Fertility in Sweden, 1960

Sweden
1960
Total fertility rate: 2.17
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1960
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   1960  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sweden was 2.17 children per woman in 1960 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (136 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.5 years old. In total, 100,841 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.17
Births
100,841
Births per 1,000 people
13.5
Mean age of mothers
27.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
8.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.03
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.0
Population
7,484,596
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%21
15-1932.07.4%8,978
20-24128.129.8%29,091
25-29135.831.6%29,554
30-3482.119.1%19,376
35-3938.38.9%10,372
40-4412.12.8%3,172
45-491.00.2%259
50-540.10.0%22