Fertility & birth rates in Ethiopia and Sweden

Fertility rate in Ethiopia vs Sweden chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Ethiopia was 3.99 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 Ethiopia 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
	Ethiopia	Sweden
1960	6.51	2.17
1961	6.53	2.21
1962	6.56	2.25
1963	6.59	2.33
1964	6.61	2.47
1965	6.63	2.39
1966	6.66	2.37
1967	6.68	2.28
1968	6.7	2.07
1969	6.72	1.93
1970	6.78	1.92
1971	6.84	1.96
1972	6.9	1.91
1973	6.96	1.87
1974	7.02	1.87
1975	7.08	1.77
1976	7.13	1.68
1977	7.19	1.64
1978	7.23	1.6
1979	7.25	1.66
1980	7.29	1.68
1981	7.31	1.63
1982	7.34	1.62
1983	7.35	1.61
1984	7.36	1.66
1985	7.34	1.74
1986	7.32	1.8
1987	7.29	1.84
1988	7.26	1.96
1989	7.23	2.01
1990	7.2	2.13
1991	7.16	2.11
1992	7.13	2.09
1993	7.09	1.99
1994	7.05	1.88
1995	7	1.73
1996	6.93	1.6
1997	6.87	1.52
1998	6.79	1.5
1999	6.72	1.5
2000	6.65	1.54
2001	6.58	1.57
2002	6.5	1.65
2003	6.4	1.71
2004	6.3	1.75
2005	6.19	1.77
2006	6.05	1.85
2007	5.89	1.88
2008	5.7	1.91
2009	5.49	1.94
2010	5.28	1.98
2011	5.08	1.9
2012	4.89	1.91
2013	4.71	1.89
2014	4.61	1.88
2015	4.53	1.85
2016	4.47	1.85
2017	4.4	1.78
2018	4.37	1.76
2019	4.35	1.71
2020	4.27	1.67
2021	4.18	1.67
2022	4.08	1.53
2023	3.99	1.45
2024	3.91	1.45
2025	3.81	1.46
2026	3.72	1.46
2027	3.64	1.47
2028	3.57	1.47
2029	3.5	1.48
2030	3.43	1.48
2031	3.36	1.49
2032	3.3	1.49
2033	3.24	1.49
2034	3.19	1.5
2035	3.14	1.5
2036	3.08	1.5
2037	3.03	1.51
2038	2.99	1.51
2039	2.94	1.51
2040	2.9	1.52
2041	2.86	1.52
2042	2.83	1.53
2043	2.79	1.53
2044	2.75	1.53
2045	2.72	1.53
2046	2.68	1.53
2047	2.65	1.54
2048	2.62	1.54
2049	2.59	1.54
2050	2.55	1.54

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Ethiopia	Sweden
1960	42.2%	22.4%
1961	42.2%	22%
1962	42.1%	21.5%
1963	42.2%	21.2%
1964	42.3%	21%
1965	42.5%	20.9%
1966	42.9%	20.9%
1967	43.2%	21%
1968	43.5%	20.9%
1969	43.8%	20.9%
1970	44.2%	20.8%
1971	44.5%	20.8%
1972	44.9%	20.8%
1973	45.2%	20.7%
1974	45.4%	20.7%
1975	45.6%	20.7%
1976	45.7%	20.6%
1977	45.9%	20.5%
1978	46.1%	20.3%
1979	46.2%	19.9%
1980	46.3%	19.6%
1981	46.4%	19.2%
1982	46.5%	18.9%
1983	46.4%	18.6%
1984	46.2%	18.3%
1985	46.1%	18.2%
1986	46%	18%
1987	46%	17.9%
1988	46%	17.8%
1989	46.1%	17.8%
1990	46.2%	17.9%
1991	46.2%	18.1%
1992	46.2%	18.4%
1993	46.4%	18.6%
1994	46.5%	18.8%
1995	46.7%	18.9%
1996	46.9%	18.8%
1997	47.1%	18.7%
1998	47.4%	18.7%
1999	47.6%	18.6%
2000	47.7%	18.4%
2001	47.8%	18.3%
2002	47.8%	18.1%
2003	47.7%	17.9%
2004	47.6%	17.7%
2005	47.4%	17.4%
2006	47.2%	17.1%
2007	46.9%	16.9%
2008	46.6%	16.7%
2009	46.2%	16.6%
2010	45.7%	16.6%
2011	45.2%	16.7%
2012	44.6%	16.8%
2013	44%	17%
2014	43.4%	17.2%
2015	42.9%	17.3%
2016	42.3%	17.5%
2017	41.8%	17.7%
2018	41.3%	17.8%
2019	40.9%	17.8%
2020	40.5%	17.7%
2021	40.1%	17.7%
2022	39.7%	17.5%
2023	39.4%	17.2%
2024	39.1%	17%
2025	38.8%	16.7%
2026	38.5%	16.4%
2027	38.3%	16.2%
2028	38.1%	15.9%
2029	37.8%	15.6%
2030	37.6%	15.3%
2031	37.3%	15.1%
2032	37%	14.8%
2033	36.6%	14.5%
2034	36.2%	14.3%
2035	35.8%	14.1%
2036	35.4%	13.9%
2037	34.9%	13.8%
2038	34.5%	13.8%
2039	34%	13.8%
2040	33.6%	13.8%
2041	33.2%	13.8%
2042	32.8%	13.9%
2043	32.4%	13.9%
2044	32%	14%
2045	31.7%	14.1%
2046	31.3%	14.1%
2047	31%	14.2%
2048	30.7%	14.3%
2049	30.3%	14.4%
2050	30%	14.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 39.1% of the population in Ethiopia and 17% in Sweden in 2024, compared to 46.2% and 17.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Ethiopia and Sweden compared.

