Lithuania vs Poland: Fertility rate vs. unmet need for contraception

Lithuania

1.11 births per woman

in 2024

Poland

1.14 births per woman

in 2024

Lithuania rank

204th

Poland rank

202nd

Fertility rate vs. unmet need for contraception over time

Lithuania
Poland

How they compare

Poland currently reports 1.14 births per woman against 1.11 births per woman in Lithuania, a difference of 0.03 births per woman.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Poland ahead.

Lithuania ranks 204th and Poland ranks 202nd of 215 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Fertility rate vs. unmet need for contraception
Unit: births per woman
Source: United Nations Population Division, national statistical offices, and Eurostat, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 215 places, 13,943 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The total fertility rate, in a given year. The unmet need for contraception shows the estimated share of married fertile women of reproductive age who do not want to become pregnant and are not using contraception.