Sweden - Birth Rate 2020
10.9
−0.2 from 2019
Sweden's birth rate was 10.9 in 2020, decreased +0.2 from 11.1 in 2019. This was the 62nd highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2020▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Korea | 5.3 | -10.2% |
| 2nd | Hong Kong SAR, China | 5.8 | -17.1% |
| 3rd | Puerto Rico (US) | 6.0 | -6.3% |
| 4th | San Marino | 6.4 | -4.5% |
| 5th | Italy | 6.8 | -2.9% |
| 6th | Japan | 6.8 | -2.9% |
| 7th | Andorra | 6.8 | -2.3% |
| 8th | Spain | 7.2 | -5.3% |
| 9th | Ukraine | 7.6 | -3.4% |
| 10th | Greece | 7.9 | 1.3% |
| 11th | Macao SAR, China | 8.1 | -9.0% |
| 12th | Portugal | 8.1 | -3.6% |
| 13th | British Virgin Islands | 8.2 | 1.3% |
| 14th | Channel Islands | 8.2 | -1.2% |
| 15th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 8.4 | -2.4% |
| 16th | Finland | 8.4 | 1.2% |
| 17th | Lithuania | 8.4 | -5.6% |
| 18th | Singapore | 8.5 | -3.4% |
| 19th | China | 8.5 | -18.2% |
| 20th | Malta | 8.6 | 0.0% |
| 21st | Bermuda | 8.7 | 3.6% |
| 22nd | Isle of Man | 8.7 | -1.6% |
| 23rd | Curaçao | 8.7 | -13.9% |
| 24th | Thailand | 8.8 | -2.9% |
| 25th | Belarus | 8.9 | -4.5% |
| 26th | Croatia | 8.9 | 0.0% |
| 27th | Serbia | 8.9 | -4.3% |
| 28th | Slovenia | 8.9 | -4.3% |
| 29th | Bulgaria | 9.0 | -3.2% |
| 30th | Liechtenstein | 9.1 | -1.1% |
| 31st | European Union | 9.1 | -2.3% |
| 32nd | Latvia | 9.2 | -6.1% |
| 33rd | North Macedonia | 9.2 | -4.2% |
| 34th | Cuba | 9.3 | -4.3% |
| 35th | Germany | 9.3 | -1.1% |
| 36th | Austria | 9.4 | -2.1% |
| 37th | Canada | 9.5 | -4.0% |
| 38th | Poland | 9.5 | -4.0% |
| 39th | Aruba | 9.7 | -10.6% |
| 40th | Hungary | 9.7 | 1.0% |
| 41st | Netherlands | 9.7 | -1.0% |
| 42nd | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 9.7 | -2.8% |
| 43rd | Monaco | 9.7 | -2.2% |
| 44th | Norway | 9.8 | -3.9% |
| 45th | Russian Federation | 9.8 | -3.0% |
| 46th | Belgium | 9.9 | -2.9% |
| 47th | Switzerland | 9.9 | -1.0% |
| 48th | Estonia | 9.9 | -6.6% |
| 49th | Qatar | 10.0 | 0.7% |
| 50th | Chile | 10.1 | -7.7% |
| 51st | Luxembourg | 10.2 | 2.0% |
| 52nd | United Kingdom | 10.2 | -4.1% |
| 53rd | Czechia | 10.3 | -1.9% |
| 54th | Romania | 10.3 | 0.0% |
| 55th | Denmark | 10.4 | -1.0% |
| 56th | Slovak Republic | 10.4 | -1.0% |
| 57th | Uruguay | 10.4 | -4.4% |
| 58th | United Arab Emirates | 10.5 | 3.7% |
| 59th | Albania | 10.5 | -2.1% |
| 60th | Mauritius | 10.6 | 3.9% |
| 61st | France | 10.9 | -2.7% |
| 62nd | Sweden | 10.9 | -1.8% |
| 63rd | United States | 10.9 | -4.4% |
| 64th | Ireland | 11.1 | -6.7% |
| 65th | Bahamas, The | 11.1 | -0.7% |
| 66th | Cyprus | 11.1 | 1.2% |
| 67th | Montenegro | 11.3 | -1.7% |
| 68th | New Zealand | 11.3 | -5.4% |
| 69th | Barbados | 11.3 | -1.0% |
| 70th | Costa Rica | 11.4 | -10.2% |
| 71st | Dominica | 11.4 | -0.9% |
| 72nd | Australia | 11.5 | -5.0% |
| 73rd | Palau | 11.6 | -2.5% |
| 74th | Trinidad and Tobago | 11.6 | -3.6% |
| 75th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 11.7 | -3.3% |
| 76th | Kuwait | 11.7 | -3.1% |
