Fertility & birth rates in Slovenia and South Africa

Fertility rate in Slovenia vs South Africa chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Slovenia was 1.51 children per woman in 2023, compared to 2.22 in South Africa in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Slovenia vs South Africa population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Slovenia	South Africa
1960	2.19	6.11
1961	2.27	6.08
1962	2.28	6.05
1963	2.27	6.01
1964	2.31	5.96
1965	2.43	5.89
1966	2.47	5.91
1967	2.37	5.85
1968	2.25	5.78
1969	2.17	5.72
1970	2.11	5.63
1971	2.16	5.57
1972	2.17	5.49
1973	2.2	5.41
1974	2.13	5.3
1975	2.17	5.19
1976	2.2	5.07
1977	2.17	4.94
1978	2.2	4.85
1979	2.22	4.82
1980	2.11	4.78
1981	1.96	4.71
1982	1.93	4.7
1983	1.81	4.63
1984	1.74	4.57
1985	1.71	4.5
1986	1.67	4.41
1987	1.65	4.35
1988	1.63	4.18
1989	1.52	3.98
1990	1.46	3.72
1991	1.42	3.62
1992	1.33	3.48
1993	1.33	3.37
1994	1.32	3.26
1995	1.29	3.17
1996	1.28	2.99
1997	1.25	2.73
1998	1.23	2.63
1999	1.21	2.56
2000	1.26	2.41
2001	1.21	2.37
2002	1.21	2.32
2003	1.2	2.36
2004	1.25	2.44
2005	1.26	2.51
2006	1.31	2.55
2007	1.38	2.55
2008	1.53	2.68
2009	1.53	2.5
2010	1.57	2.44
2011	1.56	2.44
2012	1.58	2.45
2013	1.55	2.43
2014	1.58	2.42
2015	1.57	2.36
2016	1.58	2.26
2017	1.62	2.28
2018	1.6	2.27
2019	1.61	2.26
2020	1.59	2.26
2021	1.64	2.25
2022	1.55	2.23
2023	1.51	2.22
2024	1.51	2.21
2025	1.51	2.19
2026	1.51	2.17
2027	1.51	2.15
2028	1.52	2.13
2029	1.52	2.12
2030	1.52	2.1
2031	1.52	2.09
2032	1.52	2.07
2033	1.52	2.06
2034	1.52	2.05
2035	1.52	2.04
2036	1.53	2.03
2037	1.53	2.02
2038	1.53	2
2039	1.53	1.99
2040	1.53	1.98
2041	1.53	1.98
2042	1.53	1.97
2043	1.53	1.96
2044	1.53	1.95
2045	1.53	1.94
2046	1.53	1.93
2047	1.53	1.92
2048	1.54	1.91
2049	1.54	1.9
2050	1.54	1.89

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Slovenia	South Africa
1960	27.2%	42.1%
1961	27.2%	42.1%
1962	27.1%	42.1%
1963	26.9%	42.1%
1964	26.6%	42.1%
1965	26.2%	42.1%
1966	25.8%	42.1%
1967	25.5%	42.2%
1968	25.1%	42.2%
1969	24.7%	42.2%
1970	24.3%	42.3%
1971	24%	42.2%
1972	23.9%	42.2%
1973	23.8%	42.1%
1974	23.7%	42%
1975	23.6%	41.9%
1976	23.4%	41.8%
1977	23.3%	41.7%
1978	23.2%	41.5%
1979	23.1%	41.3%
1980	23%	40.9%
1981	22.9%	40.5%
1982	22.8%	40.1%
1983	22.7%	39.8%
1984	22.5%	39.5%
1985	22.3%	39.2%
1986	22%	38.9%
1987	21.6%	38.7%
1988	21.4%	38.4%
1989	21.1%	38.1%
1990	20.8%	37.7%
1991	20.3%	37.5%
1992	19.8%	37.6%
1993	19.3%	37.3%
1994	18.8%	37.2%
1995	18.3%	37.5%
1996	17.8%	37.5%
1997	17.3%	37.2%
1998	16.8%	36.5%
1999	16.4%	35.7%
2000	15.9%	34.9%
2001	15.6%	34%
2002	15.2%	33.2%
2003	14.8%	32.3%
2004	14.5%	31.6%
2005	14.3%	31.1%
2006	14.1%	30.6%
2007	14%	30.2%
2008	14%	29.9%
2009	14%	29.7%
2010	14.1%	29.4%
2011	14.3%	29.1%
2012	14.4%	28.9%
2013	14.6%	28.7%
2014	14.7%	28.5%
2015	14.8%	28.3%
2016	14.9%	28.3%
2017	15%	28.3%
2018	15.1%	27.9%
2019	15.1%	27.4%
2020	15.1%	27%
2021	15.2%	26.6%
2022	15.1%	26.3%
2023	14.9%	26.1%
2024	14.7%	25.9%
2025	14.5%	25.7%
2026	14.2%	25.6%
2027	14%	25.4%
2028	13.8%	25.3%
2029	13.5%	25.2%
2030	13.3%	25.2%
2031	13.1%	25.1%
2032	13%	25%
2033	12.8%	24.8%
2034	12.7%	24.5%
2035	12.6%	24.3%
2036	12.5%	23.9%
2037	12.4%	23.6%
2038	12.4%	23.4%
2039	12.5%	23.1%
2040	12.5%	22.9%
2041	12.6%	22.7%
2042	12.7%	22.5%
2043	12.8%	22.4%
2044	12.9%	22.2%
2045	13%	22.1%
2046	13.2%	21.9%
2047	13.3%	21.8%
2048	13.4%	21.7%
2049	13.5%	21.6%
2050	13.5%	21.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 14.7% of the population in Slovenia and 25.9% in South Africa in 2024, compared to 20.8% and 37.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Slovenia and South Africa compared.

