Fertility & birth rates in Sweden and Zimbabwe

Fertility rate in Sweden vs Zimbabwe 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 3.72 in Zimbabwe in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Sweden vs Zimbabwe 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	Zimbabwe
1960	2.17	7.2
1961	2.21	7.21
1962	2.25	7.23
1963	2.33	7.23
1964	2.47	7.23
1965	2.39	7.23
1966	2.37	7.2
1967	2.28	7.16
1968	2.07	7.11
1969	1.93	7.04
1970	1.92	6.98
1971	1.96	6.94
1972	1.91	6.94
1973	1.87	6.94
1974	1.87	6.88
1975	1.77	6.83
1976	1.68	6.77
1977	1.64	6.71
1978	1.6	6.66
1979	1.66	6.59
1980	1.68	6.52
1981	1.63	6.45
1982	1.62	6.33
1983	1.61	6.2
1984	1.66	6.04
1985	1.74	5.87
1986	1.8	5.69
1987	1.84	5.5
1988	1.96	5.28
1989	2.01	5.07
1990	2.13	4.88
1991	2.11	4.72
1992	2.09	4.57
1993	1.99	4.39
1994	1.88	4.28
1995	1.73	4.15
1996	1.6	4.11
1997	1.52	4.08
1998	1.5	4.07
1999	1.5	4.06
2000	1.54	4.01
2001	1.57	3.98
2002	1.65	3.93
2003	1.71	3.86
2004	1.75	3.78
2005	1.77	3.69
2006	1.85	3.64
2007	1.88	3.68
2008	1.91	3.78
2009	1.94	3.95
2010	1.98	4.04
2011	1.9	4.13
2012	1.91	4.13
2013	1.89	4.11
2014	1.88	4.01
2015	1.85	3.91
2016	1.85	3.83
2017	1.78	3.77
2018	1.76	3.74
2019	1.71	3.75
2020	1.67	3.75
2021	1.67	3.77
2022	1.53	3.77
2023	1.45	3.72
2024	1.45	3.67
2025	1.46	3.62
2026	1.46	3.57
2027	1.47	3.52
2028	1.47	3.47
2029	1.48	3.43
2030	1.48	3.38
2031	1.49	3.33
2032	1.49	3.29
2033	1.49	3.25
2034	1.5	3.21
2035	1.5	3.17
2036	1.5	3.13
2037	1.51	3.09
2038	1.51	3.06
2039	1.51	3.02
2040	1.52	2.99
2041	1.52	2.96
2042	1.53	2.93
2043	1.53	2.9
2044	1.53	2.87
2045	1.53	2.84
2046	1.53	2.81
2047	1.54	2.78
2048	1.54	2.75
2049	1.54	2.72
2050	1.54	2.69

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Sweden	Zimbabwe
1960	22.4%	47.3%
1961	22%	47.7%
1962	21.5%	48.1%
1963	21.2%	48.5%
1964	21%	48.8%
1965	20.9%	48.7%
1966	20.9%	48.6%
1967	21%	48.5%
1968	20.9%	48.5%
1969	20.9%	48.4%
1970	20.8%	48.3%
1971	20.8%	48.2%
1972	20.8%	48.2%
1973	20.7%	48.1%
1974	20.7%	48.1%
1975	20.7%	48.1%
1976	20.6%	48.2%
1977	20.5%	48.3%
1978	20.3%	48.5%
1979	19.9%	48.8%
1980	19.6%	48.7%
1981	19.2%	48.4%
1982	18.9%	48.3%
1983	18.6%	48.2%
1984	18.3%	48.1%
1985	18.2%	48%
1986	18%	47.9%
1987	17.9%	47.9%
1988	17.8%	47.9%
1989	17.8%	47.6%
1990	17.9%	47.1%
1991	18.1%	46.6%
1992	18.4%	46.8%
1993	18.6%	47.1%
1994	18.8%	46.6%
1995	18.9%	45.9%
1996	18.8%	45%
1997	18.7%	44%
1998	18.7%	43.1%
1999	18.6%	42.4%
2000	18.4%	41.9%
2001	18.3%	41.5%
2002	18.1%	41.4%
2003	17.9%	41.5%
2004	17.7%	41.7%
2005	17.4%	41.9%
2006	17.1%	42%
2007	16.9%	42.1%
2008	16.7%	42.4%
2009	16.6%	42.7%
2010	16.6%	43%
2011	16.7%	43.4%
2012	16.8%	43.7%
2013	17%	43.9%
2014	17.2%	43.9%
2015	17.3%	43.8%
2016	17.5%	43.6%
2017	17.7%	43.3%
2018	17.8%	42.9%
2019	17.8%	42.5%
2020	17.7%	42.2%
2021	17.7%	41.9%
2022	17.5%	41.6%
2023	17.2%	41.3%
2024	17%	40.9%
2025	16.7%	40.3%
2026	16.4%	39.6%
2027	16.2%	39%
2028	15.9%	38.4%
2029	15.6%	37.8%
2030	15.3%	37.4%
2031	15.1%	37%
2032	14.8%	36.8%
2033	14.5%	36.5%
2034	14.3%	36.3%
2035	14.1%	36.1%
2036	13.9%	35.8%
2037	13.8%	35.6%
2038	13.8%	35.3%
2039	13.8%	35.1%
2040	13.8%	34.8%
2041	13.8%	34.6%
2042	13.9%	34.3%
2043	13.9%	34.1%
2044	14%	33.8%
2045	14.1%	33.5%
2046	14.1%	33.2%
2047	14.2%	32.9%
2048	14.3%	32.6%
2049	14.4%	32.2%
2050	14.4%	31.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17% of the population in Sweden and 40.9% in Zimbabwe in 2024, compared to 17.9% and 47.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Sweden and Zimbabwe compared.