| 77th | St. Lucia | 11.7 | -1.2% |
| 78th | French Polynesia | 11.8 | -1.3% |
| 79th | Argentina | 11.8 | -15.1% |
| 80th | Gibraltar | 12.0 | 0.1% |
| 81st | Jamaica | 12.0 | -1.3% |
| 82nd | Moldova | 12.1 | -4.4% |
| 83rd | Virgin Islands (US) | 12.1 | -1.6% |
| 84th | Maldives | 12.1 | -3.9% |
| 85th | Antigua and Barbuda | 12.2 | 5.9% |
| 86th | Armenia | 12.3 | 0.8% |
| 87th | Iceland | 12.3 | 0.0% |
| 88th | Grenada | 12.3 | -1.1% |
| 89th | Kosovo | 12.3 | -2.2% |
| 90th | Azerbaijan | 12.5 | -11.3% |
| 91st | St. Kitts and Nevis | 12.6 | -2.2% |
| 92nd | Cayman Islands | 12.7 | 2.3% |
| 93rd | Bahrain | 12.8 | -3.8% |
| 94th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 12.8 | -3.2% |
| 95th | Bhutan | 13.0 | 4.3% |
| 96th | Brazil | 13.0 | -4.1% |
| 97th | Georgia | 13.1 | -3.9% |
| 98th | Faroe Islands | 13.1 | -1.5% |
| 99th | Cabo Verde | 13.1 | -8.0% |
| 100th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 13.4 | -0.1% |
| 101st | Malaysia | 13.4 | -5.9% |
| 102nd | Türkiye | 13.4 | -6.9% |
| 103rd | Sri Lanka | 13.8 | -5.5% |
| 104th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 14.0 | -6.1% |
| 105th | Colombia | 14.1 | -0.8% |
| 106th | Brunei Darussalam | 14.3 | -2.0% |
| 107th | Greenland | 14.8 | -2.0% |
| 108th | New Caledonia | 14.9 | -1.8% |
| 109th | Viet Nam | 15.2 | -1.8% |
| 110th | Northern Mariana Islands | 15.5 | -3.4% |
| 111th | American Samoa | 15.7 | -4.0% |
| 112th | Tunisia | 15.8 | -6.1% |
| 113th | Seychelles | 15.8 | -3.7% |
| 114th | El Salvador | 16.3 | -1.6% |
| 115th | Ecuador | 16.4 | -3.1% |
| 116th | Mexico | 16.6 | -1.8% |
| 117th | Peru | 16.6 | -1.4% |
| 118th | Saudi Arabia | 16.6 | -8.0% |
| 119th | Indonesia | 16.7 | -1.4% |
| 120th | Panama | 16.7 | -4.8% |
| 121st | India | 16.7 | -3.6% |
| 122nd | Lebanon | 16.9 | -4.0% |
| 123rd | Philippines | 17.0 | -6.0% |
| 124th | Myanmar | 17.5 | -1.8% |
| 125th | St. Martin (French part) | 17.6 | -7.1% |
| 126th | Suriname | 17.7 | -1.0% |
| 127th | Morocco | 17.9 | -2.2% |
| 128th | Belize | 18.4 | -5.1% |
| 129th | Guam | 18.6 | -3.3% |
| 130th | Libya | 18.7 | -2.6% |
| 131st | Fiji | 18.8 | -2.1% |
| 132nd | Oman | 18.9 | 0.0% |
| 133rd | Dominican Republic | 19.0 | -2.4% |
| 134th | Israel | 19.2 | -4.5% |
| 135th | South Africa | 19.5 | -0.9% |
| 136th | Nepal | 20.2 | -2.3% |
| 137th | Bangladesh | 20.3 | 0.8% |
| 138th | Nicaragua | 20.5 | -1.7% |
| 139th | Syrian Arab Republic | 20.6 | 4.7% |
| 140th | Paraguay | 21.0 | -1.8% |
| 141st | Guyana | 21.3 | -3.1% |
| 142nd | Djibouti | 21.6 | -1.5% |
| 143rd | Jordan | 21.7 | -2.3% |
| 144th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 22.0 | -1.2% |
| 145th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 22.0 | -1.2% |
| 146th | Guatemala | 22.0 | -4.5% |
| 147th | Cambodia | 22.4 | -2.5% |
| 148th | Algeria | 22.4 | -4.1% |
| 149th | Kazakhstan | 22.6 | 5.3% |
| 150th | Lao PDR | 22.6 | -2.3% |
| 151st | Micronesia, Federated States of | 22.7 | -0.9% |
| 152nd | Honduras | 22.8 | -1.3% |
| 153rd | Haiti | 23.3 | -1.8% |
