Fertility & birth rates in Slovenia and South Korea

Fertility rate in Slovenia vs South Korea 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 0.72 in South Korea in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Slovenia vs South Korea 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 Korea
1960	2.19	5.99
1961	2.27	5.8
1962	2.28	5.56
1963	2.27	5.33
1964	2.31	5.07
1965	2.43	4.89
1966	2.47	4.78
1967	2.37	4.62
1968	2.25	4.51
1969	2.17	4.45
1970	2.11	4.53
1971	2.16	4.54
1972	2.17	4.12
1973	2.2	4.07
1974	2.13	3.77
1975	2.17	3.43
1976	2.2	3
1977	2.17	2.99
1978	2.2	2.64
1979	2.22	2.9
1980	2.11	2.82
1981	1.96	2.57
1982	1.93	2.39
1983	1.81	2.06
1984	1.74	1.74
1985	1.71	1.66
1986	1.67	1.58
1987	1.65	1.53
1988	1.63	1.55
1989	1.52	1.56
1990	1.46	1.57
1991	1.42	1.71
1992	1.33	1.76
1993	1.33	1.65
1994	1.32	1.66
1995	1.29	1.63
1996	1.28	1.57
1997	1.25	1.54
1998	1.23	1.46
1999	1.21	1.43
2000	1.26	1.48
2001	1.21	1.31
2002	1.21	1.18
2003	1.2	1.19
2004	1.25	1.16
2005	1.26	1.09
2006	1.31	1.13
2007	1.38	1.26
2008	1.53	1.19
2009	1.53	1.15
2010	1.57	1.23
2011	1.56	1.24
2012	1.58	1.3
2013	1.55	1.19
2014	1.58	1.21
2015	1.57	1.24
2016	1.58	1.17
2017	1.62	1.05
2018	1.6	0.98
2019	1.61	0.92
2020	1.59	0.84
2021	1.64	0.81
2022	1.55	0.78
2023	1.51	0.72
2024	1.51	0.73
2025	1.51	0.75
2026	1.51	0.76
2027	1.51	0.78
2028	1.52	0.79
2029	1.52	0.8
2030	1.52	0.82
2031	1.52	0.83
2032	1.52	0.84
2033	1.52	0.85
2034	1.52	0.86
2035	1.52	0.88
2036	1.53	0.89
2037	1.53	0.9
2038	1.53	0.91
2039	1.53	0.92
2040	1.53	0.93
2041	1.53	0.95
2042	1.53	0.96
2043	1.53	0.96
2044	1.53	0.97
2045	1.53	0.98
2046	1.53	0.99
2047	1.53	1
2048	1.54	1.01
2049	1.54	1.02
2050	1.54	1.03

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Slovenia	South Korea
1960	27.2%	41.3%
1961	27.2%	41.8%
1962	27.1%	42.3%
1963	26.9%	42.7%
1964	26.6%	43.1%
1965	26.2%	43.3%
1966	25.8%	43.5%
1967	25.5%	43.3%
1968	25.1%	43.1%
1969	24.7%	42.7%
1970	24.3%	42.1%
1971	24%	41.5%
1972	23.9%	41%
1973	23.8%	40.3%
1974	23.7%	39.5%
1975	23.6%	38.5%
1976	23.4%	37.5%
1977	23.3%	36.5%
1978	23.2%	35.6%
1979	23.1%	34.8%
1980	23%	34%
1981	22.9%	33.3%
1982	22.8%	32.7%
1983	22.7%	32%
1984	22.5%	31.2%
1985	22.3%	30.2%
1986	22%	29.2%
1987	21.6%	28.2%
1988	21.4%	27.3%
1989	21.1%	26.5%
1990	20.8%	25.8%
1991	20.3%	25.2%
1992	19.8%	24.7%
1993	19.3%	24.2%
1994	18.8%	23.7%
1995	18.3%	23.1%
1996	17.8%	22.5%
1997	17.3%	22%
1998	16.8%	21.6%
1999	16.4%	21.2%
2000	15.9%	21%
2001	15.6%	20.8%
2002	15.2%	20.5%
2003	14.8%	20.1%
2004	14.5%	19.7%
2005	14.3%	19.2%
2006	14.1%	18.7%
2007	14%	18.1%
2008	14%	17.5%
2009	14%	16.9%
2010	14.1%	16.4%
2011	14.3%	15.8%
2012	14.4%	15.2%
2013	14.6%	14.7%
2014	14.7%	14.2%
2015	14.8%	13.8%
2016	14.9%	13.4%
2017	15%	13%
2018	15.1%	12.7%
2019	15.1%	12.4%
2020	15.1%	12.1%
2021	15.2%	11.8%
2022	15.1%	11.4%
2023	14.9%	11%
2024	14.7%	10.6%
2025	14.5%	10.2%
2026	14.2%	9.82%
2027	14%	9.42%
2028	13.8%	9.06%
2029	13.5%	8.75%
2030	13.3%	8.43%
2031	13.1%	8.15%
2032	13%	7.94%
2033	12.8%	7.79%
2034	12.7%	7.7%
2035	12.6%	7.66%
2036	12.5%	7.65%
2037	12.4%	7.66%
2038	12.4%	7.68%
2039	12.5%	7.71%
2040	12.5%	7.73%
2041	12.6%	7.75%
2042	12.7%	7.76%
2043	12.8%	7.77%
2044	12.9%	7.78%
2045	13%	7.79%
2046	13.2%	7.8%
2047	13.3%	7.81%
2048	13.4%	7.82%
2049	13.5%	7.82%
2050	13.5%	7.83%

Children aged 0-14 make up 14.7% of the population in Slovenia and 10.6% in South Korea in 2024, compared to 20.8% and 25.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Slovenia and South Korea compared.

