Fertility in Eastern Europe, 2005

Eastern Europe
2005
Total fertility rate: 1.29
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2005  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Eastern Europe was 1.29 children per woman in 2005 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (81 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.8 years old. In total, 2,968,030 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.29
Births
2,968,030
Births per 1,000 people
9.9
Mean age of mothers
26.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.6%
Net reproduction rate
0.61
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.0
Population
298,595,317
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
10-140.20.1%2,157
15-1926.710.3%314,189
20-2481.031.2%965,554
25-2981.331.3%936,642
30-3448.718.8%526,262
35-3918.47.1%186,628
40-443.11.2%34,776
45-490.10.1%1,606
50-540.00.0%211