Fertility & birth rates in Estonia and Slovenia

Fertility rate in Estonia vs Slovenia chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Estonia was 1.31 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.

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The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Estonia	Slovenia
1960	1.98	2.19
1961	1.98	2.27
1962	1.95	2.28
1963	1.89	2.27
1964	1.94	2.31
1965	1.88	2.43
1966	1.87	2.47
1967	1.9	2.37
1968	2.03	2.25
1969	2.13	2.17
1970	2.17	2.11
1971	2.19	2.16
1972	2.13	2.17
1973	2.06	2.2
1974	2.07	2.13
1975	2.04	2.17
1976	2.07	2.2
1977	2.06	2.17
1978	2.02	2.2
1979	2	2.22
1980	2.02	2.11
1981	2.07	1.96
1982	2.07	1.93
1983	2.16	1.81
1984	2.17	1.74
1985	2.13	1.71
1986	2.18	1.67
1987	2.27	1.65
1988	2.27	1.63
1989	2.22	1.52
1990	2.05	1.46
1991	1.8	1.42
1992	1.71	1.33
1993	1.49	1.33
1994	1.42	1.32
1995	1.38	1.29
1996	1.37	1.28
1997	1.32	1.25
1998	1.28	1.23
1999	1.3	1.21
2000	1.36	1.26
2001	1.32	1.21
2002	1.36	1.21
2003	1.37	1.2
2004	1.47	1.25
2005	1.52	1.26
2006	1.58	1.31
2007	1.69	1.38
2008	1.72	1.53
2009	1.7	1.53
2010	1.72	1.57
2011	1.61	1.56
2012	1.56	1.58
2013	1.52	1.55
2014	1.54	1.58
2015	1.58	1.57
2016	1.6	1.58
2017	1.59	1.62
2018	1.67	1.6
2019	1.66	1.61
2020	1.58	1.59
2021	1.61	1.64
2022	1.41	1.55
2023	1.31	1.51
2024	1.32	1.51
2025	1.33	1.51
2026	1.34	1.51
2027	1.35	1.51
2028	1.36	1.52
2029	1.37	1.52
2030	1.38	1.52
2031	1.39	1.52
2032	1.39	1.52
2033	1.4	1.52
2034	1.4	1.52
2035	1.41	1.52
2036	1.41	1.53
2037	1.42	1.53
2038	1.42	1.53
2039	1.42	1.53
2040	1.43	1.53
2041	1.43	1.53
2042	1.44	1.53
2043	1.44	1.53
2044	1.44	1.53
2045	1.45	1.53
2046	1.45	1.53
2047	1.46	1.53
2048	1.46	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
	Estonia	Slovenia
1960	23.1%	27.2%
1961	23.3%	27.2%
1962	23.3%	27.1%
1963	23.2%	26.9%
1964	23%	26.6%
1965	22.8%	26.2%
1966	22.6%	25.8%
1967	22.3%	25.5%
1968	22.2%	25.1%
1969	22.1%	24.7%
1970	22.1%	24.3%
1971	22%	24%
1972	22%	23.9%
1973	21.9%	23.8%
1974	21.8%	23.7%
1975	21.6%	23.6%
1976	21.6%	23.4%
1977	21.5%	23.3%
1978	21.5%	23.2%
1979	21.6%	23.1%
1980	21.7%	23%
1981	21.8%	22.9%
1982	21.9%	22.8%
1983	22%	22.7%
1984	22.1%	22.5%
1985	22.1%	22.3%
1986	22.1%	22%
1987	22.2%	21.6%
1988	22.2%	21.4%
1989	22.3%	21.1%
1990	22.3%	20.8%
1991	22.1%	20.3%
1992	21.8%	19.8%
1993	21.4%	19.3%
1994	21.1%	18.8%
1995	20.7%	18.3%
1996	20.3%	17.8%
1997	19.8%	17.3%
1998	19.2%	16.8%
1999	18.4%	16.4%
2000	17.6%	15.9%
2001	17.2%	15.6%
2002	16.6%	15.2%
2003	16.1%	14.8%
2004	15.6%	14.5%
2005	15.2%	14.3%
2006	15%	14.1%
2007	14.9%	14%
2008	14.9%	14%
2009	15%	14%
2010	15.2%	14.1%
2011	15.4%	14.3%
2012	15.6%	14.4%
2013	15.7%	14.6%
2014	15.9%	14.7%
2015	16%	14.8%
2016	16.2%	14.9%
2017	16.3%	15%
2018	16.4%	15.1%
2019	16.4%	15.1%
2020	16.4%	15.1%
2021	16.4%	15.2%
2022	16.2%	15.1%
2023	16%	14.9%
2024	15.6%	14.7%
2025	15.3%	14.5%
2026	14.9%	14.2%
2027	14.6%	14%
2028	14.3%	13.8%
2029	14%	13.5%
2030	13.7%	13.3%
2031	13.4%	13.1%
2032	13.1%	13%
2033	12.8%	12.8%
2034	12.4%	12.7%
2035	12.2%	12.6%
2036	12%	12.5%
2037	11.8%	12.4%
2038	11.8%	12.4%
2039	11.9%	12.5%
2040	11.9%	12.5%
2041	12%	12.6%
2042	12.1%	12.7%
2043	12.2%	12.8%
2044	12.3%	12.9%
2045	12.5%	13%
2046	12.6%	13.2%
2047	12.8%	13.3%
2048	12.9%	13.4%
2049	13%	13.5%
2050	13.1%	13.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15.6% of the population in Estonia and 14.7% in Slovenia in 2024, compared to 22.3% and 20.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Estonia and Slovenia compared.

