Fertility in Southern Europe, 2019

Southern Europe
2019
Total fertility rate: 1.32
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2019 1989, 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 1.32 children per woman in 2019 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (88 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 31.5 years old. In total, 1,179,733 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.32
Births
1,179,733
Births per 1,000 people
7.7
Mean age of mothers
31.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
2.0%
Net reproduction rate
0.63
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.2
Population
152,809,033
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%340
15-196.42.4%23,937
20-2430.511.6%115,629
25-2964.524.5%266,151
30-3487.833.4%388,677
35-3957.922.0%292,941
40-4414.55.5%83,749
45-491.40.5%8,247
50-540.00.0%54