Fertility rate: births per woman in Slovenia
Slovenia: Fertility rate: births per woman was 1.58 live births per woman in 2023. ▼ Falling
Fertility rate: births per woman in Slovenia, 1950–2023
Source: Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in live births per woman.
Analysis
In 2023, fertility rate: births per woman in Slovenia stood at 1.58 live births per woman.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 1.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fertility rate: births per woman in Slovenia peaked at 2.99 live births per woman in 1950 and was at its lowest, 1.2 live births per woman, in 2003.
That places Slovenia 154th out of 236 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 74 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 2.59 live births per woman | 2.22 live births per woman | 2.99 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1960s | 2.31 live births per woman | 2.18 live births per woman | 2.48 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1970s | 2.17 live births per woman | 2.11 live births per woman | 2.21 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.77 live births per woman | 1.52 live births per woman | 2.1 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.31 live births per woman | 1.21 live births per woman | 1.46 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.32 live births per woman | 1.2 live births per woman | 1.54 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.59 live births per woman | 1.55 live births per woman | 1.62 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.59 live births per woman | 1.57 live births per woman | 1.64 live births per woman | 4 |
Countries ranked near Slovenia
More reference data data for Slovenia
- Number of child deaths per woman 0.0038 under-five deaths per woman (2024)
- Fertility rate: births per woman 1.58 live births per woman (2023)
- Fertility rate vs. Human Development Index 1.58 live births per woman (2023)
- Human Development Index 0.931 (2023)
- Rule of Law - Governance estimate 0.9787 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Rule of Law - Governance score 73.81 0-100 (2024)
- Voice and Accountability - Governance score 75.35 0-100 (2024)
- Voice and Accountability - Governance estimate 1.06 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Political Stability - Governance estimate 0.7209 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Political Stability - Governance score 78.21 0-100 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fertility rate: births per woman in Slovenia?
- Fertility rate: births per woman in Slovenia was 1.58 live births per woman in 2023, according to Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest fertility rate: births per woman recorded in Slovenia?
- The highest recorded value was 2.99 live births per woman in 1950.
- What is the lowest fertility rate: births per woman recorded in Slovenia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.2 live births per woman in 2003.
- How does Slovenia rank for fertility rate: births per woman?
- Slovenia ranks 154th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is fertility rate: births per woman rising or falling in Slovenia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Slovenia data come from?
- The figures come from Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Fertility rate: births per woman. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The average number of live births a hypothetical cohort of women would have at the end of their reproductive period if they were subject during their whole lives to the fertility rates of a given period and if they were not subject to mortality.