Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Sweden, 1978

Sweden
1978
Total fertility rate: 1.60
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1978  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sweden was 1.60 children per woman in 1978 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (116 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.2 years old. In total, 93,135 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.60
Births
93,135
Births per 1,000 people
11.3
Mean age of mothers
27.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
5.3%
Net reproduction rate
0.77
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.5
Population
8,275,788
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%17
15-1918.95.9%4,941
20-2497.030.3%26,447
25-29115.936.2%34,505
30-3462.519.5%20,592
35-3922.26.9%5,753
40-443.81.2%836
45-490.20.1%39
50-540.00.0%0