Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Europe, 2012

Europe
2012
Total fertility rate: 1.61
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2012  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Europe was 1.61 children per woman in 2012 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (96 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.3 years old. In total, 8,181,389 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.61
Births
8,181,389
Births per 1,000 people
11.0
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
4.2%
Net reproduction rate
0.77
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.8
Population
740,458,845
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%3,417
15-1917.25.3%339,583
20-2463.219.5%1,522,180
25-2996.329.8%2,483,591
30-3490.227.9%2,350,470
35-3946.214.3%1,209,907
40-449.73.0%258,291
45-490.50.2%13,796
50-540.00.0%132