Fertility & birth rates in Latvia and Slovenia

Fertility rate in Latvia vs Slovenia chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Latvia was 1.36 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
	Latvia	Slovenia
1960	1.94	2.19
1961	1.94	2.27
1962	1.91	2.28
1963	1.85	2.27
1964	1.79	2.31
1965	1.74	2.43
1966	1.76	2.47
1967	1.8	2.37
1968	1.83	2.25
1969	1.88	2.17
1970	1.96	2.11
1971	2	2.16
1972	2	2.17
1973	1.98	2.2
1974	1.97	2.13
1975	1.96	2.17
1976	1.93	2.2
1977	1.89	2.17
1978	1.87	2.2
1979	1.87	2.22
1980	1.86	2.11
1981	1.88	1.96
1982	1.97	1.93
1983	2.07	1.81
1984	2.09	1.74
1985	2.08	1.71
1986	2.12	1.67
1987	2.15	1.65
1988	2.11	1.63
1989	2.05	1.52
1990	2.02	1.46
1991	1.86	1.42
1992	1.73	1.33
1993	1.51	1.33
1994	1.39	1.32
1995	1.25	1.29
1996	1.16	1.28
1997	1.11	1.25
1998	1.09	1.23
1999	1.16	1.21
2000	1.25	1.26
2001	1.22	1.21
2002	1.26	1.21
2003	1.32	1.2
2004	1.29	1.25
2005	1.39	1.26
2006	1.46	1.31
2007	1.54	1.38
2008	1.58	1.53
2009	1.46	1.53
2010	1.36	1.57
2011	1.33	1.56
2012	1.44	1.58
2013	1.52	1.55
2014	1.65	1.58
2015	1.7	1.57
2016	1.74	1.58
2017	1.69	1.62
2018	1.6	1.6
2019	1.61	1.61
2020	1.55	1.59
2021	1.57	1.64
2022	1.47	1.55
2023	1.36	1.51
2024	1.36	1.51
2025	1.37	1.51
2026	1.38	1.51
2027	1.38	1.51
2028	1.39	1.52
2029	1.39	1.52
2030	1.4	1.52
2031	1.4	1.52
2032	1.41	1.52
2033	1.41	1.52
2034	1.41	1.52
2035	1.42	1.52
2036	1.42	1.53
2037	1.42	1.53
2038	1.43	1.53
2039	1.43	1.53
2040	1.43	1.53
2041	1.44	1.53
2042	1.44	1.53
2043	1.44	1.53
2044	1.45	1.53
2045	1.45	1.53
2046	1.45	1.53
2047	1.46	1.53
2048	1.46	1.54
2049	1.46	1.54
2050	1.47	1.54

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Latvia	Slovenia
1960	22.2%	27.2%
1961	22.4%	27.2%
1962	22.6%	27.1%
1963	22.5%	26.9%
1964	22.4%	26.6%
1965	22.2%	26.2%
1966	22%	25.8%
1967	21.8%	25.5%
1968	21.7%	25.1%
1969	21.6%	24.7%
1970	21.6%	24.3%
1971	21.5%	24%
1972	21.5%	23.9%
1973	21.3%	23.8%
1974	21.2%	23.7%
1975	21%	23.6%
1976	20.8%	23.4%
1977	20.6%	23.3%
1978	20.5%	23.2%
1979	20.4%	23.1%
1980	20.5%	23%
1981	20.6%	22.9%
1982	20.8%	22.8%
1983	20.9%	22.7%
1984	21.1%	22.5%
1985	21.2%	22.3%
1986	21.3%	22%
1987	21.3%	21.6%
1988	21.4%	21.4%
1989	21.4%	21.1%
1990	21.5%	20.8%
1991	21.5%	20.3%
1992	21.4%	19.8%
1993	21.2%	19.3%
1994	21%	18.8%
1995	20.7%	18.3%
1996	20.2%	17.8%
1997	19.7%	17.3%
1998	19%	16.8%
1999	18.3%	16.4%
2000	17.7%	15.9%
2001	17%	15.6%
2002	16.4%	15.2%
2003	15.8%	14.8%
2004	15.2%	14.5%
2005	14.7%	14.3%
2006	14.4%	14.1%
2007	14.1%	14%
2008	14%	14%
2009	14.1%	14%
2010	14.2%	14.1%
2011	14.2%	14.3%
2012	14.4%	14.4%
2013	14.6%	14.6%
2014	14.8%	14.7%
2015	15.1%	14.8%
2016	15.4%	14.9%
2017	15.7%	15%
2018	15.8%	15.1%
2019	15.9%	15.1%
2020	16%	15.1%
2021	16%	15.2%
2022	15.9%	15.1%
2023	15.7%	14.9%
2024	15.4%	14.7%
2025	15.2%	14.5%
2026	15%	14.2%
2027	14.8%	14%
2028	14.5%	13.8%
2029	14.1%	13.5%
2030	13.7%	13.3%
2031	13.2%	13.1%
2032	12.8%	13%
2033	12.4%	12.8%
2034	12.2%	12.7%
2035	11.9%	12.6%
2036	11.7%	12.5%
2037	11.6%	12.4%
2038	11.6%	12.4%
2039	11.6%	12.5%
2040	11.7%	12.5%
2041	11.7%	12.6%
2042	11.8%	12.7%
2043	12%	12.8%
2044	12.1%	12.9%
2045	12.2%	13%
2046	12.4%	13.2%
2047	12.5%	13.3%
2048	12.6%	13.4%
2049	12.7%	13.5%
2050	12.8%	13.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15.4% of the population in Latvia and 14.7% in Slovenia in 2024, compared to 21.5% and 20.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Latvia and Slovenia compared.

