Japan vs Sweden: Share of births by age of mother
Japan
0.6%
in 2023
Sweden
0.5%
in 2023
Japan rank
221st
Sweden rank
223rd
Share of births by age of mother over time
- Japan
- Sweden
How they compare
Japan currently reports 0.6% against 0.5% in Sweden, a difference of 0.1%.
That makes Japan's figure about 1.2 times Sweden's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Sweden ahead.
Japan ranks 221st and Sweden ranks 223rd of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 1 and Sweden in 7.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 1.6% | 7.6% | 6.0% | Sweden |
| 1960s | 1.2% | 11.0% | 9.9% | Sweden |
| 1970s | 0.9% | 7.0% | 6.1% | Sweden |
| 1980s | 1.2% | 3.5% | 2.4% | Sweden |
| 1990s | 1.5% | 2.3% | 0.8% | Sweden |
| 2000s | 1.6% | 1.7% | 0.1% | Sweden |
| 2010s | 1.2% | 1.2% | 0.0% | Sweden |
| 2020s | 0.7% | 0.6% | 0.1% | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of births by age of mother, Japan or Sweden?
- Japan, at 0.6% against 0.5% in Sweden as of 2023.
- What is the difference in share of births by age of mother between Japan and Sweden?
- 0.1%, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Sweden?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Japan and Sweden rank globally for share of births by age of mother?
- Japan ranks 221st and Sweden ranks 223rd of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UN, World Population Prospects (2024) β processed by Our World in Data, published as Share of births by age of mother. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Number of live births in a calendar year.