Fertility & birth rates in Ukraine and Uzbekistan

Fertility rate in Ukraine vs Uzbekistan 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 3.5 in Uzbekistan 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
	Ukraine	Uzbekistan
1960	2.29	6.61
1961	2.2	6.75
1962	2.15	6.88
1963	2.11	6.81
1964	2.01	6.82
1965	1.94	6.81
1966	2.04	6.66
1967	2.04	6.57
1968	2.03	6.39
1969	2.01	6.34
1970	2.08	6.31
1971	2.11	6.28
1972	2.13	6.25
1973	2.04	6.16
1974	2.06	6.05
1975	2.05	5.92
1976	2.04	5.75
1977	1.98	5.54
1978	1.97	5.28
1979	1.96	5.16
1980	1.95	5.04
1981	1.92	4.91
1982	1.95	4.82
1983	2.1	4.71
1984	2.08	4.73
1985	2.03	4.69
1986	2.12	4.68
1987	2.07	4.53
1988	2.04	4.26
1989	1.93	4.1
1990	1.85	4.12
1991	1.77	4.19
1992	1.67	4.06
1993	1.56	3.86
1994	1.47	3.66
1995	1.4	3.57
1996	1.33	3.39
1997	1.27	3.19
1998	1.21	2.99
1999	1.13	2.83
2000	1.11	2.7
2001	1.09	2.61
2002	1.13	2.58
2003	1.17	2.5
2004	1.22	2.5
2005	1.22	2.44
2006	1.3	2.46
2007	1.34	2.57
2008	1.44	2.64
2009	1.47	2.56
2010	1.44	2.44
2011	1.46	2.35
2012	1.53	2.34
2013	1.52	2.44
2014	1.47	2.55
2015	1.39	2.58
2016	1.39	2.56
2017	1.3	2.57
2018	1.23	2.71
2019	1.22	2.87
2020	1.21	3.06
2021	1.15	3.27
2022	0.9	3.4
2023	0.98	3.5
2024	0.99	3.49
2025	1	3.45
2026	1	3.4
2027	1.01	3.36
2028	1.02	3.31
2029	1.02	3.27
2030	1.03	3.22
2031	1.04	3.18
2032	1.04	3.13
2033	1.05	3.09
2034	1.05	3.05
2035	1.06	3.01
2036	1.06	2.98
2037	1.07	2.94
2038	1.07	2.91
2039	1.08	2.87
2040	1.09	2.84
2041	1.09	2.81
2042	1.1	2.78
2043	1.1	2.75
2044	1.11	2.72
2045	1.11	2.69
2046	1.12	2.66
2047	1.13	2.63
2048	1.13	2.6
2049	1.14	2.58
2050	1.14	2.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Ukraine	Uzbekistan
1960	26.7%	39.8%
1961	27%	41.2%
1962	27.1%	42.4%
1963	27.1%	43.4%
1964	26.8%	44.2%
1965	26.4%	44.7%
1966	26.1%	44.8%
1967	25.8%	44.9%
1968	25.5%	44.8%
1969	25.1%	44.7%
1970	24.8%	44.6%
1971	24.4%	44.4%
1972	24%	44.3%
1973	23.6%	44%
1974	23.2%	43.7%
1975	22.8%	43.3%
1976	22.4%	42.8%
1977	22.1%	42.3%
1978	21.7%	41.7%
1979	21.5%	41.2%
1980	21.4%	40.8%
1981	21.4%	40.5%
1982	21.4%	40.3%
1983	21.5%	40.1%
1984	21.6%	40.1%
1985	21.7%	40.1%
1986	21.7%	40.1%
1987	21.7%	40.1%
1988	21.7%	40%
1989	21.7%	39.9%
1990	21.6%	39.9%
1991	21.5%	39.9%
1992	21.4%	39.8%
1993	21.2%	39.8%
1994	21%	39.7%
1995	20.6%	39.4%
1996	20.2%	39.2%
1997	19.7%	38.8%
1998	19.2%	38.2%
1999	18.5%	37.5%
2000	17.9%	36.7%
2001	17.1%	35.8%
2002	16.3%	34.9%
2003	15.7%	34%
2004	15.1%	33.1%
2005	14.7%	32.3%
2006	14.3%	31.4%
2007	14.1%	30.6%
2008	14%	29.9%
2009	14%	29.4%
2010	14.1%	28.9%
2011	14.2%	28.5%
2012	14.4%	28.2%
2013	14.6%	28.1%
2014	14.9%	28.1%
2015	15.1%	28.3%
2016	15.3%	28.5%
2017	15.4%	28.8%
2018	15.4%	29%
2019	15.4%	29.3%
2020	15.3%	29.7%
2021	15.1%	30.2%
2022	14.8%	30.6%
2023	14.3%	30.9%
2024	13.9%	31.1%
2025	13.7%	31.3%
2026	13.4%	31.5%
2027	12.9%	31.6%
2028	12.4%	31.6%
2029	12%	31.6%
2030	11.6%	31.4%
2031	11.2%	31.3%
2032	10.9%	31.1%
2033	10.6%	30.9%
2034	10.4%	30.6%
2035	10.2%	30.3%
2036	10%	29.8%
2037	9.95%	29.3%
2038	9.95%	28.8%
2039	9.92%	28.3%
2040	9.9%	28%
2041	9.92%	27.6%
2042	9.97%	27.4%
2043	10%	27.2%
2044	10.1%	27%
2045	10.1%	26.9%
2046	10.2%	26.8%
2047	10.2%	26.8%
2048	10.2%	26.7%
2049	10.2%	26.7%
2050	10.2%	26.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 13.9% of the population in Ukraine and 31.1% in Uzbekistan in 2024, compared to 21.6% and 39.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Ukraine and Uzbekistan compared.

