Fertility & birth rates in Slovenia and Ukraine

Fertility rate in Slovenia vs Ukraine 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 0.98 in Ukraine 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	Ukraine
1960	2.19	2.29
1961	2.27	2.2
1962	2.28	2.15
1963	2.27	2.11
1964	2.31	2.01
1965	2.43	1.94
1966	2.47	2.04
1967	2.37	2.04
1968	2.25	2.03
1969	2.17	2.01
1970	2.11	2.08
1971	2.16	2.11
1972	2.17	2.13
1973	2.2	2.04
1974	2.13	2.06
1975	2.17	2.05
1976	2.2	2.04
1977	2.17	1.98
1978	2.2	1.97
1979	2.22	1.96
1980	2.11	1.95
1981	1.96	1.92
1982	1.93	1.95
1983	1.81	2.1
1984	1.74	2.08
1985	1.71	2.03
1986	1.67	2.12
1987	1.65	2.07
1988	1.63	2.04
1989	1.52	1.93
1990	1.46	1.85
1991	1.42	1.77
1992	1.33	1.67
1993	1.33	1.56
1994	1.32	1.47
1995	1.29	1.4
1996	1.28	1.33
1997	1.25	1.27
1998	1.23	1.21
1999	1.21	1.13
2000	1.26	1.11
2001	1.21	1.09
2002	1.21	1.13
2003	1.2	1.17
2004	1.25	1.22
2005	1.26	1.22
2006	1.31	1.3
2007	1.38	1.34
2008	1.53	1.44
2009	1.53	1.47
2010	1.57	1.44
2011	1.56	1.46
2012	1.58	1.53
2013	1.55	1.52
2014	1.58	1.47
2015	1.57	1.39
2016	1.58	1.39
2017	1.62	1.3
2018	1.6	1.23
2019	1.61	1.22
2020	1.59	1.21
2021	1.64	1.15
2022	1.55	0.9
2023	1.51	0.98
2024	1.51	0.99
2025	1.51	1
2026	1.51	1
2027	1.51	1.01
2028	1.52	1.02
2029	1.52	1.02
2030	1.52	1.03
2031	1.52	1.04
2032	1.52	1.04
2033	1.52	1.05
2034	1.52	1.05
2035	1.52	1.06
2036	1.53	1.06
2037	1.53	1.07
2038	1.53	1.07
2039	1.53	1.08
2040	1.53	1.09
2041	1.53	1.09
2042	1.53	1.1
2043	1.53	1.1
2044	1.53	1.11
2045	1.53	1.11
2046	1.53	1.12
2047	1.53	1.13
2048	1.54	1.13
2049	1.54	1.14
2050	1.54	1.14

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Slovenia	Ukraine
1960	27.2%	26.7%
1961	27.2%	27%
1962	27.1%	27.1%
1963	26.9%	27.1%
1964	26.6%	26.8%
1965	26.2%	26.4%
1966	25.8%	26.1%
1967	25.5%	25.8%
1968	25.1%	25.5%
1969	24.7%	25.1%
1970	24.3%	24.8%
1971	24%	24.4%
1972	23.9%	24%
1973	23.8%	23.6%
1974	23.7%	23.2%
1975	23.6%	22.8%
1976	23.4%	22.4%
1977	23.3%	22.1%
1978	23.2%	21.7%
1979	23.1%	21.5%
1980	23%	21.4%
1981	22.9%	21.4%
1982	22.8%	21.4%
1983	22.7%	21.5%
1984	22.5%	21.6%
1985	22.3%	21.7%
1986	22%	21.7%
1987	21.6%	21.7%
1988	21.4%	21.7%
1989	21.1%	21.7%
1990	20.8%	21.6%
1991	20.3%	21.5%
1992	19.8%	21.4%
1993	19.3%	21.2%
1994	18.8%	21%
1995	18.3%	20.6%
1996	17.8%	20.2%
1997	17.3%	19.7%
1998	16.8%	19.2%
1999	16.4%	18.5%
2000	15.9%	17.9%
2001	15.6%	17.1%
2002	15.2%	16.3%
2003	14.8%	15.7%
2004	14.5%	15.1%
2005	14.3%	14.7%
2006	14.1%	14.3%
2007	14%	14.1%
2008	14%	14%
2009	14%	14%
2010	14.1%	14.1%
2011	14.3%	14.2%
2012	14.4%	14.4%
2013	14.6%	14.6%
2014	14.7%	14.9%
2015	14.8%	15.1%
2016	14.9%	15.3%
2017	15%	15.4%
2018	15.1%	15.4%
2019	15.1%	15.4%
2020	15.1%	15.3%
2021	15.2%	15.1%
2022	15.1%	14.8%
2023	14.9%	14.3%
2024	14.7%	13.9%
2025	14.5%	13.7%
2026	14.2%	13.4%
2027	14%	12.9%
2028	13.8%	12.4%
2029	13.5%	12%
2030	13.3%	11.6%
2031	13.1%	11.2%
2032	13%	10.9%
2033	12.8%	10.6%
2034	12.7%	10.4%
2035	12.6%	10.2%
2036	12.5%	10%
2037	12.4%	9.95%
2038	12.4%	9.95%
2039	12.5%	9.92%
2040	12.5%	9.9%
2041	12.6%	9.92%
2042	12.7%	9.97%
2043	12.8%	10%
2044	12.9%	10.1%
2045	13%	10.1%
2046	13.2%	10.2%
2047	13.3%	10.2%
2048	13.4%	10.2%
2049	13.5%	10.2%
2050	13.5%	10.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 14.7% of the population in Slovenia and 13.9% in Ukraine in 2024, compared to 20.8% and 21.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Slovenia and Ukraine compared.

