Russia birth & fertility rate charts by year

Fertility rate in Russia chart

According to the latest birth rate data available, the fertility rate in Russia was 1.41 in 2023 and has been below the replacement level of 2.1 children per woman since 1989. In 1993, the fertility rate was 1.39 — a +1.81% increase in 30 years.

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The chart below showcases the historical changes in birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Russia	World
1960	2.52	4.69
1961	2.45	4.56
1962	2.36	5.02
1963	2.27	5.31
1964	2.18	5.13
1965	2.13	5.08
1966	2.1	4.97
1967	2.04	4.87
1968	1.99	4.98
1969	1.97	4.88
1970	1.99	4.84
1971	2.03	4.69
1972	2.04	4.55
1973	2.01	4.42
1974	2	4.26
1975	1.98	4.07
1976	1.97	3.97
1977	1.95	3.84
1978	1.92	3.77
1979	1.9	3.76
1980	1.89	3.73
1981	1.91	3.71
1982	2.04	3.72
1983	2.11	3.59
1984	2.06	3.57
1985	2.05	3.53
1986	2.15	3.51
1987	2.22	3.48
1988	2.12	3.39
1989	2.01	3.35
1990	1.89	3.31
1991	1.73	3.13
1992	1.55	3.04
1993	1.39	2.97
1994	1.4	2.92
1995	1.34	2.87
1996	1.27	2.82
1997	1.22	2.78
1998	1.23	2.75
1999	1.16	2.72
2000	1.2	2.73
2001	1.22	2.69
2002	1.29	2.66
2003	1.32	2.64
2004	1.34	2.63
2005	1.29	2.61
2006	1.31	2.61
2007	1.42	2.6
2008	1.5	2.6
2009	1.54	2.59
2010	1.57	2.57
2011	1.58	2.55
2012	1.69	2.56
2013	1.71	2.53
2014	1.75	2.52
2015	1.78	2.49
2016	1.76	2.49
2017	1.62	2.46
2018	1.58	2.39
2019	1.5	2.35
2020	1.51	2.28
2021	1.51	2.25
2022	1.42	2.22
2023	1.41	2.2
2024	1.42	2.19
2025	1.43	2.18
2026	1.43	2.18
2027	1.43	2.17
2028	1.44	2.16
2029	1.44	2.15
2030	1.45	2.14
2031	1.45	2.13
2032	1.45	2.12
2033	1.46	2.12
2034	1.46	2.11
2035	1.46	2.1
2036	1.47	2.09
2037	1.47	2.09
2038	1.47	2.08
2039	1.47	2.08
2040	1.48	2.08
2041	1.48	2.07
2042	1.48	2.07
2043	1.48	2.07
2044	1.49	2.07
2045	1.49	2.06
2046	1.49	2.06
2047	1.49	2.06
2048	1.5	2.05
2049	1.5	2.05
2050	1.5	2.05

Birth rates by women ages chart

In 2025, of all live births 3.72% were to women under 20 years old, 45% to women ages 20-29, and 51.2% to women ages 30 and above. In comparison, the percentages in 1990 were 13.6%, 63.5%, and 22.9% for the same age groups respectively. A chart displaying the historical birth rates in Russia by maternal age is provided below.

Annual births per 1,000 women ages

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Children 0-14 as share of population
	Russia	World
1960	30.5%	37.4%
1961	30.9%	37.5%
1962	30.8%	37.6%
1963	30.6%	37.8%
1964	30.2%	38%
1965	29.5%	38%
1966	28.9%	38%
1967	28.3%	38%
1968	27.6%	37.9%
1969	26.9%	37.8%
1970	26.1%	37.7%
1971	25.4%	37.6%
1972	24.8%	37.5%
1973	24.2%	37.3%
1974	23.6%	37.2%
1975	23%	37.1%
1976	22.5%	36.9%
1977	22.1%	36.7%
1978	21.8%	36.3%
1979	21.7%	35.9%
1980	21.7%	35.5%
1981	21.7%	35.2%
1982	21.9%	34.9%
1983	22.1%	34.6%
1984	22.4%	34.3%
1985	22.6%	34%
1986	22.8%	33.8%
1987	22.9%	33.6%
1988	23%	33.4%
1989	23%	33.2%
1990	22.9%	33%
1991	22.7%	32.9%
1992	22.4%	32.7%
1993	22%	32.5%
1994	21.6%	32.3%
1995	21.2%	32.1%
1996	20.7%	31.8%
1997	20.2%	31.5%
1998	19.5%	31.1%
1999	18.8%	30.8%
2000	18%	30.4%
2001	17.3%	30%
2002	16.6%	29.6%
2003	16%	29.2%
2004	15.6%	28.8%
2005	15.2%	28.5%
2006	14.9%	28.1%
2007	14.8%	27.9%
2008	14.9%	27.6%
2009	15%	27.5%
2010	15.2%	27.3%
2011	15.4%	27.1%
2012	15.7%	27%
2013	16.1%	26.9%
2014	16.5%	26.8%
2015	16.9%	26.6%
2016	17.2%	26.5%
2017	17.5%	26.4%
2018	17.6%	26.2%
2019	17.6%	26%
2020	17.7%	25.8%
2021	17.7%	25.6%
2022	17.7%	25.3%
2023	17.5%	25%
2024	17.3%	24.7%
2025	17%	24.4%
2026	16.7%	24.1%
2027	16.3%	23.8%
2028	15.9%	23.4%
2029	15.5%	23.1%
2030	15%	22.8%
2031	14.6%	22.6%
2032	14.2%	22.3%
2033	14%	22.1%
2034	13.8%	21.9%
2035	13.7%	21.7%
2036	13.6%	21.6%
2037	13.6%	21.5%
2038	13.6%	21.4%
2039	13.7%	21.3%
2040	13.9%	21.2%
2041	14%	21.1%
2042	14.2%	21%
2043	14.4%	21%
2044	14.6%	20.9%
2045	14.8%	20.8%
2046	15%	20.7%
2047	15.2%	20.7%
2048	15.4%	20.6%
2049	15.5%	20.5%
2050	15.7%	20.4%

