Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Southern Europe, 1978

Southern Europe
1978
Total fertility rate: 2.20
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-5 -1   1978  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Southern Europe was 2.20 children per woman in 1978 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (138 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.5 years old. In total, 2,143,259 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.20
Births
2,143,259
Births per 1,000 people
15.6
Mean age of mothers
27.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
8.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.03
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.8
Population
137,079,244
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
10-140.20.1%1,314
15-1931.97.2%176,153
20-24134.130.4%684,342
25-29138.131.3%673,831
30-3484.419.1%382,405
35-3938.68.8%165,365
40-4411.92.7%53,485
45-491.30.3%5,899
50-540.10.0%462