Fertility & birth rates in Romania and Slovenia

Fertility rate in Romania vs Slovenia chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Romania was 1.71 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
	Romania	Slovenia
1960	2.34	2.19
1961	2.17	2.27
1962	2.04	2.28
1963	2.01	2.27
1964	1.96	2.31
1965	1.91	2.43
1966	1.9	2.47
1967	3.66	2.37
1968	3.63	2.25
1969	3.19	2.17
1970	2.89	2.11
1971	2.67	2.16
1972	2.55	2.17
1973	2.44	2.2
1974	2.71	2.13
1975	2.59	2.17
1976	2.54	2.2
1977	2.57	2.17
1978	2.52	2.2
1979	2.49	2.22
1980	2.43	2.11
1981	2.36	1.96
1982	2.17	1.93
1983	2.06	1.81
1984	2.26	1.74
1985	2.31	1.71
1986	2.39	1.67
1987	2.38	1.65
1988	2.3	1.63
1989	2.22	1.52
1990	1.83	1.46
1991	1.59	1.42
1992	1.51	1.33
1993	1.43	1.33
1994	1.4	1.32
1995	1.33	1.29
1996	1.3	1.28
1997	1.32	1.25
1998	1.32	1.23
1999	1.3	1.21
2000	1.31	1.26
2001	1.27	1.21
2002	1.27	1.21
2003	1.3	1.2
2004	1.33	1.25
2005	1.4	1.26
2006	1.42	1.31
2007	1.45	1.38
2008	1.6	1.53
2009	1.66	1.53
2010	1.59	1.57
2011	1.47	1.56
2012	1.52	1.58
2013	1.46	1.55
2014	1.56	1.58
2015	1.62	1.57
2016	1.69	1.58
2017	1.78	1.62
2018	1.76	1.6
2019	1.77	1.61
2020	1.8	1.59
2021	1.81	1.64
2022	1.71	1.55
2023	1.71	1.51
2024	1.71	1.51
2025	1.71	1.51
2026	1.7	1.51
2027	1.7	1.51
2028	1.7	1.52
2029	1.7	1.52
2030	1.7	1.52
2031	1.7	1.52
2032	1.7	1.52
2033	1.69	1.52
2034	1.69	1.52
2035	1.69	1.52
2036	1.69	1.53
2037	1.69	1.53
2038	1.69	1.53
2039	1.69	1.53
2040	1.69	1.53
2041	1.68	1.53
2042	1.68	1.53
2043	1.68	1.53
2044	1.68	1.53
2045	1.68	1.53
2046	1.68	1.53
2047	1.68	1.53
2048	1.68	1.54
2049	1.68	1.54
2050	1.68	1.54

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Romania	Slovenia
1960	28.1%	27.2%
1961	28%	27.2%
1962	27.7%	27.1%
1963	27.3%	26.9%
1964	26.7%	26.6%
1965	26%	26.2%
1966	25.2%	25.8%
1967	25%	25.5%
1968	25.1%	25.1%
1969	25.1%	24.7%
1970	25.1%	24.3%
1971	24.9%	24%
1972	24.9%	23.9%
1973	24.9%	23.8%
1974	25.1%	23.7%
1975	25.3%	23.6%
1976	25.7%	23.4%
1977	26%	23.3%
1978	26.3%	23.2%
1979	26.5%	23.1%
1980	26.8%	23%
1981	27.1%	22.9%
1982	26.8%	22.8%
1983	25.9%	22.7%
1984	25.1%	22.5%
1985	24.6%	22.3%
1986	24.3%	22%
1987	24%	21.6%
1988	23.9%	21.4%
1989	23.7%	21.1%
1990	23.3%	20.8%
1991	22.8%	20.3%
1992	22.2%	19.8%
1993	21.6%	19.3%
1994	21%	18.8%
1995	20.5%	18.3%
1996	20%	17.8%
1997	19.6%	17.3%
1998	19.3%	16.8%
1999	19.1%	16.4%
2000	18.6%	15.9%
2001	18.1%	15.6%
2002	17.5%	15.2%
2003	16.9%	14.8%
2004	16.4%	14.5%
2005	16%	14.3%
2006	15.8%	14.1%
2007	15.7%	14%
2008	15.7%	14%
2009	15.7%	14%
2010	15.7%	14.1%
2011	15.8%	14.3%
2012	15.7%	14.4%
2013	15.7%	14.6%
2014	15.7%	14.7%
2015	15.7%	14.8%
2016	15.7%	14.9%
2017	15.8%	15%
2018	15.9%	15.1%
2019	16%	15.1%
2020	16.1%	15.1%
2021	16.1%	15.2%
2022	16%	15.1%
2023	15.9%	14.9%
2024	15.7%	14.7%
2025	15.6%	14.5%
2026	15.4%	14.2%
2027	15.3%	14%
2028	15.2%	13.8%
2029	15.1%	13.5%
2030	15%	13.3%
2031	14.9%	13.1%
2032	14.7%	13%
2033	14.6%	12.8%
2034	14.4%	12.7%
2035	14.4%	12.6%
2036	14.3%	12.5%
2037	14.3%	12.4%
2038	14.3%	12.4%
2039	14.2%	12.5%
2040	14.2%	12.5%
2041	14.3%	12.6%
2042	14.3%	12.7%
2043	14.3%	12.8%
2044	14.3%	12.9%
2045	14.4%	13%
2046	14.4%	13.2%
2047	14.4%	13.3%
2048	14.4%	13.4%
2049	14.4%	13.5%
2050	14.4%	13.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15.7% of the population in Romania and 14.7% in Slovenia in 2024, compared to 23.3% and 20.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Romania and Slovenia compared.

