Fertility in Western Europe, 2040

Western Europe
2040
Total fertility rate: 1.55
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2040 2010, 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   2040  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Western Europe is projected at 1.55 children per woman in 2040 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 30-34 (115 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 32.2 years old. In total, 1,787,006 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.55
Births
1,787,006
Births per 1,000 people
9.0
Mean age of mothers
32.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
0.8%
Net reproduction rate
0.75
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.5
Population
198,497,901
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%142
15-192.90.9%13,713
20-2423.27.5%129,432
25-2977.024.8%454,527
30-34115.237.1%679,474
35-3971.723.1%395,839
40-4418.76.0%103,039
45-491.90.6%10,813
50-540.00.0%28