Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Europe, 2002

Europe
2002
Total fertility rate: 1.42
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2002  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Europe was 1.42 children per woman in 2002 — 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 28.2 years old. In total, 7,317,803 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.42
Births
7,317,803
Births per 1,000 people
10.0
Mean age of mothers
28.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
6.8%
Net reproduction rate
0.68
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.9
Population
729,126,514
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%3,647
15-1919.97.0%495,484
20-2469.224.4%1,734,146
25-2986.930.7%2,209,654
30-3471.425.2%1,886,130
35-3930.210.6%829,233
40-445.41.9%152,141
45-490.30.1%6,782
50-540.00.0%557