Natural population change in Slovenia vs South Korea by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.08% in Slovenia and +0.06% in South Korea. 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 Korea
1960	12,678	728,010
1961	14,985	730,173
1962	13,150	712,590
1963	14,068	685,824
1964	12,567	655,501
1965	14,513	641,090
1966	15,697	623,534
1967	13,516	692,169
1968	11,250	684,487
1969	9,427	694,227
1970	10,004	747,987
1971	10,951	789,185
1972	10,513	740,469
1973	11,837	699,115
1974	11,367	673,030
1975	11,658	603,300
1976	12,196	530,558
1977	12,160	578,947
1978	11,920	499,084
1979	12,614	623,068
1980	11,027	583,294
1981	10,485	631,189
1982	9,170	605,626
1983	6,343	514,844
1984	5,990	436,384
1985	6,213	416,219
1986	6,094	395,651
1987	5,771	378,758
1988	5,986	399,297
1989	4,592	403,266
1990	3,797	411,546
1991	2,199	467,594
1992	598	494,352
1993	-199	477,302
1994	199	473,200
1995	0	468,967
1996	0	446,142
1997	-794	422,773
1998	-1,189	393,436
1999	-1,388	368,272
2000	-398	390,167
2001	-996	312,643
2002	-1,197	247,752
2003	-1,996	244,251
2004	-599	225,988
2005	-600	187,920
2006	602	203,441
2007	1,211	248,286
2008	3,437	215,841
2009	3,060	197,231
2010	3,687	213,083
2011	3,285	214,728
2012	2,674	215,859
2013	1,648	166,415
2014	2,268	167,464
2015	826	163,248
2016	826	122,923
2017	-207	71,907
2018	-1,037	30,951
2019	-1,254	10,353
2020	-5,256	-31,101
2021	-4,216	-56,947
2022	-4,858	-124,014
2023	-4,665	-77,569

Maternal mortality chart: Slovenia vs South Korea

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 4 deaths in South Korea.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Slovenia	South Korea
1985	17	38
1986	16	35
1987	16	34
1988	16	31
1989	15	29
1990	14	28
1991	13	28
1992	13	26
1993	12	24
1994	12	23
1995	11	22
1996	10	20
1997	9	19
1998	9	18
1999	8	17
2000	7	15
2001	6	14
2002	6	13
2003	6	13
2004	6	12
2005	6	11
2006	6	10
2007	6	10
2008	7	9
2009	7	9
2010	7	8
2011	6	8
2012	6	8
2013	6	7
2014	6	7
2015	5	6
2016	5	6
2017	5	6
2018	4	5
2019	4	5
2020	12	12
2021	8	5
2022	15	7
2023	3	4

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.22% in Slovenia and 0.28% in South Korea. 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 Korea
1960	-	11.2%
1961	-	10.6%
1962	-	10.1%
1963	-	9.67%
1964	-	9.18%
1965	-	8.68%
1966	-	8.16%
1967	-	7.62%
1968	-	7.1%
1969	-	6.59%
1970	-	6.12%
1971	-	5.71%
1972	-	5.36%
1973	-	5.07%
1974	-	4.82%
1975	-	4.61%
1976	-	4.42%
1977	-	4.23%
1978	-	4.04%
1979	-	3.84%
1980	-	3.63%
1981	1.78%	3.4%
1982	1.69%	3.17%
1983	1.61%	2.93%
1984	1.53%	2.7%
1985	1.44%	2.46%
1986	1.36%	2.25%
1987	1.27%	2.05%
1988	1.19%	1.87%
1989	1.11%	1.71%
1990	1.04%	1.57%
1991	0.97%	1.44%
1992	0.9%	1.33%
1993	0.84%	1.23%
1994	0.79%	1.14%
1995	0.73%	1.05%
1996	0.69%	0.98%
1997	0.65%	0.91%
1998	0.61%	0.85%
1999	0.58%	0.8%
2000	0.54%	0.75%
2001	0.52%	0.71%
2002	0.49%	0.68%
2003	0.47%	0.64%
2004	0.44%	0.6%
2005	0.42%	0.56%
2006	0.4%	0.52%
2007	0.38%	0.48%
2008	0.36%	0.45%
2009	0.34%	0.43%
2010	0.32%	0.41%
2011	0.31%	0.4%
2012	0.29%	0.38%
2013	0.28%	0.37%
2014	0.27%	0.36%
2015	0.26%	0.35%
2016	0.26%	0.34%
2017	0.25%	0.33%
2018	0.24%	0.32%
2019	0.24%	0.31%
2020	0.24%	0.3%
2021	0.23%	0.29%
2022	0.23%	0.28%
2023	0.22%	0.28%