Fertility & birth rates in Portugal and Ukraine

Fertility rate in Portugal vs Ukraine 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 0.98 in Ukraine in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Portugal vs Ukraine 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	Ukraine
1960	3.16	2.29
1961	3.21	2.2
1962	3.23	2.15
1963	3.12	2.11
1964	3.21	2.01
1965	3.15	1.94
1966	3.16	2.04
1967	3.16	2.04
1968	3.12	2.03
1969	3.12	2.01
1970	3.01	2.08
1971	3	2.11
1972	2.86	2.13
1973	2.77	2.04
1974	2.7	2.06
1975	2.75	2.05
1976	2.82	2.04
1977	2.69	1.98
1978	2.45	1.97
1979	2.31	1.96
1980	2.25	1.95
1981	2.13	1.92
1982	2.07	1.95
1983	1.95	2.1
1984	1.9	2.08
1985	1.72	2.03
1986	1.66	2.12
1987	1.62	2.07
1988	1.61	2.04
1989	1.57	1.93
1990	1.56	1.85
1991	1.56	1.77
1992	1.54	1.67
1993	1.52	1.56
1994	1.45	1.47
1995	1.41	1.4
1996	1.44	1.33
1997	1.47	1.27
1998	1.47	1.21
1999	1.5	1.13
2000	1.55	1.11
2001	1.45	1.09
2002	1.46	1.13
2003	1.44	1.17
2004	1.4	1.22
2005	1.41	1.22
2006	1.37	1.3
2007	1.35	1.34
2008	1.39	1.44
2009	1.34	1.47
2010	1.39	1.44
2011	1.35	1.46
2012	1.28	1.53
2013	1.21	1.52
2014	1.24	1.47
2015	1.31	1.39
2016	1.37	1.39
2017	1.38	1.3
2018	1.42	1.23
2019	1.44	1.22
2020	1.42	1.21
2021	1.35	1.15
2022	1.43	0.9
2023	1.44	0.98
2024	1.45	0.99
2025	1.45	1
2026	1.45	1
2027	1.46	1.01
2028	1.46	1.02
2029	1.46	1.02
2030	1.46	1.03
2031	1.47	1.04
2032	1.47	1.04
2033	1.47	1.05
2034	1.48	1.05
2035	1.48	1.06
2036	1.48	1.06
2037	1.48	1.07
2038	1.49	1.07
2039	1.49	1.08
2040	1.49	1.09
2041	1.49	1.09
2042	1.49	1.1
2043	1.49	1.1
2044	1.5	1.11
2045	1.5	1.11
2046	1.5	1.12
2047	1.5	1.13
2048	1.5	1.13
2049	1.5	1.14
2050	1.5	1.14

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Portugal	Ukraine
1960	29.3%	26.7%
1961	29.1%	27%
1962	29.1%	27.1%
1963	29.1%	27.1%
1964	29.1%	26.8%
1965	29.1%	26.4%
1966	29.2%	26.1%
1967	29.2%	25.8%
1968	29.2%	25.5%
1969	29.1%	25.1%
1970	28.7%	24.8%
1971	28.4%	24.4%
1972	28.2%	24%
1973	27.9%	23.6%
1974	27.7%	23.2%
1975	27.4%	22.8%
1976	27.2%	22.4%
1977	27.1%	22.1%
1978	26.8%	21.7%
1979	26.4%	21.5%
1980	25.9%	21.4%
1981	25.4%	21.4%
1982	25%	21.4%
1983	24.5%	21.5%
1984	24.1%	21.6%
1985	23.7%	21.7%
1986	23.1%	21.7%
1987	22.5%	21.7%
1988	21.9%	21.7%
1989	21.2%	21.7%
1990	20.5%	21.6%
1991	19.7%	21.5%
1992	19.1%	21.4%
1993	18.6%	21.2%
1994	18.2%	21%
1995	17.8%	20.6%
1996	17.4%	20.2%
1997	17.1%	19.7%
1998	16.8%	19.2%
1999	16.6%	18.5%
2000	16.4%	17.9%
2001	16.2%	17.1%
2002	16.1%	16.3%
2003	16.1%	15.7%
2004	16%	15.1%
2005	15.9%	14.7%
2006	15.8%	14.3%
2007	15.6%	14.1%
2008	15.5%	14%
2009	15.4%	14%
2010	15.2%	14.1%
2011	15%	14.2%
2012	14.9%	14.4%
2013	14.8%	14.6%
2014	14.6%	14.9%
2015	14.3%	15.1%
2016	14.1%	15.3%
2017	13.9%	15.4%
2018	13.7%	15.4%
2019	13.5%	15.4%
2020	13.3%	15.3%
2021	13.1%	15.1%
2022	13%	14.8%
2023	12.9%	14.3%
2024	12.8%	13.9%
2025	12.7%	13.7%
2026	12.6%	13.4%
2027	12.6%	12.9%
2028	12.6%	12.4%
2029	12.6%	12%
2030	12.7%	11.6%
2031	12.7%	11.2%
2032	12.7%	10.9%
2033	12.7%	10.6%
2034	12.7%	10.4%
2035	12.8%	10.2%
2036	12.9%	10%
2037	12.9%	9.95%
2038	13%	9.95%
2039	13%	9.92%
2040	13.1%	9.9%
2041	13.1%	9.92%
2042	13.2%	9.97%
2043	13.2%	10%
2044	13.3%	10.1%
2045	13.3%	10.1%
2046	13.4%	10.2%
2047	13.4%	10.2%
2048	13.4%	10.2%
2049	13.5%	10.2%
2050	13.5%	10.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 12.8% of the population in Portugal and 13.9% in Ukraine in 2024, compared to 20.5% and 21.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Portugal and Ukraine compared.

