Fertility & birth rates in Sweden and Trinidad and Tobago

Fertility rate in Sweden vs Trinidad and Tobago 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 1.53 in Trinidad and Tobago in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Sweden vs Trinidad and Tobago 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	Trinidad
1960	2.17	5.41
1961	2.21	5.41
1962	2.25	5.36
1963	2.33	5.24
1964	2.47	5.08
1965	2.39	4.88
1966	2.37	4.62
1967	2.28	4.35
1968	2.07	4.11
1969	1.93	3.86
1970	1.92	3.71
1971	1.96	3.61
1972	1.91	3.55
1973	1.87	3.47
1974	1.87	3.32
1975	1.77	3.21
1976	1.68	3.14
1977	1.64	3.12
1978	1.6	3.13
1979	1.66	3.13
1980	1.68	3.15
1981	1.63	3.13
1982	1.62	3.11
1983	1.61	3.07
1984	1.66	3.02
1985	1.74	2.99
1986	1.8	2.9
1987	1.84	2.78
1988	1.96	2.65
1989	2.01	2.53
1990	2.13	2.39
1991	2.11	2.29
1992	2.09	2.21
1993	1.99	2.13
1994	1.88	2.06
1995	1.73	1.97
1996	1.6	1.89
1997	1.52	1.83
1998	1.5	1.78
1999	1.5	1.76
2000	1.54	1.73
2001	1.57	1.71
2002	1.65	1.67
2003	1.71	1.65
2004	1.75	1.63
2005	1.77	1.63
2006	1.85	1.62
2007	1.88	1.62
2008	1.91	1.62
2009	1.94	1.62
2010	1.98	1.61
2011	1.9	1.61
2012	1.91	1.61
2013	1.89	1.6
2014	1.88	1.6
2015	1.85	1.6
2016	1.85	1.6
2017	1.78	1.59
2018	1.76	1.59
2019	1.71	1.58
2020	1.67	1.57
2021	1.67	1.56
2022	1.53	1.54
2023	1.45	1.53
2024	1.45	1.54
2025	1.46	1.52
2026	1.46	1.52
2027	1.47	1.51
2028	1.47	1.51
2029	1.48	1.51
2030	1.48	1.51
2031	1.49	1.51
2032	1.49	1.51
2033	1.49	1.51
2034	1.5	1.51
2035	1.5	1.51
2036	1.5	1.51
2037	1.51	1.51
2038	1.51	1.51
2039	1.51	1.51
2040	1.52	1.51
2041	1.52	1.51
2042	1.53	1.51
2043	1.53	1.51
2044	1.53	1.51
2045	1.53	1.51
2046	1.53	1.51
2047	1.54	1.51
2048	1.54	1.52
2049	1.54	1.52
2050	1.54	1.52

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Sweden	Trinidad
1960	22.4%	43.1%
1961	22%	43.2%
1962	21.5%	43.2%
1963	21.2%	43.3%
1964	21%	43.2%
1965	20.9%	43.1%
1966	20.9%	42.9%
1967	21%	42.7%
1968	20.9%	42.3%
1969	20.9%	41.9%
1970	20.8%	41.2%
1971	20.8%	40.4%
1972	20.8%	39.7%
1973	20.7%	39.1%
1974	20.7%	38.4%
1975	20.7%	37.6%
1976	20.6%	36.8%
1977	20.5%	36%
1978	20.3%	35.3%
1979	19.9%	34.8%
1980	19.6%	34.4%
1981	19.2%	34.2%
1982	18.9%	34.2%
1983	18.6%	34.2%
1984	18.3%	34.3%
1985	18.2%	34.4%
1986	18%	34.4%
1987	17.9%	34.4%
1988	17.8%	34.2%
1989	17.8%	34%
1990	17.9%	33.7%
1991	18.1%	33.3%
1992	18.4%	32.8%
1993	18.6%	32.2%
1994	18.8%	31.6%
1995	18.9%	30.8%
1996	18.8%	29.9%
1997	18.7%	28.9%
1998	18.7%	27.9%
1999	18.6%	27%
2000	18.4%	26%
2001	18.3%	25%
2002	18.1%	24.2%
2003	17.9%	23.4%
2004	17.7%	22.7%
2005	17.4%	22.1%
2006	17.1%	21.6%
2007	16.9%	21.2%
2008	16.7%	20.8%
2009	16.6%	20.5%
2010	16.6%	20.3%
2011	16.7%	20.1%
2012	16.8%	20%
2013	17%	19.9%
2014	17.2%	19.7%
2015	17.3%	19.6%
2016	17.5%	19.5%
2017	17.7%	19.3%
2018	17.8%	19%
2019	17.8%	18.8%
2020	17.7%	18.7%
2021	17.7%	18.5%
2022	17.5%	18.3%
2023	17.2%	18%
2024	17%	17.8%
2025	16.7%	17.5%
2026	16.4%	17.2%
2027	16.2%	16.9%
2028	15.9%	16.6%
2029	15.6%	16.4%
2030	15.3%	16.1%
2031	15.1%	15.8%
2032	14.8%	15.5%
2033	14.5%	15.3%
2034	14.3%	15.1%
2035	14.1%	14.9%
2036	13.9%	14.7%
2037	13.8%	14.5%
2038	13.8%	14.4%
2039	13.8%	14.2%
2040	13.8%	14.1%
2041	13.8%	14.1%
2042	13.9%	14%
2043	13.9%	13.9%
2044	14%	13.9%
2045	14.1%	13.8%
2046	14.1%	13.8%
2047	14.2%	13.7%
2048	14.3%	13.7%
2049	14.4%	13.6%
2050	14.4%	13.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17% of the population in Sweden and 17.8% in Trinidad and Tobago in 2024, compared to 17.9% and 33.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Sweden and Trinidad and Tobago compared.

