Fertility & birth rates in Slovenia and Switzerland

Fertility rate in Slovenia vs Switzerland 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 1.33 in Switzerland in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

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The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Slovenia	Switzerland
1960	2.19	2.44
1961	2.27	2.52
1962	2.28	2.58
1963	2.27	2.65
1964	2.31	2.66
1965	2.43	2.59
1966	2.47	2.5
1967	2.37	2.39
1968	2.25	2.29
1969	2.17	2.19
1970	2.11	2.1
1971	2.16	2.04
1972	2.17	1.91
1973	2.2	1.81
1974	2.13	1.73
1975	2.17	1.61
1976	2.2	1.55
1977	2.17	1.53
1978	2.2	1.51
1979	2.22	1.52
1980	2.11	1.55
1981	1.96	1.55
1982	1.93	1.56
1983	1.81	1.52
1984	1.74	1.53
1985	1.71	1.52
1986	1.67	1.53
1987	1.65	1.52
1988	1.63	1.57
1989	1.52	1.56
1990	1.46	1.58
1991	1.42	1.58
1992	1.33	1.58
1993	1.33	1.51
1994	1.32	1.49
1995	1.29	1.48
1996	1.28	1.5
1997	1.25	1.48
1998	1.23	1.47
1999	1.21	1.48
2000	1.26	1.5
2001	1.21	1.38
2002	1.21	1.39
2003	1.2	1.39
2004	1.25	1.42
2005	1.26	1.42
2006	1.31	1.44
2007	1.38	1.46
2008	1.53	1.48
2009	1.53	1.5
2010	1.57	1.52
2011	1.56	1.52
2012	1.58	1.52
2013	1.55	1.52
2014	1.58	1.54
2015	1.57	1.54
2016	1.58	1.54
2017	1.62	1.52
2018	1.6	1.52
2019	1.61	1.48
2020	1.59	1.46
2021	1.64	1.52
2022	1.55	1.39
2023	1.51	1.33
2024	1.51	1.33
2025	1.51	1.34
2026	1.51	1.34
2027	1.51	1.35
2028	1.52	1.35
2029	1.52	1.35
2030	1.52	1.35
2031	1.52	1.36
2032	1.52	1.36
2033	1.52	1.37
2034	1.52	1.37
2035	1.52	1.37
2036	1.53	1.38
2037	1.53	1.38
2038	1.53	1.38
2039	1.53	1.38
2040	1.53	1.39
2041	1.53	1.39
2042	1.53	1.39
2043	1.53	1.4
2044	1.53	1.4
2045	1.53	1.4
2046	1.53	1.4
2047	1.53	1.41
2048	1.54	1.41
2049	1.54	1.41
2050	1.54	1.41

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Slovenia	Switzerland
1960	27.2%	24%
1961	27.2%	24%
1962	27.1%	24.1%
1963	26.9%	24.1%
1964	26.6%	24.1%
1965	26.2%	24.1%
1966	25.8%	24.2%
1967	25.5%	24.1%
1968	25.1%	24%
1969	24.7%	23.8%
1970	24.3%	23.8%
1971	24%	23.7%
1972	23.9%	23.5%
1973	23.8%	23.2%
1974	23.7%	22.8%
1975	23.6%	22.4%
1976	23.4%	22%
1977	23.3%	21.4%
1978	23.2%	20.9%
1979	23.1%	20.3%
1980	23%	19.7%
1981	22.9%	19.2%
1982	22.8%	18.8%
1983	22.7%	18.3%
1984	22.5%	18%
1985	22.3%	17.6%
1986	22%	17.4%
1987	21.6%	17.2%
1988	21.4%	17.1%
1989	21.1%	17%
1990	20.8%	17.1%
1991	20.3%	17.2%
1992	19.8%	17.3%
1993	19.3%	17.5%
1994	18.8%	17.6%
1995	18.3%	17.6%
1996	17.8%	17.7%
1997	17.3%	17.6%
1998	16.8%	17.6%
1999	16.4%	17.5%
2000	15.9%	17.4%
2001	15.6%	17.1%
2002	15.2%	16.8%
2003	14.8%	16.6%
2004	14.5%	16.4%
2005	14.3%	16.1%
2006	14.1%	15.9%
2007	14%	15.6%
2008	14%	15.4%
2009	14%	15.3%
2010	14.1%	15.2%
2011	14.3%	15.1%
2012	14.4%	15%
2013	14.6%	14.9%
2014	14.7%	14.9%
2015	14.8%	14.9%
2016	14.9%	14.9%
2017	15%	14.9%
2018	15.1%	15%
2019	15.1%	15%
2020	15.1%	15.1%
2021	15.2%	15.1%
2022	15.1%	15.1%
2023	14.9%	15%
2024	14.7%	15%
2025	14.5%	14.9%
2026	14.2%	14.8%
2027	14%	14.7%
2028	13.8%	14.6%
2029	13.5%	14.5%
2030	13.3%	14.3%
2031	13.1%	14.1%
2032	13%	14%
2033	12.8%	13.8%
2034	12.7%	13.6%
2035	12.6%	13.5%
2036	12.5%	13.3%
2037	12.4%	13.2%
2038	12.4%	13.1%
2039	12.5%	13%
2040	12.5%	12.9%
2041	12.6%	12.8%
2042	12.7%	12.8%
2043	12.8%	12.7%
2044	12.9%	12.8%
2045	13%	12.8%
2046	13.2%	12.8%
2047	13.3%	12.9%
2048	13.4%	12.9%
2049	13.5%	13%
2050	13.5%	13.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 14.7% of the population in Slovenia and 15% in Switzerland in 2024, compared to 20.8% and 17.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Slovenia and Switzerland compared.

