Fertility in Southern Europe, 2021

Southern Europe
2021
Total fertility rate: 1.30
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2021 1991, 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   2021  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Southern Europe was 1.30 children per woman in 2021 — 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 31.7 years old. In total, 1,138,787 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.30
Births
1,138,787
Births per 1,000 people
7.5
Mean age of mothers
31.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.8%
Net reproduction rate
0.63
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.2
Population
152,274,700
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%309
15-195.52.1%20,487
20-2427.710.7%105,727
25-2962.424.0%251,079
30-3488.033.9%383,728
35-3959.622.9%285,315
40-4415.15.8%83,213
45-491.50.6%8,866
50-540.00.0%59