Fertility & birth rates in Turkmenistan and Uganda

Fertility rate in Turkmenistan vs Uganda 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 4.28 in Uganda in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Turkmenistan vs Uganda 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	Uganda
1960	6.59	6.91
1961	6.69	6.93
1962	6.76	6.96
1963	6.79	6.98
1964	6.79	7.01
1965	6.76	7.04
1966	6.7	7.07
1967	6.64	7.1
1968	6.56	7.13
1969	6.48	7.12
1970	6.4	7.15
1971	6.32	7.18
1972	6.2	7.19
1973	6.15	7.19
1974	6.09	7.19
1975	6	7.2
1976	5.9	7.19
1977	5.77	7.18
1978	5.61	7.16
1979	5.46	7.14
1980	5.3	7.11
1981	5.16	7.12
1982	5.04	7.11
1983	4.97	7.07
1984	4.96	7.02
1985	4.97	7.04
1986	4.94	7.08
1987	4.84	7.12
1988	4.68	7.1
1989	4.46	7.05
1990	4.29	7.01
1991	4.14	6.94
1992	3.96	6.91
1993	3.78	6.89
1994	3.62	6.9
1995	3.49	6.87
1996	3.29	6.84
1997	3.18	6.86
1998	3.08	6.84
1999	2.98	6.83
2000	2.9	6.79
2001	2.81	6.76
2002	2.71	6.74
2003	2.67	6.67
2004	2.67	6.61
2005	2.71	6.53
2006	2.72	6.43
2007	2.73	6.33
2008	2.75	6.2
2009	2.79	6.12
2010	2.85	6.02
2011	2.9	5.89
2012	2.96	5.73
2013	3.01	5.56
2014	3.02	5.41
2015	3.03	5.25
2016	2.99	5.11
2017	2.93	4.99
2018	2.88	4.87
2019	2.83	4.74
2020	2.79	4.62
2021	2.75	4.51
2022	2.73	4.39
2023	2.69	4.28
2024	2.66	4.16
2025	2.63	4.06
2026	2.6	3.97
2027	2.57	3.87
2028	2.54	3.79
2029	2.51	3.69
2030	2.49	3.61
2031	2.46	3.53
2032	2.43	3.45
2033	2.41	3.38
2034	2.39	3.31
2035	2.37	3.25
2036	2.35	3.19
2037	2.33	3.14
2038	2.31	3.09
2039	2.29	3.04
2040	2.27	2.99
2041	2.26	2.94
2042	2.24	2.9
2043	2.22	2.86
2044	2.21	2.82
2045	2.19	2.78
2046	2.18	2.74
2047	2.16	2.71
2048	2.15	2.67
2049	2.14	2.64
2050	2.13	2.61

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Turkmenistan	Uganda
1960	40.4%	46.3%
1961	41.7%	46.6%
1962	42.8%	46.8%
1963	43.8%	46.9%
1964	44.5%	46.8%
1965	44.9%	46.7%
1966	45.2%	46.6%
1967	45.4%	46.6%
1968	45.6%	46.5%
1969	45.5%	46.5%
1970	45.4%	46.5%
1971	45.1%	46.7%
1972	44.8%	46.9%
1973	44.4%	47.1%
1974	43.9%	47.3%
1975	43.4%	47.4%
1976	43%	47.5%
1977	42.5%	47.5%
1978	42.1%	47.6%
1979	41.6%	47.7%
1980	41.3%	47.9%
1981	41%	48%
1982	40.8%	48%
1983	40.7%	48.1%
1984	40.7%	48%
1985	40.7%	48%
1986	40.8%	48%
1987	41%	48%
1988	41.1%	48.1%
1989	41.2%	48.1%
1990	41.2%	48.2%
1991	41.2%	48.3%
1992	41.1%	48.4%
1993	41%	48.5%
1994	40.8%	48.6%
1995	40.5%	49.1%
1996	40.2%	49.4%
1997	39.6%	49.7%
1998	38.9%	49.9%
1999	38.1%	50%
2000	37.3%	50.1%
2001	36.4%	50.1%
2002	35.6%	50.1%
2003	34.8%	50.1%
2004	34%	50.1%
2005	33.3%	50.1%
2006	32.6%	50%
2007	31.9%	50%
2008	31.3%	49.8%
2009	30.8%	49.7%
2010	30.3%	49.5%
2011	30%	49.3%
2012	29.7%	49.1%
2013	29.6%	48.8%
2014	29.6%	48.5%
2015	29.7%	48.1%
2016	29.9%	47.5%
2017	30.2%	46.9%
2018	30.5%	46.3%
2019	30.9%	45.8%
2020	31.2%	45.2%
2021	31.5%	44.7%
2022	31.7%	44.3%
2023	31.7%	43.9%
2024	31.5%	43.5%
2025	31.2%	43.1%
2026	30.8%	42.7%
2027	30.3%	42.2%
2028	29.7%	41.8%
2029	29.1%	41.3%
2030	28.4%	40.9%
2031	27.7%	40.5%
2032	27%	40%
2033	26.4%	39.5%
2034	25.8%	39%
2035	25.3%	38.4%
2036	24.8%	37.8%
2037	24.4%	37.3%
2038	24%	36.7%
2039	23.7%	36.1%
2040	23.4%	35.6%
2041	23.3%	35.1%
2042	23.1%	34.6%
2043	23.1%	34.1%
2044	23%	33.6%
2045	23%	33.1%
2046	23%	32.7%
2047	23%	32.3%
2048	23%	31.8%
2049	23%	31.5%
2050	22.9%	31.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 31.5% of the population in Turkmenistan and 43.5% in Uganda in 2024, compared to 41.2% and 48.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Turkmenistan and Uganda compared.

