Turkmenistan birth & fertility rate charts by year

Fertility rate in Turkmenistan chart

According to the latest birth rate data available, the fertility rate in Turkmenistan is 2.69, which is above the replacement level of 2.1 children per woman. In 1993, the fertility rate was 3.78 — a -28.8% decline in 30 years.

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The chart below showcases the historical changes in birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Turkmenistan	World
1960	6.59	4.69
1961	6.69	4.56
1962	6.76	5.02
1963	6.79	5.31
1964	6.79	5.13
1965	6.76	5.08
1966	6.7	4.97
1967	6.64	4.87
1968	6.56	4.98
1969	6.48	4.88
1970	6.4	4.84
1971	6.32	4.69
1972	6.2	4.55
1973	6.15	4.42
1974	6.09	4.26
1975	6	4.07
1976	5.9	3.97
1977	5.77	3.84
1978	5.61	3.77
1979	5.46	3.76
1980	5.3	3.73
1981	5.16	3.71
1982	5.04	3.72
1983	4.97	3.59
1984	4.96	3.57
1985	4.97	3.53
1986	4.94	3.51
1987	4.84	3.48
1988	4.68	3.39
1989	4.46	3.35
1990	4.29	3.31
1991	4.14	3.13
1992	3.96	3.04
1993	3.78	2.97
1994	3.62	2.92
1995	3.49	2.87
1996	3.29	2.82
1997	3.18	2.78
1998	3.08	2.75
1999	2.98	2.72
2000	2.9	2.73
2001	2.81	2.69
2002	2.71	2.66
2003	2.67	2.64
2004	2.67	2.63
2005	2.71	2.61
2006	2.72	2.61
2007	2.73	2.6
2008	2.75	2.6
2009	2.79	2.59
2010	2.85	2.57
2011	2.9	2.55
2012	2.96	2.56
2013	3.01	2.53
2014	3.02	2.52
2015	3.03	2.49
2016	2.99	2.49
2017	2.93	2.46
2018	2.88	2.39
2019	2.83	2.35
2020	2.79	2.28
2021	2.75	2.25
2022	2.73	2.22
2023	2.69	2.2
2024	2.66	2.19
2025	2.63	2.18
2026	2.6	2.18
2027	2.57	2.17
2028	2.54	2.16
2029	2.51	2.15
2030	2.49	2.14
2031	2.46	2.13
2032	2.43	2.12
2033	2.41	2.12
2034	2.39	2.11
2035	2.37	2.1
2036	2.35	2.09
2037	2.33	2.09
2038	2.31	2.08
2039	2.29	2.08
2040	2.27	2.08
2041	2.26	2.07
2042	2.24	2.07
2043	2.22	2.07
2044	2.21	2.07
2045	2.19	2.06
2046	2.18	2.06
2047	2.16	2.06
2048	2.15	2.05
2049	2.14	2.05
2050	2.13	2.05

Birth rates by women ages chart

In 2025, of all live births 3.57% were to women under 20 years old, 60.8% to women ages 20-29, and 35.6% to women ages 30 and above. In comparison, the percentages in 1990 were 3.26%, 65.7%, and 31% for the same age groups respectively. A chart displaying the historical birth rates in Turkmenistan by maternal age is provided below.

Annual births per 1,000 women ages

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Children 0-14 as share of population
	Turkmenistan	World
1960	40.4%	37.4%
1961	41.7%	37.5%
1962	42.8%	37.6%
1963	43.8%	37.8%
1964	44.5%	38%
1965	44.9%	38%
1966	45.2%	38%
1967	45.4%	38%
1968	45.6%	37.9%
1969	45.5%	37.8%
1970	45.4%	37.7%
1971	45.1%	37.6%
1972	44.8%	37.5%
1973	44.4%	37.3%
1974	43.9%	37.2%
1975	43.4%	37.1%
1976	43%	36.9%
1977	42.5%	36.7%
1978	42.1%	36.3%
1979	41.6%	35.9%
1980	41.3%	35.5%
1981	41%	35.2%
1982	40.8%	34.9%
1983	40.7%	34.6%
1984	40.7%	34.3%
1985	40.7%	34%
1986	40.8%	33.8%
1987	41%	33.6%
1988	41.1%	33.4%
1989	41.2%	33.2%
1990	41.2%	33%
1991	41.2%	32.9%
1992	41.1%	32.7%
1993	41%	32.5%
1994	40.8%	32.3%
1995	40.5%	32.1%
1996	40.2%	31.8%
1997	39.6%	31.5%
1998	38.9%	31.1%
1999	38.1%	30.8%
2000	37.3%	30.4%
2001	36.4%	30%
2002	35.6%	29.6%
2003	34.8%	29.2%
2004	34%	28.8%
2005	33.3%	28.5%
2006	32.6%	28.1%
2007	31.9%	27.9%
2008	31.3%	27.6%
2009	30.8%	27.5%
2010	30.3%	27.3%
2011	30%	27.1%
2012	29.7%	27%
2013	29.6%	26.9%
2014	29.6%	26.8%
2015	29.7%	26.6%
2016	29.9%	26.5%
2017	30.2%	26.4%
2018	30.5%	26.2%
2019	30.9%	26%
2020	31.2%	25.8%
2021	31.5%	25.6%
2022	31.7%	25.3%
2023	31.7%	25%
2024	31.5%	24.7%
2025	31.2%	24.4%
2026	30.8%	24.1%
2027	30.3%	23.8%
2028	29.7%	23.4%
2029	29.1%	23.1%
2030	28.4%	22.8%
2031	27.7%	22.6%
2032	27%	22.3%
2033	26.4%	22.1%
2034	25.8%	21.9%
2035	25.3%	21.7%
2036	24.8%	21.6%
2037	24.4%	21.5%
2038	24%	21.4%
2039	23.7%	21.3%
2040	23.4%	21.2%
2041	23.3%	21.1%
2042	23.1%	21%
2043	23.1%	21%
2044	23%	20.9%
2045	23%	20.8%
2046	23%	20.7%
2047	23%	20.7%
2048	23%	20.6%
2049	23%	20.5%
2050	22.9%	20.4%

