Fertility in Ireland, 2026

Ireland
2026
Total fertility rate: 1.60
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

Year

-5 -1   2026  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Ireland is projected at 1.60 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 (117 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 32.7 years old. In total, 52,626 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.60
Births
52,626
Births per 1,000 people
9.8
Mean age of mothers
32.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.4%
Net reproduction rate
0.77
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.6
Population
5,356,950
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%2
15-194.11.3%758
20-2425.17.9%4,398
25-2960.919.2%10,129
30-34116.736.7%17,921
35-3988.727.9%14,934
40-4420.26.4%4,059
45-492.00.6%427
50-540.00.0%1