Fertility in Sweden, 2005

Sweden
2005
Total fertility rate: 1.77
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2005  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sweden was 1.77 children per woman in 2005 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (125 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.5 years old. In total, 101,129 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.77
Births
101,129
Births per 1,000 people
11.2
Mean age of mothers
30.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.6%
Net reproduction rate
0.85
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.8
Population
9,029,770
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
15-195.71.6%1,614
20-2447.013.3%12,012
25-29110.731.3%29,462
30-34124.635.2%37,364
35-3954.415.4%17,140
40-4411.13.1%3,399
45-490.40.1%126
50-540.00.0%4