Fertility in Sweden, 2008

Sweden
2008
Total fertility rate: 1.90
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2008 1978, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
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The total fertility rate of Sweden was 1.90 children per woman in 2008 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (132 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.6 years old. In total, 108,445 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.90
Births
108,445
Births per 1,000 people
11.8
Mean age of mothers
30.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.7%
Net reproduction rate
0.92
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.2
Population
9,219,900
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%8
15-195.91.6%1,827
20-2450.413.3%13,901
25-29114.930.3%31,081
30-34131.934.7%37,834
35-3964.116.9%19,661
40-4412.13.2%3,974
45-490.60.1%162
50-540.00.0%0