Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Belgium, 2031

Belgium
2031
Total fertility rate: 1.42
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2031  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Belgium is projected at 1.42 children per woman in 2031 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 30-34 (109 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 31.5 years old. In total, 100,438 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.42
Births
100,438
Births per 1,000 people
8.5
Mean age of mothers
31.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.0%
Net reproduction rate
0.69
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.1
Population
11,833,002
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%10
15-193.21.1%1,051
20-2423.68.3%8,760
25-2982.529.1%29,098
30-34109.338.5%37,353
35-3950.817.9%18,613
40-4412.84.5%4,923
45-491.60.6%609
50-540.00.0%18