Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Sweden, 2003

Sweden
2003
Total fertility rate: 1.71
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2003  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sweden was 1.71 children per woman in 2003 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (117 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.3 years old. In total, 98,751 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.71
Births
98,751
Births per 1,000 people
11.0
Mean age of mothers
30.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.6%
Net reproduction rate
0.82
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.2
Population
8,958,431
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
15-195.91.7%1,558
20-2447.513.8%12,025
25-29111.932.6%30,756
30-34117.434.2%35,100
35-3950.614.7%16,386
40-449.72.8%2,803
45-490.40.1%112
50-540.00.0%0