Natural population change in Latvia vs Slovenia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.54% in Latvia 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
	Latvia	Slovenia
1960	14,211	12,678
1961	14,207	14,985
1962	11,562	13,150
1963	11,055	14,068
1964	12,100	12,567
1965	8,384	14,513
1966	8,677	15,697
1967	7,825	13,516
1968	7,668	11,250
1969	6,561	9,427
1970	7,785	10,004
1971	8,793	10,951
1972	7,666	10,513
1973	6,040	11,837
1974	6,824	11,367
1975	4,913	11,658
1976	4,200	12,196
1977	3,480	12,160
1978	2,997	11,920
1979	2,506	12,614
1980	3,265	11,027
1981	3,779	10,485
1982	6,327	9,170
1983	8,147	6,343
1984	7,430	5,990
1985	5,673	6,213
1986	10,660	6,094
1987	9,981	5,771
1988	9,022	5,986
1989	6,401	4,592
1990	2,929	3,797
1991	0	2,199
1992	-3,660	598
1993	-12,560	-199
1994	-17,645	199
1995	-17,396	0
1996	-14,498	0
1997	-14,841	-794
1998	-15,906	-1,189
1999	-13,387	-1,388
2000	-11,838	-398
2001	-13,322	-996
2002	-12,475	-1,197
2003	-11,439	-1,996
2004	-11,542	-599
2005	-10,746	-600
2006	-10,204	602
2007	-9,021	1,211
2008	-6,531	3,437
2009	-7,924	3,060
2010	-10,278	3,687
2011	-9,886	3,285
2012	-9,154	2,674
2013	-8,252	1,648
2014	-6,779	2,268
2015	-6,526	826
2016	-6,663	826
2017	-7,963	-207
2018	-9,636	-1,037
2019	-8,995	-1,254
2020	-11,402	-5,256
2021	-17,337	-4,216
2022	-14,847	-4,858
2023	-13,517	-4,665

Maternal mortality chart: Latvia vs Slovenia

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 19 deaths per 100,000 live births in Latvia, compared to 3 deaths in Slovenia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Latvia	Slovenia
1985	51	17
1986	43	16
1987	44	16
1988	42	16
1989	46	15
1990	47	14
1991	46	13
1992	48	13
1993	57	12
1994	65	12
1995	59	11
1996	45	10
1997	41	9
1998	40	9
1999	40	8
2000	34	7
2001	32	6
2002	29	6
2003	30	6
2004	28	6
2005	27	6
2006	28	6
2007	27	6
2008	25	7
2009	24	7
2010	22	7
2011	22	6
2012	20	6
2013	24	6
2014	22	6
2015	22	5
2016	23	5
2017	23	5
2018	23	4
2019	22	4
2020	21	12
2021	42	8
2022	29	15
2023	19	3

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.3% in Latvia 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
	Latvia	Slovenia
1979	2.08%	-
1980	2.07%	-
1981	2.06%	1.78%
1982	2.03%	1.69%
1983	1.96%	1.61%
1984	1.87%	1.53%
1985	1.75%	1.44%
1986	1.64%	1.36%
1987	1.55%	1.27%
1988	1.53%	1.19%
1989	1.58%	1.11%
1990	1.7%	1.04%
1991	1.83%	0.97%
1992	1.93%	0.9%
1993	1.99%	0.84%
1994	2%	0.79%
1995	1.98%	0.73%
1996	1.9%	0.69%
1997	1.79%	0.65%
1998	1.67%	0.61%
1999	1.54%	0.58%
2000	1.42%	0.54%
2001	1.33%	0.52%
2002	1.26%	0.49%
2003	1.19%	0.47%
2004	1.12%	0.44%
2005	1.05%	0.42%
2006	0.99%	0.4%
2007	0.93%	0.38%
2008	0.88%	0.36%
2009	0.83%	0.34%
2010	0.78%	0.32%
2011	0.72%	0.31%
2012	0.66%	0.29%
2013	0.6%	0.28%
2014	0.55%	0.27%
2015	0.51%	0.26%
2016	0.47%	0.26%
2017	0.45%	0.25%
2018	0.42%	0.24%
2019	0.4%	0.24%
2020	0.37%	0.24%
2021	0.35%	0.23%
2022	0.32%	0.23%
2023	0.3%	0.22%