Which has higher share of births by age of mother, Sweden or United Arab Emirates?

United Arab Emirates, at 0.7% against 0.5% in Sweden as of 2023.

What is the difference in share of births by age of mother between Sweden and United Arab Emirates?

0.2%, with United Arab Emirates ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Sweden and United Arab Emirates?

74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – 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.

Sweden vs United Arab Emirates: Share of births by age of mother

Sweden

0.5%

in 2023

United Arab Emirates

0.7%

in 2023

Sweden rank

223rd

United Arab Emirates rank

220th

Share of births by age of mother over time

Sweden
United Arab Emirates

How they compare

United Arab Emirates currently reports 0.7% against 0.5% in Sweden, a difference of 0.2%.

That makes United Arab Emirates's figure about 1.3 times Sweden's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was United Arab Emirates ahead.

Sweden ranks 223rd and United Arab Emirates ranks 220th of 236 countries.

United Arab Emirates has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Sweden	United Arab Emirates	Difference	Ahead
1950s	7.6%	17.3%	9.7%	United Arab Emirates
1960s	11.0%	15.1%	4.0%	United Arab Emirates
1970s	7.0%	12.8%	5.8%	United Arab Emirates
1980s	3.5%	8.0%	4.5%	United Arab Emirates
1990s	2.3%	5.5%	3.2%	United Arab Emirates
2000s	1.7%	3.8%	2.1%	United Arab Emirates
2010s	1.2%	1.2%	0.1%	United Arab Emirates
2020s	0.6%	0.6%	0.0%	United Arab Emirates

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher share of births by age of mother, Sweden or United Arab Emirates?: United Arab Emirates, at 0.7% against 0.5% in Sweden as of 2023.
What is the difference in share of births by age of mother between Sweden and United Arab Emirates?: 0.2%, with United Arab Emirates ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Sweden and United Arab Emirates?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Sweden and United Arab Emirates rank globally for share of births by age of mother?: Sweden ranks 223rd and United Arab Emirates ranks 220th of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – 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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Indicator: Share of births by age of mother
Unit: %
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Number of live births in a calendar year.