Japan vs Lithuania: Birth seasonality

Japan
16.05 births per million people
in 2023
Lithuania
16.79 births per million people
in 2024
Japan rank
38th
Lithuania rank
36th

Birth seasonality over time

  • Japan
  • Lithuania
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How they compare

Lithuania currently reports 16.79 births per million people against 16.05 births per million people in Japan, a difference of 0.74 births per million people.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1958 it was Lithuania ahead.

Japan ranks 38th and Lithuania ranks 36th of 40 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 3 and Lithuania in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade Japan Lithuania Difference Ahead
1950s 45.99 births per million people 53.04 births per million people 7.04 births per million people Lithuania
1960s 47.26 births per million people 44.56 births per million people 2.7 births per million people Japan
1970s 46.1 births per million people 39.17 births per million people 6.94 births per million people Japan
1980s 32.17 births per million people 36.21 births per million people 4.04 births per million people Lithuania
1990s 26.17 births per million people 30.8 births per million people 4.63 births per million people Lithuania
2000s 23.86 births per million people 23.71 births per million people 0.1496 births per million people Japan
2010s 21.24 births per million people 23.89 births per million people 2.65 births per million people Lithuania
2020s 16.86 births per million people 17.61 births per million people 0.7503 births per million people Lithuania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher birth seasonality, Japan or Lithuania?
Lithuania, at 16.79 births per million people against 16.05 births per million people in Japan as of 2024.
What is the difference in birth seasonality between Japan and Lithuania?
0.74 births per million people, with Lithuania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Lithuania?
66 years are reported by both, from 1958 to 2023.
How do Japan and Lithuania rank globally for birth seasonality?
Japan ranks 38th and Lithuania ranks 36th of 40 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Human Mortality Database (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Birth seasonality. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Birth seasonality
Unit
births per million people
Source
Human Mortality Database (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
40 places, 3,607 data points, 1840–2024
Last refreshed

The average daily number of births, per million people, calculated for December.