Total fertility rate — all countries

Total fertility rate — Euro area

Total fertility rate in the Euro area in 2024 — 1.35 births. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 47.8%.

2024 1.35 births −2.27% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 2.71 births1964
Period minimum 1.35 births2024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · births per woman

Total fertility rate — Euro area, 1960–202411.522.5319601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 2.59 births1962: 2.62 births1964: 2.71 births1966: 2.64 births1968: 2.53 births1970: 2.38 births1972: 2.23 births1974: 2.1 births1976: 1.99 births1978: 1.86 births1980: 1.78 births1982: 1.71 births1984: 1.62 births1986: 1.59 births1988: 1.58 births1990: 1.54 births1992: 1.47 births1994: 1.4 births1996: 1.4 births1998: 1.41 births2000: 1.46 births2002: 1.45 births2004: 1.49 births2006: 1.52 births2008: 1.58 births2010: 1.58 births2012: 1.55 births2014: 1.55 births2016: 1.57 births2018: 1.53 births2020: 1.48 births2022: 1.45 births2024: 1.35 births
Change over the period: −1.24 (−47.77%) Average annual rate: -1.01 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Euro area

Euro area 1.35 births
World 2.19 births
Total fertility rate — Euro area, by year Euro area All countries CSV XLSX
Year births Change Change, %
2024 1.35 −0.03 −2.27%
2023 1.38 −0.06 −4.27%
2022 1.45 −0.06 −4.25%
2021 1.51 +0.03 +1.91%
2020 1.48 −0.03 −1.74%
2019 1.51 −0.02 −1.41%
2018 1.53 −0.02 −1.2%
2017 1.55 −0.02 −1.48%
2016 1.57 +0.02 +1.32%
2015 1.55 −0 −0.13%
2014 1.55 +0.02 +1.56%
2013 1.53 −0.02 −1.36%
2012 1.55 −0 −0.28%
2011 1.56 −0.02 −1.27%
2010 1.58 +0.01 +0.71%
2009 1.56 −0.01 −0.88%
2008 1.58 +0.04 +2.63%
2007 1.54 +0.02 +1.05%
2006 1.52 +0.03 +1.71%
2005 1.5 +0 +0.25%
2004 1.49 +0.02 +1.61%
2003 1.47 +0.01 +0.99%
2002 1.45 +0 +0.18%
2001 1.45 −0.01 −0.93%
2000 1.46 +0.04 +2.74%
1999 1.43 +0.02 +1.07%
1998 1.41 −0 −0.14%
1997 1.41 +0.02 +1.19%
1996 1.4 +0.01 +0.99%
1995 1.38 −0.02 −1.15%
1994 1.4 −0.04 −2.68%
1993 1.44 −0.03 −2.27%
1992 1.47 −0.02 −1.57%
1991 1.49 −0.05 −3.19%
1990 1.54 +0 +0.15%
1989 1.54 −0.04 −2.28%
1988 1.58 +0.01 +0.43%
1987 1.57 −0.02 −1.52%
1986 1.59 −0.01 −0.63%
1985 1.6 −0.01 −0.77%
1984 1.62 −0.04 −2.16%
1983 1.65 −0.06 −3.31%
1982 1.71 −0.03 −1.49%
1981 1.74 −0.05 −2.72%
1980 1.78 −0.03 −1.58%
1979 1.81 −0.05 −2.63%
1978 1.86 −0.05 −2.85%
1977 1.92 −0.07 −3.65%
1976 1.99 −0.04 −1.88%
1975 2.03 −0.08 −3.58%
1974 2.1 −0.03 −1.3%
1973 2.13 −0.1 −4.33%
1972 2.23 −0.1 −4.49%
1971 2.33 −0.05 −1.95%
1970 2.38 −0.1 −3.86%
1969 2.47 −0.06 −2.42%
1968 2.53 −0.06 −2.3%
1967 2.59 −0.04 −1.68%
1966 2.64 −0.02 −0.72%
1965 2.66 −0.05 −1.91%
1964 2.71 +0.05 +1.89%
1963 2.66 +0.04 +1.35%
1962 2.62 +0 +0.13%
1961 2.62 +0.03 +1.11%
1960 2.59

About the indicator

The total fertility rate is the average number of children a woman would bear over her entire reproductive period if the age-specific fertility rates of the year of calculation stayed unchanged. In countries with low mortality the replacement level is about 2.1 births per woman: below that threshold population starts to shrink in the absence of migration.

Important: The total fertility rate is a hypothetical value for a synthetic cohort; the completed fertility of real cohorts may differ.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.