Fertility & birth rates in Moldova and Montenegro

Fertility rate in Moldova vs Montenegro chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Moldova was 1.73 children per woman in 2023, compared to 1.74 in Montenegro in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

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The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Moldova	Montenegro
1960	3.32	3.53
1961	3.23	3.49
1962	3.04	3.44
1963	2.89	3.38
1964	2.71	3.28
1965	2.69	3.19
1966	2.65	3.09
1967	2.62	2.91
1968	2.59	2.8
1969	2.57	2.79
1970	2.57	2.69
1971	2.56	2.67
1972	2.56	2.61
1973	2.57	2.51
1974	2.56	2.43
1975	2.52	2.38
1976	2.47	2.35
1977	2.42	2.31
1978	2.39	2.25
1979	2.38	2.2
1980	2.38	2.22
1981	2.4	2.19
1982	2.45	2.19
1983	2.58	2.17
1984	2.67	2.14
1985	2.67	2.13
1986	2.74	2.09
1987	2.78	2.07
1988	2.63	2.01
1989	2.46	1.94
1990	2.39	1.95
1991	2.28	2.02
1992	2.22	2.01
1993	2.11	1.96
1994	1.99	1.94
1995	1.83	1.96
1996	1.71	1.92
1997	1.79	1.89
1998	1.65	1.89
1999	1.56	1.88
2000	1.5	1.9
2001	1.47	1.86
2002	1.45	1.81
2003	1.48	1.8
2004	1.54	1.73
2005	1.53	1.69
2006	1.54	1.73
2007	1.58	1.8
2008	1.64	1.89
2009	1.72	1.98
2010	1.7	1.7
2011	1.65	1.65
2012	1.66	1.72
2013	1.62	1.73
2014	1.82	1.75
2015	1.87	1.7
2016	1.89	1.8
2017	1.81	1.8
2018	1.81	1.8
2019	1.78	1.8
2020	1.77	1.75
2021	1.75	1.75
2022	1.69	1.8
2023	1.73	1.74
2024	1.73	1.74
2025	1.72	1.73
2026	1.72	1.73
2027	1.72	1.73
2028	1.72	1.73
2029	1.72	1.72
2030	1.72	1.72
2031	1.72	1.72
2032	1.72	1.71
2033	1.71	1.71
2034	1.71	1.71
2035	1.71	1.7
2036	1.71	1.7
2037	1.71	1.7
2038	1.71	1.69
2039	1.71	1.69
2040	1.71	1.69
2041	1.71	1.69
2042	1.71	1.68
2043	1.7	1.68
2044	1.7	1.68
2045	1.7	1.68
2046	1.7	1.68
2047	1.7	1.67
2048	1.7	1.67
2049	1.7	1.67
2050	1.7	1.67

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Moldova	Montenegro
1960	34.5%	36.1%
1961	34.9%	36.3%
1962	35.1%	36.4%
1963	35.1%	36.2%
1964	34.7%	35.9%
1965	34.2%	35.5%
1966	33.5%	35.1%
1967	32.8%	34.5%
1968	32.1%	33.9%
1969	31.3%	33.3%
1970	30.7%	32.6%
1971	30.1%	32%
1972	29.5%	31.4%
1973	28.9%	30.9%
1974	28.3%	30.4%
1975	27.7%	29.9%
1976	27.2%	29.5%
1977	26.8%	29%
1978	26.5%	28.5%
1979	26.7%	28.1%
1980	26.9%	27.8%
1981	26.9%	27.5%
1982	27%	27.1%
1983	27.1%	26.9%
1984	27.3%	26.6%
1985	27.5%	26.4%
1986	27.7%	26.2%
1987	27.8%	26%
1988	27.9%	25.9%
1989	27.8%	25.7%
1990	27.7%	25.6%
1991	27.6%	25.4%
1992	27.4%	25.1%
1993	27.2%	24.7%
1994	27%	24.4%
1995	26.7%	24%
1996	26.3%	23.6%
1997	25.8%	23.2%
1998	25.1%	22.8%
1999	24.4%	22.4%
2000	23.5%	21.9%
2001	22.5%	21.5%
2002	21.6%	21.2%
2003	20.7%	20.9%
2004	19.9%	20.6%
2005	19.3%	20.4%
2006	18.8%	20.1%
2007	18.4%	19.9%
2008	18%	19.6%
2009	17.7%	19.4%
2010	17.5%	19.2%
2011	17.4%	19%
2012	17.3%	18.8%
2013	17.4%	18.7%
2014	17.8%	18.6%
2015	18.2%	18.6%
2016	18.7%	18.6%
2017	19.1%	18.5%
2018	19.5%	18.4%
2019	19.8%	18.4%
2020	20%	18.4%
2021	20.1%	18.5%
2022	20.1%	18.5%
2023	20%	18.3%
2024	19.8%	18.1%
2025	19.5%	17.9%
2026	19.2%	17.7%
2027	18.9%	17.5%
2028	18.4%	17.2%
2029	17.9%	17%
2030	17.3%	16.8%
2031	16.8%	16.6%
2032	16.3%	16.3%
2033	15.9%	16.2%
2034	15.6%	16%
2035	15.4%	15.8%
2036	15.2%	15.7%
2037	15.1%	15.5%
2038	15.1%	15.4%
2039	15.1%	15.3%
2040	15.2%	15.2%
2041	15.3%	15.1%
2042	15.4%	15.1%
2043	15.6%	15%
2044	15.7%	15%
2045	15.9%	15%
2046	16.1%	14.9%
2047	16.3%	14.9%
2048	16.5%	14.9%
2049	16.6%	14.9%
2050	16.7%	14.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 19.8% of the population in Moldova and 18.1% in Montenegro in 2024, compared to 27.7% and 25.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Moldova and Montenegro compared.

