Fertility & birth rates in Moldova and United Kingdom

Fertility rate in Moldova vs United Kingdom 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 1.56 in the United Kingdom in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Moldova vs the United Kingdom population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Moldova	United Kingdom
1960	3.32	2.69
1961	3.23	2.78
1962	3.04	2.86
1963	2.89	2.88
1964	2.71	2.93
1965	2.69	2.86
1966	2.65	2.78
1967	2.62	2.68
1968	2.59	2.6
1969	2.57	2.51
1970	2.57	2.44
1971	2.56	2.41
1972	2.56	2.2
1973	2.57	2.04
1974	2.56	1.92
1975	2.52	1.81
1976	2.47	1.74
1977	2.42	1.69
1978	2.39	1.75
1979	2.38	1.86
1980	2.38	1.9
1981	2.4	1.82
1982	2.45	1.78
1983	2.58	1.77
1984	2.67	1.77
1985	2.67	1.79
1986	2.74	1.78
1987	2.78	1.81
1988	2.63	1.82
1989	2.46	1.79
1990	2.39	1.83
1991	2.28	1.82
1992	2.22	1.79
1993	2.11	1.76
1994	1.99	1.74
1995	1.83	1.71
1996	1.71	1.73
1997	1.79	1.72
1998	1.65	1.71
1999	1.56	1.68
2000	1.5	1.64
2001	1.47	1.63
2002	1.45	1.63
2003	1.48	1.7
2004	1.54	1.75
2005	1.53	1.76
2006	1.54	1.82
2007	1.58	1.86
2008	1.64	1.91
2009	1.72	1.89
2010	1.7	1.92
2011	1.65	1.91
2012	1.66	1.92
2013	1.62	1.83
2014	1.82	1.81
2015	1.87	1.8
2016	1.89	1.79
2017	1.81	1.74
2018	1.81	1.68
2019	1.78	1.63
2020	1.77	1.57
2021	1.75	1.58
2022	1.69	1.56
2023	1.73	1.56
2024	1.73	1.55
2025	1.72	1.54
2026	1.72	1.53
2027	1.72	1.53
2028	1.72	1.53
2029	1.72	1.52
2030	1.72	1.52
2031	1.72	1.52
2032	1.72	1.53
2033	1.71	1.53
2034	1.71	1.53
2035	1.71	1.53
2036	1.71	1.53
2037	1.71	1.53
2038	1.71	1.53
2039	1.71	1.53
2040	1.71	1.53
2041	1.71	1.54
2042	1.71	1.54
2043	1.7	1.54
2044	1.7	1.54
2045	1.7	1.54
2046	1.7	1.54
2047	1.7	1.54
2048	1.7	1.54
2049	1.7	1.55
2050	1.7	1.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Moldova	United Kingdom
1960	34.5%	23.3%
1961	34.9%	23.3%
1962	35.1%	23.2%
1963	35.1%	23.2%
1964	34.7%	23.3%
1965	34.2%	23.4%
1966	33.5%	23.5%
1967	32.8%	23.7%
1968	32.1%	23.9%
1969	31.3%	24%
1970	30.7%	24.1%
1971	30.1%	24.1%
1972	29.5%	24%
1973	28.9%	23.9%
1974	28.3%	23.6%
1975	27.7%	23.3%
1976	27.2%	22.9%
1977	26.8%	22.4%
1978	26.5%	21.9%
1979	26.7%	21.4%
1980	26.9%	21%
1981	26.9%	20.6%
1982	27%	20.2%
1983	27.1%	19.8%
1984	27.3%	19.5%
1985	27.5%	19.3%
1986	27.7%	19.1%
1987	27.8%	18.9%
1988	27.9%	18.9%
1989	27.8%	19.1%
1990	27.7%	19.1%
1991	27.6%	19.3%
1992	27.4%	19.4%
1993	27.2%	19.5%
1994	27%	19.6%
1995	26.7%	19.5%
1996	26.3%	19.4%
1997	25.8%	19.3%
1998	25.1%	19.3%
1999	24.4%	19.2%
2000	23.5%	18.9%
2001	22.5%	18.7%
2002	21.6%	18.5%
2003	20.7%	18.4%
2004	19.9%	18.3%
2005	19.3%	18.2%
2006	18.8%	18%
2007	18.4%	17.9%
2008	18%	17.8%
2009	17.7%	17.8%
2010	17.5%	17.8%
2011	17.4%	17.7%
2012	17.3%	17.8%
2013	17.4%	17.8%
2014	17.8%	17.8%
2015	18.2%	17.9%
2016	18.7%	18%
2017	19.1%	18%
2018	19.5%	18.1%
2019	19.8%	18%
2020	20%	18%
2021	20.1%	17.8%
2022	20.1%	17.6%
2023	20%	17.4%
2024	19.8%	17.2%
2025	19.5%	17%
2026	19.2%	16.7%
2027	18.9%	16.5%
2028	18.4%	16.2%
2029	17.9%	16%
2030	17.3%	15.7%
2031	16.8%	15.5%
2032	16.3%	15.3%
2033	15.9%	15.2%
2034	15.6%	15.1%
2035	15.4%	15%
2036	15.2%	14.9%
2037	15.1%	14.9%
2038	15.1%	14.8%
2039	15.1%	14.8%
2040	15.2%	14.8%
2041	15.3%	14.8%
2042	15.4%	14.8%
2043	15.6%	14.9%
2044	15.7%	14.9%
2045	15.9%	14.9%
2046	16.1%	15%
2047	16.3%	15%
2048	16.5%	15%
2049	16.6%	15%
2050	16.7%	15.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 19.8% of the population in Moldova and 17.2% in the United Kingdom in 2024, compared to 27.7% and 19.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Moldova and the United Kingdom compared.

