Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Sweden, 1996

Sweden
1996
Total fertility rate: 1.60
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1996  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sweden was 1.60 children per woman in 1996 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (115 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.3 years old. In total, 95,325 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.60
Births
95,325
Births per 1,000 people
10.8
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
2.0%
Net reproduction rate
0.77
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.1
Population
8,840,328
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%7
15-197.72.4%1,895
20-2459.018.4%16,552
25-29115.235.8%34,624
30-3493.829.2%29,104
35-3938.512.0%11,007
40-447.02.2%2,021
45-490.30.1%100
50-540.00.0%12