Fertility & birth rates in Slovakia and South Korea

Fertility rate in Slovakia vs South Korea chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Slovakia was 1.49 children per woman in 2023, compared to 0.72 in South Korea in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Slovakia vs South Korea population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Slovakia	South Korea
1960	3.04	5.99
1961	2.96	5.8
1962	2.83	5.56
1963	2.92	5.33
1964	2.89	5.07
1965	2.78	4.89
1966	2.66	4.78
1967	2.48	4.62
1968	2.39	4.51
1969	2.43	4.45
1970	2.41	4.53
1971	2.43	4.54
1972	2.49	4.12
1973	2.56	4.07
1974	2.61	3.77
1975	2.55	3.43
1976	2.55	3
1977	2.49	2.99
1978	2.47	2.64
1979	2.45	2.9
1980	2.32	2.82
1981	2.29	2.57
1982	2.28	2.39
1983	2.28	2.06
1984	2.26	1.74
1985	2.26	1.66
1986	2.2	1.58
1987	2.14	1.53
1988	2.13	1.55
1989	2.07	1.56
1990	2.09	1.57
1991	2.05	1.71
1992	1.93	1.76
1993	1.87	1.65
1994	1.67	1.66
1995	1.52	1.63
1996	1.47	1.57
1997	1.43	1.54
1998	1.37	1.46
1999	1.33	1.43
2000	1.3	1.48
2001	1.2	1.31
2002	1.19	1.18
2003	1.2	1.19
2004	1.25	1.16
2005	1.27	1.09
2006	1.25	1.13
2007	1.27	1.26
2008	1.34	1.19
2009	1.44	1.15
2010	1.43	1.23
2011	1.45	1.24
2012	1.34	1.3
2013	1.34	1.19
2014	1.37	1.21
2015	1.4	1.24
2016	1.48	1.17
2017	1.52	1.05
2018	1.54	0.98
2019	1.57	0.92
2020	1.59	0.84
2021	1.63	0.81
2022	1.57	0.78
2023	1.49	0.72
2024	1.49	0.73
2025	1.5	0.75
2026	1.5	0.76
2027	1.5	0.78
2028	1.51	0.79
2029	1.51	0.8
2030	1.51	0.82
2031	1.51	0.83
2032	1.51	0.84
2033	1.52	0.85
2034	1.52	0.86
2035	1.52	0.88
2036	1.52	0.89
2037	1.52	0.9
2038	1.52	0.91
2039	1.52	0.92
2040	1.52	0.93
2041	1.52	0.95
2042	1.52	0.96
2043	1.52	0.96
2044	1.53	0.97
2045	1.53	0.98
2046	1.53	0.99
2047	1.53	1
2048	1.53	1.01
2049	1.53	1.02
2050	1.53	1.03

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Slovakia	South Korea
1960	31.5%	41.3%
1961	31.5%	41.8%
1962	31.3%	42.3%
1963	31%	42.7%
1964	30.8%	43.1%
1965	30.4%	43.3%
1966	29.9%	43.5%
1967	29.3%	43.3%
1968	28.6%	43.1%
1969	28.1%	42.7%
1970	27.5%	42.1%
1971	27%	41.5%
1972	26.6%	41%
1973	26.2%	40.3%
1974	26.1%	39.5%
1975	26%	38.5%
1976	26%	37.5%
1977	26%	36.5%
1978	26.1%	35.6%
1979	26.1%	34.8%
1980	26.1%	34%
1981	26.1%	33.3%
1982	26.2%	32.7%
1983	26.3%	32%
1984	26.4%	31.2%
1985	26.5%	30.2%
1986	26.4%	29.2%
1987	26.3%	28.2%
1988	26.1%	27.3%
1989	25.7%	26.5%
1990	25.2%	25.8%
1991	24.8%	25.2%
1992	24.4%	24.7%
1993	23.9%	24.2%
1994	23.3%	23.7%
1995	22.7%	23.1%
1996	22.1%	22.5%
1997	21.5%	22%
1998	20.9%	21.6%
1999	20.3%	21.2%
2000	19.7%	21%
2001	19%	20.8%
2002	18.4%	20.5%
2003	17.9%	20.1%
2004	17.3%	19.7%
2005	16.9%	19.2%
2006	16.4%	18.7%
2007	16%	18.1%
2008	15.7%	17.5%
2009	15.5%	16.9%
2010	15.5%	16.4%
2011	15.4%	15.8%
2012	15.4%	15.2%
2013	15.3%	14.7%
2014	15.3%	14.2%
2015	15.3%	13.8%
2016	15.4%	13.4%
2017	15.5%	13%
2018	15.7%	12.7%
2019	15.8%	12.4%
2020	15.9%	12.1%
2021	15.9%	11.8%
2022	16%	11.4%
2023	15.9%	11%
2024	15.8%	10.6%
2025	15.6%	10.2%
2026	15.4%	9.82%
2027	15.1%	9.42%
2028	15%	9.06%
2029	14.8%	8.75%
2030	14.6%	8.43%
2031	14.4%	8.15%
2032	14.1%	7.94%
2033	13.8%	7.79%
2034	13.6%	7.7%
2035	13.4%	7.66%
2036	13.2%	7.65%
2037	13%	7.66%
2038	12.9%	7.68%
2039	12.8%	7.71%
2040	12.7%	7.73%
2041	12.7%	7.75%
2042	12.7%	7.76%
2043	12.7%	7.77%
2044	12.7%	7.78%
2045	12.8%	7.79%
2046	12.8%	7.8%
2047	12.9%	7.81%
2048	13%	7.82%
2049	13%	7.82%
2050	13.1%	7.83%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15.8% of the population in Slovakia and 10.6% in South Korea in 2024, compared to 25.2% and 25.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Slovakia and South Korea compared.