Natural population change in Turkmenistan vs Uganda by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.9% in Turkmenistan and +3.17% in Uganda. 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	Uganda
1960	49,436	225,080
1961	51,659	232,894
1962	53,248	241,513
1963	54,203	250,885
1964	54,574	260,733
1965	54,558	271,830
1966	54,353	282,225
1967	54,209	296,692
1968	54,324	309,725
1969	54,791	320,486
1970	55,617	333,202
1971	56,666	328,294
1972	57,326	335,935
1973	59,169	340,780
1974	60,925	345,773
1975	62,681	354,278
1976	64,513	359,458
1977	66,318	365,216
1978	68,437	371,930
1979	71,135	381,626
1980	74,394	370,287
1981	77,829	380,028
1982	80,989	390,820
1983	85,183	404,940
1984	90,591	421,241
1985	95,890	462,534
1986	100,930	487,693
1987	103,885	527,397
1988	104,802	547,759
1989	103,553	565,367
1990	101,099	587,291
1991	99,297	602,740
1992	96,668	627,139
1993	92,596	650,032
1994	89,319	675,092
1995	86,289	697,218
1996	80,996	699,707
1997	79,045	727,523
1998	77,342	741,175
1999	76,362	775,166
2000	76,875	803,069
2001	76,682	836,751
2002	75,639	868,756
2003	76,737	901,374
2004	79,850	938,623
2005	83,968	969,096
2006	87,840	999,958
2007	92,038	1,029,893
2008	96,815	1,055,935
2009	102,931	1,090,600
2010	109,318	1,121,564
2011	115,197	1,147,263
2012	120,957	1,167,473
2013	126,217	1,184,250
2014	129,677	1,201,599
2015	132,663	1,224,839
2016	132,581	1,249,565
2017	131,417	1,290,658
2018	129,537	1,332,600
2019	128,275	1,367,044
2020	124,014	1,397,288
2021	122,721	1,423,377
2022	121,814	1,455,576
2023	117,529	1,477,166

Maternal mortality chart: Turkmenistan vs Uganda

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 Uganda.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Turkmenistan	Uganda
1985	77	842
1986	75	781
1987	72	709
1988	69	655
1989	65	609
1990	62	575
1991	60	549
1992	58	530
1993	56	515
1994	54	507
1995	50	514
1996	46	513
1997	40	522
1998	34	523
1999	29	504
2000	25	475
2001	22	440
2002	20	416
2003	18	395
2004	17	384
2005	15	417
2006	14	409
2007	13	345
2008	11	324
2009	10	322
2010	9	304
2011	8	295
2012	7	285
2013	7	308
2014	6	311
2015	6	299
2016	6	272
2017	5	246
2018	5	232
2019	5	219
2020	5	209
2021	6	216
2022	5	184
2023	5	170

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 4% in Turkmenistan and 3.88% in Uganda. 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	Uganda
1960	-	22.3%
1961	-	21.9%
1962	-	21.6%
1963	-	21.3%
1964	-	20.9%
1965	-	20.6%
1966	-	20.3%
1967	-	19.9%
1968	-	19.7%
1969	-	19.4%
1970	-	19.3%
1971	-	19.3%
1972	-	19.4%
1973	-	19.6%
1974	-	19.9%
1975	-	20.3%
1976	-	20.7%
1977	13.2%	21.2%
1978	12.8%	21.6%
1979	12.3%	21.8%
1980	11.9%	22%
1981	11.4%	21.9%
1982	10.9%	21.4%
1983	10.5%	20.9%
1984	9.98%	20.3%
1985	9.51%	19.9%
1986	9.08%	19.5%
1987	8.7%	19.2%
1988	8.36%	18.9%
1989	8.09%	18.7%
1990	7.91%	18.3%
1991	7.83%	17.9%
1992	7.83%	17.4%
1993	7.87%	17%
1994	7.92%	16.7%
1995	7.94%	16.5%
1996	7.9%	16.2%
1997	7.79%	16%
1998	7.59%	15.6%
1999	7.31%	15.2%
2000	6.97%	14.6%
2001	6.61%	13.9%
2002	6.24%	13.1%
2003	5.88%	12.3%
2004	5.56%	11.5%
2005	5.25%	10.7%
2006	4.99%	9.97%
2007	4.77%	9.3%
2008	4.6%	8.69%
2009	4.45%	8.14%
2010	4.36%	7.61%
2011	4.29%	7.1%
2012	4.25%	6.67%
2013	4.25%	6.24%
2014	4.25%	5.91%
2015	4.29%	5.58%
2016	4.33%	5.25%
2017	4.37%	4.98%
2018	4.36%	4.74%
2019	4.33%	4.53%
2020	4.26%	4.35%
2021	4.18%	4.18%
2022	4.1%	4.05%
2023	4%	3.88%