Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Europe, 1994

Europe
1994
Total fertility rate: 1.49
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1994  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Europe was 1.49 children per woman in 1994 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (94 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.0 years old. In total, 7,905,413 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.49
Births
7,905,413
Births per 1,000 people
10.8
Mean age of mothers
27.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.1%
Net reproduction rate
0.71
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.8
Population
728,884,652
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%4,499
15-1929.19.8%719,093
20-2488.129.6%2,257,747
25-2993.531.4%2,494,236
30-3459.820.1%1,692,965
35-3922.27.5%618,924
40-444.21.4%111,431
45-490.30.1%5,920
50-540.00.0%584