Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Southern Europe, 1986

Southern Europe
1986
Total fertility rate: 1.60
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1986  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Southern Europe was 1.60 children per woman in 1986 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (111 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.7 years old. In total, 1,704,191 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.60
Births
1,704,191
Births per 1,000 people
11.9
Mean age of mothers
27.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
6.7%
Net reproduction rate
0.75
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.9
Population
142,686,788
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
10-140.20.0%856
15-1920.26.3%114,684
20-2488.027.5%505,193
25-29110.734.6%590,740
30-3467.121.0%331,404
35-3926.78.3%129,297
40-446.92.1%29,209
45-490.60.2%2,542
50-540.10.0%261