Fertility & birth rates in Iceland and Slovenia

Fertility rate in Iceland vs Slovenia 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 1.51 in Slovenia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Iceland vs Slovenia 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	Slovenia
1960	4.29	2.19
1961	3.88	2.27
1962	3.98	2.28
1963	3.99	2.27
1964	3.88	2.31
1965	3.73	2.43
1966	3.59	2.47
1967	3.28	2.37
1968	3.06	2.25
1969	2.99	2.17
1970	2.81	2.11
1971	2.92	2.16
1972	3.09	2.17
1973	2.94	2.2
1974	2.66	2.13
1975	2.65	2.17
1976	2.52	2.2
1977	2.31	2.17
1978	2.35	2.2
1979	2.49	2.22
1980	2.48	2.11
1981	2.33	1.96
1982	2.27	1.93
1983	2.24	1.81
1984	2.08	1.74
1985	1.93	1.71
1986	1.92	1.67
1987	2.06	1.65
1988	2.26	1.63
1989	2.19	1.52
1990	2.3	1.46
1991	2.18	1.42
1992	2.21	1.33
1993	2.22	1.33
1994	2.14	1.32
1995	2.08	1.29
1996	2.12	1.28
1997	2.04	1.25
1998	2.05	1.23
1999	1.99	1.21
2000	2.08	1.26
2001	1.95	1.21
2002	1.93	1.21
2003	1.99	1.2
2004	2.04	1.25
2005	2.05	1.26
2006	2.08	1.31
2007	2.09	1.38
2008	2.15	1.53
2009	2.23	1.53
2010	2.2	1.57
2011	2.02	1.56
2012	2.04	1.58
2013	1.93	1.55
2014	1.93	1.58
2015	1.8	1.57
2016	1.74	1.58
2017	1.71	1.62
2018	1.71	1.6
2019	1.74	1.61
2020	1.72	1.59
2021	1.82	1.64
2022	1.59	1.55
2023	1.59	1.51
2024	1.57	1.51
2025	1.55	1.51
2026	1.54	1.51
2027	1.53	1.51
2028	1.53	1.52
2029	1.53	1.52
2030	1.52	1.52
2031	1.52	1.52
2032	1.52	1.52
2033	1.53	1.52
2034	1.53	1.52
2035	1.53	1.52
2036	1.53	1.53
2037	1.53	1.53
2038	1.53	1.53
2039	1.54	1.53
2040	1.54	1.53
2041	1.54	1.53
2042	1.54	1.53
2043	1.54	1.53
2044	1.54	1.53
2045	1.54	1.53
2046	1.55	1.53
2047	1.55	1.53
2048	1.55	1.54
2049	1.55	1.54
2050	1.56	1.54

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Iceland	Slovenia
1960	34.9%	27.2%
1961	35%	27.2%
1962	34.9%	27.1%
1963	34.9%	26.9%
1964	34.7%	26.6%
1965	34.5%	26.2%
1966	34.3%	25.8%
1967	34%	25.5%
1968	33.6%	25.1%
1969	33.2%	24.7%
1970	32.6%	24.3%
1971	32.1%	24%
1972	31.6%	23.9%
1973	31.2%	23.8%
1974	30.7%	23.7%
1975	30.1%	23.6%
1976	29.5%	23.4%
1977	29%	23.3%
1978	28.4%	23.2%
1979	27.9%	23.1%
1980	27.5%	23%
1981	27.2%	22.9%
1982	26.9%	22.8%
1983	26.7%	22.7%
1984	26.5%	22.5%
1985	26.2%	22.3%
1986	25.9%	22%
1987	25.6%	21.6%
1988	25.2%	21.4%
1989	25%	21.1%
1990	25%	20.8%
1991	24.8%	20.3%
1992	24.8%	19.8%
1993	24.8%	19.3%
1994	24.7%	18.8%
1995	24.4%	18.3%
1996	24.1%	17.8%
1997	23.9%	17.3%
1998	23.6%	16.8%
1999	23.4%	16.4%
2000	23.3%	15.9%
2001	23.2%	15.6%
2002	23%	15.2%
2003	22.8%	14.8%
2004	22.5%	14.5%
2005	22.1%	14.3%
2006	21.5%	14.1%
2007	21.1%	14%
2008	20.9%	14%
2009	20.9%	14%
2010	20.9%	14.1%
2011	20.8%	14.3%
2012	20.7%	14.4%
2013	20.6%	14.6%
2014	20.4%	14.7%
2015	20.2%	14.8%
2016	19.9%	14.9%
2017	19.6%	15%
2018	19.2%	15.1%
2019	18.9%	15.1%
2020	18.7%	15.1%
2021	18.6%	15.2%
2022	18.4%	15.1%
2023	18.1%	14.9%
2024	17.8%	14.7%
2025	17.5%	14.5%
2026	17.3%	14.2%
2027	17.1%	14%
2028	17%	13.8%
2029	16.8%	13.5%
2030	16.7%	13.3%
2031	16.6%	13.1%
2032	16.5%	13%
2033	16.3%	12.8%
2034	16.1%	12.7%
2035	15.9%	12.6%
2036	15.6%	12.5%
2037	15.4%	12.4%
2038	15.2%	12.4%
2039	15%	12.5%
2040	14.8%	12.5%
2041	14.7%	12.6%
2042	14.5%	12.7%
2043	14.4%	12.8%
2044	14.2%	12.9%
2045	14.1%	13%
2046	14%	13.2%
2047	13.9%	13.3%
2048	13.8%	13.4%
2049	13.7%	13.5%
2050	13.6%	13.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.8% of the population in Iceland and 14.7% in Slovenia in 2024, compared to 25% and 20.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Iceland and Slovenia compared.

