Fertility & birth rates in Slovakia and Sri Lanka

Fertility rate in Slovakia vs Sri Lanka 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 1.97 in Sri Lanka in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Slovakia vs Sri Lanka 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	Sri Lanka
1960	3.04	5.35
1961	2.96	5.24
1962	2.83	5.18
1963	2.92	5.12
1964	2.89	5.06
1965	2.78	4.93
1966	2.66	4.83
1967	2.48	4.79
1968	2.39	4.66
1969	2.43	4.5
1970	2.41	4.39
1971	2.43	4.27
1972	2.49	4.16
1973	2.56	4
1974	2.61	3.86
1975	2.55	3.82
1976	2.55	3.78
1977	2.49	3.74
1978	2.47	3.81
1979	2.45	3.82
1980	2.32	3.73
1981	2.29	3.65
1982	2.28	3.32
1983	2.28	3.11
1984	2.26	3.01
1985	2.26	2.9
1986	2.2	2.74
1987	2.14	2.64
1988	2.13	2.57
1989	2.07	2.58
1990	2.09	2.54
1991	2.05	2.51
1992	1.93	2.49
1993	1.87	2.44
1994	1.67	2.4
1995	1.52	2.35
1996	1.47	2.29
1997	1.43	2.22
1998	1.37	2.14
1999	1.33	2.14
2000	1.3	2.21
2001	1.2	2.28
2002	1.19	2.31
2003	1.2	2.3
2004	1.25	2.27
2005	1.27	2.26
2006	1.25	2.29
2007	1.27	2.3
2008	1.34	2.23
2009	1.44	2.18
2010	1.43	2.13
2011	1.45	2.14
2012	1.34	2.17
2013	1.34	2.18
2014	1.37	2.13
2015	1.4	2.09
2016	1.48	2.06
2017	1.52	2.04
2018	1.54	2.03
2019	1.57	2.02
2020	1.59	2.01
2021	1.63	2
2022	1.57	1.98
2023	1.49	1.97
2024	1.49	1.95
2025	1.5	1.94
2026	1.5	1.93
2027	1.5	1.91
2028	1.51	1.9
2029	1.51	1.89
2030	1.51	1.88
2031	1.51	1.87
2032	1.51	1.86
2033	1.52	1.85
2034	1.52	1.85
2035	1.52	1.84
2036	1.52	1.83
2037	1.52	1.83
2038	1.52	1.82
2039	1.52	1.81
2040	1.52	1.81
2041	1.52	1.8
2042	1.52	1.8
2043	1.52	1.8
2044	1.53	1.79
2045	1.53	1.79
2046	1.53	1.79
2047	1.53	1.78
2048	1.53	1.78
2049	1.53	1.77
2050	1.53	1.77

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Slovakia	Sri Lanka
1960	31.5%	41%
1961	31.5%	40.9%
1962	31.3%	40.8%
1963	31%	40.7%
1964	30.8%	40.6%
1965	30.4%	40.5%
1966	29.9%	40.4%
1967	29.3%	40.3%
1968	28.6%	40.1%
1969	28.1%	39.9%
1970	27.5%	39.7%
1971	27%	39.5%
1972	26.6%	39.2%
1973	26.2%	38.8%
1974	26.1%	38.4%
1975	26%	38%
1976	26%	37.6%
1977	26%	37.2%
1978	26.1%	36.9%
1979	26.1%	36.7%
1980	26.1%	36.4%
1981	26.1%	36.2%
1982	26.2%	36%
1983	26.3%	35.8%
1984	26.4%	35.5%
1985	26.5%	35.2%
1986	26.4%	34.6%
1987	26.3%	34%
1988	26.1%	33.5%
1989	25.7%	33%
1990	25.2%	32.5%
1991	24.8%	32.1%
1992	24.4%	31.4%
1993	23.9%	30.6%
1994	23.3%	29.9%
1995	22.7%	29.2%
1996	22.1%	28.6%
1997	21.5%	28.2%
1998	20.9%	27.8%
1999	20.3%	27.4%
2000	19.7%	27%
2001	19%	26.6%
2002	18.4%	26.3%
2003	17.9%	26.1%
2004	17.3%	26%
2005	16.9%	25.8%
2006	16.4%	25.7%
2007	16%	25.7%
2008	15.7%	25.6%
2009	15.5%	25.5%
2010	15.5%	25.4%
2011	15.4%	25.3%
2012	15.4%	25.2%
2013	15.3%	25%
2014	15.3%	24.9%
2015	15.3%	24.7%
2016	15.4%	24.5%
2017	15.5%	24.2%
2018	15.7%	24%
2019	15.8%	23.7%
2020	15.9%	23.3%
2021	15.9%	23%
2022	16%	22.7%
2023	15.9%	22.4%
2024	15.8%	22%
2025	15.6%	21.7%
2026	15.4%	21.4%
2027	15.1%	21.1%
2028	15%	20.8%
2029	14.8%	20.5%
2030	14.6%	20.2%
2031	14.4%	20%
2032	14.1%	19.8%
2033	13.8%	19.6%
2034	13.6%	19.4%
2035	13.4%	19.2%
2036	13.2%	19.1%
2037	13%	18.9%
2038	12.9%	18.8%
2039	12.8%	18.7%
2040	12.7%	18.6%
2041	12.7%	18.4%
2042	12.7%	18.3%
2043	12.7%	18.2%
2044	12.7%	18.1%
2045	12.8%	18%
2046	12.8%	17.9%
2047	12.9%	17.7%
2048	13%	17.6%
2049	13%	17.5%
2050	13.1%	17.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15.8% of the population in Slovakia and 22% in Sri Lanka in 2024, compared to 25.2% and 32.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Slovakia and Sri Lanka compared.

