Fertility & birth rates in Turkey and Uzbekistan

Fertility rate in Turkey vs Uzbekistan 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 3.5 in Uzbekistan in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

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The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Turkey	Uzbekistan
1960	6.38	6.61
1961	6.42	6.75
1962	6.38	6.88
1963	6.34	6.81
1964	6.29	6.82
1965	6.22	6.81
1966	6.15	6.66
1967	6.06	6.57
1968	5.96	6.39
1969	5.87	6.34
1970	5.78	6.31
1971	5.67	6.28
1972	5.55	6.25
1973	5.41	6.16
1974	5.24	6.05
1975	5.09	5.92
1976	4.93	5.75
1977	4.78	5.54
1978	4.69	5.28
1979	4.58	5.16
1980	4.45	5.04
1981	4.35	4.91
1982	4.21	4.82
1983	4.06	4.71
1984	3.91	4.73
1985	3.78	4.69
1986	3.66	4.68
1987	3.54	4.53
1988	3.45	4.26
1989	3.34	4.1
1990	3.11	4.12
1991	3	4.19
1992	2.94	4.06
1993	2.92	3.86
1994	2.87	3.66
1995	2.84	3.57
1996	2.78	3.39
1997	2.74	3.19
1998	2.71	2.99
1999	2.63	2.83
2000	2.49	2.7
2001	2.39	2.61
2002	2.27	2.58
2003	2.2	2.5
2004	2.2	2.5
2005	2.2	2.44
2006	2.19	2.46
2007	2.16	2.57
2008	2.15	2.64
2009	2.1	2.56
2010	2.08	2.44
2011	2.05	2.35
2012	2.11	2.34
2013	2.11	2.44
2014	2.19	2.55
2015	2.16	2.58
2016	2.11	2.56
2017	2.08	2.57
2018	2	2.71
2019	1.89	2.87
2020	1.77	3.06
2021	1.71	3.27
2022	1.63	3.4
2023	1.51	3.5
2024	1.51	3.49
2025	1.5	3.45
2026	1.5	3.4
2027	1.5	3.36
2028	1.5	3.31
2029	1.5	3.27
2030	1.5	3.22
2031	1.5	3.18
2032	1.5	3.13
2033	1.5	3.09
2034	1.5	3.05
2035	1.5	3.01
2036	1.5	2.98
2037	1.5	2.94
2038	1.5	2.91
2039	1.5	2.87
2040	1.5	2.84
2041	1.5	2.81
2042	1.5	2.78
2043	1.5	2.75
2044	1.5	2.72
2045	1.5	2.69
2046	1.5	2.66
2047	1.5	2.63
2048	1.5	2.6
2049	1.5	2.58
2050	1.5	2.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Turkey	Uzbekistan
1960	42%	39.8%
1961	42.2%	41.2%
1962	42.4%	42.4%
1963	42.5%	43.4%
1964	42.7%	44.2%
1965	42.8%	44.7%
1966	42.8%	44.8%
1967	42.9%	44.9%
1968	42.9%	44.8%
1969	42.8%	44.7%
1970	42.7%	44.6%
1971	42.5%	44.4%
1972	42.3%	44.3%
1973	42.1%	44%
1974	41.8%	43.7%
1975	41.5%	43.3%
1976	41.1%	42.8%
1977	40.7%	42.3%
1978	40.4%	41.7%
1979	40.1%	41.2%
1980	39.8%	40.8%
1981	39.6%	40.5%
1982	39.3%	40.3%
1983	38.9%	40.1%
1984	38.5%	40.1%
1985	38.1%	40.1%
1986	37.6%	40.1%
1987	37.2%	40.1%
1988	36.7%	40%
1989	36.3%	39.9%
1990	35.8%	39.9%
1991	35.3%	39.9%
1992	34.8%	39.8%
1993	34.3%	39.8%
1994	33.8%	39.7%
1995	33.2%	39.4%
1996	32.6%	39.2%
1997	32%	38.8%
1998	31.4%	38.2%
1999	30.8%	37.5%
2000	30.2%	36.7%
2001	29.7%	35.8%
2002	29.2%	34.9%
2003	28.7%	34%
2004	28.3%	33.1%
2005	27.9%	32.3%
2006	27.5%	31.4%
2007	27.1%	30.6%
2008	26.7%	29.9%
2009	26.3%	29.4%
2010	25.9%	28.9%
2011	25.5%	28.5%
2012	25.1%	28.2%
2013	24.7%	28.1%
2014	24.3%	28.1%
2015	23.9%	28.3%
2016	23.6%	28.5%
2017	23.3%	28.8%
2018	23.1%	29%
2019	23%	29.3%
2020	22.8%	29.7%
2021	22.5%	30.2%
2022	22.2%	30.6%
2023	21.8%	30.9%
2024	21.4%	31.1%
2025	21%	31.3%
2026	20.6%	31.5%
2027	20.1%	31.6%
2028	19.6%	31.6%
2029	19.2%	31.6%
2030	18.7%	31.4%
2031	18.2%	31.3%
2032	17.8%	31.1%
2033	17.4%	30.9%
2034	17.1%	30.6%
2035	16.8%	30.3%
2036	16.5%	29.8%
2037	16.3%	29.3%
2038	16.2%	28.8%
2039	16.1%	28.3%
2040	16%	28%
2041	15.8%	27.6%
2042	15.7%	27.4%
2043	15.6%	27.2%
2044	15.5%	27%
2045	15.4%	26.9%
2046	15.3%	26.8%
2047	15.2%	26.8%
2048	15.1%	26.7%
2049	15%	26.7%
2050	14.9%	26.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 21.4% of the population in Turkey and 31.1% in Uzbekistan in 2024, compared to 35.8% and 39.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Turkey and Uzbekistan compared.