Natural population change in Moldova vs Montenegro by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.08% in Moldova and +0.07% in Montenegro. 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
	Moldova	Montenegro
1960	36,352	9,144
1961	35,180	9,278
1962	32,082	9,402
1963	29,382	9,449
1964	25,860	9,227
1965	24,916	9,010
1966	23,720	8,661
1967	22,654	7,961
1968	22,005	7,497
1969	21,768	7,449
1970	22,314	7,069
1971	23,359	7,168
1972	24,626	7,252
1973	25,967	7,096
1974	27,219	6,919
1975	27,677	6,878
1976	27,801	6,845
1977	27,707	6,650
1978	27,622	6,408
1979	28,322	6,139
1980	30,053	6,383
1981	31,360	6,275
1982	32,814	6,419
1983	36,076	6,482
1984	38,108	6,337
1985	38,060	6,283
1986	39,463	6,097
1987	40,122	5,958
1988	35,608	5,529
1989	29,638	5,129
1990	25,824	5,010
1991	21,127	5,191
1992	17,373	5,015
1993	13,886	4,638
1994	9,921	4,381
1995	5,534	4,527
1996	2,655	4,155
1997	4,669	3,597
1998	2,140	3,889
1999	642	3,454
2000	-324	3,751
2001	-718	3,462
2002	-1,249	2,988
2003	-322	2,632
2004	1,714	2,146
2005	2,005	1,536
2006	2,406	1,599
2007	3,490	1,848
2008	5,210	2,530
2009	7,492	2,783
2010	7,456	1,797
2011	5,948	1,365
2012	5,581	1,554
2013	3,537	1,557
2014	7,248	1,560
2015	6,049	1,062
2016	4,580	1,125
2017	1,402	939
2018	-961	752
2019	-3,416	627
2020	-7,067	-188
2021	-13,444	-2,062
2022	-6,385	0
2023	-7,007	686

Maternal mortality chart: Moldova vs Montenegro

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 19 deaths per 100,000 live births in Moldova, compared to 6 deaths in Montenegro.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Moldova	Montenegro
1985	62	11
1986	60	11
1987	56	10
1988	53	10
1989	52	10
1990	53	10
1991	53	11
1992	55	11
1993	55	11
1994	56	11
1995	54	11
1996	53	12
1997	52	12
1998	48	12
1999	43	12
2000	38	11
2001	35	11
2002	31	10
2003	29	10
2004	28	9
2005	26	8
2006	25	8
2007	24	8
2008	23	8
2009	22	8
2010	20	7
2011	19	7
2012	19	7
2013	19	7
2014	20	7
2015	20	7
2016	21	6
2017	20	7
2018	20	7
2019	21	6
2020	29	15
2021	24	15
2022	19	13
2023	19	6

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.47% in Moldova and 0.26% in Montenegro. 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
	Moldova	Montenegro
1971	6.39%	-
1972	6.2%	-
1973	6.03%	-
1974	5.86%	-
1975	5.68%	-
1976	5.53%	-
1977	5.38%	-
1978	5.23%	-
1979	5.08%	-
1980	4.93%	-
1981	4.78%	-
1982	4.61%	-
1983	4.41%	-
1984	4.2%	2.72%
1985	4%	2.48%
1986	3.8%	2.25%
1987	3.62%	2.05%
1988	3.48%	1.89%
1989	3.38%	1.75%
1990	3.35%	1.65%
1991	3.39%	1.58%
1992	3.48%	1.54%
1993	3.62%	1.52%
1994	3.75%	1.51%
1995	3.84%	1.51%
1996	3.85%	1.51%
1997	3.78%	1.51%
1998	3.62%	1.49%
1999	3.4%	1.46%
2000	3.13%	1.42%
2001	2.85%	1.37%
2002	2.58%	1.3%
2003	2.34%	1.22%
2004	2.16%	1.14%
2005	2.01%	1.06%
2006	1.91%	0.97%
2007	1.83%	0.89%
2008	1.77%	0.8%
2009	1.73%	0.73%
2010	1.69%	0.66%
2011	1.66%	0.59%
2012	1.63%	0.54%
2013	1.6%	0.49%
2014	1.58%	0.45%
2015	1.55%	0.41%
2016	1.53%	0.38%
2017	1.52%	0.36%
2018	1.51%	0.33%
2019	1.5%	0.32%
2020	1.49%	0.3%
2021	1.48%	0.28%
2022	1.48%	0.27%
2023	1.47%	0.26%