Fertility & birth rates in Sweden and Thailand

Fertility rate in Sweden vs Thailand 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 1.21 in Thailand in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Sweden vs Thailand 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	Thailand
1960	2.17	6.33
1961	2.21	6.32
1962	2.25	6.33
1963	2.33	6.34
1964	2.47	6.31
1965	2.39	6.26
1966	2.37	6.18
1967	2.28	6.08
1968	2.07	5.93
1969	1.93	5.7
1970	1.92	5.45
1971	1.96	5.25
1972	1.91	5.08
1973	1.87	4.85
1974	1.87	4.6
1975	1.77	4.36
1976	1.68	4.12
1977	1.64	3.87
1978	1.6	3.62
1979	1.66	3.45
1980	1.68	3.29
1981	1.63	3.13
1982	1.62	2.94
1983	1.61	2.76
1984	1.66	2.58
1985	1.74	2.45
1986	1.8	2.36
1987	1.84	2.26
1988	1.96	2.17
1989	2.01	2.14
1990	2.13	2.07
1991	2.11	2.04
1992	2.09	2.01
1993	1.99	1.97
1994	1.88	1.93
1995	1.73	1.89
1996	1.6	1.87
1997	1.52	1.85
1998	1.5	1.82
1999	1.5	1.77
2000	1.54	1.73
2001	1.57	1.71
2002	1.65	1.69
2003	1.71	1.67
2004	1.75	1.67
2005	1.77	1.64
2006	1.85	1.63
2007	1.88	1.62
2008	1.91	1.59
2009	1.94	1.57
2010	1.98	1.56
2011	1.9	1.57
2012	1.91	1.56
2013	1.89	1.53
2014	1.88	1.48
2015	1.85	1.45
2016	1.85	1.4
2017	1.78	1.36
2018	1.76	1.32
2019	1.71	1.29
2020	1.67	1.26
2021	1.67	1.23
2022	1.53	1.22
2023	1.45	1.21
2024	1.45	1.2
2025	1.46	1.19
2026	1.46	1.19
2027	1.47	1.19
2028	1.47	1.19
2029	1.48	1.19
2030	1.48	1.2
2031	1.49	1.2
2032	1.49	1.21
2033	1.49	1.21
2034	1.5	1.22
2035	1.5	1.22
2036	1.5	1.23
2037	1.51	1.23
2038	1.51	1.24
2039	1.51	1.24
2040	1.52	1.25
2041	1.52	1.25
2042	1.53	1.26
2043	1.53	1.26
2044	1.53	1.26
2045	1.53	1.27
2046	1.53	1.27
2047	1.54	1.28
2048	1.54	1.28
2049	1.54	1.28
2050	1.54	1.29

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Sweden	Thailand
1960	22.4%	44.3%
1961	22%	44.6%
1962	21.5%	44.8%
1963	21.2%	45.1%
1964	21%	45.3%
1965	20.9%	45.4%
1966	20.9%	45.4%
1967	21%	45.3%
1968	20.9%	45.2%
1969	20.9%	45%
1970	20.8%	44.8%
1971	20.8%	44.4%
1972	20.8%	44%
1973	20.7%	43.5%
1974	20.7%	43%
1975	20.7%	42.4%
1976	20.6%	41.8%
1977	20.5%	41.1%
1978	20.3%	40.3%
1979	19.9%	39.5%
1980	19.6%	38.7%
1981	19.2%	37.8%
1982	18.9%	37%
1983	18.6%	36%
1984	18.3%	35.1%
1985	18.2%	34.1%
1986	18%	33.2%
1987	17.9%	32.4%
1988	17.8%	31.5%
1989	17.8%	30.7%
1990	17.9%	30%
1991	18.1%	29.2%
1992	18.4%	28.5%
1993	18.6%	28%
1994	18.8%	27.4%
1995	18.9%	26.9%
1996	18.8%	26.4%
1997	18.7%	25.9%
1998	18.7%	25.4%
1999	18.6%	24.9%
2000	18.4%	24.4%
2001	18.3%	23.9%
2002	18.1%	23.4%
2003	17.9%	23%
2004	17.7%	22.6%
2005	17.4%	22.2%
2006	17.1%	21.7%
2007	16.9%	21.3%
2008	16.7%	20.9%
2009	16.6%	20.6%
2010	16.6%	20.1%
2011	16.7%	19.7%
2012	16.8%	19.2%
2013	17%	18.8%
2014	17.2%	18.5%
2015	17.3%	18.1%
2016	17.5%	17.7%
2017	17.7%	17.3%
2018	17.8%	16.9%
2019	17.8%	16.6%
2020	17.7%	16.2%
2021	17.7%	15.8%
2022	17.5%	15.4%
2023	17.2%	15.1%
2024	17%	14.7%
2025	16.7%	14.4%
2026	16.4%	14.1%
2027	16.2%	13.7%
2028	15.9%	13.4%
2029	15.6%	13.1%
2030	15.3%	12.9%
2031	15.1%	12.7%
2032	14.8%	12.5%
2033	14.5%	12.3%
2034	14.3%	12.2%
2035	14.1%	12.1%
2036	13.9%	12%
2037	13.8%	11.9%
2038	13.8%	11.9%
2039	13.8%	11.8%
2040	13.8%	11.8%
2041	13.8%	11.8%
2042	13.9%	11.8%
2043	13.9%	11.7%
2044	14%	11.7%
2045	14.1%	11.7%
2046	14.1%	11.7%
2047	14.2%	11.6%
2048	14.3%	11.6%
2049	14.4%	11.6%
2050	14.4%	11.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17% of the population in Sweden and 14.7% in Thailand in 2024, compared to 17.9% and 30% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Sweden and Thailand compared.

