Fertility in Luxembourg, 2008

Luxembourg
2008
Total fertility rate: 1.61
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2008 1978, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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The total fertility rate of Luxembourg was 1.61 children per woman in 2008 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (110 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.5 years old. In total, 5,477 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.61
Births
5,477
Births per 1,000 people
11.2
Mean age of mothers
30.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
2.3%
Net reproduction rate
0.77
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.4
Population
488,990
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%2
15-198.82.7%124
20-2443.613.6%605
25-2993.929.3%1,519
30-34110.234.3%1,960
35-3953.916.8%1,053
40-4410.03.1%204
45-490.50.1%9
50-540.00.0%0