Fertility & birth rates in Mongolia and Turkey

Fertility rate in Mongolia vs Turkey chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Mongolia was 2.7 children per woman in 2023, compared to 1.51 in Turkey in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Mongolia vs Turkey population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Mongolia	Turkey
1960	6.82	6.38
1961	6.96	6.42
1962	7.1	6.38
1963	7.24	6.34
1964	7.33	6.29
1965	7.38	6.22
1966	7.41	6.15
1967	7.39	6.06
1968	7.37	5.96
1969	7.34	5.87
1970	7.31	5.78
1971	7.3	5.67
1972	7.28	5.55
1973	7.24	5.41
1974	7.17	5.24
1975	7.07	5.09
1976	6.93	4.93
1977	6.79	4.78
1978	6.62	4.69
1979	6.42	4.58
1980	6.21	4.45
1981	5.98	4.35
1982	5.8	4.21
1983	5.63	4.06
1984	5.45	3.91
1985	5.26	3.78
1986	5.03	3.66
1987	4.83	3.54
1988	4.65	3.45
1989	4.42	3.34
1990	4.5	3.11
1991	4	3
1992	3.5	2.94
1993	2.5	2.92
1994	2.7	2.87
1995	2.77	2.84
1996	2.5	2.78
1997	2.4	2.74
1998	2.3	2.71
1999	2.3	2.63
2000	2.2	2.49
2001	2.2	2.39
2002	2.1	2.27
2003	2	2.2
2004	2	2.2
2005	2	2.2
2006	2.1	2.19
2007	2.3	2.16
2008	2.6	2.15
2009	2.8	2.1
2010	2.4	2.08
2011	2.6	2.05
2012	2.7	2.11
2013	3	2.11
2014	3.1	2.19
2015	3	2.16
2016	3	2.11
2017	2.8	2.08
2018	2.9	2
2019	3	1.89
2020	2.9	1.77
2021	2.8	1.71
2022	2.7	1.63
2023	2.7	1.51
2024	2.65	1.51
2025	2.6	1.5
2026	2.55	1.5
2027	2.51	1.5
2028	2.47	1.5
2029	2.44	1.5
2030	2.4	1.5
2031	2.37	1.5
2032	2.34	1.5
2033	2.31	1.5
2034	2.29	1.5
2035	2.26	1.5
2036	2.23	1.5
2037	2.21	1.5
2038	2.19	1.5
2039	2.17	1.5
2040	2.15	1.5
2041	2.13	1.5
2042	2.11	1.5
2043	2.09	1.5
2044	2.08	1.5
2045	2.06	1.5
2046	2.05	1.5
2047	2.04	1.5
2048	2.02	1.5
2049	2.01	1.5
2050	2	1.5

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Mongolia	Turkey
1960	38.1%	42%
1961	38.8%	42.2%
1962	39.6%	42.4%
1963	40.4%	42.5%
1964	41.4%	42.7%
1965	42.4%	42.8%
1966	43.3%	42.8%
1967	44.2%	42.9%
1968	44.9%	42.9%
1969	45.4%	42.8%
1970	45.6%	42.7%
1971	45.8%	42.5%
1972	45.8%	42.3%
1973	45.8%	42.1%
1974	45.6%	41.8%
1975	45.4%	41.5%
1976	45.2%	41.1%
1977	44.8%	40.7%
1978	44.5%	40.4%
1979	44.1%	40.1%
1980	43.7%	39.8%
1981	43.3%	39.6%
1982	43%	39.3%
1983	42.7%	38.9%
1984	42.5%	38.5%
1985	42.3%	38.1%
1986	42.1%	37.6%
1987	42%	37.2%
1988	41.8%	36.7%
1989	41.7%	36.3%
1990	41.4%	35.8%
1991	41%	35.3%
1992	40.5%	34.8%
1993	40%	34.3%
1994	39.5%	33.8%
1995	39%	33.2%
1996	38.4%	32.6%
1997	37.8%	32%
1998	37%	31.4%
1999	36.2%	30.8%
2000	35.2%	30.2%
2001	34.1%	29.7%
2002	32.9%	29.2%
2003	31.8%	28.7%
2004	30.8%	28.3%
2005	29.9%	27.9%
2006	29.1%	27.5%
2007	28.5%	27.1%
2008	28.1%	26.7%
2009	27.9%	26.3%
2010	27.9%	25.9%
2011	28%	25.5%
2012	28.1%	25.1%
2013	28.5%	24.7%
2014	28.9%	24.3%
2015	29.5%	23.9%
2016	30.2%	23.6%
2017	30.9%	23.3%
2018	31.6%	23.1%
2019	32.3%	23%
2020	32.8%	22.8%
2021	32.9%	22.5%
2022	32.9%	22.2%
2023	32.6%	21.8%
2024	32.2%	21.4%
2025	31.6%	21%
2026	30.9%	20.6%
2027	30.1%	20.1%
2028	29.2%	19.6%
2029	28.2%	19.2%
2030	27.3%	18.7%
2031	26.3%	18.2%
2032	25.6%	17.8%
2033	24.9%	17.4%
2034	24.3%	17.1%
2035	23.8%	16.8%
2036	23.4%	16.5%
2037	23.1%	16.3%
2038	23%	16.2%
2039	22.9%	16.1%
2040	22.8%	16%
2041	22.9%	15.8%
2042	22.9%	15.7%
2043	23%	15.6%
2044	23.1%	15.5%
2045	23.2%	15.4%
2046	23.3%	15.3%
2047	23.4%	15.2%
2048	23.4%	15.1%
2049	23.4%	15%
2050	23.3%	14.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 32.2% of the population in Mongolia and 21.4% in Turkey in 2024, compared to 41.4% and 35.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Mongolia and Turkey compared.

