Fertility & birth rates in Bhutan and Slovenia

Fertility rate in Bhutan vs Slovenia chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Bhutan was 1.46 children per woman in 2023, compared to 1.51 in Slovenia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Bhutan vs Slovenia population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Bhutan	Slovenia
1960	6.7	2.19
1961	6.7	2.27
1962	6.69	2.28
1963	6.69	2.27
1964	6.68	2.31
1965	6.68	2.43
1966	6.67	2.47
1967	6.67	2.37
1968	6.66	2.25
1969	6.66	2.17
1970	6.65	2.11
1971	6.64	2.16
1972	6.64	2.17
1973	6.63	2.2
1974	6.62	2.13
1975	6.62	2.17
1976	6.62	2.2
1977	6.61	2.17
1978	6.58	2.2
1979	6.55	2.22
1980	6.51	2.11
1981	6.46	1.96
1982	6.4	1.93
1983	6.34	1.81
1984	6.26	1.74
1985	6.18	1.71
1986	6.1	1.67
1987	6	1.65
1988	5.88	1.63
1989	5.76	1.52
1990	5.6	1.46
1991	5.45	1.42
1992	5.27	1.33
1993	5.07	1.33
1994	4.87	1.32
1995	4.62	1.29
1996	4.37	1.28
1997	4.09	1.25
1998	3.85	1.23
1999	3.61	1.21
2000	3.38	1.26
2001	3.19	1.21
2002	3.01	1.21
2003	2.87	1.2
2004	2.78	1.25
2005	2.73	1.26
2006	2.66	1.31
2007	2.59	1.38
2008	2.48	1.53
2009	2.36	1.53
2010	2.25	1.57
2011	2.15	1.56
2012	2.07	1.58
2013	2	1.55
2014	1.92	1.58
2015	1.84	1.57
2016	1.74	1.58
2017	1.62	1.62
2018	1.52	1.6
2019	1.45	1.61
2020	1.5	1.59
2021	1.49	1.64
2022	1.48	1.55
2023	1.46	1.51
2024	1.45	1.51
2025	1.44	1.51
2026	1.43	1.51
2027	1.42	1.51
2028	1.42	1.52
2029	1.42	1.52
2030	1.42	1.52
2031	1.42	1.52
2032	1.42	1.52
2033	1.42	1.52
2034	1.42	1.52
2035	1.42	1.52
2036	1.43	1.53
2037	1.43	1.53
2038	1.43	1.53
2039	1.43	1.53
2040	1.43	1.53
2041	1.44	1.53
2042	1.44	1.53
2043	1.44	1.53
2044	1.44	1.53
2045	1.44	1.53
2046	1.45	1.53
2047	1.45	1.53
2048	1.45	1.54
2049	1.46	1.54
2050	1.46	1.54

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Bhutan	Slovenia
1960	42.3%	27.2%
1961	42.1%	27.2%
1962	41.9%	27.1%
1963	41.8%	26.9%
1964	41.8%	26.6%
1965	41.7%	26.2%
1966	41.7%	25.8%
1967	41.7%	25.5%
1968	41.8%	25.1%
1969	41.8%	24.7%
1970	41.8%	24.3%
1971	41.9%	24%
1972	42%	23.9%
1973	42.1%	23.8%
1974	42.2%	23.7%
1975	42.3%	23.6%
1976	42.4%	23.4%
1977	42.5%	23.3%
1978	42.6%	23.2%
1979	42.7%	23.1%
1980	42.8%	23%
1981	42.9%	22.9%
1982	43%	22.8%
1983	43.1%	22.7%
1984	43.1%	22.5%
1985	43.1%	22.3%
1986	43.1%	22%
1987	43.1%	21.6%
1988	43%	21.4%
1989	43%	21.1%
1990	42.9%	20.8%
1991	42.8%	20.3%
1992	42.6%	19.8%
1993	42.4%	19.3%
1994	42.1%	18.8%
1995	41.7%	18.3%
1996	41.3%	17.8%
1997	40.7%	17.3%
1998	40.1%	16.8%
1999	39.4%	16.4%
2000	38.6%	15.9%
2001	37.7%	15.6%
2002	36.6%	15.2%
2003	35.5%	14.8%
2004	34.3%	14.5%
2005	33.2%	14.3%
2006	32.4%	14.1%
2007	31.6%	14%
2008	30.8%	14%
2009	30.1%	14%
2010	29.4%	14.1%
2011	28.8%	14.3%
2012	28.3%	14.4%
2013	27.8%	14.6%
2014	27.4%	14.7%
2015	27%	14.8%
2016	26.5%	14.9%
2017	25.8%	15%
2018	25%	15.1%
2019	24.2%	15.1%
2020	23.4%	15.1%
2021	22.7%	15.2%
2022	22%	15.1%
2023	21.5%	14.9%
2024	20.9%	14.7%
2025	20.4%	14.5%
2026	19.8%	14.2%
2027	19.3%	14%
2028	18.7%	13.8%
2029	18.3%	13.5%
2030	17.9%	13.3%
2031	17.6%	13.1%
2032	17.4%	13%
2033	17.2%	12.8%
2034	17.1%	12.7%
2035	17%	12.6%
2036	16.9%	12.5%
2037	16.8%	12.4%
2038	16.6%	12.4%
2039	16.5%	12.5%
2040	16.3%	12.5%
2041	16.2%	12.6%
2042	16%	12.7%
2043	15.9%	12.8%
2044	15.7%	12.9%
2045	15.6%	13%
2046	15.4%	13.2%
2047	15.2%	13.3%
2048	15%	13.4%
2049	14.8%	13.5%
2050	14.6%	13.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 20.9% of the population in Bhutan and 14.7% in Slovenia in 2024, compared to 42.9% and 20.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Bhutan and Slovenia compared.

