Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Southern Europe, 1979

Southern Europe
1979
Total fertility rate: 2.10
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-5 -1   1979  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Southern Europe was 2.10 children per woman in 1979 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (133 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.5 years old. In total, 2,062,431 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.10
Births
2,062,431
Births per 1,000 people
14.9
Mean age of mothers
27.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
8.3%
Net reproduction rate
0.98
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.8
Population
138,089,055
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%1,391
15-1930.67.3%171,598
20-24128.430.6%664,431
25-29132.931.7%647,245
30-3479.318.9%371,379
35-3936.28.6%154,405
40-4410.32.5%46,074
45-491.20.3%5,449
50-540.10.0%452