Natural population change in Portugal vs Ukraine by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.29% in Portugal and -0.56% in Ukraine. 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	Ukraine
1960	118,693	538,812
1961	117,867	508,602
1962	123,217	481,887
1963	113,783	449,648
1964	120,170	391,120
1965	115,182	334,365
1966	107,171	337,794
1967	106,495	313,899
1968	100,737	295,162
1969	89,329	274,858
1970	87,672	291,839
1971	82,980	305,849
1972	83,715	309,785
1973	76,835	274,938
1974	74,412	273,486
1975	81,841	256,787
1976	85,138	247,323
1977	84,156	216,932
1978	70,731	206,554
1979	67,628	197,294
1980	63,481	197,223
1981	56,152	182,839
1982	58,479	194,101
1983	47,798	241,741
1984	45,983	222,430
1985	33,077	201,011
1986	31,102	225,751
1987	28,084	198,850
1988	24,047	162,002
1989	22,011	106,431
1990	13,976	48,463
1991	12,948	-16,486
1992	13,933	-95,857
1993	7,972	-169,405
1994	9,991	-238,820
1995	4,011	-281,629
1996	4,026	-305,154
1997	8,087	-306,549
1998	7,112	-318,299
1999	8,175	-348,286
2000	15,435	-364,143
2001	8,290	-374,734
2002	8,335	-364,544
2003	4,184	-351,299
2004	7,339	-344,157
2005	2,101	-337,857
2006	3,156	-300,787
2007	-1,055	-282,659
2008	0	-229,086
2009	-5,284	-197,918
2010	-4,230	-180,388
2011	-5,279	-158,372
2012	-17,875	-130,451
2013	-24,052	-129,662
2014	-22,882	-140,216
2015	-23,823	-147,107
2016	-23,749	-135,710
2017	-23,691	-158,390
2018	-25,709	-227,491
2019	-24,687	-236,296
2020	-39,129	-307,533
2021	-45,592	-449,941
2022	-40,694	-349,284
2023	-32,792	-283,185

Maternal mortality chart: Portugal vs Ukraine

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 15 deaths in Ukraine.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Portugal	Ukraine
1985	20	53
1986	19	50
1987	19	46
1988	18	44
1989	18	42
1990	17	40
1991	17	40
1992	16	40
1993	15	42
1994	13	45
1995	12	46
1996	12	45
1997	12	41
1998	11	37
1999	10	34
2000	9	32
2001	9	30
2002	9	28
2003	8	28
2004	8	27
2005	8	27
2006	8	27
2007	8	27
2008	9	26
2009	9	24
2010	10	21
2011	10	20
2012	10	20
2013	10	20
2014	11	19
2015	11	17
2016	12	17
2017	13	16
2018	14	16
2019	15	16
2020	14	18
2021	19	26
2022	16	16
2023	15	15

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.32% in Portugal and 0.81% in Ukraine. 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	Ukraine
1960	11.4%	-
1961	11%	-
1962	10.4%	-
1963	9.76%	-
1964	9.1%	-
1965	8.53%	-
1966	8.09%	-
1967	7.76%	-
1968	7.51%	-
1969	7.22%	-
1970	6.81%	-
1971	6.3%	3.23%
1972	5.78%	3.13%
1973	5.27%	3.04%
1974	4.79%	2.96%
1975	4.35%	2.89%
1976	3.94%	2.84%
1977	3.57%	2.78%
1978	3.24%	2.74%
1979	2.97%	2.69%
1980	2.75%	2.62%
1981	2.58%	2.55%
1982	2.43%	2.47%
1983	2.29%	2.39%
1984	2.16%	2.29%
1985	2.04%	2.21%
1986	1.93%	2.13%
1987	1.82%	2.05%
1988	1.7%	1.99%
1989	1.59%	1.95%
1990	1.47%	1.92%
1991	1.36%	1.92%
1992	1.25%	1.94%
1993	1.14%	1.97%
1994	1.05%	2%
1995	0.98%	2.02%
1996	0.92%	2.03%
1997	0.86%	2.01%
1998	0.82%	1.97%
1999	0.77%	1.9%
2000	0.72%	1.83%
2001	0.66%	1.75%
2002	0.61%	1.66%
2003	0.55%	1.58%
2004	0.5%	1.51%
2005	0.47%	1.45%
2006	0.44%	1.4%
2007	0.42%	1.34%
2008	0.4%	1.29%
2009	0.39%	1.23%
2010	0.38%	1.17%
2011	0.37%	1.12%
2012	0.37%	1.07%
2013	0.36%	1.02%
2014	0.36%	0.98%
2015	0.36%	0.94%
2016	0.36%	0.91%
2017	0.36%	0.89%
2018	0.35%	0.87%
2019	0.35%	0.85%
2020	0.34%	0.84%
2021	0.33%	0.82%
2022	0.32%	0.85%
2023	0.32%	0.81%