One in every 1,320 babies born in the world today is born in Sweden. Sweden has about 100,000 births a year, around 0.1% of all births worldwide.

Births per year
100,000
Share of world births
0.1%
Birth odds
1/1,320
Life expectancy
83 years
Risk of dying before age 5
0.3%
Income per person, PPP
$64,000
Children per woman
1.4
Urban population
89%

Life expectancy in Sweden is 83 years, which is 10 years longer than the world average.

Of every 1,000 babies born here, about 3 do not reach their fifth birthday. The world average is 37 per 1,000.

Income per person is about $64,000 in purchasing power. That is 2.8 times the world average.

On average a woman has 1.4 children in her lifetime. The world average is 2.3.

About 89% of the population lives in cities. A baby born here has roughly a 11% chance of being born in the countryside.

Religious makeup

  • Christianity57%
  • No religion37%
  • Islam6%

Sample names given to people born in this country in the game

Erik · Lars · Oskar · Magnus · Astrid · Freja · Ingrid · Maja

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Values are rounded approximations. Sources: UN World Population Prospects 2024, World Bank WDI, Pew Research Center 2020.