Natural population change in Bhutan vs Slovenia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.74% in Bhutan and -0.08% in Slovenia. The chart below illustrates the comparison of the absolute yearly changes resulting from births and deaths.

Table

Year	Population change due to births and deaths
	Bhutan	Slovenia
1960	4,888	12,678
1961	5,081	14,985
1962	5,297	13,150
1963	5,551	14,068
1964	5,818	12,567
1965	6,109	14,513
1966	6,418	15,697
1967	6,744	13,516
1968	7,085	11,250
1969	7,435	9,427
1970	7,791	10,004
1971	8,161	10,951
1972	8,549	10,513
1973	8,939	11,837
1974	9,324	11,367
1975	9,775	11,658
1976	10,228	12,196
1977	10,679	12,160
1978	11,133	11,920
1979	11,583	12,614
1980	12,016	11,027
1981	12,444	10,485
1982	12,872	9,170
1983	13,284	6,343
1984	13,688	5,990
1985	14,061	6,213
1986	14,516	6,094
1987	14,887	5,771
1988	15,212	5,986
1989	15,516	4,592
1990	15,704	3,797
1991	15,801	2,199
1992	15,594	598
1993	13,915	-199
1994	13,536	199
1995	12,938	0
1996	12,153	0
1997	11,668	-794
1998	11,320	-1,189
1999	10,940	-1,388
2000	10,142	-398
2001	9,904	-996
2002	9,464	-1,197
2003	9,132	-1,996
2004	9,056	-599
2005	9,102	-600
2006	9,197	602
2007	9,322	1,211
2008	9,200	3,437
2009	8,913	3,060
2010	8,598	3,687
2011	8,282	3,285
2012	7,967	2,674
2013	7,689	1,648
2014	7,290	2,268
2015	6,762	826
2016	6,164	826
2017	5,367	-207
2018	4,909	-1,037
2019	4,643	-1,254
2020	5,142	-5,256
2021	5,162	-4,216
2022	5,204	-4,858
2023	5,153	-4,665

Maternal mortality chart: Bhutan vs Slovenia

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 47 deaths per 100,000 live births in Bhutan, compared to 3 deaths in Slovenia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Bhutan	Slovenia
1985	969	17
1986	911	16
1987	857	16
1988	798	16
1989	747	15
1990	704	14
1991	671	13
1992	656	13
1993	578	12
1994	544	12
1995	498	11
1996	450	10
1997	415	9
1998	378	9
1999	346	8
2000	324	7
2001	286	6
2002	257	6
2003	229	6
2004	207	6
2005	186	6
2006	167	6
2007	149	6
2008	133	7
2009	121	7
2010	107	7
2011	96	6
2012	86	6
2013	79	6
2014	73	6
2015	68	5
2016	63	5
2017	58	5
2018	55	4
2019	52	4
2020	51	12
2021	50	8
2022	49	15
2023	47	3

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.31% in Bhutan and 0.22% in Slovenia. Below is the historical data on under-five mortality rates.

Table

Year	Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
	Bhutan	Slovenia
1968	27.4%	-
1969	26.7%	-
1970	26.2%	-
1971	25.5%	-
1972	24.9%	-
1973	24.3%	-
1974	23.6%	-
1975	22.9%	-
1976	22.3%	-
1977	21.6%	-
1978	20.9%	-
1979	20.2%	-
1980	19.5%	-
1981	18.7%	1.78%
1982	18%	1.69%
1983	17.3%	1.61%
1984	16.6%	1.53%
1985	15.9%	1.44%
1986	15.3%	1.36%
1987	14.6%	1.27%
1988	14%	1.19%
1989	13.4%	1.11%
1990	12.8%	1.04%
1991	12.3%	0.97%
1992	11.8%	0.9%
1993	11.3%	0.84%
1994	10.8%	0.79%
1995	10.3%	0.73%
1996	9.75%	0.69%
1997	9.26%	0.65%
1998	8.77%	0.61%
1999	8.3%	0.58%
2000	7.85%	0.54%
2001	7.4%	0.52%
2002	6.96%	0.49%
2003	6.54%	0.47%
2004	6.12%	0.44%
2005	5.71%	0.42%
2006	5.32%	0.4%
2007	4.96%	0.38%
2008	4.62%	0.36%
2009	4.31%	0.34%
2010	4.03%	0.32%
2011	3.77%	0.31%
2012	3.56%	0.29%
2013	3.38%	0.28%
2014	3.22%	0.27%
2015	3.08%	0.26%
2016	2.96%	0.26%
2017	2.85%	0.25%
2018	2.74%	0.24%
2019	2.65%	0.24%
2020	2.55%	0.24%
2021	2.47%	0.23%
2022	2.39%	0.23%
2023	2.31%	0.22%