Fertility & birth rates in Lithuania and Slovenia

Fertility rate in Lithuania vs Slovenia 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 1.51 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
	Lithuania	Slovenia
1960	2.56	2.19
1961	2.53	2.27
1962	2.45	2.28
1963	2.35	2.27
1964	2.28	2.31
1965	2.23	2.43
1966	2.22	2.47
1967	2.23	2.37
1968	2.24	2.25
1969	2.3	2.17
1970	2.4	2.11
1971	2.41	2.16
1972	2.34	2.17
1973	2.22	2.2
1974	2.21	2.13
1975	2.18	2.17
1976	2.18	2.2
1977	2.14	2.17
1978	2.08	2.2
1979	2.05	2.22
1980	1.99	2.11
1981	1.98	1.96
1982	1.97	1.93
1983	2.1	1.81
1984	2.07	1.74
1985	2.08	1.71
1986	2.12	1.67
1987	2.11	1.65
1988	2.02	1.63
1989	1.98	1.52
1990	2.03	1.46
1991	2.01	1.42
1992	1.97	1.33
1993	1.74	1.33
1994	1.57	1.32
1995	1.55	1.29
1996	1.49	1.28
1997	1.47	1.25
1998	1.46	1.23
1999	1.46	1.21
2000	1.39	1.26
2001	1.29	1.21
2002	1.23	1.21
2003	1.26	1.2
2004	1.27	1.25
2005	1.29	1.26
2006	1.33	1.31
2007	1.36	1.38
2008	1.45	1.53
2009	1.5	1.53
2010	1.5	1.57
2011	1.55	1.56
2012	1.6	1.58
2013	1.59	1.55
2014	1.57	1.58
2015	1.63	1.57
2016	1.63	1.58
2017	1.57	1.62
2018	1.53	1.6
2019	1.43	1.61
2020	1.36	1.59
2021	1.36	1.64
2022	1.27	1.55
2023	1.18	1.51
2024	1.19	1.51
2025	1.2	1.51
2026	1.2	1.51
2027	1.21	1.51
2028	1.22	1.52
2029	1.22	1.52
2030	1.23	1.52
2031	1.23	1.52
2032	1.24	1.52
2033	1.25	1.52
2034	1.25	1.52
2035	1.26	1.52
2036	1.27	1.53
2037	1.27	1.53
2038	1.28	1.53
2039	1.28	1.53
2040	1.29	1.53
2041	1.29	1.53
2042	1.3	1.53
2043	1.3	1.53
2044	1.31	1.53
2045	1.31	1.53
2046	1.31	1.53
2047	1.32	1.53
2048	1.32	1.54
2049	1.33	1.54
2050	1.33	1.54

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Lithuania	Slovenia
1960	27.1%	27.2%
1961	27.3%	27.2%
1962	27.4%	27.1%
1963	27.5%	26.9%
1964	27.4%	26.6%
1965	27.3%	26.2%
1966	27.3%	25.8%
1967	27.2%	25.5%
1968	27.2%	25.1%
1969	27.2%	24.7%
1970	27.1%	24.3%
1971	26.8%	24%
1972	26.6%	23.9%
1973	26.1%	23.8%
1974	25.6%	23.7%
1975	25.1%	23.6%
1976	24.6%	23.4%
1977	24.2%	23.3%
1978	23.8%	23.2%
1979	23.5%	23.1%
1980	23.3%	23%
1981	23.1%	22.9%
1982	22.9%	22.8%
1983	22.8%	22.7%
1984	22.8%	22.5%
1985	22.7%	22.3%
1986	22.7%	22%
1987	22.7%	21.6%
1988	22.6%	21.4%
1989	22.5%	21.1%
1990	22.6%	20.8%
1991	22.5%	20.3%
1992	22.4%	19.8%
1993	22.3%	19.3%
1994	22.1%	18.8%
1995	21.8%	18.3%
1996	21.5%	17.8%
1997	21.2%	17.3%
1998	20.9%	16.8%
1999	20.4%	16.4%
2000	20%	15.9%
2001	19.3%	15.6%
2002	18.6%	15.2%
2003	17.9%	14.8%
2004	17.4%	14.5%
2005	16.8%	14.3%
2006	16.3%	14.1%
2007	15.8%	14%
2008	15.3%	14%
2009	15%	14%
2010	14.9%	14.1%
2011	14.8%	14.3%
2012	14.7%	14.4%
2013	14.6%	14.6%
2014	14.6%	14.7%
2015	14.6%	14.8%
2016	14.7%	14.9%
2017	14.9%	15%
2018	15%	15.1%
2019	15.1%	15.1%
2020	15.1%	15.1%
2021	15.1%	15.2%
2022	15%	15.1%
2023	14.9%	14.9%
2024	14.7%	14.7%
2025	14.5%	14.5%
2026	14.3%	14.2%
2027	14.1%	14%
2028	13.9%	13.8%
2029	13.6%	13.5%
2030	13.3%	13.3%
2031	13%	13.1%
2032	12.7%	13%
2033	12.4%	12.8%
2034	12.1%	12.7%
2035	11.9%	12.6%
2036	11.7%	12.5%
2037	11.6%	12.4%
2038	11.5%	12.4%
2039	11.4%	12.5%
2040	11.4%	12.5%
2041	11.3%	12.6%
2042	11.3%	12.7%
2043	11.3%	12.8%
2044	11.2%	12.9%
2045	11.2%	13%
2046	11.3%	13.2%
2047	11.3%	13.3%
2048	11.3%	13.4%
2049	11.3%	13.5%
2050	11.4%	13.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 14.7% of the population in Lithuania and 14.7% in Slovenia in 2024, compared to 22.6% and 20.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Lithuania and Slovenia compared.

