Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Western Europe, 2002

Western Europe
2002
Total fertility rate: 1.58
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2002  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Western Europe was 1.58 children per woman in 2002 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (109 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.3 years old. In total, 1,958,635 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.58
Births
1,958,635
Births per 1,000 people
10.6
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
3.1%
Net reproduction rate
0.76
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.2
Population
184,889,540
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%535
15-1911.43.6%60,751
20-2455.117.5%306,754
25-29109.134.7%615,978
30-3494.029.9%640,317
35-3938.012.1%283,507
40-446.82.2%48,736
45-490.30.1%1,908
50-540.00.0%152