Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Western Europe, 2028

Western Europe
2028
Total fertility rate: 1.52
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2028  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Western Europe is projected at 1.52 children per woman in 2028 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 30-34 (112 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 31.9 years old. In total, 1,746,072 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.52
Births
1,746,072
Births per 1,000 people
8.8
Mean age of mothers
31.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.0%
Net reproduction rate
0.73
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.4
Population
199,530,774
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%194
15-193.31.1%17,274
20-2425.38.4%140,724
25-2979.026.1%439,170
30-34111.836.9%632,428
35-3965.421.6%402,743
40-4416.65.5%104,622
45-491.40.5%8,894
50-540.00.0%29