Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Europe, 2011

Europe
2011
Total fertility rate: 1.59
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2011  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Europe was 1.59 children per woman in 2011 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (95 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.3 years old. In total, 8,102,069 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.59
Births
8,102,069
Births per 1,000 people
11.0
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
4.4%
Net reproduction rate
0.76
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.7
Population
739,359,205
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%3,479
15-1917.75.5%359,756
20-2462.919.8%1,550,983
25-2994.729.7%2,439,308
30-3488.427.8%2,307,781
35-3944.914.1%1,180,076
40-449.22.9%247,710
45-490.50.1%12,807
50-540.00.0%147