Fertility & birth rates in Serbia and Slovakia

Fertility rate in Serbia vs Slovakia chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Serbia was 1.61 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
	Serbia	Slovakia
1960	2.15	3.04
1961	2.13	2.96
1962	2.11	2.83
1963	2.08	2.92
1964	2.07	2.89
1965	2.06	2.78
1966	2.04	2.66
1967	2.02	2.48
1968	2.01	2.39
1969	1.99	2.43
1970	1.97	2.41
1971	1.96	2.43
1972	1.95	2.49
1973	1.94	2.56
1974	1.93	2.61
1975	1.92	2.55
1976	1.91	2.55
1977	1.9	2.49
1978	1.89	2.47
1979	1.88	2.45
1980	1.86	2.32
1981	1.85	2.29
1982	1.84	2.28
1983	1.83	2.28
1984	1.81	2.26
1985	1.8	2.26
1986	1.78	2.2
1987	1.75	2.14
1988	1.72	2.13
1989	1.69	2.07
1990	1.65	2.09
1991	1.61	2.05
1992	1.57	1.93
1993	1.54	1.87
1994	1.51	1.67
1995	1.47	1.52
1996	1.44	1.47
1997	1.4	1.43
1998	1.37	1.37
1999	1.35	1.33
2000	1.48	1.3
2001	1.58	1.2
2002	1.57	1.19
2003	1.59	1.2
2004	1.57	1.25
2005	1.45	1.27
2006	1.43	1.25
2007	1.38	1.27
2008	1.4	1.34
2009	1.44	1.44
2010	1.4	1.43
2011	1.4	1.45
2012	1.45	1.34
2013	1.43	1.34
2014	1.46	1.37
2015	1.46	1.4
2016	1.46	1.48
2017	1.49	1.52
2018	1.49	1.54
2019	1.52	1.57
2020	1.48	1.59
2021	1.52	1.63
2022	1.59	1.57
2023	1.61	1.49
2024	1.61	1.49
2025	1.61	1.5
2026	1.62	1.5
2027	1.62	1.5
2028	1.62	1.51
2029	1.63	1.51
2030	1.63	1.51
2031	1.63	1.51
2032	1.63	1.51
2033	1.64	1.52
2034	1.64	1.52
2035	1.65	1.52
2036	1.65	1.52
2037	1.65	1.52
2038	1.65	1.52
2039	1.65	1.52
2040	1.65	1.52
2041	1.66	1.52
2042	1.66	1.52
2043	1.66	1.52
2044	1.66	1.53
2045	1.67	1.53
2046	1.67	1.53
2047	1.67	1.53
2048	1.67	1.53
2049	1.67	1.53
2050	1.67	1.53

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Serbia	Slovakia
1960	27.2%	31.5%
1961	27.1%	31.5%
1962	27%	31.3%
1963	26.7%	31%
1964	26.3%	30.8%
1965	25.8%	30.4%
1966	25.3%	29.9%
1967	24.7%	29.3%
1968	24.1%	28.6%
1969	23.5%	28.1%
1970	23%	27.5%
1971	22.5%	27%
1972	22.2%	26.6%
1973	22%	26.2%
1974	21.7%	26.1%
1975	21.5%	26%
1976	21.3%	26%
1977	21%	26%
1978	20.9%	26.1%
1979	20.7%	26.1%
1980	20.6%	26.1%
1981	20.6%	26.1%
1982	20.6%	26.2%
1983	20.5%	26.3%
1984	20.5%	26.4%
1985	20.3%	26.5%
1986	20.2%	26.4%
1987	20%	26.3%
1988	19.8%	26.1%
1989	19.6%	25.7%
1990	19.3%	25.2%
1991	19.1%	24.8%
1992	18.8%	24.4%
1993	18.6%	23.9%
1994	18.3%	23.3%
1995	18%	22.7%
1996	17.7%	22.1%
1997	17.4%	21.5%
1998	17.1%	20.9%
1999	16.7%	20.3%
2000	16.4%	19.7%
2001	16.1%	19%
2002	15.8%	18.4%
2003	15.6%	17.9%
2004	15.4%	17.3%
2005	15.2%	16.9%
2006	15%	16.4%
2007	14.9%	16%
2008	14.7%	15.7%
2009	14.6%	15.5%
2010	14.5%	15.5%
2011	14.4%	15.4%
2012	14.3%	15.4%
2013	14.3%	15.3%
2014	14.3%	15.3%
2015	14.3%	15.3%
2016	14.3%	15.4%
2017	14.3%	15.5%
2018	14.3%	15.7%
2019	14.3%	15.8%
2020	14.3%	15.9%
2021	14.3%	15.9%
2022	14.4%	16%
2023	14.4%	15.9%
2024	14.3%	15.8%
2025	14.3%	15.6%
2026	14.2%	15.4%
2027	14.1%	15.1%
2028	14.1%	15%
2029	14%	14.8%
2030	13.9%	14.6%
2031	13.8%	14.4%
2032	13.7%	14.1%
2033	13.6%	13.8%
2034	13.5%	13.6%
2035	13.4%	13.4%
2036	13.3%	13.2%
2037	13.3%	13%
2038	13.2%	12.9%
2039	13.2%	12.8%
2040	13.1%	12.7%
2041	13.1%	12.7%
2042	13.1%	12.7%
2043	13.1%	12.7%
2044	13.1%	12.7%
2045	13.1%	12.8%
2046	13.1%	12.8%
2047	13.1%	12.9%
2048	13.1%	13%
2049	13.1%	13%
2050	13.1%	13.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 14.3% of the population in Serbia and 15.8% in Slovakia in 2024, compared to 19.3% and 25.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Serbia and Slovakia compared.

