Fertility & birth rates in Singapore and Slovakia

Fertility rate in Singapore vs Slovakia chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Singapore was 0.97 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 Singapore 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
	Singapore	Slovakia
1960	5.76	3.04
1961	5.41	2.96
1962	5.21	2.83
1963	5.16	2.92
1964	4.97	2.89
1965	4.66	2.78
1966	4.46	2.66
1967	3.91	2.48
1968	3.53	2.39
1969	3.22	2.43
1970	3.07	2.41
1971	3.02	2.43
1972	3.04	2.49
1973	2.79	2.56
1974	2.35	2.61
1975	2.07	2.55
1976	2.11	2.55
1977	1.82	2.49
1978	1.79	2.47
1979	1.79	2.45
1980	1.82	2.32
1981	1.78	2.29
1982	1.74	2.28
1983	1.61	2.28
1984	1.62	2.26
1985	1.61	2.26
1986	1.43	2.2
1987	1.62	2.14
1988	1.96	2.13
1989	1.75	2.07
1990	1.83	2.09
1991	1.73	2.05
1992	1.72	1.93
1993	1.74	1.87
1994	1.71	1.67
1995	1.67	1.52
1996	1.66	1.47
1997	1.61	1.43
1998	1.48	1.37
1999	1.47	1.33
2000	1.6	1.3
2001	1.41	1.2
2002	1.37	1.19
2003	1.27	1.2
2004	1.26	1.25
2005	1.26	1.27
2006	1.28	1.25
2007	1.29	1.27
2008	1.28	1.34
2009	1.22	1.44
2010	1.15	1.43
2011	1.2	1.45
2012	1.29	1.34
2013	1.19	1.34
2014	1.25	1.37
2015	1.24	1.4
2016	1.2	1.48
2017	1.16	1.52
2018	1.14	1.54
2019	1.14	1.57
2020	1.1	1.59
2021	1.12	1.63
2022	1.04	1.57
2023	0.97	1.49
2024	0.98	1.49
2025	0.99	1.5
2026	1	1.5
2027	1.01	1.5
2028	1.02	1.51
2029	1.03	1.51
2030	1.03	1.51
2031	1.04	1.51
2032	1.05	1.51
2033	1.06	1.52
2034	1.07	1.52
2035	1.07	1.52
2036	1.08	1.52
2037	1.09	1.52
2038	1.1	1.52
2039	1.1	1.52
2040	1.11	1.52
2041	1.12	1.52
2042	1.13	1.52
2043	1.13	1.52
2044	1.14	1.53
2045	1.15	1.53
2046	1.16	1.53
2047	1.17	1.53
2048	1.17	1.53
2049	1.18	1.53
2050	1.19	1.53

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Singapore	Slovakia
1960	44.7%	31.5%
1961	44.8%	31.5%
1962	44.7%	31.3%
1963	44.4%	31%
1964	43.8%	30.8%
1965	43.2%	30.4%
1966	42.5%	29.9%
1967	41.7%	29.3%
1968	40.8%	28.6%
1969	39.8%	28.1%
1970	38.7%	27.5%
1971	37.5%	27%
1972	36.2%	26.6%
1973	35%	26.2%
1974	33.7%	26.1%
1975	32.5%	26%
1976	31.2%	26%
1977	30%	26%
1978	28.8%	26.1%
1979	27.6%	26.1%
1980	26.4%	26.1%
1981	25.2%	26.1%
1982	24.2%	26.2%
1983	23.7%	26.3%
1984	23.3%	26.4%
1985	23.1%	26.5%
1986	22.9%	26.4%
1987	22.4%	26.3%
1988	22%	26.1%
1989	21.7%	25.7%
1990	21.4%	25.2%
1991	21.2%	24.8%
1992	21.1%	24.4%
1993	21%	23.9%
1994	20.7%	23.3%
1995	20.4%	22.7%
1996	20%	22.1%
1997	19.5%	21.5%
1998	19.2%	20.9%
1999	19%	20.3%
2000	18.8%	19.7%
2001	18.6%	19%
2002	18.4%	18.4%
2003	18.2%	17.9%
2004	17.8%	17.3%
2005	17.2%	16.9%
2006	16.6%	16.4%
2007	15.8%	16%
2008	15.1%	15.7%
2009	14.6%	15.5%
2010	14.1%	15.5%
2011	13.7%	15.4%
2012	13.4%	15.4%
2013	13.1%	15.3%
2014	12.9%	15.3%
2015	12.7%	15.3%
2016	12.5%	15.4%
2017	12.4%	15.5%
2018	12.3%	15.7%
2019	12.2%	15.8%
2020	12.2%	15.9%
2021	12.2%	15.9%
2022	12%	16%
2023	11.8%	15.9%
2024	11.7%	15.8%
2025	11.7%	15.6%
2026	11.7%	15.4%
2027	11.8%	15.1%
2028	11.9%	15%
2029	12%	14.8%
2030	12%	14.6%
2031	12%	14.4%
2032	12.1%	14.1%
2033	12.1%	13.8%
2034	12.1%	13.6%
2035	12.1%	13.4%
2036	12.1%	13.2%
2037	12.1%	13%
2038	12%	12.9%
2039	11.8%	12.8%
2040	11.7%	12.7%
2041	11.5%	12.7%
2042	11.2%	12.7%
2043	11%	12.7%
2044	10.7%	12.7%
2045	10.4%	12.8%
2046	10.1%	12.8%
2047	9.87%	12.9%
2048	9.6%	13%
2049	9.35%	13%
2050	9.12%	13.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 11.7% of the population in Singapore and 15.8% in Slovakia in 2024, compared to 21.4% and 25.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Singapore and Slovakia compared.

