Fertility & birth rates in Oman and Turkmenistan

Fertility rate in Oman vs Turkmenistan chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Oman was 2.53 children per woman in 2023, compared to 2.69 in Turkmenistan in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Oman vs Turkmenistan population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Oman	Turkmenistan
1960	7.28	6.59
1961	7.29	6.69
1962	7.32	6.76
1963	7.33	6.79
1964	7.37	6.79
1965	7.39	6.76
1966	7.41	6.7
1967	7.44	6.64
1968	7.46	6.56
1969	7.49	6.48
1970	7.52	6.4
1971	7.56	6.32
1972	7.59	6.2
1973	7.63	6.15
1974	7.67	6.09
1975	7.71	6
1976	7.74	5.9
1977	7.78	5.77
1978	7.82	5.61
1979	7.85	5.46
1980	7.89	5.3
1981	7.9	5.16
1982	7.84	5.04
1983	7.75	4.97
1984	7.64	4.96
1985	7.51	4.97
1986	7.35	4.94
1987	7.18	4.84
1988	6.95	4.68
1989	6.72	4.46
1990	6.46	4.29
1991	6.2	4.14
1992	5.92	3.96
1993	5.64	3.78
1994	5.36	3.62
1995	5.07	3.49
1996	4.79	3.29
1997	4.52	3.18
1998	4.27	3.08
1999	4.06	2.98
2000	3.85	2.9
2001	3.66	2.81
2002	3.51	2.71
2003	3.37	2.67
2004	3.2	2.67
2005	3.03	2.71
2006	2.88	2.72
2007	2.76	2.73
2008	2.76	2.75
2009	2.83	2.79
2010	2.97	2.85
2011	2.96	2.9
2012	2.93	2.96
2013	2.95	3.01
2014	2.97	3.02
2015	2.97	3.03
2016	2.95	2.99
2017	2.92	2.93
2018	2.81	2.88
2019	2.7	2.83
2020	2.64	2.79
2021	2.59	2.75
2022	2.45	2.73
2023	2.53	2.69
2024	2.51	2.66
2025	2.48	2.63
2026	2.44	2.6
2027	2.41	2.57
2028	2.37	2.54
2029	2.33	2.51
2030	2.29	2.49
2031	2.26	2.46
2032	2.22	2.43
2033	2.19	2.41
2034	2.16	2.39
2035	2.14	2.37
2036	2.11	2.35
2037	2.09	2.33
2038	2.07	2.31
2039	2.05	2.29
2040	2.03	2.27
2041	2.01	2.26
2042	2	2.24
2043	1.98	2.22
2044	1.97	2.21
2045	1.96	2.19
2046	1.95	2.18
2047	1.93	2.16
2048	1.92	2.15
2049	1.92	2.14
2050	1.91	2.13

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Oman	Turkmenistan
1960	41.5%	40.4%
1961	41.6%	41.7%
1962	41.7%	42.8%
1963	42%	43.8%
1964	42.6%	44.5%
1965	43.2%	44.9%
1966	43.8%	45.2%
1967	44.3%	45.4%
1968	44.8%	45.6%
1969	45.3%	45.5%
1970	45.9%	45.4%
1971	46.4%	45.1%
1972	46.8%	44.8%
1973	47.3%	44.4%
1974	47.5%	43.9%
1975	47.5%	43.4%
1976	47.5%	43%
1977	47.4%	42.5%
1978	47.3%	42.1%
1979	47.2%	41.6%
1980	47.1%	41.3%
1981	47.1%	41%
1982	47.1%	40.8%
1983	47.2%	40.7%
1984	47.2%	40.7%
1985	47%	40.7%
1986	46.5%	40.8%
1987	45.9%	41%
1988	45.1%	41.1%
1989	44.3%	41.2%
1990	43.4%	41.2%
1991	42.5%	41.2%
1992	41.5%	41.1%
1993	40.5%	41%
1994	39.9%	40.8%
1995	39.7%	40.5%
1996	39.3%	40.2%
1997	38.7%	39.6%
1998	38%	38.9%
1999	37.3%	38.1%
2000	36.6%	37.3%
2001	35.8%	36.4%
2002	35%	35.6%
2003	34.2%	34.8%
2004	33.2%	34%
2005	32.1%	33.3%
2006	30.9%	32.6%
2007	29.9%	31.9%
2008	29.1%	31.3%
2009	28.4%	30.8%
2010	27.9%	30.3%
2011	25.5%	30%
2012	22.8%	29.7%
2013	21.9%	29.6%
2014	22.1%	29.6%
2015	22.2%	29.7%
2016	22.1%	29.9%
2017	22.3%	30.2%
2018	22.9%	30.5%
2019	24%	30.9%
2020	25.6%	31.2%
2021	26.7%	31.5%
2022	26.2%	31.7%
2023	25.2%	31.7%
2024	24.7%	31.5%
2025	24.3%	31.2%
2026	24%	30.8%
2027	23.8%	30.3%
2028	23.6%	29.7%
2029	23.3%	29.1%
2030	23%	28.4%
2031	22.7%	27.7%
2032	22.4%	27%
2033	22.1%	26.4%
2034	21.8%	25.8%
2035	21.6%	25.3%
2036	21.4%	24.8%
2037	21.3%	24.4%
2038	21.3%	24%
2039	21.2%	23.7%
2040	21%	23.4%
2041	20.8%	23.3%
2042	20.7%	23.1%
2043	20.5%	23.1%
2044	20.4%	23%
2045	20.3%	23%
2046	20.2%	23%
2047	20.1%	23%
2048	20.1%	23%
2049	20%	23%
2050	20%	22.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 24.7% of the population in Oman and 31.5% in Turkmenistan in 2024, compared to 43.4% and 41.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Oman and Turkmenistan compared.

