Fertility & birth rates in Turkmenistan and Ukraine

Fertility rate in Turkmenistan vs Ukraine 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 0.98 in Ukraine in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Turkmenistan vs Ukraine 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	Ukraine
1960	6.59	2.29
1961	6.69	2.2
1962	6.76	2.15
1963	6.79	2.11
1964	6.79	2.01
1965	6.76	1.94
1966	6.7	2.04
1967	6.64	2.04
1968	6.56	2.03
1969	6.48	2.01
1970	6.4	2.08
1971	6.32	2.11
1972	6.2	2.13
1973	6.15	2.04
1974	6.09	2.06
1975	6	2.05
1976	5.9	2.04
1977	5.77	1.98
1978	5.61	1.97
1979	5.46	1.96
1980	5.3	1.95
1981	5.16	1.92
1982	5.04	1.95
1983	4.97	2.1
1984	4.96	2.08
1985	4.97	2.03
1986	4.94	2.12
1987	4.84	2.07
1988	4.68	2.04
1989	4.46	1.93
1990	4.29	1.85
1991	4.14	1.77
1992	3.96	1.67
1993	3.78	1.56
1994	3.62	1.47
1995	3.49	1.4
1996	3.29	1.33
1997	3.18	1.27
1998	3.08	1.21
1999	2.98	1.13
2000	2.9	1.11
2001	2.81	1.09
2002	2.71	1.13
2003	2.67	1.17
2004	2.67	1.22
2005	2.71	1.22
2006	2.72	1.3
2007	2.73	1.34
2008	2.75	1.44
2009	2.79	1.47
2010	2.85	1.44
2011	2.9	1.46
2012	2.96	1.53
2013	3.01	1.52
2014	3.02	1.47
2015	3.03	1.39
2016	2.99	1.39
2017	2.93	1.3
2018	2.88	1.23
2019	2.83	1.22
2020	2.79	1.21
2021	2.75	1.15
2022	2.73	0.9
2023	2.69	0.98
2024	2.66	0.99
2025	2.63	1
2026	2.6	1
2027	2.57	1.01
2028	2.54	1.02
2029	2.51	1.02
2030	2.49	1.03
2031	2.46	1.04
2032	2.43	1.04
2033	2.41	1.05
2034	2.39	1.05
2035	2.37	1.06
2036	2.35	1.06
2037	2.33	1.07
2038	2.31	1.07
2039	2.29	1.08
2040	2.27	1.09
2041	2.26	1.09
2042	2.24	1.1
2043	2.22	1.1
2044	2.21	1.11
2045	2.19	1.11
2046	2.18	1.12
2047	2.16	1.13
2048	2.15	1.13
2049	2.14	1.14
2050	2.13	1.14

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Turkmenistan	Ukraine
1960	40.4%	26.7%
1961	41.7%	27%
1962	42.8%	27.1%
1963	43.8%	27.1%
1964	44.5%	26.8%
1965	44.9%	26.4%
1966	45.2%	26.1%
1967	45.4%	25.8%
1968	45.6%	25.5%
1969	45.5%	25.1%
1970	45.4%	24.8%
1971	45.1%	24.4%
1972	44.8%	24%
1973	44.4%	23.6%
1974	43.9%	23.2%
1975	43.4%	22.8%
1976	43%	22.4%
1977	42.5%	22.1%
1978	42.1%	21.7%
1979	41.6%	21.5%
1980	41.3%	21.4%
1981	41%	21.4%
1982	40.8%	21.4%
1983	40.7%	21.5%
1984	40.7%	21.6%
1985	40.7%	21.7%
1986	40.8%	21.7%
1987	41%	21.7%
1988	41.1%	21.7%
1989	41.2%	21.7%
1990	41.2%	21.6%
1991	41.2%	21.5%
1992	41.1%	21.4%
1993	41%	21.2%
1994	40.8%	21%
1995	40.5%	20.6%
1996	40.2%	20.2%
1997	39.6%	19.7%
1998	38.9%	19.2%
1999	38.1%	18.5%
2000	37.3%	17.9%
2001	36.4%	17.1%
2002	35.6%	16.3%
2003	34.8%	15.7%
2004	34%	15.1%
2005	33.3%	14.7%
2006	32.6%	14.3%
2007	31.9%	14.1%
2008	31.3%	14%
2009	30.8%	14%
2010	30.3%	14.1%
2011	30%	14.2%
2012	29.7%	14.4%
2013	29.6%	14.6%
2014	29.6%	14.9%
2015	29.7%	15.1%
2016	29.9%	15.3%
2017	30.2%	15.4%
2018	30.5%	15.4%
2019	30.9%	15.4%
2020	31.2%	15.3%
2021	31.5%	15.1%
2022	31.7%	14.8%
2023	31.7%	14.3%
2024	31.5%	13.9%
2025	31.2%	13.7%
2026	30.8%	13.4%
2027	30.3%	12.9%
2028	29.7%	12.4%
2029	29.1%	12%
2030	28.4%	11.6%
2031	27.7%	11.2%
2032	27%	10.9%
2033	26.4%	10.6%
2034	25.8%	10.4%
2035	25.3%	10.2%
2036	24.8%	10%
2037	24.4%	9.95%
2038	24%	9.95%
2039	23.7%	9.92%
2040	23.4%	9.9%
2041	23.3%	9.92%
2042	23.1%	9.97%
2043	23.1%	10%
2044	23%	10.1%
2045	23%	10.1%
2046	23%	10.2%
2047	23%	10.2%
2048	23%	10.2%
2049	23%	10.2%
2050	22.9%	10.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 31.5% of the population in Turkmenistan and 13.9% in Ukraine in 2024, compared to 41.2% and 21.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Turkmenistan and Ukraine compared.

