Fertility & birth rates in Portugal and Slovakia

Fertility rate in Portugal vs Slovakia chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Portugal was 1.44 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 Portugal 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
	Portugal	Slovakia
1960	3.16	3.04
1961	3.21	2.96
1962	3.23	2.83
1963	3.12	2.92
1964	3.21	2.89
1965	3.15	2.78
1966	3.16	2.66
1967	3.16	2.48
1968	3.12	2.39
1969	3.12	2.43
1970	3.01	2.41
1971	3	2.43
1972	2.86	2.49
1973	2.77	2.56
1974	2.7	2.61
1975	2.75	2.55
1976	2.82	2.55
1977	2.69	2.49
1978	2.45	2.47
1979	2.31	2.45
1980	2.25	2.32
1981	2.13	2.29
1982	2.07	2.28
1983	1.95	2.28
1984	1.9	2.26
1985	1.72	2.26
1986	1.66	2.2
1987	1.62	2.14
1988	1.61	2.13
1989	1.57	2.07
1990	1.56	2.09
1991	1.56	2.05
1992	1.54	1.93
1993	1.52	1.87
1994	1.45	1.67
1995	1.41	1.52
1996	1.44	1.47
1997	1.47	1.43
1998	1.47	1.37
1999	1.5	1.33
2000	1.55	1.3
2001	1.45	1.2
2002	1.46	1.19
2003	1.44	1.2
2004	1.4	1.25
2005	1.41	1.27
2006	1.37	1.25
2007	1.35	1.27
2008	1.39	1.34
2009	1.34	1.44
2010	1.39	1.43
2011	1.35	1.45
2012	1.28	1.34
2013	1.21	1.34
2014	1.24	1.37
2015	1.31	1.4
2016	1.37	1.48
2017	1.38	1.52
2018	1.42	1.54
2019	1.44	1.57
2020	1.42	1.59
2021	1.35	1.63
2022	1.43	1.57
2023	1.44	1.49
2024	1.45	1.49
2025	1.45	1.5
2026	1.45	1.5
2027	1.46	1.5
2028	1.46	1.51
2029	1.46	1.51
2030	1.46	1.51
2031	1.47	1.51
2032	1.47	1.51
2033	1.47	1.52
2034	1.48	1.52
2035	1.48	1.52
2036	1.48	1.52
2037	1.48	1.52
2038	1.49	1.52
2039	1.49	1.52
2040	1.49	1.52
2041	1.49	1.52
2042	1.49	1.52
2043	1.49	1.52
2044	1.5	1.53
2045	1.5	1.53
2046	1.5	1.53
2047	1.5	1.53
2048	1.5	1.53
2049	1.5	1.53
2050	1.5	1.53

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Portugal	Slovakia
1960	29.3%	31.5%
1961	29.1%	31.5%
1962	29.1%	31.3%
1963	29.1%	31%
1964	29.1%	30.8%
1965	29.1%	30.4%
1966	29.2%	29.9%
1967	29.2%	29.3%
1968	29.2%	28.6%
1969	29.1%	28.1%
1970	28.7%	27.5%
1971	28.4%	27%
1972	28.2%	26.6%
1973	27.9%	26.2%
1974	27.7%	26.1%
1975	27.4%	26%
1976	27.2%	26%
1977	27.1%	26%
1978	26.8%	26.1%
1979	26.4%	26.1%
1980	25.9%	26.1%
1981	25.4%	26.1%
1982	25%	26.2%
1983	24.5%	26.3%
1984	24.1%	26.4%
1985	23.7%	26.5%
1986	23.1%	26.4%
1987	22.5%	26.3%
1988	21.9%	26.1%
1989	21.2%	25.7%
1990	20.5%	25.2%
1991	19.7%	24.8%
1992	19.1%	24.4%
1993	18.6%	23.9%
1994	18.2%	23.3%
1995	17.8%	22.7%
1996	17.4%	22.1%
1997	17.1%	21.5%
1998	16.8%	20.9%
1999	16.6%	20.3%
2000	16.4%	19.7%
2001	16.2%	19%
2002	16.1%	18.4%
2003	16.1%	17.9%
2004	16%	17.3%
2005	15.9%	16.9%
2006	15.8%	16.4%
2007	15.6%	16%
2008	15.5%	15.7%
2009	15.4%	15.5%
2010	15.2%	15.5%
2011	15%	15.4%
2012	14.9%	15.4%
2013	14.8%	15.3%
2014	14.6%	15.3%
2015	14.3%	15.3%
2016	14.1%	15.4%
2017	13.9%	15.5%
2018	13.7%	15.7%
2019	13.5%	15.8%
2020	13.3%	15.9%
2021	13.1%	15.9%
2022	13%	16%
2023	12.9%	15.9%
2024	12.8%	15.8%
2025	12.7%	15.6%
2026	12.6%	15.4%
2027	12.6%	15.1%
2028	12.6%	15%
2029	12.6%	14.8%
2030	12.7%	14.6%
2031	12.7%	14.4%
2032	12.7%	14.1%
2033	12.7%	13.8%
2034	12.7%	13.6%
2035	12.8%	13.4%
2036	12.9%	13.2%
2037	12.9%	13%
2038	13%	12.9%
2039	13%	12.8%
2040	13.1%	12.7%
2041	13.1%	12.7%
2042	13.2%	12.7%
2043	13.2%	12.7%
2044	13.3%	12.7%
2045	13.3%	12.8%
2046	13.4%	12.8%
2047	13.4%	12.9%
2048	13.4%	13%
2049	13.5%	13%
2050	13.5%	13.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 12.8% of the population in Portugal and 15.8% in Slovakia in 2024, compared to 20.5% and 25.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Portugal and Slovakia compared.

