Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Western Europe, 2042

Western Europe
2042
Total fertility rate: 1.55
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2042  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Western Europe is projected at 1.55 children per woman in 2042 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 30-34 (116 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 32.3 years old. In total, 1,799,780 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.55
Births
1,799,780
Births per 1,000 people
9.1
Mean age of mothers
32.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
0.7%
Net reproduction rate
0.75
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.5
Population
198,220,282
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%139
15-192.80.9%12,752
20-2422.87.3%125,183
25-2976.524.6%453,827
30-34115.537.1%683,317
35-3972.423.3%409,851
40-4419.06.1%103,624
45-492.00.6%11,054
50-540.00.0%29