Fertility in Northern Europe, 2026

Northern Europe
2026
Total fertility rate: 1.50
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2026 1996, 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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-5 -1   2026  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Northern Europe is projected at 1.50 children per woman in 2026 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 30-34 (104 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 31.4 years old. In total, 1,035,552 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.50
Births
1,035,552
Births per 1,000 people
9.4
Mean age of mothers
31.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.7%
Net reproduction rate
0.72
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.5
Population
109,963,731
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
10-140.00.0%58
15-195.41.8%17,588
20-2433.111.1%104,327
25-2979.726.6%261,964
30-34103.534.6%369,458
35-3961.220.4%222,407
40-4415.15.0%54,675
45-491.50.5%5,008
50-540.00.0%70