Fertility in Southern Europe, 2005

Southern Europe
2005
Total fertility rate: 1.39
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2005  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Southern Europe was 1.39 children per woman in 2005 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (89 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.1 years old. In total, 1,517,127 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.39
Births
1,517,127
Births per 1,000 people
10.1
Mean age of mothers
30.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
3.1%
Net reproduction rate
0.66
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.7
Population
150,076,894
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%549
15-1911.64.2%47,597
20-2444.716.1%207,562
25-2977.327.8%421,546
30-3489.132.0%517,136
35-3945.916.5%268,567
40-449.03.2%51,661
45-490.50.2%2,498
50-540.00.0%17