Austria vs Sweden: Total fertility rate vs cohort fertility rate vs tempo-adjusted total fertility rate
Austria
1.32 births per woman
in 2023
Sweden
1.43 births per woman
in 2024
Austria rank
26th
Sweden rank
23rd
Total fertility rate vs cohort fertility rate vs tempo-adjusted total fertility rate over time
- Austria
- Sweden
How they compare
Sweden currently reports 1.43 births per woman against 1.32 births per woman in Austria, a difference of 0.11 births per woman.
That makes Sweden's figure about 1.1 times Austria's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 73 shared years of data; in 1951 it was Sweden ahead.
Austria ranks 26th and Sweden ranks 23rd of 34 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Austria averaged higher in 3 and Sweden in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Austria | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 2.33 births per woman | 2.24 births per woman | 0.0854 births per woman | Austria |
| 1960s | 2.7 births per woman | 2.25 births per woman | 0.4416 births per woman | Austria |
| 1970s | 1.88 births per woman | 1.79 births per woman | 0.088 births per woman | Austria |
| 1980s | 1.53 births per woman | 1.76 births per woman | 0.227 births per woman | Sweden |
| 1990s | 1.44 births per woman | 1.81 births per woman | 0.3676 births per woman | Sweden |
| 2000s | 1.39 births per woman | 1.77 births per woman | 0.3809 births per woman | Sweden |
| 2010s | 1.47 births per woman | 1.85 births per woman | 0.3822 births per woman | Sweden |
| 2020s | 1.41 births per woman | 1.58 births per woman | 0.171 births per woman | Sweden |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher total fertility rate vs cohort fertility rate vs tempo-adjusted total fertility rate, Austria or Sweden?
- Sweden, at 1.43 births per woman against 1.32 births per woman in Austria as of 2024.
- What is the difference in total fertility rate vs cohort fertility rate vs tempo-adjusted total fertility rate between Austria and Sweden?
- 0.11 births per woman, with Sweden ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Austria and Sweden?
- 73 years are reported by both, from 1951 to 2023.
- How do Austria and Sweden rank globally for total fertility rate vs cohort fertility rate vs tempo-adjusted total fertility rate?
- Austria ranks 26th and Sweden ranks 23rd of 34 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Fertility Database (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Total fertility rate vs cohort fertility rate vs tempo-adjusted total fertility rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Average number of children a woman would have in her lifetime if she experienced the fertility rates of a specific year.