Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Southern Europe, 2003

Southern Europe
2003
Total fertility rate: 1.36
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2003  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Southern Europe was 1.36 children per woman in 2003 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (87 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.9 years old. In total, 1,490,757 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.36
Births
1,490,757
Births per 1,000 people
10.1
Mean age of mothers
29.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
3.3%
Net reproduction rate
0.65
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.5
Population
147,881,578
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%571
15-1911.84.3%49,210
20-2445.016.4%218,491
25-2978.428.6%433,314
30-3487.231.9%495,556
35-3942.715.6%247,244
40-448.12.9%44,288
45-490.40.1%2,041
50-540.00.0%28