Natural population change in Sweden vs Trinidad and Tobago by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.2% in Sweden and +0.41% in Trinidad and Tobago. 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	Trinidad
1960	27,693	24,766
1961	30,832	25,518
1962	30,246	25,763
1963	35,741	25,507
1964	45,968	25,065
1965	44,857	24,349
1966	45,286	23,228
1967	41,700	21,992
1968	30,858	20,849
1969	23,904	19,652
1970	30,563	19,074
1971	31,583	19,400
1972	28,428	20,116
1973	24,409	20,617
1974	23,664	20,412
1975	14,746	20,468
1976	8,222	20,875
1977	7,426	21,660
1978	4,138	22,538
1979	4,976	23,475
1980	5,818	24,557
1981	1,664	25,015
1982	1,665	25,181
1983	833	25,118
1984	3,335	24,738
1985	4,175	24,487
1986	9,206	23,705
1987	11,757	22,398
1988	15,186	21,028
1989	24,629	19,636
1990	29,100	18,052
1991	29,299	16,903
1992	28,605	15,910
1993	20,924	14,878
1994	20,196	14,032
1995	9,710	12,971
1996	1,768	12,101
1997	-3,539	11,405
1998	-3,541	10,964
1999	-6,201	10,821
2000	-2,662	10,588
2001	-1,779	10,438
2002	893	10,316
2003	6,271	10,169
2004	9,893	10,149
2005	9,030	9,822
2006	15,436	9,889
2007	15,552	9,939
2008	18,439	9,872
2009	21,387	9,769
2010	25,320	9,698
2011	21,733	9,601
2012	20,943	9,376
2013	23,041	9,020
2014	26,179	8,571
2015	23,518	7,963
2016	25,800	7,436
2017	24,138	6,779
2018	23,403	5,869
2019	25,697	5,647
2020	14,495	4,558
2021	22,914	2,091
2022	10,487	3,773
2023	5,269	3,200

Maternal mortality chart: Sweden vs Trinidad and Tobago

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 54 deaths in Trinidad and Tobago.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Sweden	Trinidad
1985	8	87
1986	8	89
1987	8	86
1988	9	87
1989	9	86
1990	8	84
1991	8	82
1992	8	85
1993	8	85
1994	7	84
1995	7	85
1996	6	84
1997	6	82
1998	6	79
1999	6	78
2000	5	76
2001	5	72
2002	5	69
2003	5	67
2004	5	63
2005	5	60
2006	5	58
2007	5	57
2008	5	55
2009	5	54
2010	5	54
2011	5	53
2012	5	51
2013	5	50
2014	5	50
2015	5	50
2016	5	51
2017	5	51
2018	5	53
2019	4	53
2020	5	35
2021	5	54
2022	5	30
2023	4	54

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.25% in Sweden and 1.91% in Trinidad and Tobago. 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	Trinidad
1960	1.96%	6.74%
1961	1.92%	6.53%
1962	1.86%	6.33%
1963	1.79%	6.14%
1964	1.71%	5.96%
1965	1.63%	5.8%
1966	1.56%	5.66%
1967	1.49%	5.53%
1968	1.44%	5.4%
1969	1.39%	5.28%
1970	1.34%	5.17%
1971	1.29%	5.06%
1972	1.23%	4.95%
1973	1.16%	4.84%
1974	1.09%	4.72%
1975	1.03%	4.6%
1976	0.98%	4.48%
1977	0.94%	4.37%
1978	0.9%	4.25%
1979	0.87%	4.14%
1980	0.84%	4.03%
1981	0.82%	3.92%
1982	0.8%	3.83%
1983	0.78%	3.73%
1984	0.77%	3.64%
1985	0.76%	3.56%
1986	0.75%	3.49%
1987	0.74%	3.42%
1988	0.73%	3.36%
1989	0.72%	3.3%
1990	0.7%	3.25%
1991	0.66%	3.21%
1992	0.62%	3.16%
1993	0.57%	3.13%
1994	0.52%	3.09%
1995	0.48%	3.06%
1996	0.46%	3.02%
1997	0.44%	2.99%
1998	0.42%	2.96%
1999	0.41%	2.92%
2000	0.41%	2.88%
2001	0.4%	2.84%
2002	0.4%	2.81%
2003	0.39%	2.76%
2004	0.37%	2.72%
2005	0.36%	2.68%
2006	0.35%	2.64%
2007	0.33%	2.59%
2008	0.32%	2.55%
2009	0.31%	2.51%
2010	0.31%	2.47%
2011	0.3%	2.43%
2012	0.3%	2.38%
2013	0.29%	2.35%
2014	0.29%	2.3%
2015	0.29%	2.26%
2016	0.28%	2.22%
2017	0.28%	2.18%
2018	0.27%	2.14%
2019	0.26%	2.1%
2020	0.26%	2.06%
2021	0.25%	2.01%
2022	0.25%	1.96%
2023	0.25%	1.91%