Fertility & birth rates in Syria and Uzbekistan

Fertility rate in Syria vs Uzbekistan chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Syria was 2.71 children per woman in 2023, compared to 3.5 in Uzbekistan in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Syria vs Uzbekistan population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Syria	Uzbekistan
1960	7.51	6.61
1961	7.5	6.75
1962	7.51	6.88
1963	7.51	6.81
1964	7.53	6.82
1965	7.53	6.81
1966	7.55	6.66
1967	7.56	6.57
1968	7.57	6.39
1969	7.59	6.34
1970	7.62	6.31
1971	7.6	6.28
1972	7.57	6.25
1973	7.55	6.16
1974	7.52	6.05
1975	7.49	5.92
1976	7.45	5.75
1977	7.42	5.54
1978	7.35	5.28
1979	7.25	5.16
1980	7.12	5.04
1981	6.97	4.91
1982	6.81	4.82
1983	6.69	4.71
1984	6.59	4.73
1985	6.48	4.69
1986	6.37	4.68
1987	6.2	4.53
1988	6	4.26
1989	5.78	4.1
1990	5.56	4.12
1991	5.34	4.19
1992	5.14	4.06
1993	4.99	3.86
1994	4.86	3.66
1995	4.7	3.57
1996	4.54	3.39
1997	4.37	3.19
1998	4.25	2.99
1999	4.14	2.83
2000	4.07	2.7
2001	3.98	2.61
2002	3.87	2.58
2003	3.76	2.5
2004	3.68	2.5
2005	3.61	2.44
2006	3.56	2.46
2007	3.54	2.57
2008	3.48	2.64
2009	3.42	2.56
2010	3.36	2.44
2011	3.29	2.35
2012	3.22	2.34
2013	3.17	2.44
2014	3.12	2.55
2015	3.07	2.58
2016	3.01	2.56
2017	2.97	2.57
2018	2.93	2.71
2019	2.88	2.87
2020	2.84	3.06
2021	2.8	3.27
2022	2.75	3.4
2023	2.71	3.5
2024	2.7	3.49
2025	2.66	3.45
2026	2.62	3.4
2027	2.58	3.36
2028	2.54	3.31
2029	2.51	3.27
2030	2.48	3.22
2031	2.45	3.18
2032	2.42	3.13
2033	2.39	3.09
2034	2.36	3.05
2035	2.33	3.01
2036	2.31	2.98
2037	2.29	2.94
2038	2.26	2.91
2039	2.24	2.87
2040	2.22	2.84
2041	2.2	2.81
2042	2.18	2.78
2043	2.16	2.75
2044	2.14	2.72
2045	2.13	2.69
2046	2.11	2.66
2047	2.1	2.63
2048	2.08	2.6
2049	2.07	2.58
2050	2.05	2.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Syria	Uzbekistan
1960	45.3%	39.8%
1961	45.7%	41.2%
1962	46.1%	42.4%
1963	46.3%	43.4%
1964	46.6%	44.2%
1965	46.9%	44.7%
1966	47.3%	44.8%
1967	47.5%	44.9%
1968	47.8%	44.8%
1969	48%	44.7%
1970	48.2%	44.6%
1971	48.3%	44.4%
1972	48.4%	44.3%
1973	48.5%	44%
1974	48.5%	43.7%
1975	48.6%	43.3%
1976	48.6%	42.8%
1977	48.7%	42.3%
1978	48.7%	41.7%
1979	48.7%	41.2%
1980	48.7%	40.8%
1981	48.7%	40.5%
1982	48.5%	40.3%
1983	48.4%	40.1%
1984	48.2%	40.1%
1985	48%	40.1%
1986	47.7%	40.1%
1987	47.5%	40.1%
1988	47.2%	40%
1989	46.9%	39.9%
1990	46.6%	39.9%
1991	46.1%	39.9%
1992	45.7%	39.8%
1993	45.2%	39.8%
1994	44.7%	39.7%
1995	44.2%	39.4%
1996	43.8%	39.2%
1997	43.3%	38.8%
1998	42.9%	38.2%
1999	42.4%	37.5%
2000	41.9%	36.7%
2001	41.3%	35.8%
2002	40.8%	34.9%
2003	40.2%	34%
2004	39.6%	33.1%
2005	39.1%	32.3%
2006	38.1%	31.4%
2007	36.7%	30.6%
2008	36.3%	29.9%
2009	36.3%	29.4%
2010	36.1%	28.9%
2011	36.1%	28.5%
2012	36.5%	28.2%
2013	38%	28.1%
2014	39.8%	28.1%
2015	40.6%	28.3%
2016	40.2%	28.5%
2017	39.3%	28.8%
2018	37.9%	29%
2019	36.1%	29.3%
2020	34.6%	29.7%
2021	33.4%	30.2%
2022	31.9%	30.6%
2023	30.3%	30.9%
2024	29.2%	31.1%
2025	28.4%	31.3%
2026	27.9%	31.5%
2027	27.5%	31.6%
2028	27.3%	31.6%
2029	27.3%	31.6%
2030	27.6%	31.4%
2031	27.9%	31.3%
2032	28.3%	31.1%
2033	28.6%	30.9%
2034	28.8%	30.6%
2035	29%	30.3%
2036	29%	29.8%
2037	28.9%	29.3%
2038	28.7%	28.8%
2039	28.4%	28.3%
2040	28%	28%
2041	27.5%	27.6%
2042	27%	27.4%
2043	26.4%	27.2%
2044	25.8%	27%
2045	25.1%	26.9%
2046	24.5%	26.8%
2047	23.9%	26.8%
2048	23.3%	26.7%
2049	22.8%	26.7%
2050	22.3%	26.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 29.2% of the population in Syria and 31.1% in Uzbekistan in 2024, compared to 46.6% and 39.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Syria and Uzbekistan compared.

