Fertility & birth rates in Malta and Slovakia

Fertility rate in Malta vs Slovakia chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Malta was 1.06 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.

Check Malta vs Slovakia population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Malta	Slovakia
1960	3.62	3.04
1961	3.27	2.96
1962	3.24	2.83
1963	2.9	2.92
1964	2.79	2.89
1965	2.52	2.78
1966	2.33	2.66
1967	2.24	2.48
1968	2.12	2.39
1969	2.02	2.43
1970	2.03	2.41
1971	2.06	2.43
1972	2.01	2.49
1973	1.65	2.56
1974	1.64	2.61
1975	2.27	2.55
1976	2.21	2.55
1977	2.14	2.49
1978	2.05	2.47
1979	2.1	2.45
1980	1.99	2.32
1981	1.87	2.29
1982	1.9	2.28
1983	1.92	2.28
1984	1.95	2.26
1985	1.95	2.26
1986	1.93	2.2
1987	1.97	2.14
1988	2.06	2.13
1989	2.1	2.07
1990	2.02	2.09
1991	1.99	2.05
1992	2.07	1.93
1993	1.96	1.87
1994	1.84	1.67
1995	1.77	1.52
1996	1.99	1.47
1997	1.93	1.43
1998	1.84	1.37
1999	1.73	1.33
2000	1.68	1.3
2001	1.48	1.2
2002	1.45	1.19
2003	1.48	1.2
2004	1.4	1.25
2005	1.38	1.27
2006	1.36	1.25
2007	1.35	1.27
2008	1.43	1.34
2009	1.42	1.44
2010	1.36	1.43
2011	1.45	1.45
2012	1.42	1.34
2013	1.36	1.34
2014	1.38	1.37
2015	1.37	1.4
2016	1.37	1.48
2017	1.26	1.52
2018	1.23	1.54
2019	1.14	1.57
2020	1.13	1.59
2021	1.13	1.63
2022	1.08	1.57
2023	1.06	1.49
2024	1.07	1.49
2025	1.08	1.5
2026	1.08	1.5
2027	1.09	1.5
2028	1.1	1.51
2029	1.11	1.51
2030	1.11	1.51
2031	1.12	1.51
2032	1.12	1.51
2033	1.13	1.52
2034	1.13	1.52
2035	1.14	1.52
2036	1.15	1.52
2037	1.15	1.52
2038	1.16	1.52
2039	1.16	1.52
2040	1.17	1.52
2041	1.17	1.52
2042	1.18	1.52
2043	1.18	1.52
2044	1.19	1.53
2045	1.19	1.53
2046	1.2	1.53
2047	1.2	1.53
2048	1.21	1.53
2049	1.21	1.53
2050	1.21	1.53

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Malta	Slovakia
1960	35.8%	31.5%
1961	35%	31.5%
1962	34.2%	31.3%
1963	33.4%	31%
1964	32.6%	30.8%
1965	31.7%	30.4%
1966	30.9%	29.9%
1967	30.1%	29.3%
1968	29.3%	28.6%
1969	28.5%	28.1%
1970	27.7%	27.5%
1971	26.9%	27%
1972	26.3%	26.6%
1973	25.6%	26.2%
1974	25%	26.1%
1975	24.5%	26%
1976	24.1%	26%
1977	23.8%	26%
1978	23.6%	26.1%
1979	23.5%	26.1%
1980	23.4%	26.1%
1981	23.5%	26.1%
1982	23.6%	26.2%
1983	23.8%	26.3%
1984	24%	26.4%
1985	24.1%	26.5%
1986	24.1%	26.4%
1987	24%	26.3%
1988	23.8%	26.1%
1989	23.6%	25.7%
1990	23.4%	25.2%
1991	23.1%	24.8%
1992	22.9%	24.4%
1993	22.6%	23.9%
1994	22.3%	23.3%
1995	22%	22.7%
1996	21.6%	22.1%
1997	21.2%	21.5%
1998	20.7%	20.9%
1999	20.2%	20.3%
2000	19.8%	19.7%
2001	19.4%	19%
2002	18.9%	18.4%
2003	18.4%	17.9%
2004	17.9%	17.3%
2005	17.4%	16.9%
2006	16.9%	16.4%
2007	16.4%	16%
2008	15.9%	15.7%
2009	15.5%	15.5%
2010	15.2%	15.5%
2011	14.9%	15.4%
2012	14.7%	15.4%
2013	14.5%	15.3%
2014	14.3%	15.3%
2015	14.2%	15.3%
2016	14.2%	15.4%
2017	14%	15.5%
2018	13.8%	15.7%
2019	13.6%	15.8%
2020	13.3%	15.9%
2021	13.2%	15.9%
2022	13.2%	16%
2023	13.2%	15.9%
2024	13%	15.8%
2025	12.9%	15.6%
2026	12.8%	15.4%
2027	12.6%	15.1%
2028	12.5%	15%
2029	12.3%	14.8%
2030	12.2%	14.6%
2031	12%	14.4%
2032	11.7%	14.1%
2033	11.5%	13.8%
2034	11.3%	13.6%
2035	11.1%	13.4%
2036	10.9%	13.2%
2037	10.8%	13%
2038	10.6%	12.9%
2039	10.4%	12.8%
2040	10.3%	12.7%
2041	10.1%	12.7%
2042	9.98%	12.7%
2043	9.86%	12.7%
2044	9.75%	12.7%
2045	9.66%	12.8%
2046	9.59%	12.8%
2047	9.55%	12.9%
2048	9.52%	13%
2049	9.51%	13%
2050	9.52%	13.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 13% of the population in Malta and 15.8% in Slovakia in 2024, compared to 23.4% and 25.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Malta and Slovakia compared.

