Fertility & birth rates in Portugal and Russia

Fertility rate in Portugal vs Russia chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Portugal was 1.44 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 Portugal 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
	Portugal	Russia
1960	3.16	2.52
1961	3.21	2.45
1962	3.23	2.36
1963	3.12	2.27
1964	3.21	2.18
1965	3.15	2.13
1966	3.16	2.1
1967	3.16	2.04
1968	3.12	1.99
1969	3.12	1.97
1970	3.01	1.99
1971	3	2.03
1972	2.86	2.04
1973	2.77	2.01
1974	2.7	2
1975	2.75	1.98
1976	2.82	1.97
1977	2.69	1.95
1978	2.45	1.92
1979	2.31	1.9
1980	2.25	1.89
1981	2.13	1.91
1982	2.07	2.04
1983	1.95	2.11
1984	1.9	2.06
1985	1.72	2.05
1986	1.66	2.15
1987	1.62	2.22
1988	1.61	2.12
1989	1.57	2.01
1990	1.56	1.89
1991	1.56	1.73
1992	1.54	1.55
1993	1.52	1.39
1994	1.45	1.4
1995	1.41	1.34
1996	1.44	1.27
1997	1.47	1.22
1998	1.47	1.23
1999	1.5	1.16
2000	1.55	1.2
2001	1.45	1.22
2002	1.46	1.29
2003	1.44	1.32
2004	1.4	1.34
2005	1.41	1.29
2006	1.37	1.31
2007	1.35	1.42
2008	1.39	1.5
2009	1.34	1.54
2010	1.39	1.57
2011	1.35	1.58
2012	1.28	1.69
2013	1.21	1.71
2014	1.24	1.75
2015	1.31	1.78
2016	1.37	1.76
2017	1.38	1.62
2018	1.42	1.58
2019	1.44	1.5
2020	1.42	1.51
2021	1.35	1.51
2022	1.43	1.42
2023	1.44	1.41
2024	1.45	1.42
2025	1.45	1.43
2026	1.45	1.43
2027	1.46	1.43
2028	1.46	1.44
2029	1.46	1.44
2030	1.46	1.45
2031	1.47	1.45
2032	1.47	1.45
2033	1.47	1.46
2034	1.48	1.46
2035	1.48	1.46
2036	1.48	1.47
2037	1.48	1.47
2038	1.49	1.47
2039	1.49	1.47
2040	1.49	1.48
2041	1.49	1.48
2042	1.49	1.48
2043	1.49	1.48
2044	1.5	1.49
2045	1.5	1.49
2046	1.5	1.49
2047	1.5	1.49
2048	1.5	1.5
2049	1.5	1.5
2050	1.5	1.5

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Portugal	Russia
1960	29.3%	30.5%
1961	29.1%	30.9%
1962	29.1%	30.8%
1963	29.1%	30.6%
1964	29.1%	30.2%
1965	29.1%	29.5%
1966	29.2%	28.9%
1967	29.2%	28.3%
1968	29.2%	27.6%
1969	29.1%	26.9%
1970	28.7%	26.1%
1971	28.4%	25.4%
1972	28.2%	24.8%
1973	27.9%	24.2%
1974	27.7%	23.6%
1975	27.4%	23%
1976	27.2%	22.5%
1977	27.1%	22.1%
1978	26.8%	21.8%
1979	26.4%	21.7%
1980	25.9%	21.7%
1981	25.4%	21.7%
1982	25%	21.9%
1983	24.5%	22.1%
1984	24.1%	22.4%
1985	23.7%	22.6%
1986	23.1%	22.8%
1987	22.5%	22.9%
1988	21.9%	23%
1989	21.2%	23%
1990	20.5%	22.9%
1991	19.7%	22.7%
1992	19.1%	22.4%
1993	18.6%	22%
1994	18.2%	21.6%
1995	17.8%	21.2%
1996	17.4%	20.7%
1997	17.1%	20.2%
1998	16.8%	19.5%
1999	16.6%	18.8%
2000	16.4%	18%
2001	16.2%	17.3%
2002	16.1%	16.6%
2003	16.1%	16%
2004	16%	15.6%
2005	15.9%	15.2%
2006	15.8%	14.9%
2007	15.6%	14.8%
2008	15.5%	14.9%
2009	15.4%	15%
2010	15.2%	15.2%
2011	15%	15.4%
2012	14.9%	15.7%
2013	14.8%	16.1%
2014	14.6%	16.5%
2015	14.3%	16.9%
2016	14.1%	17.2%
2017	13.9%	17.5%
2018	13.7%	17.6%
2019	13.5%	17.6%
2020	13.3%	17.7%
2021	13.1%	17.7%
2022	13%	17.7%
2023	12.9%	17.5%
2024	12.8%	17.3%
2025	12.7%	17%
2026	12.6%	16.7%
2027	12.6%	16.3%
2028	12.6%	15.9%
2029	12.6%	15.5%
2030	12.7%	15%
2031	12.7%	14.6%
2032	12.7%	14.2%
2033	12.7%	14%
2034	12.7%	13.8%
2035	12.8%	13.7%
2036	12.9%	13.6%
2037	12.9%	13.6%
2038	13%	13.6%
2039	13%	13.7%
2040	13.1%	13.9%
2041	13.1%	14%
2042	13.2%	14.2%
2043	13.2%	14.4%
2044	13.3%	14.6%
2045	13.3%	14.8%
2046	13.4%	15%
2047	13.4%	15.2%
2048	13.4%	15.4%
2049	13.5%	15.5%
2050	13.5%	15.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 12.8% of the population in Portugal and 17.3% in Russia in 2024, compared to 20.5% and 22.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Portugal and Russia compared.

