Fertility & birth rates in Fiji and Slovakia

Fertility rate in Fiji vs Slovakia chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Fiji was 2.28 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 Fiji 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
	Fiji	Slovakia
1960	6.36	3.04
1961	6.28	2.96
1962	6.2	2.83
1963	6.09	2.92
1964	5.96	2.89
1965	5.76	2.78
1966	5.55	2.66
1967	5.33	2.48
1968	5.11	2.39
1969	4.91	2.43
1970	4.71	2.41
1971	4.51	2.43
1972	4.32	2.49
1973	4.16	2.56
1974	4.07	2.61
1975	4.1	2.55
1976	4.12	2.55
1977	4.11	2.49
1978	4.1	2.47
1979	4.08	2.45
1980	4.04	2.32
1981	3.99	2.29
1982	3.94	2.28
1983	3.88	2.28
1984	3.8	2.26
1985	3.66	2.26
1986	3.54	2.2
1987	3.48	2.14
1988	3.43	2.13
1989	3.4	2.07
1990	3.39	2.09
1991	3.37	2.05
1992	3.33	1.93
1993	3.29	1.87
1994	3.26	1.67
1995	3.25	1.52
1996	3.25	1.47
1997	3.19	1.43
1998	3.12	1.37
1999	3.05	1.33
2000	2.99	1.3
2001	2.97	1.2
2002	2.97	1.19
2003	2.96	1.2
2004	2.94	1.25
2005	2.92	1.27
2006	2.91	1.25
2007	2.87	1.27
2008	2.82	1.34
2009	2.76	1.44
2010	2.7	1.43
2011	2.63	1.45
2012	2.61	1.34
2013	2.6	1.34
2014	2.59	1.37
2015	2.57	1.4
2016	2.52	1.48
2017	2.46	1.52
2018	2.42	1.54
2019	2.38	1.57
2020	2.36	1.59
2021	2.33	1.63
2022	2.31	1.57
2023	2.28	1.49
2024	2.27	1.49
2025	2.25	1.5
2026	2.23	1.5
2027	2.21	1.5
2028	2.2	1.51
2029	2.18	1.51
2030	2.16	1.51
2031	2.15	1.51
2032	2.13	1.51
2033	2.12	1.52
2034	2.1	1.52
2035	2.09	1.52
2036	2.07	1.52
2037	2.06	1.52
2038	2.05	1.52
2039	2.04	1.52
2040	2.03	1.52
2041	2.01	1.52
2042	2.01	1.52
2043	1.99	1.52
2044	1.98	1.53
2045	1.97	1.53
2046	1.96	1.53
2047	1.95	1.53
2048	1.94	1.53
2049	1.94	1.53
2050	1.93	1.53

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Fiji	Slovakia
1960	46.4%	31.5%
1961	46.5%	31.5%
1962	46.5%	31.3%
1963	46.5%	31%
1964	46.4%	30.8%
1965	46.4%	30.4%
1966	46.3%	29.9%
1967	46.1%	29.3%
1968	45.9%	28.6%
1969	45.6%	28.1%
1970	45.2%	27.5%
1971	44.7%	27%
1972	44.2%	26.6%
1973	43.5%	26.2%
1974	42.8%	26.1%
1975	42.2%	26%
1976	41.5%	26%
1977	40.9%	26%
1978	40.4%	26.1%
1979	40%	26.1%
1980	39.6%	26.1%
1981	39.3%	26.1%
1982	39.1%	26.2%
1983	39%	26.3%
1984	38.9%	26.4%
1985	38.9%	26.5%
1986	38.8%	26.4%
1987	38.7%	26.3%
1988	38.7%	26.1%
1989	38.7%	25.7%
1990	38.7%	25.2%
1991	38.5%	24.8%
1992	38.2%	24.4%
1993	37.9%	23.9%
1994	37.5%	23.3%
1995	37.1%	22.7%
1996	36.6%	22.1%
1997	36.1%	21.5%
1998	35.5%	20.9%
1999	34.9%	20.3%
2000	34.3%	19.7%
2001	33.8%	19%
2002	33.4%	18.4%
2003	33%	17.9%
2004	32.6%	17.3%
2005	32.2%	16.9%
2006	31.9%	16.4%
2007	31.6%	16%
2008	31.3%	15.7%
2009	31%	15.5%
2010	30.8%	15.5%
2011	30.5%	15.4%
2012	30.2%	15.4%
2013	30%	15.3%
2014	29.8%	15.3%
2015	29.6%	15.3%
2016	29.5%	15.4%
2017	29.2%	15.5%
2018	28.9%	15.7%
2019	28.6%	15.8%
2020	28.3%	15.9%
2021	28%	15.9%
2022	27.7%	16%
2023	27.4%	15.9%
2024	27.1%	15.8%
2025	26.8%	15.6%
2026	26.6%	15.4%
2027	26.3%	15.1%
2028	26%	15%
2029	25.7%	14.8%
2030	25.4%	14.6%
2031	25%	14.4%
2032	24.7%	14.1%
2033	24.5%	13.8%
2034	24.2%	13.6%
2035	24%	13.4%
2036	23.8%	13.2%
2037	23.6%	13%
2038	23.5%	12.9%
2039	23.3%	12.8%
2040	23.2%	12.7%
2041	23%	12.7%
2042	22.9%	12.7%
2043	22.7%	12.7%
2044	22.6%	12.7%
2045	22.4%	12.8%
2046	22.3%	12.8%
2047	22.1%	12.9%
2048	21.9%	13%
2049	21.8%	13%
2050	21.6%	13.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 27.1% of the population in Fiji and 15.8% in Slovakia in 2024, compared to 38.7% and 25.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Fiji and Slovakia compared.