Natural population change in Ethiopia vs Sweden by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.64% in Ethiopia 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
	Ethiopia	Sweden
1960	511,694	27,693
1961	538,518	30,832
1962	563,650	30,246
1963	590,998	35,741
1964	618,667	45,968
1965	642,359	44,857
1966	616,281	45,286
1967	695,283	41,700
1968	715,602	30,858
1969	736,428	23,904
1970	760,821	30,563
1971	787,047	31,583
1972	779,808	28,428
1973	807,535	24,409
1974	777,306	23,664
1975	801,425	14,746
1976	899,577	8,222
1977	929,381	7,426
1978	943,388	4,138
1979	987,203	4,976
1980	1,007,516	5,818
1981	1,018,838	1,664
1982	1,080,853	1,665
1983	863,472	833
1984	920,670	3,335
1985	997,050	4,175
1986	1,050,277	9,206
1987	1,356,853	11,757
1988	1,393,356	15,186
1989	1,441,769	24,629
1990	1,479,663	29,100
1991	1,579,416	29,299
1992	1,673,839	28,605
1993	1,734,851	20,924
1994	1,788,133	20,196
1995	1,831,068	9,710
1996	1,896,364	1,768
1997	1,945,112	-3,539
1998	1,984,989	-3,541
1999	2,010,987	-6,201
2000	2,083,622	-2,662
2001	2,137,791	-1,779
2002	2,189,683	893
2003	2,231,223	6,271
2004	2,296,999	9,893
2005	2,353,375	9,030
2006	2,393,585	15,436
2007	2,436,753	15,552
2008	2,465,283	18,439
2009	2,467,118	21,387
2010	2,498,048	25,320
2011	2,527,811	21,733
2012	2,533,398	20,943
2013	2,546,020	23,041
2014	2,623,647	26,179
2015	2,713,529	23,518
2016	2,809,889	25,800
2017	2,899,143	24,138
2018	3,015,231	23,403
2019	3,132,780	25,697
2020	3,199,718	14,495
2021	3,204,673	22,914
2022	3,300,114	10,487
2023	3,338,649	5,269

Maternal mortality chart: Ethiopia vs Sweden

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 195 deaths per 100,000 live births in Ethiopia, compared to 4 deaths in Sweden.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Ethiopia	Sweden
1985	1,329	8
1986	1,317	8
1987	1,289	8
1988	1,306	9
1989	1,296	9
1990	1,320	8
1991	1,239	8
1992	1,218	8
1993	1,168	8
1994	1,113	7
1995	1,060	7
1996	1,008	6
1997	957	6
1998	911	6
1999	901	6
2000	870	5
2001	856	5
2002	826	5
2003	797	5
2004	764	5
2005	754	5
2006	729	5
2007	704	5
2008	678	5
2009	649	5
2010	619	5
2011	588	5
2012	545	5
2013	494	5
2014	444	5
2015	401	5
2016	364	5
2017	327	5
2018	297	5
2019	269	4
2020	244	5
2021	250	5
2022	207	5
2023	195	4

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 4.65% in Ethiopia 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
	Ethiopia	Sweden
1960	-	1.96%
1961	-	1.92%
1962	-	1.86%
1963	-	1.79%
1964	-	1.71%
1965	-	1.63%
1966	27.8%	1.56%
1967	24.9%	1.49%
1968	24.8%	1.44%
1969	24.8%	1.39%
1970	24.7%	1.34%
1971	24.7%	1.29%
1972	24.7%	1.23%
1973	24.6%	1.16%
1974	28.3%	1.09%
1975	28.2%	1.03%
1976	24.5%	0.98%
1977	24.5%	0.94%
1978	24.4%	0.9%
1979	24.2%	0.87%
1980	24%	0.84%
1981	23.8%	0.82%
1982	23.5%	0.8%
1983	32%	0.78%
1984	31.4%	0.77%
1985	30.3%	0.76%
1986	29.7%	0.75%
1987	21.5%	0.74%
1988	21%	0.73%
1989	20.6%	0.72%
1990	20.2%	0.7%
1991	19.7%	0.66%
1992	19.1%	0.62%
1993	18.5%	0.57%
1994	17.9%	0.52%
1995	17.2%	0.48%
1996	16.6%	0.46%
1997	15.9%	0.44%
1998	15.3%	0.42%
1999	14.7%	0.41%
2000	14%	0.41%
2001	13.4%	0.4%
2002	12.8%	0.4%
2003	12.1%	0.39%
2004	11.5%	0.37%
2005	10.9%	0.36%
2006	10.3%	0.35%
2007	9.74%	0.33%
2008	9.23%	0.32%
2009	8.76%	0.31%
2010	8.32%	0.31%
2011	7.91%	0.3%
2012	7.53%	0.3%
2013	7.16%	0.29%
2014	6.82%	0.29%
2015	6.49%	0.29%
2016	6.17%	0.28%
2017	5.89%	0.28%
2018	5.64%	0.27%
2019	5.41%	0.26%
2020	5.2%	0.26%
2021	5%	0.25%
2022	4.82%	0.25%
2023	4.65%	0.25%