Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Northern Europe, 1973

Northern Europe
1973
Total fertility rate: 2.05
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1973  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Northern Europe was 2.05 children per woman in 1973 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (135 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.8 years old. In total, 1,259,984 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.05
Births
1,259,984
Births per 1,000 people
14.2
Mean age of mothers
26.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.4%
Net reproduction rate
0.97
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.2
Population
88,547,151
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
10-140.20.0%528
15-1937.59.1%118,116
20-24131.432.0%418,380
25-29135.532.9%440,401
30-3469.416.9%187,334
35-3929.17.1%74,000
40-447.41.8%19,172
45-490.70.2%1,885
50-540.10.0%162