Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Western Europe, 2003

Western Europe
2003
Total fertility rate: 1.58
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2003  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Western Europe was 1.58 children per woman in 2003 — 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 29.4 years old. In total, 1,944,274 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.58
Births
1,944,274
Births per 1,000 people
10.5
Mean age of mothers
29.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
3.0%
Net reproduction rate
0.76
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.1
Population
185,570,234
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%525
15-1910.83.4%58,222
20-2454.217.2%304,705
25-29107.934.2%602,850
30-3495.730.4%634,088
35-3939.212.4%290,477
40-447.12.2%51,225
45-490.30.1%2,053
50-540.00.0%137