Natural population change in Iceland vs Slovenia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.57% in Iceland 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
	Iceland	Slovenia
1960	3,758	12,678
1961	3,312	14,985
1962	3,465	13,150
1963	3,490	14,068
1964	3,459	12,567
1965	3,442	14,513
1966	3,305	15,697
1967	3,021	13,516
1968	2,841	11,250
1969	2,766	9,427
1970	2,576	10,004
1971	2,782	10,951
1972	3,241	10,513
1973	3,121	11,837
1974	2,776	11,367
1975	2,965	11,658
1976	2,951	12,196
1977	2,551	12,160
1978	2,727	11,920
1979	2,980	12,614
1980	2,966	11,027
1981	2,677	10,485
1982	2,736	9,170
1983	2,702	6,343
1984	2,539	5,990
1985	2,221	6,213
1986	2,384	6,094
1987	2,360	5,771
1988	2,847	5,986
1989	2,832	4,592
1990	3,058	3,797
1991	2,733	2,199
1992	2,898	598
1993	2,875	-199
1994	2,713	199
1995	2,354	0
1996	2,447	0
1997	2,305	-794
1998	2,357	-1,189
1999	2,192	-1,388
2000	2,475	-398
2001	2,365	-996
2002	2,243	-1,197
2003	2,317	-1,996
2004	2,425	-599
2005	2,433	-600
2006	2,491	602
2007	2,617	1,211
2008	2,825	3,437
2009	3,026	3,060
2010	2,862	3,687
2011	2,521	3,285
2012	2,566	2,674
2013	2,169	1,648
2014	2,324	2,268
2015	1,952	826
2016	1,711	826
2017	1,854	-207
2018	1,975	-1,037
2019	2,163	-1,254
2020	2,199	-5,256
2021	2,534	-4,216
2022	1,719	-4,858
2023	1,730	-4,665

Maternal mortality chart: Iceland vs Slovenia

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 3 deaths in Slovenia.

Table

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

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.26% in Iceland 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
	Iceland	Slovenia
1960	2.14%	-
1961	2.11%	-
1962	2.07%	-
1963	2.02%	-
1964	1.97%	-
1965	1.92%	-
1966	1.85%	-
1967	1.79%	-
1968	1.72%	-
1969	1.66%	-
1970	1.6%	-
1971	1.54%	-
1972	1.48%	-
1973	1.41%	-
1974	1.35%	-
1975	1.29%	-
1976	1.22%	-
1977	1.15%	-
1978	1.09%	-
1979	1.03%	-
1980	0.97%	-
1981	0.92%	1.78%
1982	0.87%	1.69%
1983	0.83%	1.61%
1984	0.79%	1.53%
1985	0.75%	1.44%
1986	0.73%	1.36%
1987	0.7%	1.27%
1988	0.67%	1.19%
1989	0.65%	1.11%
1990	0.63%	1.04%
1991	0.61%	0.97%
1992	0.58%	0.9%
1993	0.56%	0.84%
1994	0.54%	0.79%
1995	0.52%	0.73%
1996	0.49%	0.69%
1997	0.47%	0.65%
1998	0.45%	0.61%
1999	0.42%	0.58%
2000	0.4%	0.54%
2001	0.38%	0.52%
2002	0.36%	0.49%
2003	0.34%	0.47%
2004	0.33%	0.44%
2005	0.31%	0.42%
2006	0.3%	0.4%
2007	0.29%	0.38%
2008	0.28%	0.36%
2009	0.27%	0.34%
2010	0.27%	0.32%
2011	0.27%	0.31%
2012	0.26%	0.29%
2013	0.26%	0.28%
2014	0.26%	0.27%
2015	0.26%	0.26%
2016	0.26%	0.26%
2017	0.26%	0.25%
2018	0.27%	0.24%
2019	0.27%	0.24%
2020	0.27%	0.24%
2021	0.27%	0.23%
2022	0.26%	0.23%
2023	0.26%	0.22%