Denmark vs Lithuania: Total fertility rate: births per woman
Denmark
1.47 births per woman
in 2024
Lithuania
1.48 births per woman
in 2020
Denmark rank
19th
Lithuania rank
18th
Total fertility rate: births per woman over time
- Denmark
- Lithuania
How they compare
Lithuania currently reports 1.48 births per woman against 1.47 births per woman in Denmark, a difference of 0.01 births per woman.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 62 shared years of data; in 1959 it was Lithuania ahead.
Denmark ranks 19th and Lithuania ranks 18th of 34 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Denmark averaged higher in 5 and Lithuania in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Denmark | Lithuania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 2.52 births per woman | 2.62 births per woman | 0.107 births per woman | Lithuania |
| 1960s | 2.46 births per woman | 2.38 births per woman | 0.0852 births per woman | Denmark |
| 1970s | 1.84 births per woman | 2.22 births per woman | 0.3813 births per woman | Lithuania |
| 1980s | 1.48 births per woman | 2.05 births per woman | 0.5667 births per woman | Lithuania |
| 1990s | 1.74 births per woman | 1.68 births per woman | 0.0661 births per woman | Denmark |
| 2000s | 1.8 births per woman | 1.34 births per woman | 0.4596 births per woman | Denmark |
| 2010s | 1.74 births per woman | 1.61 births per woman | 0.1285 births per woman | Denmark |
| 2020s | 1.68 births per woman | 1.48 births per woman | 0.197 births per woman | Denmark |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher total fertility rate: births per woman, Denmark or Lithuania?
- Lithuania, at 1.48 births per woman against 1.47 births per woman in Denmark as of 2020.
- What is the difference in total fertility rate: births per woman between Denmark and Lithuania?
- 0.01 births per woman, with Lithuania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Denmark and Lithuania?
- 62 years are reported by both, from 1959 to 2020.
- How do Denmark and Lithuania rank globally for total fertility rate: births per woman?
- Denmark ranks 19th 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.