Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Sweden, 1958

Sweden
1958
Total fertility rate: 2.25
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1958  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sweden was 2.25 children per woman in 1958 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (138 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.6 years old. In total, 104,908 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.25
Births
104,908
Births per 1,000 people
14.1
Mean age of mothers
27.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
8.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.06
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.4
Population
7,414,349
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
10-140.10.0%17
15-1934.77.8%8,610
20-24133.029.8%28,897
25-29137.730.8%31,016
30-3485.319.1%21,077
35-3942.49.5%11,688
40-4412.82.9%3,338
45-491.00.2%264
50-540.00.0%0