Australia vs Sweden

Australia vs Sweden: Fertility rate

Fertility rate in 2023: 1.64 births per woman in Australia and 1.43 births per woman in Sweden, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Australia, by 0.21 births per woman, or 1.15 times that in Sweden.

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births per woman · UN

Australia vs Sweden: Fertility rateFertility rate in 2023: 1.64 births per woman in Australia and 1.43 births per woman in Sweden, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Australia, by 0.21 births per woman, or 1.15 times that in Sweden.
AustraliaSwedenUN projection (medium variant)95% prediction intervalWorld

What the numbers say

  • Australia has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Sweden.
  • The UN projection (medium variant) puts Australia at 1.63 births per woman and Sweden at 1.58 births per woman in 2100.
  • The world as a whole: 2.25 births per woman in 2023.

Every year

births per woman · UN

YearAustraliaSwedenWorld
20231.641.432.25
20221.641.542.27
20211.651.672.29
20201.591.672.32
20191.671.712.4
20181.741.752.44
20171.751.792.5
20161.791.852.54
20151.81.852.54
20141.811.882.56
20131.881.892.57
20121.931.92.61
20111.921.92.59
20101.951.972.6
20091.971.932.62
20082.021.912.63
20071.991.882.62
20061.881.852.63
20051.851.772.63
20041.781.752.65
20031.761.712.66
20021.771.652.68
20011.741.572.71
20001.761.542.75
19991.761.52.75
19981.771.512.78
19971.781.532.81
19961.81.62.85
19951.831.732.89
19941.851.882.93
19931.861.992.98
19921.892.083.04
19911.862.113.13
19901.912.123.31
19891.842.023.35
19881.841.963.39
19871.851.843.48
19861.871.83.5
19851.91.733.51
19841.871.663.55
19831.931.613.58
19821.941.623.71
19811.941.633.71
19801.91.673.74
19791.911.653.77
19781.961.63.79
19772.021.643.85
19762.061.683.97
19752.211.774.08
19742.381.874.26
19732.491.874.42
19722.741.914.55
19712.951.964.68
19702.861.924.83
19692.891.934.87
19682.892.074.96
19672.852.274.85
19662.882.364.96
19652.982.45.07
19643.152.455.12
19633.332.325.31
19623.432.245.02
19613.542.24.57
19603.452.174.7
19593.442.234.74
19583.422.254.93
19573.422.285.07
19563.332.294.93
19553.272.255
19543.192.185
19533.192.254.92
19523.182.235
19513.062.214.82
19503.062.294.85
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
YearAustraliaSwedenWorld
20241.641.5–1.791.431.29–1.582.25
20251.641.46–1.821.441.26–1.622.24
20261.641.43–1.841.441.24–1.652.23
20271.641.42–1.871.451.22–1.682.22
20281.641.41–1.891.451.2–1.72.21
20291.641.39–1.91.461.19–1.712.2
20301.641.38–1.911.461.18–1.742.2
20311.641.37–1.931.471.18–1.762.19
20321.641.36–1.941.471.16–1.772.18
20331.641.34–1.951.471.15–1.782.17
20341.641.33–1.961.481.13–1.82.16
20351.641.32–1.971.481.13–1.822.15
20361.641.31–1.991.481.12–1.842.15
20371.641.29–1.991.491.11–1.842.14
20381.641.28–21.491.1–1.852.13
20391.641.27–21.491.1–1.872.13
20401.641.26–21.51.09–1.882.13
20411.641.26–2.031.51.08–1.892.12
20421.641.25–2.041.51.09–1.92.12
20431.641.24–2.041.51.07–1.92.12
20441.641.24–2.051.511.06–1.912.12
20451.641.22–2.071.511.05–1.942.12
20461.641.23–2.091.511.05–1.942.11
20471.631.21–2.081.521.04–1.942.11
20481.641.22–2.111.521.04–1.952.11
20491.641.18–2.091.521.04–1.952.1
20501.641.21–2.091.521.03–1.952.1
20511.641.19–2.091.521.03–1.972.09
20521.641.19–2.111.521–1.972.09
20531.641.17–2.11.521.01–1.972.08
20541.631.17–2.111.531–1.972.07
20551.641.18–2.11.531–1.982.07
20561.641.17–2.121.530.98–22.06
20571.641.15–2.121.540.98–22.05
20581.641.14–2.111.541–2.012.04
20591.641.15–2.131.541–2.022.04
20601.631.13–2.131.551.01–2.032.03
20611.641.14–2.131.551–2.032.02
20621.641.13–2.151.550.98–2.052.02
20631.631.12–2.131.550.98–2.032.01
20641.641.13–2.141.550.97–2.032
20651.631.12–2.141.550.98–2.022
20661.631.1–2.141.550.97–2.041.99
20671.631.1–2.141.550.98–2.061.98
20681.631.09–2.141.550.98–2.061.98
20691.641.08–2.161.560.98–2.071.97
20701.631.08–2.151.560.98–2.091.97
20711.631.08–2.141.560.99–2.091.96
20721.641.09–2.181.560.99–2.091.96
20731.631.07–2.161.570.98–2.091.95
20741.631.07–2.171.570.98–2.091.95
20751.641.08–2.181.560.99–2.091.94
20761.631.07–2.181.560.98–2.091.94
20771.631.05–2.171.561–2.111.94
20781.631.05–2.161.560.98–2.111.93
20791.641.07–2.181.570.99–2.121.93
20801.641.06–2.21.571–2.111.92
20811.641.06–2.191.571–2.111.92
20821.631.05–2.191.571–2.121.91
20831.641.04–2.21.571–2.151.91
20841.641.05–2.21.570.99–2.131.91
20851.641.05–2.191.571–2.131.9
20861.631.04–2.21.570.98–2.151.9
20871.641.04–2.211.570.98–2.141.89
20881.631.05–2.231.570.97–2.131.89
20891.641.04–2.221.570.98–2.141.88
20901.641.03–2.211.570.98–2.141.88
20911.631.02–2.211.570.97–2.141.88
20921.641.01–2.221.570.97–2.151.87
20931.641.03–2.221.570.98–2.161.87
20941.641.04–2.221.570.99–2.161.86
20951.641.03–2.221.580.97–2.161.86
20961.641.03–2.221.581–2.151.85
20971.641.03–2.231.580.99–2.141.85
20981.631.04–2.241.580.98–2.161.85
20991.631.04–2.231.580.98–2.151.84
21001.631.04–2.231.580.98–2.151.84

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • The children a woman would have over her life at the year’s birth rates for each age.
  • Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
  • The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
  • Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
  • The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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