Fertility in Southern Europe, 2026

Southern Europe
2026
Total fertility rate: 1.30
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2026 1996, 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

Year

-5 -1   2026  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Southern Europe is projected at 1.30 children per woman in 2026 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 30-34 (89 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 31.9 years old. In total, 1,062,427 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.30
Births
1,062,427
Births per 1,000 people
7.1
Mean age of mothers
31.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.8%
Net reproduction rate
0.63
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.3
Population
150,318,615
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%249
15-195.12.0%19,406
20-2426.010.0%101,506
25-2960.823.5%234,890
30-3488.634.2%356,235
35-3961.223.6%266,653
40-4415.56.0%74,186
45-491.70.6%9,184
50-540.00.0%114