Russia vs Sweden: Fertility rate, total (births per woman) (Fertility World Population)
Russia
1.42 births per woman
in 2024
Sweden
1.43 births per woman
in 2024
Russia rank
173rd
Sweden rank
170th
Fertility rate, total (births per woman) (Fertility World Population) over time
- Russia
- Sweden
How they compare
Sweden currently reports 1.43 births per woman against 1.42 births per woman in Russia, a difference of 0.01 births per woman.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Russia ahead.
Russia ranks 173rd and Sweden ranks 170th of 218 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Russia averaged higher in 2 and Sweden in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Russia | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.2 births per woman | 2.25 births per woman | 0.046 births per woman | Sweden |
| 1970s | 1.98 births per woman | 1.79 births per woman | 0.191 births per woman | Russia |
| 1980s | 2.06 births per woman | 1.76 births per woman | 0.301 births per woman | Russia |
| 1990s | 1.42 births per woman | 1.81 births per woman | 0.3875 births per woman | Sweden |
| 2000s | 1.34 births per woman | 1.76 births per woman | 0.4144 births per woman | Sweden |
| 2010s | 1.65 births per woman | 1.85 births per woman | 0.197 births per woman | Sweden |
| 2020s | 1.45 births per woman | 1.55 births per woman | 0.0992 births per woman | Sweden |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate, total, Russia or Sweden?
- Sweden, at 1.43 births per woman against 1.42 births per woman in Russia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in fertility rate, total between Russia and Sweden?
- 0.01 births per woman, with Sweden ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Russia and Sweden?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Russia and Sweden rank globally for fertility rate, total?
- Russia ranks 173rd and Sweden ranks 170th of 218 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as Fertility rate, total (births per woman). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Total fertility rate represents the number of children that would be born to a woman if she were to live to the end of her childbearing years and bear children in accordance with age-specific fertility rates of the specified year.