Japan vs Lithuania: Fertility rate: births per woman
Japan
1.21 live births per woman
in 2023
Lithuania
1.2 live births per woman
in 2023
Japan rank
216th
Lithuania rank
218th
Fertility rate: births per woman over time
- Japan
- Lithuania
How they compare
Japan currently reports 1.21 live births per woman against 1.2 live births per woman in Lithuania, a difference of 0.01 live births per woman.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Japan ahead.
Japan ranks 216th and Lithuania ranks 218th of 236 countries.
Lithuania has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Lithuania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 2.57 live births per woman | 2.63 live births per woman | 0.0677 live births per woman | Lithuania |
| 1960s | 1.98 live births per woman | 2.38 live births per woman | 0.4008 live births per woman | Lithuania |
| 1970s | 1.96 live births per woman | 2.22 live births per woman | 0.263 live births per woman | Lithuania |
| 1980s | 1.7 live births per woman | 2.05 live births per woman | 0.3499 live births per woman | Lithuania |
| 1990s | 1.43 live births per woman | 1.68 live births per woman | 0.2465 live births per woman | Lithuania |
| 2000s | 1.3 live births per woman | 1.33 live births per woman | 0.0302 live births per woman | Lithuania |
| 2010s | 1.38 live births per woman | 1.61 live births per woman | 0.2342 live births per woman | Lithuania |
| 2020s | 1.26 live births per woman | 1.33 live births per woman | 0.0685 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, Japan or Lithuania?
- Japan, at 1.21 live births per woman against 1.2 live births per woman in Lithuania as of 2023.
- What is the difference in fertility rate: births per woman between Japan and Lithuania?
- 0.01 live births per woman, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Lithuania?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Japan and Lithuania rank globally for fertility rate: births per woman?
- Japan ranks 216th 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.