| 154th | Timor-Leste | 23.4 | -2.1% |
| 155th | Mongolia | 23.4 | -4.1% |
| 156th | Marshall Islands | 23.4 | -1.3% |
| 157th | Tonga | 23.6 | -0.9% |
| 158th | Kyrgyz Republic | 24.0 | -10.8% |
| 159th | Turkmenistan | 24.1 | -2.9% |
| 160th | Tuvalu | 24.6 | -0.9% |
| 161st | Eswatini | 25.4 | -1.9% |
| 162nd | Botswana | 25.5 | -0.9% |
| 163rd | Lesotho | 25.6 | -3.1% |
| 164th | Uzbekistan | 25.6 | 3.7% |
| 165th | Papua New Guinea | 26.1 | -1.4% |
| 166th | Iraq | 26.8 | -1.5% |
| 167th | Kiribati | 27.4 | -1.7% |
| 168th | Ghana | 27.4 | -1.7% |
| 169th | Samoa | 27.5 | -1.8% |
| 170th | Namibia | 27.7 | -2.5% |
| 171st | Kenya | 27.8 | -1.6% |
| 172nd | Solomon Islands | 28.0 | -1.6% |
| 173rd | Tajikistan | 28.4 | -2.8% |
| 174th | Pakistan | 28.6 | -1.2% |
| 175th | São Tomé and Principe | 28.6 | -2.0% |
| 176th | Nauru | 28.7 | -3.1% |
| 177th | Eritrea | 28.9 | -0.8% |
| 178th | West Bank and Gaza | 28.9 | -2.8% |
| 179th | South Sudan | 29.4 | 0.1% |
| 180th | Gabon | 29.5 | -2.0% |
| 181st | Senegal | 29.9 | -1.6% |
| 182nd | Vanuatu | 29.9 | -2.5% |
| 183rd | Comoros | 30.0 | -1.5% |
| 184th | Rwanda | 30.0 | -2.1% |
| 185th | Zimbabwe | 31.0 | -0.4% |
| 186th | Equatorial Guinea | 31.4 | -1.4% |
| 187th | Guinea-Bissau | 31.4 | -1.4% |
| 188th | Gambia, The | 31.5 | -1.2% |
| 189th | Congo, Republic of | 31.7 | -1.4% |
| 190th | Liberia | 31.9 | -1.6% |
| 191st | Sierra Leone | 32.2 | -1.9% |
| 192nd | Togo | 32.5 | -1.4% |
| 193rd | Malawi | 32.5 | -1.1% |
| 194th | Burkina Faso | 32.7 | -4.6% |
| 195th | Madagascar | 33.3 | -0.8% |
| 196th | Côte d'Ivoire | 33.7 | -1.9% |
| 197th | Nigeria | 33.7 | -2.7% |
| 198th | Zambia | 34.4 | -1.7% |
| 199th | Sudan | 34.5 | -1.2% |
| 200th | Benin | 35.3 | -2.0% |
| 201st | Cameroon | 35.4 | -2.1% |
| 202nd | Guinea | 35.5 | -1.2% |
| 203rd | Mauritania | 35.7 | -1.3% |
| 204th | Burundi | 35.9 | -2.0% |
| 205th | Yemen, Republic of | 35.9 | -0.1% |
| 206th | Tanzania | 36.4 | -1.2% |
| 207th | Afghanistan | 36.6 | -1.4% |
| 208th | Uganda | 36.8 | -1.1% |
| 209th | Mozambique | 38.7 | -1.0% |
| 210th | Angola | 39.1 | -1.0% |
| 211th | Mali | 41.0 | -0.4% |
| 212th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 42.2 | -0.8% |
| 213th | Niger | 42.6 | -1.8% |
| 214th | Chad | 43.8 | -1.3% |
| 215th | Central African Republic | 44.5 | 0.8% |
| 216th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 44.5 | -1.3% |
FAQ
What was Sweden's birth rate in 2020?▾
Sweden's birth rate in 2020 was 10.9. This ranked 62nd globally.
How did Sweden's birth rate change in 2020?▾
Sweden's birth rate decreased by 1.8% in 2020 compared to 2019.
Which country had the highest birth rate in 2020?▾
Somalia, Fed. Rep. had the highest birth rate in 2020 at 44.5.
What is the birth rate of Sweden in 2020?▾
The birth rate of Sweden in 2020 was 10.9. This ranked 62nd globally.
How does 2020 compare to 2019 for Sweden's birth rate?▾
Sweden's birth rate went from 11.1 in 2019 to 10.9 in 2020, a 1.8% decrease.
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