Fertility & birth rates in Malawi and Slovenia

Fertility rate in Malawi vs Slovenia chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Malawi was 3.65 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
	Malawi	Slovenia
1960	7.04	2.19
1961	7.07	2.27
1962	7.1	2.28
1963	7.13	2.27
1964	7.11	2.31
1965	7.13	2.43
1966	7.17	2.47
1967	7.21	2.37
1968	7.26	2.25
1969	7.27	2.17
1970	7.3	2.11
1971	7.31	2.16
1972	7.33	2.17
1973	7.34	2.2
1974	7.34	2.13
1975	7.36	2.17
1976	7.39	2.2
1977	7.41	2.17
1978	7.43	2.2
1979	7.47	2.22
1980	7.52	2.11
1981	7.49	1.96
1982	7.45	1.93
1983	7.36	1.81
1984	7.27	1.74
1985	7.17	1.71
1986	7.07	1.67
1987	6.97	1.65
1988	6.88	1.63
1989	6.8	1.52
1990	6.74	1.46
1991	6.68	1.42
1992	6.63	1.33
1993	6.57	1.33
1994	6.49	1.32
1995	6.39	1.29
1996	6.29	1.28
1997	6.23	1.25
1998	6.21	1.23
1999	6.12	1.21
2000	6	1.26
2001	5.94	1.21
2002	5.9	1.21
2003	5.88	1.2
2004	5.86	1.25
2005	5.85	1.26
2006	5.8	1.31
2007	5.72	1.38
2008	5.61	1.53
2009	5.45	1.53
2010	5.26	1.57
2011	5.08	1.56
2012	4.9	1.58
2013	4.76	1.55
2014	4.57	1.58
2015	4.38	1.57
2016	4.22	1.58
2017	4.11	1.62
2018	4.02	1.6
2019	3.95	1.61
2020	3.88	1.59
2021	3.79	1.64
2022	3.72	1.55
2023	3.65	1.51
2024	3.59	1.51
2025	3.53	1.51
2026	3.45	1.51
2027	3.39	1.51
2028	3.33	1.52
2029	3.29	1.52
2030	3.23	1.52
2031	3.18	1.52
2032	3.13	1.52
2033	3.09	1.52
2034	3.05	1.52
2035	3.01	1.52
2036	2.97	1.53
2037	2.93	1.53
2038	2.89	1.53
2039	2.86	1.53
2040	2.82	1.53
2041	2.79	1.53
2042	2.76	1.53
2043	2.73	1.53
2044	2.7	1.53
2045	2.67	1.53
2046	2.64	1.53
2047	2.61	1.53
2048	2.59	1.54
2049	2.57	1.54
2050	2.54	1.54

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Malawi	Slovenia
1960	43.1%	27.2%
1961	42.9%	27.2%
1962	42.8%	27.1%
1963	42.9%	26.9%
1964	43%	26.6%
1965	43.2%	26.2%
1966	43.4%	25.8%
1967	43.7%	25.5%
1968	43.9%	25.1%
1969	44.2%	24.7%
1970	44.4%	24.3%
1971	44.6%	24%
1972	44.8%	23.9%
1973	44.9%	23.8%
1974	45.1%	23.7%
1975	45.2%	23.6%
1976	45.2%	23.4%
1977	45.3%	23.3%
1978	45.3%	23.2%
1979	45.3%	23.1%
1980	45.4%	23%
1981	45.4%	22.9%
1982	45.4%	22.8%
1983	45.5%	22.7%
1984	45.5%	22.5%
1985	45.4%	22.3%
1986	45.4%	22%
1987	45.1%	21.6%
1988	45%	21.4%
1989	45.2%	21.1%
1990	45.4%	20.8%
1991	45.6%	20.3%
1992	45.8%	19.8%
1993	46%	19.3%
1994	46.1%	18.8%
1995	46.1%	18.3%
1996	46.2%	17.8%
1997	46.2%	17.3%
1998	46.2%	16.8%
1999	46.2%	16.4%
2000	46.2%	15.9%
2001	46.1%	15.6%
2002	46.1%	15.2%
2003	46.1%	14.8%
2004	46%	14.5%
2005	46%	14.3%
2006	46.1%	14.1%
2007	46.1%	14%
2008	46.1%	14%
2009	46.2%	14%
2010	46.2%	14.1%
2011	46.2%	14.3%
2012	46.1%	14.4%
2013	46%	14.6%
2014	45.7%	14.7%
2015	45.4%	14.8%
2016	45.1%	14.9%
2017	44.6%	15%
2018	44.2%	15.1%
2019	43.7%	15.1%
2020	43.1%	15.1%
2021	42.5%	15.2%
2022	41.9%	15.1%
2023	41.3%	14.9%
2024	40.7%	14.7%
2025	40.1%	14.5%
2026	39.6%	14.2%
2027	39.1%	14%
2028	38.6%	13.8%
2029	38.1%	13.5%
2030	37.7%	13.3%
2031	37.4%	13.1%
2032	37%	13%
2033	36.7%	12.8%
2034	36.4%	12.7%
2035	36%	12.6%
2036	35.7%	12.5%
2037	35.3%	12.4%
2038	35%	12.4%
2039	34.6%	12.5%
2040	34.2%	12.5%
2041	33.9%	12.6%
2042	33.5%	12.7%
2043	33.1%	12.8%
2044	32.7%	12.9%
2045	32.3%	13%
2046	31.9%	13.2%
2047	31.5%	13.3%
2048	31.2%	13.4%
2049	30.8%	13.5%
2050	30.5%	13.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 40.7% of the population in Malawi and 14.7% in Slovenia in 2024, compared to 45.4% and 20.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Malawi and Slovenia compared.

