Fertility in Luxembourg, 2001

Luxembourg
2001
Total fertility rate: 1.66
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2001  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Luxembourg was 1.66 children per woman in 2001 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (111 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.4 years old. In total, 5,418 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.66
Births
5,418
Births per 1,000 people
12.3
Mean age of mothers
29.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
2.7%
Net reproduction rate
0.78
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.6
Population
441,752
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
15-1912.03.6%146
20-2460.518.1%766
25-29110.633.1%1,684
30-34100.630.1%1,878
35-3942.112.6%805
40-447.52.3%132
45-490.20.1%4
50-540.00.0%0