Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Western Europe, 1995

Western Europe
1995
Total fertility rate: 1.46
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-5 -1   1995  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Western Europe was 1.46 children per woman in 1995 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (108 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.7 years old. In total, 2,003,056 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.46
Births
2,003,056
Births per 1,000 people
11.0
Mean age of mothers
28.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
2.7%
Net reproduction rate
0.70
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.2
Population
181,376,059
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%337
15-1910.63.6%54,798
20-2460.320.5%354,875
25-29107.636.7%762,609
30-3480.527.4%597,264
35-3929.210.0%200,549
40-444.81.6%30,987
45-490.20.1%1,371
50-540.00.0%259