Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Sweden, 1986

Sweden
1986
Total fertility rate: 1.79
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1986  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sweden was 1.79 children per woman in 1986 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (136 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.4 years old. In total, 101,458 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.79
Births
101,458
Births per 1,000 people
12.1
Mean age of mothers
28.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
3.2%
Net reproduction rate
0.86
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.7
Population
8,369,683
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
10-140.00.0%11
15-1911.73.3%3,272
20-2482.523.1%23,968
25-29136.338.1%37,115
30-3489.825.1%25,351
35-3931.38.7%9,873
40-445.91.7%1,822
45-490.20.0%41
50-540.00.0%8