Which has higher births and deaths per year, Austria or Sweden?

Sweden, at 93,945 deaths against 93,222 deaths in Austria as of 2023.

How many years of comparable data are there for Austria and Sweden?

74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Births and deaths per year. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Austria vs Sweden: Births and deaths per year

Austria

93,222 deaths

in 2023

Sweden

93,945 deaths

in 2023

Austria rank

85th

Sweden rank

83rd

Births and deaths per year over time

Austria
Sweden

How they compare

Sweden currently reports 93,945 deaths against 93,222 deaths in Austria, a difference of 723 deaths.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Austria ahead.

Austria ranks 85th and Sweden ranks 83rd of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Austria averaged higher in 3 and Sweden in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Austria	Sweden	Difference	Ahead
1950s	86,161 deaths	70,053 deaths	16,108 deaths	Austria
1960s	92,379 deaths	78,049 deaths	14,330 deaths	Austria
1970s	95,022 deaths	86,619 deaths	8,403 deaths	Austria
1980s	88,895 deaths	92,485 deaths	3,590 deaths	Sweden
1990s	81,337 deaths	94,283 deaths	12,946 deaths	Sweden
2000s	75,841 deaths	92,232 deaths	16,391 deaths	Sweden
2010s	80,749 deaths	90,672 deaths	9,923 deaths	Sweden
2020s	89,773 deaths	94,728 deaths	4,955 deaths	Sweden

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher births and deaths per year, Austria or Sweden?: Sweden, at 93,945 deaths against 93,222 deaths in Austria as of 2023.
What is the difference in births and deaths per year between Austria and Sweden?: 723 deaths, with Sweden ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Austria and Sweden?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Austria and Sweden rank globally for births and deaths per year?: Austria ranks 85th and Sweden ranks 83rd of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Births and deaths per year. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Births and deaths per year
Unit: deaths
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Number of deaths in a calendar year.