Natural population change in Slovenia vs South Africa by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.08% in Slovenia and +1.05% in South Africa. 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
	Slovenia	South Africa
1960	12,678	421,263
1961	14,985	437,851
1962	13,150	455,634
1963	14,068	473,821
1964	12,567	490,606
1965	14,513	506,632
1966	15,697	534,862
1967	13,516	553,741
1968	11,250	571,841
1969	9,427	590,794
1970	10,004	605,102
1971	10,951	624,761
1972	10,513	638,754
1973	11,837	651,596
1974	11,367	658,438
1975	11,658	667,862
1976	12,196	675,011
1977	12,160	680,929
1978	11,920	694,341
1979	12,614	716,541
1980	11,027	738,415
1981	10,485	767,833
1982	9,170	807,550
1983	6,343	837,013
1984	5,990	869,011
1985	6,213	893,889
1986	6,094	903,644
1987	5,771	922,330
1988	5,986	909,221
1989	4,592	884,629
1990	3,797	835,421
1991	2,199	827,296
1992	598	794,415
1993	-199	789,220
1994	199	698,609
1995	0	743,488
1996	0	710,868
1997	-794	667,969
1998	-1,189	627,027
1999	-1,388	594,643
2000	-398	526,963
2001	-996	484,801
2002	-1,197	430,926
2003	-1,996	415,018
2004	-599	442,540
2005	-600	464,464
2006	602	487,584
2007	1,211	503,567
2008	3,437	595,332
2009	3,060	554,115
2010	3,687	566,834
2011	3,285	601,708
2012	2,674	643,723
2013	1,648	652,427
2014	2,268	674,754
2015	826	668,771
2016	826	641,365
2017	-207	645,975
2018	-1,037	648,319
2019	-1,254	652,130
2020	-5,256	595,873
2021	-4,216	456,411
2022	-4,858	603,636
2023	-4,665	602,793

Maternal mortality chart: Slovenia vs South Africa

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 3 deaths per 100,000 live births in Slovenia, compared to 118 deaths in South Africa.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Slovenia	South Africa
1985	17	208
1986	16	200
1987	16	192
1988	16	184
1989	15	177
1990	14	170
1991	13	162
1992	13	152
1993	12	145
1994	12	133
1995	11	125
1996	10	150
1997	9	152
1998	9	152
1999	8	151
2000	7	175
2001	6	192
2002	6	225
2003	6	245
2004	6	259
2005	6	279
2006	6	283
2007	6	272
2008	7	272
2009	7	241
2010	7	226
2011	6	202
2012	6	194
2013	6	180
2014	6	162
2015	5	150
2016	5	141
2017	5	134
2018	4	128
2019	4	119
2020	12	118
2021	8	191
2022	15	129
2023	3	118

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.22% in Slovenia and 3.47% in South Africa. 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
	Slovenia	South Africa
1974	-	13.2%
1975	-	12.5%
1976	-	11.8%
1977	-	11.1%
1978	-	10.5%
1979	-	9.88%
1980	-	9.35%
1981	1.78%	8.84%
1982	1.69%	8.39%
1983	1.61%	7.98%
1984	1.53%	7.6%
1985	1.44%	7.24%
1986	1.36%	6.89%
1987	1.27%	6.56%
1988	1.19%	6.26%
1989	1.11%	6.01%
1990	1.04%	5.82%
1991	0.97%	5.7%
1992	0.9%	5.66%
1993	0.84%	5.7%
1994	0.79%	5.82%
1995	0.73%	5.95%
1996	0.69%	6.11%
1997	0.65%	6.29%
1998	0.61%	6.56%
1999	0.58%	6.85%
2000	0.54%	7.11%
2001	0.52%	7.43%
2002	0.49%	7.69%
2003	0.47%	7.93%
2004	0.44%	8.1%
2005	0.42%	8.03%
2006	0.4%	7.75%
2007	0.38%	7.19%
2008	0.36%	6.42%
2009	0.34%	5.7%
2010	0.32%	5%
2011	0.31%	4.5%
2012	0.29%	4.25%
2013	0.28%	4.1%
2014	0.27%	3.96%
2015	0.26%	3.82%
2016	0.26%	3.68%
2017	0.25%	3.58%
2018	0.24%	3.49%
2019	0.24%	3.45%
2020	0.24%	3.41%
2021	0.23%	3.41%
2022	0.23%	3.44%
2023	0.22%	3.47%