Fertility in Northern Europe, 2005

Northern Europe
2005
Total fertility rate: 1.75
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2005  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Northern Europe was 1.75 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 29.4 years old. In total, 1,142,917 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.75
Births
1,142,917
Births per 1,000 people
11.8
Mean age of mothers
29.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
5.5%
Net reproduction rate
0.84
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.1
Population
96,564,654
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%375
15-1920.85.9%63,160
20-2464.418.5%199,830
25-2999.928.6%309,992
30-34103.329.6%349,488
35-3950.114.4%182,568
40-4410.02.9%35,861
45-490.50.1%1,627
50-540.00.0%9