Fertility & birth rates in Czech Republic and Sweden

Fertility rate in Czech Republic vs Sweden chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in the Czech Republic was 1.45 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 the Czech Republic 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
	Czech Republic	Sweden
1960	2.09	2.17
1961	2.11	2.21
1962	2.12	2.25
1963	2.31	2.33
1964	2.34	2.47
1965	2.18	2.39
1966	2.02	2.37
1967	1.91	2.28
1968	1.84	2.07
1969	1.87	1.93
1970	1.92	1.92
1971	2	1.96
1972	2.09	1.91
1973	2.31	1.87
1974	2.46	1.87
1975	2.43	1.77
1976	2.39	1.68
1977	2.34	1.64
1978	2.33	1.6
1979	2.27	1.66
1980	2.08	1.68
1981	2	1.63
1982	2	1.62
1983	1.97	1.61
1984	1.97	1.66
1985	1.95	1.74
1986	1.92	1.8
1987	1.91	1.84
1988	1.94	1.96
1989	1.87	2.01
1990	1.9	2.13
1991	1.86	2.11
1992	1.71	2.09
1993	1.67	1.99
1994	1.44	1.88
1995	1.28	1.73
1996	1.18	1.6
1997	1.17	1.52
1998	1.16	1.5
1999	1.13	1.5
2000	1.15	1.54
2001	1.15	1.57
2002	1.17	1.65
2003	1.18	1.71
2004	1.23	1.75
2005	1.29	1.77
2006	1.34	1.85
2007	1.45	1.88
2008	1.51	1.91
2009	1.51	1.94
2010	1.51	1.98
2011	1.43	1.9
2012	1.45	1.91
2013	1.46	1.89
2014	1.53	1.88
2015	1.57	1.85
2016	1.63	1.85
2017	1.69	1.78
2018	1.71	1.76
2019	1.71	1.71
2020	1.74	1.67
2021	1.83	1.67
2022	1.64	1.53
2023	1.45	1.45
2024	1.46	1.45
2025	1.47	1.46
2026	1.48	1.46
2027	1.48	1.47
2028	1.49	1.47
2029	1.49	1.48
2030	1.5	1.48
2031	1.51	1.49
2032	1.51	1.49
2033	1.52	1.49
2034	1.52	1.5
2035	1.53	1.5
2036	1.53	1.5
2037	1.54	1.51
2038	1.54	1.51
2039	1.54	1.51
2040	1.55	1.52
2041	1.55	1.52
2042	1.55	1.53
2043	1.55	1.53
2044	1.56	1.53
2045	1.56	1.53
2046	1.56	1.53
2047	1.56	1.54
2048	1.56	1.54
2049	1.57	1.54
2050	1.57	1.54

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Czech Republic	Sweden
1960	25.6%	22.4%
1961	25.1%	22%
1962	24.5%	21.5%
1963	23.9%	21.2%
1964	23.5%	21%
1965	23.2%	20.9%
1966	22.7%	20.9%
1967	22.3%	21%
1968	21.9%	20.9%
1969	21.6%	20.9%
1970	21.3%	20.8%
1971	21.1%	20.8%
1972	21.1%	20.8%
1973	21.2%	20.7%
1974	21.6%	20.7%
1975	22.1%	20.7%
1976	22.6%	20.6%
1977	22.9%	20.5%
1978	23.2%	20.3%
1979	23.4%	19.9%
1980	23.4%	19.6%
1981	23.5%	19.2%
1982	23.5%	18.9%
1983	23.5%	18.6%
1984	23.5%	18.3%
1985	23.4%	18.2%
1986	23.2%	18%
1987	23%	17.9%
1988	22.6%	17.8%
1989	22%	17.8%
1990	21.4%	17.9%
1991	20.9%	18.1%
1992	20.3%	18.4%
1993	19.8%	18.6%
1994	19.2%	18.8%
1995	18.7%	18.9%
1996	18.2%	18.8%
1997	17.7%	18.7%
1998	17.3%	18.7%
1999	16.9%	18.6%
2000	16.5%	18.4%
2001	16.1%	18.3%
2002	15.7%	18.1%
2003	15.3%	17.9%
2004	15%	17.7%
2005	14.7%	17.4%
2006	14.4%	17.1%
2007	14.3%	16.9%
2008	14.2%	16.7%
2009	14.2%	16.6%
2010	14.4%	16.6%
2011	14.6%	16.7%
2012	14.8%	16.8%
2013	14.9%	17%
2014	15.1%	17.2%
2015	15.3%	17.3%
2016	15.4%	17.5%
2017	15.6%	17.7%
2018	15.8%	17.8%
2019	15.9%	17.8%
2020	16%	17.7%
2021	16.1%	17.7%
2022	15.9%	17.5%
2023	15.7%	17.2%
2024	15.4%	17%
2025	15.1%	16.7%
2026	14.8%	16.4%
2027	14.6%	16.2%
2028	14.4%	15.9%
2029	14.2%	15.6%
2030	14%	15.3%
2031	13.8%	15.1%
2032	13.5%	14.8%
2033	13.3%	14.5%
2034	13%	14.3%
2035	12.9%	14.1%
2036	12.7%	13.9%
2037	12.5%	13.8%
2038	12.5%	13.8%
2039	12.6%	13.8%
2040	12.7%	13.8%
2041	12.8%	13.8%
2042	12.9%	13.9%
2043	13.1%	13.9%
2044	13.2%	14%
2045	13.4%	14.1%
2046	13.5%	14.1%
2047	13.7%	14.2%
2048	13.8%	14.3%
2049	13.9%	14.4%
2050	14%	14.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15.4% of the population in the Czech Republic and 17% in Sweden in 2024, compared to 21.4% and 17.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Czech Republic and Sweden compared.

