Norway vs Sweden
Norway vs Sweden: Fertility rate
Fertility rate in 2023: 1.41 births per woman in Norway and 1.43 births per woman in Sweden, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Sweden, by 0.02 births per woman, or 1.02 times that in Norway.
births per woman · UN
What the numbers say
- Sweden has been higher since 2010, when it overtook Norway.
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts Norway at 1.55 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
| Year | Norway | Sweden | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.41 | 1.43 | 2.25 |
| 2022 | 1.42 | 1.54 | 2.27 |
| 2021 | 1.56 | 1.67 | 2.29 |
| 2020 | 1.48 | 1.67 | 2.32 |
| 2019 | 1.53 | 1.71 | 2.4 |
| 2018 | 1.57 | 1.75 | 2.44 |
| 2017 | 1.62 | 1.79 | 2.5 |
| 2016 | 1.71 | 1.85 | 2.54 |
| 2015 | 1.73 | 1.85 | 2.54 |
| 2014 | 1.75 | 1.88 | 2.56 |
| 2013 | 1.78 | 1.89 | 2.57 |
| 2012 | 1.85 | 1.9 | 2.61 |
| 2011 | 1.88 | 1.9 | 2.59 |
| 2010 | 1.94 | 1.97 | 2.6 |
| 2009 | 1.97 | 1.93 | 2.62 |
| 2008 | 1.95 | 1.91 | 2.63 |
| 2007 | 1.9 | 1.88 | 2.62 |
| 2006 | 1.9 | 1.85 | 2.63 |
| 2005 | 1.84 | 1.77 | 2.63 |
| 2004 | 1.83 | 1.75 | 2.65 |
| 2003 | 1.8 | 1.71 | 2.66 |
| 2002 | 1.76 | 1.65 | 2.68 |
| 2001 | 1.79 | 1.57 | 2.71 |
| 2000 | 1.85 | 1.54 | 2.75 |
| 1999 | 1.85 | 1.5 | 2.75 |
| 1998 | 1.82 | 1.51 | 2.78 |
| 1997 | 1.86 | 1.53 | 2.81 |
| 1996 | 1.89 | 1.6 | 2.85 |
| 1995 | 1.87 | 1.73 | 2.89 |
| 1994 | 1.87 | 1.88 | 2.93 |
| 1993 | 1.87 | 1.99 | 2.98 |
| 1992 | 1.89 | 2.08 | 3.04 |
| 1991 | 1.92 | 2.11 | 3.13 |
| 1990 | 1.93 | 2.12 | 3.31 |
| 1989 | 1.89 | 2.02 | 3.35 |
| 1988 | 1.84 | 1.96 | 3.39 |
| 1987 | 1.74 | 1.84 | 3.48 |
| 1986 | 1.71 | 1.8 | 3.5 |
| 1985 | 1.68 | 1.73 | 3.51 |
| 1984 | 1.66 | 1.66 | 3.55 |
| 1983 | 1.66 | 1.61 | 3.58 |
| 1982 | 1.71 | 1.62 | 3.71 |
| 1981 | 1.7 | 1.63 | 3.71 |
| 1980 | 1.72 | 1.67 | 3.74 |
| 1979 | 1.75 | 1.65 | 3.77 |
| 1978 | 1.77 | 1.6 | 3.79 |
| 1977 | 1.76 | 1.64 | 3.85 |
| 1976 | 1.87 | 1.68 | 3.97 |
| 1975 | 1.99 | 1.77 | 4.08 |
| 1974 | 2.13 | 1.87 | 4.26 |
| 1973 | 2.23 | 1.87 | 4.42 |
| 1972 | 2.39 | 1.91 | 4.55 |
| 1971 | 2.49 | 1.96 | 4.68 |
| 1970 | 2.51 | 1.92 | 4.83 |
| 1969 | 2.7 | 1.93 | 4.87 |
| 1968 | 2.75 | 2.07 | 4.96 |
| 1967 | 2.79 | 2.27 | 4.85 |
| 1966 | 2.89 | 2.36 | 4.96 |
| 1965 | 2.93 | 2.4 | 5.07 |
| 1964 | 2.96 | 2.45 | 5.12 |
| 1963 | 2.91 | 2.32 | 5.31 |
| 1962 | 2.89 | 2.24 | 5.02 |
| 1961 | 2.92 | 2.2 | 4.57 |
| 1960 | 2.85 | 2.17 | 4.7 |
| 1959 | 2.88 | 2.23 | 4.74 |
| 1958 | 2.87 | 2.25 | 4.93 |
| 1957 | 2.82 | 2.28 | 5.07 |
| 1956 | 2.83 | 2.29 | 4.93 |
| 1955 | 2.76 | 2.25 | 5 |
| 1954 | 2.67 | 2.18 | 5 |
| 1953 | 2.64 | 2.25 | 4.92 |
| 1952 | 2.58 | 2.23 | 5 |
| 1951 | 2.47 | 2.21 | 4.82 |
| 1950 | 2.52 | 2.29 | 4.85 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Norway | Sweden | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.411.26–1.56 | 1.431.29–1.58 | 2.25 |
