Fertility & birth rates in Slovakia and United States

Fertility rate in Slovakia vs United States 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 1.62 in the United States in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Slovakia vs the United States 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 States
1960	3.04	3.65
1961	2.96	3.62
1962	2.83	3.46
1963	2.92	3.32
1964	2.89	3.19
1965	2.78	2.91
1966	2.66	2.72
1967	2.48	2.56
1968	2.39	2.46
1969	2.43	2.46
1970	2.41	2.48
1971	2.43	2.27
1972	2.49	2.01
1973	2.56	1.88
1974	2.61	1.84
1975	2.55	1.77
1976	2.55	1.74
1977	2.49	1.79
1978	2.47	1.76
1979	2.45	1.81
1980	2.32	1.84
1981	2.29	1.81
1982	2.28	1.83
1983	2.28	1.8
1984	2.26	1.81
1985	2.26	1.84
1986	2.2	1.84
1987	2.14	1.87
1988	2.13	1.93
1989	2.07	2.01
1990	2.09	2.08
1991	2.05	2.06
1992	1.93	2.05
1993	1.87	2.02
1994	1.67	2
1995	1.52	1.98
1996	1.47	1.98
1997	1.43	1.97
1998	1.37	2
1999	1.33	2.01
2000	1.3	2.06
2001	1.2	2.03
2002	1.19	2.02
2003	1.2	2.05
2004	1.25	2.05
2005	1.27	2.06
2006	1.25	2.11
2007	1.27	2.12
2008	1.34	2.07
2009	1.44	2
2010	1.43	1.93
2011	1.45	1.89
2012	1.34	1.88
2013	1.34	1.86
2014	1.37	1.86
2015	1.4	1.84
2016	1.48	1.82
2017	1.52	1.77
2018	1.54	1.73
2019	1.57	1.71
2020	1.59	1.64
2021	1.63	1.66
2022	1.57	1.66
2023	1.49	1.62
2024	1.49	1.62
2025	1.5	1.62
2026	1.5	1.62
2027	1.5	1.62
2028	1.51	1.62
2029	1.51	1.62
2030	1.51	1.62
2031	1.51	1.62
2032	1.51	1.62
2033	1.52	1.63
2034	1.52	1.62
2035	1.52	1.63
2036	1.52	1.63
2037	1.52	1.63
2038	1.52	1.63
2039	1.52	1.63
2040	1.52	1.63
2041	1.52	1.63
2042	1.52	1.63
2043	1.52	1.63
2044	1.53	1.63
2045	1.53	1.64
2046	1.53	1.64
2047	1.53	1.63
2048	1.53	1.64
2049	1.53	1.63
2050	1.53	1.64

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Slovakia	United States
1960	31.5%	31.3%
1961	31.5%	31.4%
1962	31.3%	31.3%
1963	31%	31.1%
1964	30.8%	30.9%
1965	30.4%	30.7%
1966	29.9%	30.4%
1967	29.3%	30%
1968	28.6%	29.5%
1969	28.1%	29%
1970	27.5%	28.6%
1971	27%	28%
1972	26.6%	27.4%
1973	26.2%	26.6%
1974	26.1%	25.9%
1975	26%	25.2%
1976	26%	24.4%
1977	26%	23.8%
1978	26.1%	23.2%
1979	26.1%	22.8%
1980	26.1%	22.4%
1981	26.1%	22.1%
1982	26.2%	22%
1983	26.3%	21.8%
1984	26.4%	21.7%
1985	26.5%	21.5%
1986	26.4%	21.3%
1987	26.3%	21.3%
1988	26.1%	21.3%
1989	25.7%	21.5%
1990	25.2%	21.6%
1991	24.8%	21.7%
1992	24.4%	21.8%
1993	23.9%	21.9%
1994	23.3%	21.9%
1995	22.7%	21.8%
1996	22.1%	21.7%
1997	21.5%	21.5%
1998	20.9%	21.4%
1999	20.3%	21.3%
2000	19.7%	21.2%
2001	19%	21%
2002	18.4%	20.9%
2003	17.9%	20.7%
2004	17.3%	20.5%
2005	16.9%	20.3%
2006	16.4%	20.2%
2007	16%	20%
2008	15.7%	19.9%
2009	15.5%	19.8%
2010	15.5%	19.7%
2011	15.4%	19.6%
2012	15.4%	19.5%
2013	15.3%	19.4%
2014	15.3%	19.3%
2015	15.3%	19.2%
2016	15.4%	19.1%
2017	15.5%	18.9%
2018	15.7%	18.8%
2019	15.8%	18.6%
2020	15.9%	18.4%
2021	15.9%	18.1%
2022	16%	17.9%
2023	15.9%	17.6%
2024	15.8%	17.3%
2025	15.6%	17.1%
2026	15.4%	16.9%
2027	15.1%	16.7%
2028	15%	16.6%
2029	14.8%	16.4%
2030	14.6%	16.3%
2031	14.4%	16.1%
2032	14.1%	16%
2033	13.8%	16%
2034	13.6%	15.9%
2035	13.4%	15.9%
2036	13.2%	15.9%
2037	13%	15.9%
2038	12.9%	15.9%
2039	12.8%	15.9%
2040	12.7%	15.9%
2041	12.7%	16%
2042	12.7%	16%
2043	12.7%	16%
2044	12.7%	16%
2045	12.8%	16%
2046	12.8%	16%
2047	12.9%	16%
2048	13%	16%
2049	13%	15.9%
2050	13.1%	15.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15.8% of the population in Slovakia and 17.3% in the United States in 2024, compared to 25.2% and 21.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Slovakia and the United States compared.

