Fertility & birth rates in Pakistan and Russia

Fertility rate in Pakistan vs Russia chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Pakistan was 3.61 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 Pakistan 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
	Pakistan	Russia
1960	6.8	2.52
1961	6.8	2.45
1962	6.8	2.36
1963	6.8	2.27
1964	6.8	2.18
1965	6.8	2.13
1966	6.8	2.1
1967	6.8	2.04
1968	6.8	1.99
1969	6.8	1.97
1970	6.8	1.99
1971	6.8	2.03
1972	6.81	2.04
1973	6.81	2.01
1974	6.81	2
1975	6.81	1.98
1976	6.81	1.97
1977	6.8	1.95
1978	6.78	1.92
1979	6.76	1.9
1980	6.73	1.89
1981	6.7	1.91
1982	6.67	2.04
1983	6.64	2.11
1984	6.62	2.06
1985	6.59	2.05
1986	6.55	2.15
1987	6.52	2.22
1988	6.48	2.12
1989	6.43	2.01
1990	6.36	1.89
1991	6.29	1.73
1992	6.21	1.55
1993	6.11	1.39
1994	6.01	1.4
1995	5.89	1.34
1996	5.77	1.27
1997	5.64	1.22
1998	5.51	1.23
1999	5.46	1.16
2000	5.35	1.2
2001	5.18	1.22
2002	5.01	1.29
2003	4.89	1.32
2004	4.68	1.34
2005	4.6	1.29
2006	4.59	1.31
2007	4.55	1.42
2008	4.51	1.5
2009	4.47	1.54
2010	4.4	1.57
2011	4.31	1.58
2012	4.2	1.69
2013	4.13	1.71
2014	4.06	1.75
2015	3.99	1.78
2016	3.9	1.76
2017	3.9	1.62
2018	3.86	1.58
2019	3.81	1.5
2020	3.77	1.51
2021	3.72	1.51
2022	3.66	1.42
2023	3.61	1.41
2024	3.55	1.42
2025	3.5	1.43
2026	3.44	1.43
2027	3.39	1.43
2028	3.34	1.44
2029	3.3	1.44
2030	3.25	1.45
2031	3.21	1.45
2032	3.16	1.45
2033	3.12	1.46
2034	3.08	1.46
2035	3.04	1.46
2036	3.01	1.47
2037	2.97	1.47
2038	2.94	1.47
2039	2.9	1.47
2040	2.87	1.48
2041	2.83	1.48
2042	2.8	1.48
2043	2.77	1.48
2044	2.74	1.49
2045	2.71	1.49
2046	2.69	1.49
2047	2.66	1.49
2048	2.63	1.5
2049	2.61	1.5
2050	2.58	1.5

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Pakistan	Russia
1960	41.3%	30.5%
1961	41.4%	30.9%
1962	41.6%	30.8%
1963	41.8%	30.6%
1964	42.2%	30.2%
1965	42.7%	29.5%
1966	43%	28.9%
1967	43.3%	28.3%
1968	43.5%	27.6%
1969	43.7%	26.9%
1970	43.9%	26.1%
1971	44%	25.4%
1972	44.1%	24.8%
1973	44.1%	24.2%
1974	44.1%	23.6%
1975	44.1%	23%
1976	44%	22.5%
1977	43.9%	22.1%
1978	43.8%	21.8%
1979	43.7%	21.7%
1980	43.3%	21.7%
1981	43.1%	21.7%
1982	43%	21.9%
1983	43.1%	22.1%
1984	43.3%	22.4%
1985	43.5%	22.6%
1986	43.6%	22.8%
1987	43.7%	22.9%
1988	43.8%	23%
1989	44%	23%
1990	44.1%	22.9%
1991	44.1%	22.7%
1992	44.3%	22.4%
1993	44.5%	22%
1994	44.5%	21.6%
1995	44.5%	21.2%
1996	44.3%	20.7%
1997	44.1%	20.2%
1998	43.9%	19.5%
1999	43.6%	18.8%
2000	43.3%	18%
2001	42.9%	17.3%
2002	42.6%	16.6%
2003	42.3%	16%
2004	41.8%	15.6%
2005	41.3%	15.2%
2006	40.9%	14.9%
2007	40.4%	14.8%
2008	40%	14.9%
2009	39.6%	15%
2010	39.3%	15.2%
2011	39.1%	15.4%
2012	39%	15.7%
2013	38.9%	16.1%
2014	38.9%	16.5%
2015	38.8%	16.9%
2016	38.6%	17.2%
2017	38.5%	17.5%
2018	38.3%	17.6%
2019	38.1%	17.6%
2020	37.9%	17.7%
2021	37.6%	17.7%
2022	37.3%	17.7%
2023	37%	17.5%
2024	36.7%	17.3%
2025	36.2%	17%
2026	35.8%	16.7%
2027	35.3%	16.3%
2028	34.9%	15.9%
2029	34.5%	15.5%
2030	34.2%	15%
2031	33.8%	14.6%
2032	33.5%	14.2%
2033	33.3%	14%
2034	33%	13.8%
2035	32.7%	13.7%
2036	32.5%	13.6%
2037	32.2%	13.6%
2038	32%	13.6%
2039	31.7%	13.7%
2040	31.5%	13.9%
2041	31.3%	14%
2042	31%	14.2%
2043	30.8%	14.4%
2044	30.5%	14.6%
2045	30.3%	14.8%
2046	30%	15%
2047	29.7%	15.2%
2048	29.5%	15.4%
2049	29.2%	15.5%
2050	28.9%	15.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 36.7% of the population in Pakistan and 17.3% in Russia in 2024, compared to 44.1% and 22.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Pakistan and Russia compared.

