Fertility & birth rates in Moldova and United States

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

Check Moldova 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
	Moldova	United States
1960	3.32	3.65
1961	3.23	3.62
1962	3.04	3.46
1963	2.89	3.32
1964	2.71	3.19
1965	2.69	2.91
1966	2.65	2.72
1967	2.62	2.56
1968	2.59	2.46
1969	2.57	2.46
1970	2.57	2.48
1971	2.56	2.27
1972	2.56	2.01
1973	2.57	1.88
1974	2.56	1.84
1975	2.52	1.77
1976	2.47	1.74
1977	2.42	1.79
1978	2.39	1.76
1979	2.38	1.81
1980	2.38	1.84
1981	2.4	1.81
1982	2.45	1.83
1983	2.58	1.8
1984	2.67	1.81
1985	2.67	1.84
1986	2.74	1.84
1987	2.78	1.87
1988	2.63	1.93
1989	2.46	2.01
1990	2.39	2.08
1991	2.28	2.06
1992	2.22	2.05
1993	2.11	2.02
1994	1.99	2
1995	1.83	1.98
1996	1.71	1.98
1997	1.79	1.97
1998	1.65	2
1999	1.56	2.01
2000	1.5	2.06
2001	1.47	2.03
2002	1.45	2.02
2003	1.48	2.05
2004	1.54	2.05
2005	1.53	2.06
2006	1.54	2.11
2007	1.58	2.12
2008	1.64	2.07
2009	1.72	2
2010	1.7	1.93
2011	1.65	1.89
2012	1.66	1.88
2013	1.62	1.86
2014	1.82	1.86
2015	1.87	1.84
2016	1.89	1.82
2017	1.81	1.77
2018	1.81	1.73
2019	1.78	1.71
2020	1.77	1.64
2021	1.75	1.66
2022	1.69	1.66
2023	1.73	1.62
2024	1.73	1.62
2025	1.72	1.62
2026	1.72	1.62
2027	1.72	1.62
2028	1.72	1.62
2029	1.72	1.62
2030	1.72	1.62
2031	1.72	1.62
2032	1.72	1.62
2033	1.71	1.63
2034	1.71	1.62
2035	1.71	1.63
2036	1.71	1.63
2037	1.71	1.63
2038	1.71	1.63
2039	1.71	1.63
2040	1.71	1.63
2041	1.71	1.63
2042	1.71	1.63
2043	1.7	1.63
2044	1.7	1.63
2045	1.7	1.64
2046	1.7	1.64
2047	1.7	1.63
2048	1.7	1.64
2049	1.7	1.63
2050	1.7	1.64

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Moldova	United States
1960	34.5%	31.3%
1961	34.9%	31.4%
1962	35.1%	31.3%
1963	35.1%	31.1%
1964	34.7%	30.9%
1965	34.2%	30.7%
1966	33.5%	30.4%
1967	32.8%	30%
1968	32.1%	29.5%
1969	31.3%	29%
1970	30.7%	28.6%
1971	30.1%	28%
1972	29.5%	27.4%
1973	28.9%	26.6%
1974	28.3%	25.9%
1975	27.7%	25.2%
1976	27.2%	24.4%
1977	26.8%	23.8%
1978	26.5%	23.2%
1979	26.7%	22.8%
1980	26.9%	22.4%
1981	26.9%	22.1%
1982	27%	22%
1983	27.1%	21.8%
1984	27.3%	21.7%
1985	27.5%	21.5%
1986	27.7%	21.3%
1987	27.8%	21.3%
1988	27.9%	21.3%
1989	27.8%	21.5%
1990	27.7%	21.6%
1991	27.6%	21.7%
1992	27.4%	21.8%
1993	27.2%	21.9%
1994	27%	21.9%
1995	26.7%	21.8%
1996	26.3%	21.7%
1997	25.8%	21.5%
1998	25.1%	21.4%
1999	24.4%	21.3%
2000	23.5%	21.2%
2001	22.5%	21%
2002	21.6%	20.9%
2003	20.7%	20.7%
2004	19.9%	20.5%
2005	19.3%	20.3%
2006	18.8%	20.2%
2007	18.4%	20%
2008	18%	19.9%
2009	17.7%	19.8%
2010	17.5%	19.7%
2011	17.4%	19.6%
2012	17.3%	19.5%
2013	17.4%	19.4%
2014	17.8%	19.3%
2015	18.2%	19.2%
2016	18.7%	19.1%
2017	19.1%	18.9%
2018	19.5%	18.8%
2019	19.8%	18.6%
2020	20%	18.4%
2021	20.1%	18.1%
2022	20.1%	17.9%
2023	20%	17.6%
2024	19.8%	17.3%
2025	19.5%	17.1%
2026	19.2%	16.9%
2027	18.9%	16.7%
2028	18.4%	16.6%
2029	17.9%	16.4%
2030	17.3%	16.3%
2031	16.8%	16.1%
2032	16.3%	16%
2033	15.9%	16%
2034	15.6%	15.9%
2035	15.4%	15.9%
2036	15.2%	15.9%
2037	15.1%	15.9%
2038	15.1%	15.9%
2039	15.1%	15.9%
2040	15.2%	15.9%
2041	15.3%	16%
2042	15.4%	16%
2043	15.6%	16%
2044	15.7%	16%
2045	15.9%	16%
2046	16.1%	16%
2047	16.3%	16%
2048	16.5%	16%
2049	16.6%	15.9%
2050	16.7%	15.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 19.8% of the population in Moldova and 17.3% in the United States in 2024, compared to 27.7% and 21.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Moldova and the United States compared.