Natural population change in Slovakia vs United States by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.02% in Slovakia and +0.25% in the United States. 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 States
1960	56,546	2,565,530
1961	55,749	2,571,681
1962	49,587	2,406,337
1963	54,382	2,289,826
1964	54,092	2,245,099
1965	48,517	1,943,030
1966	45,440	1,749,387
1967	41,824	1,669,181
1968	38,113	1,565,507
1969	39,312	1,702,487
1970	38,575	1,824,965
1971	40,105	1,640,519
1972	46,426	1,301,355
1973	49,199	1,165,499
1974	52,524	1,218,968
1975	52,604	1,252,644
1976	54,121	1,264,604
1977	52,762	1,431,556
1978	52,324	1,402,283
1979	52,353	1,597,894
1980	44,320	1,608,450
1981	43,640	1,652,153
1982	41,958	1,714,317
1983	39,717	1,636,544
1984	38,966	1,627,192
1985	37,680	1,689,258
1986	34,279	1,656,917
1987	31,859	1,720,252
1988	30,979	1,735,943
1989	26,380	1,875,826
1990	25,436	2,026,068
1991	23,865	1,926,543
1992	21,220	1,875,328
1993	20,769	1,717,685
1994	14,970	1,633,302
1995	9,115	1,546,031
1996	9,135	1,510,137
1997	6,999	1,501,014
1998	4,312	1,573,857
1999	3,777	1,564,050
2000	2,155	1,664,758
2001	-1,076	1,595,826
2002	-538	1,581,938
2003	-537	1,653,615
2004	1,611	1,698,271
2005	537	1,684,445
2006	537	1,849,955
2007	537	1,897,757
2008	4,303	1,794,154
2009	8,619	1,717,920
2010	7,008	1,548,182
2011	9,177	1,441,697
2012	3,245	1,411,822
2013	2,707	1,322,711
2014	3,793	1,357,281
2015	2,170	1,270,126
2016	5,431	1,197,627
2017	4,351	1,028,037
2018	3,268	955,022
2019	3,818	887,476
2020	-2,184	208,862
2021	-16,886	199,137
2022	-7,062	399,926
2023	-5,427	502,372

Maternal mortality chart: Slovakia vs United States

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 17 deaths in the United States.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Slovakia	United States
1985	19	11
1986	19	11
1987	19	11
1988	18	12
1989	17	12
1990	18	12
1991	17	12
1992	15	11
1993	14	12
1994	12	11
1995	11	12
1996	10	11
1997	10	11
1998	10	11
1999	9	12
2000	8	12
2001	8	13
2002	7	13
2003	7	13
2004	7	13
2005	7	13
2006	6	13
2007	6	13
2008	5	14
2009	6	15
2010	5	15
2011	5	15
2012	5	16
2013	5	16
2014	5	17
2015	5	17
2016	5	18
2017	5	18
2018	5	18
2019	5	18
2020	4	22
2021	12	31
2022	5	20
2023	4	17

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.61% in Slovakia and 0.65% in the United States. 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 States
1960	3.67%	3.01%
1961	3.47%	2.95%
1962	3.32%	2.89%
1963	3.21%	2.83%
1964	3.14%	2.77%
1965	3.08%	2.71%
1966	3.05%	2.64%
1967	3.02%	2.57%
1968	3%	2.49%
1969	2.97%	2.41%
1970	2.95%	2.32%
1971	2.92%	2.24%
1972	2.89%	2.15%
1973	2.84%	2.06%
1974	2.78%	1.97%
1975	2.72%	1.88%
1976	2.64%	1.79%
1977	2.55%	1.71%
1978	2.46%	1.63%
1979	2.36%	1.56%
1980	2.27%	1.5%
1981	2.17%	1.44%
1982	2.08%	1.39%
1983	1.99%	1.34%
1984	1.91%	1.3%
1985	1.82%	1.27%
1986	1.73%	1.24%
1987	1.65%	1.21%
1988	1.59%	1.19%
1989	1.53%	1.16%
1990	1.47%	1.12%
1991	1.42%	1.09%
1992	1.37%	1.05%
1993	1.31%	1.01%
1994	1.25%	0.98%
1995	1.2%	0.95%
1996	1.14%	0.92%
1997	1.09%	0.89%
1998	1.05%	0.87%
1999	1%	0.86%
2000	0.96%	0.84%
2001	0.93%	0.83%
2002	0.91%	0.82%
2003	0.88%	0.81%
2004	0.86%	0.81%
2005	0.83%	0.8%
2006	0.8%	0.79%
2007	0.77%	0.77%
2008	0.74%	0.76%
2009	0.71%	0.75%
2010	0.69%	0.73%
2011	0.67%	0.72%
2012	0.66%	0.7%
2013	0.64%	0.69%
2014	0.63%	0.68%
2015	0.62%	0.68%
2016	0.61%	0.67%
2017	0.6%	0.66%
2018	0.6%	0.65%
2019	0.59%	0.65%
2020	0.59%	0.65%
2021	0.6%	0.65%
2022	0.6%	0.65%
2023	0.61%	0.65%