Fertility & birth rates in Montenegro and Russia

Fertility rate in Montenegro vs Russia chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Montenegro was 1.74 children per woman in 2023, compared to 1.41 in Russia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Montenegro vs Russia population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Montenegro	Russia
1960	3.53	2.52
1961	3.49	2.45
1962	3.44	2.36
1963	3.38	2.27
1964	3.28	2.18
1965	3.19	2.13
1966	3.09	2.1
1967	2.91	2.04
1968	2.8	1.99
1969	2.79	1.97
1970	2.69	1.99
1971	2.67	2.03
1972	2.61	2.04
1973	2.51	2.01
1974	2.43	2
1975	2.38	1.98
1976	2.35	1.97
1977	2.31	1.95
1978	2.25	1.92
1979	2.2	1.9
1980	2.22	1.89
1981	2.19	1.91
1982	2.19	2.04
1983	2.17	2.11
1984	2.14	2.06
1985	2.13	2.05
1986	2.09	2.15
1987	2.07	2.22
1988	2.01	2.12
1989	1.94	2.01
1990	1.95	1.89
1991	2.02	1.73
1992	2.01	1.55
1993	1.96	1.39
1994	1.94	1.4
1995	1.96	1.34
1996	1.92	1.27
1997	1.89	1.22
1998	1.89	1.23
1999	1.88	1.16
2000	1.9	1.2
2001	1.86	1.22
2002	1.81	1.29
2003	1.8	1.32
2004	1.73	1.34
2005	1.69	1.29
2006	1.73	1.31
2007	1.8	1.42
2008	1.89	1.5
2009	1.98	1.54
2010	1.7	1.57
2011	1.65	1.58
2012	1.72	1.69
2013	1.73	1.71
2014	1.75	1.75
2015	1.7	1.78
2016	1.8	1.76
2017	1.8	1.62
2018	1.8	1.58
2019	1.8	1.5
2020	1.75	1.51
2021	1.75	1.51
2022	1.8	1.42
2023	1.74	1.41
2024	1.74	1.42
2025	1.73	1.43
2026	1.73	1.43
2027	1.73	1.43
2028	1.73	1.44
2029	1.72	1.44
2030	1.72	1.45
2031	1.72	1.45
2032	1.71	1.45
2033	1.71	1.46
2034	1.71	1.46
2035	1.7	1.46
2036	1.7	1.47
2037	1.7	1.47
2038	1.69	1.47
2039	1.69	1.47
2040	1.69	1.48
2041	1.69	1.48
2042	1.68	1.48
2043	1.68	1.48
2044	1.68	1.49
2045	1.68	1.49
2046	1.68	1.49
2047	1.67	1.49
2048	1.67	1.5
2049	1.67	1.5
2050	1.67	1.5

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Montenegro	Russia
1960	36.1%	30.5%
1961	36.3%	30.9%
1962	36.4%	30.8%
1963	36.2%	30.6%
1964	35.9%	30.2%
1965	35.5%	29.5%
1966	35.1%	28.9%
1967	34.5%	28.3%
1968	33.9%	27.6%
1969	33.3%	26.9%
1970	32.6%	26.1%
1971	32%	25.4%
1972	31.4%	24.8%
1973	30.9%	24.2%
1974	30.4%	23.6%
1975	29.9%	23%
1976	29.5%	22.5%
1977	29%	22.1%
1978	28.5%	21.8%
1979	28.1%	21.7%
1980	27.8%	21.7%
1981	27.5%	21.7%
1982	27.1%	21.9%
1983	26.9%	22.1%
1984	26.6%	22.4%
1985	26.4%	22.6%
1986	26.2%	22.8%
1987	26%	22.9%
1988	25.9%	23%
1989	25.7%	23%
1990	25.6%	22.9%
1991	25.4%	22.7%
1992	25.1%	22.4%
1993	24.7%	22%
1994	24.4%	21.6%
1995	24%	21.2%
1996	23.6%	20.7%
1997	23.2%	20.2%
1998	22.8%	19.5%
1999	22.4%	18.8%
2000	21.9%	18%
2001	21.5%	17.3%
2002	21.2%	16.6%
2003	20.9%	16%
2004	20.6%	15.6%
2005	20.4%	15.2%
2006	20.1%	14.9%
2007	19.9%	14.8%
2008	19.6%	14.9%
2009	19.4%	15%
2010	19.2%	15.2%
2011	19%	15.4%
2012	18.8%	15.7%
2013	18.7%	16.1%
2014	18.6%	16.5%
2015	18.6%	16.9%
2016	18.6%	17.2%
2017	18.5%	17.5%
2018	18.4%	17.6%
2019	18.4%	17.6%
2020	18.4%	17.7%
2021	18.5%	17.7%
2022	18.5%	17.7%
2023	18.3%	17.5%
2024	18.1%	17.3%
2025	17.9%	17%
2026	17.7%	16.7%
2027	17.5%	16.3%
2028	17.2%	15.9%
2029	17%	15.5%
2030	16.8%	15%
2031	16.6%	14.6%
2032	16.3%	14.2%
2033	16.2%	14%
2034	16%	13.8%
2035	15.8%	13.7%
2036	15.7%	13.6%
2037	15.5%	13.6%
2038	15.4%	13.6%
2039	15.3%	13.7%
2040	15.2%	13.9%
2041	15.1%	14%
2042	15.1%	14.2%
2043	15%	14.4%
2044	15%	14.6%
2045	15%	14.8%
2046	14.9%	15%
2047	14.9%	15.2%
2048	14.9%	15.4%
2049	14.9%	15.5%
2050	14.8%	15.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 18.1% of the population in Montenegro and 17.3% in Russia in 2024, compared to 25.6% and 22.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Montenegro and Russia compared.

