Belarus vs Lithuania: Total fertility rate: births per woman
Belarus
1.45 births per woman
in 2018
Lithuania
1.48 births per woman
in 2020
Belarus rank
21st
Lithuania rank
18th
Total fertility rate: births per woman over time
- Belarus
- Lithuania
How they compare
Lithuania currently reports 1.48 births per woman against 1.45 births per woman in Belarus, a difference of 0.03 births per woman.
The two have swapped places 16 times across 55 shared years of data; in 1964 it was Lithuania ahead.
Belarus ranks 21st and Lithuania ranks 18th of 34 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Belarus averaged higher in 1 and Lithuania in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Belarus | Lithuania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.29 births per woman | 2.29 births per woman | 0.0007 births per woman | Lithuania |
| 1970s | 2.19 births per woman | 2.22 births per woman | 0.0323 births per woman | Lithuania |
| 1980s | 2.07 births per woman | 2.05 births per woman | 0.0246 births per woman | Belarus |
| 1990s | 1.52 births per woman | 1.68 births per woman | 0.1509 births per woman | Lithuania |
| 2000s | 1.33 births per woman | 1.34 births per woman | 0.0057 births per woman | Lithuania |
| 2010s | 1.6 births per woman | 1.61 births per woman | 0.0071 births per woman | Lithuania |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher total fertility rate: births per woman, Belarus or Lithuania?
- Lithuania, at 1.48 births per woman against 1.45 births per woman in Belarus as of 2020.
- What is the difference in total fertility rate: births per woman between Belarus and Lithuania?
- 0.03 births per woman, with Lithuania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Belarus and Lithuania?
- 55 years are reported by both, from 1964 to 2018.
- How do Belarus and Lithuania rank globally for total fertility rate: births per woman?
- Belarus ranks 21st and Lithuania ranks 18th of 34 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Fertility Database (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Total fertility rate: births per woman. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The average number of children a woman would have in her lifetime if she experienced the fertility rates of a specific year.