Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Sweden, 1952

Sweden
1952
Total fertility rate: 2.23
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1952  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sweden was 2.23 children per woman in 1952 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (128 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.9 years old. In total, 110,339 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.23
Births
110,339
Births per 1,000 people
15.5
Mean age of mothers
27.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.05
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.5
Population
7,124,672
The net reproduction rate counts only daughters who survive to their mothers' age: below 1, each generation of women is smaller than the one before.
Mother's ageBirths per 1,000 womenShare of total fertilityBirths
10-140.00.0%10
15-1937.68.4%7,721
20-24127.728.6%28,740
25-29127.228.5%32,061
30-3487.919.7%24,138
35-3948.510.9%12,874
40-4416.73.7%4,515
45-491.10.2%278
50-540.00.0%3