Fertility in Sweden, 1980

Sweden
1980
Total fertility rate: 1.67
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1980 1950, 30 years earlier
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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-5 -1   1980  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sweden was 1.67 children per woman in 1980 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (123 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.6 years old. In total, 96,593 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.67
Births
96,593
Births per 1,000 people
11.6
Mean age of mothers
27.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
4.3%
Net reproduction rate
0.80
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.5
Population
8,310,469
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
15-1915.14.5%4,181
20-2495.628.6%25,915
25-29123.536.9%35,131
30-3470.020.9%22,780
35-3925.87.7%7,522
40-444.41.3%1,017
45-490.10.0%32
50-540.00.0%0