Fertility in Southern Europe, 1990

Southern Europe
1990
Total fertility rate: 1.49
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1990 1960, 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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The total fertility rate of Southern Europe was 1.49 children per woman in 1990 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (105 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.1 years old. In total, 1,637,074 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.49
Births
1,637,074
Births per 1,000 people
11.4
Mean age of mothers
28.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
5.4%
Net reproduction rate
0.71
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.8
Population
143,928,610
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%805
15-1915.95.3%89,180
20-2474.324.8%424,164
25-29105.435.2%593,727
30-3470.823.6%369,681
35-3926.99.0%130,719
40-445.71.9%26,915
45-490.40.1%1,761
50-540.00.0%119