Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Western Europe, 2007

Western Europe
2007
Total fertility rate: 1.63
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-5 -1   2007  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Western Europe was 1.63 children per woman in 2007 — 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 29.9 years old. In total, 1,927,717 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.63
Births
1,927,717
Births per 1,000 people
10.3
Mean age of mothers
29.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
2.8%
Net reproduction rate
0.79
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.1
Population
187,277,498
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%463
15-199.93.0%54,184
20-2450.515.5%280,825
25-29105.632.4%605,307
30-34104.432.0%602,160
35-3946.314.2%318,488
40-448.52.6%63,413
45-490.40.1%2,807
50-540.00.0%68