Fertility & birth rates in Germany and Slovenia

Fertility rate in Germany vs Slovenia chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Germany was 1.39 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
	Germany	Slovenia
1960	2.37	2.19
1961	2.45	2.27
1962	2.44	2.28
1963	2.51	2.27
1964	2.54	2.31
1965	2.5	2.43
1966	2.53	2.47
1967	2.48	2.37
1968	2.38	2.25
1969	2.21	2.17
1970	2.03	2.11
1971	1.92	2.16
1972	1.71	2.17
1973	1.54	2.2
1974	1.51	2.13
1975	1.45	2.17
1976	1.45	2.2
1977	1.4	2.17
1978	1.38	2.2
1979	1.38	2.22
1980	1.44	2.11
1981	1.43	1.96
1982	1.41	1.93
1983	1.33	1.81
1984	1.29	1.74
1985	1.37	1.71
1986	1.43	1.67
1987	1.43	1.65
1988	1.46	1.63
1989	1.42	1.52
1990	1.45	1.46
1991	1.33	1.42
1992	1.29	1.33
1993	1.28	1.33
1994	1.24	1.32
1995	1.25	1.29
1996	1.3	1.28
1997	1.35	1.25
1998	1.36	1.23
1999	1.36	1.21
2000	1.38	1.26
2001	1.35	1.21
2002	1.34	1.21
2003	1.34	1.2
2004	1.36	1.25
2005	1.34	1.26
2006	1.33	1.31
2007	1.37	1.38
2008	1.38	1.53
2009	1.36	1.53
2010	1.39	1.57
2011	1.39	1.56
2012	1.41	1.58
2013	1.42	1.55
2014	1.47	1.58
2015	1.5	1.57
2016	1.6	1.58
2017	1.57	1.62
2018	1.57	1.6
2019	1.54	1.61
2020	1.53	1.59
2021	1.58	1.64
2022	1.46	1.55
2023	1.39	1.51
2024	1.4	1.51
2025	1.4	1.51
2026	1.41	1.51
2027	1.41	1.51
2028	1.42	1.52
2029	1.42	1.52
2030	1.42	1.52
2031	1.43	1.52
2032	1.43	1.52
2033	1.44	1.52
2034	1.44	1.52
2035	1.44	1.52
2036	1.45	1.53
2037	1.45	1.53
2038	1.45	1.53
2039	1.46	1.53
2040	1.46	1.53
2041	1.46	1.53
2042	1.47	1.53
2043	1.47	1.53
2044	1.47	1.53
2045	1.47	1.53
2046	1.48	1.53
2047	1.48	1.53
2048	1.48	1.54
2049	1.48	1.54
2050	1.48	1.54

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Germany	Slovenia
1960	21.3%	27.2%
1961	21.7%	27.2%
1962	22%	27.1%
1963	22.3%	26.9%
1964	22.6%	26.6%
1965	22.8%	26.2%
1966	23%	25.8%
1967	23.1%	25.5%
1968	23.3%	25.1%
1969	23.3%	24.7%
1970	23.2%	24.3%
1971	23%	24%
1972	22.8%	23.9%
1973	22.4%	23.8%
1974	22%	23.7%
1975	21.5%	23.6%
1976	20.9%	23.4%
1977	20.3%	23.3%
1978	19.7%	23.2%
1979	19.1%	23.1%
1980	18.5%	23%
1981	17.9%	22.9%
1982	17.4%	22.8%
1983	16.9%	22.7%
1984	16.4%	22.5%
1985	16%	22.3%
1986	15.8%	22%
1987	15.6%	21.6%
1988	15.7%	21.4%
1989	15.9%	21.1%
1990	16.1%	20.8%
1991	16.3%	20.3%
1992	16.3%	19.8%
1993	16.3%	19.3%
1994	16.3%	18.8%
1995	16.3%	18.3%
1996	16.2%	17.8%
1997	16.1%	17.3%
1998	15.9%	16.8%
1999	15.8%	16.4%
2000	15.7%	15.9%
2001	15.5%	15.6%
2002	15.3%	15.2%
2003	15%	14.8%
2004	14.8%	14.5%
2005	14.5%	14.3%
2006	14.2%	14.1%
2007	14%	14%
2008	13.8%	14%
2009	13.8%	14%
2010	13.7%	14.1%
2011	13.6%	14.3%
2012	13.4%	14.4%
2013	13.2%	14.6%
2014	13.2%	14.7%
2015	13.2%	14.8%
2016	13.3%	14.9%
2017	13.5%	15%
2018	13.6%	15.1%
2019	13.7%	15.1%
2020	13.8%	15.1%
2021	13.9%	15.2%
2022	13.9%	15.1%
2023	13.9%	14.9%
2024	13.9%	14.7%
2025	13.9%	14.5%
2026	13.9%	14.2%
2027	13.8%	14%
2028	13.8%	13.8%
2029	13.7%	13.5%
2030	13.6%	13.3%
2031	13.5%	13.1%
2032	13.4%	13%
2033	13.2%	12.8%
2034	13.1%	12.7%
2035	12.9%	12.6%
2036	12.8%	12.5%
2037	12.7%	12.4%
2038	12.6%	12.4%
2039	12.6%	12.5%
2040	12.6%	12.5%
2041	12.5%	12.6%
2042	12.5%	12.7%
2043	12.6%	12.8%
2044	12.6%	12.9%
2045	12.7%	13%
2046	12.7%	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 13.9% of the population in Germany and 14.7% in Slovenia in 2024, compared to 16.1% and 20.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Germany and Slovenia compared.

