Fertility in Sweden, 1970

Sweden
1970
Total fertility rate: 1.92
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1970
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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The total fertility rate of Sweden was 1.92 children per woman in 1970 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (130 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.9 years old. In total, 109,578 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.92
Births
109,578
Births per 1,000 people
13.6
Mean age of mothers
26.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
8.4%
Net reproduction rate
0.91
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.1
Population
8,042,780
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%26
15-1934.58.9%9,256
20-24119.931.0%38,466
25-29129.633.4%38,058
30-3470.018.1%16,327
35-3926.86.9%5,895
40-446.01.6%1,418
45-490.40.1%111
50-540.10.0%18