Fertility & birth rates in Turkmenistan and Uruguay

Fertility rate in Turkmenistan vs Uruguay 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 1.41 in Uruguay in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

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The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Turkmenistan	Uruguay
1960	6.59	2.83
1961	6.69	2.85
1962	6.76	2.87
1963	6.79	2.88
1964	6.79	2.86
1965	6.76	2.84
1966	6.7	2.82
1967	6.64	2.78
1968	6.56	2.77
1969	6.48	2.77
1970	6.4	2.77
1971	6.32	2.77
1972	6.2	2.78
1973	6.15	2.86
1974	6.09	2.96
1975	6	3.02
1976	5.9	3.01
1977	5.77	2.9
1978	5.61	2.83
1979	5.46	2.71
1980	5.3	2.59
1981	5.16	2.53
1982	5.04	2.51
1983	4.97	2.49
1984	4.96	2.47
1985	4.97	2.47
1986	4.94	2.47
1987	4.84	2.49
1988	4.68	2.5
1989	4.46	2.5
1990	4.29	2.48
1991	4.14	2.45
1992	3.96	2.43
1993	3.78	2.41
1994	3.62	2.42
1995	3.49	2.4
1996	3.29	2.36
1997	3.18	2.33
1998	3.08	2.27
1999	2.98	2.25
2000	2.9	2.2
2001	2.81	2.16
2002	2.71	2.16
2003	2.67	2.12
2004	2.67	2.09
2005	2.71	2.1
2006	2.72	2.07
2007	2.73	2.05
2008	2.75	2.03
2009	2.79	2.02
2010	2.85	2.01
2011	2.9	1.99
2012	2.96	2.01
2013	3.01	2.03
2014	3.02	2.03
2015	3.03	2.04
2016	2.99	1.97
2017	2.93	1.82
2018	2.88	1.68
2019	2.83	1.57
2020	2.79	1.5
2021	2.75	1.45
2022	2.73	1.43
2023	2.69	1.41
2024	2.66	1.4
2025	2.63	1.39
2026	2.6	1.38
2027	2.57	1.38
2028	2.54	1.38
2029	2.51	1.38
2030	2.49	1.38
2031	2.46	1.39
2032	2.43	1.39
2033	2.41	1.39
2034	2.39	1.39
2035	2.37	1.4
2036	2.35	1.4
2037	2.33	1.4
2038	2.31	1.4
2039	2.29	1.41
2040	2.27	1.41
2041	2.26	1.41
2042	2.24	1.42
2043	2.22	1.42
2044	2.21	1.42
2045	2.19	1.42
2046	2.18	1.42
2047	2.16	1.43
2048	2.15	1.43
2049	2.14	1.43
2050	2.13	1.44

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Turkmenistan	Uruguay
1960	40.4%	27.6%
1961	41.7%	27.6%
1962	42.8%	27.7%
1963	43.8%	27.8%
1964	44.5%	27.9%
1965	44.9%	27.9%
1966	45.2%	28%
1967	45.4%	28%
1968	45.6%	27.9%
1969	45.5%	27.8%
1970	45.4%	27.8%
1971	45.1%	27.7%
1972	44.8%	27.5%
1973	44.4%	27.4%
1974	43.9%	27.4%
1975	43.4%	27.4%
1976	43%	27.4%
1977	42.5%	27.3%
1978	42.1%	27.3%
1979	41.6%	27.2%
1980	41.3%	27%
1981	41%	26.9%
1982	40.8%	26.7%
1983	40.7%	26.6%
1984	40.7%	26.5%
1985	40.7%	26.4%
1986	40.8%	26.2%
1987	41%	26.1%
1988	41.1%	26%
1989	41.2%	25.8%
1990	41.2%	25.6%
1991	41.2%	25.3%
1992	41.1%	25.1%
1993	41%	24.9%
1994	40.8%	24.7%
1995	40.5%	24.7%
1996	40.2%	24.6%
1997	39.6%	24.6%
1998	38.9%	24.5%
1999	38.1%	24.5%
2000	37.3%	24.4%
2001	36.4%	24.2%
2002	35.6%	24.1%
2003	34.8%	23.9%
2004	34%	23.7%
2005	33.3%	23.5%
2006	32.6%	23.3%
2007	31.9%	23.1%
2008	31.3%	22.8%
2009	30.8%	22.6%
2010	30.3%	22.3%
2011	30%	22%
2012	29.7%	21.7%
2013	29.6%	21.5%
2014	29.6%	21.3%
2015	29.7%	21.1%
2016	29.9%	21%
2017	30.2%	20.8%
2018	30.5%	20.5%
2019	30.9%	20.2%
2020	31.2%	19.8%
2021	31.5%	19.4%
2022	31.7%	19.1%
2023	31.7%	18.7%
2024	31.5%	18.3%
2025	31.2%	17.9%
2026	30.8%	17.5%
2027	30.3%	17.1%
2028	29.7%	16.7%
2029	29.1%	16.3%
2030	28.4%	15.8%
2031	27.7%	15.4%
2032	27%	15.1%
2033	26.4%	14.8%
2034	25.8%	14.7%
2035	25.3%	14.6%
2036	24.8%	14.5%
2037	24.4%	14.5%
2038	24%	14.4%
2039	23.7%	14.4%
2040	23.4%	14.3%
2041	23.3%	14.3%
2042	23.1%	14.3%
2043	23.1%	14.2%
2044	23%	14.1%
2045	23%	14.1%
2046	23%	14%
2047	23%	13.9%
2048	23%	13.8%
2049	23%	13.7%
2050	22.9%	13.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 31.5% of the population in Turkmenistan and 18.3% in Uruguay in 2024, compared to 41.2% and 25.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Turkmenistan and Uruguay compared.

