Fertility & birth rates in Panama and Slovakia

Fertility rate in Panama vs Slovakia chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Panama was 2.12 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
	Panama	Slovakia
1960	5.83	3.04
1961	5.87	2.96
1962	5.87	2.83
1963	5.87	2.92
1964	5.81	2.89
1965	5.73	2.78
1966	5.65	2.66
1967	5.53	2.48
1968	5.41	2.39
1969	5.29	2.43
1970	5.18	2.41
1971	5.05	2.43
1972	4.91	2.49
1973	4.74	2.56
1974	4.58	2.61
1975	4.41	2.55
1976	4.26	2.55
1977	4.12	2.49
1978	3.98	2.47
1979	3.88	2.45
1980	3.8	2.32
1981	3.72	2.29
1982	3.66	2.28
1983	3.6	2.28
1984	3.52	2.26
1985	3.43	2.26
1986	3.34	2.2
1987	3.25	2.14
1988	3.17	2.13
1989	3.12	2.07
1990	3.07	2.09
1991	3	2.05
1992	2.95	1.93
1993	2.91	1.87
1994	2.88	1.67
1995	2.85	1.52
1996	2.83	1.47
1997	2.81	1.43
1998	2.79	1.37
1999	2.77	1.33
2000	2.74	1.3
2001	2.72	1.2
2002	2.7	1.19
2003	2.68	1.2
2004	2.68	1.25
2005	2.64	1.27
2006	2.62	1.25
2007	2.61	1.27
2008	2.61	1.34
2009	2.59	1.44
2010	2.59	1.43
2011	2.6	1.45
2012	2.59	1.34
2013	2.57	1.34
2014	2.55	1.37
2015	2.53	1.4
2016	2.5	1.48
2017	2.46	1.52
2018	2.4	1.54
2019	2.29	1.57
2020	2.18	1.59
2021	2.15	1.63
2022	2.14	1.57
2023	2.12	1.49
2024	2.11	1.49
2025	2.09	1.5
2026	2.07	1.5
2027	2.06	1.5
2028	2.04	1.51
2029	2.02	1.51
2030	2.01	1.51
2031	2	1.51
2032	1.99	1.51
2033	1.97	1.52
2034	1.96	1.52
2035	1.95	1.52
2036	1.95	1.52
2037	1.94	1.52
2038	1.93	1.52
2039	1.92	1.52
2040	1.91	1.52
2041	1.91	1.52
2042	1.9	1.52
2043	1.89	1.52
2044	1.89	1.53
2045	1.88	1.53
2046	1.88	1.53
2047	1.87	1.53
2048	1.87	1.53
2049	1.86	1.53
2050	1.86	1.53

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Panama	Slovakia
1960	44.2%	31.5%
1961	44.3%	31.5%
1962	44.5%	31.3%
1963	44.6%	31%
1964	44.7%	30.8%
1965	44.8%	30.4%
1966	44.8%	29.9%
1967	44.8%	29.3%
1968	44.7%	28.6%
1969	44.6%	28.1%
1970	44.5%	27.5%
1971	44.3%	27%
1972	44.1%	26.6%
1973	43.9%	26.2%
1974	43.6%	26.1%
1975	43.3%	26%
1976	42.9%	26%
1977	42.4%	26%
1978	41.9%	26.1%
1979	41.4%	26.1%
1980	40.8%	26.1%
1981	40.3%	26.1%
1982	39.8%	26.2%
1983	39.3%	26.3%
1984	38.8%	26.4%
1985	38.3%	26.5%
1986	37.8%	26.4%
1987	37.4%	26.3%
1988	36.9%	26.1%
1989	36.5%	25.7%
1990	36.1%	25.2%
1991	35.7%	24.8%
1992	35.3%	24.4%
1993	34.9%	23.9%
1994	34.6%	23.3%
1995	34.2%	22.7%
1996	33.9%	22.1%
1997	33.5%	21.5%
1998	33.1%	20.9%
1999	32.8%	20.3%
2000	32.4%	19.7%
2001	32%	19%
2002	31.6%	18.4%
2003	31.3%	17.9%
2004	31%	17.3%
2005	30.6%	16.9%
2006	30.3%	16.4%
2007	30%	16%
2008	29.7%	15.7%
2009	29.5%	15.5%
2010	29.2%	15.5%
2011	28.9%	15.4%
2012	28.7%	15.4%
2013	28.4%	15.3%
2014	28.2%	15.3%
2015	27.9%	15.3%
2016	27.6%	15.4%
2017	27.4%	15.5%
2018	27.1%	15.7%
2019	26.7%	15.8%
2020	26.4%	15.9%
2021	26%	15.9%
2022	25.7%	16%
2023	25.3%	15.9%
2024	24.9%	15.8%
2025	24.5%	15.6%
2026	24.1%	15.4%
2027	23.8%	15.1%
2028	23.4%	15%
2029	23%	14.8%
2030	22.6%	14.6%
2031	22.2%	14.4%
2032	21.9%	14.1%
2033	21.6%	13.8%
2034	21.3%	13.6%
2035	21%	13.4%
2036	20.9%	13.2%
2037	20.7%	13%
2038	20.5%	12.9%
2039	20.3%	12.8%
2040	20.1%	12.7%
2041	20%	12.7%
2042	19.8%	12.7%
2043	19.6%	12.7%
2044	19.4%	12.7%
2045	19.3%	12.8%
2046	19.1%	12.8%
2047	18.9%	12.9%
2048	18.8%	13%
2049	18.6%	13%
2050	18.4%	13.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 24.9% of the population in Panama and 15.8% in Slovakia in 2024, compared to 36.1% and 25.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Panama and Slovakia compared.

