Fertility & birth rates in Russia and United Arab Emirates

Fertility rate in Russia vs United Arab Emirates chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Russia was 1.41 children per woman in 2023, compared to 1.2 in the United Arab Emirates in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Russia vs the United Arab Emirates population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Russia	UAE
1960	2.52	6.5
1961	2.45	6.49
1962	2.36	6.49
1963	2.27	6.5
1964	2.18	6.49
1965	2.13	6.5
1966	2.1	6.5
1967	2.04	6.51
1968	1.99	6.53
1969	1.97	6.52
1970	1.99	6.52
1971	2.03	6.52
1972	2.04	6.5
1973	2.01	6.46
1974	2	6.41
1975	1.98	6.35
1976	1.97	6.29
1977	1.95	6.22
1978	1.92	6.15
1979	1.9	6.06
1980	1.89	5.95
1981	1.91	5.81
1982	2.04	5.66
1983	2.11	5.48
1984	2.06	5.3
1985	2.05	5.13
1986	2.15	5
1987	2.22	4.88
1988	2.12	4.77
1989	2.01	4.65
1990	1.89	4.51
1991	1.73	4.25
1992	1.55	4.09
1993	1.39	3.82
1994	1.4	3.76
1995	1.34	3.28
1996	1.27	3.06
1997	1.22	2.83
1998	1.23	2.77
1999	1.16	2.79
2000	1.2	2.73
2001	1.22	2.62
2002	1.29	2.54
2003	1.32	2.49
2004	1.34	2.38
2005	1.29	2.23
2006	1.31	1.96
2007	1.42	1.79
2008	1.5	1.52
2009	1.54	1.58
2010	1.57	1.57
2011	1.58	1.54
2012	1.69	1.53
2013	1.71	1.53
2014	1.75	1.48
2015	1.78	1.42
2016	1.76	1.37
2017	1.62	1.35
2018	1.58	1.29
2019	1.5	1.25
2020	1.51	1.29
2021	1.51	1.16
2022	1.42	1.15
2023	1.41	1.2
2024	1.42	1.21
2025	1.43	1.21
2026	1.43	1.21
2027	1.43	1.21
2028	1.44	1.22
2029	1.44	1.22
2030	1.45	1.23
2031	1.45	1.23
2032	1.45	1.24
2033	1.46	1.25
2034	1.46	1.25
2035	1.46	1.26
2036	1.47	1.26
2037	1.47	1.27
2038	1.47	1.28
2039	1.47	1.28
2040	1.48	1.28
2041	1.48	1.29
2042	1.48	1.29
2043	1.48	1.3
2044	1.49	1.3
2045	1.49	1.31
2046	1.49	1.31
2047	1.49	1.31
2048	1.5	1.32
2049	1.5	1.32
2050	1.5	1.33

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Russia	UAE
1960	30.5%	37.8%
1961	30.9%	36.7%
1962	30.8%	35.8%
1963	30.6%	35.1%
1964	30.2%	34.5%
1965	29.5%	33.9%
1966	28.9%	33.2%
1967	28.3%	32.1%
1968	27.6%	31.2%
1969	26.9%	30.6%
1970	26.1%	29.8%
1971	25.4%	29%
1972	24.8%	28.3%
1973	24.2%	27.8%
1974	23.6%	27.4%
1975	23%	27.2%
1976	22.5%	26.9%
1977	22.1%	26.8%
1978	21.8%	26.9%
1979	21.7%	27.1%
1980	21.7%	27.4%
1981	21.7%	28%
1982	21.9%	28.8%
1983	22.1%	29.5%
1984	22.4%	30.2%
1985	22.6%	30.7%
1986	22.8%	31.2%
1987	22.9%	31.2%
1988	23%	30.9%
1989	23%	30.3%
1990	22.9%	29.6%
1991	22.7%	28.8%
1992	22.4%	28.1%
1993	22%	27.4%
1994	21.6%	26.7%
1995	21.2%	25.9%
1996	20.7%	25.2%
1997	20.2%	24.3%
1998	19.5%	23.1%
1999	18.8%	22%
2000	18%	20.8%
2001	17.3%	19.8%
2002	16.6%	18.9%
2003	16%	18.3%
2004	15.6%	17.8%
2005	15.2%	17.5%
2006	14.9%	17.2%
2007	14.8%	17%
2008	14.9%	16.9%
2009	15%	16.9%
2010	15.2%	16.9%
2011	15.4%	16.8%
2012	15.7%	16.8%
2013	16.1%	16.8%
2014	16.5%	16.8%
2015	16.9%	16.8%
2016	17.2%	16.8%
2017	17.5%	16.8%
2018	17.6%	16.7%
2019	17.6%	16.6%
2020	17.7%	16.6%
2021	17.7%	16.5%
2022	17.7%	16.5%
2023	17.5%	16.3%
2024	17.3%	16.1%
2025	17%	16%
2026	16.7%	15.9%
2027	16.3%	15.9%
2028	15.9%	15.9%
2029	15.5%	15.9%
2030	15%	16%
2031	14.6%	16.1%
2032	14.2%	16.3%
2033	14%	16.5%
2034	13.8%	16.7%
2035	13.7%	16.9%
2036	13.6%	17.1%
2037	13.6%	17.3%
2038	13.6%	17.5%
2039	13.7%	17.7%
2040	13.9%	17.9%
2041	14%	18%
2042	14.2%	18.1%
2043	14.4%	18.2%
2044	14.6%	18.3%
2045	14.8%	18.3%
2046	15%	18.3%
2047	15.2%	18.3%
2048	15.4%	18.3%
2049	15.5%	18.2%
2050	15.7%	18.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.3% of the population in Russia and 16.1% in the United Arab Emirates in 2024, compared to 22.9% and 29.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Russia and the United Arab Emirates compared.

