Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Belgium, 2027

Belgium
2027
Total fertility rate: 1.40
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2027  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Belgium is projected at 1.40 children per woman in 2027 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 30-34 (107 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 31.3 years old. In total, 100,434 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.40
Births
100,434
Births per 1,000 people
8.5
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
11,788,640
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%1,116
20-2424.08.6%8,232
25-2984.530.2%28,738
30-34106.738.1%38,585
35-3948.517.3%18,795
40-4411.74.2%4,401
45-491.40.5%538
50-540.10.0%18