Natural population change in Panama vs Slovakia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.31% in Panama 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
	Panama	Slovakia
1960	35,431	56,546
1961	37,100	55,749
1962	38,537	49,587
1963	39,872	54,382
1964	40,806	54,092
1965	41,604	48,517
1966	42,457	45,440
1967	43,054	41,824
1968	43,641	38,113
1969	44,278	39,312
1970	45,075	38,575
1971	45,867	40,105
1972	46,311	46,426
1973	46,540	49,199
1974	46,932	52,524
1975	47,149	52,604
1976	47,307	54,121
1977	47,438	52,762
1978	47,694	52,324
1979	48,362	52,353
1980	49,077	44,320
1981	50,018	43,640
1982	50,858	41,958
1983	51,880	39,717
1984	52,436	38,966
1985	52,573	37,680
1986	52,681	34,279
1987	52,690	31,859
1988	52,767	30,979
1989	52,295	26,380
1990	53,451	25,436
1991	53,079	23,865
1992	53,186	21,220
1993	53,591	20,769
1994	53,845	14,970
1995	54,069	9,115
1996	54,512	9,135
1997	55,060	6,999
1998	55,482	4,312
1999	55,911	3,777
2000	56,236	2,155
2001	56,654	-1,076
2002	57,011	-538
2003	57,458	-537
2004	58,281	1,611
2005	58,014	537
2006	58,067	537
2007	58,454	537
2008	58,961	4,303
2009	59,168	8,619
2010	59,418	7,008
2011	60,411	9,177
2012	60,471	3,245
2013	60,295	2,707
2014	60,227	3,793
2015	59,896	2,170
2016	59,454	5,431
2017	58,607	4,351
2018	57,508	3,268
2019	54,420	3,818
2020	46,599	-2,184
2021	46,747	-16,886
2022	50,556	-7,062
2023	50,197	-5,427

Maternal mortality chart: Panama vs Slovakia

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 37 deaths per 100,000 live births in Panama, compared to 4 deaths in Slovakia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Panama	Slovakia
1985	95	19
1986	94	19
1987	93	19
1988	93	18
1989	96	17
1990	89	18
1991	87	17
1992	85	15
1993	81	14
1994	78	12
1995	77	11
1996	73	10
1997	70	10
1998	68	10
1999	65	9
2000	64	8
2001	62	8
2002	59	7
2003	58	7
2004	57	7
2005	57	7
2006	56	6
2007	55	6
2008	55	5
2009	55	6
2010	56	5
2011	55	5
2012	53	5
2013	52	5
2014	49	5
2015	48	5
2016	47	5
2017	47	5
2018	43	5
2019	41	5
2020	74	4
2021	59	12
2022	40	5
2023	37	4

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.33% in Panama 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
	Panama	Slovakia
1960	9.31%	3.67%
1961	9.04%	3.47%
1962	8.78%	3.32%
1963	8.52%	3.21%
1964	8.28%	3.14%
1965	8.05%	3.08%
1966	7.83%	3.05%
1967	7.62%	3.02%
1968	7.38%	3%
1969	7.1%	2.97%
1970	6.78%	2.95%
1971	6.43%	2.92%
1972	6.07%	2.89%
1973	5.72%	2.84%
1974	5.41%	2.78%
1975	5.15%	2.72%
1976	4.93%	2.64%
1977	4.76%	2.55%
1978	4.61%	2.46%
1979	4.47%	2.36%
1980	4.34%	2.27%
1981	4.19%	2.17%
1982	4.05%	2.08%
1983	3.9%	1.99%
1984	3.75%	1.91%
1985	3.61%	1.82%
1986	3.47%	1.73%
1987	3.35%	1.65%
1988	3.24%	1.59%
1989	3.14%	1.53%
1990	3.05%	1.47%
1991	2.97%	1.42%
1992	2.91%	1.37%
1993	2.87%	1.31%
1994	2.83%	1.25%
1995	2.8%	1.2%
1996	2.77%	1.14%
1997	2.73%	1.09%
1998	2.68%	1.05%
1999	2.63%	1%
2000	2.56%	0.96%
2001	2.49%	0.93%
2002	2.41%	0.91%
2003	2.33%	0.88%
2004	2.25%	0.86%
2005	2.17%	0.83%
2006	2.1%	0.8%
2007	2.03%	0.77%
2008	1.97%	0.74%
2009	1.91%	0.71%
2010	1.86%	0.69%
2011	1.81%	0.67%
2012	1.77%	0.66%
2013	1.75%	0.64%
2014	1.73%	0.63%
2015	1.72%	0.62%
2016	1.7%	0.61%
2017	1.68%	0.6%
2018	1.65%	0.6%
2019	1.59%	0.59%
2020	1.52%	0.59%
2021	1.45%	0.6%
2022	1.39%	0.6%
2023	1.33%	0.61%