Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Sweden, 1989

Sweden
1989
Total fertility rate: 2.02
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1989  +1 +5

Country

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

The total fertility rate of Sweden was 2.02 children per woman in 1989 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (149 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.5 years old. In total, 115,555 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.02
Births
115,555
Births per 1,000 people
13.6
Mean age of mothers
28.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
3.0%
Net reproduction rate
0.97
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.9
Population
8,492,816
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%6
15-1912.53.1%3,425
20-2493.923.3%28,070
25-29148.936.9%41,817
30-34103.325.6%28,953
35-3938.39.5%11,154
40-446.31.6%2,072
45-490.20.1%58
50-540.00.0%0