Greece vs Sweden: Birth seasonality
Greece
19.18 births per million people
in 2019
Sweden
21.28 births per million people
in 2024
Greece rank
32nd
Sweden rank
29th
Birth seasonality over time
- Greece
- Sweden
How they compare
Sweden currently reports 21.28 births per million people against 19.18 births per million people in Greece, a difference of 2.1 births per million people.
That makes Sweden's figure about 1.1 times Greece's.
The two have swapped places 13 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1956 it was Greece ahead.
Greece ranks 32nd and Sweden ranks 29th of 40 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Greece averaged higher in 3 and Sweden in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Greece | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 37.28 births per million people | 35.84 births per million people | 1.44 births per million people | Greece |
| 1960s | 34.8 births per million people | 35.5 births per million people | 0.7057 births per million people | Sweden |
| 1970s | 34.05 births per million people | 30.16 births per million people | 3.89 births per million people | Greece |
| 1980s | 29.23 births per million people | 27.68 births per million people | 1.55 births per million people | Greece |
| 1990s | 24.29 births per million people | 27.85 births per million people | 3.55 births per million people | Sweden |
| 2000s | 25.12 births per million people | 26.33 births per million people | 1.2 births per million people | Sweden |
| 2010s | 22.14 births per million people | 27.05 births per million people | 4.92 births per million people | Sweden |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher birth seasonality, Greece or Sweden?
- Sweden, at 21.28 births per million people against 19.18 births per million people in Greece as of 2024.
- What is the difference in birth seasonality between Greece and Sweden?
- 2.1 births per million people, with Sweden ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Greece and Sweden?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1956 to 2019.
- How do Greece and Sweden rank globally for birth seasonality?
- Greece ranks 32nd 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
The average daily number of births, per million people, calculated for December.