Fertility & birth rates in Turkmenistan and Venezuela

Fertility rate in Turkmenistan vs Venezuela 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 2.08 in Venezuela in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Turkmenistan vs Venezuela 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	Venezuela
1960	6.59	6.38
1961	6.69	6.3
1962	6.76	6.23
1963	6.79	6.16
1964	6.79	6.07
1965	6.76	5.98
1966	6.7	5.87
1967	6.64	5.75
1968	6.56	5.61
1969	6.48	5.47
1970	6.4	5.32
1971	6.32	5.17
1972	6.2	5.04
1973	6.15	4.91
1974	6.09	4.79
1975	6	4.69
1976	5.9	4.59
1977	5.77	4.49
1978	5.61	4.4
1979	5.46	4.3
1980	5.3	4.2
1981	5.16	4.1
1982	5.04	4.01
1983	4.97	3.93
1984	4.96	3.86
1985	4.97	3.79
1986	4.94	3.73
1987	4.84	3.67
1988	4.68	3.6
1989	4.46	3.52
1990	4.29	3.45
1991	4.14	3.37
1992	3.96	3.29
1993	3.78	3.22
1994	3.62	3.15
1995	3.49	3.08
1996	3.29	3.02
1997	3.18	2.97
1998	3.08	2.91
1999	2.98	2.86
2000	2.9	2.79
2001	2.81	2.78
2002	2.71	2.74
2003	2.67	2.7
2004	2.67	2.64
2005	2.71	2.63
2006	2.72	2.6
2007	2.73	2.52
2008	2.75	2.48
2009	2.79	2.42
2010	2.85	2.4
2011	2.9	2.4
2012	2.96	2.38
2013	3.01	2.33
2014	3.02	2.3
2015	3.03	2.25
2016	2.99	2.22
2017	2.93	2.18
2018	2.88	2.15
2019	2.83	2.13
2020	2.79	2.12
2021	2.75	2.11
2022	2.73	2.09
2023	2.69	2.08
2024	2.66	2.08
2025	2.63	2.06
2026	2.6	2.04
2027	2.57	2.03
2028	2.54	2.01
2029	2.51	2
2030	2.49	1.99
2031	2.46	1.98
2032	2.43	1.97
2033	2.41	1.96
2034	2.39	1.95
2035	2.37	1.94
2036	2.35	1.93
2037	2.33	1.92
2038	2.31	1.91
2039	2.29	1.91
2040	2.27	1.9
2041	2.26	1.89
2042	2.24	1.88
2043	2.22	1.87
2044	2.21	1.86
2045	2.19	1.86
2046	2.18	1.85
2047	2.16	1.84
2048	2.15	1.84
2049	2.14	1.83
2050	2.13	1.83

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Turkmenistan	Venezuela
1960	40.4%	46.8%
1961	41.7%	46.9%
1962	42.8%	47%
1963	43.8%	47%
1964	44.5%	47%
1965	44.9%	46.9%
1966	45.2%	46.8%
1967	45.4%	46.6%
1968	45.6%	46.3%
1969	45.5%	46%
1970	45.4%	45.6%
1971	45.1%	45.2%
1972	44.8%	44.7%
1973	44.4%	44.3%
1974	43.9%	43.8%
1975	43.4%	43.3%
1976	43%	42.9%
1977	42.5%	42.5%
1978	42.1%	42.1%
1979	41.6%	41.7%
1980	41.3%	41.3%
1981	41%	41%
1982	40.8%	40.6%
1983	40.7%	40.3%
1984	40.7%	39.9%
1985	40.7%	39.6%
1986	40.8%	39.3%
1987	41%	39%
1988	41.1%	38.7%
1989	41.2%	38.4%
1990	41.2%	38.1%
1991	41.2%	37.8%
1992	41.1%	37.4%
1993	41%	37%
1994	40.8%	36.6%
1995	40.5%	36.2%
1996	40.2%	35.8%
1997	39.6%	35.3%
1998	38.9%	34.9%
1999	38.1%	34.5%
2000	37.3%	34%
2001	36.4%	33.6%
2002	35.6%	33.1%
2003	34.8%	32.7%
2004	34%	32.2%
2005	33.3%	31.8%
2006	32.6%	31.4%
2007	31.9%	31%
2008	31.3%	30.6%
2009	30.8%	30.3%
2010	30.3%	29.9%
2011	30%	29.5%
2012	29.7%	29.2%
2013	29.6%	28.9%
2014	29.6%	28.5%
2015	29.7%	28.2%
2016	29.9%	27.9%
2017	30.2%	27.8%
2018	30.5%	27.9%
2019	30.9%	28%
2020	31.2%	27.8%
2021	31.5%	27.4%
2022	31.7%	26.8%
2023	31.7%	26.2%
2024	31.5%	25.5%
2025	31.2%	24.9%
2026	30.8%	24.3%
2027	30.3%	23.8%
2028	29.7%	23.2%
2029	29.1%	22.8%
2030	28.4%	22.4%
2031	27.7%	22%
2032	27%	21.7%
2033	26.4%	21.5%
2034	25.8%	21.4%
2035	25.3%	21.4%
2036	24.8%	21.4%
2037	24.4%	21.5%
2038	24%	21.5%
2039	23.7%	21.4%
2040	23.4%	21.4%
2041	23.3%	21.3%
2042	23.1%	21.2%
2043	23.1%	21.1%
2044	23%	20.9%
2045	23%	20.7%
2046	23%	20.5%
2047	23%	20.3%
2048	23%	20%
2049	23%	19.8%
2050	22.9%	19.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 31.5% of the population in Turkmenistan and 25.5% in Venezuela in 2024, compared to 41.2% and 38.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Turkmenistan and Venezuela compared.

