Fertility & birth rates in Turkey and United States

Fertility rate in Turkey vs United States 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 1.62 in the United States in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Turkey vs the United States 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 States
1960	6.38	3.65
1961	6.42	3.62
1962	6.38	3.46
1963	6.34	3.32
1964	6.29	3.19
1965	6.22	2.91
1966	6.15	2.72
1967	6.06	2.56
1968	5.96	2.46
1969	5.87	2.46
1970	5.78	2.48
1971	5.67	2.27
1972	5.55	2.01
1973	5.41	1.88
1974	5.24	1.84
1975	5.09	1.77
1976	4.93	1.74
1977	4.78	1.79
1978	4.69	1.76
1979	4.58	1.81
1980	4.45	1.84
1981	4.35	1.81
1982	4.21	1.83
1983	4.06	1.8
1984	3.91	1.81
1985	3.78	1.84
1986	3.66	1.84
1987	3.54	1.87
1988	3.45	1.93
1989	3.34	2.01
1990	3.11	2.08
1991	3	2.06
1992	2.94	2.05
1993	2.92	2.02
1994	2.87	2
1995	2.84	1.98
1996	2.78	1.98
1997	2.74	1.97
1998	2.71	2
1999	2.63	2.01
2000	2.49	2.06
2001	2.39	2.03
2002	2.27	2.02
2003	2.2	2.05
2004	2.2	2.05
2005	2.2	2.06
2006	2.19	2.11
2007	2.16	2.12
2008	2.15	2.07
2009	2.1	2
2010	2.08	1.93
2011	2.05	1.89
2012	2.11	1.88
2013	2.11	1.86
2014	2.19	1.86
2015	2.16	1.84
2016	2.11	1.82
2017	2.08	1.77
2018	2	1.73
2019	1.89	1.71
2020	1.77	1.64
2021	1.71	1.66
2022	1.63	1.66
2023	1.51	1.62
2024	1.51	1.62
2025	1.5	1.62
2026	1.5	1.62
2027	1.5	1.62
2028	1.5	1.62
2029	1.5	1.62
2030	1.5	1.62
2031	1.5	1.62
2032	1.5	1.62
2033	1.5	1.63
2034	1.5	1.62
2035	1.5	1.63
2036	1.5	1.63
2037	1.5	1.63
2038	1.5	1.63
2039	1.5	1.63
2040	1.5	1.63
2041	1.5	1.63
2042	1.5	1.63
2043	1.5	1.63
2044	1.5	1.63
2045	1.5	1.64
2046	1.5	1.64
2047	1.5	1.63
2048	1.5	1.64
2049	1.5	1.63
2050	1.5	1.64

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Turkey	United States
1960	42%	31.3%
1961	42.2%	31.4%
1962	42.4%	31.3%
1963	42.5%	31.1%
1964	42.7%	30.9%
1965	42.8%	30.7%
1966	42.8%	30.4%
1967	42.9%	30%
1968	42.9%	29.5%
1969	42.8%	29%
1970	42.7%	28.6%
1971	42.5%	28%
1972	42.3%	27.4%
1973	42.1%	26.6%
1974	41.8%	25.9%
1975	41.5%	25.2%
1976	41.1%	24.4%
1977	40.7%	23.8%
1978	40.4%	23.2%
1979	40.1%	22.8%
1980	39.8%	22.4%
1981	39.6%	22.1%
1982	39.3%	22%
1983	38.9%	21.8%
1984	38.5%	21.7%
1985	38.1%	21.5%
1986	37.6%	21.3%
1987	37.2%	21.3%
1988	36.7%	21.3%
1989	36.3%	21.5%
1990	35.8%	21.6%
1991	35.3%	21.7%
1992	34.8%	21.8%
1993	34.3%	21.9%
1994	33.8%	21.9%
1995	33.2%	21.8%
1996	32.6%	21.7%
1997	32%	21.5%
1998	31.4%	21.4%
1999	30.8%	21.3%
2000	30.2%	21.2%
2001	29.7%	21%
2002	29.2%	20.9%
2003	28.7%	20.7%
2004	28.3%	20.5%
2005	27.9%	20.3%
2006	27.5%	20.2%
2007	27.1%	20%
2008	26.7%	19.9%
2009	26.3%	19.8%
2010	25.9%	19.7%
2011	25.5%	19.6%
2012	25.1%	19.5%
2013	24.7%	19.4%
2014	24.3%	19.3%
2015	23.9%	19.2%
2016	23.6%	19.1%
2017	23.3%	18.9%
2018	23.1%	18.8%
2019	23%	18.6%
2020	22.8%	18.4%
2021	22.5%	18.1%
2022	22.2%	17.9%
2023	21.8%	17.6%
2024	21.4%	17.3%
2025	21%	17.1%
2026	20.6%	16.9%
2027	20.1%	16.7%
2028	19.6%	16.6%
2029	19.2%	16.4%
2030	18.7%	16.3%
2031	18.2%	16.1%
2032	17.8%	16%
2033	17.4%	16%
2034	17.1%	15.9%
2035	16.8%	15.9%
2036	16.5%	15.9%
2037	16.3%	15.9%
2038	16.2%	15.9%
2039	16.1%	15.9%
2040	16%	15.9%
2041	15.8%	16%
2042	15.7%	16%
2043	15.6%	16%
2044	15.5%	16%
2045	15.4%	16%
2046	15.3%	16%
2047	15.2%	16%
2048	15.1%	16%
2049	15%	15.9%
2050	14.9%	15.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 21.4% of the population in Turkey and 17.3% in the United States in 2024, compared to 35.8% and 21.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Turkey and the United States compared.

