# Fertility rate: Europe

1.3921242 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](/sources/fertility) · [All countries and regions](/fertility).

## Every year

| Year | Value (live births per woman) |
| ---: | ---: |
| 2023 | 1.3921242 |
| 2022 | 1.409226 |
| 2021 | 1.4710877 |
| 2020 | 1.4641871 |
| 2019 | 1.485068 |
| 2018 | 1.520992 |
| 2017 | 1.5564429 |
| 2016 | 1.6117015 |
| 2015 | 1.6050227 |
| 2014 | 1.6093224 |
| 2013 | 1.5930252 |
| 2012 | 1.6152736 |
| 2011 | 1.5890231 |
| 2010 | 1.6074091 |
| 2009 | 1.6004827 |
| 2008 | 1.5916001 |
| 2007 | 1.5324144 |
| 2006 | 1.490514 |
| 2005 | 1.4586754 |
| 2004 | 1.4613155 |
| 2003 | 1.4374725 |
| 2002 | 1.4109023 |
| 2001 | 1.3970999 |
| 2000 | 1.4059267 |
| 1999 | 1.3943344 |
| 1998 | 1.4145938 |
| 1997 | 1.4227575 |
| 1996 | 1.4373416 |
| 1995 | 1.4503926 |
| 1994 | 1.4847789 |
| 1993 | 1.515564 |
| 1992 | 1.5899754 |
| 1991 | 1.6562531 |
| 1990 | 1.7237747 |
| 1989 | 1.7621852 |
| 1988 | 1.8219448 |
| 1987 | 1.8486049 |
| 1986 | 1.8563324 |
| 1985 | 1.838758 |
| 1984 | 1.8628117 |
| 1983 | 1.8904765 |
| 1982 | 1.8926117 |
| 1981 | 1.893372 |
| 1980 | 1.9313135 |
| 1979 | 1.9463241 |
| 1978 | 1.9671366 |
| 1977 | 1.9992874 |
| 1976 | 2.0346508 |
| 1975 | 2.0673552 |
| 1974 | 2.1280763 |
| 1973 | 2.1388388 |
| 1972 | 2.2126515 |
| 1971 | 2.2657673 |
| 1970 | 2.2709105 |
| 1969 | 2.3128195 |
| 1968 | 2.3549745 |
| 1967 | 2.4098628 |
| 1966 | 2.413129 |
| 1965 | 2.4348178 |
| 1964 | 2.4880822 |
| 1963 | 2.5155764 |
| 1962 | 2.5217588 |
| 1961 | 2.5829735 |
| 1960 | 2.6076076 |
| 1959 | 2.6134708 |
| 1958 | 2.6012871 |
| 1957 | 2.6188428 |
| 1956 | 2.6176462 |
| 1955 | 2.6305487 |
| 1954 | 2.6297376 |
| 1953 | 2.6249034 |
| 1952 | 2.6520598 |
| 1951 | 2.6735141 |
| 1950 | 2.7129564 |

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