Fertility & birth rates in Hungary and Slovakia

Fertility rate in Hungary vs Slovakia chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Hungary was 1.51 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.

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The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Hungary	Slovakia
1960	2.02	3.04
1961	1.94	2.96
1962	1.79	2.83
1963	1.82	2.92
1964	1.82	2.89
1965	1.82	2.78
1966	1.89	2.66
1967	2.01	2.48
1968	2.06	2.39
1969	2.04	2.43
1970	1.98	2.41
1971	1.93	2.43
1972	1.93	2.49
1973	1.93	2.56
1974	2.27	2.61
1975	2.35	2.55
1976	2.23	2.55
1977	2.15	2.49
1978	2.06	2.47
1979	2.01	2.45
1980	1.91	2.32
1981	1.88	2.29
1982	1.8	2.28
1983	1.75	2.28
1984	1.75	2.26
1985	1.85	2.26
1986	1.84	2.2
1987	1.82	2.14
1988	1.81	2.13
1989	1.82	2.07
1990	1.87	2.09
1991	1.87	2.05
1992	1.77	1.93
1993	1.68	1.87
1994	1.64	1.67
1995	1.57	1.52
1996	1.46	1.47
1997	1.37	1.43
1998	1.32	1.37
1999	1.28	1.33
2000	1.32	1.3
2001	1.31	1.2
2002	1.3	1.19
2003	1.27	1.2
2004	1.28	1.25
2005	1.31	1.27
2006	1.34	1.25
2007	1.32	1.27
2008	1.35	1.34
2009	1.32	1.44
2010	1.25	1.43
2011	1.23	1.45
2012	1.34	1.34
2013	1.35	1.34
2014	1.44	1.37
2015	1.45	1.4
2016	1.53	1.48
2017	1.54	1.52
2018	1.55	1.54
2019	1.55	1.57
2020	1.59	1.59
2021	1.61	1.63
2022	1.56	1.57
2023	1.51	1.49
2024	1.51	1.49
2025	1.52	1.5
2026	1.52	1.5
2027	1.53	1.5
2028	1.53	1.51
2029	1.53	1.51
2030	1.54	1.51
2031	1.54	1.51
2032	1.54	1.51
2033	1.54	1.52
2034	1.55	1.52
2035	1.55	1.52
2036	1.55	1.52
2037	1.55	1.52
2038	1.56	1.52
2039	1.56	1.52
2040	1.56	1.52
2041	1.56	1.52
2042	1.56	1.52
2043	1.57	1.52
2044	1.57	1.53
2045	1.57	1.53
2046	1.57	1.53
2047	1.57	1.53
2048	1.57	1.53
2049	1.57	1.53
2050	1.58	1.53

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Hungary	Slovakia
1960	25.3%	31.5%
1961	25.1%	31.5%
1962	24.8%	31.3%
1963	24.3%	31%
1964	23.8%	30.8%
1965	23.3%	30.4%
1966	22.8%	29.9%
1967	22.4%	29.3%
1968	22%	28.6%
1969	21.4%	28.1%
1970	20.8%	27.5%
1971	20.4%	27%
1972	20.1%	26.6%
1973	20%	26.2%
1974	20.1%	26.1%
1975	20.4%	26%
1976	20.8%	26%
1977	21.1%	26%
1978	21.5%	26.1%
1979	21.8%	26.1%
1980	21.9%	26.1%
1981	22.1%	26.1%
1982	22.1%	26.2%
1983	22%	26.3%
1984	21.8%	26.4%
1985	21.6%	26.5%
1986	21.5%	26.4%
1987	21.4%	26.3%
1988	21.2%	26.1%
1989	20.8%	25.7%
1990	20.2%	25.2%
1991	19.7%	24.8%
1992	19.2%	24.4%
1993	18.8%	23.9%
1994	18.5%	23.3%
1995	18.2%	22.7%
1996	17.9%	22.1%
1997	17.6%	21.5%
1998	17.4%	20.9%
1999	17.1%	20.3%
2000	16.8%	19.7%
2001	16.5%	19%
2002	16.2%	18.4%
2003	16%	17.9%
2004	15.8%	17.3%
2005	15.6%	16.9%
2006	15.3%	16.4%
2007	15.1%	16%
2008	15%	15.7%
2009	14.8%	15.5%
2010	14.7%	15.5%
2011	14.6%	15.4%
2012	14.5%	15.4%
2013	14.4%	15.3%
2014	14.5%	15.3%
2015	14.5%	15.3%
2016	14.5%	15.4%
2017	14.5%	15.5%
2018	14.5%	15.7%
2019	14.5%	15.8%
2020	14.6%	15.9%
2021	14.6%	15.9%
2022	14.6%	16%
2023	14.5%	15.9%
2024	14.4%	15.8%
2025	14.4%	15.6%
2026	14.3%	15.4%
2027	14.3%	15.1%
2028	14.3%	15%
2029	14.2%	14.8%
2030	14.2%	14.6%
2031	14.1%	14.4%
2032	14%	14.1%
2033	13.9%	13.8%
2034	13.8%	13.6%
2035	13.7%	13.4%
2036	13.6%	13.2%
2037	13.5%	13%
2038	13.4%	12.9%
2039	13.4%	12.8%
2040	13.4%	12.7%
2041	13.5%	12.7%
2042	13.5%	12.7%
2043	13.5%	12.7%
2044	13.5%	12.7%
2045	13.6%	12.8%
2046	13.6%	12.8%
2047	13.7%	12.9%
2048	13.7%	13%
2049	13.8%	13%
2050	13.8%	13.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 14.4% of the population in Hungary and 15.8% in Slovakia in 2024, compared to 20.2% and 25.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Hungary and Slovakia compared.

