Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Western Europe, 2004

Western Europe
2004
Total fertility rate: 1.60
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2004  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Western Europe was 1.60 children per woman in 2004 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (107 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.5 years old. In total, 1,952,000 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.60
Births
1,952,000
Births per 1,000 people
10.5
Mean age of mothers
29.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
2.9%
Net reproduction rate
0.77
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.2
Population
186,197,490
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%521
15-1910.53.3%57,495
20-2454.317.0%307,342
25-29107.533.6%600,466
30-3498.330.8%629,067
35-3941.012.8%299,930
40-447.42.3%54,847
45-490.30.1%2,202
50-540.00.0%127