Natural population change in Turkmenistan vs Venezuela by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.9% in Turkmenistan and +1% in Venezuela. 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	Venezuela
1960	49,436	285,105
1961	51,659	292,109
1962	53,248	299,345
1963	54,203	307,279
1964	54,574	314,397
1965	54,558	321,695
1966	54,353	329,697
1967	54,209	335,813
1968	54,324	340,973
1969	54,791	343,596
1970	55,617	350,709
1971	56,666	355,212
1972	57,326	360,749
1973	59,169	367,612
1974	60,925	375,678
1975	62,681	385,045
1976	64,513	395,344
1977	66,318	405,315
1978	68,437	414,032
1979	71,135	421,256
1980	74,394	425,613
1981	77,829	432,059
1982	80,989	436,564
1983	85,183	443,569
1984	90,591	449,186
1985	95,890	455,517
1986	100,930	468,252
1987	103,885	474,204
1988	104,802	477,569
1989	103,553	478,053
1990	101,099	478,168
1991	99,297	477,917
1992	96,668	474,824
1993	92,596	473,189
1994	89,319	469,178
1995	86,289	469,267
1996	80,996	468,653
1997	79,045	472,002
1998	77,342	469,123
1999	76,362	463,787
2000	76,875	459,802
2001	76,682	451,487
2002	75,639	466,821
2003	76,737	456,902
2004	79,850	455,881
2005	83,968	463,260
2006	87,840	460,152
2007	92,038	452,482
2008	96,815	435,870
2009	102,931	427,257
2010	109,318	425,397
2011	115,197	425,958
2012	120,957	420,758
2013	126,217	408,930
2014	129,677	395,088
2015	132,663	384,560
2016	132,581	359,651
2017	131,417	340,222
2018	129,537	317,302
2019	128,275	274,826
2020	124,014	237,223
2021	122,721	207,746
2022	121,814	216,619
2023	117,529	213,020

Maternal mortality chart: Turkmenistan vs Venezuela

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 227 deaths in Venezuela.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Turkmenistan	Venezuela
1985	77	83
1986	75	81
1987	72	81
1988	69	80
1989	65	80
1990	62	83
1991	60	80
1992	58	82
1993	56	82
1994	54	84
1995	50	84
1996	46	86
1997	40	82
1998	34	82
1999	29	88
2000	25	86
2001	22	101
2002	20	87
2003	18	97
2004	17	94
2005	15	93
2006	14	96
2007	13	92
2008	11	103
2009	10	109
2010	9	110
2011	8	104
2012	7	113
2013	7	123
2014	6	133
2015	6	136
2016	6	162
2017	5	195
2018	5	205
2019	5	202
2020	5	207
2021	6	251
2022	5	219
2023	5	227

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 4% in Turkmenistan and 2.43% in Venezuela. 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	Venezuela
1960	-	7.97%
1961	-	7.72%
1962	-	7.49%
1963	-	7.3%
1964	-	7.14%
1965	-	7%
1966	-	6.87%
1967	-	6.75%
1968	-	6.61%
1969	-	6.47%
1970	-	6.3%
1971	-	6.12%
1972	-	5.94%
1973	-	5.75%
1974	-	5.57%
1975	-	5.38%
1976	-	5.2%
1977	13.2%	5.01%
1978	12.8%	4.82%
1979	12.3%	4.62%
1980	11.9%	4.42%
1981	11.4%	4.24%
1982	10.9%	4.07%
1983	10.5%	3.91%
1984	9.98%	3.77%
1985	9.51%	3.64%
1986	9.08%	3.5%
1987	8.7%	3.37%
1988	8.36%	3.23%
1989	8.09%	3.09%
1990	7.91%	2.96%
1991	7.83%	2.86%
1992	7.83%	2.78%
1993	7.87%	2.73%
1994	7.92%	2.68%
1995	7.94%	2.63%
1996	7.9%	2.55%
1997	7.79%	2.45%
1998	7.59%	2.34%
1999	7.31%	2.24%
2000	6.97%	2.15%
2001	6.61%	2.09%
2002	6.24%	2.03%
2003	5.88%	1.98%
2004	5.56%	1.91%
2005	5.25%	1.85%
2006	4.99%	1.79%
2007	4.77%	1.74%
2008	4.6%	1.72%
2009	4.45%	1.71%
2010	4.36%	1.72%
2011	4.29%	1.73%
2012	4.25%	1.76%
2013	4.25%	1.79%
2014	4.25%	1.83%
2015	4.29%	1.92%
2016	4.33%	2.43%
2017	4.37%	2.43%
2018	4.36%	2.43%
2019	4.33%	2.43%
2020	4.26%	2.43%
2021	4.18%	2.43%
2022	4.1%	2.43%
2023	4%	2.43%