Fertility & birth rates in Turkmenistan and Tuvalu

Fertility rate in Turkmenistan vs Tuvalu chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Turkmenistan was 2.69 children per woman in 2023, compared to 3.21 in Tuvalu in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Turkmenistan vs Tuvalu population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Turkmenistan	Tuvalu
1960	6.59	5.15
1961	6.69	5.09
1962	6.76	5
1963	6.79	4.91
1964	6.79	4.83
1965	6.76	4.73
1966	6.7	4.64
1967	6.64	4.49
1968	6.56	4.36
1969	6.48	4.23
1970	6.4	4.08
1971	6.32	3.94
1972	6.2	3.81
1973	6.15	3.71
1974	6.09	3.63
1975	6	3.58
1976	5.9	3.55
1977	5.77	3.56
1978	5.61	3.59
1979	5.46	3.65
1980	5.3	3.73
1981	5.16	3.8
1982	5.04	3.88
1983	4.97	3.91
1984	4.96	3.95
1985	4.97	3.97
1986	4.94	3.97
1987	4.84	3.94
1988	4.68	3.88
1989	4.46	3.8
1990	4.29	3.75
1991	4.14	3.79
1992	3.96	3.86
1993	3.78	3.92
1994	3.62	3.92
1995	3.49	3.96
1996	3.29	3.95
1997	3.18	3.95
1998	3.08	3.95
1999	2.98	3.92
2000	2.9	3.84
2001	2.81	3.75
2002	2.71	3.64
2003	2.67	3.58
2004	2.67	3.55
2005	2.71	3.55
2006	2.72	3.53
2007	2.73	3.45
2008	2.75	3.42
2009	2.79	3.43
2010	2.85	3.44
2011	2.9	3.46
2012	2.96	3.47
2013	3.01	3.39
2014	3.02	3.33
2015	3.03	3.31
2016	2.99	3.3
2017	2.93	3.3
2018	2.88	3.33
2019	2.83	3.33
2020	2.79	3.31
2021	2.75	3.28
2022	2.73	3.24
2023	2.69	3.21
2024	2.66	3.17
2025	2.63	3.14
2026	2.6	3.1
2027	2.57	3.06
2028	2.54	3.03
2029	2.51	3
2030	2.49	2.97
2031	2.46	2.94
2032	2.43	2.91
2033	2.41	2.88
2034	2.39	2.84
2035	2.37	2.82
2036	2.35	2.79
2037	2.33	2.77
2038	2.31	2.74
2039	2.29	2.72
2040	2.27	2.69
2041	2.26	2.67
2042	2.24	2.65
2043	2.22	2.63
2044	2.21	2.61
2045	2.19	2.58
2046	2.18	2.57
2047	2.16	2.54
2048	2.15	2.52
2049	2.14	2.5
2050	2.13	2.48

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Turkmenistan	Tuvalu
1960	40.4%	41%
1961	41.7%	42.1%
1962	42.8%	43.1%
1963	43.8%	43.9%
1964	44.5%	44.1%
1965	44.9%	43.9%
1966	45.2%	43.9%
1967	45.4%	44.1%
1968	45.6%	44.3%
1969	45.5%	43.9%
1970	45.4%	43.2%
1971	45.1%	42.3%
1972	44.8%	41.3%
1973	44.4%	40.2%
1974	43.9%	39.4%
1975	43.4%	38.9%
1976	43%	38.1%
1977	42.5%	37%
1978	42.1%	35.5%
1979	41.6%	34.5%
1980	41.3%	34%
1981	41%	33.4%
1982	40.8%	32.8%
1983	40.7%	32.1%
1984	40.7%	31.6%
1985	40.7%	31.7%
1986	40.8%	32.3%
1987	41%	32.9%
1988	41.1%	33.5%
1989	41.2%	34.1%
1990	41.2%	34.5%
1991	41.2%	35%
1992	41.1%	35.4%
1993	41%	35.9%
1994	40.8%	36.1%
1995	40.5%	36.2%
1996	40.2%	36.3%
1997	39.6%	36.3%
1998	38.9%	36.3%
1999	38.1%	36.2%
2000	37.3%	36.3%
2001	36.4%	36.3%
2002	35.6%	36.3%
2003	34.8%	36%
2004	34%	35.5%
2005	33.3%	35%
2006	32.6%	34.5%
2007	31.9%	34%
2008	31.3%	33.5%
2009	30.8%	33.1%
2010	30.3%	32.8%
2011	30%	32.6%
2012	29.7%	32.5%
2013	29.6%	32.4%
2014	29.6%	32.1%
2015	29.7%	31.9%
2016	29.9%	31.8%
2017	30.2%	31.6%
2018	30.5%	31.6%
2019	30.9%	31.7%
2020	31.2%	31.7%
2021	31.5%	31.6%
2022	31.7%	32%
2023	31.7%	32.6%
2024	31.5%	32.9%
2025	31.2%	33%
2026	30.8%	32.9%
2027	30.3%	32.7%
2028	29.7%	32.3%
2029	29.1%	31.8%
2030	28.4%	31.2%
2031	27.7%	30.6%
2032	27%	29.9%
2033	26.4%	29.3%
2034	25.8%	28.7%
2035	25.3%	28.2%
2036	24.8%	27.8%
2037	24.4%	27.5%
2038	24%	27.1%
2039	23.7%	26.9%
2040	23.4%	26.9%
2041	23.3%	26.9%
2042	23.1%	26.9%
2043	23.1%	27%
2044	23%	27.1%
2045	23%	27.3%
2046	23%	27.4%
2047	23%	27.6%
2048	23%	27.7%
2049	23%	27.8%
2050	22.9%	27.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 31.5% of the population in Turkmenistan and 32.9% in Tuvalu in 2024, compared to 41.2% and 34.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Turkmenistan and Tuvalu compared.

