Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Europe, 2003

Europe
2003
Total fertility rate: 1.44
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2003  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Europe was 1.44 children per woman in 2003 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (88 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.3 years old. In total, 7,461,368 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.44
Births
7,461,368
Births per 1,000 people
10.2
Mean age of mothers
28.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
6.7%
Net reproduction rate
0.69
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.8
Population
730,376,375
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%3,623
15-1920.06.9%497,587
20-2468.923.9%1,740,859
25-2987.830.5%2,239,503
30-3473.625.5%1,938,809
35-3932.011.1%871,906
40-445.72.0%161,438
45-490.30.1%7,132
50-540.00.0%493