Romania vs Sweden

Romania vs Sweden: Fertility rate

Fertility rate in 2023: 1.71 births per woman in Romania and 1.43 births per woman in Sweden, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Romania, by 0.28 births per woman, or 1.2 times that in Sweden.

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births per woman · UN

Romania vs Sweden: Fertility rateFertility rate in 2023: 1.71 births per woman in Romania and 1.43 births per woman in Sweden, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Romania, by 0.28 births per woman, or 1.2 times that in Sweden.
RomaniaSwedenUN projection (medium variant)95% prediction intervalWorld

What the numbers say

  • Romania has been higher since 2019, when it overtook Sweden.
  • The UN projection (medium variant) puts Romania at 1.67 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

YearRomaniaSwedenWorld
20231.711.432.25
20221.721.542.27
20211.721.672.29
20201.731.672.32
20191.711.712.4
20181.751.752.44
20171.771.792.5
20161.691.852.54
20151.621.852.54
20141.561.882.56
20131.471.892.57
20121.511.92.61
20111.481.92.59
20101.571.972.6
20091.641.932.62
20081.581.912.63
20071.451.882.62
20061.421.852.63
20051.391.772.63
20041.341.752.65
20031.31.712.66
20021.271.652.68
20011.271.572.71
20001.31.542.75
19991.31.52.75
19981.321.512.78
19971.321.532.81
19961.31.62.85
19951.341.732.89
19941.41.882.93
19931.441.992.98
19921.512.083.04
19911.62.113.13
19901.842.123.31
19892.22.023.35
19882.311.963.39
19872.381.843.48
19862.391.83.5
19852.311.733.51
19842.251.663.55
19832.081.613.58
19822.171.623.71
19812.351.633.71
19802.441.673.74
19792.491.653.77
19782.521.63.79
19772.571.643.85
19762.551.683.97
19752.61.774.08
19742.661.874.26
19732.391.874.42
19722.481.914.55
19712.61.964.68
19702.811.924.83
19693.111.934.87
19683.542.074.96
19673.592.274.85
19661.872.364.96
19651.92.45.07
19641.952.455.12
19631.992.325.31
19622.022.245.02
19612.162.24.57
19602.322.174.7
19592.422.234.74
19582.572.254.93
19572.712.285.07
19562.882.294.93
19553.012.255
19542.992.185
19532.992.254.92
19523.022.235
19513.052.214.82
19503.082.294.85
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
YearRomaniaSwedenWorld
20241.711.52–1.891.431.29–1.582.25
20251.711.5–1.91.441.26–1.622.24
20261.711.49–1.931.441.24–1.652.23
20271.71.47–1.931.451.22–1.682.22
20281.71.46–1.951.451.2–1.72.21
20291.71.43–1.971.461.19–1.712.2
20301.71.42–1.991.461.18–1.742.2
20311.71.42–2.011.471.18–1.762.19
20321.71.38–21.471.16–1.772.18
20331.71.38–2.021.471.15–1.782.17
20341.71.38–2.021.481.13–1.82.16
20351.691.38–2.031.481.13–1.822.15
20361.691.36–2.041.481.12–1.842.15
20371.691.35–2.041.491.11–1.842.14
20381.691.34–2.051.491.1–1.852.13
20391.691.32–2.061.491.1–1.872.13
20401.691.32–2.071.51.09–1.882.13
20411.691.31–2.061.51.08–1.892.12
20421.691.31–2.061.51.09–1.92.12
20431.691.29–2.081.51.07–1.92.12
20441.691.29–2.091.511.06–1.912.12
20451.691.28–2.091.511.05–1.942.12
20461.691.29–2.091.511.05–1.942.11
20471.691.26–2.091.521.04–1.942.11
20481.681.25–2.11.521.04–1.952.11
20491.691.25–2.11.521.04–1.952.1
20501.681.24–2.121.521.03–1.952.1
20511.681.25–2.111.521.03–1.972.09
20521.681.23–2.121.521–1.972.09
20531.681.24–2.121.521.01–1.972.08
20541.681.24–2.131.531–1.972.07
20551.681.25–2.111.531–1.982.07
20561.681.25–2.131.530.98–22.06
20571.681.22–2.121.540.98–22.05
20581.681.22–2.141.541–2.012.04
20591.681.22–2.141.541–2.022.04
20601.681.21–2.141.551.01–2.032.03
20611.681.21–2.141.551–2.032.02
20621.681.21–2.141.550.98–2.052.02
20631.681.21–2.151.550.98–2.032.01
20641.681.2–2.151.550.97–2.032
20651.681.2–2.161.550.98–2.022
20661.681.2–2.161.550.97–2.041.99
20671.681.19–2.181.550.98–2.061.98
20681.681.17–2.171.550.98–2.061.98
20691.681.18–2.181.560.98–2.071.97
20701.671.18–2.21.560.98–2.091.97
20711.671.18–2.181.560.99–2.091.96
20721.671.18–2.171.560.99–2.091.96
20731.671.19–2.171.570.98–2.091.95
20741.671.2–2.191.570.98–2.091.95
20751.671.19–2.171.560.99–2.091.94
20761.671.17–2.161.560.98–2.091.94
20771.671.17–2.171.561–2.111.94
20781.671.16–2.181.560.98–2.111.93
20791.671.16–2.181.570.99–2.121.93
20801.671.16–2.171.571–2.111.92
20811.671.15–2.181.571–2.111.92
20821.671.17–2.21.571–2.121.91
20831.671.16–2.191.571–2.151.91
20841.671.14–2.191.570.99–2.131.91
20851.671.14–2.191.571–2.131.9
20861.671.13–2.211.570.98–2.151.9
20871.671.13–2.211.570.98–2.141.89
20881.671.13–2.21.570.97–2.131.89
20891.671.14–2.211.570.98–2.141.88
20901.671.13–2.21.570.98–2.141.88
20911.671.15–2.211.570.97–2.141.88
20921.671.14–2.221.570.97–2.151.87
20931.671.14–2.221.570.98–2.161.87
20941.671.14–2.211.570.99–2.161.86
20951.671.12–2.211.580.97–2.161.86
20961.671.12–2.221.581–2.151.85
20971.671.14–2.221.580.99–2.141.85
20981.671.12–2.231.580.98–2.161.85
20991.671.13–2.231.580.98–2.151.84
21001.671.14–2.221.580.98–2.151.84

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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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