Natural population change in Romania vs Slovenia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.4% in Romania 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
	Romania	Slovenia
1960	191,431	12,678
1961	163,286	14,985
1962	130,736	13,150
1963	139,104	14,068
1964	134,326	12,567
1965	114,190	14,513
1966	115,293	15,697
1967	347,709	13,516
1968	338,577	11,250
1969	264,120	9,427
1970	234,905	10,004
1971	206,662	10,951
1972	198,316	10,513
1973	175,020	11,837
1974	235,530	11,367
1975	219,324	11,658
1976	213,361	12,196
1977	215,385	12,160
1978	204,148	11,920
1979	194,397	12,614
1980	168,776	11,027
1981	156,472	10,485
1982	119,121	9,170
1983	87,986	6,343
1984	117,731	5,990
1985	111,392	6,213
1986	134,737	6,094
1987	128,517	5,771
1988	126,817	5,986
1989	122,756	4,592
1990	69,605	3,797
1991	25,301	2,199
1992	-4,559	598
1993	-13,658	-199
1994	-18,184	199
1995	-36,295	0
1996	-56,548	0
1997	-42,853	-794
1998	-33,761	-1,189
1999	-31,461	-1,388
2000	-22,443	-398
2001	-37,625	-996
2002	-58,673	-1,197
2003	-56,093	-1,996
2004	-42,904	-599
2005	-40,508	-600
2006	-38,148	602
2007	-37,590	1,211
2008	-30,806	3,437
2009	-34,625	3,060
2010	-46,567	3,687
2011	-56,413	3,285
2012	-54,157	2,674
2013	-59,951	1,648
2014	-55,745	2,268
2015	-59,447	826
2016	-53,196	826
2017	-50,930	-207
2018	-62,316	-1,037
2019	-60,053	-1,254
2020	-100,179	-5,256
2021	-141,504	-4,216
2022	-93,338	-4,858
2023	-89,580	-4,665

Maternal mortality chart: Romania vs Slovenia

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 12 deaths per 100,000 live births in Romania, compared to 3 deaths in Slovenia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Romania	Slovenia
1985	184	17
1986	180	16
1987	173	16
1988	159	16
1989	143	15
1990	118	14
1991	104	13
1992	95	13
1993	87	12
1994	80	12
1995	75	11
1996	72	10
1997	66	9
1998	58	9
1999	51	8
2000	45	7
2001	41	6
2002	38	6
2003	35	6
2004	32	6
2005	30	6
2006	27	6
2007	25	6
2008	25	7
2009	25	7
2010	23	7
2011	20	6
2012	19	6
2013	18	6
2014	18	6
2015	18	5
2016	17	5
2017	17	5
2018	15	4
2019	14	4
2020	16	12
2021	20	8
2022	13	15
2023	12	3

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.66% in Romania 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
	Romania	Slovenia
1960	8.82%	-
1961	7.98%	-
1962	6.98%	-
1963	6.03%	-
1964	5.45%	-
1965	5.44%	-
1966	5.83%	-
1967	6.27%	-
1968	6.44%	-
1969	6.23%	-
1970	5.69%	-
1971	5.06%	-
1972	4.64%	-
1973	4.49%	-
1974	4.43%	-
1975	4.27%	-
1976	4.05%	-
1977	3.86%	-
1978	3.76%	-
1979	3.68%	-
1980	3.57%	-
1981	3.44%	1.78%
1982	3.28%	1.69%
1983	3.14%	1.61%
1984	3.08%	1.53%
1985	3.16%	1.44%
1986	3.33%	1.36%
1987	3.45%	1.27%
1988	3.43%	1.19%
1989	3.31%	1.11%
1990	3.14%	1.04%
1991	2.97%	0.97%
1992	2.84%	0.9%
1993	2.79%	0.84%
1994	2.76%	0.79%
1995	2.73%	0.73%
1996	2.68%	0.69%
1997	2.58%	0.65%
1998	2.44%	0.61%
1999	2.29%	0.58%
2000	2.16%	0.54%
2001	2.06%	0.52%
2002	2.01%	0.49%
2003	1.99%	0.47%
2004	1.94%	0.44%
2005	1.82%	0.42%
2006	1.66%	0.4%
2007	1.51%	0.38%
2008	1.4%	0.36%
2009	1.31%	0.34%
2010	1.24%	0.32%
2011	1.18%	0.31%
2012	1.12%	0.29%
2013	1.05%	0.28%
2014	0.99%	0.27%
2015	0.92%	0.26%
2016	0.85%	0.26%
2017	0.79%	0.25%
2018	0.73%	0.24%
2019	0.68%	0.24%
2020	0.66%	0.24%
2021	0.65%	0.23%
2022	0.66%	0.23%
2023	0.66%	0.22%