Natural population change in Montenegro vs Russia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.07% in Montenegro and -0.24% in Russia. 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
	Montenegro	Russia
1960	9,144	1,962,834
1961	9,278	1,810,538
1962	9,402	1,573,701
1963	9,449	1,436,077
1964	9,227	1,233,520
1965	9,010	1,059,335
1966	8,661	989,279
1967	7,961	854,554
1968	7,497	787,621
1969	7,449	753,088
1970	7,069	785,554
1971	7,168	854,999
1972	7,252	872,050
1973	7,096	846,561
1974	6,919	883,186
1975	6,878	843,850
1976	6,845	852,237
1977	6,650	832,932
1978	6,408	812,766
1979	6,139	690,135
1980	6,383	681,149
1981	6,275	713,700
1982	6,419	830,855
1983	6,482	906,676
1984	6,337	756,548
1985	6,283	762,447
1986	6,097	985,279
1987	5,958	977,583
1988	5,529	778,343
1989	5,129	576,112
1990	5,010	325,533
1991	5,191	103,876
1992	5,015	-222,808
1993	4,638	-757,140
1994	4,381	-920,129
1995	4,527	-845,742
1996	4,155	-785,248
1997	3,597	-769,159
1998	3,889	-694,053
1999	3,454	-927,453
2000	3,751	-967,540
2001	3,462	-963,445
2002	2,988	-944,492
2003	2,632	-896,822
2004	2,146	-792,370
2005	1,536	-846,761
2006	1,599	-686,638
2007	1,848	-471,257
2008	2,530	-356,856
2009	2,783	-257,014
2010	1,797	-242,844
2011	1,365	-128,716
2012	1,554	0
2013	1,557	28,761
2014	1,560	28,848
2015	1,062	43,392
2016	1,125	0
2017	939	-130,764
2018	752	-232,637
2019	627	-319,997
2020	-188	-697,177
2021	-2,062	-1,027,702
2022	0	-576,948
2023	686	-503,392

Maternal mortality chart: Montenegro vs Russia

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 6 deaths per 100,000 live births in Montenegro, compared to 9 deaths in Russia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Montenegro	Russia
1985	11	81
1986	11	69
1987	10	65
1988	10	63
1989	10	61
1990	10	58
1991	11	57
1992	11	62
1993	11	76
1994	11	85
1995	11	82
1996	12	69
1997	12	59
1998	12	53
1999	12	53
2000	11	51
2001	11	48
2002	10	47
2003	10	45
2004	9	41
2005	8	38
2006	8	32
2007	8	29
2008	8	27
2009	8	24
2010	7	23
2011	7	19
2012	7	18
2013	7	16
2014	7	16
2015	7	15
2016	6	14
2017	7	12
2018	7	12
2019	6	12
2020	15	19
2021	15	21
2022	13	13
2023	6	9

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.26% in Montenegro and 0.45% in Russia. 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
	Montenegro	Russia
1960	-	4.55%
1961	-	4.26%
1962	-	3.99%
1963	-	3.76%
1964	-	3.55%
1965	-	3.38%
1966	-	3.23%
1967	-	3.11%
1968	-	3.02%
1969	-	2.94%
1970	-	2.88%
1971	-	2.84%
1972	-	2.81%
1973	-	2.78%
1974	-	2.77%
1975	-	2.76%
1976	-	2.76%
1977	-	2.76%
1978	-	2.76%
1979	-	2.75%
1980	-	2.73%
1981	-	2.7%
1982	-	2.66%
1983	-	2.62%
1984	2.72%	2.56%
1985	2.48%	2.5%
1986	2.25%	2.42%
1987	2.05%	2.34%
1988	1.89%	2.26%
1989	1.75%	2.2%
1990	1.65%	2.17%
1991	1.58%	2.16%
1992	1.54%	2.17%
1993	1.52%	2.19%
1994	1.51%	2.2%
1995	1.51%	2.2%
1996	1.51%	2.17%
1997	1.51%	2.13%
1998	1.49%	2.08%
1999	1.46%	2.02%
2000	1.42%	1.94%
2001	1.37%	1.84%
2002	1.3%	1.73%
2003	1.22%	1.61%
2004	1.14%	1.5%
2005	1.06%	1.39%
2006	0.97%	1.29%
2007	0.89%	1.2%
2008	0.8%	1.13%
2009	0.73%	1.07%
2010	0.66%	1.04%
2011	0.59%	1.02%
2012	0.54%	0.99%
2013	0.49%	0.95%
2014	0.45%	0.89%
2015	0.41%	0.82%
2016	0.38%	0.75%
2017	0.36%	0.69%
2018	0.33%	0.63%
2019	0.32%	0.58%
2020	0.3%	0.54%
2021	0.28%	0.51%
2022	0.27%	0.47%
2023	0.26%	0.45%