Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Sweden, 1957

Sweden
1957
Total fertility rate: 2.28
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1957  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sweden was 2.28 children per woman in 1957 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (137 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.6 years old. In total, 106,794 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.28
Births
106,794
Births per 1,000 people
14.5
Mean age of mothers
27.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
8.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.07
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.2
Population
7,366,881
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%14
15-1937.18.2%8,709
20-24134.529.6%28,766
25-29137.030.2%31,367
30-3486.519.0%21,856
35-3944.79.8%12,251
40-4413.53.0%3,567
45-491.00.2%269
50-540.00.0%0