Serbia vs Sweden: Birth rate, crude

Serbia
9.2 per 1,000 people
in 2024
Sweden
9.3 per 1,000 people
in 2024
Serbia rank
170th
Sweden rank
169th

Birth rate, crude over time

  • Serbia
  • Sweden
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How they compare

Sweden currently reports 9.3 per 1,000 people against 9.2 per 1,000 people in Serbia, a difference of 0.1 per 1,000 people.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Serbia ahead.

Serbia ranks 170th and Sweden ranks 169th of 218 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Serbia averaged higher in 3 and Sweden in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Serbia Sweden Difference Ahead
1960s 16.56 per 1,000 people 14.75 per 1,000 people 1.81 per 1,000 people Serbia
1970s 15.42 per 1,000 people 12.77 per 1,000 people 2.65 per 1,000 people Serbia
1980s 13.34 per 1,000 people 11.99 per 1,000 people 1.35 per 1,000 people Serbia
1990s 10.66 per 1,000 people 12.22 per 1,000 people 1.56 per 1,000 people Sweden
2000s 9.93 per 1,000 people 11.2 per 1,000 people 1.27 per 1,000 people Sweden
2010s 9.25 per 1,000 people 11.72 per 1,000 people 2.47 per 1,000 people Sweden
2020s 9.14 per 1,000 people 10.14 per 1,000 people 1 per 1,000 people Sweden

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher birth rate, crude, Serbia or Sweden?
Sweden, at 9.3 per 1,000 people against 9.2 per 1,000 people in Serbia as of 2024.
What is the difference in birth rate, crude between Serbia and Sweden?
0.1 per 1,000 people, with Sweden ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Serbia and Sweden?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Serbia and Sweden rank globally for birth rate, crude?
Serbia ranks 170th and Sweden ranks 169th of 218 countries.
Where does this data come from?
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people)
Unit
per 1,000 people
Source
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
266 places, 17,260 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

Crude birth rate indicates the number of live births occurring during the year, per 1,000 population estimated at midyear. Subtracting the crude death rate from the crude birth rate provides the rate of natural increase, which is equal to the rate of population change in the absence of migration.