Sweden vs Uruguay: Fertility rate: births per woman
Sweden
1.43 live births per woman
in 2023
Uruguay
1.41 live births per woman
in 2023
Sweden rank
188th
Uruguay rank
191st
Fertility rate: births per woman over time
- Sweden
- Uruguay
How they compare
Sweden currently reports 1.43 live births per woman against 1.41 live births per woman in Uruguay, a difference of 0.02 live births per woman.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Uruguay ahead.
Sweden ranks 188th and Uruguay ranks 191st of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Sweden averaged higher in 1 and Uruguay in 7.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Sweden | Uruguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 2.25 live births per woman | 2.76 live births per woman | 0.5137 live births per woman | Uruguay |
| 1960s | 2.24 live births per woman | 2.83 live births per woman | 0.587 live births per woman | Uruguay |
| 1970s | 1.79 live births per woman | 2.86 live births per woman | 1.07 live births per woman | Uruguay |
| 1980s | 1.75 live births per woman | 2.5 live births per woman | 0.7485 live births per woman | Uruguay |
| 1990s | 1.8 live births per woman | 2.38 live births per woman | 0.5771 live births per woman | Uruguay |
| 2000s | 1.76 live births per woman | 2.1 live births per woman | 0.3433 live births per woman | Uruguay |
| 2010s | 1.85 live births per woman | 1.91 live births per woman | 0.0672 live births per woman | Uruguay |
| 2020s | 1.58 live births per woman | 1.44 live births per woman | 0.1325 live births per woman | Sweden |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate: births per woman, Sweden or Uruguay?
- Sweden, at 1.43 live births per woman against 1.41 live births per woman in Uruguay as of 2023.
- What is the difference in fertility rate: births per woman between Sweden and Uruguay?
- 0.02 live births per woman, with Sweden ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Sweden and Uruguay?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Sweden and Uruguay rank globally for fertility rate: births per woman?
- Sweden ranks 188th and Uruguay ranks 191st of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Fertility rate: 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
The average number of live births a hypothetical cohort of women would have at the end of their reproductive period if they were subject during their whole lives to the fertility rates of a given period and if they were not subject to mortality.