Fertility & birth rates in Turkmenistan and Vanuatu

Fertility rate in Turkmenistan vs Vanuatu 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 3.6 in Vanuatu in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Turkmenistan vs Vanuatu 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	Vanuatu
1960	6.59	6.78
1961	6.69	6.73
1962	6.76	6.67
1963	6.79	6.62
1964	6.79	6.57
1965	6.76	6.52
1966	6.7	6.51
1967	6.64	6.51
1968	6.56	6.46
1969	6.48	6.41
1970	6.4	6.35
1971	6.32	6.29
1972	6.2	6.23
1973	6.15	6.15
1974	6.09	6.06
1975	6	5.98
1976	5.9	5.89
1977	5.77	5.81
1978	5.61	5.77
1979	5.46	5.73
1980	5.3	5.69
1981	5.16	5.65
1982	5.04	5.6
1983	4.97	5.55
1984	4.96	5.49
1985	4.97	5.43
1986	4.94	5.38
1987	4.84	5.33
1988	4.68	5.27
1989	4.46	5.21
1990	4.29	5.17
1991	4.14	5.13
1992	3.96	5.09
1993	3.78	5.02
1994	3.62	4.94
1995	3.49	4.85
1996	3.29	4.75
1997	3.18	4.66
1998	3.08	4.6
1999	2.98	4.56
2000	2.9	4.54
2001	2.81	4.5
2002	2.71	4.38
2003	2.67	4.29
2004	2.67	4.21
2005	2.71	4.13
2006	2.72	4.1
2007	2.73	4.12
2008	2.75	4.16
2009	2.79	4.16
2010	2.85	4.13
2011	2.9	4.09
2012	2.96	4.06
2013	3.01	4.04
2014	3.02	4
2015	3.03	3.95
2016	2.99	3.92
2017	2.93	3.88
2018	2.88	3.83
2019	2.83	3.79
2020	2.79	3.74
2021	2.75	3.7
2022	2.73	3.65
2023	2.69	3.6
2024	2.66	3.57
2025	2.63	3.53
2026	2.6	3.5
2027	2.57	3.46
2028	2.54	3.42
2029	2.51	3.39
2030	2.49	3.35
2031	2.46	3.32
2032	2.43	3.28
2033	2.41	3.25
2034	2.39	3.21
2035	2.37	3.18
2036	2.35	3.15
2037	2.33	3.13
2038	2.31	3.1
2039	2.29	3.08
2040	2.27	3.05
2041	2.26	3.03
2042	2.24	3
2043	2.22	2.97
2044	2.21	2.94
2045	2.19	2.92
2046	2.18	2.9
2047	2.16	2.88
2048	2.15	2.85
2049	2.14	2.83
2050	2.13	2.8

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Turkmenistan	Vanuatu
1960	40.4%	44.6%
1961	41.7%	44.8%
1962	42.8%	45.1%
1963	43.8%	45.2%
1964	44.5%	45.4%
1965	44.9%	45.5%
1966	45.2%	45.7%
1967	45.4%	45.8%
1968	45.6%	45.8%
1969	45.5%	45.8%
1970	45.4%	45.7%
1971	45.1%	45.7%
1972	44.8%	45.6%
1973	44.4%	45.5%
1974	43.9%	45.5%
1975	43.4%	45.4%
1976	43%	45.2%
1977	42.5%	45.1%
1978	42.1%	45%
1979	41.6%	44.5%
1980	41.3%	44%
1981	41%	43.9%
1982	40.8%	44%
1983	40.7%	44%
1984	40.7%	44.1%
1985	40.7%	44.2%
1986	40.8%	44.2%
1987	41%	44.1%
1988	41.1%	44.1%
1989	41.2%	44%
1990	41.2%	43.9%
1991	41.2%	43.9%
1992	41.1%	44.1%
1993	41%	44.8%
1994	40.8%	45.2%
1995	40.5%	45%
1996	40.2%	44.8%
1997	39.6%	44.4%
1998	38.9%	44%
1999	38.1%	43.5%
2000	37.3%	42.9%
2001	36.4%	42.4%
2002	35.6%	41.8%
2003	34.8%	41.3%
2004	34%	40.7%
2005	33.3%	40.2%
2006	32.6%	39.6%
2007	31.9%	39.2%
2008	31.3%	38.8%
2009	30.8%	38.5%
2010	30.3%	38.2%
2011	30%	38.1%
2012	29.7%	38.2%
2013	29.6%	38.2%
2014	29.6%	38.4%
2015	29.7%	38.5%
2016	29.9%	38.7%
2017	30.2%	38.8%
2018	30.5%	38.9%
2019	30.9%	39%
2020	31.2%	39%
2021	31.5%	39%
2022	31.7%	38.8%
2023	31.7%	38.6%
2024	31.5%	38.3%
2025	31.2%	38%
2026	30.8%	37.6%
2027	30.3%	37.1%
2028	29.7%	36.7%
2029	29.1%	36.2%
2030	28.4%	35.8%
2031	27.7%	35.3%
2032	27%	34.9%
2033	26.4%	34.5%
2034	25.8%	34.1%
2035	25.3%	33.7%
2036	24.8%	33.4%
2037	24.4%	33.2%
2038	24%	32.9%
2039	23.7%	32.7%
2040	23.4%	32.5%
2041	23.3%	32.3%
2042	23.1%	32.2%
2043	23.1%	32%
2044	23%	31.8%
2045	23%	31.6%
2046	23%	31.5%
2047	23%	31.3%
2048	23%	31.1%
2049	23%	30.9%
2050	22.9%	30.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 31.5% of the population in Turkmenistan and 38.3% in Vanuatu in 2024, compared to 41.2% and 43.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Turkmenistan and Vanuatu compared.