Natural population change in Pakistan vs Russia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.23% in Pakistan 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
	Pakistan	Russia
1960	1,217,147	1,962,834
1961	1,273,772	1,810,538
1962	1,328,675	1,573,701
1963	1,384,934	1,436,077
1964	1,447,394	1,233,520
1965	1,496,050	1,059,335
1966	1,566,343	989,279
1967	1,626,737	854,554
1968	1,683,296	787,621
1969	1,733,601	753,088
1970	1,793,570	785,554
1971	1,695,374	854,999
1972	1,912,774	872,050
1973	1,971,909	846,561
1974	2,028,061	883,186
1975	2,099,811	843,850
1976	2,171,812	852,237
1977	2,257,849	832,932
1978	2,356,601	812,766
1979	2,461,311	690,135
1980	2,598,421	681,149
1981	2,790,454	713,700
1982	2,934,689	830,855
1983	3,052,738	906,676
1984	3,145,772	756,548
1985	3,233,315	762,447
1986	3,341,643	985,279
1987	3,448,813	977,583
1988	3,554,755	778,343
1989	3,648,132	576,112
1990	3,731,730	325,533
1991	3,822,363	103,876
1992	3,888,637	-222,808
1993	3,915,776	-757,140
1994	3,956,699	-920,129
1995	3,977,175	-845,742
1996	4,021,758	-785,248
1997	4,043,912	-769,159
1998	4,104,824	-694,053
1999	4,228,026	-927,453
2000	4,281,169	-967,540
2001	4,304,297	-963,445
2002	4,307,607	-944,492
2003	4,340,688	-896,822
2004	4,294,654	-792,370
2005	4,294,393	-846,761
2006	4,538,426	-686,638
2007	4,690,187	-471,257
2008	4,885,855	-356,856
2009	5,028,132	-257,014
2010	5,147,142	-242,844
2011	5,189,412	-128,716
2012	5,191,263	0
2013	5,176,590	28,761
2014	5,148,994	28,848
2015	5,113,507	43,392
2016	5,044,922	0
2017	5,090,200	-130,764
2018	5,103,858	-232,637
2019	5,127,011	-319,997
2020	5,011,177	-697,177
2021	5,065,913	-1,027,702
2022	5,268,077	-576,948
2023	5,281,745	-503,392

Maternal mortality chart: Pakistan vs Russia

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 155 deaths per 100,000 live births in Pakistan, compared to 9 deaths in Russia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Pakistan	Russia
1985	432	81
1986	436	69
1987	442	65
1988	441	63
1989	439	61
1990	434	58
1991	443	57
1992	459	62
1993	473	76
1994	479	85
1995	485	82
1996	482	69
1997	476	59
1998	456	53
1999	438	53
2000	419	51
2001	400	48
2002	380	47
2003	358	45
2004	333	41
2005	316	38
2006	284	32
2007	265	29
2008	254	27
2009	246	24
2010	240	23
2011	234	19
2012	227	18
2013	220	16
2014	211	16
2015	202	15
2016	193	14
2017	184	12
2018	178	12
2019	173	12
2020	178	19
2021	193	21
2022	160	13
2023	155	9

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 5.85% in Pakistan 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
	Pakistan	Russia
1960	25%	4.55%
1961	24.1%	4.26%
1962	23.3%	3.99%
1963	22.5%	3.76%
1964	21.8%	3.55%
1965	21.2%	3.38%
1966	20.6%	3.23%
1967	20.2%	3.11%
1968	19.7%	3.02%
1969	19.4%	2.94%
1970	19%	2.88%
1971	18.7%	2.84%
1972	18.4%	2.81%
1973	18.1%	2.78%
1974	17.8%	2.77%
1975	17.6%	2.76%
1976	17.4%	2.76%
1977	17.1%	2.76%
1978	16.9%	2.76%
1979	16.7%	2.75%
1980	16.5%	2.73%
1981	16.3%	2.7%
1982	16.1%	2.66%
1983	15.8%	2.62%
1984	15.6%	2.56%
1985	15.3%	2.5%
1986	15%	2.42%
1987	14.8%	2.34%
1988	14.5%	2.26%
1989	14.2%	2.2%
1990	14%	2.17%
1991	13.7%	2.16%
1992	13.4%	2.17%
1993	13.1%	2.19%
1994	12.8%	2.2%
1995	12.5%	2.2%
1996	12.1%	2.17%
1997	11.8%	2.13%
1998	11.5%	2.08%
1999	11.1%	2.02%
2000	10.8%	1.94%
2001	10.5%	1.84%
2002	10.3%	1.73%
2003	10.1%	1.61%
2004	9.85%	1.5%
2005	9.65%	1.39%
2006	9.47%	1.29%
2007	9.29%	1.2%
2008	9.1%	1.13%
2009	8.91%	1.07%
2010	8.71%	1.04%
2011	8.49%	1.02%
2012	8.27%	0.99%
2013	8.04%	0.95%
2014	7.8%	0.89%
2015	7.56%	0.82%
2016	7.33%	0.75%
2017	7.1%	0.69%
2018	6.88%	0.63%
2019	6.67%	0.58%
2020	6.46%	0.54%
2021	6.25%	0.51%
2022	6.05%	0.47%
2023	5.85%	0.45%