Fertility in Spain, 2017

Spain
2017
Total fertility rate: 1.31
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2017 1987, 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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The total fertility rate of Spain was 1.31 children per woman in 2017 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (91 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 32.1 years old. In total, 389,984 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.31
Births
389,984
Births per 1,000 people
8.3
Mean age of mothers
32.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.9%
Net reproduction rate
0.63
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.1
Population
46,868,596
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%128
15-196.92.7%7,534
20-2425.39.7%28,177
25-2955.121.1%69,790
30-3490.634.7%132,576
35-3964.824.8%116,680
40-4416.86.5%32,570
45-491.40.5%2,528
50-540.00.0%0