Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Southern Europe, 2042

Southern Europe
2042
Total fertility rate: 1.37
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2042  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Southern Europe is projected at 1.37 children per woman in 2042 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 30-34 (95 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 32.4 years old. In total, 1,056,508 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.37
Births
1,056,508
Births per 1,000 people
7.5
Mean age of mothers
32.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.2%
Net reproduction rate
0.66
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.4
Population
141,223,606
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%146
15-194.51.6%12,259
20-2424.48.9%78,543
25-2960.221.9%226,563
30-3495.034.5%386,179
35-3970.025.4%275,099
40-4419.06.9%69,530
45-492.10.8%8,080
50-540.00.0%104