Fertility & birth rates in Turkmenistan and United Arab Emirates

Fertility rate in Turkmenistan vs United Arab Emirates 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 1.2 in the United Arab Emirates in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Turkmenistan vs the United Arab Emirates 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	UAE
1960	6.59	6.5
1961	6.69	6.49
1962	6.76	6.49
1963	6.79	6.5
1964	6.79	6.49
1965	6.76	6.5
1966	6.7	6.5
1967	6.64	6.51
1968	6.56	6.53
1969	6.48	6.52
1970	6.4	6.52
1971	6.32	6.52
1972	6.2	6.5
1973	6.15	6.46
1974	6.09	6.41
1975	6	6.35
1976	5.9	6.29
1977	5.77	6.22
1978	5.61	6.15
1979	5.46	6.06
1980	5.3	5.95
1981	5.16	5.81
1982	5.04	5.66
1983	4.97	5.48
1984	4.96	5.3
1985	4.97	5.13
1986	4.94	5
1987	4.84	4.88
1988	4.68	4.77
1989	4.46	4.65
1990	4.29	4.51
1991	4.14	4.25
1992	3.96	4.09
1993	3.78	3.82
1994	3.62	3.76
1995	3.49	3.28
1996	3.29	3.06
1997	3.18	2.83
1998	3.08	2.77
1999	2.98	2.79
2000	2.9	2.73
2001	2.81	2.62
2002	2.71	2.54
2003	2.67	2.49
2004	2.67	2.38
2005	2.71	2.23
2006	2.72	1.96
2007	2.73	1.79
2008	2.75	1.52
2009	2.79	1.58
2010	2.85	1.57
2011	2.9	1.54
2012	2.96	1.53
2013	3.01	1.53
2014	3.02	1.48
2015	3.03	1.42
2016	2.99	1.37
2017	2.93	1.35
2018	2.88	1.29
2019	2.83	1.25
2020	2.79	1.29
2021	2.75	1.16
2022	2.73	1.15
2023	2.69	1.2
2024	2.66	1.21
2025	2.63	1.21
2026	2.6	1.21
2027	2.57	1.21
2028	2.54	1.22
2029	2.51	1.22
2030	2.49	1.23
2031	2.46	1.23
2032	2.43	1.24
2033	2.41	1.25
2034	2.39	1.25
2035	2.37	1.26
2036	2.35	1.26
2037	2.33	1.27
2038	2.31	1.28
2039	2.29	1.28
2040	2.27	1.28
2041	2.26	1.29
2042	2.24	1.29
2043	2.22	1.3
2044	2.21	1.3
2045	2.19	1.31
2046	2.18	1.31
2047	2.16	1.31
2048	2.15	1.32
2049	2.14	1.32
2050	2.13	1.33

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Turkmenistan	UAE
1960	40.4%	37.8%
1961	41.7%	36.7%
1962	42.8%	35.8%
1963	43.8%	35.1%
1964	44.5%	34.5%
1965	44.9%	33.9%
1966	45.2%	33.2%
1967	45.4%	32.1%
1968	45.6%	31.2%
1969	45.5%	30.6%
1970	45.4%	29.8%
1971	45.1%	29%
1972	44.8%	28.3%
1973	44.4%	27.8%
1974	43.9%	27.4%
1975	43.4%	27.2%
1976	43%	26.9%
1977	42.5%	26.8%
1978	42.1%	26.9%
1979	41.6%	27.1%
1980	41.3%	27.4%
1981	41%	28%
1982	40.8%	28.8%
1983	40.7%	29.5%
1984	40.7%	30.2%
1985	40.7%	30.7%
1986	40.8%	31.2%
1987	41%	31.2%
1988	41.1%	30.9%
1989	41.2%	30.3%
1990	41.2%	29.6%
1991	41.2%	28.8%
1992	41.1%	28.1%
1993	41%	27.4%
1994	40.8%	26.7%
1995	40.5%	25.9%
1996	40.2%	25.2%
1997	39.6%	24.3%
1998	38.9%	23.1%
1999	38.1%	22%
2000	37.3%	20.8%
2001	36.4%	19.8%
2002	35.6%	18.9%
2003	34.8%	18.3%
2004	34%	17.8%
2005	33.3%	17.5%
2006	32.6%	17.2%
2007	31.9%	17%
2008	31.3%	16.9%
2009	30.8%	16.9%
2010	30.3%	16.9%
2011	30%	16.8%
2012	29.7%	16.8%
2013	29.6%	16.8%
2014	29.6%	16.8%
2015	29.7%	16.8%
2016	29.9%	16.8%
2017	30.2%	16.8%
2018	30.5%	16.7%
2019	30.9%	16.6%
2020	31.2%	16.6%
2021	31.5%	16.5%
2022	31.7%	16.5%
2023	31.7%	16.3%
2024	31.5%	16.1%
2025	31.2%	16%
2026	30.8%	15.9%
2027	30.3%	15.9%
2028	29.7%	15.9%
2029	29.1%	15.9%
2030	28.4%	16%
2031	27.7%	16.1%
2032	27%	16.3%
2033	26.4%	16.5%
2034	25.8%	16.7%
2035	25.3%	16.9%
2036	24.8%	17.1%
2037	24.4%	17.3%
2038	24%	17.5%
2039	23.7%	17.7%
2040	23.4%	17.9%
2041	23.3%	18%
2042	23.1%	18.1%
2043	23.1%	18.2%
2044	23%	18.3%
2045	23%	18.3%
2046	23%	18.3%
2047	23%	18.3%
2048	23%	18.3%
2049	23%	18.2%
2050	22.9%	18.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 31.5% of the population in Turkmenistan and 16.1% in the United Arab Emirates in 2024, compared to 41.2% and 29.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Turkmenistan and the United Arab Emirates compared.

