Fertility & birth rates in Russia and Venezuela

Fertility rate in Russia vs Venezuela 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 2.08 in Venezuela in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Russia vs Venezuela 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	Venezuela
1960	2.52	6.38
1961	2.45	6.3
1962	2.36	6.23
1963	2.27	6.16
1964	2.18	6.07
1965	2.13	5.98
1966	2.1	5.87
1967	2.04	5.75
1968	1.99	5.61
1969	1.97	5.47
1970	1.99	5.32
1971	2.03	5.17
1972	2.04	5.04
1973	2.01	4.91
1974	2	4.79
1975	1.98	4.69
1976	1.97	4.59
1977	1.95	4.49
1978	1.92	4.4
1979	1.9	4.3
1980	1.89	4.2
1981	1.91	4.1
1982	2.04	4.01
1983	2.11	3.93
1984	2.06	3.86
1985	2.05	3.79
1986	2.15	3.73
1987	2.22	3.67
1988	2.12	3.6
1989	2.01	3.52
1990	1.89	3.45
1991	1.73	3.37
1992	1.55	3.29
1993	1.39	3.22
1994	1.4	3.15
1995	1.34	3.08
1996	1.27	3.02
1997	1.22	2.97
1998	1.23	2.91
1999	1.16	2.86
2000	1.2	2.79
2001	1.22	2.78
2002	1.29	2.74
2003	1.32	2.7
2004	1.34	2.64
2005	1.29	2.63
2006	1.31	2.6
2007	1.42	2.52
2008	1.5	2.48
2009	1.54	2.42
2010	1.57	2.4
2011	1.58	2.4
2012	1.69	2.38
2013	1.71	2.33
2014	1.75	2.3
2015	1.78	2.25
2016	1.76	2.22
2017	1.62	2.18
2018	1.58	2.15
2019	1.5	2.13
2020	1.51	2.12
2021	1.51	2.11
2022	1.42	2.09
2023	1.41	2.08
2024	1.42	2.08
2025	1.43	2.06
2026	1.43	2.04
2027	1.43	2.03
2028	1.44	2.01
2029	1.44	2
2030	1.45	1.99
2031	1.45	1.98
2032	1.45	1.97
2033	1.46	1.96
2034	1.46	1.95
2035	1.46	1.94
2036	1.47	1.93
2037	1.47	1.92
2038	1.47	1.91
2039	1.47	1.91
2040	1.48	1.9
2041	1.48	1.89
2042	1.48	1.88
2043	1.48	1.87
2044	1.49	1.86
2045	1.49	1.86
2046	1.49	1.85
2047	1.49	1.84
2048	1.5	1.84
2049	1.5	1.83
2050	1.5	1.83

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Russia	Venezuela
1960	30.5%	46.8%
1961	30.9%	46.9%
1962	30.8%	47%
1963	30.6%	47%
1964	30.2%	47%
1965	29.5%	46.9%
1966	28.9%	46.8%
1967	28.3%	46.6%
1968	27.6%	46.3%
1969	26.9%	46%
1970	26.1%	45.6%
1971	25.4%	45.2%
1972	24.8%	44.7%
1973	24.2%	44.3%
1974	23.6%	43.8%
1975	23%	43.3%
1976	22.5%	42.9%
1977	22.1%	42.5%
1978	21.8%	42.1%
1979	21.7%	41.7%
1980	21.7%	41.3%
1981	21.7%	41%
1982	21.9%	40.6%
1983	22.1%	40.3%
1984	22.4%	39.9%
1985	22.6%	39.6%
1986	22.8%	39.3%
1987	22.9%	39%
1988	23%	38.7%
1989	23%	38.4%
1990	22.9%	38.1%
1991	22.7%	37.8%
1992	22.4%	37.4%
1993	22%	37%
1994	21.6%	36.6%
1995	21.2%	36.2%
1996	20.7%	35.8%
1997	20.2%	35.3%
1998	19.5%	34.9%
1999	18.8%	34.5%
2000	18%	34%
2001	17.3%	33.6%
2002	16.6%	33.1%
2003	16%	32.7%
2004	15.6%	32.2%
2005	15.2%	31.8%
2006	14.9%	31.4%
2007	14.8%	31%
2008	14.9%	30.6%
2009	15%	30.3%
2010	15.2%	29.9%
2011	15.4%	29.5%
2012	15.7%	29.2%
2013	16.1%	28.9%
2014	16.5%	28.5%
2015	16.9%	28.2%
2016	17.2%	27.9%
2017	17.5%	27.8%
2018	17.6%	27.9%
2019	17.6%	28%
2020	17.7%	27.8%
2021	17.7%	27.4%
2022	17.7%	26.8%
2023	17.5%	26.2%
2024	17.3%	25.5%
2025	17%	24.9%
2026	16.7%	24.3%
2027	16.3%	23.8%
2028	15.9%	23.2%
2029	15.5%	22.8%
2030	15%	22.4%
2031	14.6%	22%
2032	14.2%	21.7%
2033	14%	21.5%
2034	13.8%	21.4%
2035	13.7%	21.4%
2036	13.6%	21.4%
2037	13.6%	21.5%
2038	13.6%	21.5%
2039	13.7%	21.4%
2040	13.9%	21.4%
2041	14%	21.3%
2042	14.2%	21.2%
2043	14.4%	21.1%
2044	14.6%	20.9%
2045	14.8%	20.7%
2046	15%	20.5%
2047	15.2%	20.3%
2048	15.4%	20%
2049	15.5%	19.8%
2050	15.7%	19.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.3% of the population in Russia and 25.5% in Venezuela in 2024, compared to 22.9% and 38.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Russia and Venezuela compared.

