Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Europe, 1976

Europe
1976
Total fertility rate: 2.03
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-5 -1   1976  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Europe was 2.03 children per woman in 1976 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (146 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.6 years old. In total, 10,272,948 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.03
Births
10,272,948
Births per 1,000 people
15.1
Mean age of mothers
26.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.7%
Net reproduction rate
0.96
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.8
Population
680,656,877
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
10-140.10.0%3,661
15-1936.08.8%996,287
20-24145.835.8%3,931,440
25-29123.630.4%3,178,845
30-3465.416.1%1,300,790
35-3927.46.7%665,403
40-448.12.0%178,324
45-490.70.2%16,184
50-540.10.0%1,988