Fertility in Germany, 2001

Germany
2001
Total fertility rate: 1.35
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2001  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Germany was 1.35 children per woman in 2001 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (90 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.8 years old. In total, 734,433 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.35
Births
734,433
Births per 1,000 people
9.0
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
4.0%
Net reproduction rate
0.65
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.7
Population
81,933,884
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%282
15-1913.34.9%29,591
20-2454.920.3%126,725
25-2989.733.2%211,650
30-3476.428.2%241,573
35-3930.811.4%107,627
40-445.21.9%16,353
45-490.20.1%561
50-540.00.0%70