Fertility in Spain, 2018

Spain
2018
Total fertility rate: 1.26
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2018 1988, 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 1.26 children per woman in 2018 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (87 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 32.2 years old. In total, 370,110 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.26
Births
370,110
Births per 1,000 people
7.9
Mean age of mothers
32.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.9%
Net reproduction rate
0.61
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.8
Population
47,092,821
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%105
15-196.22.5%6,922
20-2424.49.7%27,126
25-2952.220.7%65,843
30-3486.934.5%124,274
35-3963.425.2%110,246
40-4416.96.7%32,771
45-491.50.6%2,824
50-540.00.0%0