Natural population change in Ukraine vs Uzbekistan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.56% in Ukraine and +1.87% in Uzbekistan. 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	Uzbekistan
1960	538,812	267,165
1961	508,602	279,841
1962	481,887	292,788
1963	449,648	293,432
1964	391,120	298,790
1965	334,365	302,264
1966	337,794	297,844
1967	313,899	298,350
1968	295,162	295,651
1969	274,858	302,833
1970	291,839	313,216
1971	305,849	323,171
1972	309,785	333,230
1973	274,938	341,807
1974	273,486	350,422
1975	256,787	357,382
1976	247,323	363,110
1977	216,932	369,572
1978	206,554	372,068
1979	197,294	387,754
1980	197,223	401,557
1981	182,839	413,897
1982	194,101	431,389
1983	241,741	454,464
1984	222,430	485,617
1985	201,011	508,893
1986	225,751	533,234
1987	198,850	537,292
1988	162,002	525,126
1989	106,431	522,323
1990	48,463	540,581
1991	-16,486	557,886
1992	-95,857	548,793
1993	-169,405	527,557
1994	-238,820	502,279
1995	-281,629	493,966
1996	-305,154	471,010
1997	-306,549	441,631
1998	-318,299	408,532
1999	-348,286	385,448
2000	-364,143	365,138
2001	-374,734	356,483
2002	-364,544	359,231
2003	-351,299	355,098
2004	-344,157	363,994
2005	-337,857	363,462
2006	-300,787	383,265
2007	-282,659	426,880
2008	-229,086	461,665
2009	-197,918	471,839
2010	-180,388	461,293
2011	-158,372	454,858
2012	-130,451	463,333
2013	-129,662	501,742
2014	-140,216	536,881
2015	-147,107	552,781
2016	-135,710	549,045
2017	-158,390	548,372
2018	-227,491	585,119
2019	-236,296	618,154
2020	-307,533	643,750
2021	-449,941	689,325
2022	-349,284	715,410
2023	-283,185	722,280

Maternal mortality chart: Ukraine vs Uzbekistan

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 26 deaths in Uzbekistan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Ukraine	Uzbekistan
1985	53	72
1986	50	69
1987	46	63
1988	44	58
1989	42	53
1990	40	50
1991	40	47
1992	40	46
1993	42	47
1994	45	49
1995	46	46
1996	45	44
1997	41	42
1998	37	42
1999	34	43
2000	32	42
2001	30	42
2002	28	41
2003	28	40
2004	27	39
2005	27	39
2006	27	38
2007	27	37
2008	26	35
2009	24	34
2010	21	34
2011	20	33
2012	20	33
2013	20	32
2014	19	32
2015	17	31
2016	17	31
2017	16	30
2018	16	29
2019	16	29
2020	18	29
2021	26	28
2022	16	27
2023	15	26

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.81% in Ukraine and 1.33% in Uzbekistan. 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	Uzbekistan
1971	3.23%	-
1972	3.13%	-
1973	3.04%	-
1974	2.96%	-
1975	2.89%	-
1976	2.84%	-
1977	2.78%	-
1978	2.74%	-
1979	2.69%	12.5%
1980	2.62%	11.7%
1981	2.55%	10.9%
1982	2.47%	10.2%
1983	2.39%	9.5%
1984	2.29%	8.91%
1985	2.21%	8.4%
1986	2.13%	7.96%
1987	2.05%	7.59%
1988	1.99%	7.31%
1989	1.95%	7.13%
1990	1.92%	7.04%
1991	1.92%	7.01%
1992	1.94%	7.01%
1993	1.97%	6.99%
1994	2%	6.95%
1995	2.02%	6.91%
1996	2.03%	6.83%
1997	2.01%	6.72%
1998	1.97%	6.57%
1999	1.9%	6.38%
2000	1.83%	6.15%
2001	1.75%	5.88%
2002	1.66%	5.57%
2003	1.58%	5.25%
2004	1.51%	4.92%
2005	1.45%	4.57%
2006	1.4%	4.24%
2007	1.34%	3.9%
2008	1.29%	3.59%
2009	1.23%	3.29%
2010	1.17%	3.01%
2011	1.12%	2.75%
2012	1.07%	2.52%
2013	1.02%	2.32%
2014	0.98%	2.14%
2015	0.94%	1.98%
2016	0.91%	1.85%
2017	0.89%	1.73%
2018	0.87%	1.64%
2019	0.85%	1.56%
2020	0.84%	1.5%
2021	0.82%	1.44%
2022	0.85%	1.38%
2023	0.81%	1.33%