Fertility in Western Europe, 2050

Western Europe
2050
Total fertility rate: 1.56
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2050 2020, 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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The total fertility rate of Western Europe is projected at 1.56 children per woman in 2050 — 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 32.4 years old. In total, 1,787,138 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.56
Births
1,787,138
Births per 1,000 people
9.1
Mean age of mothers
32.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
0.6%
Net reproduction rate
0.76
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.5
Population
196,281,820
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%135
15-192.60.8%11,544
20-2422.37.1%112,674
25-2976.724.4%427,731
30-34116.237.0%677,221
35-3973.723.5%428,597
40-4420.16.4%116,858
45-492.30.7%12,354
50-540.00.0%24