Natural population change in Turkmenistan vs Vanuatu by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.9% in Turkmenistan and +2.53% in Vanuatu. 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	Vanuatu
1960	49,436	1,796
1961	51,659	1,872
1962	53,248	1,947
1963	54,203	2,025
1964	54,574	2,098
1965	54,558	2,180
1966	54,353	2,278
1967	54,209	2,384
1968	54,324	2,470
1969	54,791	2,529
1970	55,617	2,597
1971	56,666	2,685
1972	57,326	2,775
1973	59,169	2,876
1974	60,925	2,968
1975	62,681	3,074
1976	64,513	3,174
1977	66,318	3,285
1978	68,437	3,428
1979	71,135	3,590
1980	74,394	3,383
1981	77,829	3,592
1982	80,989	3,778
1983	85,183	3,944
1984	90,591	4,088
1985	95,890	4,219
1986	100,930	4,360
1987	103,885	4,427
1988	104,802	4,577
1989	103,553	4,656
1990	101,099	4,762
1991	99,297	4,859
1992	96,668	4,941
1993	92,596	4,973
1994	89,319	4,973
1995	86,289	4,945
1996	80,996	4,897
1997	79,045	4,854
1998	77,342	4,866
1999	76,362	4,871
2000	76,875	5,026
2001	76,682	5,144
2002	75,639	5,181
2003	76,737	5,258
2004	79,850	5,353
2005	83,968	5,454
2006	87,840	5,606
2007	92,038	5,842
2008	96,815	6,138
2009	102,931	6,362
2010	109,318	6,548
2011	115,197	6,715
2012	120,957	6,877
2013	126,217	7,036
2014	129,677	7,143
2015	132,663	7,220
2016	132,581	7,315
2017	131,417	7,371
2018	129,537	7,379
2019	128,275	7,364
2020	124,014	7,233
2021	122,721	7,199
2022	121,814	7,358
2023	117,529	7,359

Maternal mortality chart: Turkmenistan vs Vanuatu

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 100 deaths in Vanuatu.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Turkmenistan	Vanuatu
1985	77	211
1986	75	194
1987	72	200
1988	69	172
1989	65	162
1990	62	151
1991	60	140
1992	58	140
1993	56	133
1994	54	131
1995	50	131
1996	46	129
1997	40	131
1998	34	134
1999	29	146
2000	25	133
2001	22	132
2002	20	128
2003	18	131
2004	17	131
2005	15	127
2006	14	123
2007	13	120
2008	11	117
2009	10	114
2010	9	114
2011	8	112
2012	7	109
2013	7	110
2014	6	110
2015	6	109
2016	6	107
2017	5	107
2018	5	108
2019	5	105
2020	5	107
2021	6	124
2022	5	105
2023	5	100

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 4% in Turkmenistan and 1.68% in Vanuatu. 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	Vanuatu
1960	-	15.2%
1961	-	14.7%
1962	-	14.3%
1963	-	13.8%
1964	-	13.4%
1965	-	12.9%
1966	-	12.4%
1967	-	12%
1968	-	11.5%
1969	-	11%
1970	-	10.6%
1971	-	10.2%
1972	-	9.73%
1973	-	9.34%
1974	-	8.95%
1975	-	8.58%
1976	-	8.21%
1977	13.2%	7.84%
1978	12.8%	7.45%
1979	12.3%	7.07%
1980	11.9%	6.67%
1981	11.4%	6.27%
1982	10.9%	5.87%
1983	10.5%	5.48%
1984	9.98%	5.12%
1985	9.51%	4.78%
1986	9.08%	4.47%
1987	8.7%	4.2%
1988	8.36%	3.96%
1989	8.09%	3.76%
1990	7.91%	3.58%
1991	7.83%	3.43%
1992	7.83%	3.29%
1993	7.87%	3.18%
1994	7.92%	3.08%
1995	7.94%	3%
1996	7.9%	2.92%
1997	7.79%	2.86%
1998	7.59%	2.79%
1999	7.31%	2.74%
2000	6.97%	2.68%
2001	6.61%	2.63%
2002	6.24%	2.58%
2003	5.88%	2.54%
2004	5.56%	2.5%
2005	5.25%	2.45%
2006	4.99%	2.4%
2007	4.77%	2.34%
2008	4.6%	2.27%
2009	4.45%	2.2%
2010	4.36%	2.12%
2011	4.29%	2.05%
2012	4.25%	1.99%
2013	4.25%	1.94%
2014	4.25%	1.9%
2015	4.29%	1.87%
2016	4.33%	1.84%
2017	4.37%	1.82%
2018	4.36%	1.8%
2019	4.33%	1.78%
2020	4.26%	1.77%
2021	4.18%	1.74%
2022	4.1%	1.71%
2023	4%	1.68%