Natural population change in Czech Republic vs Sweden by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.07% in the Czech Republic 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
	Czech Republic	Sweden
1960	34,567	27,693
1961	36,430	30,832
1962	29,836	30,246
1963	48,353	35,741
1964	52,531	45,968
1965	43,029	44,857
1966	35,355	45,286
1967	29,558	41,700
1968	21,728	30,858
1969	22,762	23,904
1970	24,646	30,563
1971	31,445	31,583
1972	44,404	28,428
1973	57,549	24,409
1974	66,923	23,664
1975	67,393	14,746
1976	61,768	8,222
1977	55,009	7,426
1978	52,234	4,138
1979	44,257	4,976
1980	17,517	5,818
1981	13,391	1,664
1982	10,315	1,665
1983	3,097	833
1984	5,165	3,335
1985	4,135	4,175
1986	1,034	9,206
1987	4,138	11,757
1988	7,249	15,186
1989	1,036	24,629
1990	1,034	29,100
1991	4,124	29,299
1992	1,032	28,605
1993	3,099	20,924
1994	-11,367	20,196
1995	-21,687	9,710
1996	-21,662	1,768
1997	-21,639	-3,539
1998	-18,530	-3,541
1999	-20,568	-6,201
2000	-17,433	-2,662
2001	-16,347	-1,779
2002	-15,296	893
2003	-17,330	6,271
2004	-9,177	9,893
2005	-6,126	9,030
2006	1,024	15,436
2007	9,268	15,552
2008	14,538	18,439
2009	10,444	21,387
2010	10,475	25,320
2011	2,099	21,733
2012	0	20,943
2013	-2,103	23,041
2014	4,210	26,179
2015	0	23,518
2016	5,283	25,800
2017	3,178	24,138
2018	1,063	23,403
2019	0	25,697
2020	-19,257	14,495
2021	-28,365	22,914
2022	-19,209	10,487
2023	-21,729	5,269

Maternal mortality chart: Czech Republic vs Sweden

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 3 deaths per 100,000 live births in the Czech Republic, compared to 4 deaths in Sweden.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Czech Republic	Sweden
1985	15	8
1986	17	8
1987	15	8
1988	16	9
1989	15	9
1990	15	8
1991	15	8
1992	13	8
1993	12	8
1994	11	7
1995	10	7
1996	8	6
1997	8	6
1998	7	6
1999	7	6
2000	7	5
2001	6	5
2002	6	5
2003	6	5
2004	5	5
2005	5	5
2006	5	5
2007	4	5
2008	4	5
2009	4	5
2010	4	5
2011	4	5
2012	4	5
2013	3	5
2014	3	5
2015	3	5
2016	3	5
2017	3	5
2018	3	5
2019	3	4
2020	3	5
2021	4	5
2022	3	5
2023	3	4

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.26% in the Czech Republic 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
	Czech Republic	Sweden
1960	2.48%	1.96%
1961	2.44%	1.92%
1962	2.42%	1.86%
1963	2.43%	1.79%
1964	2.44%	1.71%
1965	2.46%	1.63%
1966	2.47%	1.56%
1967	2.48%	1.49%
1968	2.47%	1.44%
1969	2.46%	1.39%
1970	2.43%	1.34%
1971	2.39%	1.29%
1972	2.34%	1.23%
1973	2.29%	1.16%
1974	2.23%	1.09%
1975	2.16%	1.03%
1976	2.08%	0.98%
1977	1.99%	0.94%
1978	1.89%	0.9%
1979	1.78%	0.87%
1980	1.68%	0.84%
1981	1.59%	0.82%
1982	1.52%	0.8%
1983	1.47%	0.78%
1984	1.44%	0.77%
1985	1.41%	0.76%
1986	1.38%	0.75%
1987	1.35%	0.74%
1988	1.3%	0.73%
1989	1.25%	0.72%
1990	1.21%	0.7%
1991	1.17%	0.66%
1992	1.11%	0.62%
1993	1.03%	0.57%
1994	0.94%	0.52%
1995	0.85%	0.48%
1996	0.77%	0.46%
1997	0.7%	0.44%
1998	0.63%	0.42%
1999	0.58%	0.41%
2000	0.55%	0.41%
2001	0.52%	0.4%
2002	0.5%	0.4%
2003	0.48%	0.39%
2004	0.46%	0.37%
2005	0.44%	0.36%
2006	0.41%	0.35%
2007	0.39%	0.33%
2008	0.37%	0.32%
2009	0.35%	0.31%
2010	0.34%	0.31%
2011	0.33%	0.3%
2012	0.32%	0.3%
2013	0.31%	0.29%
2014	0.31%	0.29%
2015	0.32%	0.29%
2016	0.32%	0.28%
2017	0.32%	0.28%
2018	0.31%	0.27%
2019	0.3%	0.26%
2020	0.29%	0.26%
2021	0.28%	0.25%
2022	0.27%	0.25%
2023	0.26%	0.25%