Crude birth rate in Slovakia

Slovakia recorded 7.8 live births per 1,000 people in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1960.

Measure: Crude birth rate (Eurostat) Unit: Live births per 1,000 people Data: 1960 to 2025 Source: Eurostat
Slovakia, 2025 7.8 Live births per 1,000 people
Change from 2024 −0.7per 1,000 people 2024: 8.5 per 1,000 people
European Union, 2025 7.7 per 1,000 peopleep (Source flag ep) Official aggregate
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025 7.8 per 1,000 people Middle value of 27 countries
Position in 2025 27th of 43 See the full ranking

Crude birth rate in Slovakia over time

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Live births per 1,000 people. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Crude birth rate (Eurostat) (live births per 1,000 people), 2001 to 2025
Period SlovakiaEuropean Union
2025 7.8 per 1,000 people 7.7 per 1,000 peopleep (estimated, provisional)
2024 8.5 per 1,000 people 7.9 per 1,000 peopleep (estimated, provisional)
2023 9.0 per 1,000 people 8.2 per 1,000 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional)
2022 9.7 per 1,000 people 8.7 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated)
2021 10.4 per 1,000 people 9.2 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated)
2020 10.4 per 1,000 people 9.1 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated)
2019 10.5 per 1,000 people 9.3 per 1,000 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional)
2018 10.6 per 1,000 people 9.5 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated)
2017 10.7 per 1,000 people 9.7 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated)
2016 10.6 per 1,000 people 9.9 per 1,000 peoplee (estimated)
2015 10.3 per 1,000 people 9.8 per 1,000 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional)
2014 10.2 per 1,000 people 9.9 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated)
2013 10.1 per 1,000 people 9.7 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated)
2012 10.3 per 1,000 people 10.0 per 1,000 peopleb (break in time series)
2011 11.3 per 1,000 people 10.1 per 1,000 peopleb (break in time series)
2010 11.2 per 1,000 people 10.4 per 1,000 peopleb (break in time series)
2009 11.4 per 1,000 people 10.5 per 1,000 people
2008 10.7 per 1,000 people 10.6 per 1,000 peopleb (break in time series)
2007 10.1 per 1,000 people 10.4 per 1,000 peopleb (break in time series)
2006 10.0 per 1,000 people 10.3 per 1,000 people
2005 10.1 per 1,000 people 10.2 per 1,000 people
2004 10.0 per 1,000 people 10.2 per 1,000 people
2003 9.6 per 1,000 people 10.1 per 1,000 people
2002 9.5 per 1,000 people 10.1 per 1,000 people
2001 9.5 per 1,000 people 10.2 per 1,000 peopleb (break in time series)

Flags: b break in time series; be break in time series, estimated; bep break in time series, estimated, provisional; e estimated; ep estimated, provisional . A dash means no value was published.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.7 from 8.5 per 1,000 people in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 10.3 per 1,000 people, the figure has changed by −2.5.
  • Among the 43 countries with data for 2025, Slovakia has the 27th highest value.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 7.7 per 1,000 people.

Source and dates

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Eurostat
Source
Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union
Dataset or series code
demo_gind · dataset details · view at source
Selection
freq=A indic_de=GBIRTHRT
Observation period
1960 to 2025 for Slovakia
Provider update
27 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution
Source: Eurostat