Fertility & birth rates in Turkey and Venezuela

Fertility rate in Turkey vs Venezuela 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 2.08 in Venezuela in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Turkey vs Venezuela 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	Venezuela
1960	6.38	6.38
1961	6.42	6.3
1962	6.38	6.23
1963	6.34	6.16
1964	6.29	6.07
1965	6.22	5.98
1966	6.15	5.87
1967	6.06	5.75
1968	5.96	5.61
1969	5.87	5.47
1970	5.78	5.32
1971	5.67	5.17
1972	5.55	5.04
1973	5.41	4.91
1974	5.24	4.79
1975	5.09	4.69
1976	4.93	4.59
1977	4.78	4.49
1978	4.69	4.4
1979	4.58	4.3
1980	4.45	4.2
1981	4.35	4.1
1982	4.21	4.01
1983	4.06	3.93
1984	3.91	3.86
1985	3.78	3.79
1986	3.66	3.73
1987	3.54	3.67
1988	3.45	3.6
1989	3.34	3.52
1990	3.11	3.45
1991	3	3.37
1992	2.94	3.29
1993	2.92	3.22
1994	2.87	3.15
1995	2.84	3.08
1996	2.78	3.02
1997	2.74	2.97
1998	2.71	2.91
1999	2.63	2.86
2000	2.49	2.79
2001	2.39	2.78
2002	2.27	2.74
2003	2.2	2.7
2004	2.2	2.64
2005	2.2	2.63
2006	2.19	2.6
2007	2.16	2.52
2008	2.15	2.48
2009	2.1	2.42
2010	2.08	2.4
2011	2.05	2.4
2012	2.11	2.38
2013	2.11	2.33
2014	2.19	2.3
2015	2.16	2.25
2016	2.11	2.22
2017	2.08	2.18
2018	2	2.15
2019	1.89	2.13
2020	1.77	2.12
2021	1.71	2.11
2022	1.63	2.09
2023	1.51	2.08
2024	1.51	2.08
2025	1.5	2.06
2026	1.5	2.04
2027	1.5	2.03
2028	1.5	2.01
2029	1.5	2
2030	1.5	1.99
2031	1.5	1.98
2032	1.5	1.97
2033	1.5	1.96
2034	1.5	1.95
2035	1.5	1.94
2036	1.5	1.93
2037	1.5	1.92
2038	1.5	1.91
2039	1.5	1.91
2040	1.5	1.9
2041	1.5	1.89
2042	1.5	1.88
2043	1.5	1.87
2044	1.5	1.86
2045	1.5	1.86
2046	1.5	1.85
2047	1.5	1.84
2048	1.5	1.84
2049	1.5	1.83
2050	1.5	1.83

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Turkey	Venezuela
1960	42%	46.8%
1961	42.2%	46.9%
1962	42.4%	47%
1963	42.5%	47%
1964	42.7%	47%
1965	42.8%	46.9%
1966	42.8%	46.8%
1967	42.9%	46.6%
1968	42.9%	46.3%
1969	42.8%	46%
1970	42.7%	45.6%
1971	42.5%	45.2%
1972	42.3%	44.7%
1973	42.1%	44.3%
1974	41.8%	43.8%
1975	41.5%	43.3%
1976	41.1%	42.9%
1977	40.7%	42.5%
1978	40.4%	42.1%
1979	40.1%	41.7%
1980	39.8%	41.3%
1981	39.6%	41%
1982	39.3%	40.6%
1983	38.9%	40.3%
1984	38.5%	39.9%
1985	38.1%	39.6%
1986	37.6%	39.3%
1987	37.2%	39%
1988	36.7%	38.7%
1989	36.3%	38.4%
1990	35.8%	38.1%
1991	35.3%	37.8%
1992	34.8%	37.4%
1993	34.3%	37%
1994	33.8%	36.6%
1995	33.2%	36.2%
1996	32.6%	35.8%
1997	32%	35.3%
1998	31.4%	34.9%
1999	30.8%	34.5%
2000	30.2%	34%
2001	29.7%	33.6%
2002	29.2%	33.1%
2003	28.7%	32.7%
2004	28.3%	32.2%
2005	27.9%	31.8%
2006	27.5%	31.4%
2007	27.1%	31%
2008	26.7%	30.6%
2009	26.3%	30.3%
2010	25.9%	29.9%
2011	25.5%	29.5%
2012	25.1%	29.2%
2013	24.7%	28.9%
2014	24.3%	28.5%
2015	23.9%	28.2%
2016	23.6%	27.9%
2017	23.3%	27.8%
2018	23.1%	27.9%
2019	23%	28%
2020	22.8%	27.8%
2021	22.5%	27.4%
2022	22.2%	26.8%
2023	21.8%	26.2%
2024	21.4%	25.5%
2025	21%	24.9%
2026	20.6%	24.3%
2027	20.1%	23.8%
2028	19.6%	23.2%
2029	19.2%	22.8%
2030	18.7%	22.4%
2031	18.2%	22%
2032	17.8%	21.7%
2033	17.4%	21.5%
2034	17.1%	21.4%
2035	16.8%	21.4%
2036	16.5%	21.4%
2037	16.3%	21.5%
2038	16.2%	21.5%
2039	16.1%	21.4%
2040	16%	21.4%
2041	15.8%	21.3%
2042	15.7%	21.2%
2043	15.6%	21.1%
2044	15.5%	20.9%
2045	15.4%	20.7%
2046	15.3%	20.5%
2047	15.2%	20.3%
2048	15.1%	20%
2049	15%	19.8%
2050	14.9%	19.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 21.4% of the population in Turkey and 25.5% in Venezuela in 2024, compared to 35.8% and 38.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Turkey and Venezuela compared.

