Fertility in Southern Europe, 2022

Southern Europe
2022
Total fertility rate: 1.30
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2022 1992, 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   2022  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Southern Europe was 1.30 children per woman in 2022 — 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 31.8 years old. In total, 1,116,558 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.30
Births
1,116,558
Births per 1,000 people
7.3
Mean age of mothers
31.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.8%
Net reproduction rate
0.62
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.2
Population
151,975,858
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%293
15-195.42.1%20,223
20-2427.510.6%104,200
25-2962.124.0%245,376
30-3487.733.9%379,255
35-3959.523.0%277,159
40-4415.05.8%80,936
45-491.50.6%9,030
50-540.00.0%78