Austria vs Sweden: Birth seasonality

Austria
21.77 births per million people
in 2023
Sweden
21.28 births per million people
in 2024
Austria rank
27th
Sweden rank
29th

Birth seasonality over time

  • Austria
  • Sweden
203040506070191119672024

How they compare

Austria currently reports 21.77 births per million people against 21.28 births per million people in Sweden, a difference of 0.49 births per million people.

The two have swapped places 16 times across 110 shared years of data; in 1914 it was Sweden ahead.

Austria ranks 27th and Sweden ranks 29th of 40 countries.

Across the 12 decades both report, Austria averaged higher in 7 and Sweden in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade Austria Sweden Difference Ahead
1910s 44.45 births per million people 58.42 births per million people 13.97 births per million people Sweden
1920s 49.39 births per million people 46.77 births per million people 2.62 births per million people Austria
1930s 38.71 births per million people 37.01 births per million people 1.7 births per million people Austria
1940s 44.7 births per million people 46.1 births per million people 1.4 births per million people Sweden
1950s 41.56 births per million people 37.2 births per million people 4.36 births per million people Austria
1960s 46.04 births per million people 35.5 births per million people 10.54 births per million people Austria
1970s 32.66 births per million people 30.16 births per million people 2.5 births per million people Austria
1980s 31.04 births per million people 27.68 births per million people 3.36 births per million people Austria
1990s 29.54 births per million people 27.85 births per million people 1.69 births per million people Austria
2000s 24.53 births per million people 26.33 births per million people 1.8 births per million people Sweden
2010s 24.94 births per million people 27.05 births per million people 2.12 births per million people Sweden
2020s 23.06 births per million people 23.77 births per million people 0.7065 births per million people Sweden

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher birth seasonality, Austria or Sweden?
Austria, at 21.77 births per million people against 21.28 births per million people in Sweden as of 2023.
What is the difference in birth seasonality between Austria and Sweden?
0.49 births per million people, with Austria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Austria and Sweden?
110 years are reported by both, from 1914 to 2023.
How do Austria and Sweden rank globally for birth seasonality?
Austria ranks 27th and Sweden ranks 29th of 40 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Human Mortality Database (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Birth seasonality. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Birth seasonality
Unit
births per million people
Source
Human Mortality Database (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
40 places, 3,607 data points, 1840–2024
Last refreshed

The average daily number of births, per million people, calculated for December.