Total fertility rate — all countries

Total fertility rate — Sweden

Total fertility rate in Sweden in 2024 — 1.43 births. Ranked 169 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 34.1%.

2024 1.43 births −1.38% vs 2023
World rank 169of 217
Period maximum 2.47 births1964
Period minimum 1.43 births2024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · births per woman

Total fertility rate — Sweden, 1960–202411.522.519601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 2.17 births1962: 2.25 births1964: 2.47 births1966: 2.37 births1968: 2.07 births1970: 1.92 births1972: 1.91 births1974: 1.87 births1976: 1.68 births1978: 1.6 births1980: 1.68 births1982: 1.62 births1984: 1.66 births1986: 1.8 births1988: 1.96 births1990: 2.13 births1992: 2.09 births1994: 1.88 births1996: 1.6 births1998: 1.5 births2000: 1.54 births2002: 1.65 births2004: 1.75 births2006: 1.85 births2008: 1.91 births2010: 1.98 births2012: 1.91 births2014: 1.88 births2016: 1.85 births2018: 1.76 births2020: 1.67 births2022: 1.53 births2024: 1.43 births
Change over the period: −0.74 (−34.1%) Average annual rate: -0.65 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Sweden

Sweden 1.43 births
World 2.19 births
Europe & Central Asia 1.55 births
Northern Europe computed 1.49 births
High-income countries computed 1.43 births
Total fertility rate — Sweden, by year Sweden All countries CSV XLSX
Year births Change Change, %
2024 1.43 −0.02 −1.38%
2023 1.45 −0.08 −5.23%
2022 1.53 −0.14 −8.38%
2021 1.67 +0 +0%
2020 1.67 −0.04 −2.34%
2019 1.71 −0.05 −2.84%
2018 1.76 −0.02 −1.12%
2017 1.78 −0.07 −3.78%
2016 1.85 +0 +0%
2015 1.85 −0.03 −1.6%
2014 1.88 −0.01 −0.53%
2013 1.89 −0.02 −1.05%
2012 1.91 +0.01 +0.53%
2011 1.9 −0.08 −4.04%
2010 1.98 +0.04 +2.06%
2009 1.94 +0.03 +1.57%
2008 1.91 +0.03 +1.6%
2007 1.88 +0.03 +1.62%
2006 1.85 +0.08 +4.52%
2005 1.77 +0.02 +1.14%
2004 1.75 +0.04 +2.34%
2003 1.71 +0.06 +3.64%
2002 1.65 +0.08 +5.1%
2001 1.57 +0.03 +1.95%
2000 1.54 +0.04 +2.67%
1999 1.5 +0 +0%
1998 1.5 −0.02 −1.32%
1997 1.52 −0.08 −5%
1996 1.6 −0.13 −7.51%
1995 1.73 −0.15 −7.98%
1994 1.88 −0.11 −5.53%
1993 1.99 −0.1 −4.78%
1992 2.09 −0.02 −0.95%
1991 2.11 −0.02 −0.94%
1990 2.13 +0.12 +5.97%
1989 2.01 +0.05 +2.55%
1988 1.96 +0.12 +6.52%
1987 1.84 +0.04 +2.22%
1986 1.8 +0.06 +3.45%
1985 1.74 +0.08 +4.82%
1984 1.66 +0.05 +3.11%
1983 1.61 −0.01 −0.62%
1982 1.62 −0.01 −0.61%
1981 1.63 −0.05 −2.98%
1980 1.68 +0.02 +1.2%
1979 1.66 +0.06 +3.75%
1978 1.6 −0.04 −2.44%
1977 1.64 −0.04 −2.38%
1976 1.68 −0.09 −5.08%
1975 1.77 −0.1 −5.35%
1974 1.87 +0 +0%
1973 1.87 −0.04 −2.09%
1972 1.91 −0.05 −2.55%
1971 1.96 +0.04 +2.08%
1970 1.92 −0.01 −0.52%
1969 1.93 −0.14 −6.76%
1968 2.07 −0.21 −9.21%
1967 2.28 −0.09 −3.8%
1966 2.37 −0.02 −0.84%
1965 2.39 −0.08 −3.24%
1964 2.47 +0.14 +6.01%
1963 2.33 +0.08 +3.56%
1962 2.25 +0.04 +1.81%
1961 2.21 +0.04 +1.84%
1960 2.17

About the indicator

The total fertility rate is the average number of children a woman would bear over her entire reproductive period if the age-specific fertility rates of the year of calculation stayed unchanged. In countries with low mortality the replacement level is about 2.1 births per woman: below that threshold population starts to shrink in the absence of migration.

Important: The total fertility rate is a hypothetical value for a synthetic cohort; the completed fertility of real cohorts may differ.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.