Natural population change in Slovakia vs South Korea by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.02% in Slovakia and +0.06% in South Korea. 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
	Slovakia	South Korea
1960	56,546	728,010
1961	55,749	730,173
1962	49,587	712,590
1963	54,382	685,824
1964	54,092	655,501
1965	48,517	641,090
1966	45,440	623,534
1967	41,824	692,169
1968	38,113	684,487
1969	39,312	694,227
1970	38,575	747,987
1971	40,105	789,185
1972	46,426	740,469
1973	49,199	699,115
1974	52,524	673,030
1975	52,604	603,300
1976	54,121	530,558
1977	52,762	578,947
1978	52,324	499,084
1979	52,353	623,068
1980	44,320	583,294
1981	43,640	631,189
1982	41,958	605,626
1983	39,717	514,844
1984	38,966	436,384
1985	37,680	416,219
1986	34,279	395,651
1987	31,859	378,758
1988	30,979	399,297
1989	26,380	403,266
1990	25,436	411,546
1991	23,865	467,594
1992	21,220	494,352
1993	20,769	477,302
1994	14,970	473,200
1995	9,115	468,967
1996	9,135	446,142
1997	6,999	422,773
1998	4,312	393,436
1999	3,777	368,272
2000	2,155	390,167
2001	-1,076	312,643
2002	-538	247,752
2003	-537	244,251
2004	1,611	225,988
2005	537	187,920
2006	537	203,441
2007	537	248,286
2008	4,303	215,841
2009	8,619	197,231
2010	7,008	213,083
2011	9,177	214,728
2012	3,245	215,859
2013	2,707	166,415
2014	3,793	167,464
2015	2,170	163,248
2016	5,431	122,923
2017	4,351	71,907
2018	3,268	30,951
2019	3,818	10,353
2020	-2,184	-31,101
2021	-16,886	-56,947
2022	-7,062	-124,014
2023	-5,427	-77,569

Maternal mortality chart: Slovakia vs South Korea

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

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Slovakia	South Korea
1985	19	38
1986	19	35
1987	19	34
1988	18	31
1989	17	29
1990	18	28
1991	17	28
1992	15	26
1993	14	24
1994	12	23
1995	11	22
1996	10	20
1997	10	19
1998	10	18
1999	9	17
2000	8	15
2001	8	14
2002	7	13
2003	7	13
2004	7	12
2005	7	11
2006	6	10
2007	6	10
2008	5	9
2009	6	9
2010	5	8
2011	5	8
2012	5	8
2013	5	7
2014	5	7
2015	5	6
2016	5	6
2017	5	6
2018	5	5
2019	5	5
2020	4	12
2021	12	5
2022	5	7
2023	4	4

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.61% in Slovakia and 0.28% in South Korea. 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
	Slovakia	South Korea
1960	3.67%	11.2%
1961	3.47%	10.6%
1962	3.32%	10.1%
1963	3.21%	9.67%
1964	3.14%	9.18%
1965	3.08%	8.68%
1966	3.05%	8.16%
1967	3.02%	7.62%
1968	3%	7.1%
1969	2.97%	6.59%
1970	2.95%	6.12%
1971	2.92%	5.71%
1972	2.89%	5.36%
1973	2.84%	5.07%
1974	2.78%	4.82%
1975	2.72%	4.61%
1976	2.64%	4.42%
1977	2.55%	4.23%
1978	2.46%	4.04%
1979	2.36%	3.84%
1980	2.27%	3.63%
1981	2.17%	3.4%
1982	2.08%	3.17%
1983	1.99%	2.93%
1984	1.91%	2.7%
1985	1.82%	2.46%
1986	1.73%	2.25%
1987	1.65%	2.05%
1988	1.59%	1.87%
1989	1.53%	1.71%
1990	1.47%	1.57%
1991	1.42%	1.44%
1992	1.37%	1.33%
1993	1.31%	1.23%
1994	1.25%	1.14%
1995	1.2%	1.05%
1996	1.14%	0.98%
1997	1.09%	0.91%
1998	1.05%	0.85%
1999	1%	0.8%
2000	0.96%	0.75%
2001	0.93%	0.71%
2002	0.91%	0.68%
2003	0.88%	0.64%
2004	0.86%	0.6%
2005	0.83%	0.56%
2006	0.8%	0.52%
2007	0.77%	0.48%
2008	0.74%	0.45%
2009	0.71%	0.43%
2010	0.69%	0.41%
2011	0.67%	0.4%
2012	0.66%	0.38%
2013	0.64%	0.37%
2014	0.63%	0.36%
2015	0.62%	0.35%
2016	0.61%	0.34%
2017	0.6%	0.33%
2018	0.6%	0.32%
2019	0.59%	0.31%
2020	0.59%	0.3%
2021	0.6%	0.29%
2022	0.6%	0.28%
2023	0.61%	0.28%