Fertility rate: Europe (UN)
1.395 live births per woman in 2023, the latest year published. Figures for 74 years from 1950 to 2023 are below.
Total fertility rate: the average number of children a woman would have if she experienced the year's age-specific birth rates throughout her childbearing years.
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (live births per woman) |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.395 |
| 2022 | 1.41 |
| 2021 | 1.473 |
| 2020 | 1.465 |
| 2019 | 1.486 |
| 2018 | 1.522 |
| 2017 | 1.557 |
| 2016 | 1.611 |
| 2015 | 1.605 |
| 2014 | 1.608 |
| 2013 | 1.592 |
| 2012 | 1.612 |
| 2011 | 1.587 |
| 2010 | 1.606 |
| 2009 | 1.601 |
| 2008 | 1.593 |
| 2007 | 1.535 |
| 2006 | 1.49 |
| 2005 | 1.462 |
| 2004 | 1.465 |
| 2003 | 1.443 |
| 2002 | 1.418 |
| 2001 | 1.401 |
| 2000 | 1.41 |
| 1999 | 1.397 |
| 1998 | 1.415 |
| 1997 | 1.426 |
| 1996 | 1.44 |
| 1995 | 1.452 |
| 1994 | 1.486 |
| 1993 | 1.516 |
| 1992 | 1.587 |
| 1991 | 1.656 |
| 1990 | 1.722 |
| 1989 | 1.76 |
| 1988 | 1.82 |
| 1987 | 1.844 |
| 1986 | 1.852 |
| 1985 | 1.834 |
| 1984 | 1.857 |
| 1983 | 1.884 |
| 1982 | 1.886 |
| 1981 | 1.89 |
| 1980 | 1.928 |
| 1979 | 1.942 |
| 1978 | 1.962 |
| 1977 | 1.994 |
| 1976 | 2.034 |
| 1975 | 2.069 |
| 1974 | 2.128 |
| 1973 | 2.139 |
| 1972 | 2.213 |
| 1971 | 2.272 |
| 1970 | 2.283 |
| 1969 | 2.326 |
| 1968 | 2.372 |
| 1967 | 2.417 |
| 1966 | 2.42 |
| 1965 | 2.436 |
| 1964 | 2.493 |
| 1963 | 2.517 |
| 1962 | 2.519 |
| 1961 | 2.57 |
| 1960 | 2.592 |
| 1959 | 2.603 |
| 1958 | 2.597 |
| 1957 | 2.614 |
| 1956 | 2.61 |
| 1955 | 2.624 |
| 1954 | 2.626 |
| 1953 | 2.622 |
| 1952 | 2.645 |
| 1951 | 2.66 |
| 1950 | 2.7 |