Fertility & birth rates in Moldova and Uzbekistan

Fertility rate in Moldova vs Uzbekistan 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 3.5 in Uzbekistan 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	Uzbekistan
1960	3.32	6.61
1961	3.23	6.75
1962	3.04	6.88
1963	2.89	6.81
1964	2.71	6.82
1965	2.69	6.81
1966	2.65	6.66
1967	2.62	6.57
1968	2.59	6.39
1969	2.57	6.34
1970	2.57	6.31
1971	2.56	6.28
1972	2.56	6.25
1973	2.57	6.16
1974	2.56	6.05
1975	2.52	5.92
1976	2.47	5.75
1977	2.42	5.54
1978	2.39	5.28
1979	2.38	5.16
1980	2.38	5.04
1981	2.4	4.91
1982	2.45	4.82
1983	2.58	4.71
1984	2.67	4.73
1985	2.67	4.69
1986	2.74	4.68
1987	2.78	4.53
1988	2.63	4.26
1989	2.46	4.1
1990	2.39	4.12
1991	2.28	4.19
1992	2.22	4.06
1993	2.11	3.86
1994	1.99	3.66
1995	1.83	3.57
1996	1.71	3.39
1997	1.79	3.19
1998	1.65	2.99
1999	1.56	2.83
2000	1.5	2.7
2001	1.47	2.61
2002	1.45	2.58
2003	1.48	2.5
2004	1.54	2.5
2005	1.53	2.44
2006	1.54	2.46
2007	1.58	2.57
2008	1.64	2.64
2009	1.72	2.56
2010	1.7	2.44
2011	1.65	2.35
2012	1.66	2.34
2013	1.62	2.44
2014	1.82	2.55
2015	1.87	2.58
2016	1.89	2.56
2017	1.81	2.57
2018	1.81	2.71
2019	1.78	2.87
2020	1.77	3.06
2021	1.75	3.27
2022	1.69	3.4
2023	1.73	3.5
2024	1.73	3.49
2025	1.72	3.45
2026	1.72	3.4
2027	1.72	3.36
2028	1.72	3.31
2029	1.72	3.27
2030	1.72	3.22
2031	1.72	3.18
2032	1.72	3.13
2033	1.71	3.09
2034	1.71	3.05
2035	1.71	3.01
2036	1.71	2.98
2037	1.71	2.94
2038	1.71	2.91
2039	1.71	2.87
2040	1.71	2.84
2041	1.71	2.81
2042	1.71	2.78
2043	1.7	2.75
2044	1.7	2.72
2045	1.7	2.69
2046	1.7	2.66
2047	1.7	2.63
2048	1.7	2.6
2049	1.7	2.58
2050	1.7	2.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Moldova	Uzbekistan
1960	34.5%	39.8%
1961	34.9%	41.2%
1962	35.1%	42.4%
1963	35.1%	43.4%
1964	34.7%	44.2%
1965	34.2%	44.7%
1966	33.5%	44.8%
1967	32.8%	44.9%
1968	32.1%	44.8%
1969	31.3%	44.7%
1970	30.7%	44.6%
1971	30.1%	44.4%
1972	29.5%	44.3%
1973	28.9%	44%
1974	28.3%	43.7%
1975	27.7%	43.3%
1976	27.2%	42.8%
1977	26.8%	42.3%
1978	26.5%	41.7%
1979	26.7%	41.2%
1980	26.9%	40.8%
1981	26.9%	40.5%
1982	27%	40.3%
1983	27.1%	40.1%
1984	27.3%	40.1%
1985	27.5%	40.1%
1986	27.7%	40.1%
1987	27.8%	40.1%
1988	27.9%	40%
1989	27.8%	39.9%
1990	27.7%	39.9%
1991	27.6%	39.9%
1992	27.4%	39.8%
1993	27.2%	39.8%
1994	27%	39.7%
1995	26.7%	39.4%
1996	26.3%	39.2%
1997	25.8%	38.8%
1998	25.1%	38.2%
1999	24.4%	37.5%
2000	23.5%	36.7%
2001	22.5%	35.8%
2002	21.6%	34.9%
2003	20.7%	34%
2004	19.9%	33.1%
2005	19.3%	32.3%
2006	18.8%	31.4%
2007	18.4%	30.6%
2008	18%	29.9%
2009	17.7%	29.4%
2010	17.5%	28.9%
2011	17.4%	28.5%
2012	17.3%	28.2%
2013	17.4%	28.1%
2014	17.8%	28.1%
2015	18.2%	28.3%
2016	18.7%	28.5%
2017	19.1%	28.8%
2018	19.5%	29%
2019	19.8%	29.3%
2020	20%	29.7%
2021	20.1%	30.2%
2022	20.1%	30.6%
2023	20%	30.9%
2024	19.8%	31.1%
2025	19.5%	31.3%
2026	19.2%	31.5%
2027	18.9%	31.6%
2028	18.4%	31.6%
2029	17.9%	31.6%
2030	17.3%	31.4%
2031	16.8%	31.3%
2032	16.3%	31.1%
2033	15.9%	30.9%
2034	15.6%	30.6%
2035	15.4%	30.3%
2036	15.2%	29.8%
2037	15.1%	29.3%
2038	15.1%	28.8%
2039	15.1%	28.3%
2040	15.2%	28%
2041	15.3%	27.6%
2042	15.4%	27.4%
2043	15.6%	27.2%
2044	15.7%	27%
2045	15.9%	26.9%
2046	16.1%	26.8%
2047	16.3%	26.8%
2048	16.5%	26.7%
2049	16.6%	26.7%
2050	16.7%	26.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 19.8% of the population in Moldova and 31.1% in Uzbekistan in 2024, compared to 27.7% and 39.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Moldova and Uzbekistan compared.

