Portugal vs Sweden: Total fertility rate vs cohort fertility rate vs tempo-adjusted total fertility rate
Portugal
1.45 births per woman
in 2023
Sweden
1.43 births per woman
in 2024
Portugal rank
21st
Sweden rank
23rd
Total fertility rate vs cohort fertility rate vs tempo-adjusted total fertility rate over time
- Portugal
- Sweden
How they compare
Portugal currently reports 1.45 births per woman against 1.43 births per woman in Sweden, a difference of 0.02 births per woman.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 84 shared years of data; in 1940 it was Portugal ahead.
Portugal ranks 21st and Sweden ranks 23rd of 34 countries.
Across the 9 decades both report, Portugal averaged higher in 5 and Sweden in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Portugal | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 3.28 births per woman | 2.33 births per woman | 0.9499 births per woman | Portugal |
| 1950s | 3.11 births per woman | 2.25 births per woman | 0.8661 births per woman | Portugal |
| 1960s | 3.21 births per woman | 2.25 births per woman | 0.9586 births per woman | Portugal |
| 1970s | 2.73 births per woman | 1.79 births per woman | 0.9375 births per woman | Portugal |
| 1980s | 1.87 births per woman | 1.76 births per woman | 0.1116 births per woman | Portugal |
| 1990s | 1.49 births per woman | 1.81 births per woman | 0.316 births per woman | Sweden |
| 2000s | 1.42 births per woman | 1.77 births per woman | 0.3528 births per woman | Sweden |
| 2010s | 1.34 births per woman | 1.85 births per woman | 0.5112 births per woman | Sweden |
| 2020s | 1.41 births per woman | 1.58 births per woman | 0.1685 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, Portugal or Sweden?
- Portugal, at 1.45 births per woman against 1.43 births per woman in Sweden as of 2023.
- What is the difference in total fertility rate vs cohort fertility rate vs tempo-adjusted total fertility rate between Portugal and Sweden?
- 0.02 births per woman, with Portugal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Portugal and Sweden?
- 84 years are reported by both, from 1940 to 2023.
- How do Portugal and Sweden rank globally for total fertility rate vs cohort fertility rate vs tempo-adjusted total fertility rate?
- Portugal ranks 21st 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.