Italy vs Lithuania: Fertility rate: births per woman

Italy
1.2 live births per woman
in 2023
Lithuania
1.2 live births per woman
in 2023
Italy rank
220th
Lithuania rank
218th

Fertility rate: births per woman over time

  • Italy
  • Lithuania
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How they compare

Lithuania currently reports 1.2 live births per woman against 1.2 live births per woman in Italy, a difference of 0 live births per woman.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Lithuania ahead.

Italy ranks 220th and Lithuania ranks 218th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Italy averaged higher in 2 and Lithuania in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade Italy Lithuania Difference Ahead
1950s 2.36 live births per woman 2.63 live births per woman 0.2717 live births per woman Lithuania
1960s 2.51 live births per woman 2.38 live births per woman 0.1347 live births per woman Italy
1970s 2.15 live births per woman 2.22 live births per woman 0.0686 live births per woman Lithuania
1980s 1.45 live births per woman 2.05 live births per woman 0.5982 live births per woman Lithuania
1990s 1.24 live births per woman 1.68 live births per woman 0.4341 live births per woman Lithuania
2000s 1.33 live births per woman 1.33 live births per woman 0.0004 live births per woman Italy
2010s 1.36 live births per woman 1.61 live births per woman 0.2552 live births per woman Lithuania
2020s 1.23 live births per woman 1.33 live births per woman 0.0962 live births per woman Lithuania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fertility rate: births per woman, Italy or Lithuania?
Lithuania, at 1.2 live births per woman against 1.2 live births per woman in Italy as of 2023.
What is the difference in fertility rate: births per woman between Italy and Lithuania?
0 live births per woman, with Lithuania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Lithuania?
74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Italy and Lithuania rank globally for fertility rate: births per woman?
Italy ranks 220th and Lithuania ranks 218th of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as 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

Indicator
Fertility rate: births per woman
Unit
live births per woman
Source
Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 17,683 data points, 1891–2023
Last refreshed

The average number of live births a hypothetical cohort of women would have at the end of their reproductive period if they were subject during their whole lives to the fertility rates of a given period and if they were not subject to mortality.