Fertility in Sweden, 1959

Sweden
1959
Total fertility rate: 2.23
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1959
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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-5 -1   1959  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sweden was 2.23 children per woman in 1959 — 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 27.5 years old. In total, 103,459 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.23
Births
103,459
Births per 1,000 people
13.9
Mean age of mothers
27.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
8.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.05
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.4
Population
7,453,559
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%20
15-1932.97.5%8,685
20-24132.230.0%29,416
25-29137.731.3%30,477
30-3484.119.1%20,312
35-3940.39.2%11,157
40-4412.12.8%3,128
45-491.00.2%264
50-540.00.0%0