Fertility & birth rates in Slovakia and United Kingdom

Fertility rate in Slovakia vs United Kingdom 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 1.56 in the United Kingdom in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Slovakia vs the United Kingdom 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	United Kingdom
1960	3.04	2.69
1961	2.96	2.78
1962	2.83	2.86
1963	2.92	2.88
1964	2.89	2.93
1965	2.78	2.86
1966	2.66	2.78
1967	2.48	2.68
1968	2.39	2.6
1969	2.43	2.51
1970	2.41	2.44
1971	2.43	2.41
1972	2.49	2.2
1973	2.56	2.04
1974	2.61	1.92
1975	2.55	1.81
1976	2.55	1.74
1977	2.49	1.69
1978	2.47	1.75
1979	2.45	1.86
1980	2.32	1.9
1981	2.29	1.82
1982	2.28	1.78
1983	2.28	1.77
1984	2.26	1.77
1985	2.26	1.79
1986	2.2	1.78
1987	2.14	1.81
1988	2.13	1.82
1989	2.07	1.79
1990	2.09	1.83
1991	2.05	1.82
1992	1.93	1.79
1993	1.87	1.76
1994	1.67	1.74
1995	1.52	1.71
1996	1.47	1.73
1997	1.43	1.72
1998	1.37	1.71
1999	1.33	1.68
2000	1.3	1.64
2001	1.2	1.63
2002	1.19	1.63
2003	1.2	1.7
2004	1.25	1.75
2005	1.27	1.76
2006	1.25	1.82
2007	1.27	1.86
2008	1.34	1.91
2009	1.44	1.89
2010	1.43	1.92
2011	1.45	1.91
2012	1.34	1.92
2013	1.34	1.83
2014	1.37	1.81
2015	1.4	1.8
2016	1.48	1.79
2017	1.52	1.74
2018	1.54	1.68
2019	1.57	1.63
2020	1.59	1.57
2021	1.63	1.58
2022	1.57	1.56
2023	1.49	1.56
2024	1.49	1.55
2025	1.5	1.54
2026	1.5	1.53
2027	1.5	1.53
2028	1.51	1.53
2029	1.51	1.52
2030	1.51	1.52
2031	1.51	1.52
2032	1.51	1.53
2033	1.52	1.53
2034	1.52	1.53
2035	1.52	1.53
2036	1.52	1.53
2037	1.52	1.53
2038	1.52	1.53
2039	1.52	1.53
2040	1.52	1.53
2041	1.52	1.54
2042	1.52	1.54
2043	1.52	1.54
2044	1.53	1.54
2045	1.53	1.54
2046	1.53	1.54
2047	1.53	1.54
2048	1.53	1.54
2049	1.53	1.55
2050	1.53	1.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Slovakia	United Kingdom
1960	31.5%	23.3%
1961	31.5%	23.3%
1962	31.3%	23.2%
1963	31%	23.2%
1964	30.8%	23.3%
1965	30.4%	23.4%
1966	29.9%	23.5%
1967	29.3%	23.7%
1968	28.6%	23.9%
1969	28.1%	24%
1970	27.5%	24.1%
1971	27%	24.1%
1972	26.6%	24%
1973	26.2%	23.9%
1974	26.1%	23.6%
1975	26%	23.3%
1976	26%	22.9%
1977	26%	22.4%
1978	26.1%	21.9%
1979	26.1%	21.4%
1980	26.1%	21%
1981	26.1%	20.6%
1982	26.2%	20.2%
1983	26.3%	19.8%
1984	26.4%	19.5%
1985	26.5%	19.3%
1986	26.4%	19.1%
1987	26.3%	18.9%
1988	26.1%	18.9%
1989	25.7%	19.1%
1990	25.2%	19.1%
1991	24.8%	19.3%
1992	24.4%	19.4%
1993	23.9%	19.5%
1994	23.3%	19.6%
1995	22.7%	19.5%
1996	22.1%	19.4%
1997	21.5%	19.3%
1998	20.9%	19.3%
1999	20.3%	19.2%
2000	19.7%	18.9%
2001	19%	18.7%
2002	18.4%	18.5%
2003	17.9%	18.4%
2004	17.3%	18.3%
2005	16.9%	18.2%
2006	16.4%	18%
2007	16%	17.9%
2008	15.7%	17.8%
2009	15.5%	17.8%
2010	15.5%	17.8%
2011	15.4%	17.7%
2012	15.4%	17.8%
2013	15.3%	17.8%
2014	15.3%	17.8%
2015	15.3%	17.9%
2016	15.4%	18%
2017	15.5%	18%
2018	15.7%	18.1%
2019	15.8%	18%
2020	15.9%	18%
2021	15.9%	17.8%
2022	16%	17.6%
2023	15.9%	17.4%
2024	15.8%	17.2%
2025	15.6%	17%
2026	15.4%	16.7%
2027	15.1%	16.5%
2028	15%	16.2%
2029	14.8%	16%
2030	14.6%	15.7%
2031	14.4%	15.5%
2032	14.1%	15.3%
2033	13.8%	15.2%
2034	13.6%	15.1%
2035	13.4%	15%
2036	13.2%	14.9%
2037	13%	14.9%
2038	12.9%	14.8%
2039	12.8%	14.8%
2040	12.7%	14.8%
2041	12.7%	14.8%
2042	12.7%	14.8%
2043	12.7%	14.9%
2044	12.7%	14.9%
2045	12.8%	14.9%
2046	12.8%	15%
2047	12.9%	15%
2048	13%	15%
2049	13%	15%
2050	13.1%	15.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15.8% of the population in Slovakia and 17.2% in the United Kingdom in 2024, compared to 25.2% and 19.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Slovakia and the United Kingdom compared.

