Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Sweden, 1968

Sweden
1968
Total fertility rate: 2.07
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1968  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sweden was 2.07 children per woman in 1968 — below 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 27.0 years old. In total, 112,940 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.07
Births
112,940
Births per 1,000 people
14.3
Mean age of mothers
27.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.5%
Net reproduction rate
0.98
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.1
Population
7,912,128
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%25
15-1942.610.2%11,867
20-24124.129.7%40,152
25-29135.532.5%35,110
30-3476.218.2%16,809
35-3931.47.5%7,092
40-447.11.7%1,735
45-490.50.1%139
50-540.00.0%12