Fertility & birth rates in Russia and Slovakia

Fertility rate in Russia vs Slovakia chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Russia was 1.41 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 Russia 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
	Russia	Slovakia
1960	2.52	3.04
1961	2.45	2.96
1962	2.36	2.83
1963	2.27	2.92
1964	2.18	2.89
1965	2.13	2.78
1966	2.1	2.66
1967	2.04	2.48
1968	1.99	2.39
1969	1.97	2.43
1970	1.99	2.41
1971	2.03	2.43
1972	2.04	2.49
1973	2.01	2.56
1974	2	2.61
1975	1.98	2.55
1976	1.97	2.55
1977	1.95	2.49
1978	1.92	2.47
1979	1.9	2.45
1980	1.89	2.32
1981	1.91	2.29
1982	2.04	2.28
1983	2.11	2.28
1984	2.06	2.26
1985	2.05	2.26
1986	2.15	2.2
1987	2.22	2.14
1988	2.12	2.13
1989	2.01	2.07
1990	1.89	2.09
1991	1.73	2.05
1992	1.55	1.93
1993	1.39	1.87
1994	1.4	1.67
1995	1.34	1.52
1996	1.27	1.47
1997	1.22	1.43
1998	1.23	1.37
1999	1.16	1.33
2000	1.2	1.3
2001	1.22	1.2
2002	1.29	1.19
2003	1.32	1.2
2004	1.34	1.25
2005	1.29	1.27
2006	1.31	1.25
2007	1.42	1.27
2008	1.5	1.34
2009	1.54	1.44
2010	1.57	1.43
2011	1.58	1.45
2012	1.69	1.34
2013	1.71	1.34
2014	1.75	1.37
2015	1.78	1.4
2016	1.76	1.48
2017	1.62	1.52
2018	1.58	1.54
2019	1.5	1.57
2020	1.51	1.59
2021	1.51	1.63
2022	1.42	1.57
2023	1.41	1.49
2024	1.42	1.49
2025	1.43	1.5
2026	1.43	1.5
2027	1.43	1.5
2028	1.44	1.51
2029	1.44	1.51
2030	1.45	1.51
2031	1.45	1.51
2032	1.45	1.51
2033	1.46	1.52
2034	1.46	1.52
2035	1.46	1.52
2036	1.47	1.52
2037	1.47	1.52
2038	1.47	1.52
2039	1.47	1.52
2040	1.48	1.52
2041	1.48	1.52
2042	1.48	1.52
2043	1.48	1.52
2044	1.49	1.53
2045	1.49	1.53
2046	1.49	1.53
2047	1.49	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
	Russia	Slovakia
1960	30.5%	31.5%
1961	30.9%	31.5%
1962	30.8%	31.3%
1963	30.6%	31%
1964	30.2%	30.8%
1965	29.5%	30.4%
1966	28.9%	29.9%
1967	28.3%	29.3%
1968	27.6%	28.6%
1969	26.9%	28.1%
1970	26.1%	27.5%
1971	25.4%	27%
1972	24.8%	26.6%
1973	24.2%	26.2%
1974	23.6%	26.1%
1975	23%	26%
1976	22.5%	26%
1977	22.1%	26%
1978	21.8%	26.1%
1979	21.7%	26.1%
1980	21.7%	26.1%
1981	21.7%	26.1%
1982	21.9%	26.2%
1983	22.1%	26.3%
1984	22.4%	26.4%
1985	22.6%	26.5%
1986	22.8%	26.4%
1987	22.9%	26.3%
1988	23%	26.1%
1989	23%	25.7%
1990	22.9%	25.2%
1991	22.7%	24.8%
1992	22.4%	24.4%
1993	22%	23.9%
1994	21.6%	23.3%
1995	21.2%	22.7%
1996	20.7%	22.1%
1997	20.2%	21.5%
1998	19.5%	20.9%
1999	18.8%	20.3%
2000	18%	19.7%
2001	17.3%	19%
2002	16.6%	18.4%
2003	16%	17.9%
2004	15.6%	17.3%
2005	15.2%	16.9%
2006	14.9%	16.4%
2007	14.8%	16%
2008	14.9%	15.7%
2009	15%	15.5%
2010	15.2%	15.5%
2011	15.4%	15.4%
2012	15.7%	15.4%
2013	16.1%	15.3%
2014	16.5%	15.3%
2015	16.9%	15.3%
2016	17.2%	15.4%
2017	17.5%	15.5%
2018	17.6%	15.7%
2019	17.6%	15.8%
2020	17.7%	15.9%
2021	17.7%	15.9%
2022	17.7%	16%
2023	17.5%	15.9%
2024	17.3%	15.8%
2025	17%	15.6%
2026	16.7%	15.4%
2027	16.3%	15.1%
2028	15.9%	15%
2029	15.5%	14.8%
2030	15%	14.6%
2031	14.6%	14.4%
2032	14.2%	14.1%
2033	14%	13.8%
2034	13.8%	13.6%
2035	13.7%	13.4%
2036	13.6%	13.2%
2037	13.6%	13%
2038	13.6%	12.9%
2039	13.7%	12.8%
2040	13.9%	12.7%
2041	14%	12.7%
2042	14.2%	12.7%
2043	14.4%	12.7%
2044	14.6%	12.7%
2045	14.8%	12.8%
2046	15%	12.8%
2047	15.2%	12.9%
2048	15.4%	13%
2049	15.5%	13%
2050	15.7%	13.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.3% of the population in Russia and 15.8% in Slovakia in 2024, compared to 22.9% and 25.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Russia and Slovakia compared.