Natural population change in Sweden vs Zimbabwe by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.2% in Sweden and +2.34% in Zimbabwe. 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	Zimbabwe
1960	27,693	126,959
1961	30,832	131,531
1962	30,246	136,317
1963	35,741	140,984
1964	45,968	145,848
1965	44,857	151,164
1966	45,286	156,014
1967	41,700	161,205
1968	30,858	166,865
1969	23,904	172,626
1970	30,563	178,979
1971	31,583	185,427
1972	28,428	193,725
1973	24,409	201,885
1974	23,664	208,806
1975	14,746	216,947
1976	8,222	221,419
1977	7,426	225,139
1978	4,138	222,979
1979	4,976	223,657
1980	5,818	241,179
1981	1,664	271,361
1982	1,665	279,934
1983	833	286,545
1984	3,335	290,052
1985	4,175	290,756
1986	9,206	289,894
1987	11,757	286,766
1988	15,186	277,498
1989	24,629	270,838
1990	29,100	265,444
1991	29,299	260,943
1992	28,605	255,291
1993	20,924	228,045
1994	20,196	216,343
1995	9,710	206,695
1996	1,768	205,269
1997	-3,539	216,288
1998	-3,541	225,614
1999	-6,201	232,393
2000	-2,662	236,343
2001	-1,779	227,909
2002	893	244,170
2003	6,271	243,057
2004	9,893	248,307
2005	9,030	248,545
2006	15,436	248,963
2007	15,552	261,805
2008	18,439	280,527
2009	21,387	309,316
2010	25,320	335,570
2011	21,733	359,572
2012	20,943	371,135
2013	23,041	374,757
2014	26,179	366,350
2015	23,518	356,203
2016	25,800	348,772
2017	24,138	344,035
2018	23,403	345,883
2019	25,697	348,798
2020	14,495	354,790
2021	22,914	349,908
2022	10,487	371,243
2023	5,269	372,505

Maternal mortality chart: Sweden vs Zimbabwe

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 358 deaths in Zimbabwe.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Sweden	Zimbabwe
1985	8	573
1986	8	525
1987	8	480
1988	9	431
1989	9	382
1990	8	353
1991	8	332
1992	8	333
1993	8	331
1994	7	332
1995	7	332
1996	6	352
1997	6	357
1998	6	368
1999	6	399
2000	5	405
2001	5	467
2002	5	418
2003	5	455
2004	5	451
2005	5	454
2006	5	480
2007	5	519
2008	5	526
2009	5	540
2010	5	567
2011	5	564
2012	5	558
2013	5	525
2014	5	468
2015	5	428
2016	5	411
2017	5	389
2018	5	386
2019	4	388
2020	5	380
2021	5	446
2022	5	368
2023	4	358

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.25% in Sweden and 4.42% in Zimbabwe. 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	Zimbabwe
1960	1.96%	15.2%
1961	1.92%	14.8%
1962	1.86%	14.4%
1963	1.79%	14%
1964	1.71%	13.5%
1965	1.63%	13.1%
1966	1.56%	12.7%
1967	1.49%	12.4%
1968	1.44%	12.1%
1969	1.39%	11.8%
1970	1.34%	11.7%
1971	1.29%	11.5%
1972	1.23%	11.5%
1973	1.16%	11.4%
1974	1.09%	11.4%
1975	1.03%	11.4%
1976	0.98%	11.5%
1977	0.94%	11.5%
1978	0.9%	11.5%
1979	0.87%	11.3%
1980	0.84%	11.1%
1981	0.82%	10.7%
1982	0.8%	10.1%
1983	0.78%	9.5%
1984	0.77%	8.87%
1985	0.76%	8.31%
1986	0.75%	7.86%
1987	0.74%	7.61%
1988	0.73%	7.55%
1989	0.72%	7.69%
1990	0.7%	7.97%
1991	0.66%	8.33%
1992	0.62%	8.73%
1993	0.57%	9.16%
1994	0.52%	9.52%
1995	0.48%	9.83%
1996	0.46%	10%
1997	0.44%	10.1%
1998	0.42%	10%
1999	0.41%	9.92%
2000	0.41%	9.83%
2001	0.4%	9.79%
2002	0.4%	8.48%
2003	0.39%	8.85%
2004	0.37%	9.17%
2005	0.36%	9.23%
2006	0.35%	9.4%
2007	0.33%	9.47%
2008	0.32%	9.34%
2009	0.31%	9.03%
2010	0.31%	8.5%
2011	0.3%	7.88%
2012	0.3%	7.14%
2013	0.29%	6.55%
2014	0.29%	6.18%
2015	0.29%	5.98%
2016	0.28%	5.69%
2017	0.28%	5.5%
2018	0.27%	5.23%
2019	0.26%	5.11%
2020	0.26%	5.01%
2021	0.25%	4.76%
2022	0.25%	4.6%
2023	0.25%	4.42%