Fertility in Germany, 2005

Germany
2005
Total fertility rate: 1.34
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2005  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Germany was 1.34 children per woman in 2005 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (85 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.4 years old. In total, 692,239 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.34
Births
692,239
Births per 1,000 people
8.4
Mean age of mothers
29.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
3.6%
Net reproduction rate
0.65
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.4
Population
82,046,731
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%260
15-1910.84.0%24,901
20-2448.418.1%116,960
25-2984.531.6%203,727
30-3481.730.5%206,358
35-3935.713.3%117,636
40-446.22.3%21,557
45-490.30.1%802
50-540.00.0%33