Natural population change in Russia vs Venezuela by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.24% in Russia and +1% in Venezuela. 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	Venezuela
1960	1,962,834	285,105
1961	1,810,538	292,109
1962	1,573,701	299,345
1963	1,436,077	307,279
1964	1,233,520	314,397
1965	1,059,335	321,695
1966	989,279	329,697
1967	854,554	335,813
1968	787,621	340,973
1969	753,088	343,596
1970	785,554	350,709
1971	854,999	355,212
1972	872,050	360,749
1973	846,561	367,612
1974	883,186	375,678
1975	843,850	385,045
1976	852,237	395,344
1977	832,932	405,315
1978	812,766	414,032
1979	690,135	421,256
1980	681,149	425,613
1981	713,700	432,059
1982	830,855	436,564
1983	906,676	443,569
1984	756,548	449,186
1985	762,447	455,517
1986	985,279	468,252
1987	977,583	474,204
1988	778,343	477,569
1989	576,112	478,053
1990	325,533	478,168
1991	103,876	477,917
1992	-222,808	474,824
1993	-757,140	473,189
1994	-920,129	469,178
1995	-845,742	469,267
1996	-785,248	468,653
1997	-769,159	472,002
1998	-694,053	469,123
1999	-927,453	463,787
2000	-967,540	459,802
2001	-963,445	451,487
2002	-944,492	466,821
2003	-896,822	456,902
2004	-792,370	455,881
2005	-846,761	463,260
2006	-686,638	460,152
2007	-471,257	452,482
2008	-356,856	435,870
2009	-257,014	427,257
2010	-242,844	425,397
2011	-128,716	425,958
2012	0	420,758
2013	28,761	408,930
2014	28,848	395,088
2015	43,392	384,560
2016	0	359,651
2017	-130,764	340,222
2018	-232,637	317,302
2019	-319,997	274,826
2020	-697,177	237,223
2021	-1,027,702	207,746
2022	-576,948	216,619
2023	-503,392	213,020

Maternal mortality chart: Russia vs Venezuela

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 227 deaths in Venezuela.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Russia	Venezuela
1985	81	83
1986	69	81
1987	65	81
1988	63	80
1989	61	80
1990	58	83
1991	57	80
1992	62	82
1993	76	82
1994	85	84
1995	82	84
1996	69	86
1997	59	82
1998	53	82
1999	53	88
2000	51	86
2001	48	101
2002	47	87
2003	45	97
2004	41	94
2005	38	93
2006	32	96
2007	29	92
2008	27	103
2009	24	109
2010	23	110
2011	19	104
2012	18	113
2013	16	123
2014	16	133
2015	15	136
2016	14	162
2017	12	195
2018	12	205
2019	12	202
2020	19	207
2021	21	251
2022	13	219
2023	9	227

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.45% in Russia and 2.43% in Venezuela. 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	Venezuela
1960	4.55%	7.97%
1961	4.26%	7.72%
1962	3.99%	7.49%
1963	3.76%	7.3%
1964	3.55%	7.14%
1965	3.38%	7%
1966	3.23%	6.87%
1967	3.11%	6.75%
1968	3.02%	6.61%
1969	2.94%	6.47%
1970	2.88%	6.3%
1971	2.84%	6.12%
1972	2.81%	5.94%
1973	2.78%	5.75%
1974	2.77%	5.57%
1975	2.76%	5.38%
1976	2.76%	5.2%
1977	2.76%	5.01%
1978	2.76%	4.82%
1979	2.75%	4.62%
1980	2.73%	4.42%
1981	2.7%	4.24%
1982	2.66%	4.07%
1983	2.62%	3.91%
1984	2.56%	3.77%
1985	2.5%	3.64%
1986	2.42%	3.5%
1987	2.34%	3.37%
1988	2.26%	3.23%
1989	2.2%	3.09%
1990	2.17%	2.96%
1991	2.16%	2.86%
1992	2.17%	2.78%
1993	2.19%	2.73%
1994	2.2%	2.68%
1995	2.2%	2.63%
1996	2.17%	2.55%
1997	2.13%	2.45%
1998	2.08%	2.34%
1999	2.02%	2.24%
2000	1.94%	2.15%
2001	1.84%	2.09%
2002	1.73%	2.03%
2003	1.61%	1.98%
2004	1.5%	1.91%
2005	1.39%	1.85%
2006	1.29%	1.79%
2007	1.2%	1.74%
2008	1.13%	1.72%
2009	1.07%	1.71%
2010	1.04%	1.72%
2011	1.02%	1.73%
2012	0.99%	1.76%
2013	0.95%	1.79%
2014	0.89%	1.83%
2015	0.82%	1.92%
2016	0.75%	2.43%
2017	0.69%	2.43%
2018	0.63%	2.43%
2019	0.58%	2.43%
2020	0.54%	2.43%
2021	0.51%	2.43%
2022	0.47%	2.43%
2023	0.45%	2.43%