Fertility in Southern Europe, 2009

Southern Europe
2009
Total fertility rate: 1.45
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2009 1979, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
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The total fertility rate of Southern Europe was 1.45 children per woman in 2009 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (92 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.4 years old. In total, 1,562,610 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.45
Births
1,562,610
Births per 1,000 people
10.2
Mean age of mothers
30.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
3.0%
Net reproduction rate
0.70
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.6
Population
153,890,228
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%546
15-1911.54.0%46,164
20-2444.815.3%194,431
25-2978.126.8%396,449
30-3491.631.4%532,777
35-3953.918.5%321,905
40-4411.13.8%66,709
45-490.60.2%3,608
50-540.00.0%16