Natural population change in Slovenia vs Switzerland by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.08% in Slovenia and +0.2% in Switzerland. 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	Switzerland
1960	12,678	42,090
1961	14,985	48,365
1962	13,150	49,050
1963	14,068	52,956
1964	12,567	59,050
1965	14,513	56,222
1966	15,697	53,854
1967	13,516	52,128
1968	11,250	47,328
1969	9,427	44,182
1970	10,004	42,648
1971	10,951	38,523
1972	10,513	35,061
1973	11,837	30,906
1974	11,367	27,902
1975	11,658	22,820
1976	12,196	17,017
1977	12,160	16,959
1978	11,920	13,820
1979	12,614	14,477
1980	11,027	14,535
1981	10,485	13,979
1982	9,170	15,339
1983	6,343	12,837
1984	5,990	16,105
1985	6,213	14,882
1986	6,094	16,261
1987	5,771	15,708
1988	5,986	21,099
1989	4,592	19,941
1990	3,797	20,146
1991	2,199	23,800
1992	598	24,064
1993	-199	21,509
1994	199	20,982
1995	0	19,010
1996	0	19,801
1997	-794	17,722
1998	-1,189	16,353
1999	-1,388	16,431
2000	-398	15,806
2001	-996	10,845
2002	-1,197	10,199
2003	-1,996	8,807
2004	-599	13,302
2005	-600	11,899
2006	602	12,723
2007	1,211	13,592
2008	3,437	15,295
2009	3,060	15,487
2010	3,687	17,997
2011	3,285	18,990
2012	2,674	18,393
2013	1,648	17,797
2014	2,268	21,290
2015	826	19,050
2016	826	22,608
2017	-207	20,284
2018	-1,037	20,434
2019	-1,254	18,008
2020	-5,256	9,502
2021	-4,216	18,279
2022	-4,858	7,899
2023	-4,665	7,999

Maternal mortality chart: Slovenia vs Switzerland

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 5 deaths in Switzerland.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Slovenia	Switzerland
1985	17	15
1986	16	14
1987	16	14
1988	16	15
1989	15	14
1990	14	14
1991	13	14
1992	13	13
1993	12	13
1994	12	12
1995	11	12
1996	10	11
1997	9	10
1998	9	10
1999	8	9
2000	7	9
2001	6	8
2002	6	9
2003	6	8
2004	6	8
2005	6	8
2006	6	8
2007	6	7
2008	7	7
2009	7	7
2010	7	7
2011	6	7
2012	6	7
2013	6	7
2014	6	6
2015	5	6
2016	5	7
2017	5	6
2018	4	6
2019	4	6
2020	12	5
2021	8	4
2022	15	4
2023	3	5

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.22% in Slovenia and 0.39% in Switzerland. 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	Switzerland
1960	-	2.65%
1961	-	2.6%
1962	-	2.53%
1963	-	2.45%
1964	-	2.36%
1965	-	2.26%
1966	-	2.16%
1967	-	2.07%
1968	-	1.99%
1969	-	1.92%
1970	-	1.84%
1971	-	1.76%
1972	-	1.67%
1973	-	1.57%
1974	-	1.48%
1975	-	1.38%
1976	-	1.29%
1977	-	1.21%
1978	-	1.14%
1979	-	1.09%
1980	-	1.04%
1981	1.78%	1%
1982	1.69%	0.97%
1983	1.61%	0.94%
1984	1.53%	0.92%
1985	1.44%	0.9%
1986	1.36%	0.89%
1987	1.27%	0.88%
1988	1.19%	0.86%
1989	1.11%	0.84%
1990	1.04%	0.82%
1991	0.97%	0.78%
1992	0.9%	0.75%
1993	0.84%	0.71%
1994	0.79%	0.67%
1995	0.73%	0.64%
1996	0.69%	0.62%
1997	0.65%	0.6%
1998	0.61%	0.58%
1999	0.58%	0.57%
2000	0.54%	0.56%
2001	0.52%	0.55%
2002	0.49%	0.54%
2003	0.47%	0.53%
2004	0.44%	0.52%
2005	0.42%	0.51%
2006	0.4%	0.49%
2007	0.38%	0.48%
2008	0.36%	0.47%
2009	0.34%	0.46%
2010	0.32%	0.46%
2011	0.31%	0.45%
2012	0.29%	0.44%
2013	0.28%	0.44%
2014	0.27%	0.43%
2015	0.26%	0.43%
2016	0.26%	0.42%
2017	0.25%	0.41%
2018	0.24%	0.41%
2019	0.24%	0.4%
2020	0.24%	0.4%
2021	0.23%	0.4%
2022	0.23%	0.4%
2023	0.22%	0.39%