Fertility in Western Europe, 2005

Western Europe
2005
Total fertility rate: 1.60
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2005  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Western Europe was 1.60 children per woman in 2005 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (106 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.6 years old. In total, 1,934,254 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.60
Births
1,934,254
Births per 1,000 people
10.4
Mean age of mothers
29.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
2.9%
Net reproduction rate
0.77
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.1
Population
186,809,650
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%511
15-1910.23.2%56,486
20-2453.016.6%299,127
25-29105.833.2%598,104
30-3499.731.2%615,530
35-3942.313.2%304,007
40-447.82.4%57,972
45-490.40.1%2,403
50-540.00.0%109