Estonia vs Latvia
Estonia vs Latvia: Fertility rate
Fertility rate in 2023: 1.35 births per woman in Estonia and 1.34 births per woman in Latvia, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Estonia, by 0.01 births per woman, or 1.01 times that in Latvia.
births per woman · UN
What the numbers say
- Estonia has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Latvia.
- In 2023, Estonia ranked 196 and Latvia ranked 199 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts Estonia at 1.57 births per woman and Latvia at 1.52 births per woman in 2100.
- The world as a whole: 2.25 births per woman in 2023.
Every year
births per woman · UN
| Year | Estonia | Latvia | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.35 | 1.34 | 2.25 |
| 2022 | 1.41 | 1.47 | 2.27 |
| 2021 | 1.59 | 1.57 | 2.29 |
| 2020 | 1.59 | 1.55 | 2.32 |
| 2019 | 1.66 | 1.61 | 2.4 |
| 2018 | 1.67 | 1.61 | 2.44 |
| 2017 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 2.5 |
| 2016 | 1.6 | 1.74 | 2.54 |
| 2015 | 1.58 | 1.71 | 2.54 |
| 2014 | 1.54 | 1.65 | 2.56 |
| 2013 | 1.52 | 1.53 | 2.57 |
| 2012 | 1.56 | 1.44 | 2.61 |
| 2011 | 1.62 | 1.34 | 2.59 |
| 2010 | 1.72 | 1.37 | 2.6 |
| 2009 | 1.7 | 1.47 | 2.62 |
| 2008 | 1.72 | 1.59 | 2.63 |
| 2007 | 1.69 | 1.54 | 2.62 |
| 2006 | 1.58 | 1.46 | 2.63 |
| 2005 | 1.52 | 1.39 | 2.63 |
| 2004 | 1.47 | 1.3 | 2.65 |
| 2003 | 1.37 | 1.32 | 2.66 |
| 2002 | 1.35 | 1.26 | 2.68 |
| 2001 | 1.32 | 1.22 | 2.71 |
| 2000 | 1.35 | 1.24 | 2.75 |
| 1999 | 1.29 | 1.17 | 2.75 |
| 1998 | 1.27 | 1.1 | 2.78 |
| 1997 | 1.31 | 1.12 | 2.81 |
| 1996 | 1.36 | 1.16 | 2.85 |
| 1995 | 1.37 | 1.25 | 2.89 |
| 1994 | 1.41 | 1.38 | 2.93 |
| 1993 | 1.49 | 1.5 | 2.98 |
| 1992 | 1.7 | 1.72 | 3.04 |
| 1991 | 1.8 | 1.84 | 3.13 |
| 1990 | 2.04 | 1.99 | 3.31 |
| 1989 | 2.21 | 2.03 | 3.35 |
| 1988 | 2.27 | 2.14 | 3.39 |
| 1987 | 2.26 | 2.18 | 3.48 |
| 1986 | 2.17 | 2.17 | 3.5 |
| 1985 | 2.13 | 2.06 | 3.51 |
| 1984 | 2.18 | 2.11 | 3.55 |
| 1983 | 2.17 | 2.1 | 3.58 |
| 1982 | 2.09 | 1.95 | 3.71 |
| 1981 | 2.08 | 1.87 | 3.71 |
| 1980 | 2.03 | 1.88 | 3.74 |
| 1979 | 2.01 | 1.85 | 3.77 |
| 1978 | 2.02 | 1.85 | 3.79 |
| 1977 | 2.06 | 1.87 | 3.85 |
| 1976 | 2.06 | 1.91 | 3.97 |
| 1975 | 2.04 | 1.95 | 4.08 |
| 1974 | 2.08 | 1.98 | 4.26 |
| 1973 | 2.08 | 1.95 | 4.42 |
| 1972 | 2.15 | 2.01 | 4.55 |
| 1971 | 2.2 | 2.02 | 4.68 |
| 1970 | 2.17 | 1.96 | 4.83 |
| 1969 | 2.12 | 1.88 | 4.87 |
| 1968 | 2.02 | 1.86 | 4.96 |
| 1967 | 1.9 | 1.82 | 4.85 |
| 1966 | 1.88 | 1.79 | 4.96 |
| 1965 | 1.9 | 1.73 | 5.07 |
| 1964 | 1.95 | 1.81 | 5.12 |
| 1963 | 1.9 | 1.85 | 5.31 |
| 1962 | 1.96 | 1.92 | 5.02 |
| 1961 | 1.99 | 1.96 | 4.57 |
| 1960 | 1.98 | 1.94 | 4.7 |
| 1959 | 1.95 | 1.92 | 4.74 |
| 1958 | 1.92 | 1.92 | 4.93 |
| 1957 | 1.92 | 1.87 | 5.07 |
| 1956 | 1.97 | 1.84 | 4.93 |
| 1955 | 2.11 | 1.88 | 5 |
| 1954 | 2.16 | 1.92 | 5 |
| 1953 | 2.13 | 1.85 | 4.92 |
| 1952 | 2.26 | 1.94 | 5 |
| 1951 | 2.27 | 2.01 | 4.82 |
