Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Sweden, 1981

Sweden
1981
Total fertility rate: 1.63
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1981  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sweden was 1.63 children per woman in 1981 — 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 27.7 years old. In total, 93,917 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.63
Births
93,917
Births per 1,000 people
11.3
Mean age of mothers
27.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
4.2%
Net reproduction rate
0.78
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.5
Population
8,320,458
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%15
15-1913.74.2%3,917
20-2490.627.8%24,429
25-29120.837.0%34,084
30-3470.921.7%22,479
35-3925.57.8%7,891
40-444.51.4%1,068
45-490.10.0%32
50-540.00.0%0