Fertility & birth rates in Russia and Slovenia

Fertility rate in Russia vs Slovenia 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 1.51 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
	Russia	Slovenia
1960	2.52	2.19
1961	2.45	2.27
1962	2.36	2.28
1963	2.27	2.27
1964	2.18	2.31
1965	2.13	2.43
1966	2.1	2.47
1967	2.04	2.37
1968	1.99	2.25
1969	1.97	2.17
1970	1.99	2.11
1971	2.03	2.16
1972	2.04	2.17
1973	2.01	2.2
1974	2	2.13
1975	1.98	2.17
1976	1.97	2.2
1977	1.95	2.17
1978	1.92	2.2
1979	1.9	2.22
1980	1.89	2.11
1981	1.91	1.96
1982	2.04	1.93
1983	2.11	1.81
1984	2.06	1.74
1985	2.05	1.71
1986	2.15	1.67
1987	2.22	1.65
1988	2.12	1.63
1989	2.01	1.52
1990	1.89	1.46
1991	1.73	1.42
1992	1.55	1.33
1993	1.39	1.33
1994	1.4	1.32
1995	1.34	1.29
1996	1.27	1.28
1997	1.22	1.25
1998	1.23	1.23
1999	1.16	1.21
2000	1.2	1.26
2001	1.22	1.21
2002	1.29	1.21
2003	1.32	1.2
2004	1.34	1.25
2005	1.29	1.26
2006	1.31	1.31
2007	1.42	1.38
2008	1.5	1.53
2009	1.54	1.53
2010	1.57	1.57
2011	1.58	1.56
2012	1.69	1.58
2013	1.71	1.55
2014	1.75	1.58
2015	1.78	1.57
2016	1.76	1.58
2017	1.62	1.62
2018	1.58	1.6
2019	1.5	1.61
2020	1.51	1.59
2021	1.51	1.64
2022	1.42	1.55
2023	1.41	1.51
2024	1.42	1.51
2025	1.43	1.51
2026	1.43	1.51
2027	1.43	1.51
2028	1.44	1.52
2029	1.44	1.52
2030	1.45	1.52
2031	1.45	1.52
2032	1.45	1.52
2033	1.46	1.52
2034	1.46	1.52
2035	1.46	1.52
2036	1.47	1.53
2037	1.47	1.53
2038	1.47	1.53
2039	1.47	1.53
2040	1.48	1.53
2041	1.48	1.53
2042	1.48	1.53
2043	1.48	1.53
2044	1.49	1.53
2045	1.49	1.53
2046	1.49	1.53
2047	1.49	1.53
2048	1.5	1.54
2049	1.5	1.54
2050	1.5	1.54

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Russia	Slovenia
1960	30.5%	27.2%
1961	30.9%	27.2%
1962	30.8%	27.1%
1963	30.6%	26.9%
1964	30.2%	26.6%
1965	29.5%	26.2%
1966	28.9%	25.8%
1967	28.3%	25.5%
1968	27.6%	25.1%
1969	26.9%	24.7%
1970	26.1%	24.3%
1971	25.4%	24%
1972	24.8%	23.9%
1973	24.2%	23.8%
1974	23.6%	23.7%
1975	23%	23.6%
1976	22.5%	23.4%
1977	22.1%	23.3%
1978	21.8%	23.2%
1979	21.7%	23.1%
1980	21.7%	23%
1981	21.7%	22.9%
1982	21.9%	22.8%
1983	22.1%	22.7%
1984	22.4%	22.5%
1985	22.6%	22.3%
1986	22.8%	22%
1987	22.9%	21.6%
1988	23%	21.4%
1989	23%	21.1%
1990	22.9%	20.8%
1991	22.7%	20.3%
1992	22.4%	19.8%
1993	22%	19.3%
1994	21.6%	18.8%
1995	21.2%	18.3%
1996	20.7%	17.8%
1997	20.2%	17.3%
1998	19.5%	16.8%
1999	18.8%	16.4%
2000	18%	15.9%
2001	17.3%	15.6%
2002	16.6%	15.2%
2003	16%	14.8%
2004	15.6%	14.5%
2005	15.2%	14.3%
2006	14.9%	14.1%
2007	14.8%	14%
2008	14.9%	14%
2009	15%	14%
2010	15.2%	14.1%
2011	15.4%	14.3%
2012	15.7%	14.4%
2013	16.1%	14.6%
2014	16.5%	14.7%
2015	16.9%	14.8%
2016	17.2%	14.9%
2017	17.5%	15%
2018	17.6%	15.1%
2019	17.6%	15.1%
2020	17.7%	15.1%
2021	17.7%	15.2%
2022	17.7%	15.1%
2023	17.5%	14.9%
2024	17.3%	14.7%
2025	17%	14.5%
2026	16.7%	14.2%
2027	16.3%	14%
2028	15.9%	13.8%
2029	15.5%	13.5%
2030	15%	13.3%
2031	14.6%	13.1%
2032	14.2%	13%
2033	14%	12.8%
2034	13.8%	12.7%
2035	13.7%	12.6%
2036	13.6%	12.5%
2037	13.6%	12.4%
2038	13.6%	12.4%
2039	13.7%	12.5%
2040	13.9%	12.5%
2041	14%	12.6%
2042	14.2%	12.7%
2043	14.4%	12.8%
2044	14.6%	12.9%
2045	14.8%	13%
2046	15%	13.2%
2047	15.2%	13.3%
2048	15.4%	13.4%
2049	15.5%	13.5%
2050	15.7%	13.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.3% of the population in Russia and 14.7% in Slovenia in 2024, compared to 22.9% and 20.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Russia and Slovenia compared.