| 2025 | 1.421.23–1.6 | 1.441.26–1.62 | 2.24 |
| 2026 | 1.421.21–1.63 | 1.441.24–1.65 | 2.23 |
| 2027 | 1.421.2–1.64 | 1.451.22–1.68 | 2.22 |
| 2028 | 1.431.18–1.67 | 1.451.2–1.7 | 2.21 |
| 2029 | 1.431.16–1.69 | 1.461.19–1.71 | 2.2 |
| 2030 | 1.441.15–1.71 | 1.461.18–1.74 | 2.2 |
| 2031 | 1.441.13–1.73 | 1.471.18–1.76 | 2.19 |
| 2032 | 1.441.12–1.73 | 1.471.16–1.77 | 2.18 |
| 2033 | 1.451.12–1.75 | 1.471.15–1.78 | 2.17 |
| 2034 | 1.451.1–1.78 | 1.481.13–1.8 | 2.16 |
| 2035 | 1.451.1–1.79 | 1.481.13–1.82 | 2.15 |
| 2036 | 1.461.09–1.81 | 1.481.12–1.84 | 2.15 |
| 2037 | 1.461.08–1.83 | 1.491.11–1.84 | 2.14 |
| 2038 | 1.471.08–1.84 | 1.491.1–1.85 | 2.13 |
| 2039 | 1.471.07–1.84 | 1.491.1–1.87 | 2.13 |
| 2040 | 1.471.05–1.84 | 1.51.09–1.88 | 2.13 |
| 2041 | 1.481.05–1.85 | 1.51.08–1.89 | 2.12 |
| 2042 | 1.481.04–1.87 | 1.51.09–1.9 | 2.12 |
| 2043 | 1.481.04–1.87 | 1.51.07–1.9 | 2.12 |
| 2044 | 1.481.03–1.87 | 1.511.06–1.91 | 2.12 |
| 2045 | 1.481.04–1.89 | 1.511.05–1.94 | 2.12 |
| 2046 | 1.491.02–1.89 | 1.511.05–1.94 | 2.11 |
| 2047 | 1.491.02–1.9 | 1.521.04–1.94 | 2.11 |
| 2048 | 1.491.03–1.92 | 1.521.04–1.95 | 2.11 |
| 2049 | 1.51.01–1.92 | 1.521.04–1.95 | 2.1 |
| 2050 | 1.51.01–1.92 | 1.521.03–1.95 | 2.1 |
| 2051 | 1.50.99–1.94 | 1.521.03–1.97 | 2.09 |
| 2052 | 1.50.99–1.94 | 1.521–1.97 | 2.09 |
| 2053 | 1.510.98–1.95 | 1.521.01–1.97 | 2.08 |
| 2054 | 1.510.99–1.95 | 1.531–1.97 | 2.07 |
| 2055 | 1.510.97–1.96 | 1.531–1.98 | 2.07 |
| 2056 | 1.510.98–1.96 | 1.530.98–2 | 2.06 |
| 2057 | 1.510.98–1.96 | 1.540.98–2 | 2.05 |
| 2058 | 1.510.97–1.96 | 1.541–2.01 | 2.04 |
| 2059 | 1.510.97–1.99 | 1.541–2.02 | 2.04 |
| 2060 | 1.510.99–2 | 1.551.01–2.03 | 2.03 |
| 2061 | 1.510.98–1.99 | 1.551–2.03 | 2.02 |
| 2062 | 1.510.99–1.99 | 1.550.98–2.05 | 2.02 |
| 2063 | 1.520.97–1.99 | 1.550.98–2.03 | 2.01 |
| 2064 | 1.520.97–2.01 | 1.550.97–2.03 | 2 |
| 2065 | 1.520.96–2.03 | 1.550.98–2.02 | 2 |
| 2066 | 1.520.95–2.03 | 1.550.97–2.04 | 1.99 |
| 2067 | 1.520.94–2.02 | 1.550.98–2.06 | 1.98 |
| 2068 | 1.520.94–2.04 | 1.550.98–2.06 | 1.98 |
| 2069 | 1.520.95–2.05 | 1.560.98–2.07 | 1.97 |
| 2070 | 1.530.95–2.06 | 1.560.98–2.09 | 1.97 |
| 2071 | 1.530.95–2.07 | 1.560.99–2.09 | 1.96 |
| 2072 | 1.530.94–2.07 | 1.560.99–2.09 | 1.96 |
| 2073 | 1.530.93–2.08 | 1.570.98–2.09 | 1.95 |
| 2074 | 1.530.91–2.07 | 1.570.98–2.09 | 1.95 |
| 2075 | 1.530.93–2.08 | 1.560.99–2.09 | 1.94 |
| 2076 | 1.530.91–2.08 | 1.560.98–2.09 | 1.94 |
| 2077 | 1.530.92–2.09 | 1.561–2.11 | 1.94 |
| 2078 | 1.530.92–2.07 | 1.560.98–2.11 | 1.93 |
| 2079 | 1.530.91–2.08 | 1.570.99–2.12 | 1.93 |
| 2080 | 1.540.9–2.1 | 1.571–2.11 | 1.92 |
| 2081 | 1.540.91–2.08 | 1.571–2.11 | 1.92 |
| 2082 | 1.540.9–2.08 | 1.571–2.12 | 1.91 |
| 2083 | 1.540.89–2.08 | 1.571–2.15 | 1.91 |
