Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Northern Europe, 1997

Northern Europe
1997
Total fertility rate: 1.69
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1997  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Northern Europe was 1.69 children per woman in 1997 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (106 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.5 years old. In total, 1,134,784 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.69
Births
1,134,784
Births per 1,000 people
12.1
Mean age of mothers
28.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
6.1%
Net reproduction rate
0.81
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.3
Population
93,757,837
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%468
15-1923.87.0%69,304
20-2472.021.3%214,294
25-29106.431.4%369,490
30-3490.126.6%324,337
35-3938.711.4%132,831
40-447.12.1%23,015
45-490.30.1%1,026
50-540.00.0%23