Natural population change in Turkmenistan vs Uruguay by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.9% in Turkmenistan and +0.19% in Uruguay. 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	Uruguay
1960	49,436	30,438
1961	51,659	30,975
1962	53,248	31,441
1963	54,203	31,824
1964	54,574	31,340
1965	54,558	30,807
1966	54,353	30,293
1967	54,209	29,514
1968	54,324	29,103
1969	54,791	28,805
1970	55,617	28,737
1971	56,666	28,584
1972	57,326	28,896
1973	59,169	30,213
1974	60,925	32,221
1975	62,681	33,393
1976	64,513	33,199
1977	66,318	31,321
1978	68,437	30,076
1979	71,135	27,456
1980	74,394	25,451
1981	77,829	24,968
1982	80,989	25,224
1983	85,183	24,146
1984	90,591	23,684
1985	95,890	23,988
1986	100,930	24,505
1987	103,885	24,469
1988	104,802	25,071
1989	103,553	25,322
1990	101,099	25,699
1991	99,297	25,422
1992	96,668	24,847
1993	92,596	24,212
1994	89,319	24,637
1995	86,289	24,872
1996	80,996	24,635
1997	79,045	23,737
1998	77,342	22,114
1999	76,362	21,844
2000	76,875	21,060
2001	76,682	20,729
2002	75,639	20,073
2003	76,737	18,628
2004	79,850	18,067
2005	83,968	18,926
2006	87,840	17,783
2007	92,038	17,422
2008	96,815	16,838
2009	102,931	16,947
2010	109,318	16,231
2011	115,197	14,934
2012	120,957	15,520
2013	126,217	16,318
2014	129,677	16,238
2015	132,663	16,194
2016	132,581	14,008
2017	131,417	10,907
2018	129,537	7,322
2019	128,275	3,873
2020	124,014	4,048
2021	122,721	-5,621
2022	121,814	-2,964
2023	117,529	298

Maternal mortality chart: Turkmenistan vs Uruguay

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 Uruguay.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Turkmenistan	Uruguay
1985	77	41
1986	75	41
1987	72	41
1988	69	39
1989	65	36
1990	62	35
1991	60	33
1992	58	33
1993	56	31
1994	54	30
1995	50	29
1996	46	28
1997	40	27
1998	34	25
1999	29	24
2000	25	23
2001	22	24
2002	20	23
2003	18	23
2004	17	21
2005	15	20
2006	14	20
2007	13	19
2008	11	19
2009	10	18
2010	9	17
2011	8	17
2012	7	16
2013	7	16
2014	6	16
2015	6	16
2016	6	16
2017	5	16
2018	5	16
2019	5	16
2020	5	20
2021	6	49
2022	5	20
2023	5	15

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 4% in Turkmenistan and 0.67% in Uruguay. 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	Uruguay
1960	-	6.33%
1961	-	6.21%
1962	-	6.06%
1963	-	5.93%
1964	-	5.83%
1965	-	5.77%
1966	-	5.74%
1967	-	5.7%
1968	-	5.64%
1969	-	5.53%
1970	-	5.4%
1971	-	5.33%
1972	-	5.34%
1973	-	5.39%
1974	-	5.46%
1975	-	5.49%
1976	-	5.41%
1977	13.2%	5.18%
1978	12.8%	4.83%
1979	12.3%	4.41%
1980	11.9%	3.98%
1981	11.4%	3.6%
1982	10.9%	3.31%
1983	10.5%	3.1%
1984	9.98%	2.95%
1985	9.51%	2.84%
1986	9.08%	2.74%
1987	8.7%	2.62%
1988	8.36%	2.51%
1989	8.09%	2.42%
1990	7.91%	2.37%
1991	7.83%	2.32%
1992	7.83%	2.29%
1993	7.87%	2.25%
1994	7.92%	2.19%
1995	7.94%	2.12%
1996	7.9%	2.03%
1997	7.79%	1.93%
1998	7.59%	1.84%
1999	7.31%	1.76%
2000	6.97%	1.7%
2001	6.61%	1.66%
2002	6.24%	1.62%
2003	5.88%	1.58%
2004	5.56%	1.52%
2005	5.25%	1.44%
2006	4.99%	1.35%
2007	4.77%	1.27%
2008	4.6%	1.19%
2009	4.45%	1.13%
2010	4.36%	1.08%
2011	4.29%	1.04%
2012	4.25%	1%
2013	4.25%	0.97%
2014	4.25%	0.93%
2015	4.29%	0.89%
2016	4.33%	0.85%
2017	4.37%	0.81%
2018	4.36%	0.77%
2019	4.33%	0.74%
2020	4.26%	0.71%
2021	4.18%	0.7%
2022	4.1%	0.68%
2023	4%	0.67%