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Journal of Population Sciences

Table 1 Number of births, by birth order, and country/region of birth of the mother, in thousands: Sweden, 1980–2015

From: Changes in sex ratio at birth among immigrant groups in Sweden

Country/region

1st births

2nd births

3rd births

Total

Sweden

1238.7

1002.5

346.6

2587.8

Iran, Iraq

30.8

25.3

11.6

67.7

Former Yugoslavia

27.3

24.4

10.5

62.1

Southeast Asia

16.1

12.4

4.7

33.2

Horn of Africa

13.2

11.2

7.8

32.3

Turkey

10.5

9.4

5.8

25.7

Poland

12.2

9.2

2.6

24.0

China, Korea, India

11.8

8.0

1.9

21.7

Syria

6.7

6.2

4.3

17.2

Afghanistan, Pakistan

4.6

3.5

1.9

10.0

Rest of Europe

73.0

59.5

22.3

154.8

Americas and Oceania

20.0

16.1

6.5

42.6

Rest of Asia

16.1

13.3

7.5

36.8

Rest of Africa

12.3

10.0

5.4

27.8

Total

1493.3

1211.0

439.4

3143.8

  1. Source: Swedish population register