Fertility in Southern Europe, 2024

Southern Europe
2024
Total fertility rate: 1.29
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2024 1994, 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   2024  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Southern Europe is projected at 1.29 children per woman in 2024 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 30-34 (87 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 31.8 years old. In total, 1,085,128 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.29
Births
1,085,128
Births per 1,000 people
7.2
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
151,253,985
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%277
15-195.22.0%19,768
20-2426.810.4%101,888
25-2961.223.8%238,408
30-3487.534.0%368,984
35-3959.923.3%269,402
40-4415.15.9%77,007
45-491.60.6%9,279
50-540.00.0%107