Natural population change in Slovakia vs United Kingdom by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.02% in Slovakia and +0.16% in the United Kingdom. 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	United Kingdom
1960	56,546	314,400
1961	55,749	311,519
1962	49,587	340,800
1963	54,382	337,995
1964	54,092	405,000
1965	48,517	364,132
1966	45,440	333,356
1967	41,824	346,145
1968	38,113	292,622
1969	39,312	260,577
1970	38,575	244,918
1971	40,105	257,123
1972	46,426	162,650
1973	49,199	112,389
1974	52,524	67,476
1975	52,604	33,735
1976	54,121	-5,621
1977	52,762	0
1978	52,324	16,859
1979	52,353	61,872
1980	44,320	95,734
1981	43,640	73,234
1982	41,958	56,314
1983	39,717	61,966
1984	38,966	84,633
1985	37,680	79,170
1986	34,279	90,690
1987	31,859	136,325
1988	30,979	136,628
1989	26,380	119,861
1990	25,436	154,569
1991	23,865	143,562
1992	21,220	149,709
1993	20,769	103,893
1994	14,970	127,304
1995	9,115	87,028
1996	9,135	98,884
1997	6,999	99,138
1998	4,312	87,730
1999	3,777	64,551
2000	2,155	70,671
2001	-1,076	65,032
2002	-538	65,308
2003	-537	89,471
2004	1,611	131,974
2005	537	144,963
2006	537	176,455
2007	537	196,232
2008	4,303	216,325
2009	8,619	230,422
2010	7,008	251,066
2011	9,177	259,361
2012	3,245	248,473
2013	2,707	198,830
2014	3,793	206,784
2015	2,170	175,738
2016	5,431	177,139
2017	4,351	145,125
2018	3,268	119,321
2019	3,818	108,342
2020	-2,184	-4,272
2021	-16,886	30,612
2022	-7,062	39,751
2023	-5,427	34,589

Maternal mortality chart: Slovakia vs United Kingdom

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 8 deaths in the United Kingdom.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Slovakia	United Kingdom
1985	19	2
1986	19	2
1987	19	3
1988	18	4
1989	17	5
1990	18	6
1991	17	7
1992	15	7
1993	14	8
1994	12	9
1995	11	9
1996	10	8
1997	10	9
1998	10	10
1999	9	11
2000	8	12
2001	8	13
2002	7	13
2003	7	14
2004	7	13
2005	7	12
2006	6	12
2007	6	11
2008	5	11
2009	6	11
2010	5	10
2011	5	10
2012	5	9
2013	5	9
2014	5	9
2015	5	9
2016	5	9
2017	5	9
2018	5	9
2019	5	9
2020	4	14
2021	12	13
2022	5	15
2023	4	8

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.61% in Slovakia and 0.45% in the United Kingdom. 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	United Kingdom
1960	3.67%	2.66%
1961	3.47%	2.61%
1962	3.32%	2.56%
1963	3.21%	2.49%
1964	3.14%	2.42%
1965	3.08%	2.34%
1966	3.05%	2.28%
1967	3.02%	2.22%
1968	3%	2.18%
1969	2.97%	2.14%
1970	2.95%	2.1%
1971	2.92%	2.06%
1972	2.89%	2%
1973	2.84%	1.94%
1974	2.78%	1.87%
1975	2.72%	1.8%
1976	2.64%	1.72%
1977	2.55%	1.64%
1978	2.46%	1.57%
1979	2.36%	1.49%
1980	2.27%	1.41%
1981	2.17%	1.34%
1982	2.08%	1.27%
1983	1.99%	1.22%
1984	1.91%	1.17%
1985	1.82%	1.14%
1986	1.73%	1.11%
1987	1.65%	1.08%
1988	1.59%	1.04%
1989	1.53%	0.99%
1990	1.47%	0.93%
1991	1.42%	0.87%
1992	1.37%	0.82%
1993	1.31%	0.77%
1994	1.25%	0.74%
1995	1.2%	0.72%
1996	1.14%	0.7%
1997	1.09%	0.69%
1998	1.05%	0.68%
1999	1%	0.67%
2000	0.96%	0.65%
2001	0.93%	0.64%
2002	0.91%	0.63%
2003	0.88%	0.63%
2004	0.86%	0.61%
2005	0.83%	0.6%
2006	0.8%	0.59%
2007	0.77%	0.58%
2008	0.74%	0.56%
2009	0.71%	0.54%
2010	0.69%	0.52%
2011	0.67%	0.5%
2012	0.66%	0.48%
2013	0.64%	0.46%
2014	0.63%	0.45%
2015	0.62%	0.45%
2016	0.61%	0.44%
2017	0.6%	0.44%
2018	0.6%	0.44%
2019	0.59%	0.44%
2020	0.59%	0.44%
2021	0.6%	0.44%
2022	0.6%	0.45%
2023	0.61%	0.45%