Natural population change in Russia vs United Arab Emirates by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.24% in Russia and +0.93% in the United Arab Emirates. 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
	Russia	UAE
1960	1,962,834	3,418
1961	1,810,538	3,657
1962	1,573,701	3,901
1963	1,436,077	4,157
1964	1,233,520	4,410
1965	1,059,335	4,675
1966	989,279	4,955
1967	854,554	5,264
1968	787,621	5,588
1969	753,088	6,138
1970	785,554	6,922
1971	854,999	7,839
1972	872,050	8,818
1973	846,561	9,822
1974	883,186	10,835
1975	843,850	11,859
1976	852,237	12,876
1977	832,932	15,787
1978	812,766	18,879
1979	690,135	21,987
1980	681,149	25,005
1981	713,700	27,560
1982	830,855	29,585
1983	906,676	31,480
1984	756,548	33,250
1985	762,447	34,855
1986	985,279	36,829
1987	977,583	37,741
1988	778,343	38,861
1989	576,112	40,148
1990	325,533	41,339
1991	103,876	41,409
1992	-222,808	42,119
1993	-757,140	41,324
1994	-920,129	42,976
1995	-845,742	38,685
1996	-785,248	37,886
1997	-769,159	38,207
1998	-694,053	41,176
1999	-927,453	46,198
2000	-967,540	49,993
2001	-963,445	52,789
2002	-944,492	55,922
2003	-896,822	59,118
2004	-792,370	60,344
2005	-846,761	60,046
2006	-686,638	54,338
2007	-471,257	55,048
2008	-356,856	55,426
2009	-257,014	66,521
2010	-242,844	69,907
2011	-128,716	73,496
2012	0	78,682
2013	28,761	82,977
2014	28,848	84,277
2015	43,392	85,044
2016	0	87,028
2017	-130,764	89,382
2018	-232,637	86,840
2019	-319,997	86,296
2020	-697,177	87,871
2021	-1,027,702	76,802
2022	-576,948	81,758
2023	-503,392	92,698

Maternal mortality chart: Russia vs United Arab Emirates

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 9 deaths per 100,000 live births in Russia, compared to 3 deaths in the United Arab Emirates.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Russia	UAE
1985	81	19
1986	69	19
1987	65	19
1988	63	19
1989	61	19
1990	58	19
1991	57	19
1992	62	19
1993	76	19
1994	85	19
1995	82	18
1996	69	16
1997	59	14
1998	53	12
1999	53	10
2000	51	8
2001	48	7
2002	47	5
2003	45	5
2004	41	4
2005	38	4
2006	32	3
2007	29	3
2008	27	3
2009	24	3
2010	23	3
2011	19	4
2012	18	4
2013	16	4
2014	16	3
2015	15	3
2016	14	3
2017	12	3
2018	12	3
2019	12	3
2020	19	6
2021	21	6
2022	13	2
2023	9	3

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.45% in Russia and 0.5% in the United Arab Emirates. 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
	Russia	UAE
1960	4.55%	20.1%
1961	4.26%	19%
1962	3.99%	18%
1963	3.76%	16.9%
1964	3.55%	15.8%
1965	3.38%	14.8%
1966	3.23%	13.7%
1967	3.11%	12.6%
1968	3.02%	11.6%
1969	2.94%	10.6%
1970	2.88%	9.62%
1971	2.84%	8.72%
1972	2.81%	7.89%
1973	2.78%	7.12%
1974	2.77%	6.43%
1975	2.76%	5.8%
1976	2.76%	5.23%
1977	2.76%	4.7%
1978	2.76%	4.22%
1979	2.75%	3.78%
1980	2.73%	3.4%
1981	2.7%	3.06%
1982	2.66%	2.77%
1983	2.62%	2.52%
1984	2.56%	2.31%
1985	2.5%	2.12%
1986	2.42%	1.97%
1987	2.34%	1.83%
1988	2.26%	1.71%
1989	2.2%	1.61%
1990	2.17%	1.51%
1991	2.16%	1.43%
1992	2.17%	1.37%
1993	2.19%	1.31%
1994	2.2%	1.26%
1995	2.2%	1.21%
1996	2.17%	1.18%
1997	2.13%	1.15%
1998	2.08%	1.12%
1999	2.02%	1.09%
2000	1.94%	1.07%
2001	1.84%	1.05%
2002	1.73%	1.03%
2003	1.61%	1.01%
2004	1.5%	1%
2005	1.39%	0.98%
2006	1.29%	0.96%
2007	1.2%	0.94%
2008	1.13%	0.92%
2009	1.07%	0.9%
2010	1.04%	0.88%
2011	1.02%	0.86%
2012	0.99%	0.84%
2013	0.95%	0.82%
2014	0.89%	0.79%
2015	0.82%	0.77%
2016	0.75%	0.73%
2017	0.69%	0.7%
2018	0.63%	0.67%
2019	0.58%	0.63%
2020	0.54%	0.6%
2021	0.51%	0.56%
2022	0.47%	0.53%
2023	0.45%	0.5%