Fertility & birth rates in Czech Republic and Slovakia

Fertility rate in Czech Republic vs Slovakia chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in the Czech Republic was 1.45 children per woman in 2023, compared to 1.49 in Slovakia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check the Czech Republic vs Slovakia population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Czech Republic	Slovakia
1960	2.09	3.04
1961	2.11	2.96
1962	2.12	2.83
1963	2.31	2.92
1964	2.34	2.89
1965	2.18	2.78
1966	2.02	2.66
1967	1.91	2.48
1968	1.84	2.39
1969	1.87	2.43
1970	1.92	2.41
1971	2	2.43
1972	2.09	2.49
1973	2.31	2.56
1974	2.46	2.61
1975	2.43	2.55
1976	2.39	2.55
1977	2.34	2.49
1978	2.33	2.47
1979	2.27	2.45
1980	2.08	2.32
1981	2	2.29
1982	2	2.28
1983	1.97	2.28
1984	1.97	2.26
1985	1.95	2.26
1986	1.92	2.2
1987	1.91	2.14
1988	1.94	2.13
1989	1.87	2.07
1990	1.9	2.09
1991	1.86	2.05
1992	1.71	1.93
1993	1.67	1.87
1994	1.44	1.67
1995	1.28	1.52
1996	1.18	1.47
1997	1.17	1.43
1998	1.16	1.37
1999	1.13	1.33
2000	1.15	1.3
2001	1.15	1.2
2002	1.17	1.19
2003	1.18	1.2
2004	1.23	1.25
2005	1.29	1.27
2006	1.34	1.25
2007	1.45	1.27
2008	1.51	1.34
2009	1.51	1.44
2010	1.51	1.43
2011	1.43	1.45
2012	1.45	1.34
2013	1.46	1.34
2014	1.53	1.37
2015	1.57	1.4
2016	1.63	1.48
2017	1.69	1.52
2018	1.71	1.54
2019	1.71	1.57
2020	1.74	1.59
2021	1.83	1.63
2022	1.64	1.57
2023	1.45	1.49
2024	1.46	1.49
2025	1.47	1.5
2026	1.48	1.5
2027	1.48	1.5
2028	1.49	1.51
2029	1.49	1.51
2030	1.5	1.51
2031	1.51	1.51
2032	1.51	1.51
2033	1.52	1.52
2034	1.52	1.52
2035	1.53	1.52
2036	1.53	1.52
2037	1.54	1.52
2038	1.54	1.52
2039	1.54	1.52
2040	1.55	1.52
2041	1.55	1.52
2042	1.55	1.52
2043	1.55	1.52
2044	1.56	1.53
2045	1.56	1.53
2046	1.56	1.53
2047	1.56	1.53
2048	1.56	1.53
2049	1.57	1.53
2050	1.57	1.53

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Czech Republic	Slovakia
1960	25.6%	31.5%
1961	25.1%	31.5%
1962	24.5%	31.3%
1963	23.9%	31%
1964	23.5%	30.8%
1965	23.2%	30.4%
1966	22.7%	29.9%
1967	22.3%	29.3%
1968	21.9%	28.6%
1969	21.6%	28.1%
1970	21.3%	27.5%
1971	21.1%	27%
1972	21.1%	26.6%
1973	21.2%	26.2%
1974	21.6%	26.1%
1975	22.1%	26%
1976	22.6%	26%
1977	22.9%	26%
1978	23.2%	26.1%
1979	23.4%	26.1%
1980	23.4%	26.1%
1981	23.5%	26.1%
1982	23.5%	26.2%
1983	23.5%	26.3%
1984	23.5%	26.4%
1985	23.4%	26.5%
1986	23.2%	26.4%
1987	23%	26.3%
1988	22.6%	26.1%
1989	22%	25.7%
1990	21.4%	25.2%
1991	20.9%	24.8%
1992	20.3%	24.4%
1993	19.8%	23.9%
1994	19.2%	23.3%
1995	18.7%	22.7%
1996	18.2%	22.1%
1997	17.7%	21.5%
1998	17.3%	20.9%
1999	16.9%	20.3%
2000	16.5%	19.7%
2001	16.1%	19%
2002	15.7%	18.4%
2003	15.3%	17.9%
2004	15%	17.3%
2005	14.7%	16.9%
2006	14.4%	16.4%
2007	14.3%	16%
2008	14.2%	15.7%
2009	14.2%	15.5%
2010	14.4%	15.5%
2011	14.6%	15.4%
2012	14.8%	15.4%
2013	14.9%	15.3%
2014	15.1%	15.3%
2015	15.3%	15.3%
2016	15.4%	15.4%
2017	15.6%	15.5%
2018	15.8%	15.7%
2019	15.9%	15.8%
2020	16%	15.9%
2021	16.1%	15.9%
2022	15.9%	16%
2023	15.7%	15.9%
2024	15.4%	15.8%
2025	15.1%	15.6%
2026	14.8%	15.4%
2027	14.6%	15.1%
2028	14.4%	15%
2029	14.2%	14.8%
2030	14%	14.6%
2031	13.8%	14.4%
2032	13.5%	14.1%
2033	13.3%	13.8%
2034	13%	13.6%
2035	12.9%	13.4%
2036	12.7%	13.2%
2037	12.5%	13%
2038	12.5%	12.9%
2039	12.6%	12.8%
2040	12.7%	12.7%
2041	12.8%	12.7%
2042	12.9%	12.7%
2043	13.1%	12.7%
2044	13.2%	12.7%
2045	13.4%	12.8%
2046	13.5%	12.8%
2047	13.7%	12.9%
2048	13.8%	13%
2049	13.9%	13%
2050	14%	13.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15.4% of the population in the Czech Republic and 15.8% in Slovakia in 2024, compared to 21.4% and 25.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Czech Republic and Slovakia compared.

