Fertility in Europe, 2026

Europe
2026
Total fertility rate: 1.41
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2026 1996, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2026  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Europe is projected at 1.41 children per woman in 2026 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 30-34 (90 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 30.8 years old. In total, 6,141,446 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.41
Births
6,141,446
Births per 1,000 people
8.3
Mean age of mothers
30.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
2.5%
Net reproduction rate
0.68
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.7
Population
743,482,362
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
10-140.10.0%2,002
15-197.62.7%154,092
20-2439.013.8%766,489
25-2978.928.0%1,558,813
30-3490.332.0%1,962,074
35-3951.918.4%1,328,122
40-4412.84.5%336,309
45-491.30.4%32,811
50-540.00.0%727