Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Western Europe, 2027

Western Europe
2027
Total fertility rate: 1.51
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2027  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Western Europe is projected at 1.51 children per woman in 2027 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 30-34 (111 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 31.8 years old. In total, 1,753,370 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.51
Births
1,753,370
Births per 1,000 people
8.8
Mean age of mothers
31.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.0%
Net reproduction rate
0.73
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.4
Population
199,525,763
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%202
15-193.41.1%17,793
20-2425.78.5%140,841
25-2979.526.3%443,745
30-34111.136.8%633,705
35-3964.721.4%406,682
40-4416.25.4%101,806
45-491.40.5%8,562
50-540.00.0%29