Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Europe, 1997

Europe
1997
Total fertility rate: 1.43
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1997  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Europe was 1.43 children per woman in 1997 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (90 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.5 years old. In total, 7,499,053 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.43
Births
7,499,053
Births per 1,000 people
10.3
Mean age of mothers
27.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.9%
Net reproduction rate
0.68
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.9
Population
729,425,125
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%3,709
15-1923.98.4%591,147
20-2477.427.1%1,948,058
25-2989.731.5%2,354,662
30-3464.722.7%1,779,818
35-3924.38.5%692,699
40-444.51.6%122,289
45-490.20.1%6,169
50-540.00.0%482