Fertility Across Europe

FERTILITY ACROSS WESTERN EUROPE Average Number Of Children Per Woman* 1.2 - 1.4 1.6 -1.8 1.4-1.6 1.8 - 1.9 1.90 1.43 2.00 2.08 1.42 1.48 The Fertility Index Faroe Islands 2.40 13 Liechtenstein 1.70 France 2.08 14 Belgium 1.65 3 Ireland 2.00 15 Malta 1.54 4 Gibraltar 1.90 16 Switzerland 1.54 United Kingdom 1.90 17 Portugal 1.52 Iceland 1.88 18 Monaco 1.50 Sweden 1.88 19 San Marino 1.50 Norway 1.86 Spain 1.48 9. Netherlands 1.78 21 Austria 1.43 10 Luxembourg 1.77 22 Germany 1.43 11 Denmark 1.73 23 Italy 1.42 12 Finland 1.73 24 Greece 1.41 Source - CIA World Factbook 2014: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2127rank.html CLINIC COMPARE www.cliniccompare.co.uk *The Total Fertility Rate (TFR), sometimes also called the fertility rate, period total fertility rate (PTFR) or total period fertility rate (TPFR) of a population is the average number of children that would be born to a woman over her lifetime if: 1. She were to experience the exact current age-specific fertility rates (ASFRS) through her lifetime, and 2. She were to survive from birth through the end of her reproductive life. **Data from 2012 version of the CIA World Factbook.