Cuba vs Sweden: Fertility rate vs. Human Development Index

Cuba

1.44 live births per woman

in 2023

Sweden

1.43 live births per woman

in 2023

Cuba rank

186th

Sweden rank

188th

Fertility rate vs. Human Development Index over time

Cuba
Sweden

How they compare

Cuba currently reports 1.44 live births per woman against 1.43 live births per woman in Sweden, a difference of 0.009 live births per woman.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Cuba ahead.

Globally, Cuba ranks 186th and Sweden ranks 188th of 236 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Fertility rate vs. Human Development Index
Unit: live births per woman
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: 06 August 2026

The total fertility rate: the average number of children a woman would have if she experienced the year's age-specific birth rates throughout her childbearing years.