Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Europe, 2004

Europe
2004
Total fertility rate: 1.47
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2004  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Europe was 1.47 children per woman in 2004 — 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 28.4 years old. In total, 7,580,448 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.47
Births
7,580,448
Births per 1,000 people
10.4
Mean age of mothers
28.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
6.5%
Net reproduction rate
0.70
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.8
Population
731,246,190
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%3,621
15-1920.16.9%496,315
20-2468.423.3%1,734,247
25-2988.630.2%2,266,843
30-3475.625.8%1,984,429
35-3933.911.6%914,988
40-446.12.1%172,146
45-490.30.1%7,458
50-540.00.0%385