Fertility in Sweden, 1961

Sweden
1961
Total fertility rate: 2.20
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1961
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   1961  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sweden was 2.20 children per woman in 1961 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (139 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.5 years old. In total, 103,073 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.20
Births
103,073
Births per 1,000 people
13.7
Mean age of mothers
27.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.04
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.0
Population
7,519,998
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%19
15-1934.47.9%10,257
20-24130.029.7%30,243
25-29138.931.8%29,900
30-3482.919.0%19,241
35-3938.68.8%10,037
40-4411.72.7%3,127
45-490.90.2%230
50-540.10.0%19