Natural population change in Mongolia vs Turkey by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.81% in Mongolia and +0.91% in Turkey. 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
	Mongolia	Turkey
1960	20,726	773,009
1961	21,873	816,911
1962	22,960	837,473
1963	24,142	862,626
1964	25,317	884,152
1965	26,364	904,016
1966	27,338	925,790
1967	28,178	936,727
1968	29,017	950,778
1969	29,781	970,958
1970	30,558	991,950
1971	31,536	1,014,165
1972	32,727	1,023,781
1973	33,993	1,025,675
1974	35,297	1,020,053
1975	36,490	1,012,904
1976	37,670	1,009,999
1977	38,995	1,023,779
1978	40,276	1,054,863
1979	41,568	1,076,707
1980	42,343	1,090,538
1981	43,588	1,100,082
1982	45,179	1,091,863
1983	46,919	1,095,106
1984	48,562	1,096,529
1985	49,944	1,098,846
1986	50,329	1,102,660
1987	51,140	1,099,042
1988	51,588	1,101,266
1989	51,420	1,094,036
1990	49,443	1,044,467
1991	47,884	1,041,229
1992	42,437	1,039,125
1993	36,924	1,064,168
1994	34,711	1,078,208
1995	34,473	1,090,630
1996	33,741	1,091,827
1997	32,403	1,099,738
1998	31,757	1,103,242
1999	32,283	1,063,312
2000	32,753	1,020,515
2001	32,052	980,560
2002	30,439	922,927
2003	28,827	893,683
2004	28,418	896,025
2005	29,290	898,650
2006	33,609	897,351
2007	39,636	876,626
2008	45,843	868,749
2009	48,876	900,491
2010	44,914	892,334
2011	50,711	875,839
2012	55,942	917,145
2013	62,618	921,386
2014	66,078	957,055
2015	64,473	930,799
2016	62,086	895,841
2017	57,940	875,408
2018	60,635	830,353
2019	61,433	751,472
2020	60,888	608,708
2021	52,109	521,713
2022	47,730	535,373
2023	46,995	426,630

Maternal mortality chart: Mongolia vs Turkey

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 41 deaths per 100,000 live births in Mongolia, compared to 15 deaths in Turkey.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Mongolia	Turkey
1985	352	56
1986	346	53
1987	341	50
1988	335	47
1989	311	44
1990	276	42
1991	227	41
1992	199	40
1993	181	39
1994	178	38
1995	176	37
1996	178	36
1997	180	35
1998	174	34
1999	162	34
2000	144	32
2001	130	31
2002	120	30
2003	114	29
2004	108	28
2005	99	27
2006	90	26
2007	81	25
2008	77	24
2009	75	23
2010	71	23
2011	67	23
2012	63	21
2013	59	20
2014	56	20
2015	52	19
2016	48	19
2017	45	18
2018	45	17
2019	45	17
2020	47	19
2021	63	20
2022	41	21
2023	41	15

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.36% in Mongolia and 1.28% in Turkey. 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
	Mongolia	Turkey
1960	-	25.8%
1961	-	25%
1962	-	24.1%
1963	-	23.3%
1964	-	22.5%
1965	-	21.7%
1966	-	21%
1967	-	20.4%
1968	-	19.7%
1969	-	19.2%
1970	-	18.6%
1971	-	18%
1972	-	17.5%
1973	-	16.9%
1974	-	16.3%
1975	-	15.7%
1976	-	15.1%
1977	-	14.5%
1978	17.3%	13.9%
1979	16.7%	13.3%
1980	16.1%	12.7%
1981	15.5%	12.1%
1982	15%	11.5%
1983	14.4%	10.9%
1984	13.9%	10.3%
1985	13.4%	9.79%
1986	12.8%	9.27%
1987	12.2%	8.77%
1988	11.7%	8.29%
1989	11.1%	7.83%
1990	10.7%	7.38%
1991	10.2%	6.95%
1992	9.78%	6.52%
1993	9.39%	6.11%
1994	9%	5.73%
1995	8.6%	5.35%
1996	8.19%	5%
1997	7.74%	4.66%
1998	7.27%	4.33%
1999	6.78%	4.03%
2000	6.29%	3.74%
2001	5.8%	3.47%
2002	5.32%	3.22%
2003	4.87%	2.99%
2004	4.45%	2.77%
2005	4.07%	2.57%
2006	3.71%	2.38%
2007	3.39%	2.21%
2008	3.11%	2.06%
2009	2.85%	1.92%
2010	2.63%	1.79%
2011	2.44%	1.68%
2012	2.28%	1.58%
2013	2.15%	1.49%
2014	2.04%	1.4%
2015	1.94%	1.33%
2016	1.84%	1.26%
2017	1.74%	1.2%
2018	1.64%	1.15%
2019	1.56%	1.1%
2020	1.48%	1.05%
2021	1.43%	1.01%
2022	1.39%	0.96%
2023	1.36%	1.28%