Natural population change in Sweden vs Thailand by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.2% in Sweden and +0.18% in Thailand. 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	Thailand
1960	27,693	774,190
1961	30,832	801,140
1962	30,246	828,741
1963	35,741	860,728
1964	45,968	885,137
1965	44,857	909,000
1966	45,286	929,469
1967	41,700	944,980
1968	30,858	953,806
1969	23,904	948,314
1970	30,563	937,116
1971	31,583	936,215
1972	28,428	940,420
1973	24,409	933,540
1974	23,664	923,151
1975	14,746	911,980
1976	8,222	894,072
1977	7,426	871,232
1978	4,138	847,799
1979	4,976	843,434
1980	5,818	845,575
1981	1,664	839,297
1982	1,665	817,951
1983	833	794,239
1984	3,335	779,856
1985	4,175	776,935
1986	9,206	783,430
1987	11,757	774,498
1988	15,186	765,252
1989	24,629	774,563
1990	29,100	760,808
1991	29,299	760,508
1992	28,605	754,999
1993	20,924	737,696
1994	20,196	712,589
1995	9,710	682,703
1996	1,768	661,397
1997	-3,539	644,834
1998	-3,541	617,318
1999	-6,201	578,073
2000	-2,662	543,884
2001	-1,779	524,230
2002	893	504,299
2003	6,271	488,003
2004	9,893	466,542
2005	9,030	456,378
2006	15,436	441,211
2007	15,552	425,362
2008	18,439	401,730
2009	21,387	382,636
2010	25,320	370,466
2011	21,733	365,670
2012	20,943	351,485
2013	23,041	325,059
2014	26,179	294,628
2015	23,518	266,362
2016	25,800	226,255
2017	24,138	194,695
2018	23,403	159,383
2019	25,697	116,867
2020	14,495	84,107
2021	22,914	57,382
2022	10,487	-61,046
2023	5,269	-46,105

Maternal mortality chart: Sweden vs Thailand

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 34 deaths in Thailand.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Sweden	Thailand
1985	8	88
1986	8	78
1987	8	72
1988	9	67
1989	9	64
1990	8	60
1991	8	59
1992	8	58
1993	8	57
1994	7	54
1995	7	52
1996	6	49
1997	6	48
1998	6	47
1999	6	48
2000	5	49
2001	5	47
2002	5	44
2003	5	42
2004	5	44
2005	5	40
2006	5	38
2007	5	38
2008	5	37
2009	5	37
2010	5	37
2011	5	37
2012	5	36
2013	5	35
2014	5	34
2015	5	34
2016	5	34
2017	5	34
2018	5	34
2019	4	34
2020	5	36
2021	5	38
2022	5	112
2023	4	34

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.25% in Sweden and 0.92% in Thailand. 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	Thailand
1960	1.96%	14.7%
1961	1.92%	14.2%
1962	1.86%	13.7%
1963	1.79%	13.2%
1964	1.71%	12.8%
1965	1.63%	12.3%
1966	1.56%	11.8%
1967	1.49%	11.4%
1968	1.44%	10.9%
1969	1.39%	10.4%
1970	1.34%	9.95%
1971	1.29%	9.47%
1972	1.23%	9.01%
1973	1.16%	8.56%
1974	1.09%	8.14%
1975	1.03%	7.73%
1976	0.98%	7.35%
1977	0.94%	7%
1978	0.9%	6.67%
1979	0.87%	6.36%
1980	0.84%	6.07%
1981	0.82%	5.79%
1982	0.8%	5.53%
1983	0.78%	5.28%
1984	0.77%	5.03%
1985	0.76%	4.8%
1986	0.75%	4.57%
1987	0.74%	4.34%
1988	0.73%	4.12%
1989	0.72%	3.91%
1990	0.7%	3.69%
1991	0.66%	3.49%
1992	0.62%	3.3%
1993	0.57%	3.12%
1994	0.52%	2.96%
1995	0.48%	2.81%
1996	0.46%	2.67%
1997	0.44%	2.53%
1998	0.42%	2.41%
1999	0.41%	2.29%
2000	0.41%	2.18%
2001	0.4%	2.08%
2002	0.4%	1.98%
2003	0.39%	1.89%
2004	0.37%	1.81%
2005	0.36%	1.73%
2006	0.35%	1.66%
2007	0.33%	1.59%
2008	0.32%	1.53%
2009	0.31%	1.47%
2010	0.31%	1.42%
2011	0.3%	1.37%
2012	0.3%	1.32%
2013	0.29%	1.27%
2014	0.29%	1.23%
2015	0.29%	1.19%
2016	0.28%	1.15%
2017	0.28%	1.11%
2018	0.27%	1.08%
2019	0.26%	1.04%
2020	0.26%	1.01%
2021	0.25%	0.98%
2022	0.25%	0.95%
2023	0.25%	0.92%