Fertility & birth rates in Tajikistan and United Kingdom

Fertility rate in Tajikistan vs United Kingdom chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Tajikistan was 3.07 children per woman in 2023, compared to 1.56 in the United Kingdom in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Tajikistan vs the United Kingdom population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Tajikistan	United Kingdom
1960	6.24	2.69
1961	6.35	2.78
1962	6.48	2.86
1963	6.62	2.88
1964	6.68	2.93
1965	6.74	2.86
1966	6.82	2.78
1967	6.89	2.68
1968	6.91	2.6
1969	6.91	2.51
1970	6.91	2.44
1971	6.91	2.41
1972	6.89	2.2
1973	6.84	2.04
1974	6.77	1.92
1975	6.69	1.81
1976	6.6	1.74
1977	6.49	1.69
1978	6.4	1.75
1979	6.31	1.86
1980	6.21	1.9
1981	6.12	1.82
1982	6.03	1.78
1983	5.98	1.77
1984	5.96	1.77
1985	5.94	1.79
1986	5.91	1.78
1987	5.84	1.81
1988	5.75	1.82
1989	5.61	1.79
1990	5.46	1.83
1991	5.28	1.82
1992	5.06	1.79
1993	4.92	1.76
1994	4.79	1.74
1995	4.66	1.71
1996	3.94	1.73
1997	4.06	1.72
1998	4.07	1.71
1999	3.85	1.68
2000	3.49	1.64
2001	3.49	1.63
2002	3.47	1.63
2003	3.42	1.7
2004	3.51	1.75
2005	3.4	1.76
2006	3.34	1.82
2007	3.37	1.86
2008	3.39	1.91
2009	3.43	1.89
2010	3.46	1.92
2011	3.46	1.91
2012	3.42	1.92
2013	3.43	1.83
2014	3.46	1.81
2015	3.46	1.8
2016	3.38	1.79
2017	3.29	1.74
2018	3.29	1.68
2019	3.28	1.63
2020	3.21	1.57
2021	3.17	1.58
2022	3.13	1.56
2023	3.07	1.56
2024	3.04	1.55
2025	2.99	1.54
2026	2.96	1.53
2027	2.93	1.53
2028	2.89	1.53
2029	2.86	1.52
2030	2.83	1.52
2031	2.8	1.52
2032	2.76	1.53
2033	2.73	1.53
2034	2.7	1.53
2035	2.68	1.53
2036	2.65	1.53
2037	2.63	1.53
2038	2.6	1.53
2039	2.58	1.53
2040	2.55	1.53
2041	2.53	1.54
2042	2.51	1.54
2043	2.49	1.54
2044	2.46	1.54
2045	2.44	1.54
2046	2.42	1.54
2047	2.4	1.54
2048	2.38	1.54
2049	2.37	1.55
2050	2.35	1.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Tajikistan	United Kingdom
1960	40.2%	23.3%
1961	41.4%	23.3%
1962	42.5%	23.2%
1963	43.4%	23.2%
1964	44.1%	23.3%
1965	44.4%	23.4%
1966	44.6%	23.5%
1967	44.7%	23.7%
1968	44.7%	23.9%
1969	44.6%	24%
1970	44.6%	24.1%
1971	44.5%	24.1%
1972	44.4%	24%
1973	44.3%	23.9%
1974	44.2%	23.6%
1975	44%	23.3%
1976	43.8%	22.9%
1977	43.6%	22.4%
1978	43.4%	21.9%
1979	43.2%	21.4%
1980	43.2%	21%
1981	43.2%	20.6%
1982	43.2%	20.2%
1983	43.3%	19.8%
1984	43.3%	19.5%
1985	43.3%	19.3%
1986	43.1%	19.1%
1987	43.1%	18.9%
1988	43.2%	18.9%
1989	43.4%	19.1%
1990	43.7%	19.1%
1991	44%	19.3%
1992	44.3%	19.4%
1993	44.6%	19.5%
1994	44.8%	19.6%
1995	44.9%	19.5%
1996	44.7%	19.4%
1997	44.3%	19.3%
1998	43.7%	19.3%
1999	43%	19.2%
2000	42.3%	18.9%
2001	41.5%	18.7%
2002	40.7%	18.5%
2003	39.9%	18.4%
2004	39.3%	18.3%
2005	38.6%	18.2%
2006	38%	18%
2007	37.6%	17.9%
2008	37.3%	17.8%
2009	37%	17.8%
2010	36.8%	17.8%
2011	36.7%	17.7%
2012	36.7%	17.8%
2013	36.5%	17.8%
2014	36.4%	17.8%
2015	36.3%	17.9%
2016	36.3%	18%
2017	36.2%	18%
2018	36.2%	18.1%
2019	36.3%	18%
2020	36.4%	18%
2021	36.6%	17.8%
2022	36.6%	17.6%
2023	36.5%	17.4%
2024	36.3%	17.2%
2025	35.9%	17%
2026	35.4%	16.7%
2027	35%	16.5%
2028	34.5%	16.2%
2029	33.9%	16%
2030	33.2%	15.7%
2031	32.5%	15.5%
2032	32%	15.3%
2033	31.6%	15.2%
2034	31.2%	15.1%
2035	30.8%	15%
2036	30.4%	14.9%
2037	30.1%	14.9%
2038	29.8%	14.8%
2039	29.6%	14.8%
2040	29.4%	14.8%
2041	29.2%	14.8%
2042	29.1%	14.8%
2043	29%	14.9%
2044	28.9%	14.9%
2045	28.7%	14.9%
2046	28.6%	15%
2047	28.4%	15%
2048	28.1%	15%
2049	27.9%	15%
2050	27.6%	15.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 36.3% of the population in Tajikistan and 17.2% in the United Kingdom in 2024, compared to 43.7% and 19.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Tajikistan and the United Kingdom compared.

