Fertility in Southern Europe, 2017

Southern Europe
2017
Total fertility rate: 1.37
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2017 1987, 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 1.37 children per woman in 2017 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (90 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 31.3 years old. In total, 1,260,303 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.37
Births
1,260,303
Births per 1,000 people
8.2
Mean age of mothers
31.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
2.1%
Net reproduction rate
0.66
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.2
Population
152,825,286
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%380
15-197.22.7%26,922
20-2432.812.0%125,807
25-2968.425.1%289,302
30-3490.533.2%415,099
35-3957.921.2%309,853
40-4414.55.3%85,714
45-491.20.4%7,184
50-540.00.0%20