Fertility & birth rates in Sweden and United Arab Emirates

Fertility rate in Sweden vs United Arab Emirates 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 1.2 in the United Arab Emirates in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Sweden vs the United Arab Emirates 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	UAE
1960	2.17	6.5
1961	2.21	6.49
1962	2.25	6.49
1963	2.33	6.5
1964	2.47	6.49
1965	2.39	6.5
1966	2.37	6.5
1967	2.28	6.51
1968	2.07	6.53
1969	1.93	6.52
1970	1.92	6.52
1971	1.96	6.52
1972	1.91	6.5
1973	1.87	6.46
1974	1.87	6.41
1975	1.77	6.35
1976	1.68	6.29
1977	1.64	6.22
1978	1.6	6.15
1979	1.66	6.06
1980	1.68	5.95
1981	1.63	5.81
1982	1.62	5.66
1983	1.61	5.48
1984	1.66	5.3
1985	1.74	5.13
1986	1.8	5
1987	1.84	4.88
1988	1.96	4.77
1989	2.01	4.65
1990	2.13	4.51
1991	2.11	4.25
1992	2.09	4.09
1993	1.99	3.82
1994	1.88	3.76
1995	1.73	3.28
1996	1.6	3.06
1997	1.52	2.83
1998	1.5	2.77
1999	1.5	2.79
2000	1.54	2.73
2001	1.57	2.62
2002	1.65	2.54
2003	1.71	2.49
2004	1.75	2.38
2005	1.77	2.23
2006	1.85	1.96
2007	1.88	1.79
2008	1.91	1.52
2009	1.94	1.58
2010	1.98	1.57
2011	1.9	1.54
2012	1.91	1.53
2013	1.89	1.53
2014	1.88	1.48
2015	1.85	1.42
2016	1.85	1.37
2017	1.78	1.35
2018	1.76	1.29
2019	1.71	1.25
2020	1.67	1.29
2021	1.67	1.16
2022	1.53	1.15
2023	1.45	1.2
2024	1.45	1.21
2025	1.46	1.21
2026	1.46	1.21
2027	1.47	1.21
2028	1.47	1.22
2029	1.48	1.22
2030	1.48	1.23
2031	1.49	1.23
2032	1.49	1.24
2033	1.49	1.25
2034	1.5	1.25
2035	1.5	1.26
2036	1.5	1.26
2037	1.51	1.27
2038	1.51	1.28
2039	1.51	1.28
2040	1.52	1.28
2041	1.52	1.29
2042	1.53	1.29
2043	1.53	1.3
2044	1.53	1.3
2045	1.53	1.31
2046	1.53	1.31
2047	1.54	1.31
2048	1.54	1.32
2049	1.54	1.32
2050	1.54	1.33

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Sweden	UAE
1960	22.4%	37.8%
1961	22%	36.7%
1962	21.5%	35.8%
1963	21.2%	35.1%
1964	21%	34.5%
1965	20.9%	33.9%
1966	20.9%	33.2%
1967	21%	32.1%
1968	20.9%	31.2%
1969	20.9%	30.6%
1970	20.8%	29.8%
1971	20.8%	29%
1972	20.8%	28.3%
1973	20.7%	27.8%
1974	20.7%	27.4%
1975	20.7%	27.2%
1976	20.6%	26.9%
1977	20.5%	26.8%
1978	20.3%	26.9%
1979	19.9%	27.1%
1980	19.6%	27.4%
1981	19.2%	28%
1982	18.9%	28.8%
1983	18.6%	29.5%
1984	18.3%	30.2%
1985	18.2%	30.7%
1986	18%	31.2%
1987	17.9%	31.2%
1988	17.8%	30.9%
1989	17.8%	30.3%
1990	17.9%	29.6%
1991	18.1%	28.8%
1992	18.4%	28.1%
1993	18.6%	27.4%
1994	18.8%	26.7%
1995	18.9%	25.9%
1996	18.8%	25.2%
1997	18.7%	24.3%
1998	18.7%	23.1%
1999	18.6%	22%
2000	18.4%	20.8%
2001	18.3%	19.8%
2002	18.1%	18.9%
2003	17.9%	18.3%
2004	17.7%	17.8%
2005	17.4%	17.5%
2006	17.1%	17.2%
2007	16.9%	17%
2008	16.7%	16.9%
2009	16.6%	16.9%
2010	16.6%	16.9%
2011	16.7%	16.8%
2012	16.8%	16.8%
2013	17%	16.8%
2014	17.2%	16.8%
2015	17.3%	16.8%
2016	17.5%	16.8%
2017	17.7%	16.8%
2018	17.8%	16.7%
2019	17.8%	16.6%
2020	17.7%	16.6%
2021	17.7%	16.5%
2022	17.5%	16.5%
2023	17.2%	16.3%
2024	17%	16.1%
2025	16.7%	16%
2026	16.4%	15.9%
2027	16.2%	15.9%
2028	15.9%	15.9%
2029	15.6%	15.9%
2030	15.3%	16%
2031	15.1%	16.1%
2032	14.8%	16.3%
2033	14.5%	16.5%
2034	14.3%	16.7%
2035	14.1%	16.9%
2036	13.9%	17.1%
2037	13.8%	17.3%
2038	13.8%	17.5%
2039	13.8%	17.7%
2040	13.8%	17.9%
2041	13.8%	18%
2042	13.9%	18.1%
2043	13.9%	18.2%
2044	14%	18.3%
2045	14.1%	18.3%
2046	14.1%	18.3%
2047	14.2%	18.3%
2048	14.3%	18.3%
2049	14.4%	18.2%
2050	14.4%	18.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17% of the population in Sweden and 16.1% in the United Arab Emirates in 2024, compared to 17.9% and 29.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Sweden and the United Arab Emirates compared.