Natural population change in Malawi vs Slovenia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.67% in Malawi 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
	Malawi	Slovenia
1960	85,718	12,678
1961	89,091	14,985
1962	92,463	13,150
1963	95,933	14,068
1964	97,658	12,567
1965	100,040	14,513
1966	103,512	15,697
1967	106,668	13,516
1968	110,329	11,250
1969	113,120	9,427
1970	116,822	10,004
1971	121,015	10,951
1972	125,728	10,513
1973	131,529	11,837
1974	137,819	11,367
1975	145,254	11,658
1976	153,422	12,196
1977	161,930	12,160
1978	172,503	11,920
1979	182,123	12,614
1980	192,746	11,027
1981	199,436	10,485
1982	205,386	9,170
1983	209,422	6,343
1984	212,146	5,990
1985	216,179	6,213
1986	218,519	6,094
1987	220,566	5,771
1988	226,911	5,986
1989	237,967	4,592
1990	250,159	3,797
1991	260,193	2,199
1992	269,066	598
1993	276,538	-199
1994	275,439	199
1995	266,745	0
1996	270,048	0
1997	277,433	-794
1998	285,407	-1,189
1999	295,629	-1,388
2000	300,439	-398
2001	310,833	-996
2002	322,863	-1,197
2003	341,133	-1,996
2004	361,133	-599
2005	381,130	-600
2006	397,123	602
2007	410,290	1,211
2008	421,781	3,437
2009	434,811	3,060
2010	444,468	3,687
2011	454,149	3,285
2012	460,684	2,674
2013	470,293	1,648
2014	472,418	2,268
2015	472,484	826
2016	474,779	826
2017	484,655	-207
2018	494,348	-1,037
2019	506,104	-1,254
2020	514,659	-5,256
2021	517,400	-4,216
2022	533,450	-4,858
2023	549,096	-4,665

Maternal mortality chart: Malawi vs Slovenia

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 225 deaths per 100,000 live births in Malawi, compared to 3 deaths in Slovenia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Malawi	Slovenia
1985	1,115	17
1986	1,118	16
1987	1,123	16
1988	1,154	16
1989	1,136	15
1990	1,112	14
1991	1,080	13
1992	1,042	13
1993	1,000	12
1994	912	12
1995	782	11
1996	713	10
1997	672	9
1998	658	9
1999	576	8
2000	506	7
2001	447	6
2002	404	6
2003	346	6
2004	304	6
2005	283	6
2006	286	6
2007	333	6
2008	430	7
2009	512	7
2010	517	7
2011	486	6
2012	447	6
2013	410	6
2014	367	6
2015	354	5
2016	312	5
2017	284	5
2018	267	4
2019	260	4
2020	256	12
2021	286	8
2022	239	15
2023	225	3

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.83% in Malawi 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
	Malawi	Slovenia
1961	35.9%	-
1962	35.8%	-
1963	35.7%	-
1964	35.5%	-
1965	35.4%	-
1966	35.3%	-
1967	35.1%	-
1968	35%	-
1969	34.7%	-
1970	34.4%	-
1971	33.9%	-
1972	33.2%	-
1973	32.4%	-
1974	31.5%	-
1975	30.6%	-
1976	29.7%	-
1977	28.7%	-
1978	27.6%	-
1979	26.5%	-
1980	25.6%	-
1981	24.9%	1.78%
1982	24.5%	1.69%
1983	24.5%	1.61%
1984	24.8%	1.53%
1985	25.1%	1.44%
1986	25.4%	1.36%
1987	25.5%	1.27%
1988	25.3%	1.19%
1989	24.9%	1.11%
1990	24.3%	1.04%
1991	23.6%	0.97%
1992	22.8%	0.9%
1993	22%	0.84%
1994	21.3%	0.79%
1995	20.7%	0.73%
1996	20.2%	0.69%
1997	19.7%	0.65%
1998	19.2%	0.61%
1999	18.4%	0.58%
2000	17.3%	0.54%
2001	16%	0.52%
2002	14.6%	0.49%
2003	13.2%	0.47%
2004	11.9%	0.44%
2005	11%	0.42%
2006	10.3%	0.4%
2007	9.83%	0.38%
2008	9.31%	0.36%
2009	8.81%	0.34%
2010	8.3%	0.32%
2011	7.67%	0.31%
2012	6.98%	0.29%
2013	6.4%	0.28%
2014	6.02%	0.27%
2015	5.67%	0.26%
2016	5.35%	0.26%
2017	5.06%	0.25%
2018	4.75%	0.24%
2019	4.55%	0.24%
2020	4.31%	0.24%
2021	4.15%	0.23%
2022	3.99%	0.23%
2023	3.83%	0.22%