Fertility in Southern Europe, 2025

Southern Europe
2025
Total fertility rate: 1.29
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2025 1995, 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   2025  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Southern Europe is projected at 1.29 children per woman in 2025 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 30-34 (88 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 31.9 years old. In total, 1,072,736 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.29
Births
1,072,736
Births per 1,000 people
7.1
Mean age of mothers
31.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.8%
Net reproduction rate
0.62
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.3
Population
150,775,924
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%263
15-195.22.0%19,594
20-2426.410.2%101,568
25-2961.023.6%236,146
30-3488.134.1%362,402
35-3960.623.5%267,836
40-4415.35.9%75,577
45-491.60.6%9,239
50-540.00.0%112