Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Europe, 2007

Europe
2007
Total fertility rate: 1.53
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2007  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Europe was 1.53 children per woman in 2007 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (92 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.8 years old. In total, 7,906,664 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.53
Births
7,906,664
Births per 1,000 people
10.8
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
5.9%
Net reproduction rate
0.73
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.8
Population
733,896,328
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%3,582
15-1920.16.5%470,221
20-2466.721.7%1,687,681
25-2991.629.8%2,356,525
30-3481.926.6%2,127,324
35-3939.312.8%1,049,820
40-447.32.4%202,062
45-490.30.1%9,162
50-540.00.0%289