Fertility in Southern Europe, 2016

Southern Europe
2016
Total fertility rate: 1.38
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2016 1986, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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The total fertility rate of Southern Europe was 1.38 children per woman in 2016 — 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 31.2 years old. In total, 1,302,087 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.38
Births
1,302,087
Births per 1,000 people
8.5
Mean age of mothers
31.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
2.2%
Net reproduction rate
0.67
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.0
Population
152,970,628
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
10-140.10.0%398
15-197.72.8%28,572
20-2434.012.3%132,221
25-2970.025.3%298,197
30-3491.833.2%433,957
35-3957.620.8%317,017
40-4414.35.2%84,907
45-491.10.4%6,802
50-540.00.0%19