Fertility in Sweden, 1955

Sweden
1955
Total fertility rate: 2.25
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1955
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
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The total fertility rate of Sweden was 2.25 children per woman in 1955 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (134 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.7 years old. In total, 106,797 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.25
Births
106,797
Births per 1,000 people
14.7
Mean age of mothers
27.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.06
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.4
Population
7,262,330
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
15-1936.78.2%8,072
20-24134.029.9%28,706
25-29131.829.4%30,979
30-3484.718.9%22,941
35-3945.610.2%11,971
40-4414.33.2%3,841
45-491.00.2%276
50-540.00.0%0