Natural population change in Sweden vs United Arab Emirates by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.2% in Sweden and +0.93% in the United Arab Emirates. 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	UAE
1960	27,693	3,418
1961	30,832	3,657
1962	30,246	3,901
1963	35,741	4,157
1964	45,968	4,410
1965	44,857	4,675
1966	45,286	4,955
1967	41,700	5,264
1968	30,858	5,588
1969	23,904	6,138
1970	30,563	6,922
1971	31,583	7,839
1972	28,428	8,818
1973	24,409	9,822
1974	23,664	10,835
1975	14,746	11,859
1976	8,222	12,876
1977	7,426	15,787
1978	4,138	18,879
1979	4,976	21,987
1980	5,818	25,005
1981	1,664	27,560
1982	1,665	29,585
1983	833	31,480
1984	3,335	33,250
1985	4,175	34,855
1986	9,206	36,829
1987	11,757	37,741
1988	15,186	38,861
1989	24,629	40,148
1990	29,100	41,339
1991	29,299	41,409
1992	28,605	42,119
1993	20,924	41,324
1994	20,196	42,976
1995	9,710	38,685
1996	1,768	37,886
1997	-3,539	38,207
1998	-3,541	41,176
1999	-6,201	46,198
2000	-2,662	49,993
2001	-1,779	52,789
2002	893	55,922
2003	6,271	59,118
2004	9,893	60,344
2005	9,030	60,046
2006	15,436	54,338
2007	15,552	55,048
2008	18,439	55,426
2009	21,387	66,521
2010	25,320	69,907
2011	21,733	73,496
2012	20,943	78,682
2013	23,041	82,977
2014	26,179	84,277
2015	23,518	85,044
2016	25,800	87,028
2017	24,138	89,382
2018	23,403	86,840
2019	25,697	86,296
2020	14,495	87,871
2021	22,914	76,802
2022	10,487	81,758
2023	5,269	92,698

Maternal mortality chart: Sweden vs United Arab Emirates

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 3 deaths in the United Arab Emirates.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Sweden	UAE
1985	8	19
1986	8	19
1987	8	19
1988	9	19
1989	9	19
1990	8	19
1991	8	19
1992	8	19
1993	8	19
1994	7	19
1995	7	18
1996	6	16
1997	6	14
1998	6	12
1999	6	10
2000	5	8
2001	5	7
2002	5	5
2003	5	5
2004	5	4
2005	5	4
2006	5	3
2007	5	3
2008	5	3
2009	5	3
2010	5	3
2011	5	4
2012	5	4
2013	5	4
2014	5	3
2015	5	3
2016	5	3
2017	5	3
2018	5	3
2019	4	3
2020	5	6
2021	5	6
2022	5	2
2023	4	3

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.25% in Sweden and 0.5% in the United Arab Emirates. 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	UAE
1960	1.96%	20.1%
1961	1.92%	19%
1962	1.86%	18%
1963	1.79%	16.9%
1964	1.71%	15.8%
1965	1.63%	14.8%
1966	1.56%	13.7%
1967	1.49%	12.6%
1968	1.44%	11.6%
1969	1.39%	10.6%
1970	1.34%	9.62%
1971	1.29%	8.72%
1972	1.23%	7.89%
1973	1.16%	7.12%
1974	1.09%	6.43%
1975	1.03%	5.8%
1976	0.98%	5.23%
1977	0.94%	4.7%
1978	0.9%	4.22%
1979	0.87%	3.78%
1980	0.84%	3.4%
1981	0.82%	3.06%
1982	0.8%	2.77%
1983	0.78%	2.52%
1984	0.77%	2.31%
1985	0.76%	2.12%
1986	0.75%	1.97%
1987	0.74%	1.83%
1988	0.73%	1.71%
1989	0.72%	1.61%
1990	0.7%	1.51%
1991	0.66%	1.43%
1992	0.62%	1.37%
1993	0.57%	1.31%
1994	0.52%	1.26%
1995	0.48%	1.21%
1996	0.46%	1.18%
1997	0.44%	1.15%
1998	0.42%	1.12%
1999	0.41%	1.09%
2000	0.41%	1.07%
2001	0.4%	1.05%
2002	0.4%	1.03%
2003	0.39%	1.01%
2004	0.37%	1%
2005	0.36%	0.98%
2006	0.35%	0.96%
2007	0.33%	0.94%
2008	0.32%	0.92%
2009	0.31%	0.9%
2010	0.31%	0.88%
2011	0.3%	0.86%
2012	0.3%	0.84%
2013	0.29%	0.82%
2014	0.29%	0.79%
2015	0.29%	0.77%
2016	0.28%	0.73%
2017	0.28%	0.7%
2018	0.27%	0.67%
2019	0.26%	0.63%
2020	0.26%	0.6%
2021	0.25%	0.56%
2022	0.25%	0.53%
2023	0.25%	0.5%