Fertility in Sweden, 2021

Sweden
2021
Total fertility rate: 1.67
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2021 1991, 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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-5 -1   2021  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sweden was 1.67 children per woman in 2021 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (121 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 31.5 years old. In total, 113,236 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.67
Births
113,236
Births per 1,000 people
10.9
Mean age of mothers
31.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
0.6%
Net reproduction rate
0.81
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.7
Population
10,416,132
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%4
15-192.40.7%669
20-2432.69.7%8,779
25-2997.328.9%33,075
30-34121.036.0%44,083
35-3966.219.7%21,389
40-4415.74.7%4,874
45-491.10.3%360
50-540.00.0%0