Fertility in Southern Europe, 2010

Southern Europe
2010
Total fertility rate: 1.45
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2010 1980, 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 2010 — 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 30.5 years old. In total, 1,541,054 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.45
Births
1,541,054
Births per 1,000 people
10.0
Mean age of mothers
30.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
2.8%
Net reproduction rate
0.70
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.4
Population
154,228,014
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
10-140.10.0%524
15-1910.93.8%43,040
20-2443.314.9%185,764
25-2977.526.6%381,709
30-3492.031.6%525,249
35-3955.118.9%330,884
40-4411.64.0%69,814
45-490.70.2%4,030
50-540.00.0%22