Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Europe, 1999

Europe
1999
Total fertility rate: 1.40
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1999  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Europe was 1.40 children per woman in 1999 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (87 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.8 years old. In total, 7,267,157 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.40
Births
7,267,157
Births per 1,000 people
10.0
Mean age of mothers
27.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.3%
Net reproduction rate
0.67
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.0
Population
728,217,679
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%3,840
15-1921.47.6%528,327
20-2472.626.0%1,814,055
25-2987.131.2%2,247,208
30-3467.024.0%1,796,194
35-3926.19.3%739,663
40-444.71.7%130,983
45-490.20.1%6,291
50-540.00.0%602