Fertility & birth rates in Azerbaijan and Sweden

Fertility rate in Azerbaijan vs Sweden chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Azerbaijan was 1.55 children per woman in 2023, compared to 1.45 in Sweden in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Azerbaijan vs Sweden population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Azerbaijan	Sweden
1960	5.88	2.17
1961	5.94	2.21
1962	5.96	2.25
1963	5.95	2.33
1964	5.89	2.47
1965	5.79	2.39
1966	5.66	2.37
1967	5.38	2.28
1968	5.22	2.07
1969	5.07	1.93
1970	4.91	1.92
1971	4.77	1.96
1972	4.62	1.91
1973	4.45	1.87
1974	4.33	1.87
1975	4.18	1.77
1976	4.02	1.68
1977	3.87	1.64
1978	3.73	1.6
1979	3.61	1.66
1980	3.5	1.68
1981	3.41	1.63
1982	3.34	1.62
1983	3.29	1.61
1984	3.26	1.66
1985	2.91	1.74
1986	2.9	1.8
1987	2.9	1.84
1988	2.8	1.96
1989	2.8	2.01
1990	2.74	2.13
1991	2.87	2.11
1992	2.74	2.09
1993	2.7	1.99
1994	2.52	1.88
1995	2.29	1.73
1996	2.06	1.6
1997	2.07	1.52
1998	2	1.5
1999	2.07	1.5
2000	2	1.54
2001	1.8	1.57
2002	1.8	1.65
2003	1.9	1.71
2004	2.05	1.75
2005	2	1.77
2006	1.97	1.85
2007	1.97	1.88
2008	1.9	1.91
2009	1.82	1.94
2010	1.92	1.98
2011	1.96	1.9
2012	2	1.91
2013	1.98	1.89
2014	1.97	1.88
2015	1.94	1.85
2016	1.9	1.85
2017	1.75	1.78
2018	1.73	1.76
2019	1.81	1.71
2020	1.7	1.67
2021	1.52	1.67
2022	1.67	1.53
2023	1.55	1.45
2024	1.55	1.45
2025	1.54	1.46
2026	1.54	1.46
2027	1.54	1.47
2028	1.54	1.47
2029	1.54	1.48
2030	1.54	1.48
2031	1.53	1.49
2032	1.53	1.49
2033	1.53	1.49
2034	1.53	1.5
2035	1.53	1.5
2036	1.53	1.5
2037	1.53	1.51
2038	1.53	1.51
2039	1.52	1.51
2040	1.52	1.52
2041	1.52	1.52
2042	1.52	1.53
2043	1.52	1.53
2044	1.52	1.53
2045	1.52	1.53
2046	1.52	1.53
2047	1.52	1.54
2048	1.52	1.54
2049	1.52	1.54
2050	1.52	1.54

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Azerbaijan	Sweden
1960	40.4%	22.4%
1961	42%	22%
1962	43.3%	21.5%
1963	44.2%	21.2%
1964	44.9%	21%
1965	45.3%	20.9%
1966	45.6%	20.9%
1967	45.7%	21%
1968	45.6%	20.9%
1969	45.3%	20.9%
1970	44.9%	20.8%
1971	44.3%	20.8%
1972	43.6%	20.8%
1973	42.7%	20.7%
1974	41.7%	20.7%
1975	40.6%	20.7%
1976	39.4%	20.6%
1977	38.1%	20.5%
1978	36.7%	20.3%
1979	35.6%	19.9%
1980	35%	19.6%
1981	34.4%	19.2%
1982	34%	18.9%
1983	33.8%	18.6%
1984	33.5%	18.3%
1985	33.4%	18.2%
1986	33.2%	18%
1987	33.1%	17.9%
1988	33.2%	17.8%
1989	33.5%	17.8%
1990	33.8%	17.9%
1991	34%	18.1%
1992	34.1%	18.4%
1993	34%	18.6%
1994	33.9%	18.8%
1995	33.6%	18.9%
1996	33.2%	18.8%
1997	32.8%	18.7%
1998	32.2%	18.7%
1999	31.4%	18.6%
2000	30.3%	18.4%
2001	29.2%	18.3%
2002	28.1%	18.1%
2003	27%	17.9%
2004	26%	17.7%
2005	25.1%	17.4%
2006	24.4%	17.1%
2007	23.8%	16.9%
2008	23.2%	16.7%
2009	22.7%	16.6%
2010	22.3%	16.6%
2011	22.2%	16.7%
2012	22.3%	16.8%
2013	22.7%	17%
2014	23.1%	17.2%
2015	23.5%	17.3%
2016	23.8%	17.5%
2017	23.9%	17.7%
2018	23.8%	17.8%
2019	23.5%	17.8%
2020	23.4%	17.7%
2021	23.1%	17.7%
2022	22.8%	17.5%
2023	22.3%	17.2%
2024	21.8%	17%
2025	21.2%	16.7%
2026	20.6%	16.4%
2027	20%	16.2%
2028	19.4%	15.9%
2029	18.9%	15.6%
2030	18.3%	15.3%
2031	17.9%	15.1%
2032	17.6%	14.8%
2033	17.5%	14.5%
2034	17.3%	14.3%
2035	17%	14.1%
2036	16.9%	13.9%
2037	16.8%	13.8%
2038	16.8%	13.8%
2039	16.8%	13.8%
2040	16.8%	13.8%
2041	16.8%	13.8%
2042	16.9%	13.9%
2043	16.9%	13.9%
2044	16.9%	14%
2045	16.8%	14.1%
2046	16.8%	14.1%
2047	16.8%	14.2%
2048	16.7%	14.3%
2049	16.6%	14.4%
2050	16.5%	14.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 21.8% of the population in Azerbaijan and 17% in Sweden in 2024, compared to 33.8% and 17.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Azerbaijan and Sweden compared.

