Fertility in Sweden, 2000

Sweden
2000
Total fertility rate: 1.54
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2000 1970, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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The total fertility rate of Sweden was 1.54 children per woman in 2000 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (106 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.9 years old. In total, 90,029 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.54
Births
90,029
Births per 1,000 people
10.1
Mean age of mothers
29.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.9%
Net reproduction rate
0.74
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.1
Population
8,872,101
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
15-197.02.3%1,718
20-2447.815.5%12,092
25-29105.934.3%30,792
30-3496.531.2%29,839
35-3943.814.2%13,274
40-447.62.5%2,191
45-490.40.1%106
50-540.00.0%6