Fertility in Eastern Europe, 2026

Eastern Europe
2026
Total fertility rate: 1.40
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2026 1996, 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

Year

-5 -1   2026  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Eastern Europe is projected at 1.40 children per woman in 2026 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (88 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.2 years old. In total, 2,279,798 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.40
Births
2,279,798
Births per 1,000 people
8.0
Mean age of mothers
29.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
4.3%
Net reproduction rate
0.67
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.8
Population
283,704,971
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%1,488
15-1912.44.5%98,778
20-2458.120.9%419,075
25-2987.831.5%613,116
30-3471.425.6%596,703
35-3938.313.8%431,178
40-449.43.4%108,439
45-491.00.3%10,507
50-540.10.0%514