Natural population change in Moldova vs Uzbekistan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.08% in Moldova and +1.87% in Uzbekistan. 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	Uzbekistan
1960	36,352	267,165
1961	35,180	279,841
1962	32,082	292,788
1963	29,382	293,432
1964	25,860	298,790
1965	24,916	302,264
1966	23,720	297,844
1967	22,654	298,350
1968	22,005	295,651
1969	21,768	302,833
1970	22,314	313,216
1971	23,359	323,171
1972	24,626	333,230
1973	25,967	341,807
1974	27,219	350,422
1975	27,677	357,382
1976	27,801	363,110
1977	27,707	369,572
1978	27,622	372,068
1979	28,322	387,754
1980	30,053	401,557
1981	31,360	413,897
1982	32,814	431,389
1983	36,076	454,464
1984	38,108	485,617
1985	38,060	508,893
1986	39,463	533,234
1987	40,122	537,292
1988	35,608	525,126
1989	29,638	522,323
1990	25,824	540,581
1991	21,127	557,886
1992	17,373	548,793
1993	13,886	527,557
1994	9,921	502,279
1995	5,534	493,966
1996	2,655	471,010
1997	4,669	441,631
1998	2,140	408,532
1999	642	385,448
2000	-324	365,138
2001	-718	356,483
2002	-1,249	359,231
2003	-322	355,098
2004	1,714	363,994
2005	2,005	363,462
2006	2,406	383,265
2007	3,490	426,880
2008	5,210	461,665
2009	7,492	471,839
2010	7,456	461,293
2011	5,948	454,858
2012	5,581	463,333
2013	3,537	501,742
2014	7,248	536,881
2015	6,049	552,781
2016	4,580	549,045
2017	1,402	548,372
2018	-961	585,119
2019	-3,416	618,154
2020	-7,067	643,750
2021	-13,444	689,325
2022	-6,385	715,410
2023	-7,007	722,280

Maternal mortality chart: Moldova vs Uzbekistan

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 26 deaths in Uzbekistan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Moldova	Uzbekistan
1985	62	72
1986	60	69
1987	56	63
1988	53	58
1989	52	53
1990	53	50
1991	53	47
1992	55	46
1993	55	47
1994	56	49
1995	54	46
1996	53	44
1997	52	42
1998	48	42
1999	43	43
2000	38	42
2001	35	42
2002	31	41
2003	29	40
2004	28	39
2005	26	39
2006	25	38
2007	24	37
2008	23	35
2009	22	34
2010	20	34
2011	19	33
2012	19	33
2013	19	32
2014	20	32
2015	20	31
2016	21	31
2017	20	30
2018	20	29
2019	21	29
2020	29	29
2021	24	28
2022	19	27
2023	19	26

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.47% in Moldova and 1.33% in Uzbekistan. 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	Uzbekistan
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%	12.5%
1980	4.93%	11.7%
1981	4.78%	10.9%
1982	4.61%	10.2%
1983	4.41%	9.5%
1984	4.2%	8.91%
1985	4%	8.4%
1986	3.8%	7.96%
1987	3.62%	7.59%
1988	3.48%	7.31%
1989	3.38%	7.13%
1990	3.35%	7.04%
1991	3.39%	7.01%
1992	3.48%	7.01%
1993	3.62%	6.99%
1994	3.75%	6.95%
1995	3.84%	6.91%
1996	3.85%	6.83%
1997	3.78%	6.72%
1998	3.62%	6.57%
1999	3.4%	6.38%
2000	3.13%	6.15%
2001	2.85%	5.88%
2002	2.58%	5.57%
2003	2.34%	5.25%
2004	2.16%	4.92%
2005	2.01%	4.57%
2006	1.91%	4.24%
2007	1.83%	3.9%
2008	1.77%	3.59%
2009	1.73%	3.29%
2010	1.69%	3.01%
2011	1.66%	2.75%
2012	1.63%	2.52%
2013	1.6%	2.32%
2014	1.58%	2.14%
2015	1.55%	1.98%
2016	1.53%	1.85%
2017	1.52%	1.73%
2018	1.51%	1.64%
2019	1.5%	1.56%
2020	1.49%	1.5%
2021	1.48%	1.44%
2022	1.48%	1.38%
2023	1.47%	1.33%