Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Sweden, 1987

Sweden
1987
Total fertility rate: 1.84
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1987  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sweden was 1.84 children per woman in 1987 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (139 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.5 years old. In total, 104,485 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.84
Births
104,485
Births per 1,000 people
12.4
Mean age of mothers
28.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
3.0%
Net reproduction rate
0.89
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.4
Population
8,397,648
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%10
15-1911.23.0%3,092
20-2484.122.9%25,086
25-29139.237.9%37,795
30-3494.825.8%26,677
35-3932.38.8%9,894
40-445.91.6%1,885
45-490.20.1%45
50-540.00.0%0