Fertility in Southern Europe, 2000

Southern Europe
2000
Total fertility rate: 1.34
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2000 1970, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2000  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Southern Europe was 1.34 children per woman in 2000 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (83 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.6 years old. In total, 1,471,542 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.34
Births
1,471,542
Births per 1,000 people
10.1
Mean age of mothers
29.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
3.6%
Net reproduction rate
0.64
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.7
Population
145,705,973
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
10-140.10.1%552
15-1911.84.4%52,857
20-2446.417.3%240,338
25-2981.330.3%453,610
30-3483.531.1%473,509
35-3937.914.1%213,188
40-446.92.6%35,787
45-490.30.1%1,658
50-540.00.0%32