Fertility & birth rates in Turkey and United Kingdom

Fertility rate in Turkey vs United Kingdom 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 1.56 in the United Kingdom in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Turkey 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
	Turkey	United Kingdom
1960	6.38	2.69
1961	6.42	2.78
1962	6.38	2.86
1963	6.34	2.88
1964	6.29	2.93
1965	6.22	2.86
1966	6.15	2.78
1967	6.06	2.68
1968	5.96	2.6
1969	5.87	2.51
1970	5.78	2.44
1971	5.67	2.41
1972	5.55	2.2
1973	5.41	2.04
1974	5.24	1.92
1975	5.09	1.81
1976	4.93	1.74
1977	4.78	1.69
1978	4.69	1.75
1979	4.58	1.86
1980	4.45	1.9
1981	4.35	1.82
1982	4.21	1.78
1983	4.06	1.77
1984	3.91	1.77
1985	3.78	1.79
1986	3.66	1.78
1987	3.54	1.81
1988	3.45	1.82
1989	3.34	1.79
1990	3.11	1.83
1991	3	1.82
1992	2.94	1.79
1993	2.92	1.76
1994	2.87	1.74
1995	2.84	1.71
1996	2.78	1.73
1997	2.74	1.72
1998	2.71	1.71
1999	2.63	1.68
2000	2.49	1.64
2001	2.39	1.63
2002	2.27	1.63
2003	2.2	1.7
2004	2.2	1.75
2005	2.2	1.76
2006	2.19	1.82
2007	2.16	1.86
2008	2.15	1.91
2009	2.1	1.89
2010	2.08	1.92
2011	2.05	1.91
2012	2.11	1.92
2013	2.11	1.83
2014	2.19	1.81
2015	2.16	1.8
2016	2.11	1.79
2017	2.08	1.74
2018	2	1.68
2019	1.89	1.63
2020	1.77	1.57
2021	1.71	1.58
2022	1.63	1.56
2023	1.51	1.56
2024	1.51	1.55
2025	1.5	1.54
2026	1.5	1.53
2027	1.5	1.53
2028	1.5	1.53
2029	1.5	1.52
2030	1.5	1.52
2031	1.5	1.52
2032	1.5	1.53
2033	1.5	1.53
2034	1.5	1.53
2035	1.5	1.53
2036	1.5	1.53
2037	1.5	1.53
2038	1.5	1.53
2039	1.5	1.53
2040	1.5	1.53
2041	1.5	1.54
2042	1.5	1.54
2043	1.5	1.54
2044	1.5	1.54
2045	1.5	1.54
2046	1.5	1.54
2047	1.5	1.54
2048	1.5	1.54
2049	1.5	1.55
2050	1.5	1.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Turkey	United Kingdom
1960	42%	23.3%
1961	42.2%	23.3%
1962	42.4%	23.2%
1963	42.5%	23.2%
1964	42.7%	23.3%
1965	42.8%	23.4%
1966	42.8%	23.5%
1967	42.9%	23.7%
1968	42.9%	23.9%
1969	42.8%	24%
1970	42.7%	24.1%
1971	42.5%	24.1%
1972	42.3%	24%
1973	42.1%	23.9%
1974	41.8%	23.6%
1975	41.5%	23.3%
1976	41.1%	22.9%
1977	40.7%	22.4%
1978	40.4%	21.9%
1979	40.1%	21.4%
1980	39.8%	21%
1981	39.6%	20.6%
1982	39.3%	20.2%
1983	38.9%	19.8%
1984	38.5%	19.5%
1985	38.1%	19.3%
1986	37.6%	19.1%
1987	37.2%	18.9%
1988	36.7%	18.9%
1989	36.3%	19.1%
1990	35.8%	19.1%
1991	35.3%	19.3%
1992	34.8%	19.4%
1993	34.3%	19.5%
1994	33.8%	19.6%
1995	33.2%	19.5%
1996	32.6%	19.4%
1997	32%	19.3%
1998	31.4%	19.3%
1999	30.8%	19.2%
2000	30.2%	18.9%
2001	29.7%	18.7%
2002	29.2%	18.5%
2003	28.7%	18.4%
2004	28.3%	18.3%
2005	27.9%	18.2%
2006	27.5%	18%
2007	27.1%	17.9%
2008	26.7%	17.8%
2009	26.3%	17.8%
2010	25.9%	17.8%
2011	25.5%	17.7%
2012	25.1%	17.8%
2013	24.7%	17.8%
2014	24.3%	17.8%
2015	23.9%	17.9%
2016	23.6%	18%
2017	23.3%	18%
2018	23.1%	18.1%
2019	23%	18%
2020	22.8%	18%
2021	22.5%	17.8%
2022	22.2%	17.6%
2023	21.8%	17.4%
2024	21.4%	17.2%
2025	21%	17%
2026	20.6%	16.7%
2027	20.1%	16.5%
2028	19.6%	16.2%
2029	19.2%	16%
2030	18.7%	15.7%
2031	18.2%	15.5%
2032	17.8%	15.3%
2033	17.4%	15.2%
2034	17.1%	15.1%
2035	16.8%	15%
2036	16.5%	14.9%
2037	16.3%	14.9%
2038	16.2%	14.8%
2039	16.1%	14.8%
2040	16%	14.8%
2041	15.8%	14.8%
2042	15.7%	14.8%
2043	15.6%	14.9%
2044	15.5%	14.9%
2045	15.4%	14.9%
2046	15.3%	15%
2047	15.2%	15%
2048	15.1%	15%
2049	15%	15%
2050	14.9%	15.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 21.4% of the population in Turkey and 17.2% in the United Kingdom in 2024, compared to 35.8% and 19.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Turkey and the United Kingdom compared.

