Fertility & birth rates in Turkey and Turkmenistan

Fertility rate in Turkey vs Turkmenistan chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Turkey was 1.51 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 Turkey 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
	Turkey	Turkmenistan
1960	6.38	6.59
1961	6.42	6.69
1962	6.38	6.76
1963	6.34	6.79
1964	6.29	6.79
1965	6.22	6.76
1966	6.15	6.7
1967	6.06	6.64
1968	5.96	6.56
1969	5.87	6.48
1970	5.78	6.4
1971	5.67	6.32
1972	5.55	6.2
1973	5.41	6.15
1974	5.24	6.09
1975	5.09	6
1976	4.93	5.9
1977	4.78	5.77
1978	4.69	5.61
1979	4.58	5.46
1980	4.45	5.3
1981	4.35	5.16
1982	4.21	5.04
1983	4.06	4.97
1984	3.91	4.96
1985	3.78	4.97
1986	3.66	4.94
1987	3.54	4.84
1988	3.45	4.68
1989	3.34	4.46
1990	3.11	4.29
1991	3	4.14
1992	2.94	3.96
1993	2.92	3.78
1994	2.87	3.62
1995	2.84	3.49
1996	2.78	3.29
1997	2.74	3.18
1998	2.71	3.08
1999	2.63	2.98
2000	2.49	2.9
2001	2.39	2.81
2002	2.27	2.71
2003	2.2	2.67
2004	2.2	2.67
2005	2.2	2.71
2006	2.19	2.72
2007	2.16	2.73
2008	2.15	2.75
2009	2.1	2.79
2010	2.08	2.85
2011	2.05	2.9
2012	2.11	2.96
2013	2.11	3.01
2014	2.19	3.02
2015	2.16	3.03
2016	2.11	2.99
2017	2.08	2.93
2018	2	2.88
2019	1.89	2.83
2020	1.77	2.79
2021	1.71	2.75
2022	1.63	2.73
2023	1.51	2.69
2024	1.51	2.66
2025	1.5	2.63
2026	1.5	2.6
2027	1.5	2.57
2028	1.5	2.54
2029	1.5	2.51
2030	1.5	2.49
2031	1.5	2.46
2032	1.5	2.43
2033	1.5	2.41
2034	1.5	2.39
2035	1.5	2.37
2036	1.5	2.35
2037	1.5	2.33
2038	1.5	2.31
2039	1.5	2.29
2040	1.5	2.27
2041	1.5	2.26
2042	1.5	2.24
2043	1.5	2.22
2044	1.5	2.21
2045	1.5	2.19
2046	1.5	2.18
2047	1.5	2.16
2048	1.5	2.15
2049	1.5	2.14
2050	1.5	2.13

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Turkey	Turkmenistan
1960	42%	40.4%
1961	42.2%	41.7%
1962	42.4%	42.8%
1963	42.5%	43.8%
1964	42.7%	44.5%
1965	42.8%	44.9%
1966	42.8%	45.2%
1967	42.9%	45.4%
1968	42.9%	45.6%
1969	42.8%	45.5%
1970	42.7%	45.4%
1971	42.5%	45.1%
1972	42.3%	44.8%
1973	42.1%	44.4%
1974	41.8%	43.9%
1975	41.5%	43.4%
1976	41.1%	43%
1977	40.7%	42.5%
1978	40.4%	42.1%
1979	40.1%	41.6%
1980	39.8%	41.3%
1981	39.6%	41%
1982	39.3%	40.8%
1983	38.9%	40.7%
1984	38.5%	40.7%
1985	38.1%	40.7%
1986	37.6%	40.8%
1987	37.2%	41%
1988	36.7%	41.1%
1989	36.3%	41.2%
1990	35.8%	41.2%
1991	35.3%	41.2%
1992	34.8%	41.1%
1993	34.3%	41%
1994	33.8%	40.8%
1995	33.2%	40.5%
1996	32.6%	40.2%
1997	32%	39.6%
1998	31.4%	38.9%
1999	30.8%	38.1%
2000	30.2%	37.3%
2001	29.7%	36.4%
2002	29.2%	35.6%
2003	28.7%	34.8%
2004	28.3%	34%
2005	27.9%	33.3%
2006	27.5%	32.6%
2007	27.1%	31.9%
2008	26.7%	31.3%
2009	26.3%	30.8%
2010	25.9%	30.3%
2011	25.5%	30%
2012	25.1%	29.7%
2013	24.7%	29.6%
2014	24.3%	29.6%
2015	23.9%	29.7%
2016	23.6%	29.9%
2017	23.3%	30.2%
2018	23.1%	30.5%
2019	23%	30.9%
2020	22.8%	31.2%
2021	22.5%	31.5%
2022	22.2%	31.7%
2023	21.8%	31.7%
2024	21.4%	31.5%
2025	21%	31.2%
2026	20.6%	30.8%
2027	20.1%	30.3%
2028	19.6%	29.7%
2029	19.2%	29.1%
2030	18.7%	28.4%
2031	18.2%	27.7%
2032	17.8%	27%
2033	17.4%	26.4%
2034	17.1%	25.8%
2035	16.8%	25.3%
2036	16.5%	24.8%
2037	16.3%	24.4%
2038	16.2%	24%
2039	16.1%	23.7%
2040	16%	23.4%
2041	15.8%	23.3%
2042	15.7%	23.1%
2043	15.6%	23.1%
2044	15.5%	23%
2045	15.4%	23%
2046	15.3%	23%
2047	15.2%	23%
2048	15.1%	23%
2049	15%	23%
2050	14.9%	22.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 21.4% of the population in Turkey and 31.5% in Turkmenistan in 2024, compared to 35.8% and 41.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Turkey and Turkmenistan compared.

