Fertility Rate: Lithuania
Lithuania's fertility rate is currently 1.11 births per woman as of 2024. # Lithuania Fertility Rate Lithuania's fertility rate stands at 1.
Current (2024)
1.11 births per woman
-5.9% y/y
Peak (1960)
2.56 births per woman
Low (2024)
1.11 births per woman
Source
World Bank World Development Indicators
1960–2024 · 65 pts
Fertility Rate — Lithuania
1960 — 2024
Fertility Rate — Lithuania
Analysis# Lithuania Fertility Rate
Lithuania's fertility rate stands at 1.11 births per woman in 2024, marking both an all-time low and a dramatic 56.6% decline from its 1960 peak of 2.56. Over six decades, the country has experienced one of Europe's steepest fertility declines, driven by post-Soviet economic transitions, educational expansion, and delayed family formation among women.
The most striking shift occurred after 2015, when the fertility rate began accelerating downward from 1.63 to the current 1.11—a loss of 0.52 births per woman in just nine years. This sharp recent decline suggests ongoing structural changes in Lithuanian society, including emigration and shifting reproductive preferences. The trajectory indicates continued pressure on population replacement, with no evidence of stabilization in the data through 2024.
Historical Data
65 Rows| Year | Value | Change % |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.11 births per woman | -5.93% |
| 2023 | 1.18 births per woman | -7.09% |
| 2022 | 1.27 births per woman | -6.62% |
| 2021 | 1.36 births per woman | +0.00% |
| 2020 | 1.36 births per woman | -4.90% |
| 2019 | 1.43 births per woman | -6.54% |
| 2018 | 1.53 births per woman | -2.55% |
| 2017 | 1.57 births per woman | -3.68% |
| 2016 | 1.63 births per woman | +0.00% |
| 2015 | 1.63 births per woman | +3.82% |
| 2014 | 1.57 births per woman | -1.26% |
| 2013 | 1.59 births per woman | -0.63% |
| 2012 | 1.6 births per woman | +3.23% |
| 2011 | 1.55 births per woman | +3.33% |
| 2010 | 1.5 births per woman | +0.00% |
| 2009 | 1.5 births per woman | +3.45% |
| 2008 | 1.45 births per woman | +6.62% |
| 2007 | 1.36 births per woman | +2.26% |
| 2006 | 1.33 births per woman | +3.10% |
| 2005 | 1.29 births per woman | +1.57% |
Show all 65 rows
| Year | Value | Change % |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 1.27 births per woman | +0.79% |
| 2003 | 1.26 births per woman | +2.44% |
| 2002 | 1.23 births per woman | -4.65% |
| 2001 | 1.29 births per woman | -7.19% |
| 2000 | 1.39 births per woman | -4.79% |
| 1999 | 1.46 births per woman | +0.00% |
| 1998 | 1.46 births per woman | -0.68% |
| 1997 | 1.47 births per woman | -1.34% |
| 1996 | 1.49 births per woman | -3.87% |
| 1995 | 1.55 births per woman | -1.27% |
| 1994 | 1.57 births per woman | -9.77% |
| 1993 | 1.74 births per woman | -11.68% |
| 1992 | 1.97 births per woman | -1.99% |
| 1991 | 2.01 births per woman | -0.99% |
| 1990 | 2.03 births per woman | +2.53% |
| 1989 | 1.98 births per woman | -1.98% |
| 1988 | 2.02 births per woman | -4.27% |
| 1987 | 2.11 births per woman | -0.47% |
| 1986 | 2.12 births per woman | +1.92% |
| 1985 | 2.08 births per woman | +0.48% |
| 1984 | 2.07 births per woman | -1.43% |
| 1983 | 2.1 births per woman | +6.60% |
| 1982 | 1.97 births per woman | -0.51% |
| 1981 | 1.98 births per woman | -0.50% |
| 1980 | 1.99 births per woman | -2.93% |
| 1979 | 2.05 births per woman | -1.44% |
| 1978 | 2.08 births per woman | -2.80% |
| 1977 | 2.14 births per woman | -1.83% |
| 1976 | 2.18 births per woman | +0.00% |
| 1975 | 2.18 births per woman | -1.36% |
| 1974 | 2.21 births per woman | -0.45% |
| 1973 | 2.22 births per woman | -5.13% |
| 1972 | 2.34 births per woman | -2.90% |
| 1971 | 2.41 births per woman | +0.42% |
| 1970 | 2.4 births per woman | +4.35% |
| 1969 | 2.3 births per woman | +2.68% |
| 1968 | 2.24 births per woman | +0.45% |
| 1967 | 2.23 births per woman | +0.45% |
| 1966 | 2.22 births per woman | -0.45% |
| 1965 | 2.23 births per woman | -2.19% |
| 1964 | 2.28 births per woman | -2.98% |
| 1963 | 2.35 births per woman | -4.08% |
| 1962 | 2.45 births per woman | -3.16% |
| 1961 | 2.53 births per woman | -1.17% |
| 1960 | 2.56 births per woman | — |
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