Natural population change in Serbia vs Slovakia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.63% in Serbia 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
	Serbia	Slovakia
1960	63,642	56,546
1961	61,065	55,749
1962	59,307	49,587
1963	55,580	54,382
1964	54,185	54,092
1965	53,383	48,517
1966	53,338	45,440
1967	53,120	41,824
1968	51,653	38,113
1969	50,304	39,312
1970	48,343	38,575
1971	47,424	40,105
1972	48,248	46,426
1973	49,596	49,199
1974	51,583	52,524
1975	52,502	52,604
1976	51,399	54,121
1977	48,105	52,762
1978	43,636	52,324
1979	39,022	52,353
1980	36,273	44,320
1981	34,304	43,640
1982	30,603	41,958
1983	27,515	39,717
1984	23,815	38,966
1985	22,090	37,680
1986	19,407	34,279
1987	16,711	31,859
1988	13,852	30,979
1989	11,872	26,380
1990	7,416	25,436
1991	2,210	23,865
1992	-3,779	21,220
1993	-5,703	20,769
1994	-7,157	14,970
1995	-7,628	9,115
1996	-16,007	9,135
1997	-18,389	6,999
1998	-23,006	4,312
1999	-29,408	3,777
2000	-30,065	2,155
2001	-20,259	-1,076
2002	-24,750	-538
2003	-24,686	-537
2004	-26,121	1,611
2005	-34,227	537
2006	-31,870	537
2007	-34,693	537
2008	-33,590	4,303
2009	-33,676	8,619
2010	-34,999	7,008
2011	-36,906	9,177
2012	-35,288	3,245
2013	-34,399	2,707
2014	-34,946	3,793
2015	-37,605	2,170
2016	-35,998	5,431
2017	-39,317	4,351
2018	-37,707	3,268
2019	-36,810	3,818
2020	-55,193	-2,184
2021	-74,494	-16,886
2022	-46,651	-7,062
2023	-36,427	-5,427

Maternal mortality chart: Serbia vs Slovakia

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 11 deaths per 100,000 live births in Serbia, compared to 4 deaths in Slovakia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Serbia	Slovakia
1985	15	19
1986	15	19
1987	15	19
1988	14	18
1989	14	17
1990	14	18
1991	14	17
1992	15	15
1993	16	14
1994	16	12
1995	17	11
1996	17	10
1997	17	10
1998	19	10
1999	17	9
2000	16	8
2001	15	8
2002	14	7
2003	14	7
2004	13	7
2005	13	7
2006	12	6
2007	12	6
2008	12	5
2009	12	6
2010	13	5
2011	13	5
2012	13	5
2013	13	5
2014	13	5
2015	13	5
2016	13	5
2017	13	5
2018	12	5
2019	12	5
2020	16	4
2021	26	12
2022	14	5
2023	11	4

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.52% in Serbia 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
	Serbia	Slovakia
1960	-	3.67%
1961	-	3.47%
1962	-	3.32%
1963	-	3.21%
1964	-	3.14%
1965	-	3.08%
1966	-	3.05%
1967	-	3.02%
1968	-	3%
1969	-	2.97%
1970	-	2.95%
1971	-	2.92%
1972	-	2.89%
1973	-	2.84%
1974	-	2.78%
1975	-	2.72%
1976	-	2.64%
1977	-	2.55%
1978	-	2.46%
1979	-	2.36%
1980	-	2.27%
1981	-	2.17%
1982	-	2.08%
1983	-	1.99%
1984	4.07%	1.91%
1985	3.93%	1.82%
1986	3.78%	1.73%
1987	3.59%	1.65%
1988	3.36%	1.59%
1989	3.1%	1.53%
1990	2.85%	1.47%
1991	2.61%	1.42%
1992	2.43%	1.37%
1993	2.29%	1.31%
1994	2.14%	1.25%
1995	1.95%	1.2%
1996	1.74%	1.14%
1997	1.56%	1.09%
1998	1.42%	1.05%
1999	1.32%	1%
2000	1.26%	0.96%
2001	1.2%	0.93%
2002	1.14%	0.91%
2003	1.05%	0.88%
2004	0.97%	0.86%
2005	0.9%	0.83%
2006	0.85%	0.8%
2007	0.82%	0.77%
2008	0.79%	0.74%
2009	0.78%	0.71%
2010	0.76%	0.69%
2011	0.73%	0.67%
2012	0.71%	0.66%
2013	0.68%	0.64%
2014	0.66%	0.63%
2015	0.63%	0.62%
2016	0.61%	0.61%
2017	0.59%	0.6%
2018	0.58%	0.6%
2019	0.57%	0.59%
2020	0.55%	0.59%
2021	0.54%	0.6%
2022	0.53%	0.6%
2023	0.52%	0.61%