Fertility & birth rates in Slovakia and Spain

Fertility rate in Slovakia vs Spain 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 1.12 in Spain 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
	Slovakia	Spain
1960	3.04	2.86
1961	2.96	2.77
1962	2.83	2.8
1963	2.92	2.88
1964	2.89	3.01
1965	2.78	2.94
1966	2.66	2.91
1967	2.48	2.94
1968	2.39	2.87
1969	2.43	2.86
1970	2.41	2.84
1971	2.43	2.9
1972	2.49	2.87
1973	2.56	2.84
1974	2.61	2.88
1975	2.55	2.77
1976	2.55	2.77
1977	2.49	2.65
1978	2.47	2.54
1979	2.45	2.37
1980	2.32	2.22
1981	2.29	2.04
1982	2.28	1.94
1983	2.28	1.8
1984	2.26	1.73
1985	2.26	1.64
1986	2.2	1.56
1987	2.14	1.49
1988	2.13	1.45
1989	2.07	1.4
1990	2.09	1.36
1991	2.05	1.33
1992	1.93	1.31
1993	1.87	1.26
1994	1.67	1.19
1995	1.52	1.16
1996	1.47	1.14
1997	1.43	1.15
1998	1.37	1.13
1999	1.33	1.17
2000	1.3	1.22
2001	1.2	1.23
2002	1.19	1.25
2003	1.2	1.3
2004	1.25	1.31
2005	1.27	1.33
2006	1.25	1.36
2007	1.27	1.38
2008	1.34	1.45
2009	1.44	1.38
2010	1.43	1.37
2011	1.45	1.34
2012	1.34	1.32
2013	1.34	1.27
2014	1.37	1.32
2015	1.4	1.33
2016	1.48	1.33
2017	1.52	1.31
2018	1.54	1.26
2019	1.57	1.23
2020	1.59	1.18
2021	1.63	1.18
2022	1.57	1.16
2023	1.49	1.12
2024	1.49	1.13
2025	1.5	1.14
2026	1.5	1.14
2027	1.5	1.15
2028	1.51	1.16
2029	1.51	1.16
2030	1.51	1.17
2031	1.51	1.17
2032	1.51	1.18
2033	1.52	1.18
2034	1.52	1.19
2035	1.52	1.19
2036	1.52	1.2
2037	1.52	1.2
2038	1.52	1.2
2039	1.52	1.21
2040	1.52	1.21
2041	1.52	1.22
2042	1.52	1.23
2043	1.52	1.23
2044	1.53	1.24
2045	1.53	1.24
2046	1.53	1.24
2047	1.53	1.25
2048	1.53	1.25
2049	1.53	1.25
2050	1.53	1.26

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Slovakia	Spain
1960	31.5%	27.4%
1961	31.5%	27.4%
1962	31.3%	27.4%
1963	31%	27.4%
1964	30.8%	27.4%
1965	30.4%	27.5%
1966	29.9%	27.6%
1967	29.3%	27.7%
1968	28.6%	27.8%
1969	28.1%	27.8%
1970	27.5%	27.9%
1971	27%	27.8%
1972	26.6%	27.8%
1973	26.2%	27.7%
1974	26.1%	27.5%
1975	26%	27.3%
1976	26%	27.2%
1977	26%	27%
1978	26.1%	26.8%
1979	26.1%	26.4%
1980	26.1%	26%
1981	26.1%	25.5%
1982	26.2%	24.9%
1983	26.3%	24.4%
1984	26.4%	23.8%
1985	26.5%	23.2%
1986	26.4%	22.5%
1987	26.3%	21.9%
1988	26.1%	21.2%
1989	25.7%	20.5%
1990	25.2%	19.8%
1991	24.8%	19.1%
1992	24.4%	18.4%
1993	23.9%	17.8%
1994	23.3%	17.2%
1995	22.7%	16.6%
1996	22.1%	16.1%
1997	21.5%	15.7%
1998	20.9%	15.3%
1999	20.3%	15%
2000	19.7%	14.8%
2001	19%	14.7%
2002	18.4%	14.6%
2003	17.9%	14.5%
2004	17.3%	14.5%
2005	16.9%	14.5%
2006	16.4%	14.5%
2007	16%	14.6%
2008	15.7%	14.7%
2009	15.5%	14.8%
2010	15.5%	14.9%
2011	15.4%	15%
2012	15.4%	15.1%
2013	15.3%	15.1%
2014	15.3%	15.1%
2015	15.3%	15%
2016	15.4%	14.9%
2017	15.5%	14.8%
2018	15.7%	14.7%
2019	15.8%	14.4%
2020	15.9%	14.2%
2021	15.9%	13.9%
2022	16%	13.6%
2023	15.9%	13.3%
2024	15.8%	12.9%
2025	15.6%	12.6%
2026	15.4%	12.3%
2027	15.1%	12.1%
2028	15%	11.8%
2029	14.8%	11.6%
2030	14.6%	11.4%
2031	14.4%	11.2%
2032	14.1%	11%
2033	13.8%	10.9%
2034	13.6%	10.8%
2035	13.4%	10.7%
2036	13.2%	10.7%
2037	13%	10.7%
2038	12.9%	10.8%
2039	12.8%	10.8%
2040	12.7%	10.8%
2041	12.7%	10.9%
2042	12.7%	11%
2043	12.7%	11%
2044	12.7%	11.1%
2045	12.8%	11.2%
2046	12.8%	11.3%
2047	12.9%	11.3%
2048	13%	11.4%
2049	13%	11.5%
2050	13.1%	11.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15.8% of the population in Slovakia and 12.9% in Spain in 2024, compared to 25.2% and 19.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Slovakia and Spain compared.