Natural population change in Fiji vs Slovakia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.03% in Fiji 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
	Fiji	Slovakia
1960	13,313	56,546
1961	13,653	55,749
1962	14,429	49,587
1963	14,774	54,382
1964	14,979	54,092
1965	15,166	48,517
1966	15,111	45,440
1967	14,861	41,824
1968	14,831	38,113
1969	14,669	39,312
1970	14,538	38,575
1971	14,313	40,105
1972	13,905	46,426
1973	13,383	49,199
1974	13,557	52,524
1975	14,272	52,604
1976	14,933	54,121
1977	15,532	52,762
1978	16,196	52,324
1979	16,450	52,353
1980	16,907	44,320
1981	17,282	43,640
1982	17,681	41,958
1983	18,237	39,717
1984	18,499	38,966
1985	18,469	37,680
1986	18,024	34,279
1987	17,987	31,859
1988	18,063	30,979
1989	18,007	26,380
1990	17,748	25,436
1991	17,617	23,865
1992	17,170	21,220
1993	16,751	20,769
1994	16,424	14,970
1995	16,273	9,115
1996	16,163	9,135
1997	15,750	6,999
1998	15,464	4,312
1999	15,229	3,777
2000	14,724	2,155
2001	14,720	-1,076
2002	14,468	-538
2003	14,527	-537
2004	14,526	1,611
2005	14,503	537
2006	14,555	537
2007	14,349	537
2008	14,000	4,303
2009	13,540	8,619
2010	13,227	7,008
2011	12,657	9,177
2012	11,716	3,245
2013	11,972	2,707
2014	11,680	3,793
2015	11,213	2,170
2016	10,807	5,431
2017	10,413	4,351
2018	9,779	3,268
2019	9,271	3,818
2020	8,730	-2,184
2021	6,777	-16,886
2022	8,223	-7,062
2023	8,078	-5,427

Maternal mortality chart: Fiji vs Slovakia

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 30 deaths per 100,000 live births in Fiji, compared to 4 deaths in Slovakia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Fiji	Slovakia
1985	78	19
1986	76	19
1987	74	19
1988	71	18
1989	70	17
1990	70	18
1991	67	17
1992	64	15
1993	62	14
1994	58	12
1995	55	11
1996	53	10
1997	51	10
1998	49	10
1999	46	9
2000	47	8
2001	46	8
2002	48	7
2003	47	7
2004	46	7
2005	44	7
2006	43	6
2007	43	6
2008	42	5
2009	41	6
2010	40	5
2011	39	5
2012	42	5
2013	40	5
2014	38	5
2015	37	5
2016	38	5
2017	34	5
2018	35	5
2019	34	5
2020	34	4
2021	68	12
2022	32	5
2023	30	4

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.91% in Fiji 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
	Fiji	Slovakia
1960	7.89%	3.67%
1961	7.53%	3.47%
1962	7.21%	3.32%
1963	6.9%	3.21%
1964	6.61%	3.14%
1965	6.35%	3.08%
1966	6.14%	3.05%
1967	5.97%	3.02%
1968	5.84%	3%
1969	5.75%	2.97%
1970	5.69%	2.95%
1971	5.66%	2.92%
1972	5.63%	2.89%
1973	5.59%	2.84%
1974	5.52%	2.78%
1975	5.41%	2.72%
1976	5.27%	2.64%
1977	5.1%	2.55%
1978	4.9%	2.46%
1979	4.68%	2.36%
1980	4.46%	2.27%
1981	4.24%	2.17%
1982	4.03%	2.08%
1983	3.84%	1.99%
1984	3.67%	1.91%
1985	3.51%	1.82%
1986	3.37%	1.73%
1987	3.24%	1.65%
1988	3.12%	1.59%
1989	3%	1.53%
1990	2.89%	1.47%
1991	2.78%	1.42%
1992	2.68%	1.37%
1993	2.6%	1.31%
1994	2.52%	1.25%
1995	2.45%	1.2%
1996	2.39%	1.14%
1997	2.35%	1.09%
1998	2.31%	1.05%
1999	2.28%	1%
2000	2.27%	0.96%
2001	2.26%	0.93%
2002	2.27%	0.91%
2003	2.28%	0.88%
2004	2.31%	0.86%
2005	2.33%	0.83%
2006	2.35%	0.8%
2007	2.35%	0.77%
2008	2.32%	0.74%
2009	2.28%	0.71%
2010	2.22%	0.69%
2011	2.16%	0.67%
2012	2.1%	0.66%
2013	2.07%	0.64%
2014	2.06%	0.63%
2015	2.09%	0.62%
2016	2.16%	0.61%
2017	2.27%	0.6%
2018	2.41%	0.6%
2019	2.57%	0.59%
2020	2.72%	0.59%
2021	2.83%	0.6%
2022	2.89%	0.6%
2023	2.91%	0.61%