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
12345194719852023

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

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.