Fertility & birth rates in Slovakia and Switzerland

Fertility rate in Slovakia vs Switzerland 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 1.33 in Switzerland in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Slovakia vs Switzerland 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	Switzerland
1960	3.04	2.44
1961	2.96	2.52
1962	2.83	2.58
1963	2.92	2.65
1964	2.89	2.66
1965	2.78	2.59
1966	2.66	2.5
1967	2.48	2.39
1968	2.39	2.29
1969	2.43	2.19
1970	2.41	2.1
1971	2.43	2.04
1972	2.49	1.91
1973	2.56	1.81
1974	2.61	1.73
1975	2.55	1.61
1976	2.55	1.55
1977	2.49	1.53
1978	2.47	1.51
1979	2.45	1.52
1980	2.32	1.55
1981	2.29	1.55
1982	2.28	1.56
1983	2.28	1.52
1984	2.26	1.53
1985	2.26	1.52
1986	2.2	1.53
1987	2.14	1.52
1988	2.13	1.57
1989	2.07	1.56
1990	2.09	1.58
1991	2.05	1.58
1992	1.93	1.58
1993	1.87	1.51
1994	1.67	1.49
1995	1.52	1.48
1996	1.47	1.5
1997	1.43	1.48
1998	1.37	1.47
1999	1.33	1.48
2000	1.3	1.5
2001	1.2	1.38
2002	1.19	1.39
2003	1.2	1.39
2004	1.25	1.42
2005	1.27	1.42
2006	1.25	1.44
2007	1.27	1.46
2008	1.34	1.48
2009	1.44	1.5
2010	1.43	1.52
2011	1.45	1.52
2012	1.34	1.52
2013	1.34	1.52
2014	1.37	1.54
2015	1.4	1.54
2016	1.48	1.54
2017	1.52	1.52
2018	1.54	1.52
2019	1.57	1.48
2020	1.59	1.46
2021	1.63	1.52
2022	1.57	1.39
2023	1.49	1.33
2024	1.49	1.33
2025	1.5	1.34
2026	1.5	1.34
2027	1.5	1.35
2028	1.51	1.35
2029	1.51	1.35
2030	1.51	1.35
2031	1.51	1.36
2032	1.51	1.36
2033	1.52	1.37
2034	1.52	1.37
2035	1.52	1.37
2036	1.52	1.38
2037	1.52	1.38
2038	1.52	1.38
2039	1.52	1.38
2040	1.52	1.39
2041	1.52	1.39
2042	1.52	1.39
2043	1.52	1.4
2044	1.53	1.4
2045	1.53	1.4
2046	1.53	1.4
2047	1.53	1.41
2048	1.53	1.41
2049	1.53	1.41
2050	1.53	1.41

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Slovakia	Switzerland
1960	31.5%	24%
1961	31.5%	24%
1962	31.3%	24.1%
1963	31%	24.1%
1964	30.8%	24.1%
1965	30.4%	24.1%
1966	29.9%	24.2%
1967	29.3%	24.1%
1968	28.6%	24%
1969	28.1%	23.8%
1970	27.5%	23.8%
1971	27%	23.7%
1972	26.6%	23.5%
1973	26.2%	23.2%
1974	26.1%	22.8%
1975	26%	22.4%
1976	26%	22%
1977	26%	21.4%
1978	26.1%	20.9%
1979	26.1%	20.3%
1980	26.1%	19.7%
1981	26.1%	19.2%
1982	26.2%	18.8%
1983	26.3%	18.3%
1984	26.4%	18%
1985	26.5%	17.6%
1986	26.4%	17.4%
1987	26.3%	17.2%
1988	26.1%	17.1%
1989	25.7%	17%
1990	25.2%	17.1%
1991	24.8%	17.2%
1992	24.4%	17.3%
1993	23.9%	17.5%
1994	23.3%	17.6%
1995	22.7%	17.6%
1996	22.1%	17.7%
1997	21.5%	17.6%
1998	20.9%	17.6%
1999	20.3%	17.5%
2000	19.7%	17.4%
2001	19%	17.1%
2002	18.4%	16.8%
2003	17.9%	16.6%
2004	17.3%	16.4%
2005	16.9%	16.1%
2006	16.4%	15.9%
2007	16%	15.6%
2008	15.7%	15.4%
2009	15.5%	15.3%
2010	15.5%	15.2%
2011	15.4%	15.1%
2012	15.4%	15%
2013	15.3%	14.9%
2014	15.3%	14.9%
2015	15.3%	14.9%
2016	15.4%	14.9%
2017	15.5%	14.9%
2018	15.7%	15%
2019	15.8%	15%
2020	15.9%	15.1%
2021	15.9%	15.1%
2022	16%	15.1%
2023	15.9%	15%
2024	15.8%	15%
2025	15.6%	14.9%
2026	15.4%	14.8%
2027	15.1%	14.7%
2028	15%	14.6%
2029	14.8%	14.5%
2030	14.6%	14.3%
2031	14.4%	14.1%
2032	14.1%	14%
2033	13.8%	13.8%
2034	13.6%	13.6%
2035	13.4%	13.5%
2036	13.2%	13.3%
2037	13%	13.2%
2038	12.9%	13.1%
2039	12.8%	13%
2040	12.7%	12.9%
2041	12.7%	12.8%
2042	12.7%	12.8%
2043	12.7%	12.7%
2044	12.7%	12.8%
2045	12.8%	12.8%
2046	12.8%	12.8%
2047	12.9%	12.9%
2048	13%	12.9%
2049	13%	13%
2050	13.1%	13.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15.8% of the population in Slovakia and 15% in Switzerland in 2024, compared to 25.2% and 17.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Slovakia and Switzerland compared.