Natural population change in Turkey vs United Kingdom by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.91% in Turkey 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
	Turkey	United Kingdom
1960	773,009	314,400
1961	816,911	311,519
1962	837,473	340,800
1963	862,626	337,995
1964	884,152	405,000
1965	904,016	364,132
1966	925,790	333,356
1967	936,727	346,145
1968	950,778	292,622
1969	970,958	260,577
1970	991,950	244,918
1971	1,014,165	257,123
1972	1,023,781	162,650
1973	1,025,675	112,389
1974	1,020,053	67,476
1975	1,012,904	33,735
1976	1,009,999	-5,621
1977	1,023,779	0
1978	1,054,863	16,859
1979	1,076,707	61,872
1980	1,090,538	95,734
1981	1,100,082	73,234
1982	1,091,863	56,314
1983	1,095,106	61,966
1984	1,096,529	84,633
1985	1,098,846	79,170
1986	1,102,660	90,690
1987	1,099,042	136,325
1988	1,101,266	136,628
1989	1,094,036	119,861
1990	1,044,467	154,569
1991	1,041,229	143,562
1992	1,039,125	149,709
1993	1,064,168	103,893
1994	1,078,208	127,304
1995	1,090,630	87,028
1996	1,091,827	98,884
1997	1,099,738	99,138
1998	1,103,242	87,730
1999	1,063,312	64,551
2000	1,020,515	70,671
2001	980,560	65,032
2002	922,927	65,308
2003	893,683	89,471
2004	896,025	131,974
2005	898,650	144,963
2006	897,351	176,455
2007	876,626	196,232
2008	868,749	216,325
2009	900,491	230,422
2010	892,334	251,066
2011	875,839	259,361
2012	917,145	248,473
2013	921,386	198,830
2014	957,055	206,784
2015	930,799	175,738
2016	895,841	177,139
2017	875,408	145,125
2018	830,353	119,321
2019	751,472	108,342
2020	608,708	-4,272
2021	521,713	30,612
2022	535,373	39,751
2023	426,630	34,589

Maternal mortality chart: Turkey vs United Kingdom

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 8 deaths in the United Kingdom.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Turkey	United Kingdom
1985	56	2
1986	53	2
1987	50	3
1988	47	4
1989	44	5
1990	42	6
1991	41	7
1992	40	7
1993	39	8
1994	38	9
1995	37	9
1996	36	8
1997	35	9
1998	34	10
1999	34	11
2000	32	12
2001	31	13
2002	30	13
2003	29	14
2004	28	13
2005	27	12
2006	26	12
2007	25	11
2008	24	11
2009	23	11
2010	23	10
2011	23	10
2012	21	9
2013	20	9
2014	20	9
2015	19	9
2016	19	9
2017	18	9
2018	17	9
2019	17	9
2020	19	14
2021	20	13
2022	21	15
2023	15	8

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.28% in Turkey 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
	Turkey	United Kingdom
1960	25.8%	2.66%
1961	25%	2.61%
1962	24.1%	2.56%
1963	23.3%	2.49%
1964	22.5%	2.42%
1965	21.7%	2.34%
1966	21%	2.28%
1967	20.4%	2.22%
1968	19.7%	2.18%
1969	19.2%	2.14%
1970	18.6%	2.1%
1971	18%	2.06%
1972	17.5%	2%
1973	16.9%	1.94%
1974	16.3%	1.87%
1975	15.7%	1.8%
1976	15.1%	1.72%
1977	14.5%	1.64%
1978	13.9%	1.57%
1979	13.3%	1.49%
1980	12.7%	1.41%
1981	12.1%	1.34%
1982	11.5%	1.27%
1983	10.9%	1.22%
1984	10.3%	1.17%
1985	9.79%	1.14%
1986	9.27%	1.11%
1987	8.77%	1.08%
1988	8.29%	1.04%
1989	7.83%	0.99%
1990	7.38%	0.93%
1991	6.95%	0.87%
1992	6.52%	0.82%
1993	6.11%	0.77%
1994	5.73%	0.74%
1995	5.35%	0.72%
1996	5%	0.7%
1997	4.66%	0.69%
1998	4.33%	0.68%
1999	4.03%	0.67%
2000	3.74%	0.65%
2001	3.47%	0.64%
2002	3.22%	0.63%
2003	2.99%	0.63%
2004	2.77%	0.61%
2005	2.57%	0.6%
2006	2.38%	0.59%
2007	2.21%	0.58%
2008	2.06%	0.56%
2009	1.92%	0.54%
2010	1.79%	0.52%
2011	1.68%	0.5%
2012	1.58%	0.48%
2013	1.49%	0.46%
2014	1.4%	0.45%
2015	1.33%	0.45%
2016	1.26%	0.44%
2017	1.2%	0.44%
2018	1.15%	0.44%
2019	1.1%	0.44%
2020	1.05%	0.44%
2021	1.01%	0.44%
2022	0.96%	0.45%
2023	1.28%	0.45%