Natural population change in Hungary vs Slovakia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.43% in Hungary 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
	Hungary	Slovakia
1960	44,926	56,546
1961	44,123	55,749
1962	21,128	49,587
1963	32,282	54,382
1964	31,371	54,092
1965	24,355	48,517
1966	36,643	45,440
1967	39,845	41,824
1968	39,997	38,113
1969	38,105	39,312
1970	32,048	38,575
1971	26,956	40,105
1972	34,315	46,426
1973	33,382	49,199
1974	60,777	52,524
1975	63,243	52,604
1976	52,993	54,121
1977	45,787	52,762
1978	27,780	52,324
1979	23,549	52,353
1980	3,213	44,320
1981	-2,142	43,640
1982	-10,705	41,958
1983	-21,379	39,717
1984	-21,336	38,966
1985	-18,103	37,680
1986	-18,072	34,279
1987	-15,919	31,859
1988	-15,895	30,979
1989	-20,963	26,380
1990	-19,710	25,436
1991	-17,635	23,865
1992	-26,960	21,220
1993	-33,144	20,769
1994	-31,030	14,970
1995	-34,086	9,115
1996	-38,152	9,135
1997	-38,075	6,999
1998	-43,120	4,312
1999	-49,140	3,777
2000	-37,780	2,155
2001	-35,657	-1,076
2002	-36,571	-538
2003	-41,531	-537
2004	-37,396	1,611
2005	-38,331	537
2006	-32,228	537
2007	-35,195	537
2008	-31,118	4,303
2009	-34,077	8,619
2010	-40,000	7,008
2011	-40,884	9,177
2012	-38,689	3,245
2013	-36,529	2,707
2014	-32,449	3,793
2015	-39,191	2,170
2016	-31,231	5,431
2017	-37,934	4,351
2018	-37,858	3,268
2019	-36,840	3,818
2020	-47,385	-2,184
2021	-61,638	-16,886
2022	-47,065	-7,062
2023	-41,247	-5,427

Maternal mortality chart: Hungary vs Slovakia

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 12 deaths per 100,000 live births in Hungary, compared to 4 deaths in Slovakia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Hungary	Slovakia
1985	26	19
1986	26	19
1987	24	19
1988	24	18
1989	25	17
1990	25	18
1991	24	17
1992	24	15
1993	23	14
1994	21	12
1995	19	11
1996	17	10
1997	16	10
1998	15	10
1999	15	9
2000	14	8
2001	13	8
2002	13	7
2003	13	7
2004	12	7
2005	13	7
2006	12	6
2007	13	6
2008	13	5
2009	13	6
2010	13	5
2011	14	5
2012	13	5
2013	13	5
2014	13	5
2015	13	5
2016	13	5
2017	14	5
2018	14	5
2019	13	5
2020	18	4
2021	30	12
2022	14	5
2023	12	4

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.38% in Hungary 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
	Hungary	Slovakia
1960	5.41%	3.67%
1961	5.16%	3.47%
1962	4.94%	3.32%
1963	4.75%	3.21%
1964	4.59%	3.14%
1965	4.45%	3.08%
1966	4.32%	3.05%
1967	4.2%	3.02%
1968	4.08%	3%
1969	3.98%	2.97%
1970	3.89%	2.95%
1971	3.83%	2.92%
1972	3.82%	2.89%
1973	3.83%	2.84%
1974	3.77%	2.78%
1975	3.55%	2.72%
1976	3.23%	2.64%
1977	2.93%	2.55%
1978	2.7%	2.46%
1979	2.52%	2.36%
1980	2.37%	2.27%
1981	2.26%	2.17%
1982	2.2%	2.08%
1983	2.2%	1.99%
1984	2.2%	1.91%
1985	2.15%	1.82%
1986	2.07%	1.73%
1987	1.97%	1.65%
1988	1.87%	1.59%
1989	1.78%	1.53%
1990	1.72%	1.47%
1991	1.65%	1.42%
1992	1.57%	1.37%
1993	1.45%	1.31%
1994	1.34%	1.25%
1995	1.25%	1.2%
1996	1.19%	1.14%
1997	1.15%	1.09%
1998	1.11%	1.05%
1999	1.06%	1%
2000	1.01%	0.96%
2001	0.95%	0.93%
2002	0.9%	0.91%
2003	0.84%	0.88%
2004	0.8%	0.86%
2005	0.75%	0.83%
2006	0.72%	0.8%
2007	0.68%	0.77%
2008	0.65%	0.74%
2009	0.62%	0.71%
2010	0.6%	0.69%
2011	0.59%	0.67%
2012	0.57%	0.66%
2013	0.56%	0.64%
2014	0.53%	0.63%
2015	0.51%	0.62%
2016	0.47%	0.61%
2017	0.45%	0.6%
2018	0.43%	0.6%
2019	0.41%	0.59%
2020	0.4%	0.59%
2021	0.4%	0.6%
2022	0.39%	0.6%
2023	0.38%	0.61%