Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Southern Europe, 2002

Southern Europe
2002
Total fertility rate: 1.35
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2002  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Southern Europe was 1.35 children per woman in 2002 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (85 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.8 years old. In total, 1,468,810 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.35
Births
1,468,810
Births per 1,000 people
10.0
Mean age of mothers
29.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
3.4%
Net reproduction rate
0.64
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.5
Population
146,781,628
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%563
15-1911.74.3%49,897
20-2445.416.8%224,667
25-2978.929.2%436,561
30-3485.231.6%480,814
35-3940.715.1%233,622
40-447.62.8%40,766
45-490.40.1%1,888
50-540.00.0%18