Fertility & birth rates in Lithuania and Slovakia

Fertility rate in Lithuania vs Slovakia chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Lithuania was 1.18 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
	Lithuania	Slovakia
1960	2.56	3.04
1961	2.53	2.96
1962	2.45	2.83
1963	2.35	2.92
1964	2.28	2.89
1965	2.23	2.78
1966	2.22	2.66
1967	2.23	2.48
1968	2.24	2.39
1969	2.3	2.43
1970	2.4	2.41
1971	2.41	2.43
1972	2.34	2.49
1973	2.22	2.56
1974	2.21	2.61
1975	2.18	2.55
1976	2.18	2.55
1977	2.14	2.49
1978	2.08	2.47
1979	2.05	2.45
1980	1.99	2.32
1981	1.98	2.29
1982	1.97	2.28
1983	2.1	2.28
1984	2.07	2.26
1985	2.08	2.26
1986	2.12	2.2
1987	2.11	2.14
1988	2.02	2.13
1989	1.98	2.07
1990	2.03	2.09
1991	2.01	2.05
1992	1.97	1.93
1993	1.74	1.87
1994	1.57	1.67
1995	1.55	1.52
1996	1.49	1.47
1997	1.47	1.43
1998	1.46	1.37
1999	1.46	1.33
2000	1.39	1.3
2001	1.29	1.2
2002	1.23	1.19
2003	1.26	1.2
2004	1.27	1.25
2005	1.29	1.27
2006	1.33	1.25
2007	1.36	1.27
2008	1.45	1.34
2009	1.5	1.44
2010	1.5	1.43
2011	1.55	1.45
2012	1.6	1.34
2013	1.59	1.34
2014	1.57	1.37
2015	1.63	1.4
2016	1.63	1.48
2017	1.57	1.52
2018	1.53	1.54
2019	1.43	1.57
2020	1.36	1.59
2021	1.36	1.63
2022	1.27	1.57
2023	1.18	1.49
2024	1.19	1.49
2025	1.2	1.5
2026	1.2	1.5
2027	1.21	1.5
2028	1.22	1.51
2029	1.22	1.51
2030	1.23	1.51
2031	1.23	1.51
2032	1.24	1.51
2033	1.25	1.52
2034	1.25	1.52
2035	1.26	1.52
2036	1.27	1.52
2037	1.27	1.52
2038	1.28	1.52
2039	1.28	1.52
2040	1.29	1.52
2041	1.29	1.52
2042	1.3	1.52
2043	1.3	1.52
2044	1.31	1.53
2045	1.31	1.53
2046	1.31	1.53
2047	1.32	1.53
2048	1.32	1.53
2049	1.33	1.53
2050	1.33	1.53

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Lithuania	Slovakia
1960	27.1%	31.5%
1961	27.3%	31.5%
1962	27.4%	31.3%
1963	27.5%	31%
1964	27.4%	30.8%
1965	27.3%	30.4%
1966	27.3%	29.9%
1967	27.2%	29.3%
1968	27.2%	28.6%
1969	27.2%	28.1%
1970	27.1%	27.5%
1971	26.8%	27%
1972	26.6%	26.6%
1973	26.1%	26.2%
1974	25.6%	26.1%
1975	25.1%	26%
1976	24.6%	26%
1977	24.2%	26%
1978	23.8%	26.1%
1979	23.5%	26.1%
1980	23.3%	26.1%
1981	23.1%	26.1%
1982	22.9%	26.2%
1983	22.8%	26.3%
1984	22.8%	26.4%
1985	22.7%	26.5%
1986	22.7%	26.4%
1987	22.7%	26.3%
1988	22.6%	26.1%
1989	22.5%	25.7%
1990	22.6%	25.2%
1991	22.5%	24.8%
1992	22.4%	24.4%
1993	22.3%	23.9%
1994	22.1%	23.3%
1995	21.8%	22.7%
1996	21.5%	22.1%
1997	21.2%	21.5%
1998	20.9%	20.9%
1999	20.4%	20.3%
2000	20%	19.7%
2001	19.3%	19%
2002	18.6%	18.4%
2003	17.9%	17.9%
2004	17.4%	17.3%
2005	16.8%	16.9%
2006	16.3%	16.4%
2007	15.8%	16%
2008	15.3%	15.7%
2009	15%	15.5%
2010	14.9%	15.5%
2011	14.8%	15.4%
2012	14.7%	15.4%
2013	14.6%	15.3%
2014	14.6%	15.3%
2015	14.6%	15.3%
2016	14.7%	15.4%
2017	14.9%	15.5%
2018	15%	15.7%
2019	15.1%	15.8%
2020	15.1%	15.9%
2021	15.1%	15.9%
2022	15%	16%
2023	14.9%	15.9%
2024	14.7%	15.8%
2025	14.5%	15.6%
2026	14.3%	15.4%
2027	14.1%	15.1%
2028	13.9%	15%
2029	13.6%	14.8%
2030	13.3%	14.6%
2031	13%	14.4%
2032	12.7%	14.1%
2033	12.4%	13.8%
2034	12.1%	13.6%
2035	11.9%	13.4%
2036	11.7%	13.2%
2037	11.6%	13%
2038	11.5%	12.9%
2039	11.4%	12.8%
2040	11.4%	12.7%
2041	11.3%	12.7%
2042	11.3%	12.7%
2043	11.3%	12.7%
2044	11.2%	12.7%
2045	11.2%	12.8%
2046	11.3%	12.8%
2047	11.3%	12.9%
2048	11.3%	13%
2049	11.3%	13%
2050	11.4%	13.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 14.7% of the population in Lithuania and 15.8% in Slovakia in 2024, compared to 22.6% and 25.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Lithuania and Slovakia compared.

