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How many babies are born in Sweden?

96.3 thousand babies born in Sweden in 2026. That is 0.07% of all births worldwide, and the 107th largest of any country. UN projection

2024–2100 uses the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario, based on assumptions about fertility, mortality and migration. These are projections, not observed births or guaranteed outcomes. Uncertainty increases further into the future; this site does not display prediction intervals.

Births in Sweden: history and projections

10K100K 1 CE1000150018002100
Annual births, logarithmic scale. Shading marks modelled years before 1800; the dashed line marks UN projections from 2024.
Every figure refers to the area inside Sweden’s present-day borders. Before 1800 the state did not exist in its current form. See how borders are handled.
Year Estimated births Population Per 1,000 Evidence
1 CE ~8.2K ~200K 41.0 Modelled estimate
1000 ~16K ~400K 41.1 Modelled estimate
1500 ~22K ~510K 42.6 Modelled estimate
1800 ~71.8K ~2.5M 28.7 Historical reconstruction
1900 ~138K ~5.12M 27.0 Historical reconstruction
1950 115K 7.02M 16.4 UN estimate
2000 90.1K 8.87M 10.2 UN estimate
2023 97.9K 10.6M 9.3 UN estimate
2026 96.3K 10.7M 9.0 UN projection
2050 105K 11.3M 9.3 UN projection
2075 99.8K 11.4M 8.7 UN projection
2100 94.7K 11.4M 8.3 UN projection

What the numbers show

The highest annual births in Sweden among estimates through 2023 were in 1887, at about ~140K. That is roughly 17 times the estimated ~8.2K births a year in 1 CE.

At 1.44 children per woman, fertility in Sweden is below the level of about 2.1 that would hold a population steady over the long run without migration.

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How many babies are born in Sweden each year?

An estimated 96.3 thousand babies are born in Sweden in 2026, according to the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium projection. That is about 264 a day and 0.07% of all births worldwide.

What is the birth rate in Sweden?

Sweden has an estimated 9.0 births per 1,000 people in 2026, and a total fertility rate of 1.44 children per woman.

Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario. UN estimates cover 1950–2023; projections cover 2024–2100. Earlier years come from Gapminder’s reconstructions (1800–1949) and a model applied to HYDE population estimates (before 1800). The full chain is set out in the methodology, and every source is listed on the sources page.