Natural population change in Slovakia vs Sri Lanka by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.02% in Slovakia and +0.75% in Sri Lanka. 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	Sri Lanka
1960	56,546	247,631
1961	55,749	251,087
1962	49,587	256,719
1963	54,382	262,880
1964	54,092	269,584
1965	48,517	272,422
1966	45,440	275,549
1967	41,824	284,738
1968	38,113	286,642
1969	39,312	286,218
1970	38,575	286,719
1971	40,105	281,200
1972	46,426	282,494
1973	49,199	278,577
1974	52,524	275,521
1975	52,604	282,496
1976	54,121	291,816
1977	52,762	300,038
1978	52,324	317,055
1979	52,353	329,791
1980	44,320	328,155
1981	43,640	328,096
1982	41,958	300,030
1983	39,717	277,768
1984	38,966	263,175
1985	37,680	247,836
1986	34,279	233,782
1987	31,859	226,414
1988	30,979	219,184
1989	26,380	212,401
1990	25,436	224,454
1991	23,865	218,117
1992	21,220	222,230
1993	20,769	226,257
1994	14,970	228,904
1995	9,115	221,957
1996	9,135	215,290
1997	6,999	208,193
1998	4,312	201,059
1999	3,777	206,876
2000	2,155	227,060
2001	-1,076	244,377
2002	-538	252,840
2003	-537	252,008
2004	1,611	212,527
2005	537	248,683
2006	537	248,706
2007	537	248,287
2008	4,303	232,225
2009	8,619	200,175
2010	7,008	224,325
2011	9,177	224,461
2012	3,245	229,138
2013	2,707	221,021
2014	3,793	211,541
2015	2,170	201,815
2016	5,431	194,232
2017	4,351	187,993
2018	3,268	183,610
2019	3,818	172,243
2020	-2,184	170,968
2021	-16,886	121,858
2022	-7,062	95,378
2023	-5,427	66,111

Maternal mortality chart: Slovakia vs Sri Lanka

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 18 deaths in Sri Lanka.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Slovakia	Sri Lanka
1985	19	68
1986	19	66
1987	19	64
1988	18	62
1989	17	61
1990	18	59
1991	17	57
1992	15	54
1993	14	51
1994	12	49
1995	11	48
1996	10	47
1997	10	45
1998	10	43
1999	9	41
2000	8	39
2001	8	37
2002	7	36
2003	7	35
2004	7	37
2005	7	32
2006	6	32
2007	6	31
2008	5	30
2009	6	28
2010	5	26
2011	5	25
2012	5	24
2013	5	23
2014	5	23
2015	5	22
2016	5	22
2017	5	21
2018	5	21
2019	5	20
2020	4	23
2021	12	34
2022	5	22
2023	4	18

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.61% in Slovakia and 0.61% in Sri Lanka. 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	Sri Lanka
1960	3.67%	9.41%
1961	3.47%	8.95%
1962	3.32%	8.66%
1963	3.21%	8.48%
1964	3.14%	8.3%
1965	3.08%	8.07%
1966	3.05%	7.81%
1967	3.02%	7.55%
1968	3%	7.32%
1969	2.97%	7.14%
1970	2.95%	7.02%
1971	2.92%	6.94%
1972	2.89%	6.86%
1973	2.84%	6.77%
1974	2.78%	6.62%
1975	2.72%	6.41%
1976	2.64%	6.12%
1977	2.55%	5.77%
1978	2.46%	5.38%
1979	2.36%	4.99%
1980	2.27%	4.63%
1981	2.17%	4.29%
1982	2.08%	3.98%
1983	1.99%	3.67%
1984	1.91%	3.35%
1985	1.82%	3.02%
1986	1.73%	2.74%
1987	1.65%	2.54%
1988	1.59%	2.41%
1989	1.53%	2.74%
1990	1.47%	2.33%
1991	1.42%	2.32%
1992	1.37%	2.29%
1993	1.31%	2.22%
1994	1.25%	2.14%
1995	1.2%	2.05%
1996	1.14%	1.95%
1997	1.09%	1.86%
1998	1.05%	1.76%
1999	1%	1.69%
2000	0.96%	1.63%
2001	0.93%	1.58%
2002	0.91%	1.55%
2003	0.88%	1.52%
2004	0.86%	2.88%
2005	0.83%	1.4%
2006	0.8%	1.33%
2007	0.77%	1.26%
2008	0.74%	1.2%
2009	0.71%	2.08%
2010	0.69%	1.12%
2011	0.67%	1.08%
2012	0.66%	1.03%
2013	0.64%	0.98%
2014	0.63%	0.92%
2015	0.62%	0.87%
2016	0.61%	0.83%
2017	0.6%	0.79%
2018	0.6%	0.76%
2019	0.59%	0.72%
2020	0.59%	0.69%
2021	0.6%	0.66%
2022	0.6%	0.64%
2023	0.61%	0.61%