Fertility in Sweden, 1990

Sweden
1990
Total fertility rate: 2.12
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1990 1960, 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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The total fertility rate of Sweden was 2.12 children per woman in 1990 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (155 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.6 years old. In total, 122,849 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.12
Births
122,849
Births per 1,000 people
14.4
Mean age of mothers
28.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
3.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.02
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.6
Population
8,558,568
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%9
15-1913.73.2%3,764
20-2498.923.3%29,071
25-29154.736.4%45,140
30-34109.625.8%30,751
35-3941.29.7%11,832
40-446.81.6%2,207
45-490.20.1%62
50-540.00.0%10