Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Europe, 2042

Europe
2042
Total fertility rate: 1.48
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2042  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Europe is projected at 1.48 children per woman in 2042 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 30-34 (105 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 31.8 years old. In total, 6,389,418 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.48
Births
6,389,418
Births per 1,000 people
8.9
Mean age of mothers
31.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.0%
Net reproduction rate
0.72
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.7
Population
718,678,461
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
10-140.00.0%517
15-194.01.3%64,468
20-2428.19.4%543,505
25-2977.826.1%1,738,474
30-34104.935.2%2,350,154
35-3965.021.8%1,336,777
40-4416.75.6%319,577
45-491.70.6%35,425
50-540.00.0%506