Fertility in Western Europe, 2029

Western Europe
2029
Total fertility rate: 1.52
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2029 1999, 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   2029  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Western Europe is projected at 1.52 children per woman in 2029 — 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, 1,739,601 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.52
Births
1,739,601
Births per 1,000 people
8.7
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
199,510,768
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%192
15-193.31.1%16,811
20-2425.08.2%140,438
25-2978.425.9%437,737
30-34112.337.0%631,617
35-3966.021.7%396,779
40-4416.95.6%106,829
45-491.50.5%9,161
50-540.00.0%30