Natural population change in Moldova vs United States by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.08% in Moldova 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
	Moldova	United States
1960	36,352	2,565,530
1961	35,180	2,571,681
1962	32,082	2,406,337
1963	29,382	2,289,826
1964	25,860	2,245,099
1965	24,916	1,943,030
1966	23,720	1,749,387
1967	22,654	1,669,181
1968	22,005	1,565,507
1969	21,768	1,702,487
1970	22,314	1,824,965
1971	23,359	1,640,519
1972	24,626	1,301,355
1973	25,967	1,165,499
1974	27,219	1,218,968
1975	27,677	1,252,644
1976	27,801	1,264,604
1977	27,707	1,431,556
1978	27,622	1,402,283
1979	28,322	1,597,894
1980	30,053	1,608,450
1981	31,360	1,652,153
1982	32,814	1,714,317
1983	36,076	1,636,544
1984	38,108	1,627,192
1985	38,060	1,689,258
1986	39,463	1,656,917
1987	40,122	1,720,252
1988	35,608	1,735,943
1989	29,638	1,875,826
1990	25,824	2,026,068
1991	21,127	1,926,543
1992	17,373	1,875,328
1993	13,886	1,717,685
1994	9,921	1,633,302
1995	5,534	1,546,031
1996	2,655	1,510,137
1997	4,669	1,501,014
1998	2,140	1,573,857
1999	642	1,564,050
2000	-324	1,664,758
2001	-718	1,595,826
2002	-1,249	1,581,938
2003	-322	1,653,615
2004	1,714	1,698,271
2005	2,005	1,684,445
2006	2,406	1,849,955
2007	3,490	1,897,757
2008	5,210	1,794,154
2009	7,492	1,717,920
2010	7,456	1,548,182
2011	5,948	1,441,697
2012	5,581	1,411,822
2013	3,537	1,322,711
2014	7,248	1,357,281
2015	6,049	1,270,126
2016	4,580	1,197,627
2017	1,402	1,028,037
2018	-961	955,022
2019	-3,416	887,476
2020	-7,067	208,862
2021	-13,444	199,137
2022	-6,385	399,926
2023	-7,007	502,372

Maternal mortality chart: Moldova vs United States

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 17 deaths in the United States.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Moldova	United States
1985	62	11
1986	60	11
1987	56	11
1988	53	12
1989	52	12
1990	53	12
1991	53	12
1992	55	11
1993	55	12
1994	56	11
1995	54	12
1996	53	11
1997	52	11
1998	48	11
1999	43	12
2000	38	12
2001	35	13
2002	31	13
2003	29	13
2004	28	13
2005	26	13
2006	25	13
2007	24	13
2008	23	14
2009	22	15
2010	20	15
2011	19	15
2012	19	16
2013	19	16
2014	20	17
2015	20	17
2016	21	18
2017	20	18
2018	20	18
2019	21	18
2020	29	22
2021	24	31
2022	19	20
2023	19	17

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.47% in Moldova 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
	Moldova	United States
1960	-	3.01%
1961	-	2.95%
1962	-	2.89%
1963	-	2.83%
1964	-	2.77%
1965	-	2.71%
1966	-	2.64%
1967	-	2.57%
1968	-	2.49%
1969	-	2.41%
1970	-	2.32%
1971	6.39%	2.24%
1972	6.2%	2.15%
1973	6.03%	2.06%
1974	5.86%	1.97%
1975	5.68%	1.88%
1976	5.53%	1.79%
1977	5.38%	1.71%
1978	5.23%	1.63%
1979	5.08%	1.56%
1980	4.93%	1.5%
1981	4.78%	1.44%
1982	4.61%	1.39%
1983	4.41%	1.34%
1984	4.2%	1.3%
1985	4%	1.27%
1986	3.8%	1.24%
1987	3.62%	1.21%
1988	3.48%	1.19%
1989	3.38%	1.16%
1990	3.35%	1.12%
1991	3.39%	1.09%
1992	3.48%	1.05%
1993	3.62%	1.01%
1994	3.75%	0.98%
1995	3.84%	0.95%
1996	3.85%	0.92%
1997	3.78%	0.89%
1998	3.62%	0.87%
1999	3.4%	0.86%
2000	3.13%	0.84%
2001	2.85%	0.83%
2002	2.58%	0.82%
2003	2.34%	0.81%
2004	2.16%	0.81%
2005	2.01%	0.8%
2006	1.91%	0.79%
2007	1.83%	0.77%
2008	1.77%	0.76%
2009	1.73%	0.75%
2010	1.69%	0.73%
2011	1.66%	0.72%
2012	1.63%	0.7%
2013	1.6%	0.69%
2014	1.58%	0.68%
2015	1.55%	0.68%
2016	1.53%	0.67%
2017	1.52%	0.66%
2018	1.51%	0.65%
2019	1.5%	0.65%
2020	1.49%	0.65%
2021	1.48%	0.65%
2022	1.48%	0.65%
2023	1.47%	0.65%