Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Southern Europe, 1993

Southern Europe
1993
Total fertility rate: 1.39
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1993  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Southern Europe was 1.39 children per woman in 1993 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (97 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.5 years old. In total, 1,542,295 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.39
Births
1,542,295
Births per 1,000 people
10.7
Mean age of mothers
28.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
4.8%
Net reproduction rate
0.66
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.9
Population
144,161,427
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%716
15-1913.84.9%74,309
20-2461.021.8%341,675
25-2997.534.9%558,318
30-3473.426.3%399,516
35-3928.010.0%140,599
40-445.31.9%25,446
45-490.40.1%1,617
50-540.00.0%105