Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Luxembourg, 1999

Luxembourg
1999
Total fertility rate: 1.74
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1999  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Luxembourg was 1.74 children per woman in 1999 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (119 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.3 years old. In total, 5,502 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.74
Births
5,502
Births per 1,000 people
12.8
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
2.3%
Net reproduction rate
0.82
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.7
Population
429,897
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
10-140.20.1%2
15-1911.03.1%127
20-2464.418.4%774
25-29119.334.1%1,817
30-34105.830.2%1,895
35-3942.512.1%770
40-446.92.0%113
45-490.20.1%4
50-540.00.0%0