Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Sweden, 1974

Sweden
1974
Total fertility rate: 1.87
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1974  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sweden was 1.87 children per woman in 1974 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (127 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.7 years old. In total, 109,358 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.87
Births
109,358
Births per 1,000 people
13.4
Mean age of mothers
26.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.5%
Net reproduction rate
0.89
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.0
Population
8,160,639
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
15-1931.58.4%8,236
20-24121.932.4%34,446
25-29127.133.8%41,749
30-3468.118.1%18,695
35-3923.06.1%5,213
40-444.21.1%934
45-490.30.1%63
50-540.00.0%0