Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Western Europe, 2014

Western Europe
2014
Total fertility rate: 1.68
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2014  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Western Europe was 1.68 children per woman in 2014 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (113 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.6 years old. In total, 1,963,207 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.68
Births
1,963,207
Births per 1,000 people
10.2
Mean age of mothers
30.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
2.0%
Net reproduction rate
0.81
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.1
Population
191,676,402
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%466
15-197.62.3%39,007
20-2443.212.9%237,190
25-29100.930.1%591,803
30-34113.333.8%676,575
35-3958.817.5%340,948
40-4411.23.3%72,919
45-490.60.2%4,286
50-540.00.0%13