Natural population change in Turkmenistan vs Ukraine by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.9% in Turkmenistan and -0.56% in Ukraine. 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	Ukraine
1960	49,436	538,812
1961	51,659	508,602
1962	53,248	481,887
1963	54,203	449,648
1964	54,574	391,120
1965	54,558	334,365
1966	54,353	337,794
1967	54,209	313,899
1968	54,324	295,162
1969	54,791	274,858
1970	55,617	291,839
1971	56,666	305,849
1972	57,326	309,785
1973	59,169	274,938
1974	60,925	273,486
1975	62,681	256,787
1976	64,513	247,323
1977	66,318	216,932
1978	68,437	206,554
1979	71,135	197,294
1980	74,394	197,223
1981	77,829	182,839
1982	80,989	194,101
1983	85,183	241,741
1984	90,591	222,430
1985	95,890	201,011
1986	100,930	225,751
1987	103,885	198,850
1988	104,802	162,002
1989	103,553	106,431
1990	101,099	48,463
1991	99,297	-16,486
1992	96,668	-95,857
1993	92,596	-169,405
1994	89,319	-238,820
1995	86,289	-281,629
1996	80,996	-305,154
1997	79,045	-306,549
1998	77,342	-318,299
1999	76,362	-348,286
2000	76,875	-364,143
2001	76,682	-374,734
2002	75,639	-364,544
2003	76,737	-351,299
2004	79,850	-344,157
2005	83,968	-337,857
2006	87,840	-300,787
2007	92,038	-282,659
2008	96,815	-229,086
2009	102,931	-197,918
2010	109,318	-180,388
2011	115,197	-158,372
2012	120,957	-130,451
2013	126,217	-129,662
2014	129,677	-140,216
2015	132,663	-147,107
2016	132,581	-135,710
2017	131,417	-158,390
2018	129,537	-227,491
2019	128,275	-236,296
2020	124,014	-307,533
2021	122,721	-449,941
2022	121,814	-349,284
2023	117,529	-283,185

Maternal mortality chart: Turkmenistan vs Ukraine

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 15 deaths in Ukraine.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Turkmenistan	Ukraine
1985	77	53
1986	75	50
1987	72	46
1988	69	44
1989	65	42
1990	62	40
1991	60	40
1992	58	40
1993	56	42
1994	54	45
1995	50	46
1996	46	45
1997	40	41
1998	34	37
1999	29	34
2000	25	32
2001	22	30
2002	20	28
2003	18	28
2004	17	27
2005	15	27
2006	14	27
2007	13	27
2008	11	26
2009	10	24
2010	9	21
2011	8	20
2012	7	20
2013	7	20
2014	6	19
2015	6	17
2016	6	17
2017	5	16
2018	5	16
2019	5	16
2020	5	18
2021	6	26
2022	5	16
2023	5	15

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 4% in Turkmenistan and 0.81% in Ukraine. 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	Ukraine
1971	-	3.23%
1972	-	3.13%
1973	-	3.04%
1974	-	2.96%
1975	-	2.89%
1976	-	2.84%
1977	13.2%	2.78%
1978	12.8%	2.74%
1979	12.3%	2.69%
1980	11.9%	2.62%
1981	11.4%	2.55%
1982	10.9%	2.47%
1983	10.5%	2.39%
1984	9.98%	2.29%
1985	9.51%	2.21%
1986	9.08%	2.13%
1987	8.7%	2.05%
1988	8.36%	1.99%
1989	8.09%	1.95%
1990	7.91%	1.92%
1991	7.83%	1.92%
1992	7.83%	1.94%
1993	7.87%	1.97%
1994	7.92%	2%
1995	7.94%	2.02%
1996	7.9%	2.03%
1997	7.79%	2.01%
1998	7.59%	1.97%
1999	7.31%	1.9%
2000	6.97%	1.83%
2001	6.61%	1.75%
2002	6.24%	1.66%
2003	5.88%	1.58%
2004	5.56%	1.51%
2005	5.25%	1.45%
2006	4.99%	1.4%
2007	4.77%	1.34%
2008	4.6%	1.29%
2009	4.45%	1.23%
2010	4.36%	1.17%
2011	4.29%	1.12%
2012	4.25%	1.07%
2013	4.25%	1.02%
2014	4.25%	0.98%
2015	4.29%	0.94%
2016	4.33%	0.91%
2017	4.37%	0.89%
2018	4.36%	0.87%
2019	4.33%	0.85%
2020	4.26%	0.84%
2021	4.18%	0.82%
2022	4.1%	0.85%
2023	4%	0.81%