Fertility in Romania, 2026

Romania
2026
Total fertility rate: 1.71
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

Year

-5 -1   2026  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Romania is projected at 1.71 children per woman in 2026 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (103 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.5 years old. In total, 176,198 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.71
Births
176,198
Births per 1,000 people
9.4
Mean age of mothers
28.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.2%
Net reproduction rate
0.82
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.6
Population
18,800,605
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
10-141.30.4%662
15-1930.69.0%16,203
20-2468.220.0%34,248
25-29103.230.3%50,193
30-3485.125.0%42,326
35-3942.112.4%26,789
40-449.02.7%5,322
45-490.60.2%456
50-540.00.0%0