Natural population change in Malta vs Slovakia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.13% in Malta 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
	Malta	Slovakia
1960	5,747	56,546
1961	4,748	55,749
1962	4,664	49,587
1963	3,709	54,382
1964	3,630	54,092
1965	2,646	48,517
1966	2,458	45,440
1967	2,306	41,824
1968	2,247	38,113
1969	2,069	39,312
1970	2,270	38,575
1971	2,482	40,105
1972	2,480	46,426
1973	2,327	49,199
1974	2,687	52,524
1975	2,829	52,604
1976	2,721	54,121
1977	2,916	52,762
1978	2,389	52,324
1979	2,852	52,353
1980	2,375	44,320
1981	2,233	43,640
1982	2,835	41,958
1983	2,512	39,717
1984	2,678	38,966
1985	2,590	37,680
1986	2,395	34,279
1987	2,412	31,859
1988	2,813	30,979
1989	2,981	26,380
1990	2,621	25,436
1991	2,438	23,865
1992	2,573	21,220
1993	2,451	20,769
1994	2,136	14,970
1995	1,887	9,115
1996	2,279	9,135
1997	1,991	6,999
1998	1,656	4,312
1999	1,357	3,777
2000	1,482	2,155
2001	1,061	-1,076
2002	911	-538
2003	917	-537
2004	883	1,611
2005	727	537
2006	568	537
2007	691	537
2008	777	4,303
2009	825	8,619
2010	871	7,008
2011	916	9,177
2012	714	3,245
2013	807	2,707
2014	910	3,793
2015	888	2,170
2016	1,091	5,431
2017	747	4,351
2018	774	3,268
2019	655	3,818
2020	361	-2,184
2021	259	-16,886
2022	54	-7,062
2023	442	-5,427

Maternal mortality chart: Malta 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 Malta, compared to 4 deaths in Slovakia.

Table

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

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.55% in Malta 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
	Malta	Slovakia
1960	4%	3.67%
1961	3.85%	3.47%
1962	3.73%	3.32%
1963	3.63%	3.21%
1964	3.53%	3.14%
1965	3.43%	3.08%
1966	3.31%	3.05%
1967	3.19%	3.02%
1968	3.06%	3%
1969	2.93%	2.97%
1970	2.79%	2.95%
1971	2.66%	2.92%
1972	2.52%	2.89%
1973	2.39%	2.84%
1974	2.26%	2.78%
1975	2.14%	2.72%
1976	2.03%	2.64%
1977	1.93%	2.55%
1978	1.84%	2.46%
1979	1.76%	2.36%
1980	1.69%	2.27%
1981	1.62%	2.17%
1982	1.57%	2.08%
1983	1.51%	1.99%
1984	1.45%	1.91%
1985	1.39%	1.82%
1986	1.33%	1.73%
1987	1.28%	1.65%
1988	1.23%	1.59%
1989	1.18%	1.53%
1990	1.13%	1.47%
1991	1.1%	1.42%
1992	1.06%	1.37%
1993	1.02%	1.31%
1994	0.98%	1.25%
1995	0.94%	1.2%
1996	0.9%	1.14%
1997	0.86%	1.09%
1998	0.82%	1.05%
1999	0.79%	1%
2000	0.76%	0.96%
2001	0.74%	0.93%
2002	0.72%	0.91%
2003	0.71%	0.88%
2004	0.7%	0.86%
2005	0.69%	0.83%
2006	0.69%	0.8%
2007	0.69%	0.77%
2008	0.69%	0.74%
2009	0.69%	0.71%
2010	0.69%	0.69%
2011	0.68%	0.67%
2012	0.68%	0.66%
2013	0.67%	0.64%
2014	0.67%	0.63%
2015	0.66%	0.62%
2016	0.65%	0.61%
2017	0.64%	0.6%
2018	0.63%	0.6%
2019	0.61%	0.59%
2020	0.6%	0.59%
2021	0.58%	0.6%
2022	0.57%	0.6%
2023	0.55%	0.61%