Natural population change in Germany vs Slovenia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.25% in Germany 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
	Germany	Slovenia
1960	385,919	12,678
1961	462,279	14,985
1962	436,752	13,150
1963	455,757	14,068
1964	482,038	12,567
1965	410,204	14,513
1966	405,982	15,697
1967	353,977	13,516
1968	239,612	11,250
1969	155,820	9,427
1970	70,352	10,004
1971	46,988	10,951
1972	-62,950	10,513
1973	-149,980	11,837
1974	-150,038	11,367
1975	-212,418	11,658
1976	-164,508	12,196
1977	-125,055	12,160
1978	-140,566	11,920
1979	-125,002	12,614
1980	-86,117	11,027
1981	-94,090	10,485
1982	-78,333	9,170
1983	-109,380	6,343
1984	-109,002	5,990
1985	-116,527	6,213
1986	-77,721	6,094
1987	-31,136	5,771
1988	-7,815	5,986
1989	-23,625	4,592
1990	-15,887	3,797
1991	-80,014	2,199
1992	-80,625	598
1993	-105,503	-199
1994	-114,013	199
1995	-114,349	0
1996	-90,107	0
1997	-49,221	-794
1998	-65,637	-1,189
1999	-73,890	-1,388
2000	-73,990	-398
2001	-98,820	-996
2002	-123,733	-1,197
2003	-140,309	-1,996
2004	-107,271	-599
2005	-148,445	-600
2006	-148,278	602
2007	-148,080	1,211
2008	-164,220	3,437
2009	-188,375	3,060
2010	-179,909	3,687
2011	-184,632	3,285
2012	-193,022	2,674
2013	-209,679	1,648
2014	-153,866	2,268
2015	-187,879	826
2016	-123,523	826
2017	-148,783	-207
2018	-165,812	-1,037
2019	-157,877	-1,254
2020	-216,218	-5,256
2021	-224,629	-4,216
2022	-326,812	-4,858
2023	-335,608	-4,665

Maternal mortality chart: Germany vs Slovenia

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

Table

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

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.37% in Germany 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
	Germany	Slovenia
1968	2.71%	-
1969	2.64%	-
1970	2.57%	-
1971	2.49%	-
1972	2.4%	-
1973	2.31%	-
1974	2.2%	-
1975	2.08%	-
1976	1.95%	-
1977	1.83%	-
1978	1.71%	-
1979	1.6%	-
1980	1.5%	-
1981	1.41%	1.78%
1982	1.32%	1.69%
1983	1.25%	1.61%
1984	1.18%	1.53%
1985	1.11%	1.44%
1986	1.06%	1.36%
1987	1.01%	1.27%
1988	0.95%	1.19%
1989	0.9%	1.11%
1990	0.85%	1.04%
1991	0.8%	0.97%
1992	0.76%	0.9%
1993	0.72%	0.84%
1994	0.68%	0.79%
1995	0.65%	0.73%
1996	0.62%	0.69%
1997	0.59%	0.65%
1998	0.57%	0.61%
1999	0.55%	0.58%
2000	0.54%	0.54%
2001	0.52%	0.52%
2002	0.51%	0.49%
2003	0.5%	0.47%
2004	0.48%	0.44%
2005	0.47%	0.42%
2006	0.46%	0.4%
2007	0.45%	0.38%
2008	0.44%	0.36%
2009	0.43%	0.34%
2010	0.42%	0.32%
2011	0.41%	0.31%
2012	0.4%	0.29%
2013	0.4%	0.28%
2014	0.4%	0.27%
2015	0.39%	0.26%
2016	0.39%	0.26%
2017	0.38%	0.25%
2018	0.38%	0.24%
2019	0.37%	0.24%
2020	0.37%	0.24%
2021	0.37%	0.23%
2022	0.37%	0.23%
2023	0.37%	0.22%