Fertility in Sweden, 2026

Sweden
2026
Total fertility rate: 1.44
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2026 1996, 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   2026  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sweden is projected at 1.44 children per woman in 2026 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 30-34 (104 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 31.7 years old. In total, 96,301 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.44
Births
96,301
Births per 1,000 people
9.0
Mean age of mothers
31.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
0.5%
Net reproduction rate
0.70
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.5
Population
10,701,046
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
15-191.60.6%498
20-2424.48.4%7,363
25-2983.728.9%24,073
30-34104.136.0%36,865
35-3958.920.4%22,062
40-4414.95.2%4,914
45-491.60.6%509
50-540.00.0%16