Natural population change in Slovakia vs Spain by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.02% in Slovakia and -0.13% in Spain. 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	Spain
1960	56,546	398,960
1961	55,749	396,537
1962	49,587	384,690
1963	54,382	394,338
1964	54,092	429,885
1965	48,517	405,819
1966	45,440	397,084
1967	41,824	402,001
1968	38,113	387,423
1969	39,312	367,851
1970	38,575	378,723
1971	40,105	369,625
1972	46,426	391,030
1973	49,199	374,381
1974	52,524	396,182
1975	52,604	371,882
1976	54,121	375,834
1977	52,762	361,465
1978	52,324	339,157
1979	52,353	312,407
1980	44,320	281,184
1981	43,640	237,879
1982	41,958	231,714
1983	39,717	183,223
1984	38,966	172,487
1985	37,680	146,184
1986	34,279	131,188
1987	31,859	116,054
1988	30,979	100,794
1989	26,380	81,538
1990	25,436	66,075
1991	23,865	58,450
1992	21,220	62,652
1993	20,769	47,234
1994	14,970	31,639
1995	9,115	15,889
1996	9,135	11,967
1997	6,999	20,028
1998	4,312	4,022
1999	3,777	8,077
2000	2,155	36,512
2001	-1,076	44,936
2002	-538	53,861
2003	-537	54,844
2004	1,611	85,844
2005	537	78,576
2006	537	110,994
2007	537	108,545
2008	4,303	133,267
2009	8,619	106,635
2010	7,008	102,469
2011	9,177	84,137
2012	3,245	51,450
2013	2,707	37,284
2014	3,793	32,522
2015	2,170	-4,642
2016	5,431	0
2017	4,351	-32,600
2018	3,268	-56,139
2019	3,818	-56,542
2020	-2,184	-151,551
2021	-16,886	-113,865
2022	-7,062	-133,801
2023	-5,427	-111,201

Maternal mortality chart: Slovakia vs Spain

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 3 deaths in Spain.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Slovakia	Spain
1985	19	6
1986	19	7
1987	19	7
1988	18	7
1989	17	7
1990	18	6
1991	17	6
1992	15	6
1993	14	6
1994	12	6
1995	11	6
1996	10	6
1997	10	5
1998	10	5
1999	9	5
2000	8	5
2001	8	5
2002	7	5
2003	7	4
2004	7	5
2005	7	5
2006	6	4
2007	6	4
2008	5	4
2009	6	4
2010	5	4
2011	5	4
2012	5	4
2013	5	4
2014	5	4
2015	5	4
2016	5	3
2017	5	3
2018	5	3
2019	5	3
2020	4	4
2021	12	4
2022	5	4
2023	4	3

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.61% in Slovakia and 0.31% in Spain. 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	Spain
1960	3.67%	5.47%
1961	3.47%	5.2%
1962	3.32%	4.94%
1963	3.21%	4.68%
1964	3.14%	4.45%
1965	3.08%	4.23%
1966	3.05%	4.03%
1967	3.02%	3.83%
1968	3%	3.61%
1969	2.97%	3.39%
1970	2.95%	3.16%
1971	2.92%	2.94%
1972	2.89%	2.72%
1973	2.84%	2.52%
1974	2.78%	2.33%
1975	2.72%	2.17%
1976	2.64%	2.02%
1977	2.55%	1.87%
1978	2.46%	1.74%
1979	2.36%	1.61%
1980	2.27%	1.49%
1981	2.17%	1.38%
1982	2.08%	1.3%
1983	1.99%	1.23%
1984	1.91%	1.17%
1985	1.82%	1.11%
1986	1.73%	1.07%
1987	1.65%	1.03%
1988	1.59%	0.99%
1989	1.53%	0.95%
1990	1.47%	0.92%
1991	1.42%	0.88%
1992	1.37%	0.83%
1993	1.31%	0.79%
1994	1.25%	0.74%
1995	1.2%	0.69%
1996	1.14%	0.65%
1997	1.09%	0.61%
1998	1.05%	0.58%
1999	1%	0.56%
2000	0.96%	0.54%
2001	0.93%	0.53%
2002	0.91%	0.51%
2003	0.88%	0.5%
2004	0.86%	0.49%
2005	0.83%	0.47%
2006	0.8%	0.45%
2007	0.77%	0.44%
2008	0.74%	0.42%
2009	0.71%	0.4%
2010	0.69%	0.38%
2011	0.67%	0.37%
2012	0.66%	0.36%
2013	0.64%	0.35%
2014	0.63%	0.34%
2015	0.62%	0.33%
2016	0.61%	0.33%
2017	0.6%	0.32%
2018	0.6%	0.32%
2019	0.59%	0.32%
2020	0.59%	0.32%
2021	0.6%	0.31%
2022	0.6%	0.31%
2023	0.61%	0.31%