Natural population change in Czech Republic vs Slovakia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.07% in the Czech Republic and -0.02% in Slovakia. 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
	Czech Republic	Slovakia
1960	34,567	56,546
1961	36,430	55,749
1962	29,836	49,587
1963	48,353	54,382
1964	52,531	54,092
1965	43,029	48,517
1966	35,355	45,440
1967	29,558	41,824
1968	21,728	38,113
1969	22,762	39,312
1970	24,646	38,575
1971	31,445	40,105
1972	44,404	46,426
1973	57,549	49,199
1974	66,923	52,524
1975	67,393	52,604
1976	61,768	54,121
1977	55,009	52,762
1978	52,234	52,324
1979	44,257	52,353
1980	17,517	44,320
1981	13,391	43,640
1982	10,315	41,958
1983	3,097	39,717
1984	5,165	38,966
1985	4,135	37,680
1986	1,034	34,279
1987	4,138	31,859
1988	7,249	30,979
1989	1,036	26,380
1990	1,034	25,436
1991	4,124	23,865
1992	1,032	21,220
1993	3,099	20,769
1994	-11,367	14,970
1995	-21,687	9,115
1996	-21,662	9,135
1997	-21,639	6,999
1998	-18,530	4,312
1999	-20,568	3,777
2000	-17,433	2,155
2001	-16,347	-1,076
2002	-15,296	-538
2003	-17,330	-537
2004	-9,177	1,611
2005	-6,126	537
2006	1,024	537
2007	9,268	537
2008	14,538	4,303
2009	10,444	8,619
2010	10,475	7,008
2011	2,099	9,177
2012	0	3,245
2013	-2,103	2,707
2014	4,210	3,793
2015	0	2,170
2016	5,283	5,431
2017	3,178	4,351
2018	1,063	3,268
2019	0	3,818
2020	-19,257	-2,184
2021	-28,365	-16,886
2022	-19,209	-7,062
2023	-21,729	-5,427

Maternal mortality chart: Czech Republic vs Slovakia

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 3 deaths per 100,000 live births in the Czech Republic, compared to 4 deaths in Slovakia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Czech Republic	Slovakia
1985	15	19
1986	17	19
1987	15	19
1988	16	18
1989	15	17
1990	15	18
1991	15	17
1992	13	15
1993	12	14
1994	11	12
1995	10	11
1996	8	10
1997	8	10
1998	7	10
1999	7	9
2000	7	8
2001	6	8
2002	6	7
2003	6	7
2004	5	7
2005	5	7
2006	5	6
2007	4	6
2008	4	5
2009	4	6
2010	4	5
2011	4	5
2012	4	5
2013	3	5
2014	3	5
2015	3	5
2016	3	5
2017	3	5
2018	3	5
2019	3	5
2020	3	4
2021	4	12
2022	3	5
2023	3	4

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.26% in the Czech Republic and 0.61% in Slovakia. 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
	Czech Republic	Slovakia
1960	2.48%	3.67%
1961	2.44%	3.47%
1962	2.42%	3.32%
1963	2.43%	3.21%
1964	2.44%	3.14%
1965	2.46%	3.08%
1966	2.47%	3.05%
1967	2.48%	3.02%
1968	2.47%	3%
1969	2.46%	2.97%
1970	2.43%	2.95%
1971	2.39%	2.92%
1972	2.34%	2.89%
1973	2.29%	2.84%
1974	2.23%	2.78%
1975	2.16%	2.72%
1976	2.08%	2.64%
1977	1.99%	2.55%
1978	1.89%	2.46%
1979	1.78%	2.36%
1980	1.68%	2.27%
1981	1.59%	2.17%
1982	1.52%	2.08%
1983	1.47%	1.99%
1984	1.44%	1.91%
1985	1.41%	1.82%
1986	1.38%	1.73%
1987	1.35%	1.65%
1988	1.3%	1.59%
1989	1.25%	1.53%
1990	1.21%	1.47%
1991	1.17%	1.42%
1992	1.11%	1.37%
1993	1.03%	1.31%
1994	0.94%	1.25%
1995	0.85%	1.2%
1996	0.77%	1.14%
1997	0.7%	1.09%
1998	0.63%	1.05%
1999	0.58%	1%
2000	0.55%	0.96%
2001	0.52%	0.93%
2002	0.5%	0.91%
2003	0.48%	0.88%
2004	0.46%	0.86%
2005	0.44%	0.83%
2006	0.41%	0.8%
2007	0.39%	0.77%
2008	0.37%	0.74%
2009	0.35%	0.71%
2010	0.34%	0.69%
2011	0.33%	0.67%
2012	0.32%	0.66%
2013	0.31%	0.64%
2014	0.31%	0.63%
2015	0.32%	0.62%
2016	0.32%	0.61%
2017	0.32%	0.6%
2018	0.31%	0.6%
2019	0.3%	0.59%
2020	0.29%	0.59%
2021	0.28%	0.6%
2022	0.27%	0.6%
2023	0.26%	0.61%