Latvia vs Lithuania: Birth seasonality

Latvia
16.19 births per million people
in 2024
Lithuania
16.79 births per million people
in 2024
Latvia rank
37th
Lithuania rank
36th

Birth seasonality over time

  • Latvia
  • Lithuania
20304050194819862024

How they compare

Lithuania currently reports 16.79 births per million people against 16.19 births per million people in Latvia, a difference of 0.6 births per million people.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 67 shared years of data; in 1958 it was Lithuania ahead.

Latvia ranks 37th and Lithuania ranks 36th of 40 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Latvia Lithuania Difference Ahead
1950s 44.05 births per million people 53.04 births per million people 8.99 births per million people Lithuania
1960s 36.32 births per million people 44.56 births per million people 8.24 births per million people Lithuania
1970s 35.39 births per million people 39.17 births per million people 3.78 births per million people Lithuania
1980s 36.02 births per million people 36.21 births per million people 0.1913 births per million people Lithuania
1990s 24.98 births per million people 30.8 births per million people 5.82 births per million people Lithuania
2000s 24.76 births per million people 23.71 births per million people 1.05 births per million people Latvia
2010s 25.92 births per million people 23.89 births per million people 2.03 births per million people Latvia
2020s 19.79 births per million people 17.45 births per million people 2.34 births per million people Latvia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher birth seasonality, Latvia or Lithuania?
Lithuania, at 16.79 births per million people against 16.19 births per million people in Latvia as of 2024.
What is the difference in birth seasonality between Latvia and Lithuania?
0.6 births per million people, with Lithuania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Latvia and Lithuania?
67 years are reported by both, from 1958 to 2024.
How do Latvia and Lithuania rank globally for birth seasonality?
Latvia ranks 37th 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.