Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Western Europe, 1998

Western Europe
1998
Total fertility rate: 1.53
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1998  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Western Europe was 1.53 children per woman in 1998 — 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 29.0 years old. In total, 2,031,245 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.53
Births
2,031,245
Births per 1,000 people
11.1
Mean age of mothers
29.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
2.9%
Net reproduction rate
0.74
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.2
Population
182,398,538
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%432
15-1910.93.5%58,716
20-2458.319.0%316,692
25-29110.536.0%723,576
30-3487.828.6%649,348
35-3933.510.9%242,849
40-445.71.9%37,893
45-490.20.1%1,521
50-540.00.0%215