Natural population change in Singapore vs Slovakia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.35% in Singapore 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
	Singapore	Slovakia
1960	51,533	56,546
1961	49,880	55,749
1962	48,830	49,587
1963	49,542	54,382
1964	47,697	54,092
1965	45,474	48,517
1966	44,298	45,440
1967	40,145	41,824
1968	36,216	38,113
1969	34,314	39,312
1970	35,059	38,575
1971	35,708	40,105
1972	38,098	46,426
1973	36,404	49,199
1974	31,664	52,524
1975	28,509	52,604
1976	31,189	54,121
1977	26,508	52,762
1978	27,537	52,324
1979	28,363	52,353
1980	30,657	44,320
1981	32,167	43,640
1982	33,346	41,958
1983	30,296	39,717
1984	31,967	38,966
1985	32,010	37,680
1986	27,880	34,279
1987	33,020	31,859
1988	42,407	30,979
1989	36,929	26,380
1990	41,136	25,436
1991	39,188	23,865
1992	39,091	21,220
1993	40,425	20,769
1994	39,319	14,970
1995	38,065	9,115
1996	38,542	9,135
1997	37,960	6,999
1998	33,381	4,312
1999	32,857	3,777
2000	37,057	2,155
2001	31,035	-1,076
2002	29,231	-538
2003	24,689	-537
2004	24,583	1,611
2005	24,741	537
2006	25,968	537
2007	26,614	537
2008	28,068	4,303
2009	27,930	8,619
2010	24,876	7,008
2011	25,919	9,177
2012	29,750	3,245
2013	25,376	2,707
2014	27,896	3,793
2015	27,121	2,170
2016	25,794	5,431
2017	21,888	4,351
2018	21,427	3,268
2019	21,674	3,818
2020	18,763	-2,184
2021	15,270	-16,886
2022	9,019	-7,062
2023	7,101	-5,427

Maternal mortality chart: Singapore vs Slovakia

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 6 deaths per 100,000 live births in Singapore, compared to 4 deaths in Slovakia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Singapore	Slovakia
1985	18	19
1986	18	19
1987	18	19
1988	18	18
1989	18	17
1990	17	18
1991	16	17
1992	16	15
1993	16	14
1994	16	12
1995	17	11
1996	17	10
1997	17	10
1998	17	10
1999	17	9
2000	17	8
2001	16	8
2002	16	7
2003	15	7
2004	14	7
2005	14	7
2006	13	6
2007	12	6
2008	11	5
2009	10	6
2010	10	5
2011	10	5
2012	10	5
2013	9	5
2014	9	5
2015	8	5
2016	8	5
2017	8	5
2018	8	5
2019	7	5
2020	13	4
2021	20	12
2022	34	5
2023	6	4

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.21% in Singapore 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
	Singapore	Slovakia
1960	4.76%	3.67%
1961	4.37%	3.47%
1962	4.05%	3.32%
1963	3.81%	3.21%
1964	3.64%	3.14%
1965	3.5%	3.08%
1966	3.34%	3.05%
1967	3.18%	3.02%
1968	3.01%	3%
1969	2.86%	2.97%
1970	2.71%	2.95%
1971	2.56%	2.92%
1972	2.39%	2.89%
1973	2.18%	2.84%
1974	1.95%	2.78%
1975	1.75%	2.72%
1976	1.62%	2.64%
1977	1.54%	2.55%
1978	1.51%	2.46%
1979	1.49%	2.36%
1980	1.46%	2.27%
1981	1.4%	2.17%
1982	1.32%	2.08%
1983	1.23%	1.99%
1984	1.16%	1.91%
1985	1.09%	1.82%
1986	1.03%	1.73%
1987	0.97%	1.65%
1988	0.91%	1.59%
1989	0.84%	1.53%
1990	0.77%	1.47%
1991	0.7%	1.42%
1992	0.63%	1.37%
1993	0.58%	1.31%
1994	0.54%	1.25%
1995	0.51%	1.2%
1996	0.48%	1.14%
1997	0.46%	1.09%
1998	0.44%	1.05%
1999	0.41%	1%
2000	0.38%	0.96%
2001	0.36%	0.93%
2002	0.34%	0.91%
2003	0.32%	0.88%
2004	0.31%	0.86%
2005	0.3%	0.83%
2006	0.29%	0.8%
2007	0.29%	0.77%
2008	0.28%	0.74%
2009	0.28%	0.71%
2010	0.28%	0.69%
2011	0.28%	0.67%
2012	0.28%	0.66%
2013	0.28%	0.64%
2014	0.27%	0.63%
2015	0.27%	0.62%
2016	0.27%	0.61%
2017	0.26%	0.6%
2018	0.25%	0.6%
2019	0.24%	0.59%
2020	0.23%	0.59%
2021	0.22%	0.6%
2022	0.22%	0.6%
2023	0.21%	0.61%