Fertility in Luxembourg, 2009

Luxembourg
2009
Total fertility rate: 1.59
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2009 1979, 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 1.59 children per woman in 2009 — 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 30.6 years old. In total, 5,550 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.59
Births
5,550
Births per 1,000 people
11.1
Mean age of mothers
30.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
2.0%
Net reproduction rate
0.75
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.4
Population
498,187
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
15-197.72.4%110
20-2443.013.5%610
25-2990.928.6%1,514
30-34109.834.6%2,001
35-3954.917.3%1,079
40-4410.93.4%224
45-490.50.2%9
50-540.00.0%0