Natural population change in Lithuania vs Slovakia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.54% in Lithuania 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
	Lithuania	Slovakia
1960	40,845	56,546
1961	40,376	55,749
1962	34,933	49,587
1963	33,918	54,382
1964	34,048	54,092
1965	30,309	48,517
1966	30,381	45,440
1967	29,226	41,824
1968	28,325	38,113
1969	27,345	39,312
1970	27,629	38,575
1971	28,930	40,105
1972	25,388	46,426
1973	22,712	49,199
1974	22,589	52,524
1975	20,470	52,604
1976	20,305	54,121
1977	19,124	52,762
1978	17,573	52,324
1979	16,989	52,353
1980	16,042	44,320
1981	16,478	43,640
1982	18,323	41,958
1983	20,911	39,717
1984	18,976	38,966
1985	19,140	37,680
1986	23,978	34,279
1987	22,422	31,859
1988	19,006	30,979
1989	17,316	26,380
1990	17,010	25,436
1991	14,817	23,865
1992	12,950	21,220
1993	1,473	20,769
1994	-4,023	14,970
1995	-3,992	9,115
1996	-3,962	9,135
1997	-3,218	6,999
1998	-3,904	4,312
1999	-3,877	3,777
2000	-4,549	2,155
2001	-9,024	-1,076
2002	-11,362	-538
2003	-10,929	-537
2004	-11,482	1,611
2005	-14,287	537
2006	-15,041	537
2007	-15,510	537
2008	-12,153	4,303
2009	-9,805	8,619
2010	-11,460	7,008
2011	-10,901	9,177
2012	-11,060	3,245
2013	-12,733	2,707
2014	-10,868	3,793
2015	-11,935	2,170
2016	-11,509	5,431
2017	-12,224	4,351
2018	-12,686	3,268
2019	-13,212	3,818
2020	-19,953	-2,184
2021	-24,433	-16,886
2022	-20,671	-7,062
2023	-16,368	-5,427

Maternal mortality chart: Lithuania vs Slovakia

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 8 deaths per 100,000 live births in Lithuania, compared to 4 deaths in Slovakia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Lithuania	Slovakia
1985	35	19
1986	30	19
1987	28	19
1988	28	18
1989	31	17
1990	29	18
1991	29	17
1992	28	15
1993	29	14
1994	31	12
1995	28	11
1996	25	10
1997	21	10
1998	19	10
1999	18	9
2000	16	8
2001	16	8
2002	14	7
2003	14	7
2004	12	7
2005	13	7
2006	14	6
2007	14	6
2008	13	5
2009	11	6
2010	10	5
2011	10	5
2012	10	5
2013	10	5
2014	9	5
2015	10	5
2016	9	5
2017	10	5
2018	9	5
2019	9	5
2020	8	4
2021	9	12
2022	9	5
2023	8	4

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.34% in Lithuania 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
	Lithuania	Slovakia
1960	-	3.67%
1961	-	3.47%
1962	-	3.32%
1963	-	3.21%
1964	-	3.14%
1965	-	3.08%
1966	-	3.05%
1967	2.63%	3.02%
1968	2.63%	3%
1969	2.51%	2.97%
1970	2.29%	2.95%
1971	2.11%	2.92%
1972	2.08%	2.89%
1973	2.16%	2.84%
1974	2.24%	2.78%
1975	2.26%	2.72%
1976	2.25%	2.64%
1977	2.22%	2.55%
1978	2.18%	2.46%
1979	2.12%	2.36%
1980	2.05%	2.27%
1981	1.98%	2.17%
1982	1.92%	2.08%
1983	1.87%	1.99%
1984	1.82%	1.91%
1985	1.74%	1.82%
1986	1.64%	1.73%
1987	1.52%	1.65%
1988	1.42%	1.59%
1989	1.42%	1.53%
1990	1.52%	1.47%
1991	1.67%	1.42%
1992	1.78%	1.37%
1993	1.79%	1.31%
1994	1.69%	1.25%
1995	1.51%	1.2%
1996	1.34%	1.14%
1997	1.23%	1.09%
1998	1.16%	1.05%
1999	1.12%	1%
2000	1.07%	0.96%
2001	1.03%	0.93%
2002	0.99%	0.91%
2003	0.96%	0.88%
2004	0.93%	0.86%
2005	0.9%	0.83%
2006	0.86%	0.8%
2007	0.8%	0.77%
2008	0.74%	0.74%
2009	0.67%	0.71%
2010	0.6%	0.69%
2011	0.56%	0.67%
2012	0.53%	0.66%
2013	0.51%	0.64%
2014	0.51%	0.63%
2015	0.5%	0.62%
2016	0.49%	0.61%
2017	0.46%	0.6%
2018	0.42%	0.6%
2019	0.39%	0.59%
2020	0.37%	0.59%
2021	0.36%	0.6%
2022	0.35%	0.6%
2023	0.34%	0.61%