Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Sweden, 2012

Sweden
2012
Total fertility rate: 1.90
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2012  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sweden was 1.90 children per woman in 2012 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (133 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.8 years old. In total, 112,158 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.90
Births
112,158
Births per 1,000 people
11.8
Mean age of mothers
30.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.5%
Net reproduction rate
0.92
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.7
Population
9,519,487
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%6
15-195.81.5%1,628
20-2446.912.4%14,975
25-29111.929.5%32,575
30-34133.235.1%38,089
35-3966.517.6%20,247
40-4413.93.7%4,389
45-490.80.2%248
50-540.00.0%0