Natural population change in Tajikistan vs United Kingdom by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.42% in Tajikistan and +0.16% in the United Kingdom. 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
	Tajikistan	United Kingdom
1960	65,415	314,400
1961	68,182	311,519
1962	70,700	340,800
1963	73,065	337,995
1964	74,030	405,000
1965	75,139	364,132
1966	76,702	333,356
1967	78,733	346,145
1968	80,698	292,622
1969	82,931	260,577
1970	85,645	244,918
1971	88,618	257,123
1972	91,677	162,650
1973	94,523	112,389
1974	97,481	67,476
1975	100,604	33,735
1976	103,777	-5,621
1977	106,920	0
1978	110,564	16,859
1979	114,496	61,872
1980	117,888	95,734
1981	121,418	73,234
1982	127,838	56,314
1983	133,280	61,966
1984	139,145	84,633
1985	145,720	79,170
1986	155,987	90,690
1987	163,611	136,325
1988	172,805	136,628
1989	179,212	119,861
1990	178,429	154,569
1991	177,585	143,562
1992	163,652	149,709
1993	157,975	103,893
1994	167,590	127,304
1995	168,934	87,028
1996	138,287	98,884
1997	149,825	99,138
1998	153,508	87,730
1999	147,622	64,551
2000	136,549	70,671
2001	142,276	65,032
2002	146,492	65,308
2003	150,391	89,471
2004	161,201	131,974
2005	160,189	144,963
2006	164,046	176,455
2007	173,200	196,232
2008	182,337	216,325
2009	192,851	230,422
2010	201,389	251,066
2011	208,429	259,361
2012	213,078	248,473
2013	220,693	198,830
2014	227,304	206,784
2015	230,903	175,738
2016	228,547	177,139
2017	224,396	145,125
2018	228,597	119,321
2019	231,817	108,342
2020	219,467	-4,272
2021	222,850	30,612
2022	228,336	39,751
2023	223,828	34,589

Maternal mortality chart: Tajikistan vs United Kingdom

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 14 deaths per 100,000 live births in Tajikistan, compared to 8 deaths in the United Kingdom.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Tajikistan	United Kingdom
1985	98	2
1986	91	2
1987	91	3
1988	83	4
1989	85	5
1990	80	6
1991	79	7
1992	84	7
1993	84	8
1994	85	9
1995	81	9
1996	82	8
1997	76	9
1998	72	10
1999	64	11
2000	58	12
2001	58	13
2002	48	13
2003	39	14
2004	36	13
2005	36	12
2006	35	12
2007	30	11
2008	29	11
2009	29	11
2010	26	10
2011	25	10
2012	23	9
2013	21	9
2014	21	9
2015	20	9
2016	20	9
2017	17	9
2018	16	9
2019	16	9
2020	25	14
2021	25	13
2022	14	15
2023	14	8

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.73% in Tajikistan and 0.45% in the United Kingdom. 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
	Tajikistan	United Kingdom
1960	-	2.66%
1961	-	2.61%
1962	-	2.56%
1963	-	2.49%
1964	-	2.42%
1965	-	2.34%
1966	-	2.28%
1967	-	2.22%
1968	-	2.18%
1969	-	2.14%
1970	-	2.1%
1971	-	2.06%
1972	15.5%	2%
1973	15%	1.94%
1974	14.4%	1.87%
1975	14%	1.8%
1976	13.5%	1.72%
1977	13.2%	1.64%
1978	13%	1.57%
1979	12.8%	1.49%
1980	12.7%	1.41%
1981	12.6%	1.34%
1982	12.5%	1.27%
1983	12.3%	1.22%
1984	12%	1.17%
1985	11.6%	1.14%
1986	11.1%	1.11%
1987	10.5%	1.08%
1988	10.1%	1.04%
1989	9.88%	0.99%
1990	9.92%	0.93%
1991	10.2%	0.87%
1992	10.6%	0.82%
1993	10.9%	0.77%
1994	11%	0.74%
1995	10.8%	0.72%
1996	10.4%	0.7%
1997	9.86%	0.69%
1998	9.26%	0.68%
1999	8.62%	0.67%
2000	7.97%	0.65%
2001	7.34%	0.64%
2002	6.75%	0.63%
2003	6.18%	0.63%
2004	5.67%	0.61%
2005	5.22%	0.6%
2006	4.82%	0.59%
2007	4.47%	0.58%
2008	4.17%	0.56%
2009	3.92%	0.54%
2010	3.7%	0.52%
2011	3.52%	0.5%
2012	3.36%	0.48%
2013	3.23%	0.46%
2014	3.12%	0.45%
2015	3.02%	0.45%
2016	2.94%	0.44%
2017	2.88%	0.44%
2018	2.83%	0.44%
2019	2.81%	0.44%
2020	2.8%	0.44%
2021	2.79%	0.44%
2022	2.77%	0.45%
2023	2.73%	0.45%