Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Europe, 2027

Europe
2027
Total fertility rate: 1.42
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2027  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Europe is projected at 1.42 children per woman in 2027 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 30-34 (91 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 30.8 years old. In total, 6,089,427 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.42
Births
6,089,427
Births per 1,000 people
8.2
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
742,372,064
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%1,900
15-197.42.6%150,966
20-2438.313.5%771,290
25-2978.727.8%1,546,531
30-3491.432.3%1,921,237
35-3952.818.6%1,318,383
40-4413.14.6%343,945
45-491.30.5%34,364
50-540.00.0%800