Fertility in Sweden, 2001

Sweden
2001
Total fertility rate: 1.57
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2001  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sweden was 1.57 children per woman in 2001 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (105 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.0 years old. In total, 91,280 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.57
Births
91,280
Births per 1,000 people
10.3
Mean age of mothers
30.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.8%
Net reproduction rate
0.75
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.1
Population
8,896,022
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
15-196.52.1%1,624
20-2446.814.9%11,793
25-29105.133.4%30,154
30-34101.532.3%30,926
35-3945.914.6%14,317
40-448.22.6%2,341
45-490.40.1%110
50-540.00.0%5