Natural population change in Turkey vs Uzbekistan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.91% in Turkey and +1.87% in Uzbekistan. 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	Uzbekistan
1960	773,009	267,165
1961	816,911	279,841
1962	837,473	292,788
1963	862,626	293,432
1964	884,152	298,790
1965	904,016	302,264
1966	925,790	297,844
1967	936,727	298,350
1968	950,778	295,651
1969	970,958	302,833
1970	991,950	313,216
1971	1,014,165	323,171
1972	1,023,781	333,230
1973	1,025,675	341,807
1974	1,020,053	350,422
1975	1,012,904	357,382
1976	1,009,999	363,110
1977	1,023,779	369,572
1978	1,054,863	372,068
1979	1,076,707	387,754
1980	1,090,538	401,557
1981	1,100,082	413,897
1982	1,091,863	431,389
1983	1,095,106	454,464
1984	1,096,529	485,617
1985	1,098,846	508,893
1986	1,102,660	533,234
1987	1,099,042	537,292
1988	1,101,266	525,126
1989	1,094,036	522,323
1990	1,044,467	540,581
1991	1,041,229	557,886
1992	1,039,125	548,793
1993	1,064,168	527,557
1994	1,078,208	502,279
1995	1,090,630	493,966
1996	1,091,827	471,010
1997	1,099,738	441,631
1998	1,103,242	408,532
1999	1,063,312	385,448
2000	1,020,515	365,138
2001	980,560	356,483
2002	922,927	359,231
2003	893,683	355,098
2004	896,025	363,994
2005	898,650	363,462
2006	897,351	383,265
2007	876,626	426,880
2008	868,749	461,665
2009	900,491	471,839
2010	892,334	461,293
2011	875,839	454,858
2012	917,145	463,333
2013	921,386	501,742
2014	957,055	536,881
2015	930,799	552,781
2016	895,841	549,045
2017	875,408	548,372
2018	830,353	585,119
2019	751,472	618,154
2020	608,708	643,750
2021	521,713	689,325
2022	535,373	715,410
2023	426,630	722,280

Maternal mortality chart: Turkey vs Uzbekistan

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 26 deaths in Uzbekistan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Turkey	Uzbekistan
1985	56	72
1986	53	69
1987	50	63
1988	47	58
1989	44	53
1990	42	50
1991	41	47
1992	40	46
1993	39	47
1994	38	49
1995	37	46
1996	36	44
1997	35	42
1998	34	42
1999	34	43
2000	32	42
2001	31	42
2002	30	41
2003	29	40
2004	28	39
2005	27	39
2006	26	38
2007	25	37
2008	24	35
2009	23	34
2010	23	34
2011	23	33
2012	21	33
2013	20	32
2014	20	32
2015	19	31
2016	19	31
2017	18	30
2018	17	29
2019	17	29
2020	19	29
2021	20	28
2022	21	27
2023	15	26

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.28% in Turkey and 1.33% in Uzbekistan. 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	Uzbekistan
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%	-
1978	13.9%	-
1979	13.3%	12.5%
1980	12.7%	11.7%
1981	12.1%	10.9%
1982	11.5%	10.2%
1983	10.9%	9.5%
1984	10.3%	8.91%
1985	9.79%	8.4%
1986	9.27%	7.96%
1987	8.77%	7.59%
1988	8.29%	7.31%
1989	7.83%	7.13%
1990	7.38%	7.04%
1991	6.95%	7.01%
1992	6.52%	7.01%
1993	6.11%	6.99%
1994	5.73%	6.95%
1995	5.35%	6.91%
1996	5%	6.83%
1997	4.66%	6.72%
1998	4.33%	6.57%
1999	4.03%	6.38%
2000	3.74%	6.15%
2001	3.47%	5.88%
2002	3.22%	5.57%
2003	2.99%	5.25%
2004	2.77%	4.92%
2005	2.57%	4.57%
2006	2.38%	4.24%
2007	2.21%	3.9%
2008	2.06%	3.59%
2009	1.92%	3.29%
2010	1.79%	3.01%
2011	1.68%	2.75%
2012	1.58%	2.52%
2013	1.49%	2.32%
2014	1.4%	2.14%
2015	1.33%	1.98%
2016	1.26%	1.85%
2017	1.2%	1.73%
2018	1.15%	1.64%
2019	1.1%	1.56%
2020	1.05%	1.5%
2021	1.01%	1.44%
2022	0.96%	1.38%
2023	1.28%	1.33%