Natural population change in Turkey vs Venezuela by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.91% in Turkey and +1% in Venezuela. 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	Venezuela
1960	773,009	285,105
1961	816,911	292,109
1962	837,473	299,345
1963	862,626	307,279
1964	884,152	314,397
1965	904,016	321,695
1966	925,790	329,697
1967	936,727	335,813
1968	950,778	340,973
1969	970,958	343,596
1970	991,950	350,709
1971	1,014,165	355,212
1972	1,023,781	360,749
1973	1,025,675	367,612
1974	1,020,053	375,678
1975	1,012,904	385,045
1976	1,009,999	395,344
1977	1,023,779	405,315
1978	1,054,863	414,032
1979	1,076,707	421,256
1980	1,090,538	425,613
1981	1,100,082	432,059
1982	1,091,863	436,564
1983	1,095,106	443,569
1984	1,096,529	449,186
1985	1,098,846	455,517
1986	1,102,660	468,252
1987	1,099,042	474,204
1988	1,101,266	477,569
1989	1,094,036	478,053
1990	1,044,467	478,168
1991	1,041,229	477,917
1992	1,039,125	474,824
1993	1,064,168	473,189
1994	1,078,208	469,178
1995	1,090,630	469,267
1996	1,091,827	468,653
1997	1,099,738	472,002
1998	1,103,242	469,123
1999	1,063,312	463,787
2000	1,020,515	459,802
2001	980,560	451,487
2002	922,927	466,821
2003	893,683	456,902
2004	896,025	455,881
2005	898,650	463,260
2006	897,351	460,152
2007	876,626	452,482
2008	868,749	435,870
2009	900,491	427,257
2010	892,334	425,397
2011	875,839	425,958
2012	917,145	420,758
2013	921,386	408,930
2014	957,055	395,088
2015	930,799	384,560
2016	895,841	359,651
2017	875,408	340,222
2018	830,353	317,302
2019	751,472	274,826
2020	608,708	237,223
2021	521,713	207,746
2022	535,373	216,619
2023	426,630	213,020

Maternal mortality chart: Turkey vs Venezuela

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 227 deaths in Venezuela.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Turkey	Venezuela
1985	56	83
1986	53	81
1987	50	81
1988	47	80
1989	44	80
1990	42	83
1991	41	80
1992	40	82
1993	39	82
1994	38	84
1995	37	84
1996	36	86
1997	35	82
1998	34	82
1999	34	88
2000	32	86
2001	31	101
2002	30	87
2003	29	97
2004	28	94
2005	27	93
2006	26	96
2007	25	92
2008	24	103
2009	23	109
2010	23	110
2011	23	104
2012	21	113
2013	20	123
2014	20	133
2015	19	136
2016	19	162
2017	18	195
2018	17	205
2019	17	202
2020	19	207
2021	20	251
2022	21	219
2023	15	227

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.28% in Turkey and 2.43% in Venezuela. 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	Venezuela
1960	25.8%	7.97%
1961	25%	7.72%
1962	24.1%	7.49%
1963	23.3%	7.3%
1964	22.5%	7.14%
1965	21.7%	7%
1966	21%	6.87%
1967	20.4%	6.75%
1968	19.7%	6.61%
1969	19.2%	6.47%
1970	18.6%	6.3%
1971	18%	6.12%
1972	17.5%	5.94%
1973	16.9%	5.75%
1974	16.3%	5.57%
1975	15.7%	5.38%
1976	15.1%	5.2%
1977	14.5%	5.01%
1978	13.9%	4.82%
1979	13.3%	4.62%
1980	12.7%	4.42%
1981	12.1%	4.24%
1982	11.5%	4.07%
1983	10.9%	3.91%
1984	10.3%	3.77%
1985	9.79%	3.64%
1986	9.27%	3.5%
1987	8.77%	3.37%
1988	8.29%	3.23%
1989	7.83%	3.09%
1990	7.38%	2.96%
1991	6.95%	2.86%
1992	6.52%	2.78%
1993	6.11%	2.73%
1994	5.73%	2.68%
1995	5.35%	2.63%
1996	5%	2.55%
1997	4.66%	2.45%
1998	4.33%	2.34%
1999	4.03%	2.24%
2000	3.74%	2.15%
2001	3.47%	2.09%
2002	3.22%	2.03%
2003	2.99%	1.98%
2004	2.77%	1.91%
2005	2.57%	1.85%
2006	2.38%	1.79%
2007	2.21%	1.74%
2008	2.06%	1.72%
2009	1.92%	1.71%
2010	1.79%	1.72%
2011	1.68%	1.73%
2012	1.58%	1.76%
2013	1.49%	1.79%
2014	1.4%	1.83%
2015	1.33%	1.92%
2016	1.26%	2.43%
2017	1.2%	2.43%
2018	1.15%	2.43%
2019	1.1%	2.43%
2020	1.05%	2.43%
2021	1.01%	2.43%
2022	0.96%	2.43%
2023	1.28%	2.43%