Fertility & birth rates in Slovakia and Zimbabwe

Fertility rate in Slovakia vs Zimbabwe 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 3.72 in Zimbabwe in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Slovakia vs Zimbabwe 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	Zimbabwe
1960	3.04	7.2
1961	2.96	7.21
1962	2.83	7.23
1963	2.92	7.23
1964	2.89	7.23
1965	2.78	7.23
1966	2.66	7.2
1967	2.48	7.16
1968	2.39	7.11
1969	2.43	7.04
1970	2.41	6.98
1971	2.43	6.94
1972	2.49	6.94
1973	2.56	6.94
1974	2.61	6.88
1975	2.55	6.83
1976	2.55	6.77
1977	2.49	6.71
1978	2.47	6.66
1979	2.45	6.59
1980	2.32	6.52
1981	2.29	6.45
1982	2.28	6.33
1983	2.28	6.2
1984	2.26	6.04
1985	2.26	5.87
1986	2.2	5.69
1987	2.14	5.5
1988	2.13	5.28
1989	2.07	5.07
1990	2.09	4.88
1991	2.05	4.72
1992	1.93	4.57
1993	1.87	4.39
1994	1.67	4.28
1995	1.52	4.15
1996	1.47	4.11
1997	1.43	4.08
1998	1.37	4.07
1999	1.33	4.06
2000	1.3	4.01
2001	1.2	3.98
2002	1.19	3.93
2003	1.2	3.86
2004	1.25	3.78
2005	1.27	3.69
2006	1.25	3.64
2007	1.27	3.68
2008	1.34	3.78
2009	1.44	3.95
2010	1.43	4.04
2011	1.45	4.13
2012	1.34	4.13
2013	1.34	4.11
2014	1.37	4.01
2015	1.4	3.91
2016	1.48	3.83
2017	1.52	3.77
2018	1.54	3.74
2019	1.57	3.75
2020	1.59	3.75
2021	1.63	3.77
2022	1.57	3.77
2023	1.49	3.72
2024	1.49	3.67
2025	1.5	3.62
2026	1.5	3.57
2027	1.5	3.52
2028	1.51	3.47
2029	1.51	3.43
2030	1.51	3.38
2031	1.51	3.33
2032	1.51	3.29
2033	1.52	3.25
2034	1.52	3.21
2035	1.52	3.17
2036	1.52	3.13
2037	1.52	3.09
2038	1.52	3.06
2039	1.52	3.02
2040	1.52	2.99
2041	1.52	2.96
2042	1.52	2.93
2043	1.52	2.9
2044	1.53	2.87
2045	1.53	2.84
2046	1.53	2.81
2047	1.53	2.78
2048	1.53	2.75
2049	1.53	2.72
2050	1.53	2.69

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Slovakia	Zimbabwe
1960	31.5%	47.3%
1961	31.5%	47.7%
1962	31.3%	48.1%
1963	31%	48.5%
1964	30.8%	48.8%
1965	30.4%	48.7%
1966	29.9%	48.6%
1967	29.3%	48.5%
1968	28.6%	48.5%
1969	28.1%	48.4%
1970	27.5%	48.3%
1971	27%	48.2%
1972	26.6%	48.2%
1973	26.2%	48.1%
1974	26.1%	48.1%
1975	26%	48.1%
1976	26%	48.2%
1977	26%	48.3%
1978	26.1%	48.5%
1979	26.1%	48.8%
1980	26.1%	48.7%
1981	26.1%	48.4%
1982	26.2%	48.3%
1983	26.3%	48.2%
1984	26.4%	48.1%
1985	26.5%	48%
1986	26.4%	47.9%
1987	26.3%	47.9%
1988	26.1%	47.9%
1989	25.7%	47.6%
1990	25.2%	47.1%
1991	24.8%	46.6%
1992	24.4%	46.8%
1993	23.9%	47.1%
1994	23.3%	46.6%
1995	22.7%	45.9%
1996	22.1%	45%
1997	21.5%	44%
1998	20.9%	43.1%
1999	20.3%	42.4%
2000	19.7%	41.9%
2001	19%	41.5%
2002	18.4%	41.4%
2003	17.9%	41.5%
2004	17.3%	41.7%
2005	16.9%	41.9%
2006	16.4%	42%
2007	16%	42.1%
2008	15.7%	42.4%
2009	15.5%	42.7%
2010	15.5%	43%
2011	15.4%	43.4%
2012	15.4%	43.7%
2013	15.3%	43.9%
2014	15.3%	43.9%
2015	15.3%	43.8%
2016	15.4%	43.6%
2017	15.5%	43.3%
2018	15.7%	42.9%
2019	15.8%	42.5%
2020	15.9%	42.2%
2021	15.9%	41.9%
2022	16%	41.6%
2023	15.9%	41.3%
2024	15.8%	40.9%
2025	15.6%	40.3%
2026	15.4%	39.6%
2027	15.1%	39%
2028	15%	38.4%
2029	14.8%	37.8%
2030	14.6%	37.4%
2031	14.4%	37%
2032	14.1%	36.8%
2033	13.8%	36.5%
2034	13.6%	36.3%
2035	13.4%	36.1%
2036	13.2%	35.8%
2037	13%	35.6%
2038	12.9%	35.3%
2039	12.8%	35.1%
2040	12.7%	34.8%
2041	12.7%	34.6%
2042	12.7%	34.3%
2043	12.7%	34.1%
2044	12.7%	33.8%
2045	12.8%	33.5%
2046	12.8%	33.2%
2047	12.9%	32.9%
2048	13%	32.6%
2049	13%	32.2%
2050	13.1%	31.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15.8% of the population in Slovakia and 40.9% in Zimbabwe in 2024, compared to 25.2% and 47.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Slovakia and Zimbabwe compared.

