Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Europe, 1996

Europe
1996
Total fertility rate: 1.44
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1996  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Europe was 1.44 children per woman in 1996 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (91 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.4 years old. In total, 7,600,873 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.44
Births
7,600,873
Births per 1,000 people
10.4
Mean age of mothers
27.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
8.2%
Net reproduction rate
0.69
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.9
Population
729,369,826
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%3,833
15-1925.38.8%624,396
20-2480.628.0%2,042,339
25-2991.031.6%2,394,500
30-3463.021.9%1,749,461
35-3923.48.1%663,070
40-444.31.5%116,681
45-490.20.1%6,181
50-540.00.0%395