Natural population change in Turkey vs United States by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.91% in Turkey and +0.25% in the United States. 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 States
1960	773,009	2,565,530
1961	816,911	2,571,681
1962	837,473	2,406,337
1963	862,626	2,289,826
1964	884,152	2,245,099
1965	904,016	1,943,030
1966	925,790	1,749,387
1967	936,727	1,669,181
1968	950,778	1,565,507
1969	970,958	1,702,487
1970	991,950	1,824,965
1971	1,014,165	1,640,519
1972	1,023,781	1,301,355
1973	1,025,675	1,165,499
1974	1,020,053	1,218,968
1975	1,012,904	1,252,644
1976	1,009,999	1,264,604
1977	1,023,779	1,431,556
1978	1,054,863	1,402,283
1979	1,076,707	1,597,894
1980	1,090,538	1,608,450
1981	1,100,082	1,652,153
1982	1,091,863	1,714,317
1983	1,095,106	1,636,544
1984	1,096,529	1,627,192
1985	1,098,846	1,689,258
1986	1,102,660	1,656,917
1987	1,099,042	1,720,252
1988	1,101,266	1,735,943
1989	1,094,036	1,875,826
1990	1,044,467	2,026,068
1991	1,041,229	1,926,543
1992	1,039,125	1,875,328
1993	1,064,168	1,717,685
1994	1,078,208	1,633,302
1995	1,090,630	1,546,031
1996	1,091,827	1,510,137
1997	1,099,738	1,501,014
1998	1,103,242	1,573,857
1999	1,063,312	1,564,050
2000	1,020,515	1,664,758
2001	980,560	1,595,826
2002	922,927	1,581,938
2003	893,683	1,653,615
2004	896,025	1,698,271
2005	898,650	1,684,445
2006	897,351	1,849,955
2007	876,626	1,897,757
2008	868,749	1,794,154
2009	900,491	1,717,920
2010	892,334	1,548,182
2011	875,839	1,441,697
2012	917,145	1,411,822
2013	921,386	1,322,711
2014	957,055	1,357,281
2015	930,799	1,270,126
2016	895,841	1,197,627
2017	875,408	1,028,037
2018	830,353	955,022
2019	751,472	887,476
2020	608,708	208,862
2021	521,713	199,137
2022	535,373	399,926
2023	426,630	502,372

Maternal mortality chart: Turkey vs United States

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 17 deaths in the United States.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Turkey	United States
1985	56	11
1986	53	11
1987	50	11
1988	47	12
1989	44	12
1990	42	12
1991	41	12
1992	40	11
1993	39	12
1994	38	11
1995	37	12
1996	36	11
1997	35	11
1998	34	11
1999	34	12
2000	32	12
2001	31	13
2002	30	13
2003	29	13
2004	28	13
2005	27	13
2006	26	13
2007	25	13
2008	24	14
2009	23	15
2010	23	15
2011	23	15
2012	21	16
2013	20	16
2014	20	17
2015	19	17
2016	19	18
2017	18	18
2018	17	18
2019	17	18
2020	19	22
2021	20	31
2022	21	20
2023	15	17

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.28% in Turkey and 0.65% in the United States. 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 States
1960	25.8%	3.01%
1961	25%	2.95%
1962	24.1%	2.89%
1963	23.3%	2.83%
1964	22.5%	2.77%
1965	21.7%	2.71%
1966	21%	2.64%
1967	20.4%	2.57%
1968	19.7%	2.49%
1969	19.2%	2.41%
1970	18.6%	2.32%
1971	18%	2.24%
1972	17.5%	2.15%
1973	16.9%	2.06%
1974	16.3%	1.97%
1975	15.7%	1.88%
1976	15.1%	1.79%
1977	14.5%	1.71%
1978	13.9%	1.63%
1979	13.3%	1.56%
1980	12.7%	1.5%
1981	12.1%	1.44%
1982	11.5%	1.39%
1983	10.9%	1.34%
1984	10.3%	1.3%
1985	9.79%	1.27%
1986	9.27%	1.24%
1987	8.77%	1.21%
1988	8.29%	1.19%
1989	7.83%	1.16%
1990	7.38%	1.12%
1991	6.95%	1.09%
1992	6.52%	1.05%
1993	6.11%	1.01%
1994	5.73%	0.98%
1995	5.35%	0.95%
1996	5%	0.92%
1997	4.66%	0.89%
1998	4.33%	0.87%
1999	4.03%	0.86%
2000	3.74%	0.84%
2001	3.47%	0.83%
2002	3.22%	0.82%
2003	2.99%	0.81%
2004	2.77%	0.81%
2005	2.57%	0.8%
2006	2.38%	0.79%
2007	2.21%	0.77%
2008	2.06%	0.76%
2009	1.92%	0.75%
2010	1.79%	0.73%
2011	1.68%	0.72%
2012	1.58%	0.7%
2013	1.49%	0.69%
2014	1.4%	0.68%
2015	1.33%	0.68%
2016	1.26%	0.67%
2017	1.2%	0.66%
2018	1.15%	0.65%
2019	1.1%	0.65%
2020	1.05%	0.65%
2021	1.01%	0.65%
2022	0.96%	0.65%
2023	1.28%	0.65%