Natural population change in Turkmenistan vs Tuvalu by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.9% in Turkmenistan and +1.48% in Tuvalu. 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
	Turkmenistan	Tuvalu
1960	49,436	126
1961	51,659	120
1962	53,248	113
1963	54,203	106
1964	54,574	98
1965	54,558	93
1966	54,353	91
1967	54,209	92
1968	54,324	97
1969	54,791	102
1970	55,617	102
1971	56,666	101
1972	57,326	94
1973	59,169	101
1974	60,925	102
1975	62,681	108
1976	64,513	117
1977	66,318	128
1978	68,437	141
1979	71,135	158
1980	74,394	173
1981	77,829	186
1982	80,989	198
1983	85,183	206
1984	90,591	212
1985	95,890	215
1986	100,930	219
1987	103,885	219
1988	104,802	215
1989	103,553	208
1990	101,099	204
1991	99,297	203
1992	96,668	196
1993	92,596	202
1994	89,319	195
1995	86,289	191
1996	80,996	182
1997	79,045	177
1998	77,342	172
1999	76,362	166
2000	76,875	159
2001	76,682	151
2002	75,639	141
2003	76,737	136
2004	79,850	132
2005	83,968	131
2006	87,840	129
2007	92,038	125
2008	96,815	125
2009	102,931	130
2010	109,318	136
2011	115,197	142
2012	120,957	148
2013	126,217	148
2014	129,677	149
2015	132,663	153
2016	132,581	157
2017	131,417	163
2018	129,537	169
2019	128,275	166
2020	124,014	161
2021	122,721	151
2022	121,814	150
2023	117,529	137

Maternal mortality chart: Turkmenistan vs Tuvalu

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 5 deaths per 100,000 live births in Turkmenistan, compared to 170 deaths in Tuvalu.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Turkmenistan	Tuvalu
1985	77	230
1986	75	226
1987	72	252
1988	69	300
1989	65	296
1990	62	291
1991	60	289
1992	58	312
1993	56	286
1994	54	284
1995	50	281
1996	46	277
1997	40	249
1998	34	245
1999	29	242
2000	25	237
2001	22	235
2002	20	234
2003	18	210
2004	17	209
2005	15	230
2006	14	226
2007	13	222
2008	11	219
2009	10	215
2010	9	213
2011	8	169
2012	7	168
2013	7	168
2014	6	168
2015	6	169
2016	6	170
2017	5	171
2018	5	153
2019	5	155
2020	5	206
2021	6	157
2022	5	220
2023	5	170

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 4% in Turkmenistan and 1.99% in Tuvalu. 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
	Turkmenistan	Tuvalu
1960	-	17.7%
1961	-	17%
1962	-	16.3%
1963	-	15.6%
1964	-	14.9%
1965	-	14.2%
1966	-	13.6%
1967	-	12.9%
1968	-	12.3%
1969	-	11.7%
1970	-	11.1%
1971	-	10.5%
1972	-	9.93%
1973	-	9.37%
1974	-	8.81%
1975	-	8.31%
1976	-	7.84%
1977	13.2%	7.43%
1978	12.8%	7.08%
1979	12.3%	6.76%
1980	11.9%	6.49%
1981	11.4%	6.26%
1982	10.9%	6.06%
1983	10.5%	5.9%
1984	9.98%	5.76%
1985	9.51%	5.66%
1986	9.08%	5.59%
1987	8.7%	5.53%
1988	8.36%	5.47%
1989	8.09%	5.42%
1990	7.91%	5.37%
1991	7.83%	5.31%
1992	7.83%	5.24%
1993	7.87%	5.15%
1994	7.92%	5.05%
1995	7.94%	4.94%
1996	7.9%	4.81%
1997	7.79%	4.67%
1998	7.59%	4.52%
1999	7.31%	4.39%
2000	6.97%	4.26%
2001	6.61%	4.16%
2002	6.24%	4.07%
2003	5.88%	3.98%
2004	5.56%	3.89%
2005	5.25%	3.8%
2006	4.99%	3.68%
2007	4.77%	3.56%
2008	4.6%	3.42%
2009	4.45%	3.28%
2010	4.36%	3.14%
2011	4.29%	3.02%
2012	4.25%	2.91%
2013	4.25%	2.8%
2014	4.25%	2.71%
2015	4.29%	2.61%
2016	4.33%	2.52%
2017	4.37%	2.43%
2018	4.36%	2.35%
2019	4.33%	2.27%
2020	4.26%	2.19%
2021	4.18%	2.12%
2022	4.1%	2.05%
2023	4%	1.99%