Fertility in Southern Europe, 2018

Southern Europe
2018
Total fertility rate: 1.34
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2018 1988, 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 1.34 children per woman in 2018 — 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 31.4 years old. In total, 1,216,592 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.34
Births
1,216,592
Births per 1,000 people
8.0
Mean age of mothers
31.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
2.1%
Net reproduction rate
0.65
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.1
Population
152,755,026
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%355
15-196.82.5%25,171
20-2431.611.8%119,968
25-2966.324.8%277,380
30-3489.233.4%400,469
35-3957.721.6%299,962
40-4414.65.5%85,467
45-491.30.5%7,773
50-540.00.0%35