Fertility in Western Europe, 2024

Western Europe
2024
Total fertility rate: 1.50
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2024 1994, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2024  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Western Europe is projected at 1.50 children per woman in 2024 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 30-34 (109 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 31.6 years old. In total, 1,792,951 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.50
Births
1,792,951
Births per 1,000 people
9.0
Mean age of mothers
31.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.1%
Net reproduction rate
0.72
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.3
Population
199,862,608
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
10-140.00.0%224
15-193.81.3%19,564
20-2427.79.3%147,648
25-2980.927.0%460,898
30-34109.036.4%665,463
35-3962.320.8%398,073
40-4414.84.9%94,058
45-491.20.4%6,991
50-540.00.0%28