Fertility & birth rates in Sweden and Uzbekistan

Fertility rate in Sweden vs Uzbekistan 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 3.5 in Uzbekistan in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Sweden vs Uzbekistan 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	Uzbekistan
1960	2.17	6.61
1961	2.21	6.75
1962	2.25	6.88
1963	2.33	6.81
1964	2.47	6.82
1965	2.39	6.81
1966	2.37	6.66
1967	2.28	6.57
1968	2.07	6.39
1969	1.93	6.34
1970	1.92	6.31
1971	1.96	6.28
1972	1.91	6.25
1973	1.87	6.16
1974	1.87	6.05
1975	1.77	5.92
1976	1.68	5.75
1977	1.64	5.54
1978	1.6	5.28
1979	1.66	5.16
1980	1.68	5.04
1981	1.63	4.91
1982	1.62	4.82
1983	1.61	4.71
1984	1.66	4.73
1985	1.74	4.69
1986	1.8	4.68
1987	1.84	4.53
1988	1.96	4.26
1989	2.01	4.1
1990	2.13	4.12
1991	2.11	4.19
1992	2.09	4.06
1993	1.99	3.86
1994	1.88	3.66
1995	1.73	3.57
1996	1.6	3.39
1997	1.52	3.19
1998	1.5	2.99
1999	1.5	2.83
2000	1.54	2.7
2001	1.57	2.61
2002	1.65	2.58
2003	1.71	2.5
2004	1.75	2.5
2005	1.77	2.44
2006	1.85	2.46
2007	1.88	2.57
2008	1.91	2.64
2009	1.94	2.56
2010	1.98	2.44
2011	1.9	2.35
2012	1.91	2.34
2013	1.89	2.44
2014	1.88	2.55
2015	1.85	2.58
2016	1.85	2.56
2017	1.78	2.57
2018	1.76	2.71
2019	1.71	2.87
2020	1.67	3.06
2021	1.67	3.27
2022	1.53	3.4
2023	1.45	3.5
2024	1.45	3.49
2025	1.46	3.45
2026	1.46	3.4
2027	1.47	3.36
2028	1.47	3.31
2029	1.48	3.27
2030	1.48	3.22
2031	1.49	3.18
2032	1.49	3.13
2033	1.49	3.09
2034	1.5	3.05
2035	1.5	3.01
2036	1.5	2.98
2037	1.51	2.94
2038	1.51	2.91
2039	1.51	2.87
2040	1.52	2.84
2041	1.52	2.81
2042	1.53	2.78
2043	1.53	2.75
2044	1.53	2.72
2045	1.53	2.69
2046	1.53	2.66
2047	1.54	2.63
2048	1.54	2.6
2049	1.54	2.58
2050	1.54	2.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Sweden	Uzbekistan
1960	22.4%	39.8%
1961	22%	41.2%
1962	21.5%	42.4%
1963	21.2%	43.4%
1964	21%	44.2%
1965	20.9%	44.7%
1966	20.9%	44.8%
1967	21%	44.9%
1968	20.9%	44.8%
1969	20.9%	44.7%
1970	20.8%	44.6%
1971	20.8%	44.4%
1972	20.8%	44.3%
1973	20.7%	44%
1974	20.7%	43.7%
1975	20.7%	43.3%
1976	20.6%	42.8%
1977	20.5%	42.3%
1978	20.3%	41.7%
1979	19.9%	41.2%
1980	19.6%	40.8%
1981	19.2%	40.5%
1982	18.9%	40.3%
1983	18.6%	40.1%
1984	18.3%	40.1%
1985	18.2%	40.1%
1986	18%	40.1%
1987	17.9%	40.1%
1988	17.8%	40%
1989	17.8%	39.9%
1990	17.9%	39.9%
1991	18.1%	39.9%
1992	18.4%	39.8%
1993	18.6%	39.8%
1994	18.8%	39.7%
1995	18.9%	39.4%
1996	18.8%	39.2%
1997	18.7%	38.8%
1998	18.7%	38.2%
1999	18.6%	37.5%
2000	18.4%	36.7%
2001	18.3%	35.8%
2002	18.1%	34.9%
2003	17.9%	34%
2004	17.7%	33.1%
2005	17.4%	32.3%
2006	17.1%	31.4%
2007	16.9%	30.6%
2008	16.7%	29.9%
2009	16.6%	29.4%
2010	16.6%	28.9%
2011	16.7%	28.5%
2012	16.8%	28.2%
2013	17%	28.1%
2014	17.2%	28.1%
2015	17.3%	28.3%
2016	17.5%	28.5%
2017	17.7%	28.8%
2018	17.8%	29%
2019	17.8%	29.3%
2020	17.7%	29.7%
2021	17.7%	30.2%
2022	17.5%	30.6%
2023	17.2%	30.9%
2024	17%	31.1%
2025	16.7%	31.3%
2026	16.4%	31.5%
2027	16.2%	31.6%
2028	15.9%	31.6%
2029	15.6%	31.6%
2030	15.3%	31.4%
2031	15.1%	31.3%
2032	14.8%	31.1%
2033	14.5%	30.9%
2034	14.3%	30.6%
2035	14.1%	30.3%
2036	13.9%	29.8%
2037	13.8%	29.3%
2038	13.8%	28.8%
2039	13.8%	28.3%
2040	13.8%	28%
2041	13.8%	27.6%
2042	13.9%	27.4%
2043	13.9%	27.2%
2044	14%	27%
2045	14.1%	26.9%
2046	14.1%	26.8%
2047	14.2%	26.8%
2048	14.3%	26.7%
2049	14.4%	26.7%
2050	14.4%	26.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17% of the population in Sweden and 31.1% in Uzbekistan in 2024, compared to 17.9% and 39.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Sweden and Uzbekistan compared.

