Fertility in Sweden, 2018

Sweden
2018
Total fertility rate: 1.75
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2018 1988, 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 1.75 children per woman in 2018 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (122 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 31.1 years old. In total, 114,683 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.75
Births
114,683
Births per 1,000 people
11.3
Mean age of mothers
31.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
0.9%
Net reproduction rate
0.85
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.7
Population
10,175,404
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
15-194.01.1%1,039
20-2441.411.8%11,985
25-29103.829.5%36,875
30-34121.934.6%39,737
35-3966.118.8%20,327
40-4414.04.0%4,384
45-491.00.3%328
50-540.00.0%2