Natural population change in Portugal vs Slovakia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.29% in Portugal 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
	Portugal	Slovakia
1960	118,693	56,546
1961	117,867	55,749
1962	123,217	49,587
1963	113,783	54,382
1964	120,170	54,092
1965	115,182	48,517
1966	107,171	45,440
1967	106,495	41,824
1968	100,737	38,113
1969	89,329	39,312
1970	87,672	38,575
1971	82,980	40,105
1972	83,715	46,426
1973	76,835	49,199
1974	74,412	52,524
1975	81,841	52,604
1976	85,138	54,121
1977	84,156	52,762
1978	70,731	52,324
1979	67,628	52,353
1980	63,481	44,320
1981	56,152	43,640
1982	58,479	41,958
1983	47,798	39,717
1984	45,983	38,966
1985	33,077	37,680
1986	31,102	34,279
1987	28,084	31,859
1988	24,047	30,979
1989	22,011	26,380
1990	13,976	25,436
1991	12,948	23,865
1992	13,933	21,220
1993	7,972	20,769
1994	9,991	14,970
1995	4,011	9,115
1996	4,026	9,135
1997	8,087	6,999
1998	7,112	4,312
1999	8,175	3,777
2000	15,435	2,155
2001	8,290	-1,076
2002	8,335	-538
2003	4,184	-537
2004	7,339	1,611
2005	2,101	537
2006	3,156	537
2007	-1,055	537
2008	0	4,303
2009	-5,284	8,619
2010	-4,230	7,008
2011	-5,279	9,177
2012	-17,875	3,245
2013	-24,052	2,707
2014	-22,882	3,793
2015	-23,823	2,170
2016	-23,749	5,431
2017	-23,691	4,351
2018	-25,709	3,268
2019	-24,687	3,818
2020	-39,129	-2,184
2021	-45,592	-16,886
2022	-40,694	-7,062
2023	-32,792	-5,427

Maternal mortality chart: Portugal vs Slovakia

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 15 deaths per 100,000 live births in Portugal, compared to 4 deaths in Slovakia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Portugal	Slovakia
1985	20	19
1986	19	19
1987	19	19
1988	18	18
1989	18	17
1990	17	18
1991	17	17
1992	16	15
1993	15	14
1994	13	12
1995	12	11
1996	12	10
1997	12	10
1998	11	10
1999	10	9
2000	9	8
2001	9	8
2002	9	7
2003	8	7
2004	8	7
2005	8	7
2006	8	6
2007	8	6
2008	9	5
2009	9	6
2010	10	5
2011	10	5
2012	10	5
2013	10	5
2014	11	5
2015	11	5
2016	12	5
2017	13	5
2018	14	5
2019	15	5
2020	14	4
2021	19	12
2022	16	5
2023	15	4

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.32% in Portugal 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
	Portugal	Slovakia
1960	11.4%	3.67%
1961	11%	3.47%
1962	10.4%	3.32%
1963	9.76%	3.21%
1964	9.1%	3.14%
1965	8.53%	3.08%
1966	8.09%	3.05%
1967	7.76%	3.02%
1968	7.51%	3%
1969	7.22%	2.97%
1970	6.81%	2.95%
1971	6.3%	2.92%
1972	5.78%	2.89%
1973	5.27%	2.84%
1974	4.79%	2.78%
1975	4.35%	2.72%
1976	3.94%	2.64%
1977	3.57%	2.55%
1978	3.24%	2.46%
1979	2.97%	2.36%
1980	2.75%	2.27%
1981	2.58%	2.17%
1982	2.43%	2.08%
1983	2.29%	1.99%
1984	2.16%	1.91%
1985	2.04%	1.82%
1986	1.93%	1.73%
1987	1.82%	1.65%
1988	1.7%	1.59%
1989	1.59%	1.53%
1990	1.47%	1.47%
1991	1.36%	1.42%
1992	1.25%	1.37%
1993	1.14%	1.31%
1994	1.05%	1.25%
1995	0.98%	1.2%
1996	0.92%	1.14%
1997	0.86%	1.09%
1998	0.82%	1.05%
1999	0.77%	1%
2000	0.72%	0.96%
2001	0.66%	0.93%
2002	0.61%	0.91%
2003	0.55%	0.88%
2004	0.5%	0.86%
2005	0.47%	0.83%
2006	0.44%	0.8%
2007	0.42%	0.77%
2008	0.4%	0.74%
2009	0.39%	0.71%
2010	0.38%	0.69%
2011	0.37%	0.67%
2012	0.37%	0.66%
2013	0.36%	0.64%
2014	0.36%	0.63%
2015	0.36%	0.62%
2016	0.36%	0.61%
2017	0.36%	0.6%
2018	0.35%	0.6%
2019	0.35%	0.59%
2020	0.34%	0.59%
2021	0.33%	0.6%
2022	0.32%	0.6%
2023	0.32%	0.61%