Natural population change in Slovakia vs Switzerland by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.02% in Slovakia and +0.2% in Switzerland. 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	Switzerland
1960	56,546	42,090
1961	55,749	48,365
1962	49,587	49,050
1963	54,382	52,956
1964	54,092	59,050
1965	48,517	56,222
1966	45,440	53,854
1967	41,824	52,128
1968	38,113	47,328
1969	39,312	44,182
1970	38,575	42,648
1971	40,105	38,523
1972	46,426	35,061
1973	49,199	30,906
1974	52,524	27,902
1975	52,604	22,820
1976	54,121	17,017
1977	52,762	16,959
1978	52,324	13,820
1979	52,353	14,477
1980	44,320	14,535
1981	43,640	13,979
1982	41,958	15,339
1983	39,717	12,837
1984	38,966	16,105
1985	37,680	14,882
1986	34,279	16,261
1987	31,859	15,708
1988	30,979	21,099
1989	26,380	19,941
1990	25,436	20,146
1991	23,865	23,800
1992	21,220	24,064
1993	20,769	21,509
1994	14,970	20,982
1995	9,115	19,010
1996	9,135	19,801
1997	6,999	17,722
1998	4,312	16,353
1999	3,777	16,431
2000	2,155	15,806
2001	-1,076	10,845
2002	-538	10,199
2003	-537	8,807
2004	1,611	13,302
2005	537	11,899
2006	537	12,723
2007	537	13,592
2008	4,303	15,295
2009	8,619	15,487
2010	7,008	17,997
2011	9,177	18,990
2012	3,245	18,393
2013	2,707	17,797
2014	3,793	21,290
2015	2,170	19,050
2016	5,431	22,608
2017	4,351	20,284
2018	3,268	20,434
2019	3,818	18,008
2020	-2,184	9,502
2021	-16,886	18,279
2022	-7,062	7,899
2023	-5,427	7,999

Maternal mortality chart: Slovakia vs Switzerland

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 5 deaths in Switzerland.

Table

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

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.61% in Slovakia and 0.39% in Switzerland. 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	Switzerland
1960	3.67%	2.65%
1961	3.47%	2.6%
1962	3.32%	2.53%
1963	3.21%	2.45%
1964	3.14%	2.36%
1965	3.08%	2.26%
1966	3.05%	2.16%
1967	3.02%	2.07%
1968	3%	1.99%
1969	2.97%	1.92%
1970	2.95%	1.84%
1971	2.92%	1.76%
1972	2.89%	1.67%
1973	2.84%	1.57%
1974	2.78%	1.48%
1975	2.72%	1.38%
1976	2.64%	1.29%
1977	2.55%	1.21%
1978	2.46%	1.14%
1979	2.36%	1.09%
1980	2.27%	1.04%
1981	2.17%	1%
1982	2.08%	0.97%
1983	1.99%	0.94%
1984	1.91%	0.92%
1985	1.82%	0.9%
1986	1.73%	0.89%
1987	1.65%	0.88%
1988	1.59%	0.86%
1989	1.53%	0.84%
1990	1.47%	0.82%
1991	1.42%	0.78%
1992	1.37%	0.75%
1993	1.31%	0.71%
1994	1.25%	0.67%
1995	1.2%	0.64%
1996	1.14%	0.62%
1997	1.09%	0.6%
1998	1.05%	0.58%
1999	1%	0.57%
2000	0.96%	0.56%
2001	0.93%	0.55%
2002	0.91%	0.54%
2003	0.88%	0.53%
2004	0.86%	0.52%
2005	0.83%	0.51%
2006	0.8%	0.49%
2007	0.77%	0.48%
2008	0.74%	0.47%
2009	0.71%	0.46%
2010	0.69%	0.46%
2011	0.67%	0.45%
2012	0.66%	0.44%
2013	0.64%	0.44%
2014	0.63%	0.43%
2015	0.62%	0.43%
2016	0.61%	0.42%
2017	0.6%	0.41%
2018	0.6%	0.41%
2019	0.59%	0.4%
2020	0.59%	0.4%
2021	0.6%	0.4%
2022	0.6%	0.4%
2023	0.61%	0.39%