The share of children aged 0-14 in Turkmenistan was 40.4% in 1960, 41% in 1993, and 31.5% as of the latest data in 2025.

More about the demographics of Turkmenistan.

Natural population change by year

For the past 10 years, the natural population change in Turkmenistan, excluding migration, has been +1.9% annually. On average, 127,022 more people were born each year than died.

Table

Year	Population change due to births and deaths
	Turkmenistan
1960	49,436
1961	51,659
1962	53,248
1963	54,203
1964	54,574
1965	54,558
1966	54,353
1967	54,209
1968	54,324
1969	54,791
1970	55,617
1971	56,666
1972	57,326
1973	59,169
1974	60,925
1975	62,681
1976	64,513
1977	66,318
1978	68,437
1979	71,135
1980	74,394
1981	77,829
1982	80,989
1983	85,183
1984	90,591
1985	95,890
1986	100,930
1987	103,885
1988	104,802
1989	103,553
1990	101,099
1991	99,297
1992	96,668
1993	92,596
1994	89,319
1995	86,289
1996	80,996
1997	79,045
1998	77,342
1999	76,362
2000	76,875
2001	76,682
2002	75,639
2003	76,737
2004	79,850
2005	83,968
2006	87,840
2007	92,038
2008	96,815
2009	102,931
2010	109,318
2011	115,197
2012	120,957
2013	126,217
2014	129,677
2015	132,663
2016	132,581
2017	131,417
2018	129,537
2019	128,275
2020	124,014
2021	122,721
2022	121,814
2023	117,529

Maternal mortality chart

The maternal mortality rate in Turkmenistan was 5 deaths per 100,000 live births in 2023 — a 0.005% chance of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination. This is a -80% decrease compared to the year 2000.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Turkmenistan	World
1985	77	460
1986	75	438
1987	72	429
1988	69	414
1989	65	401
1990	62	391
1991	60	395
1992	58	395
1993	56	389
1994	54	382
1995	50	371
1996	46	366
1997	40	358
1998	34	360
1999	29	340
2000	25	328
2001	22	321
2002	20	311
2003	18	301
2004	17	291
2005	15	283
2006	14	276
2007	13	269
2008	11	264
2009	10	258
2010	9	253
2011	8	247
2012	7	239
2013	7	235
2014	6	231
2015	6	228
2016	6	220
2017	5	215
2018	5	211
2019	5	207
2020	5	211
2021	6	242
2022	5	203
2023	5	197

Under-five mortality rate chart

The under-5 mortality rate in Turkmenistan was 40 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2023 — a 4% chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five. This is down from 69.7 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2000.

Table

Year	Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
	Turkmenistan	World
1960	-	18.5%
1961	-	18.1%
1962	-	17.8%
1963	-	17.5%
1964	-	17.7%
1965	-	17.5%
1966	-	17.3%
1967	-	17%
1968	-	16.5%
1969	-	15.5%
1970	-	15.2%
1971	-	15.1%
1972	-	14.4%
1973	-	14.1%
1974	-	13.7%
1975	-	13.4%
1976	-	13%
1977	13.2%	12.5%
1978	12.8%	12.1%
1979	12.3%	11.7%
1980	11.9%	11.4%
1981	11.4%	11%
1982	10.9%	10.8%
1983	10.5%	10.6%
1984	9.98%	10.4%
1985	9.51%	10.1%
1986	9.08%	9.81%
1987	8.7%	9.47%
1988	8.36%	9.31%
1989	8.09%	9.02%
1990	7.91%	8.81%
1991	7.83%	8.66%
1992	7.83%	8.46%
1993	7.87%	8.19%
1994	7.92%	7.98%
1995	7.94%	7.76%
1996	7.9%	7.52%
1997	7.79%	7.28%
1998	7.59%	7.05%
1999	7.31%	6.76%
2000	6.97%	6.48%
2001	6.61%	6.21%
2002	6.24%	5.94%
2003	5.88%	5.65%
2004	5.56%	5.43%
2005	5.25%	5.16%
2006	4.99%	4.92%
2007	4.77%	4.7%
2008	4.6%	4.5%
2009	4.45%	4.31%
2010	4.36%	4.11%
2011	4.29%	3.97%
2012	4.25%	3.77%
2013	4.25%	3.61%
2014	4.25%	3.48%
2015	4.29%	3.35%
2016	4.33%	3.23%
2017	4.37%	3.11%
2018	4.36%	2.97%
2019	4.33%	2.86%
2020	4.26%	2.75%
2021	4.18%	2.66%
2022	4.1%	2.59%
2023	4%	2.49%