Fertility & birth rates in Sweden and Tajikistan

Fertility rate in Sweden vs Tajikistan chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Sweden was 1.45 children per woman in 2023, compared to 3.07 in Tajikistan in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

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

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Sweden	Tajikistan
1960	2.17	6.24
1961	2.21	6.35
1962	2.25	6.48
1963	2.33	6.62
1964	2.47	6.68
1965	2.39	6.74
1966	2.37	6.82
1967	2.28	6.89
1968	2.07	6.91
1969	1.93	6.91
1970	1.92	6.91
1971	1.96	6.91
1972	1.91	6.89
1973	1.87	6.84
1974	1.87	6.77
1975	1.77	6.69
1976	1.68	6.6
1977	1.64	6.49
1978	1.6	6.4
1979	1.66	6.31
1980	1.68	6.21
1981	1.63	6.12
1982	1.62	6.03
1983	1.61	5.98
1984	1.66	5.96
1985	1.74	5.94
1986	1.8	5.91
1987	1.84	5.84
1988	1.96	5.75
1989	2.01	5.61
1990	2.13	5.46
1991	2.11	5.28
1992	2.09	5.06
1993	1.99	4.92
1994	1.88	4.79
1995	1.73	4.66
1996	1.6	3.94
1997	1.52	4.06
1998	1.5	4.07
1999	1.5	3.85
2000	1.54	3.49
2001	1.57	3.49
2002	1.65	3.47
2003	1.71	3.42
2004	1.75	3.51
2005	1.77	3.4
2006	1.85	3.34
2007	1.88	3.37
2008	1.91	3.39
2009	1.94	3.43
2010	1.98	3.46
2011	1.9	3.46
2012	1.91	3.42
2013	1.89	3.43
2014	1.88	3.46
2015	1.85	3.46
2016	1.85	3.38
2017	1.78	3.29
2018	1.76	3.29
2019	1.71	3.28
2020	1.67	3.21
2021	1.67	3.17
2022	1.53	3.13
2023	1.45	3.07
2024	1.45	3.04
2025	1.46	2.99
2026	1.46	2.96
2027	1.47	2.93
2028	1.47	2.89
2029	1.48	2.86
2030	1.48	2.83
2031	1.49	2.8
2032	1.49	2.76
2033	1.49	2.73
2034	1.5	2.7
2035	1.5	2.68
2036	1.5	2.65
2037	1.51	2.63
2038	1.51	2.6
2039	1.51	2.58
2040	1.52	2.55
2041	1.52	2.53
2042	1.53	2.51
2043	1.53	2.49
2044	1.53	2.46
2045	1.53	2.44
2046	1.53	2.42
2047	1.54	2.4
2048	1.54	2.38
2049	1.54	2.37
2050	1.54	2.35

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Sweden	Tajikistan
1960	22.4%	40.2%
1961	22%	41.4%
1962	21.5%	42.5%
1963	21.2%	43.4%
1964	21%	44.1%
1965	20.9%	44.4%
1966	20.9%	44.6%
1967	21%	44.7%
1968	20.9%	44.7%
1969	20.9%	44.6%
1970	20.8%	44.6%
1971	20.8%	44.5%
1972	20.8%	44.4%
1973	20.7%	44.3%
1974	20.7%	44.2%
1975	20.7%	44%
1976	20.6%	43.8%
1977	20.5%	43.6%
1978	20.3%	43.4%
1979	19.9%	43.2%
1980	19.6%	43.2%
1981	19.2%	43.2%
1982	18.9%	43.2%
1983	18.6%	43.3%
1984	18.3%	43.3%
1985	18.2%	43.3%
1986	18%	43.1%
1987	17.9%	43.1%
1988	17.8%	43.2%
1989	17.8%	43.4%
1990	17.9%	43.7%
1991	18.1%	44%
1992	18.4%	44.3%
1993	18.6%	44.6%
1994	18.8%	44.8%
1995	18.9%	44.9%
1996	18.8%	44.7%
1997	18.7%	44.3%
1998	18.7%	43.7%
1999	18.6%	43%
2000	18.4%	42.3%
2001	18.3%	41.5%
2002	18.1%	40.7%
2003	17.9%	39.9%
2004	17.7%	39.3%
2005	17.4%	38.6%
2006	17.1%	38%
2007	16.9%	37.6%
2008	16.7%	37.3%
2009	16.6%	37%
2010	16.6%	36.8%
2011	16.7%	36.7%
2012	16.8%	36.7%
2013	17%	36.5%
2014	17.2%	36.4%
2015	17.3%	36.3%
2016	17.5%	36.3%
2017	17.7%	36.2%
2018	17.8%	36.2%
2019	17.8%	36.3%
2020	17.7%	36.4%
2021	17.7%	36.6%
2022	17.5%	36.6%
2023	17.2%	36.5%
2024	17%	36.3%
2025	16.7%	35.9%
2026	16.4%	35.4%
2027	16.2%	35%
2028	15.9%	34.5%
2029	15.6%	33.9%
2030	15.3%	33.2%
2031	15.1%	32.5%
2032	14.8%	32%
2033	14.5%	31.6%
2034	14.3%	31.2%
2035	14.1%	30.8%
2036	13.9%	30.4%
2037	13.8%	30.1%
2038	13.8%	29.8%
2039	13.8%	29.6%
2040	13.8%	29.4%
2041	13.8%	29.2%
2042	13.9%	29.1%
2043	13.9%	29%
2044	14%	28.9%
2045	14.1%	28.7%
2046	14.1%	28.6%
2047	14.2%	28.4%
2048	14.3%	28.1%
2049	14.4%	27.9%
2050	14.4%	27.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17% of the population in Sweden and 36.3% in Tajikistan in 2024, compared to 17.9% and 43.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Sweden and Tajikistan compared.