Natural population change in Azerbaijan vs Sweden by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.79% in Azerbaijan and +0.2% in Sweden. The chart below illustrates the comparison of the absolute yearly changes resulting from births and deaths.

Table

Year	Population change due to births and deaths
	Azerbaijan	Sweden
1960	127,982	27,693
1961	133,870	30,832
1962	135,928	30,246
1963	136,762	35,741
1964	134,971	45,968
1965	131,114	44,857
1966	126,678	45,286
1967	118,988	41,700
1968	115,379	30,858
1969	111,387	23,904
1970	108,976	30,563
1971	106,948	31,583
1972	105,009	28,428
1973	103,208	24,409
1974	103,872	23,664
1975	103,472	14,746
1976	103,370	8,222
1977	102,304	7,426
1978	102,831	4,138
1979	104,864	4,976
1980	110,279	5,818
1981	121,400	1,664
1982	117,615	1,665
1983	125,966	833
1984	130,043	3,335
1985	132,068	4,175
1986	141,499	9,206
1987	138,195	11,757
1988	136,702	15,186
1989	141,531	24,629
1990	142,069	29,100
1991	147,607	29,299
1992	133,615	28,605
1993	123,664	20,924
1994	107,112	20,196
1995	93,755	9,710
1996	80,735	1,768
1997	84,653	-3,539
1998	77,548	-3,541
1999	71,047	-6,201
2000	70,023	-2,662
2001	64,890	-1,779
2002	63,741	893
2003	64,226	6,271
2004	81,403	9,893
2005	89,793	9,030
2006	96,724	15,436
2007	97,827	15,552
2008	99,903	18,439
2009	99,315	21,387
2010	112,274	25,320
2011	122,002	21,733
2012	119,915	20,943
2013	117,710	23,041
2014	115,374	26,179
2015	110,967	23,518
2016	102,457	25,800
2017	86,715	24,138
2018	81,506	23,403
2019	85,207	25,697
2020	50,466	14,495
2021	35,483	22,914
2022	61,865	10,487
2023	52,800	5,269

Maternal mortality chart: Azerbaijan vs Sweden

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 18 deaths per 100,000 live births in Azerbaijan, compared to 4 deaths in Sweden.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Azerbaijan	Sweden
1985	45	8
1986	48	8
1987	45	8
1988	45	9
1989	43	9
1990	41	8
1991	43	8
1992	56	8
1993	54	8
1994	58	7
1995	64	7
1996	58	6
1997	59	6
1998	54	6
1999	51	6
2000	46	5
2001	45	5
2002	40	5
2003	41	5
2004	40	5
2005	40	5
2006	33	5
2007	33	5
2008	30	5
2009	29	5
2010	28	5
2011	27	5
2012	28	5
2013	24	5
2014	23	5
2015	21	5
2016	22	5
2017	22	5
2018	21	5
2019	21	4
2020	21	5
2021	55	5
2022	32	5
2023	18	4

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.86% in Azerbaijan and 0.25% in Sweden. Below is the historical data on under-five mortality rates.

Table

Year	Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
	Azerbaijan	Sweden
1960	-	1.96%
1961	-	1.92%
1962	-	1.86%
1963	-	1.79%
1964	-	1.71%
1965	-	1.63%
1966	-	1.56%
1967	-	1.49%
1968	-	1.44%
1969	-	1.39%
1970	-	1.34%
1971	-	1.29%
1972	-	1.23%
1973	-	1.16%
1974	-	1.09%
1975	-	1.03%
1976	-	0.98%
1977	-	0.94%
1978	-	0.9%
1979	-	0.87%
1980	-	0.84%
1981	-	0.82%
1982	10.9%	0.8%
1983	10.7%	0.78%
1984	10.4%	0.77%
1985	10.2%	0.76%
1986	9.96%	0.75%
1987	9.77%	0.74%
1988	9.62%	0.73%
1989	9.52%	0.72%
1990	9.48%	0.7%
1991	9.5%	0.66%
1992	9.52%	0.62%
1993	9.52%	0.57%
1994	9.47%	0.52%
1995	9.34%	0.48%
1996	9.1%	0.46%
1997	8.78%	0.44%
1998	8.37%	0.42%
1999	7.91%	0.41%
2000	7.4%	0.41%
2001	6.9%	0.4%
2002	6.41%	0.4%
2003	5.96%	0.39%
2004	5.55%	0.37%
2005	5.18%	0.36%
2006	4.85%	0.35%
2007	4.55%	0.33%
2008	4.27%	0.32%
2009	4.01%	0.31%
2010	3.77%	0.31%
2011	3.54%	0.3%
2012	3.32%	0.3%
2013	3.12%	0.29%
2014	2.95%	0.29%
2015	2.78%	0.29%
2016	2.63%	0.28%
2017	2.49%	0.28%
2018	2.36%	0.27%
2019	2.24%	0.26%
2020	2.13%	0.26%
2021	2.04%	0.25%
2022	1.94%	0.25%
2023	1.86%	0.25%