The share of children aged 0-14 in Russia was 30.5% in 1960, 22% in 1993, and 17.3% as of the latest data in 2025.

More about the demographics of Russia.

Natural population change by year

For the past 10 years, the natural population change in Russia, excluding migration, has been -0.24% annually. On average, -341,637 more people died each year than were born.

Table

Year	Population change due to births and deaths
	Russia
1960	1,962,834
1961	1,810,538
1962	1,573,701
1963	1,436,077
1964	1,233,520
1965	1,059,335
1966	989,279
1967	854,554
1968	787,621
1969	753,088
1970	785,554
1971	854,999
1972	872,050
1973	846,561
1974	883,186
1975	843,850
1976	852,237
1977	832,932
1978	812,766
1979	690,135
1980	681,149
1981	713,700
1982	830,855
1983	906,676
1984	756,548
1985	762,447
1986	985,279
1987	977,583
1988	778,343
1989	576,112
1990	325,533
1991	103,876
1992	-222,808
1993	-757,140
1994	-920,129
1995	-845,742
1996	-785,248
1997	-769,159
1998	-694,053
1999	-927,453
2000	-967,540
2001	-963,445
2002	-944,492
2003	-896,822
2004	-792,370
2005	-846,761
2006	-686,638
2007	-471,257
2008	-356,856
2009	-257,014
2010	-242,844
2011	-128,716
2012	0
2013	28,761
2014	28,848
2015	43,392
2016	0
2017	-130,764
2018	-232,637
2019	-319,997
2020	-697,177
2021	-1,027,702
2022	-576,948
2023	-503,392

Maternal mortality chart

The maternal mortality rate in Russia was 9 deaths per 100,000 live births in 2023 — a 0.009% chance of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination. This is a -82.4% decrease compared to the year 2000.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Russia	World
1985	81	460
1986	69	438
1987	65	429
1988	63	414
1989	61	401
1990	58	391
1991	57	395
1992	62	395
1993	76	389
1994	85	382
1995	82	371
1996	69	366
1997	59	358
1998	53	360
1999	53	340
2000	51	328
2001	48	321
2002	47	311
2003	45	301
2004	41	291
2005	38	283
2006	32	276
2007	29	269
2008	27	264
2009	24	258
2010	23	253
2011	19	247
2012	18	239
2013	16	235
2014	16	231
2015	15	228
2016	14	220
2017	12	215
2018	12	211
2019	12	207
2020	19	211
2021	21	242
2022	13	203
2023	9	197

Under-five mortality rate chart

The under-5 mortality rate in Russia was 4.5 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2023 — a 0.45% chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five. This is down from 19.4 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2000.

Table

Year	Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
	Russia	World
1960	4.55%	18.5%
1961	4.26%	18.1%
1962	3.99%	17.8%
1963	3.76%	17.5%
1964	3.55%	17.7%
1965	3.38%	17.5%
1966	3.23%	17.3%
1967	3.11%	17%
1968	3.02%	16.5%
1969	2.94%	15.5%
1970	2.88%	15.2%
1971	2.84%	15.1%
1972	2.81%	14.4%
1973	2.78%	14.1%
1974	2.77%	13.7%
1975	2.76%	13.4%
1976	2.76%	13%
1977	2.76%	12.5%
1978	2.76%	12.1%
1979	2.75%	11.7%
1980	2.73%	11.4%
1981	2.7%	11%
1982	2.66%	10.8%
1983	2.62%	10.6%
1984	2.56%	10.4%
1985	2.5%	10.1%
1986	2.42%	9.81%
1987	2.34%	9.47%
1988	2.26%	9.31%
1989	2.2%	9.02%
1990	2.17%	8.81%
1991	2.16%	8.66%
1992	2.17%	8.46%
1993	2.19%	8.19%
1994	2.2%	7.98%
1995	2.2%	7.76%
1996	2.17%	7.52%
1997	2.13%	7.28%
1998	2.08%	7.05%
1999	2.02%	6.76%
2000	1.94%	6.48%
2001	1.84%	6.21%
2002	1.73%	5.94%
2003	1.61%	5.65%
2004	1.5%	5.43%
2005	1.39%	5.16%
2006	1.29%	4.92%
2007	1.2%	4.7%
2008	1.13%	4.5%
2009	1.07%	4.31%
2010	1.04%	4.11%
2011	1.02%	3.97%
2012	0.99%	3.77%
2013	0.95%	3.61%
2014	0.89%	3.48%
2015	0.82%	3.35%
2016	0.75%	3.23%
2017	0.69%	3.11%
2018	0.63%	2.97%
2019	0.58%	2.86%
2020	0.54%	2.75%
2021	0.51%	2.66%
2022	0.47%	2.59%
2023	0.45%	2.49%