| 2084 | 1.540.91–2.09 | 1.570.99–2.13 | 1.91 |
| 2085 | 1.550.91–2.09 | 1.571–2.13 | 1.9 |
| 2086 | 1.550.9–2.09 | 1.570.98–2.15 | 1.9 |
| 2087 | 1.540.92–2.07 | 1.570.98–2.14 | 1.89 |
| 2088 | 1.550.92–2.1 | 1.570.97–2.13 | 1.89 |
| 2089 | 1.550.93–2.09 | 1.570.98–2.14 | 1.88 |
| 2090 | 1.550.91–2.1 | 1.570.98–2.14 | 1.88 |
| 2091 | 1.550.9–2.09 | 1.570.97–2.14 | 1.88 |
| 2092 | 1.550.91–2.11 | 1.570.97–2.15 | 1.87 |
| 2093 | 1.550.9–2.1 | 1.570.98–2.16 | 1.87 |
| 2094 | 1.550.89–2.11 | 1.570.99–2.16 | 1.86 |
| 2095 | 1.550.91–2.11 | 1.580.97–2.16 | 1.86 |
| 2096 | 1.550.91–2.11 | 1.581–2.15 | 1.85 |
| 2097 | 1.550.9–2.11 | 1.580.99–2.14 | 1.85 |
| 2098 | 1.550.9–2.13 | 1.580.98–2.16 | 1.85 |
| 2099 | 1.550.91–2.12 | 1.580.98–2.15 | 1.84 |
| 2100 | 1.550.91–2.12 | 1.580.98–2.15 | 1.84 |
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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Norway vs Sweden
Health
- Life expectancyNorway: 83.3 years in 2023Sweden: 83.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityNorway: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Sweden: 0.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityNorway: 1.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023Sweden: 1.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterNorway: 98.8% in 2022Sweden: 99.7% in 2022
- DepressionNorway: 3.77% in 2017Sweden: 4.49% in 2017
- Suicide rateNorway: 9.3 per 100,000 people in 2017Sweden: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationNorway: 5.52 million people in 2023Sweden: 10.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthNorway: 1.11% a year in 2023Sweden: 0.56% a year in 2023
- Urban populationNorway: 83.6% in 2025Sweden: 89.1% in 2025
- Median ageNorway: 39.5 years in 2023Sweden: 39.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overNorway: 18.5% in 2023Sweden: 20.5% in 2023
- Net migration rateNorway: 9.7 per 1,000 people in 2023Sweden: 5.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingNorway: 3.28% of GDP in 2025Sweden: 2.47% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsNorway: $16.1B in 2025Sweden: $15B in 2025
- Military spending per personNorway: $3,040 in 2025Sweden: $1,549 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingNorway: 6.7% of government spending in 2025Sweden: 5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelNorway: 25,000 people in 2020Sweden: 15,000 people in 2020
- National powerNorway: 0.14% of world capability in 2022Sweden: 0.19% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersNorway: 0.85% of the labour force in 2020Sweden: 0.27% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsNorway: 407 million TIV in 2025Sweden: 146 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsNorway: 415 million TIV in 2025Sweden: 235 million TIV in 2025