Fertility in Belgium, 2026

Belgium
2026
Total fertility rate: 1.40
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

Year

-5 -1   2026  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Belgium is projected at 1.40 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 (106 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 31.3 years old. In total, 100,860 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.40
Births
100,860
Births per 1,000 people
8.6
Mean age of mothers
31.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.1%
Net reproduction rate
0.68
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.0
Population
11,774,642
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%12
15-193.31.2%1,135
20-2424.58.8%8,190
25-2985.130.5%29,183
30-34105.837.9%39,071
35-3947.817.1%18,468
40-4411.34.1%4,274
45-491.30.5%507
50-540.00.0%18