Fertility in Southern Europe, 1980

Southern Europe
1980
Total fertility rate: 2.01
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1980 1950, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
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-5 -1   1980  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Southern Europe was 2.01 children per woman in 1980 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (129 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.4 years old. In total, 1,995,585 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.01
Births
1,995,585
Births per 1,000 people
14.3
Mean age of mothers
27.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
8.2%
Net reproduction rate
0.94
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.1
Population
139,146,113
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%1,431
15-1928.87.2%163,939
20-24122.930.7%646,080
25-29128.632.1%629,144
30-3475.218.8%361,301
35-3934.38.5%145,104
40-449.72.4%43,185
45-491.10.3%4,939
50-540.10.0%440