Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Ireland, 2028

Ireland
2028
Total fertility rate: 1.60
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2028  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Ireland is projected at 1.60 children per woman in 2028 — 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, 53,231 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.60
Births
53,231
Births per 1,000 people
9.8
Mean age of mothers
32.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.5%
Net reproduction rate
0.77
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.6
Population
5,446,621
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
15-194.31.4%792
20-2425.07.9%4,650
25-2960.919.2%10,782
30-34116.636.7%18,494
35-3989.028.0%14,313
40-4420.26.4%3,781
45-491.90.6%418
50-540.00.0%1