Natural population change in Moldova vs United Kingdom by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.08% in Moldova and +0.16% in the United Kingdom. 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	United Kingdom
1960	36,352	314,400
1961	35,180	311,519
1962	32,082	340,800
1963	29,382	337,995
1964	25,860	405,000
1965	24,916	364,132
1966	23,720	333,356
1967	22,654	346,145
1968	22,005	292,622
1969	21,768	260,577
1970	22,314	244,918
1971	23,359	257,123
1972	24,626	162,650
1973	25,967	112,389
1974	27,219	67,476
1975	27,677	33,735
1976	27,801	-5,621
1977	27,707	0
1978	27,622	16,859
1979	28,322	61,872
1980	30,053	95,734
1981	31,360	73,234
1982	32,814	56,314
1983	36,076	61,966
1984	38,108	84,633
1985	38,060	79,170
1986	39,463	90,690
1987	40,122	136,325
1988	35,608	136,628
1989	29,638	119,861
1990	25,824	154,569
1991	21,127	143,562
1992	17,373	149,709
1993	13,886	103,893
1994	9,921	127,304
1995	5,534	87,028
1996	2,655	98,884
1997	4,669	99,138
1998	2,140	87,730
1999	642	64,551
2000	-324	70,671
2001	-718	65,032
2002	-1,249	65,308
2003	-322	89,471
2004	1,714	131,974
2005	2,005	144,963
2006	2,406	176,455
2007	3,490	196,232
2008	5,210	216,325
2009	7,492	230,422
2010	7,456	251,066
2011	5,948	259,361
2012	5,581	248,473
2013	3,537	198,830
2014	7,248	206,784
2015	6,049	175,738
2016	4,580	177,139
2017	1,402	145,125
2018	-961	119,321
2019	-3,416	108,342
2020	-7,067	-4,272
2021	-13,444	30,612
2022	-6,385	39,751
2023	-7,007	34,589

Maternal mortality chart: Moldova vs United Kingdom

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 8 deaths in the United Kingdom.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Moldova	United Kingdom
1985	62	2
1986	60	2
1987	56	3
1988	53	4
1989	52	5
1990	53	6
1991	53	7
1992	55	7
1993	55	8
1994	56	9
1995	54	9
1996	53	8
1997	52	9
1998	48	10
1999	43	11
2000	38	12
2001	35	13
2002	31	13
2003	29	14
2004	28	13
2005	26	12
2006	25	12
2007	24	11
2008	23	11
2009	22	11
2010	20	10
2011	19	10
2012	19	9
2013	19	9
2014	20	9
2015	20	9
2016	21	9
2017	20	9
2018	20	9
2019	21	9
2020	29	14
2021	24	13
2022	19	15
2023	19	8

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.47% in Moldova and 0.45% in the United Kingdom. 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	United Kingdom
1960	-	2.66%
1961	-	2.61%
1962	-	2.56%
1963	-	2.49%
1964	-	2.42%
1965	-	2.34%
1966	-	2.28%
1967	-	2.22%
1968	-	2.18%
1969	-	2.14%
1970	-	2.1%
1971	6.39%	2.06%
1972	6.2%	2%
1973	6.03%	1.94%
1974	5.86%	1.87%
1975	5.68%	1.8%
1976	5.53%	1.72%
1977	5.38%	1.64%
1978	5.23%	1.57%
1979	5.08%	1.49%
1980	4.93%	1.41%
1981	4.78%	1.34%
1982	4.61%	1.27%
1983	4.41%	1.22%
1984	4.2%	1.17%
1985	4%	1.14%
1986	3.8%	1.11%
1987	3.62%	1.08%
1988	3.48%	1.04%
1989	3.38%	0.99%
1990	3.35%	0.93%
1991	3.39%	0.87%
1992	3.48%	0.82%
1993	3.62%	0.77%
1994	3.75%	0.74%
1995	3.84%	0.72%
1996	3.85%	0.7%
1997	3.78%	0.69%
1998	3.62%	0.68%
1999	3.4%	0.67%
2000	3.13%	0.65%
2001	2.85%	0.64%
2002	2.58%	0.63%
2003	2.34%	0.63%
2004	2.16%	0.61%
2005	2.01%	0.6%
2006	1.91%	0.59%
2007	1.83%	0.58%
2008	1.77%	0.56%
2009	1.73%	0.54%
2010	1.69%	0.52%
2011	1.66%	0.5%
2012	1.63%	0.48%
2013	1.6%	0.46%
2014	1.58%	0.45%
2015	1.55%	0.45%
2016	1.53%	0.44%
2017	1.52%	0.44%
2018	1.51%	0.44%
2019	1.5%	0.44%
2020	1.49%	0.44%
2021	1.48%	0.44%
2022	1.48%	0.45%
2023	1.47%	0.45%