Natural population change in Syria vs Uzbekistan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.46% in Syria and +1.87% in Uzbekistan. 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
	Syria	Uzbekistan
1960	143,687	267,165
1961	151,485	279,841
1962	159,155	292,788
1963	166,555	293,432
1964	174,549	298,790
1965	182,560	302,264
1966	191,122	297,844
1967	199,223	298,350
1968	209,454	295,651
1969	219,114	302,833
1970	230,117	313,216
1971	239,610	323,171
1972	249,027	333,230
1973	254,687	341,807
1974	270,735	350,422
1975	282,299	357,382
1976	294,267	363,110
1977	306,630	369,572
1978	316,724	372,068
1979	324,943	387,754
1980	332,464	401,557
1981	330,237	413,897
1982	319,664	431,389
1983	355,375	454,464
1984	366,768	485,617
1985	379,231	508,893
1986	390,821	533,234
1987	399,159	537,292
1988	404,285	525,126
1989	406,111	522,323
1990	409,177	540,581
1991	410,830	557,886
1992	412,878	548,793
1993	420,244	527,557
1994	426,996	502,279
1995	430,172	493,966
1996	430,765	471,010
1997	429,887	441,631
1998	433,447	408,532
1999	439,261	385,448
2000	446,211	365,138
2001	451,503	356,483
2002	453,967	359,231
2003	457,000	355,098
2004	461,209	363,994
2005	468,960	363,462
2006	480,616	383,265
2007	529,162	426,880
2008	576,593	461,665
2009	559,314	471,839
2010	558,666	461,293
2011	543,950	454,858
2012	475,520	463,333
2013	419,341	501,742
2014	333,116	536,881
2015	253,977	552,781
2016	236,007	549,045
2017	237,214	548,372
2018	242,530	585,119
2019	293,762	618,154
2020	327,992	643,750
2021	350,560	689,325
2022	369,750	715,410
2023	402,713	722,280

Maternal mortality chart: Syria vs Uzbekistan

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 20 deaths per 100,000 live births in Syria, compared to 26 deaths in Uzbekistan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Syria	Uzbekistan
1985	55	72
1986	52	69
1987	48	63
1988	44	58
1989	41	53
1990	37	50
1991	35	47
1992	33	46
1993	32	47
1994	32	49
1995	33	46
1996	34	44
1997	34	42
1998	34	42
1999	32	43
2000	31	42
2001	29	42
2002	26	41
2003	24	40
2004	22	39
2005	21	39
2006	20	38
2007	19	37
2008	20	35
2009	19	34
2010	19	34
2011	21	33
2012	22	33
2013	25	32
2014	25	32
2015	24	31
2016	23	31
2017	23	30
2018	21	29
2019	24	29
2020	23	29
2021	30	28
2022	21	27
2023	20	26

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.06% in Syria and 1.33% in Uzbekistan. 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
	Syria	Uzbekistan
1960	16.9%	-
1961	16.1%	-
1962	15.3%	-
1963	14.7%	-
1964	14.1%	-
1965	13.5%	-
1966	12.9%	-
1967	12.3%	-
1968	11.7%	-
1969	11.1%	-
1970	10.5%	-
1971	9.91%	-
1972	9.4%	-
1973	8.92%	-
1974	8.47%	-
1975	8.03%	-
1976	7.61%	-
1977	7.19%	-
1978	6.79%	-
1979	6.4%	12.5%
1980	6.03%	11.7%
1981	6.33%	10.9%
1982	7.06%	10.2%
1983	5.1%	9.5%
1984	4.84%	8.91%
1985	4.6%	8.4%
1986	4.39%	7.96%
1987	4.19%	7.59%
1988	4.02%	7.31%
1989	3.85%	7.13%
1990	3.7%	7.04%
1991	3.55%	7.01%
1992	3.4%	7.01%
1993	3.24%	6.99%
1994	3.09%	6.95%
1995	2.94%	6.91%
1996	2.8%	6.83%
1997	2.66%	6.72%
1998	2.53%	6.57%
1999	2.42%	6.38%
2000	2.32%	6.15%
2001	2.23%	5.88%
2002	2.15%	5.57%
2003	2.09%	5.25%
2004	2.03%	4.92%
2005	1.98%	4.57%
2006	1.95%	4.24%
2007	1.92%	3.9%
2008	1.9%	3.59%
2009	1.9%	3.29%
2010	1.9%	3.01%
2011	2.17%	2.75%
2012	3.39%	2.52%
2013	3.65%	2.32%
2014	3.53%	2.14%
2015	3.7%	1.98%
2016	3.22%	1.85%
2017	3.3%	1.73%
2018	3.26%	1.64%
2019	2.5%	1.56%
2020	2.24%	1.5%
2021	2.1%	1.44%
2022	2.11%	1.38%
2023	2.06%	1.33%