2010	2,129	1,548,182
2011	1,814	1,441,697
2012	2,124	1,411,822
2013	2,336	1,322,711
2014	2,225	1,357,281
2015	2,107	1,270,126
2016	2,095	1,197,627
2017	1,968	1,028,037
2018	1,945	955,022
2019	1,922	887,476
2020	1,828	208,862
2021	2,240	199,137
2022	2,024	399,926
2023	1,933	502,372

Maternal mortality chart: Luxembourg vs United States

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 17 deaths in the United States.

Table

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

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.23% in Luxembourg and 0.65% in the United States. 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	United States
1960	3.72%	3.01%
1961	3.54%	2.95%
1962	3.36%	2.89%
1963	3.2%	2.83%
1964	3.04%	2.77%
1965	2.89%	2.71%
1966	2.75%	2.64%
1967	2.61%	2.57%
1968	2.48%	2.49%
1969	2.36%	2.41%
1970	2.24%	2.32%
1971	2.11%	2.24%
1972	1.99%	2.15%
1973	1.88%	2.06%
1974	1.77%	1.97%
1975	1.67%	1.88%
1976	1.58%	1.79%
1977	1.51%	1.71%
1978	1.44%	1.63%
1979	1.39%	1.56%
1980	1.34%	1.5%
1981	1.29%	1.44%
1982	1.25%	1.39%
1983	1.21%	1.34%
1984	1.16%	1.3%
1985	1.12%	1.27%
1986	1.07%	1.24%
1987	1.02%	1.21%
1988	0.97%	1.19%
1989	0.93%	1.16%
1990	0.88%	1.12%
1991	0.83%	1.09%
1992	0.78%	1.05%
1993	0.73%	1.01%
1994	0.68%	0.98%
1995	0.64%	0.95%
1996	0.6%	0.92%
1997	0.56%	0.89%
1998	0.53%	0.87%
1999	0.5%	0.86%
2000	0.47%	0.84%
2001	0.44%	0.83%
2002	0.42%	0.82%
2003	0.39%	0.81%
2004	0.37%	0.81%
2005	0.35%	0.8%
2006	0.33%	0.79%
2007	0.31%	0.77%
2008	0.3%	0.76%
2009	0.29%	0.75%
2010	0.28%	0.73%
2011	0.27%	0.72%
2012	0.27%	0.7%
2013	0.26%	0.69%
2014	0.26%	0.68%
2015	0.26%	0.68%
2016	0.25%	0.67%
2017	0.25%	0.66%
2018	0.25%	0.65%
2019	0.25%	0.65%
2020	0.25%	0.65%
2021	0.24%	0.65%
2022	0.24%	0.65%
2023	0.23%	0.65%