Fertility in Sweden, 2016

Sweden
2016
Total fertility rate: 1.85
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2016 1986, 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 2016 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (127 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 31.0 years old. In total, 115,765 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.85
Births
115,765
Births per 1,000 people
11.7
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
105.6
Population
9,923,280
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%7
15-194.51.2%1,128
20-2444.211.9%13,718
25-29110.029.7%36,983
30-34126.834.3%38,432
35-3969.018.6%20,533
40-4414.74.0%4,671
45-490.90.2%295
50-540.00.0%0