Fertility in Spain, 2008

Spain
2008
Total fertility rate: 1.44
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2008 1978, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
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The total fertility rate of Spain was 1.44 children per woman in 2008 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (99 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.8 years old. In total, 509,388 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.44
Births
509,388
Births per 1,000 people
11.0
Mean age of mothers
30.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
2.9%
Net reproduction rate
0.69
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.7
Population
46,235,054
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
10-140.20.1%211
15-1913.34.6%14,980
20-2437.513.0%50,685
25-2966.923.1%115,592
30-3498.834.2%192,861
35-3960.420.9%113,250
40-4411.33.9%20,870
45-490.60.2%936
50-540.00.0%0