Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Eastern Europe, 2012

Eastern Europe
2012
Total fertility rate: 1.59
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2012  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Eastern Europe was 1.59 children per woman in 2012 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (99 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.8 years old. In total, 3,542,017 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.59
Births
3,542,017
Births per 1,000 people
12.0
Mean age of mothers
27.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
6.0%
Net reproduction rate
0.76
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.0
Population
294,998,950
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
10-140.30.1%2,175
15-1927.28.5%211,924
20-2482.625.8%895,084
25-2999.531.0%1,191,099
30-3471.922.4%818,168
35-3932.510.1%357,535
40-446.32.0%63,752
45-490.20.1%2,208
50-540.00.0%61