Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Europe, 2014

Europe
2014
Total fertility rate: 1.61
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2014  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Europe was 1.61 children per woman in 2014 — 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 29.6 years old. In total, 8,037,361 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.61
Births
8,037,361
Births per 1,000 people
10.8
Mean age of mothers
29.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
3.6%
Net reproduction rate
0.77
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.8
Population
742,640,640
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%3,261
15-1915.44.8%291,336
20-2459.418.4%1,332,023
25-2996.229.8%2,458,454
30-3492.128.6%2,398,214
35-3948.415.0%1,264,793
40-4410.33.2%273,040
45-490.60.2%16,126
50-540.00.0%108