Total fertility rate — all countries

Total fertility rate — Western Europe

Total fertility rate in Western Europe in 2024 — 1.45 births. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 44.2%.

2024 1.45 births −2.27% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 2.72 births1964
Period minimum 1.45 births2024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · births per woman

Total fertility rate — Western Europe, 1960–202411.522.5319601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 2.6 births1962: 2.67 births1964: 2.72 births1966: 2.65 births1968: 2.5 births1970: 2.26 births1972: 2 births1974: 1.79 births1976: 1.67 births1978: 1.59 births1980: 1.61 births1982: 1.59 births1984: 1.53 births1986: 1.59 births1988: 1.59 births1990: 1.58 births1992: 1.5 births1994: 1.47 births1996: 1.5 births1998: 1.54 births2000: 1.6 births2002: 1.57 births2004: 1.6 births2006: 1.62 births2008: 1.66 births2010: 1.68 births2012: 1.67 births2014: 1.69 births2016: 1.71 births2018: 1.67 births2020: 1.62 births2022: 1.57 births2024: 1.45 births
Change over the period: −1.15 (−44.24%) Average annual rate: -0.91 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Western Europe

Western Europe 1.45 births
World 2.19 births
Total fertility rate — Western Europe, by year Western Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year births Change Change, %
2024 1.45 −0.03 −2.27%
2023 1.48 −0.08 −5.36%
2022 1.57 −0.09 −5.66%
2021 1.66 +0.04 +2.4%
2020 1.62 −0.03 −1.52%
2019 1.65 −0.02 −1.28%
2018 1.67 −0.01 −0.8%
2017 1.68 −0.03 −1.73%
2016 1.71 +0.03 +1.69%
2015 1.68 −0.01 −0.42%
2014 1.69 +0.03 +1.65%
2013 1.66 −0.01 −0.5%
2012 1.67 +0.01 +0.31%
2011 1.67 −0.01 −0.61%
2010 1.68 +0.03 +1.7%
2009 1.65 −0.01 −0.63%
2008 1.66 +0.02 +1.46%
2007 1.64 +0.01 +0.74%
2006 1.62 +0.02 +1.29%
2005 1.6 −0 −0.02%
2004 1.6 +0.02 +1.44%
2003 1.58 +0.01 +0.4%
2002 1.57 −0.01 −0.44%
2001 1.58 −0.02 −1.03%
2000 1.6 +0.05 +2.98%
1999 1.55 +0.01 +0.8%
1998 1.54 +0.01 +0.83%
1997 1.53 +0.03 +1.92%
1996 1.5 +0.03 +2.02%
1995 1.47 +0 +0.12%
1994 1.47 −0.02 −1.53%
1993 1.49 −0.01 −0.99%
1992 1.5 −0.02 −1.54%
1991 1.53 −0.06 −3.59%
1990 1.58 +0.02 +1.03%
1989 1.57 −0.02 −1.53%
1988 1.59 +0.01 +0.68%
1987 1.58 −0.01 −0.42%
1986 1.59 +0.03 +1.84%
1985 1.56 +0.03 +2.23%
1984 1.53 −0.02 −1.21%
1983 1.54 −0.05 −2.91%
1982 1.59 −0.01 −0.84%
1981 1.6 −0.01 −0.48%
1980 1.61 +0.03 +1.72%
1979 1.59 −0.01 −0.46%
1978 1.59 −0.03 −1.72%
1977 1.62 −0.05 −3.17%
1976 1.67 −0.04 −2.11%
1975 1.71 −0.08 −4.32%
1974 1.79 −0.07 −3.57%
1973 1.85 −0.15 −7.4%
1972 2 −0.16 −7.39%
1971 2.16 −0.1 −4.45%
1970 2.26 −0.13 −5.56%
1969 2.39 −0.11 −4.37%
1968 2.5 −0.08 −3.24%
1967 2.59 −0.06 −2.2%
1966 2.65 −0.02 −0.73%
1965 2.67 −0.05 −1.85%
1964 2.72 +0.01 +0.25%
1963 2.71 +0.04 +1.63%
1962 2.67 −0 −0.05%
1961 2.67 +0.06 +2.5%
1960 2.6

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.