Natural population change in Sweden vs Uzbekistan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.2% in Sweden and +1.87% in Uzbekistan. 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	Uzbekistan
1960	27,693	267,165
1961	30,832	279,841
1962	30,246	292,788
1963	35,741	293,432
1964	45,968	298,790
1965	44,857	302,264
1966	45,286	297,844
1967	41,700	298,350
1968	30,858	295,651
1969	23,904	302,833
1970	30,563	313,216
1971	31,583	323,171
1972	28,428	333,230
1973	24,409	341,807
1974	23,664	350,422
1975	14,746	357,382
1976	8,222	363,110
1977	7,426	369,572
1978	4,138	372,068
1979	4,976	387,754
1980	5,818	401,557
1981	1,664	413,897
1982	1,665	431,389
1983	833	454,464
1984	3,335	485,617
1985	4,175	508,893
1986	9,206	533,234
1987	11,757	537,292
1988	15,186	525,126
1989	24,629	522,323
1990	29,100	540,581
1991	29,299	557,886
1992	28,605	548,793
1993	20,924	527,557
1994	20,196	502,279
1995	9,710	493,966
1996	1,768	471,010
1997	-3,539	441,631
1998	-3,541	408,532
1999	-6,201	385,448
2000	-2,662	365,138
2001	-1,779	356,483
2002	893	359,231
2003	6,271	355,098
2004	9,893	363,994
2005	9,030	363,462
2006	15,436	383,265
2007	15,552	426,880
2008	18,439	461,665
2009	21,387	471,839
2010	25,320	461,293
2011	21,733	454,858
2012	20,943	463,333
2013	23,041	501,742
2014	26,179	536,881
2015	23,518	552,781
2016	25,800	549,045
2017	24,138	548,372
2018	23,403	585,119
2019	25,697	618,154
2020	14,495	643,750
2021	22,914	689,325
2022	10,487	715,410
2023	5,269	722,280

Maternal mortality chart: Sweden vs Uzbekistan

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 26 deaths in Uzbekistan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Sweden	Uzbekistan
1985	8	72
1986	8	69
1987	8	63
1988	9	58
1989	9	53
1990	8	50
1991	8	47
1992	8	46
1993	8	47
1994	7	49
1995	7	46
1996	6	44
1997	6	42
1998	6	42
1999	6	43
2000	5	42
2001	5	42
2002	5	41
2003	5	40
2004	5	39
2005	5	39
2006	5	38
2007	5	37
2008	5	35
2009	5	34
2010	5	34
2011	5	33
2012	5	33
2013	5	32
2014	5	32
2015	5	31
2016	5	31
2017	5	30
2018	5	29
2019	4	29
2020	5	29
2021	5	28
2022	5	27
2023	4	26

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.25% in Sweden and 1.33% in Uzbekistan. 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	Uzbekistan
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%	-
1973	1.16%	-
1974	1.09%	-
1975	1.03%	-
1976	0.98%	-
1977	0.94%	-
1978	0.9%	-
1979	0.87%	12.5%
1980	0.84%	11.7%
1981	0.82%	10.9%
1982	0.8%	10.2%
1983	0.78%	9.5%
1984	0.77%	8.91%
1985	0.76%	8.4%
1986	0.75%	7.96%
1987	0.74%	7.59%
1988	0.73%	7.31%
1989	0.72%	7.13%
1990	0.7%	7.04%
1991	0.66%	7.01%
1992	0.62%	7.01%
1993	0.57%	6.99%
1994	0.52%	6.95%
1995	0.48%	6.91%
1996	0.46%	6.83%
1997	0.44%	6.72%
1998	0.42%	6.57%
1999	0.41%	6.38%
2000	0.41%	6.15%
2001	0.4%	5.88%
2002	0.4%	5.57%
2003	0.39%	5.25%
2004	0.37%	4.92%
2005	0.36%	4.57%
2006	0.35%	4.24%
2007	0.33%	3.9%
2008	0.32%	3.59%
2009	0.31%	3.29%
2010	0.31%	3.01%
2011	0.3%	2.75%
2012	0.3%	2.52%
2013	0.29%	2.32%
2014	0.29%	2.14%
2015	0.29%	1.98%
2016	0.28%	1.85%
2017	0.28%	1.73%
2018	0.27%	1.64%
2019	0.26%	1.56%
2020	0.26%	1.5%
2021	0.25%	1.44%
2022	0.25%	1.38%
2023	0.25%	1.33%