Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Sweden, 1956

Sweden
1956
Total fertility rate: 2.29
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1956  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sweden was 2.29 children per woman in 1956 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (136 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.6 years old. In total, 107,766 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.29
Births
107,766
Births per 1,000 people
14.7
Mean age of mothers
27.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.07
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.6
Population
7,315,518
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%11
15-1937.88.3%8,544
20-24135.529.7%28,904
25-29135.429.7%31,376
30-3486.619.0%22,586
35-3945.810.0%12,370
40-4413.83.0%3,690
45-491.00.2%272
50-540.10.0%14