Fertility & birth rates in Montenegro and Syria

Fertility rate in Montenegro vs Syria 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 2.71 in Syria in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Montenegro vs Syria 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	Syria
1960	3.53	7.51
1961	3.49	7.5
1962	3.44	7.51
1963	3.38	7.51
1964	3.28	7.53
1965	3.19	7.53
1966	3.09	7.55
1967	2.91	7.56
1968	2.8	7.57
1969	2.79	7.59
1970	2.69	7.62
1971	2.67	7.6
1972	2.61	7.57
1973	2.51	7.55
1974	2.43	7.52
1975	2.38	7.49
1976	2.35	7.45
1977	2.31	7.42
1978	2.25	7.35
1979	2.2	7.25
1980	2.22	7.12
1981	2.19	6.97
1982	2.19	6.81
1983	2.17	6.69
1984	2.14	6.59
1985	2.13	6.48
1986	2.09	6.37
1987	2.07	6.2
1988	2.01	6
1989	1.94	5.78
1990	1.95	5.56
1991	2.02	5.34
1992	2.01	5.14
1993	1.96	4.99
1994	1.94	4.86
1995	1.96	4.7
1996	1.92	4.54
1997	1.89	4.37
1998	1.89	4.25
1999	1.88	4.14
2000	1.9	4.07
2001	1.86	3.98
2002	1.81	3.87
2003	1.8	3.76
2004	1.73	3.68
2005	1.69	3.61
2006	1.73	3.56
2007	1.8	3.54
2008	1.89	3.48
2009	1.98	3.42
2010	1.7	3.36
2011	1.65	3.29
2012	1.72	3.22
2013	1.73	3.17
2014	1.75	3.12
2015	1.7	3.07
2016	1.8	3.01
2017	1.8	2.97
2018	1.8	2.93
2019	1.8	2.88
2020	1.75	2.84
2021	1.75	2.8
2022	1.8	2.75
2023	1.74	2.71
2024	1.74	2.7
2025	1.73	2.66
2026	1.73	2.62
2027	1.73	2.58
2028	1.73	2.54
2029	1.72	2.51
2030	1.72	2.48
2031	1.72	2.45
2032	1.71	2.42
2033	1.71	2.39
2034	1.71	2.36
2035	1.7	2.33
2036	1.7	2.31
2037	1.7	2.29
2038	1.69	2.26
2039	1.69	2.24
2040	1.69	2.22
2041	1.69	2.2
2042	1.68	2.18
2043	1.68	2.16
2044	1.68	2.14
2045	1.68	2.13
2046	1.68	2.11
2047	1.67	2.1
2048	1.67	2.08
2049	1.67	2.07
2050	1.67	2.05

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Montenegro	Syria
1960	36.1%	45.3%
1961	36.3%	45.7%
1962	36.4%	46.1%
1963	36.2%	46.3%
1964	35.9%	46.6%
1965	35.5%	46.9%
1966	35.1%	47.3%
1967	34.5%	47.5%
1968	33.9%	47.8%
1969	33.3%	48%
1970	32.6%	48.2%
1971	32%	48.3%
1972	31.4%	48.4%
1973	30.9%	48.5%
1974	30.4%	48.5%
1975	29.9%	48.6%
1976	29.5%	48.6%
1977	29%	48.7%
1978	28.5%	48.7%
1979	28.1%	48.7%
1980	27.8%	48.7%
1981	27.5%	48.7%
1982	27.1%	48.5%
1983	26.9%	48.4%
1984	26.6%	48.2%
1985	26.4%	48%
1986	26.2%	47.7%
1987	26%	47.5%
1988	25.9%	47.2%
1989	25.7%	46.9%
1990	25.6%	46.6%
1991	25.4%	46.1%
1992	25.1%	45.7%
1993	24.7%	45.2%
1994	24.4%	44.7%
1995	24%	44.2%
1996	23.6%	43.8%
1997	23.2%	43.3%
1998	22.8%	42.9%
1999	22.4%	42.4%
2000	21.9%	41.9%
2001	21.5%	41.3%
2002	21.2%	40.8%
2003	20.9%	40.2%
2004	20.6%	39.6%
2005	20.4%	39.1%
2006	20.1%	38.1%
2007	19.9%	36.7%
2008	19.6%	36.3%
2009	19.4%	36.3%
2010	19.2%	36.1%
2011	19%	36.1%
2012	18.8%	36.5%
2013	18.7%	38%
2014	18.6%	39.8%
2015	18.6%	40.6%
2016	18.6%	40.2%
2017	18.5%	39.3%
2018	18.4%	37.9%
2019	18.4%	36.1%
2020	18.4%	34.6%
2021	18.5%	33.4%
2022	18.5%	31.9%
2023	18.3%	30.3%
2024	18.1%	29.2%
2025	17.9%	28.4%
2026	17.7%	27.9%
2027	17.5%	27.5%
2028	17.2%	27.3%
2029	17%	27.3%
2030	16.8%	27.6%
2031	16.6%	27.9%
2032	16.3%	28.3%
2033	16.2%	28.6%
2034	16%	28.8%
2035	15.8%	29%
2036	15.7%	29%
2037	15.5%	28.9%
2038	15.4%	28.7%
2039	15.3%	28.4%
2040	15.2%	28%
2041	15.1%	27.5%
2042	15.1%	27%
2043	15%	26.4%
2044	15%	25.8%
2045	15%	25.1%
2046	14.9%	24.5%
2047	14.9%	23.9%
2048	14.9%	23.3%
2049	14.9%	22.8%
2050	14.8%	22.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 18.1% of the population in Montenegro and 29.2% in Syria in 2024, compared to 25.6% and 46.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Montenegro and Syria compared.

