Fertility in Belgium, 2029

Belgium
2029
Total fertility rate: 1.41
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2029 1999, 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   2029  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Belgium is projected at 1.41 children per woman in 2029 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 30-34 (108 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 31.4 years old. In total, 100,156 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.41
Births
100,156
Births per 1,000 people
8.5
Mean age of mothers
31.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.1%
Net reproduction rate
0.69
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.1
Population
11,813,659
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%11
15-193.21.1%1,084
20-2423.58.3%8,505
25-2983.529.6%28,551
30-34108.438.4%37,786
35-3949.717.6%18,938
40-4412.34.4%4,679
45-491.50.5%584
50-540.10.0%19