Fertility & birth rates in Iceland and Slovakia

Fertility rate in Iceland vs Slovakia chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Iceland was 1.59 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 Iceland 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
	Iceland	Slovakia
1960	4.29	3.04
1961	3.88	2.96
1962	3.98	2.83
1963	3.99	2.92
1964	3.88	2.89
1965	3.73	2.78
1966	3.59	2.66
1967	3.28	2.48
1968	3.06	2.39
1969	2.99	2.43
1970	2.81	2.41
1971	2.92	2.43
1972	3.09	2.49
1973	2.94	2.56
1974	2.66	2.61
1975	2.65	2.55
1976	2.52	2.55
1977	2.31	2.49
1978	2.35	2.47
1979	2.49	2.45
1980	2.48	2.32
1981	2.33	2.29
1982	2.27	2.28
1983	2.24	2.28
1984	2.08	2.26
1985	1.93	2.26
1986	1.92	2.2
1987	2.06	2.14
1988	2.26	2.13
1989	2.19	2.07
1990	2.3	2.09
1991	2.18	2.05
1992	2.21	1.93
1993	2.22	1.87
1994	2.14	1.67
1995	2.08	1.52
1996	2.12	1.47
1997	2.04	1.43
1998	2.05	1.37
1999	1.99	1.33
2000	2.08	1.3
2001	1.95	1.2
2002	1.93	1.19
2003	1.99	1.2
2004	2.04	1.25
2005	2.05	1.27
2006	2.08	1.25
2007	2.09	1.27
2008	2.15	1.34
2009	2.23	1.44
2010	2.2	1.43
2011	2.02	1.45
2012	2.04	1.34
2013	1.93	1.34
2014	1.93	1.37
2015	1.8	1.4
2016	1.74	1.48
2017	1.71	1.52
2018	1.71	1.54
2019	1.74	1.57
2020	1.72	1.59
2021	1.82	1.63
2022	1.59	1.57
2023	1.59	1.49
2024	1.57	1.49
2025	1.55	1.5
2026	1.54	1.5
2027	1.53	1.5
2028	1.53	1.51
2029	1.53	1.51
2030	1.52	1.51
2031	1.52	1.51
2032	1.52	1.51
2033	1.53	1.52
2034	1.53	1.52
2035	1.53	1.52
2036	1.53	1.52
2037	1.53	1.52
2038	1.53	1.52
2039	1.54	1.52
2040	1.54	1.52
2041	1.54	1.52
2042	1.54	1.52
2043	1.54	1.52
2044	1.54	1.53
2045	1.54	1.53
2046	1.55	1.53
2047	1.55	1.53
2048	1.55	1.53
2049	1.55	1.53
2050	1.56	1.53

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Iceland	Slovakia
1960	34.9%	31.5%
1961	35%	31.5%
1962	34.9%	31.3%
1963	34.9%	31%
1964	34.7%	30.8%
1965	34.5%	30.4%
1966	34.3%	29.9%
1967	34%	29.3%
1968	33.6%	28.6%
1969	33.2%	28.1%
1970	32.6%	27.5%
1971	32.1%	27%
1972	31.6%	26.6%
1973	31.2%	26.2%
1974	30.7%	26.1%
1975	30.1%	26%
1976	29.5%	26%
1977	29%	26%
1978	28.4%	26.1%
1979	27.9%	26.1%
1980	27.5%	26.1%
1981	27.2%	26.1%
1982	26.9%	26.2%
1983	26.7%	26.3%
1984	26.5%	26.4%
1985	26.2%	26.5%
1986	25.9%	26.4%
1987	25.6%	26.3%
1988	25.2%	26.1%
1989	25%	25.7%
1990	25%	25.2%
1991	24.8%	24.8%
1992	24.8%	24.4%
1993	24.8%	23.9%
1994	24.7%	23.3%
1995	24.4%	22.7%
1996	24.1%	22.1%
1997	23.9%	21.5%
1998	23.6%	20.9%
1999	23.4%	20.3%
2000	23.3%	19.7%
2001	23.2%	19%
2002	23%	18.4%
2003	22.8%	17.9%
2004	22.5%	17.3%
2005	22.1%	16.9%
2006	21.5%	16.4%
2007	21.1%	16%
2008	20.9%	15.7%
2009	20.9%	15.5%
2010	20.9%	15.5%
2011	20.8%	15.4%
2012	20.7%	15.4%
2013	20.6%	15.3%
2014	20.4%	15.3%
2015	20.2%	15.3%
2016	19.9%	15.4%
2017	19.6%	15.5%
2018	19.2%	15.7%
2019	18.9%	15.8%
2020	18.7%	15.9%
2021	18.6%	15.9%
2022	18.4%	16%
2023	18.1%	15.9%
2024	17.8%	15.8%
2025	17.5%	15.6%
2026	17.3%	15.4%
2027	17.1%	15.1%
2028	17%	15%
2029	16.8%	14.8%
2030	16.7%	14.6%
2031	16.6%	14.4%
2032	16.5%	14.1%
2033	16.3%	13.8%
2034	16.1%	13.6%
2035	15.9%	13.4%
2036	15.6%	13.2%
2037	15.4%	13%
2038	15.2%	12.9%
2039	15%	12.8%
2040	14.8%	12.7%
2041	14.7%	12.7%
2042	14.5%	12.7%
2043	14.4%	12.7%
2044	14.2%	12.7%
2045	14.1%	12.8%
2046	14%	12.8%
2047	13.9%	12.9%
2048	13.8%	13%
2049	13.7%	13%
2050	13.6%	13.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.8% of the population in Iceland and 15.8% in Slovakia in 2024, compared to 25% and 25.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Iceland and Slovakia compared.

