Fertility in Southern Europe, 2020

Southern Europe
2020
Total fertility rate: 1.30
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2020 1990, 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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-5 -1   2020  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Southern Europe was 1.30 children per woman in 2020 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (87 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 31.6 years old. In total, 1,146,277 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.30
Births
1,146,277
Births per 1,000 people
7.5
Mean age of mothers
31.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.9%
Net reproduction rate
0.62
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.2
Population
152,696,062
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%322
15-195.92.3%22,095
20-2429.111.3%111,013
25-2963.124.4%257,363
30-3486.733.5%380,534
35-3957.622.3%283,974
40-4414.55.6%82,121
45-491.50.6%8,771
50-540.00.0%77