| 1950 | 2.27 | 2.08 | 4.85 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Estonia | Latvia | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.361.22–1.51 | 1.341.2–1.49 | 2.25 |
| 2025 | 1.381.2–1.55 | 1.351.17–1.52 | 2.24 |
| 2026 | 1.381.18–1.59 | 1.351.15–1.55 | 2.23 |
| 2027 | 1.391.15–1.63 | 1.361.12–1.58 | 2.22 |
| 2028 | 1.41.15–1.66 | 1.371.11–1.61 | 2.21 |
| 2029 | 1.411.13–1.68 | 1.371.09–1.63 | 2.2 |
| 2030 | 1.421.13–1.7 | 1.381.09–1.65 | 2.2 |
| 2031 | 1.431.12–1.71 | 1.381.07–1.66 | 2.19 |
| 2032 | 1.431.1–1.73 | 1.381.07–1.68 | 2.18 |
| 2033 | 1.441.09–1.77 | 1.391.06–1.69 | 2.17 |
| 2034 | 1.441.09–1.78 | 1.391.04–1.71 | 2.16 |
| 2035 | 1.451.06–1.8 | 1.391.04–1.73 | 2.15 |
| 2036 | 1.461.08–1.79 | 1.41.03–1.74 | 2.15 |
| 2037 | 1.461.06–1.81 | 1.41.01–1.75 | 2.14 |
| 2038 | 1.471.07–1.83 | 1.41–1.77 | 2.13 |
| 2039 | 1.471.08–1.84 | 1.410.99–1.76 | 2.13 |
| 2040 | 1.471.08–1.85 | 1.410.98–1.78 | 2.13 |
| 2041 | 1.481.06–1.85 | 1.421–1.79 | 2.12 |
| 2042 | 1.481.06–1.87 | 1.420.99–1.8 | 2.12 |
| 2043 | 1.481.06–1.88 | 1.420.98–1.8 | 2.12 |
| 2044 | 1.491.05–1.88 | 1.420.97–1.81 | 2.12 |
| 2045 | 1.491.05–1.9 | 1.430.97–1.82 | 2.12 |
| 2046 | 1.51.04–1.9 | 1.430.98–1.82 | 2.11 |
| 2047 | 1.51.04–1.9 | 1.430.97–1.84 | 2.11 |
| 2048 | 1.51.03–1.91 | 1.440.96–1.85 | 2.11 |
| 2049 | 1.511.03–1.92 | 1.440.95–1.86 | 2.1 |
| 2050 | 1.511.01–1.92 | 1.440.94–1.87 | 2.1 |
| 2051 | 1.511.01–1.93 | 1.440.94–1.9 | 2.09 |
| 2052 | 1.511.01–1.93 | 1.450.95–1.89 | 2.09 |
| 2053 | 1.511.02–1.95 | 1.450.95–1.91 | 2.08 |
| 2054 | 1.521.02–1.95 | 1.450.93–1.92 | 2.07 |
| 2055 | 1.521.02–1.96 | 1.450.94–1.94 | 2.07 |
| 2056 | 1.521.01–1.95 | 1.460.93–1.94 | 2.06 |
| 2057 | 1.521–1.96 | 1.460.94–1.95 | 2.05 |
| 2058 | 1.531–1.97 | 1.460.94–1.96 | 2.04 |
| 2059 | 1.530.99–1.97 | 1.470.91–1.97 | 2.04 |
| 2060 | 1.531.01–1.98 | 1.470.92–1.97 | 2.03 |
| 2061 | 1.530.99–1.98 | 1.470.92–1.97 | 2.02 |
| 2062 | 1.530.99–1.99 | 1.470.93–1.96 | 2.02 |
| 2063 | 1.531.01–2.01 | 1.480.93–1.95 | 2.01 |
| 2064 | 1.541.01–2.01 | 1.480.94–1.96 | 2 |
| 2065 | 1.541.02–2.01 | 1.480.93–1.95 | 2 |
| 2066 | 1.541–2.01 | 1.480.92–1.97 | 1.99 |
| 2067 | 1.541–2 | 1.480.92–1.97 | 1.98 |
| 2068 | 1.541–2 | 1.490.93–1.97 | 1.98 |
| 2069 | 1.540.98–2 | 1.480.93–1.97 | 1.97 |
| 2070 | 1.540.98–2.01 | 1.490.92–1.99 | 1.97 |
| 2071 | 1.540.98–2.01 | 1.490.91–1.99 | 1.96 |
| 2072 | 1.540.97–2.02 | 1.490.91–2 | 1.96 |
| 2073 | 1.540.97–2.01 | 1.490.92–2 | 1.95 |
| 2074 | 1.550.96–2.01 | 1.490.91–1.99 | 1.95 |
| 2075 | 1.550.97–2.02 | 1.490.92–1.99 | 1.94 |
| 2076 | 1.550.96–2.02 | 1.50.92–2 | 1.94 |
| 2077 | 1.550.97–2.02 | 1.50.91–2.01 | 1.94 |
| 2078 | 1.550.95–2.03 | 1.50.91–2 | 1.93 |
| 2079 | 1.550.96–2.04 | 1.50.9–1.99 | 1.93 |
| 2080 | 1.550.97–2.03 | 1.50.91–2.01 | 1.92 |
| 2081 | 1.550.97–2.05 | 1.50.91–2.01 | 1.92 |
| 2082 | 1.550.98–2.04 | 1.50.9–2.01 | 1.91 |
