Bulgaria vs Serbia: Children per woman vs. Natural population growth
Bulgaria
-0.6%
in 2023
Serbia
-0.5%
in 2023
Bulgaria rank
226th
Serbia rank
223rd
Children per woman vs. Natural population growth over time
- Bulgaria
- Serbia
How they compare
Serbia currently reports -0.5% against -0.6% in Bulgaria, a difference of 0.1%.
The two have swapped places 11 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Bulgaria ahead.
Bulgaria ranks 226th and Serbia ranks 223rd of 236 countries.
Serbia has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bulgaria | Serbia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 1.0% | 1.1% | 0.1% | Serbia |
| 1960s | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.0% | Serbia |
| 1970s | 0.6% | 0.7% | 0.0% | Serbia |
| 1980s | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.1% | Serbia |
| 1990s | -0.4% | -0.1% | 0.3% | Serbia |
| 2000s | -0.5% | -0.4% | 0.1% | Serbia |
| 2010s | -0.6% | -0.5% | 0.1% | Serbia |
| 2020s | -0.9% | -0.8% | 0.1% | Serbia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher children per woman vs. natural population growth, Bulgaria or Serbia?
- Serbia, at -0.5% against -0.6% in Bulgaria as of 2023.
- What is the difference in children per woman vs. natural population growth between Bulgaria and Serbia?
- 0.1%, with Serbia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Serbia?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Bulgaria and Serbia rank globally for children per woman vs. natural population growth?
- Bulgaria ranks 226th and Serbia ranks 223rd of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Children per woman vs. Natural population growth. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Births minus deaths, as a share of the population. This is the part of population change that comes only from births and deaths, ignoring migration.