Fertility & birth rates in Trinidad and Tobago and Turkmenistan

Fertility rate in Trinidad and Tobago vs Turkmenistan chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Trinidad and Tobago was 1.53 children per woman in 2023, compared to 2.69 in Turkmenistan in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Trinidad and Tobago vs Turkmenistan population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Trinidad	Turkmenistan
1960	5.41	6.59
1961	5.41	6.69
1962	5.36	6.76
1963	5.24	6.79
1964	5.08	6.79
1965	4.88	6.76
1966	4.62	6.7
1967	4.35	6.64
1968	4.11	6.56
1969	3.86	6.48
1970	3.71	6.4
1971	3.61	6.32
1972	3.55	6.2
1973	3.47	6.15
1974	3.32	6.09
1975	3.21	6
1976	3.14	5.9
1977	3.12	5.77
1978	3.13	5.61
1979	3.13	5.46
1980	3.15	5.3
1981	3.13	5.16
1982	3.11	5.04
1983	3.07	4.97
1984	3.02	4.96
1985	2.99	4.97
1986	2.9	4.94
1987	2.78	4.84
1988	2.65	4.68
1989	2.53	4.46
1990	2.39	4.29
1991	2.29	4.14
1992	2.21	3.96
1993	2.13	3.78
1994	2.06	3.62
1995	1.97	3.49
1996	1.89	3.29
1997	1.83	3.18
1998	1.78	3.08
1999	1.76	2.98
2000	1.73	2.9
2001	1.71	2.81
2002	1.67	2.71
2003	1.65	2.67
2004	1.63	2.67
2005	1.63	2.71
2006	1.62	2.72
2007	1.62	2.73
2008	1.62	2.75
2009	1.62	2.79
2010	1.61	2.85
2011	1.61	2.9
2012	1.61	2.96
2013	1.6	3.01
2014	1.6	3.02
2015	1.6	3.03
2016	1.6	2.99
2017	1.59	2.93
2018	1.59	2.88
2019	1.58	2.83
2020	1.57	2.79
2021	1.56	2.75
2022	1.54	2.73
2023	1.53	2.69
2024	1.54	2.66
2025	1.52	2.63
2026	1.52	2.6
2027	1.51	2.57
2028	1.51	2.54
2029	1.51	2.51
2030	1.51	2.49
2031	1.51	2.46
2032	1.51	2.43
2033	1.51	2.41
2034	1.51	2.39
2035	1.51	2.37
2036	1.51	2.35
2037	1.51	2.33
2038	1.51	2.31
2039	1.51	2.29
2040	1.51	2.27
2041	1.51	2.26
2042	1.51	2.24
2043	1.51	2.22
2044	1.51	2.21
2045	1.51	2.19
2046	1.51	2.18
2047	1.51	2.16
2048	1.52	2.15
2049	1.52	2.14
2050	1.52	2.13

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Trinidad	Turkmenistan
1960	43.1%	40.4%
1961	43.2%	41.7%
1962	43.2%	42.8%
1963	43.3%	43.8%
1964	43.2%	44.5%
1965	43.1%	44.9%
1966	42.9%	45.2%
1967	42.7%	45.4%
1968	42.3%	45.6%
1969	41.9%	45.5%
1970	41.2%	45.4%
1971	40.4%	45.1%
1972	39.7%	44.8%
1973	39.1%	44.4%
1974	38.4%	43.9%
1975	37.6%	43.4%
1976	36.8%	43%
1977	36%	42.5%
1978	35.3%	42.1%
1979	34.8%	41.6%
1980	34.4%	41.3%
1981	34.2%	41%
1982	34.2%	40.8%
1983	34.2%	40.7%
1984	34.3%	40.7%
1985	34.4%	40.7%
1986	34.4%	40.8%
1987	34.4%	41%
1988	34.2%	41.1%
1989	34%	41.2%
1990	33.7%	41.2%
1991	33.3%	41.2%
1992	32.8%	41.1%
1993	32.2%	41%
1994	31.6%	40.8%
1995	30.8%	40.5%
1996	29.9%	40.2%
1997	28.9%	39.6%
1998	27.9%	38.9%
1999	27%	38.1%
2000	26%	37.3%
2001	25%	36.4%
2002	24.2%	35.6%
2003	23.4%	34.8%
2004	22.7%	34%
2005	22.1%	33.3%
2006	21.6%	32.6%
2007	21.2%	31.9%
2008	20.8%	31.3%
2009	20.5%	30.8%
2010	20.3%	30.3%
2011	20.1%	30%
2012	20%	29.7%
2013	19.9%	29.6%
2014	19.7%	29.6%
2015	19.6%	29.7%
2016	19.5%	29.9%
2017	19.3%	30.2%
2018	19%	30.5%
2019	18.8%	30.9%
2020	18.7%	31.2%
2021	18.5%	31.5%
2022	18.3%	31.7%
2023	18%	31.7%
2024	17.8%	31.5%
2025	17.5%	31.2%
2026	17.2%	30.8%
2027	16.9%	30.3%
2028	16.6%	29.7%
2029	16.4%	29.1%
2030	16.1%	28.4%
2031	15.8%	27.7%
2032	15.5%	27%
2033	15.3%	26.4%
2034	15.1%	25.8%
2035	14.9%	25.3%
2036	14.7%	24.8%
2037	14.5%	24.4%
2038	14.4%	24%
2039	14.2%	23.7%
2040	14.1%	23.4%
2041	14.1%	23.3%
2042	14%	23.1%
2043	13.9%	23.1%
2044	13.9%	23%
2045	13.8%	23%
2046	13.8%	23%
2047	13.7%	23%
2048	13.7%	23%
2049	13.6%	23%
2050	13.6%	22.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.8% of the population in Trinidad and Tobago and 31.5% in Turkmenistan in 2024, compared to 33.7% and 41.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Trinidad and Tobago and Turkmenistan compared.