Natural population change in Turkey vs Turkmenistan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.91% in Turkey 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
	Turkey	Turkmenistan
1960	773,009	49,436
1961	816,911	51,659
1962	837,473	53,248
1963	862,626	54,203
1964	884,152	54,574
1965	904,016	54,558
1966	925,790	54,353
1967	936,727	54,209
1968	950,778	54,324
1969	970,958	54,791
1970	991,950	55,617
1971	1,014,165	56,666
1972	1,023,781	57,326
1973	1,025,675	59,169
1974	1,020,053	60,925
1975	1,012,904	62,681
1976	1,009,999	64,513
1977	1,023,779	66,318
1978	1,054,863	68,437
1979	1,076,707	71,135
1980	1,090,538	74,394
1981	1,100,082	77,829
1982	1,091,863	80,989
1983	1,095,106	85,183
1984	1,096,529	90,591
1985	1,098,846	95,890
1986	1,102,660	100,930
1987	1,099,042	103,885
1988	1,101,266	104,802
1989	1,094,036	103,553
1990	1,044,467	101,099
1991	1,041,229	99,297
1992	1,039,125	96,668
1993	1,064,168	92,596
1994	1,078,208	89,319
1995	1,090,630	86,289
1996	1,091,827	80,996
1997	1,099,738	79,045
1998	1,103,242	77,342
1999	1,063,312	76,362
2000	1,020,515	76,875
2001	980,560	76,682
2002	922,927	75,639
2003	893,683	76,737
2004	896,025	79,850
2005	898,650	83,968
2006	897,351	87,840
2007	876,626	92,038
2008	868,749	96,815
2009	900,491	102,931
2010	892,334	109,318
2011	875,839	115,197
2012	917,145	120,957
2013	921,386	126,217
2014	957,055	129,677
2015	930,799	132,663
2016	895,841	132,581
2017	875,408	131,417
2018	830,353	129,537
2019	751,472	128,275
2020	608,708	124,014
2021	521,713	122,721
2022	535,373	121,814
2023	426,630	117,529

Maternal mortality chart: Turkey vs Turkmenistan

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 15 deaths per 100,000 live births in Turkey, compared to 5 deaths in Turkmenistan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Turkey	Turkmenistan
1985	56	77
1986	53	75
1987	50	72
1988	47	69
1989	44	65
1990	42	62
1991	41	60
1992	40	58
1993	39	56
1994	38	54
1995	37	50
1996	36	46
1997	35	40
1998	34	34
1999	34	29
2000	32	25
2001	31	22
2002	30	20
2003	29	18
2004	28	17
2005	27	15
2006	26	14
2007	25	13
2008	24	11
2009	23	10
2010	23	9
2011	23	8
2012	21	7
2013	20	7
2014	20	6
2015	19	6
2016	19	6
2017	18	5
2018	17	5
2019	17	5
2020	19	5
2021	20	6
2022	21	5
2023	15	5

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.28% in Turkey 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
	Turkey	Turkmenistan
1960	25.8%	-
1961	25%	-
1962	24.1%	-
1963	23.3%	-
1964	22.5%	-
1965	21.7%	-
1966	21%	-
1967	20.4%	-
1968	19.7%	-
1969	19.2%	-
1970	18.6%	-
1971	18%	-
1972	17.5%	-
1973	16.9%	-
1974	16.3%	-
1975	15.7%	-
1976	15.1%	-
1977	14.5%	13.2%
1978	13.9%	12.8%
1979	13.3%	12.3%
1980	12.7%	11.9%
1981	12.1%	11.4%
1982	11.5%	10.9%
1983	10.9%	10.5%
1984	10.3%	9.98%
1985	9.79%	9.51%
1986	9.27%	9.08%
1987	8.77%	8.7%
1988	8.29%	8.36%
1989	7.83%	8.09%
1990	7.38%	7.91%
1991	6.95%	7.83%
1992	6.52%	7.83%
1993	6.11%	7.87%
1994	5.73%	7.92%
1995	5.35%	7.94%
1996	5%	7.9%
1997	4.66%	7.79%
1998	4.33%	7.59%
1999	4.03%	7.31%
2000	3.74%	6.97%
2001	3.47%	6.61%
2002	3.22%	6.24%
2003	2.99%	5.88%
2004	2.77%	5.56%
2005	2.57%	5.25%
2006	2.38%	4.99%
2007	2.21%	4.77%
2008	2.06%	4.6%
2009	1.92%	4.45%
2010	1.79%	4.36%
2011	1.68%	4.29%
2012	1.58%	4.25%
2013	1.49%	4.25%
2014	1.4%	4.25%
2015	1.33%	4.29%
2016	1.26%	4.33%
2017	1.2%	4.37%
2018	1.15%	4.36%
2019	1.1%	4.33%
2020	1.05%	4.26%
2021	1.01%	4.18%
2022	0.96%	4.1%
2023	1.28%	4%