Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Western Europe, 1997

Western Europe
1997
Total fertility rate: 1.52
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1997  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Western Europe was 1.52 children per woman in 1997 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (110 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.9 years old. In total, 2,042,527 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.52
Births
2,042,527
Births per 1,000 people
11.2
Mean age of mothers
28.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
2.7%
Net reproduction rate
0.73
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.3
Population
182,405,280
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%365
15-1910.53.4%55,996
20-2459.519.5%325,891
25-29110.336.2%746,446
30-3486.528.4%645,429
35-3932.410.6%230,993
40-445.41.8%35,684
45-490.20.1%1,466
50-540.00.0%243