Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Sweden, 1979

Sweden
1979
Total fertility rate: 1.65
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1979  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sweden was 1.65 children per woman in 1979 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (121 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.5 years old. In total, 95,721 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.65
Births
95,721
Births per 1,000 people
11.5
Mean age of mothers
27.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
4.7%
Net reproduction rate
0.79
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.5
Population
8,293,748
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
15-1916.95.1%4,512
20-2495.929.0%26,075
25-29121.436.7%35,213
30-3466.620.2%21,999
35-3925.17.6%6,888
40-444.31.3%982
45-490.20.0%33
50-540.00.0%0