Kuwait vs Sweden: Share of births by age of mother
Kuwait
0.4%
in 2023
Sweden
0.5%
in 2023
Kuwait rank
225th
Sweden rank
223rd
Share of births by age of mother over time
- Kuwait
- Sweden
How they compare
Sweden currently reports 0.5% against 0.4% in Kuwait, a difference of 0.1%.
That makes Sweden's figure about 1.3 times Kuwait's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Kuwait ahead.
Kuwait ranks 225th and Sweden ranks 223rd of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Kuwait averaged higher in 7 and Sweden in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kuwait | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 15.9% | 7.6% | 8.3% | Kuwait |
| 1960s | 13.0% | 11.0% | 2.0% | Kuwait |
| 1970s | 11.0% | 7.0% | 4.0% | Kuwait |
| 1980s | 7.1% | 3.5% | 3.5% | Kuwait |
| 1990s | 4.1% | 2.3% | 1.8% | Kuwait |
| 2000s | 2.8% | 1.7% | 1.1% | Kuwait |
| 2010s | 1.3% | 1.2% | 0.1% | Kuwait |
| 2020s | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.1% | Sweden |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of births by age of mother, Kuwait or Sweden?
- Sweden, at 0.5% against 0.4% in Kuwait as of 2023.
- What is the difference in share of births by age of mother between Kuwait and Sweden?
- 0.1%, with Sweden ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and Sweden?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Kuwait and Sweden rank globally for share of births by age of mother?
- Kuwait ranks 225th 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.
Individual pages
About this data
Number of live births in a calendar year.