Natural population change in Slovakia vs Zimbabwe by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.02% in Slovakia and +2.34% in Zimbabwe. 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	Zimbabwe
1960	56,546	126,959
1961	55,749	131,531
1962	49,587	136,317
1963	54,382	140,984
1964	54,092	145,848
1965	48,517	151,164
1966	45,440	156,014
1967	41,824	161,205
1968	38,113	166,865
1969	39,312	172,626
1970	38,575	178,979
1971	40,105	185,427
1972	46,426	193,725
1973	49,199	201,885
1974	52,524	208,806
1975	52,604	216,947
1976	54,121	221,419
1977	52,762	225,139
1978	52,324	222,979
1979	52,353	223,657
1980	44,320	241,179
1981	43,640	271,361
1982	41,958	279,934
1983	39,717	286,545
1984	38,966	290,052
1985	37,680	290,756
1986	34,279	289,894
1987	31,859	286,766
1988	30,979	277,498
1989	26,380	270,838
1990	25,436	265,444
1991	23,865	260,943
1992	21,220	255,291
1993	20,769	228,045
1994	14,970	216,343
1995	9,115	206,695
1996	9,135	205,269
1997	6,999	216,288
1998	4,312	225,614
1999	3,777	232,393
2000	2,155	236,343
2001	-1,076	227,909
2002	-538	244,170
2003	-537	243,057
2004	1,611	248,307
2005	537	248,545
2006	537	248,963
2007	537	261,805
2008	4,303	280,527
2009	8,619	309,316
2010	7,008	335,570
2011	9,177	359,572
2012	3,245	371,135
2013	2,707	374,757
2014	3,793	366,350
2015	2,170	356,203
2016	5,431	348,772
2017	4,351	344,035
2018	3,268	345,883
2019	3,818	348,798
2020	-2,184	354,790
2021	-16,886	349,908
2022	-7,062	371,243
2023	-5,427	372,505

Maternal mortality chart: Slovakia vs Zimbabwe

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 358 deaths in Zimbabwe.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Slovakia	Zimbabwe
1985	19	573
1986	19	525
1987	19	480
1988	18	431
1989	17	382
1990	18	353
1991	17	332
1992	15	333
1993	14	331
1994	12	332
1995	11	332
1996	10	352
1997	10	357
1998	10	368
1999	9	399
2000	8	405
2001	8	467
2002	7	418
2003	7	455
2004	7	451
2005	7	454
2006	6	480
2007	6	519
2008	5	526
2009	6	540
2010	5	567
2011	5	564
2012	5	558
2013	5	525
2014	5	468
2015	5	428
2016	5	411
2017	5	389
2018	5	386
2019	5	388
2020	4	380
2021	12	446
2022	5	368
2023	4	358

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.61% in Slovakia and 4.42% in Zimbabwe. 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	Zimbabwe
1960	3.67%	15.2%
1961	3.47%	14.8%
1962	3.32%	14.4%
1963	3.21%	14%
1964	3.14%	13.5%
1965	3.08%	13.1%
1966	3.05%	12.7%
1967	3.02%	12.4%
1968	3%	12.1%
1969	2.97%	11.8%
1970	2.95%	11.7%
1971	2.92%	11.5%
1972	2.89%	11.5%
1973	2.84%	11.4%
1974	2.78%	11.4%
1975	2.72%	11.4%
1976	2.64%	11.5%
1977	2.55%	11.5%
1978	2.46%	11.5%
1979	2.36%	11.3%
1980	2.27%	11.1%
1981	2.17%	10.7%
1982	2.08%	10.1%
1983	1.99%	9.5%
1984	1.91%	8.87%
1985	1.82%	8.31%
1986	1.73%	7.86%
1987	1.65%	7.61%
1988	1.59%	7.55%
1989	1.53%	7.69%
1990	1.47%	7.97%
1991	1.42%	8.33%
1992	1.37%	8.73%
1993	1.31%	9.16%
1994	1.25%	9.52%
1995	1.2%	9.83%
1996	1.14%	10%
1997	1.09%	10.1%
1998	1.05%	10%
1999	1%	9.92%
2000	0.96%	9.83%
2001	0.93%	9.79%
2002	0.91%	8.48%
2003	0.88%	8.85%
2004	0.86%	9.17%
2005	0.83%	9.23%
2006	0.8%	9.4%
2007	0.77%	9.47%
2008	0.74%	9.34%
2009	0.71%	9.03%
2010	0.69%	8.5%
2011	0.67%	7.88%
2012	0.66%	7.14%
2013	0.64%	6.55%
2014	0.63%	6.18%
2015	0.62%	5.98%
2016	0.61%	5.69%
2017	0.6%	5.5%
2018	0.6%	5.23%
2019	0.59%	5.11%
2020	0.59%	5.01%
2021	0.6%	4.76%
2022	0.6%	4.6%
2023	0.61%	4.42%