Natural population change in Lithuania vs Slovenia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.54% in Lithuania 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
	Lithuania	Slovenia
1960	40,845	12,678
1961	40,376	14,985
1962	34,933	13,150
1963	33,918	14,068
1964	34,048	12,567
1965	30,309	14,513
1966	30,381	15,697
1967	29,226	13,516
1968	28,325	11,250
1969	27,345	9,427
1970	27,629	10,004
1971	28,930	10,951
1972	25,388	10,513
1973	22,712	11,837
1974	22,589	11,367
1975	20,470	11,658
1976	20,305	12,196
1977	19,124	12,160
1978	17,573	11,920
1979	16,989	12,614
1980	16,042	11,027
1981	16,478	10,485
1982	18,323	9,170
1983	20,911	6,343
1984	18,976	5,990
1985	19,140	6,213
1986	23,978	6,094
1987	22,422	5,771
1988	19,006	5,986
1989	17,316	4,592
1990	17,010	3,797
1991	14,817	2,199
1992	12,950	598
1993	1,473	-199
1994	-4,023	199
1995	-3,992	0
1996	-3,962	0
1997	-3,218	-794
1998	-3,904	-1,189
1999	-3,877	-1,388
2000	-4,549	-398
2001	-9,024	-996
2002	-11,362	-1,197
2003	-10,929	-1,996
2004	-11,482	-599
2005	-14,287	-600
2006	-15,041	602
2007	-15,510	1,211
2008	-12,153	3,437
2009	-9,805	3,060
2010	-11,460	3,687
2011	-10,901	3,285
2012	-11,060	2,674
2013	-12,733	1,648
2014	-10,868	2,268
2015	-11,935	826
2016	-11,509	826
2017	-12,224	-207
2018	-12,686	-1,037
2019	-13,212	-1,254
2020	-19,953	-5,256
2021	-24,433	-4,216
2022	-20,671	-4,858
2023	-16,368	-4,665

Maternal mortality chart: Lithuania vs Slovenia

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 3 deaths in Slovenia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Lithuania	Slovenia
1985	35	17
1986	30	16
1987	28	16
1988	28	16
1989	31	15
1990	29	14
1991	29	13
1992	28	13
1993	29	12
1994	31	12
1995	28	11
1996	25	10
1997	21	9
1998	19	9
1999	18	8
2000	16	7
2001	16	6
2002	14	6
2003	14	6
2004	12	6
2005	13	6
2006	14	6
2007	14	6
2008	13	7
2009	11	7
2010	10	7
2011	10	6
2012	10	6
2013	10	6
2014	9	6
2015	10	5
2016	9	5
2017	10	5
2018	9	4
2019	9	4
2020	8	12
2021	9	8
2022	9	15
2023	8	3

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.34% in Lithuania 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
	Lithuania	Slovenia
1967	2.63%	-
1968	2.63%	-
1969	2.51%	-
1970	2.29%	-
1971	2.11%	-
1972	2.08%	-
1973	2.16%	-
1974	2.24%	-
1975	2.26%	-
1976	2.25%	-
1977	2.22%	-
1978	2.18%	-
1979	2.12%	-
1980	2.05%	-
1981	1.98%	1.78%
1982	1.92%	1.69%
1983	1.87%	1.61%
1984	1.82%	1.53%
1985	1.74%	1.44%
1986	1.64%	1.36%
1987	1.52%	1.27%
1988	1.42%	1.19%
1989	1.42%	1.11%
1990	1.52%	1.04%
1991	1.67%	0.97%
1992	1.78%	0.9%
1993	1.79%	0.84%
1994	1.69%	0.79%
1995	1.51%	0.73%
1996	1.34%	0.69%
1997	1.23%	0.65%
1998	1.16%	0.61%
1999	1.12%	0.58%
2000	1.07%	0.54%
2001	1.03%	0.52%
2002	0.99%	0.49%
2003	0.96%	0.47%
2004	0.93%	0.44%
2005	0.9%	0.42%
2006	0.86%	0.4%
2007	0.8%	0.38%
2008	0.74%	0.36%
2009	0.67%	0.34%
2010	0.6%	0.32%
2011	0.56%	0.31%
2012	0.53%	0.29%
2013	0.51%	0.28%
2014	0.51%	0.27%
2015	0.5%	0.26%
2016	0.49%	0.26%
2017	0.46%	0.25%
2018	0.42%	0.24%
2019	0.39%	0.24%
2020	0.37%	0.24%
2021	0.36%	0.23%
2022	0.35%	0.23%
2023	0.34%	0.22%