Fertility & birth rates in Ukraine and United Kingdom

Fertility rate in Ukraine vs United Kingdom chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Ukraine was 0.98 children per woman in 2023, compared to 1.56 in the United Kingdom in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Ukraine vs the United Kingdom population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Ukraine	United Kingdom
1960	2.29	2.69
1961	2.2	2.78
1962	2.15	2.86
1963	2.11	2.88
1964	2.01	2.93
1965	1.94	2.86
1966	2.04	2.78
1967	2.04	2.68
1968	2.03	2.6
1969	2.01	2.51
1970	2.08	2.44
1971	2.11	2.41
1972	2.13	2.2
1973	2.04	2.04
1974	2.06	1.92
1975	2.05	1.81
1976	2.04	1.74
1977	1.98	1.69
1978	1.97	1.75
1979	1.96	1.86
1980	1.95	1.9
1981	1.92	1.82
1982	1.95	1.78
1983	2.1	1.77
1984	2.08	1.77
1985	2.03	1.79
1986	2.12	1.78
1987	2.07	1.81
1988	2.04	1.82
1989	1.93	1.79
1990	1.85	1.83
1991	1.77	1.82
1992	1.67	1.79
1993	1.56	1.76
1994	1.47	1.74
1995	1.4	1.71
1996	1.33	1.73
1997	1.27	1.72
1998	1.21	1.71
1999	1.13	1.68
2000	1.11	1.64
2001	1.09	1.63
2002	1.13	1.63
2003	1.17	1.7
2004	1.22	1.75
2005	1.22	1.76
2006	1.3	1.82
2007	1.34	1.86
2008	1.44	1.91
2009	1.47	1.89
2010	1.44	1.92
2011	1.46	1.91
2012	1.53	1.92
2013	1.52	1.83
2014	1.47	1.81
2015	1.39	1.8
2016	1.39	1.79
2017	1.3	1.74
2018	1.23	1.68
2019	1.22	1.63
2020	1.21	1.57
2021	1.15	1.58
2022	0.9	1.56
2023	0.98	1.56
2024	0.99	1.55
2025	1	1.54
2026	1	1.53
2027	1.01	1.53
2028	1.02	1.53
2029	1.02	1.52
2030	1.03	1.52
2031	1.04	1.52
2032	1.04	1.53
2033	1.05	1.53
2034	1.05	1.53
2035	1.06	1.53
2036	1.06	1.53
2037	1.07	1.53
2038	1.07	1.53
2039	1.08	1.53
2040	1.09	1.53
2041	1.09	1.54
2042	1.1	1.54
2043	1.1	1.54
2044	1.11	1.54
2045	1.11	1.54
2046	1.12	1.54
2047	1.13	1.54
2048	1.13	1.54
2049	1.14	1.55
2050	1.14	1.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Ukraine	United Kingdom
1960	26.7%	23.3%
1961	27%	23.3%
1962	27.1%	23.2%
1963	27.1%	23.2%
1964	26.8%	23.3%
1965	26.4%	23.4%
1966	26.1%	23.5%
1967	25.8%	23.7%
1968	25.5%	23.9%
1969	25.1%	24%
1970	24.8%	24.1%
1971	24.4%	24.1%
1972	24%	24%
1973	23.6%	23.9%
1974	23.2%	23.6%
1975	22.8%	23.3%
1976	22.4%	22.9%
1977	22.1%	22.4%
1978	21.7%	21.9%
1979	21.5%	21.4%
1980	21.4%	21%
1981	21.4%	20.6%
1982	21.4%	20.2%
1983	21.5%	19.8%
1984	21.6%	19.5%
1985	21.7%	19.3%
1986	21.7%	19.1%
1987	21.7%	18.9%
1988	21.7%	18.9%
1989	21.7%	19.1%
1990	21.6%	19.1%
1991	21.5%	19.3%
1992	21.4%	19.4%
1993	21.2%	19.5%
1994	21%	19.6%
1995	20.6%	19.5%
1996	20.2%	19.4%
1997	19.7%	19.3%
1998	19.2%	19.3%
1999	18.5%	19.2%
2000	17.9%	18.9%
2001	17.1%	18.7%
2002	16.3%	18.5%
2003	15.7%	18.4%
2004	15.1%	18.3%
2005	14.7%	18.2%
2006	14.3%	18%
2007	14.1%	17.9%
2008	14%	17.8%
2009	14%	17.8%
2010	14.1%	17.8%
2011	14.2%	17.7%
2012	14.4%	17.8%
2013	14.6%	17.8%
2014	14.9%	17.8%
2015	15.1%	17.9%
2016	15.3%	18%
2017	15.4%	18%
2018	15.4%	18.1%
2019	15.4%	18%
2020	15.3%	18%
2021	15.1%	17.8%
2022	14.8%	17.6%
2023	14.3%	17.4%
2024	13.9%	17.2%
2025	13.7%	17%
2026	13.4%	16.7%
2027	12.9%	16.5%
2028	12.4%	16.2%
2029	12%	16%
2030	11.6%	15.7%
2031	11.2%	15.5%
2032	10.9%	15.3%
2033	10.6%	15.2%
2034	10.4%	15.1%
2035	10.2%	15%
2036	10%	14.9%
2037	9.95%	14.9%
2038	9.95%	14.8%
2039	9.92%	14.8%
2040	9.9%	14.8%
2041	9.92%	14.8%
2042	9.97%	14.8%
2043	10%	14.9%
2044	10.1%	14.9%
2045	10.1%	14.9%
2046	10.2%	15%
2047	10.2%	15%
2048	10.2%	15%
2049	10.2%	15%
2050	10.2%	15.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 13.9% of the population in Ukraine and 17.2% in the United Kingdom in 2024, compared to 21.6% and 19.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Ukraine and the United Kingdom compared.