Natural population change in Turkmenistan vs United Arab Emirates by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.9% in Turkmenistan and +0.93% in the United Arab Emirates. 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	UAE
1960	49,436	3,418
1961	51,659	3,657
1962	53,248	3,901
1963	54,203	4,157
1964	54,574	4,410
1965	54,558	4,675
1966	54,353	4,955
1967	54,209	5,264
1968	54,324	5,588
1969	54,791	6,138
1970	55,617	6,922
1971	56,666	7,839
1972	57,326	8,818
1973	59,169	9,822
1974	60,925	10,835
1975	62,681	11,859
1976	64,513	12,876
1977	66,318	15,787
1978	68,437	18,879
1979	71,135	21,987
1980	74,394	25,005
1981	77,829	27,560
1982	80,989	29,585
1983	85,183	31,480
1984	90,591	33,250
1985	95,890	34,855
1986	100,930	36,829
1987	103,885	37,741
1988	104,802	38,861
1989	103,553	40,148
1990	101,099	41,339
1991	99,297	41,409
1992	96,668	42,119
1993	92,596	41,324
1994	89,319	42,976
1995	86,289	38,685
1996	80,996	37,886
1997	79,045	38,207
1998	77,342	41,176
1999	76,362	46,198
2000	76,875	49,993
2001	76,682	52,789
2002	75,639	55,922
2003	76,737	59,118
2004	79,850	60,344
2005	83,968	60,046
2006	87,840	54,338
2007	92,038	55,048
2008	96,815	55,426
2009	102,931	66,521
2010	109,318	69,907
2011	115,197	73,496
2012	120,957	78,682
2013	126,217	82,977
2014	129,677	84,277
2015	132,663	85,044
2016	132,581	87,028
2017	131,417	89,382
2018	129,537	86,840
2019	128,275	86,296
2020	124,014	87,871
2021	122,721	76,802
2022	121,814	81,758
2023	117,529	92,698

Maternal mortality chart: Turkmenistan vs United Arab Emirates

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 3 deaths in the United Arab Emirates.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Turkmenistan	UAE
1985	77	19
1986	75	19
1987	72	19
1988	69	19
1989	65	19
1990	62	19
1991	60	19
1992	58	19
1993	56	19
1994	54	19
1995	50	18
1996	46	16
1997	40	14
1998	34	12
1999	29	10
2000	25	8
2001	22	7
2002	20	5
2003	18	5
2004	17	4
2005	15	4
2006	14	3
2007	13	3
2008	11	3
2009	10	3
2010	9	3
2011	8	4
2012	7	4
2013	7	4
2014	6	3
2015	6	3
2016	6	3
2017	5	3
2018	5	3
2019	5	3
2020	5	6
2021	6	6
2022	5	2
2023	5	3

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 4% in Turkmenistan and 0.5% in the United Arab Emirates. 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	UAE
1960	-	20.1%
1961	-	19%
1962	-	18%
1963	-	16.9%
1964	-	15.8%
1965	-	14.8%
1966	-	13.7%
1967	-	12.6%
1968	-	11.6%
1969	-	10.6%
1970	-	9.62%
1971	-	8.72%
1972	-	7.89%
1973	-	7.12%
1974	-	6.43%
1975	-	5.8%
1976	-	5.23%
1977	13.2%	4.7%
1978	12.8%	4.22%
1979	12.3%	3.78%
1980	11.9%	3.4%
1981	11.4%	3.06%
1982	10.9%	2.77%
1983	10.5%	2.52%
1984	9.98%	2.31%
1985	9.51%	2.12%
1986	9.08%	1.97%
1987	8.7%	1.83%
1988	8.36%	1.71%
1989	8.09%	1.61%
1990	7.91%	1.51%
1991	7.83%	1.43%
1992	7.83%	1.37%
1993	7.87%	1.31%
1994	7.92%	1.26%
1995	7.94%	1.21%
1996	7.9%	1.18%
1997	7.79%	1.15%
1998	7.59%	1.12%
1999	7.31%	1.09%
2000	6.97%	1.07%
2001	6.61%	1.05%
2002	6.24%	1.03%
2003	5.88%	1.01%
2004	5.56%	1%
2005	5.25%	0.98%
2006	4.99%	0.96%
2007	4.77%	0.94%
2008	4.6%	0.92%
2009	4.45%	0.9%
2010	4.36%	0.88%
2011	4.29%	0.86%
2012	4.25%	0.84%
2013	4.25%	0.82%
2014	4.25%	0.79%
2015	4.29%	0.77%
2016	4.33%	0.73%
2017	4.37%	0.7%
2018	4.36%	0.67%
2019	4.33%	0.63%
2020	4.26%	0.6%
2021	4.18%	0.56%
2022	4.1%	0.53%
2023	4%	0.5%