Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Europe, 1998

Europe
1998
Total fertility rate: 1.41
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1998  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Europe was 1.41 children per woman in 1998 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (89 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.7 years old. In total, 7,414,230 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.41
Births
7,414,230
Births per 1,000 people
10.2
Mean age of mothers
27.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.6%
Net reproduction rate
0.67
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.9
Population
728,864,105
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%3,719
15-1922.98.1%566,658
20-2475.226.6%1,891,727
25-2988.631.3%2,310,037
30-3466.023.3%1,793,342
35-3925.18.9%715,935
40-444.61.6%126,134
45-490.20.1%6,142
50-540.00.0%507