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
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
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.