Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Ireland, 2042

Ireland
2042
Total fertility rate: 1.60
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2042  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of Ireland is projected at 1.60 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 (117 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 32.7 years old. In total, 63,081 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.60
Births
63,081
Births per 1,000 people
10.8
Mean age of mothers
32.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.0%
Net reproduction rate
0.78
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.7
Population
5,863,238
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%1
15-194.31.3%618
20-2425.47.9%4,419
25-2962.019.2%12,039
30-34117.036.3%24,610
35-3990.228.0%17,368
40-4421.36.6%3,714
45-492.00.6%309
50-540.00.0%1