Natural population change in Sweden vs Tajikistan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.2% in Sweden and +2.42% in Tajikistan. 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
	Sweden	Tajikistan
1960	27,693	65,415
1961	30,832	68,182
1962	30,246	70,700
1963	35,741	73,065
1964	45,968	74,030
1965	44,857	75,139
1966	45,286	76,702
1967	41,700	78,733
1968	30,858	80,698
1969	23,904	82,931
1970	30,563	85,645
1971	31,583	88,618
1972	28,428	91,677
1973	24,409	94,523
1974	23,664	97,481
1975	14,746	100,604
1976	8,222	103,777
1977	7,426	106,920
1978	4,138	110,564
1979	4,976	114,496
1980	5,818	117,888
1981	1,664	121,418
1982	1,665	127,838
1983	833	133,280
1984	3,335	139,145
1985	4,175	145,720
1986	9,206	155,987
1987	11,757	163,611
1988	15,186	172,805
1989	24,629	179,212
1990	29,100	178,429
1991	29,299	177,585
1992	28,605	163,652
1993	20,924	157,975
1994	20,196	167,590
1995	9,710	168,934
1996	1,768	138,287
1997	-3,539	149,825
1998	-3,541	153,508
1999	-6,201	147,622
2000	-2,662	136,549
2001	-1,779	142,276
2002	893	146,492
2003	6,271	150,391
2004	9,893	161,201
2005	9,030	160,189
2006	15,436	164,046
2007	15,552	173,200
2008	18,439	182,337
2009	21,387	192,851
2010	25,320	201,389
2011	21,733	208,429
2012	20,943	213,078
2013	23,041	220,693
2014	26,179	227,304
2015	23,518	230,903
2016	25,800	228,547
2017	24,138	224,396
2018	23,403	228,597
2019	25,697	231,817
2020	14,495	219,467
2021	22,914	222,850
2022	10,487	228,336
2023	5,269	223,828

Maternal mortality chart: Sweden vs Tajikistan

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 4 deaths per 100,000 live births in Sweden, compared to 14 deaths in Tajikistan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Sweden	Tajikistan
1985	8	98
1986	8	91
1987	8	91
1988	9	83
1989	9	85
1990	8	80
1991	8	79
1992	8	84
1993	8	84
1994	7	85
1995	7	81
1996	6	82
1997	6	76
1998	6	72
1999	6	64
2000	5	58
2001	5	58
2002	5	48
2003	5	39
2004	5	36
2005	5	36
2006	5	35
2007	5	30
2008	5	29
2009	5	29
2010	5	26
2011	5	25
2012	5	23
2013	5	21
2014	5	21
2015	5	20
2016	5	20
2017	5	17
2018	5	16
2019	4	16
2020	5	25
2021	5	25
2022	5	14
2023	4	14

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.25% in Sweden and 2.73% in Tajikistan. 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
	Sweden	Tajikistan
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%	15.5%
1973	1.16%	15%
1974	1.09%	14.4%
1975	1.03%	14%
1976	0.98%	13.5%
1977	0.94%	13.2%
1978	0.9%	13%
1979	0.87%	12.8%
1980	0.84%	12.7%
1981	0.82%	12.6%
1982	0.8%	12.5%
1983	0.78%	12.3%
1984	0.77%	12%
1985	0.76%	11.6%
1986	0.75%	11.1%
1987	0.74%	10.5%
1988	0.73%	10.1%
1989	0.72%	9.88%
1990	0.7%	9.92%
1991	0.66%	10.2%
1992	0.62%	10.6%
1993	0.57%	10.9%
1994	0.52%	11%
1995	0.48%	10.8%
1996	0.46%	10.4%
1997	0.44%	9.86%
1998	0.42%	9.26%
1999	0.41%	8.62%
2000	0.41%	7.97%
2001	0.4%	7.34%
2002	0.4%	6.75%
2003	0.39%	6.18%
2004	0.37%	5.67%
2005	0.36%	5.22%
2006	0.35%	4.82%
2007	0.33%	4.47%
2008	0.32%	4.17%
2009	0.31%	3.92%
2010	0.31%	3.7%
2011	0.3%	3.52%
2012	0.3%	3.36%
2013	0.29%	3.23%
2014	0.29%	3.12%
2015	0.29%	3.02%
2016	0.28%	2.94%
2017	0.28%	2.88%
2018	0.27%	2.83%
2019	0.26%	2.81%
2020	0.26%	2.8%
2021	0.25%	2.79%
2022	0.25%	2.77%
2023	0.25%	2.73%