Natural population change in Portugal vs Russia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.29% in Portugal 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
	Portugal	Russia
1960	118,693	1,962,834
1961	117,867	1,810,538
1962	123,217	1,573,701
1963	113,783	1,436,077
1964	120,170	1,233,520
1965	115,182	1,059,335
1966	107,171	989,279
1967	106,495	854,554
1968	100,737	787,621
1969	89,329	753,088
1970	87,672	785,554
1971	82,980	854,999
1972	83,715	872,050
1973	76,835	846,561
1974	74,412	883,186
1975	81,841	843,850
1976	85,138	852,237
1977	84,156	832,932
1978	70,731	812,766
1979	67,628	690,135
1980	63,481	681,149
1981	56,152	713,700
1982	58,479	830,855
1983	47,798	906,676
1984	45,983	756,548
1985	33,077	762,447
1986	31,102	985,279
1987	28,084	977,583
1988	24,047	778,343
1989	22,011	576,112
1990	13,976	325,533
1991	12,948	103,876
1992	13,933	-222,808
1993	7,972	-757,140
1994	9,991	-920,129
1995	4,011	-845,742
1996	4,026	-785,248
1997	8,087	-769,159
1998	7,112	-694,053
1999	8,175	-927,453
2000	15,435	-967,540
2001	8,290	-963,445
2002	8,335	-944,492
2003	4,184	-896,822
2004	7,339	-792,370
2005	2,101	-846,761
2006	3,156	-686,638
2007	-1,055	-471,257
2008	0	-356,856
2009	-5,284	-257,014
2010	-4,230	-242,844
2011	-5,279	-128,716
2012	-17,875	0
2013	-24,052	28,761
2014	-22,882	28,848
2015	-23,823	43,392
2016	-23,749	0
2017	-23,691	-130,764
2018	-25,709	-232,637
2019	-24,687	-319,997
2020	-39,129	-697,177
2021	-45,592	-1,027,702
2022	-40,694	-576,948
2023	-32,792	-503,392

Maternal mortality chart: Portugal vs Russia

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 15 deaths per 100,000 live births in Portugal, compared to 9 deaths in Russia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Portugal	Russia
1985	20	81
1986	19	69
1987	19	65
1988	18	63
1989	18	61
1990	17	58
1991	17	57
1992	16	62
1993	15	76
1994	13	85
1995	12	82
1996	12	69
1997	12	59
1998	11	53
1999	10	53
2000	9	51
2001	9	48
2002	9	47
2003	8	45
2004	8	41
2005	8	38
2006	8	32
2007	8	29
2008	9	27
2009	9	24
2010	10	23
2011	10	19
2012	10	18
2013	10	16
2014	11	16
2015	11	15
2016	12	14
2017	13	12
2018	14	12
2019	15	12
2020	14	19
2021	19	21
2022	16	13
2023	15	9

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.32% in Portugal 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
	Portugal	Russia
1960	11.4%	4.55%
1961	11%	4.26%
1962	10.4%	3.99%
1963	9.76%	3.76%
1964	9.1%	3.55%
1965	8.53%	3.38%
1966	8.09%	3.23%
1967	7.76%	3.11%
1968	7.51%	3.02%
1969	7.22%	2.94%
1970	6.81%	2.88%
1971	6.3%	2.84%
1972	5.78%	2.81%
1973	5.27%	2.78%
1974	4.79%	2.77%
1975	4.35%	2.76%
1976	3.94%	2.76%
1977	3.57%	2.76%
1978	3.24%	2.76%
1979	2.97%	2.75%
1980	2.75%	2.73%
1981	2.58%	2.7%
1982	2.43%	2.66%
1983	2.29%	2.62%
1984	2.16%	2.56%
1985	2.04%	2.5%
1986	1.93%	2.42%
1987	1.82%	2.34%
1988	1.7%	2.26%
1989	1.59%	2.2%
1990	1.47%	2.17%
1991	1.36%	2.16%
1992	1.25%	2.17%
1993	1.14%	2.19%
1994	1.05%	2.2%
1995	0.98%	2.2%
1996	0.92%	2.17%
1997	0.86%	2.13%
1998	0.82%	2.08%
1999	0.77%	2.02%
2000	0.72%	1.94%
2001	0.66%	1.84%
2002	0.61%	1.73%
2003	0.55%	1.61%
2004	0.5%	1.5%
2005	0.47%	1.39%
2006	0.44%	1.29%
2007	0.42%	1.2%
2008	0.4%	1.13%
2009	0.39%	1.07%
2010	0.38%	1.04%
2011	0.37%	1.02%
2012	0.37%	0.99%
2013	0.36%	0.95%
2014	0.36%	0.89%
2015	0.36%	0.82%
2016	0.36%	0.75%
2017	0.36%	0.69%
2018	0.35%	0.63%
2019	0.35%	0.58%
2020	0.34%	0.54%
2021	0.33%	0.51%
2022	0.32%	0.47%
2023	0.32%	0.45%