Natural population change in Trinidad and Tobago vs Turkmenistan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.41% in Trinidad and Tobago and +1.9% in Turkmenistan. 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
	Trinidad	Turkmenistan
1960	24,766	49,436
1961	25,518	51,659
1962	25,763	53,248
1963	25,507	54,203
1964	25,065	54,574
1965	24,349	54,558
1966	23,228	54,353
1967	21,992	54,209
1968	20,849	54,324
1969	19,652	54,791
1970	19,074	55,617
1971	19,400	56,666
1972	20,116	57,326
1973	20,617	59,169
1974	20,412	60,925
1975	20,468	62,681
1976	20,875	64,513
1977	21,660	66,318
1978	22,538	68,437
1979	23,475	71,135
1980	24,557	74,394
1981	25,015	77,829
1982	25,181	80,989
1983	25,118	85,183
1984	24,738	90,591
1985	24,487	95,890
1986	23,705	100,930
1987	22,398	103,885
1988	21,028	104,802
1989	19,636	103,553
1990	18,052	101,099
1991	16,903	99,297
1992	15,910	96,668
1993	14,878	92,596
1994	14,032	89,319
1995	12,971	86,289
1996	12,101	80,996
1997	11,405	79,045
1998	10,964	77,342
1999	10,821	76,362
2000	10,588	76,875
2001	10,438	76,682
2002	10,316	75,639
2003	10,169	76,737
2004	10,149	79,850
2005	9,822	83,968
2006	9,889	87,840
2007	9,939	92,038
2008	9,872	96,815
2009	9,769	102,931
2010	9,698	109,318
2011	9,601	115,197
2012	9,376	120,957
2013	9,020	126,217
2014	8,571	129,677
2015	7,963	132,663
2016	7,436	132,581
2017	6,779	131,417
2018	5,869	129,537
2019	5,647	128,275
2020	4,558	124,014
2021	2,091	122,721
2022	3,773	121,814
2023	3,200	117,529

Maternal mortality chart: Trinidad and Tobago vs Turkmenistan

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 54 deaths per 100,000 live births in Trinidad and Tobago, compared to 5 deaths in Turkmenistan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Trinidad	Turkmenistan
1985	87	77
1986	89	75
1987	86	72
1988	87	69
1989	86	65
1990	84	62
1991	82	60
1992	85	58
1993	85	56
1994	84	54
1995	85	50
1996	84	46
1997	82	40
1998	79	34
1999	78	29
2000	76	25
2001	72	22
2002	69	20
2003	67	18
2004	63	17
2005	60	15
2006	58	14
2007	57	13
2008	55	11
2009	54	10
2010	54	9
2011	53	8
2012	51	7
2013	50	7
2014	50	6
2015	50	6
2016	51	6
2017	51	5
2018	53	5
2019	53	5
2020	35	5
2021	54	6
2022	30	5
2023	54	5

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.91% in Trinidad and Tobago and 4% in Turkmenistan. 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
	Trinidad	Turkmenistan
1960	6.74%	-
1961	6.53%	-
1962	6.33%	-
1963	6.14%	-
1964	5.96%	-
1965	5.8%	-
1966	5.66%	-
1967	5.53%	-
1968	5.4%	-
1969	5.28%	-
1970	5.17%	-
1971	5.06%	-
1972	4.95%	-
1973	4.84%	-
1974	4.72%	-
1975	4.6%	-
1976	4.48%	-
1977	4.37%	13.2%
1978	4.25%	12.8%
1979	4.14%	12.3%
1980	4.03%	11.9%
1981	3.92%	11.4%
1982	3.83%	10.9%
1983	3.73%	10.5%
1984	3.64%	9.98%
1985	3.56%	9.51%
1986	3.49%	9.08%
1987	3.42%	8.7%
1988	3.36%	8.36%
1989	3.3%	8.09%
1990	3.25%	7.91%
1991	3.21%	7.83%
1992	3.16%	7.83%
1993	3.13%	7.87%
1994	3.09%	7.92%
1995	3.06%	7.94%
1996	3.02%	7.9%
1997	2.99%	7.79%
1998	2.96%	7.59%
1999	2.92%	7.31%
2000	2.88%	6.97%
2001	2.84%	6.61%
2002	2.81%	6.24%
2003	2.76%	5.88%
2004	2.72%	5.56%
2005	2.68%	5.25%
2006	2.64%	4.99%
2007	2.59%	4.77%
2008	2.55%	4.6%
2009	2.51%	4.45%
2010	2.47%	4.36%
2011	2.43%	4.29%
2012	2.38%	4.25%
2013	2.35%	4.25%
2014	2.3%	4.25%
2015	2.26%	4.29%
2016	2.22%	4.33%
2017	2.18%	4.37%
2018	2.14%	4.36%
2019	2.1%	4.33%
2020	2.06%	4.26%
2021	2.01%	4.18%
2022	1.96%	4.1%
2023	1.91%	4%