| 2083 | 1.560.97–2.03 | 1.50.88–2.02 | 1.91 |
| 2084 | 1.560.97–2.04 | 1.50.88–2.02 | 1.91 |
| 2085 | 1.560.96–2.04 | 1.50.87–2.02 | 1.9 |
| 2086 | 1.560.96–2.06 | 1.50.87–2.03 | 1.9 |
| 2087 | 1.560.99–2.06 | 1.50.88–2.03 | 1.89 |
| 2088 | 1.560.99–2.06 | 1.50.89–2.04 | 1.89 |
| 2089 | 1.560.99–2.07 | 1.50.9–2.04 | 1.88 |
| 2090 | 1.560.97–2.06 | 1.50.89–2.05 | 1.88 |
| 2091 | 1.570.99–2.07 | 1.510.88–2.05 | 1.88 |
| 2092 | 1.570.97–2.08 | 1.510.88–2.06 | 1.87 |
| 2093 | 1.570.96–2.08 | 1.510.89–2.08 | 1.87 |
| 2094 | 1.570.97–2.07 | 1.510.89–2.07 | 1.86 |
| 2095 | 1.570.98–2.09 | 1.510.88–2.07 | 1.86 |
| 2096 | 1.570.96–2.1 | 1.510.88–2.07 | 1.85 |
| 2097 | 1.570.96–2.11 | 1.520.87–2.08 | 1.85 |
| 2098 | 1.570.97–2.09 | 1.520.86–2.08 | 1.85 |
| 2099 | 1.570.97–2.09 | 1.520.88–2.07 | 1.84 |
| 2100 | 1.570.96–2.1 | 1.520.85–2.08 | 1.84 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The children a woman would have over her life at the year’s birth rates for each age.
- Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Estonia vs Latvia
Health
- Life expectancyEstonia: 79.2 years in 2023Latvia: 76.2 years in 2023
- Child mortalityEstonia: 0.2 per 100 live births in 2024Latvia: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityEstonia: 1.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023Latvia: 2.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterEstonia: 97% in 2022Latvia: 97.1% in 2022
- DepressionEstonia: 3.85% in 2017Latvia: 3.5% in 2017
- Suicide rateEstonia: 12.7 per 100,000 people in 2017Latvia: 17 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationEstonia: 1.37 million people in 2023Latvia: 1.88 million people in 2023
- Population growthEstonia: 0% a year in 2023Latvia: -0.29% a year in 2023
- Urban populationEstonia: 70.7% in 2025Latvia: 68.6% in 2025
- Median ageEstonia: 41.9 years in 2023Latvia: 43.1 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overEstonia: 20.9% in 2023Latvia: 21.3% in 2023
- Net migration rateEstonia: 4.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Latvia: 4.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingEstonia: 3.37% of GDP in 2025Latvia: 3.61% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsEstonia: $1.44B in 2025Latvia: $1.6B in 2025
- Military spending per personEstonia: $1,164 in 2025Latvia: $929 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingEstonia: 7.5% of government spending in 2025Latvia: 8.2% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelEstonia: 7,000 people in 2020Latvia: 9,000 people in 2020
- National powerEstonia: 0.02% of world capability in 2022Latvia: 0.02% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersEstonia: 1% of the labour force in 2020Latvia: 0.92% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsEstonia: 204 million TIV in 2025Latvia: 19 million TIV in 2024
- Arms exportsEstonia: 2 million TIV in 2024Latvia: 1 million TIV in 2025