Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Sweden, 1954

Sweden
1954
Total fertility rate: 2.18
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1954  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sweden was 2.18 children per woman in 1954 — 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 27.8 years old. In total, 104,999 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.18
Births
104,999
Births per 1,000 people
14.6
Mean age of mothers
27.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.03
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.4
Population
7,213,458
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%9
15-1935.78.2%7,641
20-24128.129.5%27,856
25-29125.528.9%30,165
30-3484.019.3%23,229
35-3945.510.5%11,790
40-4414.83.4%4,014
45-491.10.3%286
50-540.00.0%11