Natural population change in Oman vs Turkmenistan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.7% in Oman and +1.9% in Turkmenistan. 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
	Oman	Turkmenistan
1960	12,034	49,436
1961	12,690	51,659
1962	13,485	53,248
1963	14,283	54,203
1964	15,205	54,574
1965	16,103	54,558
1966	17,030	54,353
1967	17,990	54,209
1968	18,962	54,324
1969	19,949	54,791
1970	20,893	55,617
1971	21,973	56,666
1972	22,968	57,326
1973	24,195	59,169
1974	25,543	60,925
1975	27,699	62,681
1976	30,032	64,513
1977	32,342	66,318
1978	35,141	68,437
1979	38,022	71,135
1980	41,109	74,394
1981	44,176	77,829
1982	46,939	80,989
1983	49,646	85,183
1984	52,253	90,591
1985	54,609	95,890
1986	55,324	100,930
1987	55,933	103,885
1988	56,142	104,802
1989	56,202	103,553
1990	56,000	101,099
1991	55,382	99,297
1992	54,471	96,668
1993	53,439	92,596
1994	52,337	89,319
1995	51,139	86,289
1996	50,362	80,996
1997	49,510	79,045
1998	48,654	77,342
1999	48,053	76,362
2000	47,208	76,875
2001	46,651	76,682
2002	46,397	75,639
2003	46,273	76,737
2004	45,651	79,850
2005	44,688	83,968
2006	43,969	87,840
2007	44,207	92,038
2008	47,146	96,815
2009	52,007	102,931
2010	57,619	109,318
2011	59,689	115,197
2012	65,572	120,957
2013	71,905	126,217
2014	76,258	129,677
2015	79,241	132,663
2016	81,350	132,581
2017	82,408	131,417
2018	79,438	129,537
2019	77,394	128,275
2020	74,224	124,014
2021	69,991	122,721
2022	67,278	121,814
2023	75,467	117,529

Maternal mortality chart: Oman vs Turkmenistan

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 13 deaths per 100,000 live births in Oman, compared to 5 deaths in Turkmenistan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Oman	Turkmenistan
1985	43	77
1986	40	75
1987	37	72
1988	34	69
1989	32	65
1990	29	62
1991	28	60
1992	26	58
1993	25	56
1994	23	54
1995	22	50
1996	21	46
1997	20	40
1998	20	34
1999	19	29
2000	19	25
2001	18	22
2002	18	20
2003	18	18
2004	18	17
2005	18	15
2006	18	14
2007	18	13
2008	18	11
2009	17	10
2010	17	9
2011	16	8
2012	16	7
2013	15	7
2014	15	6
2015	15	6
2016	14	6
2017	14	5
2018	14	5
2019	14	5
2020	32	5
2021	74	6
2022	13	5
2023	13	5

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.04% in Oman and 4% in Turkmenistan. 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
	Oman	Turkmenistan
1960	37.5%	-
1961	35.8%	-
1962	34.2%	-
1963	32.7%	-
1964	31.2%	-
1965	29.8%	-
1966	28.4%	-
1967	27.1%	-
1968	25.7%	-
1969	24.4%	-
1970	23.1%	-
1971	21.8%	-
1972	20.5%	-
1973	19.3%	-
1974	18.1%	-
1975	16.9%	-
1976	15.7%	-
1977	14.5%	13.2%
1978	13.4%	12.8%
1979	12.2%	12.3%
1980	11.1%	11.9%
1981	10.1%	11.4%
1982	9.1%	10.9%
1983	8.18%	10.5%
1984	7.34%	9.98%
1985	6.58%	9.51%
1986	5.9%	9.08%
1987	5.3%	8.7%
1988	4.78%	8.36%
1989	4.32%	8.09%
1990	3.91%	7.91%
1991	3.54%	7.83%
1992	3.2%	7.83%
1993	2.9%	7.87%
1994	2.64%	7.92%
1995	2.41%	7.94%
1996	2.22%	7.9%
1997	2.04%	7.79%
1998	1.89%	7.59%
1999	1.76%	7.31%
2000	1.64%	6.97%
2001	1.54%	6.61%
2002	1.45%	6.24%
2003	1.38%	5.88%
2004	1.32%	5.56%
2005	1.28%	5.25%
2006	1.24%	4.99%
2007	1.22%	4.77%
2008	1.2%	4.6%
2009	1.19%	4.45%
2010	1.17%	4.36%
2011	1.16%	4.29%
2012	1.15%	4.25%
2013	1.13%	4.25%
2014	1.12%	4.25%
2015	1.12%	4.29%
2016	1.11%	4.33%
2017	1.1%	4.37%
2018	1.09%	4.36%
2019	1.08%	4.33%
2020	1.07%	4.26%
2021	1.06%	4.18%
2022	1.05%	4.1%
2023	1.04%	4%