Natural population change in Russia vs Slovenia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.24% in Russia 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
	Russia	Slovenia
1960	1,962,834	12,678
1961	1,810,538	14,985
1962	1,573,701	13,150
1963	1,436,077	14,068
1964	1,233,520	12,567
1965	1,059,335	14,513
1966	989,279	15,697
1967	854,554	13,516
1968	787,621	11,250
1969	753,088	9,427
1970	785,554	10,004
1971	854,999	10,951
1972	872,050	10,513
1973	846,561	11,837
1974	883,186	11,367
1975	843,850	11,658
1976	852,237	12,196
1977	832,932	12,160
1978	812,766	11,920
1979	690,135	12,614
1980	681,149	11,027
1981	713,700	10,485
1982	830,855	9,170
1983	906,676	6,343
1984	756,548	5,990
1985	762,447	6,213
1986	985,279	6,094
1987	977,583	5,771
1988	778,343	5,986
1989	576,112	4,592
1990	325,533	3,797
1991	103,876	2,199
1992	-222,808	598
1993	-757,140	-199
1994	-920,129	199
1995	-845,742	0
1996	-785,248	0
1997	-769,159	-794
1998	-694,053	-1,189
1999	-927,453	-1,388
2000	-967,540	-398
2001	-963,445	-996
2002	-944,492	-1,197
2003	-896,822	-1,996
2004	-792,370	-599
2005	-846,761	-600
2006	-686,638	602
2007	-471,257	1,211
2008	-356,856	3,437
2009	-257,014	3,060
2010	-242,844	3,687
2011	-128,716	3,285
2012	0	2,674
2013	28,761	1,648
2014	28,848	2,268
2015	43,392	826
2016	0	826
2017	-130,764	-207
2018	-232,637	-1,037
2019	-319,997	-1,254
2020	-697,177	-5,256
2021	-1,027,702	-4,216
2022	-576,948	-4,858
2023	-503,392	-4,665

Maternal mortality chart: Russia vs Slovenia

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 3 deaths in Slovenia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Russia	Slovenia
1985	81	17
1986	69	16
1987	65	16
1988	63	16
1989	61	15
1990	58	14
1991	57	13
1992	62	13
1993	76	12
1994	85	12
1995	82	11
1996	69	10
1997	59	9
1998	53	9
1999	53	8
2000	51	7
2001	48	6
2002	47	6
2003	45	6
2004	41	6
2005	38	6
2006	32	6
2007	29	6
2008	27	7
2009	24	7
2010	23	7
2011	19	6
2012	18	6
2013	16	6
2014	16	6
2015	15	5
2016	14	5
2017	12	5
2018	12	4
2019	12	4
2020	19	12
2021	21	8
2022	13	15
2023	9	3

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.45% in Russia 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
	Russia	Slovenia
1960	4.55%	-
1961	4.26%	-
1962	3.99%	-
1963	3.76%	-
1964	3.55%	-
1965	3.38%	-
1966	3.23%	-
1967	3.11%	-
1968	3.02%	-
1969	2.94%	-
1970	2.88%	-
1971	2.84%	-
1972	2.81%	-
1973	2.78%	-
1974	2.77%	-
1975	2.76%	-
1976	2.76%	-
1977	2.76%	-
1978	2.76%	-
1979	2.75%	-
1980	2.73%	-
1981	2.7%	1.78%
1982	2.66%	1.69%
1983	2.62%	1.61%
1984	2.56%	1.53%
1985	2.5%	1.44%
1986	2.42%	1.36%
1987	2.34%	1.27%
1988	2.26%	1.19%
1989	2.2%	1.11%
1990	2.17%	1.04%
1991	2.16%	0.97%
1992	2.17%	0.9%
1993	2.19%	0.84%
1994	2.2%	0.79%
1995	2.2%	0.73%
1996	2.17%	0.69%
1997	2.13%	0.65%
1998	2.08%	0.61%
1999	2.02%	0.58%
2000	1.94%	0.54%
2001	1.84%	0.52%
2002	1.73%	0.49%
2003	1.61%	0.47%
2004	1.5%	0.44%
2005	1.39%	0.42%
2006	1.29%	0.4%
2007	1.2%	0.38%
2008	1.13%	0.36%
2009	1.07%	0.34%
2010	1.04%	0.32%
2011	1.02%	0.31%
2012	0.99%	0.29%
2013	0.95%	0.28%
2014	0.89%	0.27%
2015	0.82%	0.26%
2016	0.75%	0.26%
2017	0.69%	0.25%
2018	0.63%	0.24%
2019	0.58%	0.24%
2020	0.54%	0.24%
2021	0.51%	0.23%
2022	0.47%	0.23%
2023	0.45%	0.22%