Natural population change in Slovenia vs Ukraine by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.08% in Slovenia and -0.56% in Ukraine. 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	Ukraine
1960	12,678	538,812
1961	14,985	508,602
1962	13,150	481,887
1963	14,068	449,648
1964	12,567	391,120
1965	14,513	334,365
1966	15,697	337,794
1967	13,516	313,899
1968	11,250	295,162
1969	9,427	274,858
1970	10,004	291,839
1971	10,951	305,849
1972	10,513	309,785
1973	11,837	274,938
1974	11,367	273,486
1975	11,658	256,787
1976	12,196	247,323
1977	12,160	216,932
1978	11,920	206,554
1979	12,614	197,294
1980	11,027	197,223
1981	10,485	182,839
1982	9,170	194,101
1983	6,343	241,741
1984	5,990	222,430
1985	6,213	201,011
1986	6,094	225,751
1987	5,771	198,850
1988	5,986	162,002
1989	4,592	106,431
1990	3,797	48,463
1991	2,199	-16,486
1992	598	-95,857
1993	-199	-169,405
1994	199	-238,820
1995	0	-281,629
1996	0	-305,154
1997	-794	-306,549
1998	-1,189	-318,299
1999	-1,388	-348,286
2000	-398	-364,143
2001	-996	-374,734
2002	-1,197	-364,544
2003	-1,996	-351,299
2004	-599	-344,157
2005	-600	-337,857
2006	602	-300,787
2007	1,211	-282,659
2008	3,437	-229,086
2009	3,060	-197,918
2010	3,687	-180,388
2011	3,285	-158,372
2012	2,674	-130,451
2013	1,648	-129,662
2014	2,268	-140,216
2015	826	-147,107
2016	826	-135,710
2017	-207	-158,390
2018	-1,037	-227,491
2019	-1,254	-236,296
2020	-5,256	-307,533
2021	-4,216	-449,941
2022	-4,858	-349,284
2023	-4,665	-283,185

Maternal mortality chart: Slovenia vs Ukraine

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 15 deaths in Ukraine.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Slovenia	Ukraine
1985	17	53
1986	16	50
1987	16	46
1988	16	44
1989	15	42
1990	14	40
1991	13	40
1992	13	40
1993	12	42
1994	12	45
1995	11	46
1996	10	45
1997	9	41
1998	9	37
1999	8	34
2000	7	32
2001	6	30
2002	6	28
2003	6	28
2004	6	27
2005	6	27
2006	6	27
2007	6	27
2008	7	26
2009	7	24
2010	7	21
2011	6	20
2012	6	20
2013	6	20
2014	6	19
2015	5	17
2016	5	17
2017	5	16
2018	4	16
2019	4	16
2020	12	18
2021	8	26
2022	15	16
2023	3	15

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.22% in Slovenia and 0.81% in Ukraine. 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	Ukraine
1971	-	3.23%
1972	-	3.13%
1973	-	3.04%
1974	-	2.96%
1975	-	2.89%
1976	-	2.84%
1977	-	2.78%
1978	-	2.74%
1979	-	2.69%
1980	-	2.62%
1981	1.78%	2.55%
1982	1.69%	2.47%
1983	1.61%	2.39%
1984	1.53%	2.29%
1985	1.44%	2.21%
1986	1.36%	2.13%
1987	1.27%	2.05%
1988	1.19%	1.99%
1989	1.11%	1.95%
1990	1.04%	1.92%
1991	0.97%	1.92%
1992	0.9%	1.94%
1993	0.84%	1.97%
1994	0.79%	2%
1995	0.73%	2.02%
1996	0.69%	2.03%
1997	0.65%	2.01%
1998	0.61%	1.97%
1999	0.58%	1.9%
2000	0.54%	1.83%
2001	0.52%	1.75%
2002	0.49%	1.66%
2003	0.47%	1.58%
2004	0.44%	1.51%
2005	0.42%	1.45%
2006	0.4%	1.4%
2007	0.38%	1.34%
2008	0.36%	1.29%
2009	0.34%	1.23%
2010	0.32%	1.17%
2011	0.31%	1.12%
2012	0.29%	1.07%
2013	0.28%	1.02%
2014	0.27%	0.98%
2015	0.26%	0.94%
2016	0.26%	0.91%
2017	0.25%	0.89%
2018	0.24%	0.87%
2019	0.24%	0.85%
2020	0.24%	0.84%
2021	0.23%	0.82%
2022	0.23%	0.85%
2023	0.22%	0.81%