Natural population change in Montenegro vs Syria by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.07% in Montenegro and +1.46% in Syria. 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	Syria
1960	9,144	143,687
1961	9,278	151,485
1962	9,402	159,155
1963	9,449	166,555
1964	9,227	174,549
1965	9,010	182,560
1966	8,661	191,122
1967	7,961	199,223
1968	7,497	209,454
1969	7,449	219,114
1970	7,069	230,117
1971	7,168	239,610
1972	7,252	249,027
1973	7,096	254,687
1974	6,919	270,735
1975	6,878	282,299
1976	6,845	294,267
1977	6,650	306,630
1978	6,408	316,724
1979	6,139	324,943
1980	6,383	332,464
1981	6,275	330,237
1982	6,419	319,664
1983	6,482	355,375
1984	6,337	366,768
1985	6,283	379,231
1986	6,097	390,821
1987	5,958	399,159
1988	5,529	404,285
1989	5,129	406,111
1990	5,010	409,177
1991	5,191	410,830
1992	5,015	412,878
1993	4,638	420,244
1994	4,381	426,996
1995	4,527	430,172
1996	4,155	430,765
1997	3,597	429,887
1998	3,889	433,447
1999	3,454	439,261
2000	3,751	446,211
2001	3,462	451,503
2002	2,988	453,967
2003	2,632	457,000
2004	2,146	461,209
2005	1,536	468,960
2006	1,599	480,616
2007	1,848	529,162
2008	2,530	576,593
2009	2,783	559,314
2010	1,797	558,666
2011	1,365	543,950
2012	1,554	475,520
2013	1,557	419,341
2014	1,560	333,116
2015	1,062	253,977
2016	1,125	236,007
2017	939	237,214
2018	752	242,530
2019	627	293,762
2020	-188	327,992
2021	-2,062	350,560
2022	0	369,750
2023	686	402,713

Maternal mortality chart: Montenegro vs Syria

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 20 deaths in Syria.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Montenegro	Syria
1985	11	55
1986	11	52
1987	10	48
1988	10	44
1989	10	41
1990	10	37
1991	11	35
1992	11	33
1993	11	32
1994	11	32
1995	11	33
1996	12	34
1997	12	34
1998	12	34
1999	12	32
2000	11	31
2001	11	29
2002	10	26
2003	10	24
2004	9	22
2005	8	21
2006	8	20
2007	8	19
2008	8	20
2009	8	19
2010	7	19
2011	7	21
2012	7	22
2013	7	25
2014	7	25
2015	7	24
2016	6	23
2017	7	23
2018	7	21
2019	6	24
2020	15	23
2021	15	30
2022	13	21
2023	6	20

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.26% in Montenegro and 2.06% in Syria. 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	Syria
1960	-	16.9%
1961	-	16.1%
1962	-	15.3%
1963	-	14.7%
1964	-	14.1%
1965	-	13.5%
1966	-	12.9%
1967	-	12.3%
1968	-	11.7%
1969	-	11.1%
1970	-	10.5%
1971	-	9.91%
1972	-	9.4%
1973	-	8.92%
1974	-	8.47%
1975	-	8.03%
1976	-	7.61%
1977	-	7.19%
1978	-	6.79%
1979	-	6.4%
1980	-	6.03%
1981	-	6.33%
1982	-	7.06%
1983	-	5.1%
1984	2.72%	4.84%
1985	2.48%	4.6%
1986	2.25%	4.39%
1987	2.05%	4.19%
1988	1.89%	4.02%
1989	1.75%	3.85%
1990	1.65%	3.7%
1991	1.58%	3.55%
1992	1.54%	3.4%
1993	1.52%	3.24%
1994	1.51%	3.09%
1995	1.51%	2.94%
1996	1.51%	2.8%
1997	1.51%	2.66%
1998	1.49%	2.53%
1999	1.46%	2.42%
2000	1.42%	2.32%
2001	1.37%	2.23%
2002	1.3%	2.15%
2003	1.22%	2.09%
2004	1.14%	2.03%
2005	1.06%	1.98%
2006	0.97%	1.95%
2007	0.89%	1.92%
2008	0.8%	1.9%
2009	0.73%	1.9%
2010	0.66%	1.9%
2011	0.59%	2.17%
2012	0.54%	3.39%
2013	0.49%	3.65%
2014	0.45%	3.53%
2015	0.41%	3.7%
2016	0.38%	3.22%
2017	0.36%	3.3%
2018	0.33%	3.26%
2019	0.32%	2.5%
2020	0.3%	2.24%
2021	0.28%	2.1%
2022	0.27%	2.11%
2023	0.26%	2.06%