Fertility in Luxembourg, 2005

Luxembourg
2005
Total fertility rate: 1.63
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2005  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Luxembourg was 1.63 children per woman in 2005 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (103 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.8 years old. In total, 5,291 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.63
Births
5,291
Births per 1,000 people
11.4
Mean age of mothers
29.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
2.7%
Net reproduction rate
0.77
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.2
Population
465,364
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
10-140.10.0%1
15-1911.03.4%144
20-2453.916.5%715
25-29101.831.2%1,513
30-34103.231.6%1,812
35-3947.314.5%931
40-448.72.7%167
45-490.40.1%7
50-540.00.0%0