Natural population change in Estonia vs Slovenia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.21% in Estonia 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
	Estonia	Slovenia
1960	7,511	12,678
1961	7,228	14,985
1962	6,457	13,150
1963	6,043	14,068
1964	6,897	12,567
1965	5,437	14,513
1966	4,842	15,697
1967	5,012	13,516
1968	5,592	11,250
1969	5,515	9,427
1970	6,257	10,004
1971	7,160	10,951
1972	6,267	10,513
1973	5,623	11,837
1974	5,956	11,367
1975	4,717	11,658
1976	4,319	12,196
1977	4,931	12,160
1978	4,088	11,920
1979	3,818	12,614
1980	3,989	11,027
1981	4,612	10,485
1982	5,244	9,170
1983	5,884	6,343
1984	5,163	5,990
1985	4,281	6,213
1986	6,160	6,094
1987	6,829	5,771
1988	6,404	5,986
1989	5,803	4,592
1990	2,825	3,797
1991	-312	2,199
1992	-1,993	598
1993	-5,976	-199
1994	-8,044	199
1995	-7,327	0
1996	-5,662	0
1997	-6,018	-794
1998	-7,208	-1,189
1999	-6,117	-1,388
2000	-5,309	-398
2001	-5,830	-996
2002	-5,380	-1,197
2003	-5,072	-1,996
2004	-3,679	-599
2005	-2,981	-600
2006	-2,559	602
2007	-1,608	1,211
2008	-668	3,437
2009	-400	3,060
2010	0	3,687
2011	-531	3,285
2012	-1,455	2,674
2013	-1,713	1,648
2014	-1,972	2,268
2015	-1,315	826
2016	-1,316	826
2017	-1,713	-207
2018	-1,322	-1,037
2019	-1,327	-1,254
2020	-2,659	-5,256
2021	-5,324	-4,216
2022	-5,665	-4,858
2023	-5,070	-4,665

Maternal mortality chart: Estonia vs Slovenia

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 5 deaths per 100,000 live births in Estonia, compared to 3 deaths in Slovenia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Estonia	Slovenia
1985	56	17
1986	46	16
1987	42	16
1988	43	16
1989	48	15
1990	44	14
1991	42	13
1992	40	13
1993	46	12
1994	60	12
1995	45	11
1996	36	10
1997	31	9
1998	32	9
1999	28	8
2000	27	7
2001	25	6
2002	22	6
2003	18	6
2004	15	6
2005	15	6
2006	13	6
2007	13	6
2008	11	7
2009	10	7
2010	8	7
2011	9	6
2012	8	6
2013	6	6
2014	7	6
2015	6	5
2016	7	5
2017	5	5
2018	5	4
2019	6	4
2020	6	12
2021	8	8
2022	7	15
2023	5	3

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.21% in Estonia 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
	Estonia	Slovenia
1980	2.24%	-
1981	2.16%	1.78%
1982	2.09%	1.69%
1983	2.02%	1.61%
1984	1.96%	1.53%
1985	1.91%	1.44%
1986	1.86%	1.36%
1987	1.83%	1.27%
1988	1.81%	1.19%
1989	1.79%	1.11%
1990	1.77%	1.04%
1991	1.75%	0.97%
1992	1.73%	0.9%
1993	1.69%	0.84%
1994	1.64%	0.79%
1995	1.57%	0.73%
1996	1.48%	0.69%
1997	1.39%	0.65%
1998	1.29%	0.61%
1999	1.2%	0.58%
2000	1.1%	0.54%
2001	1.01%	0.52%
2002	0.93%	0.49%
2003	0.85%	0.47%
2004	0.78%	0.44%
2005	0.71%	0.42%
2006	0.65%	0.4%
2007	0.59%	0.38%
2008	0.54%	0.36%
2009	0.5%	0.34%
2010	0.46%	0.32%
2011	0.42%	0.31%
2012	0.39%	0.29%
2013	0.36%	0.28%
2014	0.34%	0.27%
2015	0.32%	0.26%
2016	0.3%	0.26%
2017	0.28%	0.25%
2018	0.27%	0.24%
2019	0.25%	0.24%
2020	0.24%	0.24%
2021	0.23%	0.23%
2022	0.22%	0.23%
2023	0.21%	0.22%