Natural population change in Russia vs Slovakia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.24% in Russia 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
	Russia	Slovakia
1960	1,962,834	56,546
1961	1,810,538	55,749
1962	1,573,701	49,587
1963	1,436,077	54,382
1964	1,233,520	54,092
1965	1,059,335	48,517
1966	989,279	45,440
1967	854,554	41,824
1968	787,621	38,113
1969	753,088	39,312
1970	785,554	38,575
1971	854,999	40,105
1972	872,050	46,426
1973	846,561	49,199
1974	883,186	52,524
1975	843,850	52,604
1976	852,237	54,121
1977	832,932	52,762
1978	812,766	52,324
1979	690,135	52,353
1980	681,149	44,320
1981	713,700	43,640
1982	830,855	41,958
1983	906,676	39,717
1984	756,548	38,966
1985	762,447	37,680
1986	985,279	34,279
1987	977,583	31,859
1988	778,343	30,979
1989	576,112	26,380
1990	325,533	25,436
1991	103,876	23,865
1992	-222,808	21,220
1993	-757,140	20,769
1994	-920,129	14,970
1995	-845,742	9,115
1996	-785,248	9,135
1997	-769,159	6,999
1998	-694,053	4,312
1999	-927,453	3,777
2000	-967,540	2,155
2001	-963,445	-1,076
2002	-944,492	-538
2003	-896,822	-537
2004	-792,370	1,611
2005	-846,761	537
2006	-686,638	537
2007	-471,257	537
2008	-356,856	4,303
2009	-257,014	8,619
2010	-242,844	7,008
2011	-128,716	9,177
2012	0	3,245
2013	28,761	2,707
2014	28,848	3,793
2015	43,392	2,170
2016	0	5,431
2017	-130,764	4,351
2018	-232,637	3,268
2019	-319,997	3,818
2020	-697,177	-2,184
2021	-1,027,702	-16,886
2022	-576,948	-7,062
2023	-503,392	-5,427

Maternal mortality chart: Russia vs Slovakia

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 9 deaths per 100,000 live births in Russia, compared to 4 deaths in Slovakia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Russia	Slovakia
1985	81	19
1986	69	19
1987	65	19
1988	63	18
1989	61	17
1990	58	18
1991	57	17
1992	62	15
1993	76	14
1994	85	12
1995	82	11
1996	69	10
1997	59	10
1998	53	10
1999	53	9
2000	51	8
2001	48	8
2002	47	7
2003	45	7
2004	41	7
2005	38	7
2006	32	6
2007	29	6
2008	27	5
2009	24	6
2010	23	5
2011	19	5
2012	18	5
2013	16	5
2014	16	5
2015	15	5
2016	14	5
2017	12	5
2018	12	5
2019	12	5
2020	19	4
2021	21	12
2022	13	5
2023	9	4

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.45% in Russia 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
	Russia	Slovakia
1960	4.55%	3.67%
1961	4.26%	3.47%
1962	3.99%	3.32%
1963	3.76%	3.21%
1964	3.55%	3.14%
1965	3.38%	3.08%
1966	3.23%	3.05%
1967	3.11%	3.02%
1968	3.02%	3%
1969	2.94%	2.97%
1970	2.88%	2.95%
1971	2.84%	2.92%
1972	2.81%	2.89%
1973	2.78%	2.84%
1974	2.77%	2.78%
1975	2.76%	2.72%
1976	2.76%	2.64%
1977	2.76%	2.55%
1978	2.76%	2.46%
1979	2.75%	2.36%
1980	2.73%	2.27%
1981	2.7%	2.17%
1982	2.66%	2.08%
1983	2.62%	1.99%
1984	2.56%	1.91%
1985	2.5%	1.82%
1986	2.42%	1.73%
1987	2.34%	1.65%
1988	2.26%	1.59%
1989	2.2%	1.53%
1990	2.17%	1.47%
1991	2.16%	1.42%
1992	2.17%	1.37%
1993	2.19%	1.31%
1994	2.2%	1.25%
1995	2.2%	1.2%
1996	2.17%	1.14%
1997	2.13%	1.09%
1998	2.08%	1.05%
1999	2.02%	1%
2000	1.94%	0.96%
2001	1.84%	0.93%
2002	1.73%	0.91%
2003	1.61%	0.88%
2004	1.5%	0.86%
2005	1.39%	0.83%
2006	1.29%	0.8%
2007	1.2%	0.77%
2008	1.13%	0.74%
2009	1.07%	0.71%
2010	1.04%	0.69%
2011	1.02%	0.67%
2012	0.99%	0.66%
2013	0.95%	0.64%
2014	0.89%	0.63%
2015	0.82%	0.62%
2016	0.75%	0.61%
2017	0.69%	0.6%
2018	0.63%	0.6%
2019	0.58%	0.59%
2020	0.54%	0.59%
2021	0.51%	0.6%
2022	0.47%	0.6%
2023	0.45%	0.61%