Natural population change in Iceland vs Slovakia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.57% in Iceland 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
	Iceland	Slovakia
1960	3,758	56,546
1961	3,312	55,749
1962	3,465	49,587
1963	3,490	54,382
1964	3,459	54,092
1965	3,442	48,517
1966	3,305	45,440
1967	3,021	41,824
1968	2,841	38,113
1969	2,766	39,312
1970	2,576	38,575
1971	2,782	40,105
1972	3,241	46,426
1973	3,121	49,199
1974	2,776	52,524
1975	2,965	52,604
1976	2,951	54,121
1977	2,551	52,762
1978	2,727	52,324
1979	2,980	52,353
1980	2,966	44,320
1981	2,677	43,640
1982	2,736	41,958
1983	2,702	39,717
1984	2,539	38,966
1985	2,221	37,680
1986	2,384	34,279
1987	2,360	31,859
1988	2,847	30,979
1989	2,832	26,380
1990	3,058	25,436
1991	2,733	23,865
1992	2,898	21,220
1993	2,875	20,769
1994	2,713	14,970
1995	2,354	9,115
1996	2,447	9,135
1997	2,305	6,999
1998	2,357	4,312
1999	2,192	3,777
2000	2,475	2,155
2001	2,365	-1,076
2002	2,243	-538
2003	2,317	-537
2004	2,425	1,611
2005	2,433	537
2006	2,491	537
2007	2,617	537
2008	2,825	4,303
2009	3,026	8,619
2010	2,862	7,008
2011	2,521	9,177
2012	2,566	3,245
2013	2,169	2,707
2014	2,324	3,793
2015	1,952	2,170
2016	1,711	5,431
2017	1,854	4,351
2018	1,975	3,268
2019	2,163	3,818
2020	2,199	-2,184
2021	2,534	-16,886
2022	1,719	-7,062
2023	1,730	-5,427

Maternal mortality chart: Iceland 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 Iceland, compared to 4 deaths in Slovakia.

Table

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

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.26% in Iceland 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
	Iceland	Slovakia
1960	2.14%	3.67%
1961	2.11%	3.47%
1962	2.07%	3.32%
1963	2.02%	3.21%
1964	1.97%	3.14%
1965	1.92%	3.08%
1966	1.85%	3.05%
1967	1.79%	3.02%
1968	1.72%	3%
1969	1.66%	2.97%
1970	1.6%	2.95%
1971	1.54%	2.92%
1972	1.48%	2.89%
1973	1.41%	2.84%
1974	1.35%	2.78%
1975	1.29%	2.72%
1976	1.22%	2.64%
1977	1.15%	2.55%
1978	1.09%	2.46%
1979	1.03%	2.36%
1980	0.97%	2.27%
1981	0.92%	2.17%
1982	0.87%	2.08%
1983	0.83%	1.99%
1984	0.79%	1.91%
1985	0.75%	1.82%
1986	0.73%	1.73%
1987	0.7%	1.65%
1988	0.67%	1.59%
1989	0.65%	1.53%
1990	0.63%	1.47%
1991	0.61%	1.42%
1992	0.58%	1.37%
1993	0.56%	1.31%
1994	0.54%	1.25%
1995	0.52%	1.2%
1996	0.49%	1.14%
1997	0.47%	1.09%
1998	0.45%	1.05%
1999	0.42%	1%
2000	0.4%	0.96%
2001	0.38%	0.93%
2002	0.36%	0.91%
2003	0.34%	0.88%
2004	0.33%	0.86%
2005	0.31%	0.83%
2006	0.3%	0.8%
2007	0.29%	0.77%
2008	0.28%	0.74%
2009	0.27%	0.71%
2010	0.27%	0.69%
2011	0.27%	0.67%
2012	0.26%	0.66%
2013	0.26%	0.64%
2014	0.26%	0.63%
2015	0.26%	0.62%
2016	0.26%	0.61%
2017	0.26%	0.6%
2018	0.27%	0.6%
2019	0.27%	0.59%
2020	0.27%	0.59%
2021	0.27%	0.6%
2022	0.26%	0.6%
2023	0.26%	0.61%