Natural population change in Ukraine vs United Kingdom by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.56% in Ukraine and +0.16% in the United Kingdom. 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
	Ukraine	United Kingdom
1960	538,812	314,400
1961	508,602	311,519
1962	481,887	340,800
1963	449,648	337,995
1964	391,120	405,000
1965	334,365	364,132
1966	337,794	333,356
1967	313,899	346,145
1968	295,162	292,622
1969	274,858	260,577
1970	291,839	244,918
1971	305,849	257,123
1972	309,785	162,650
1973	274,938	112,389
1974	273,486	67,476
1975	256,787	33,735
1976	247,323	-5,621
1977	216,932	0
1978	206,554	16,859
1979	197,294	61,872
1980	197,223	95,734
1981	182,839	73,234
1982	194,101	56,314
1983	241,741	61,966
1984	222,430	84,633
1985	201,011	79,170
1986	225,751	90,690
1987	198,850	136,325
1988	162,002	136,628
1989	106,431	119,861
1990	48,463	154,569
1991	-16,486	143,562
1992	-95,857	149,709
1993	-169,405	103,893
1994	-238,820	127,304
1995	-281,629	87,028
1996	-305,154	98,884
1997	-306,549	99,138
1998	-318,299	87,730
1999	-348,286	64,551
2000	-364,143	70,671
2001	-374,734	65,032
2002	-364,544	65,308
2003	-351,299	89,471
2004	-344,157	131,974
2005	-337,857	144,963
2006	-300,787	176,455
2007	-282,659	196,232
2008	-229,086	216,325
2009	-197,918	230,422
2010	-180,388	251,066
2011	-158,372	259,361
2012	-130,451	248,473
2013	-129,662	198,830
2014	-140,216	206,784
2015	-147,107	175,738
2016	-135,710	177,139
2017	-158,390	145,125
2018	-227,491	119,321
2019	-236,296	108,342
2020	-307,533	-4,272
2021	-449,941	30,612
2022	-349,284	39,751
2023	-283,185	34,589

Maternal mortality chart: Ukraine vs United Kingdom

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 15 deaths per 100,000 live births in Ukraine, compared to 8 deaths in the United Kingdom.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Ukraine	United Kingdom
1985	53	2
1986	50	2
1987	46	3
1988	44	4
1989	42	5
1990	40	6
1991	40	7
1992	40	7
1993	42	8
1994	45	9
1995	46	9
1996	45	8
1997	41	9
1998	37	10
1999	34	11
2000	32	12
2001	30	13
2002	28	13
2003	28	14
2004	27	13
2005	27	12
2006	27	12
2007	27	11
2008	26	11
2009	24	11
2010	21	10
2011	20	10
2012	20	9
2013	20	9
2014	19	9
2015	17	9
2016	17	9
2017	16	9
2018	16	9
2019	16	9
2020	18	14
2021	26	13
2022	16	15
2023	15	8

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.81% in Ukraine and 0.45% in the United Kingdom. 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
	Ukraine	United Kingdom
1960	-	2.66%
1961	-	2.61%
1962	-	2.56%
1963	-	2.49%
1964	-	2.42%
1965	-	2.34%
1966	-	2.28%
1967	-	2.22%
1968	-	2.18%
1969	-	2.14%
1970	-	2.1%
1971	3.23%	2.06%
1972	3.13%	2%
1973	3.04%	1.94%
1974	2.96%	1.87%
1975	2.89%	1.8%
1976	2.84%	1.72%
1977	2.78%	1.64%
1978	2.74%	1.57%
1979	2.69%	1.49%
1980	2.62%	1.41%
1981	2.55%	1.34%
1982	2.47%	1.27%
1983	2.39%	1.22%
1984	2.29%	1.17%
1985	2.21%	1.14%
1986	2.13%	1.11%
1987	2.05%	1.08%
1988	1.99%	1.04%
1989	1.95%	0.99%
1990	1.92%	0.93%
1991	1.92%	0.87%
1992	1.94%	0.82%
1993	1.97%	0.77%
1994	2%	0.74%
1995	2.02%	0.72%
1996	2.03%	0.7%
1997	2.01%	0.69%
1998	1.97%	0.68%
1999	1.9%	0.67%
2000	1.83%	0.65%
2001	1.75%	0.64%
2002	1.66%	0.63%
2003	1.58%	0.63%
2004	1.51%	0.61%
2005	1.45%	0.6%
2006	1.4%	0.59%
2007	1.34%	0.58%
2008	1.29%	0.56%
2009	1.23%	0.54%
2010	1.17%	0.52%
2011	1.12%	0.5%
2012	1.07%	0.48%
2013	1.02%	0.46%
2014	0.98%	0.45%
2015	0.94%	0.45%
2016	0.91%	0.44%
2017	0.89%	0.44%
2018	0.87%	0.44%
2019	0.85%	0.44%
2020	0.84%	0.44%
2021	0.82%	0.44%
2022	0.85%	0.45%
2023	0.81%	0.45%