Fertility in Sweden, 2015

Sweden
2015
Total fertility rate: 1.85
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2015 1985, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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The total fertility rate of Sweden was 1.85 children per woman in 2015 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (128 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 31.0 years old. In total, 114,014 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.85
Births
114,014
Births per 1,000 people
11.6
Mean age of mothers
31.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.0%
Net reproduction rate
0.89
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.7
Population
9,799,482
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
15-194.71.3%1,180
20-2444.412.0%14,220
25-29110.729.9%35,944
30-34127.834.5%37,976
35-3967.318.2%19,893
40-4414.13.8%4,514
45-490.90.2%280
50-540.00.0%0