Fertility rate: births per woman in Lithuania
Lithuania: Fertility rate: births per woman was 1.2 live births per woman in 2023. ▼ Falling
Fertility rate: births per woman in Lithuania, 1950–2023
Source: Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in live births per woman.
Analysis
In 2023, fertility rate: births per woman in Lithuania stood at 1.2 live births per woman. That is the lowest value across all 74 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 5.4% on the previous year and down 24.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fertility rate: births per woman in Lithuania peaked at 2.71 live births per woman in 1950 and was at its lowest, 1.2 live births per woman, in 2023.
Lithuania ranks 218th of 236 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 74 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 2.63 live births per woman | 2.57 live births per woman | 2.71 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1960s | 2.38 live births per woman | 2.23 live births per woman | 2.62 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1970s | 2.22 live births per woman | 2.04 live births per woman | 2.41 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1980s | 2.05 live births per woman | 1.98 live births per woman | 2.13 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.68 live births per woman | 1.46 live births per woman | 2.03 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.33 live births per woman | 1.23 live births per woman | 1.5 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.61 live births per woman | 1.5 live births per woman | 1.71 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.33 live births per woman | 1.2 live births per woman | 1.49 live births per woman | 4 |
Countries ranked near Lithuania
More reference data data for Lithuania
- Number of child deaths per woman 0.0058 under-five deaths per woman (2024)
- Fertility rate: births per woman 1.2 live births per woman (2023)
- Fertility rate vs. Human Development Index 1.2 live births per woman (2023)
- Human Development Index 0.895 (2023)
- Rule of Law - Governance estimate 1.37 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Rule of Law - Governance score 80.62 0-100 (2024)
- Voice and Accountability - Governance score 78.25 0-100 (2024)
- Voice and Accountability - Governance estimate 1.22 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Political Stability - Governance estimate 0.9394 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Political Stability - Governance score 81.94 0-100 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fertility rate: births per woman in Lithuania?
- Fertility rate: births per woman in Lithuania was 1.2 live births per woman in 2023, according to Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest fertility rate: births per woman recorded in Lithuania?
- The highest recorded value was 2.71 live births per woman in 1950.
- What is the lowest fertility rate: births per woman recorded in Lithuania?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.2 live births per woman in 2023.
- How does Lithuania rank for fertility rate: births per woman?
- Lithuania ranks 218th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is fertility rate: births per woman rising or falling in Lithuania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 24.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Lithuania data come from?
- The figures come from Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Fertility rate: births per woman. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The average number of live births a hypothetical cohort of women would have at the end of their reproductive period if they were subject during their whole lives to the fertility rates of a given period and if they were not subject to mortality.