Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Southern Europe, 2028

Southern Europe
2028
Total fertility rate: 1.31
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2028  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Southern Europe is projected at 1.31 children per woman in 2028 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 30-34 (90 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 32.0 years old. In total, 1,048,046 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.31
Births
1,048,046
Births per 1,000 people
7.0
Mean age of mothers
32.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.8%
Net reproduction rate
0.63
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.3
Population
149,349,938
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%234
15-195.12.0%18,840
20-2425.59.8%102,342
25-2960.523.2%234,934
30-3489.834.4%346,580
35-3962.223.8%263,541
40-4416.06.1%72,468
45-491.70.7%8,976
50-540.00.0%117