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Fertility rate. By age of mother Catalonia
2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1991 1986 1975
From 15 to 49 years 32.10 33.10 33.46 36.87 36.87 38.90 40.19 40.93 41.21 40.56 43.12 44.46 45.88 46.13 48.51 46.16 46.01 45.37 44.50 43.10 41.13 39.85 40.21 37.59 35.70 35.69 34.40 36.44 41.81 79.61
15 years 0.50 0.46 0.54 0.75 0.75 0.78 0.73 1.43 1.65 1.62 1.51 1.63 1.73 1.83 1.67 1.73 1.44 1.69 1.29 1.63 1.26 1.45 1.23 0.82 0.69 0.65 0.58 0.83 1.44 2.34
16 years 1.53 0.89 1.44 1.62 1.62 2.45 2.97 2.64 2.98 3.32 3.48 3.76 3.48 4.53 4.24 4.51 4.63 4.50 4.65 3.95 3.68 4.09 3.01 2.21 1.84 1.75 2.01 2.88 4.26 8.13
17 years 2.60 2.41 3.04 3.81 3.81 4.04 4.81 5.09 5.35 6.18 6.56 7.33 7.44 9.41 9.60 9.67 9.45 7.98 8.23 8.00 7.77 6.80 5.85 5.19 4.30 3.98 4.41 5.84 10.73 16.86
18 years 5.16 4.81 5.88 7.70 7.70 8.12 8.96 10.61 9.50 9.65 11.79 12.04 14.34 14.37 19.88 17.51 15.29 13.48 14.11 14.24 11.81 11.75 8.88 8.48 7.34 7.30 6.50 10.16 16.62 33.00
19 years 9.32 8.89 9.87 11.62 11.62 13.72 14.15 13.60 15.59 16.70 16.89 19.68 22.10 24.23 26.86 24.74 22.17 20.94 21.04 18.38 17.48 14.66 14.25 11.60 11.01 10.03 9.44 14.71 25.01 50.88
From 15 to 19 years 3.77 3.41 4.09 5.03 5.03 5.71 6.20 6.57 6.96 7.51 8.14 9.04 9.98 11.06 12.73 11.94 10.90 10.05 10.25 9.64 8.82 8.13 7.04 6.02 5.38 5.06 4.84 6.82 11.66 21.76
20 years 12.88 12.07 15.38 17.53 17.53 17.38 19.51 18.91 18.65 20.73 22.98 25.04 29.54 34.19 34.75 30.96 29.74 27.32 28.17 23.33 22.05 18.12 17.17 14.07 13.86 12.79 11.88 20.07 31.16 80.06
21 years 16.88 17.28 18.71 21.16 21.16 20.84 23.07 22.39 22.89 24.35 28.56 29.02 34.98 37.62 39.68 36.35 34.47 29.33 31.12 24.91 23.91 22.45 20.41 17.82 14.58 15.86 15.28 24.10 41.17 116.36
22 years 21.26 21.28 24.60 26.36 26.36 27.40 25.76 27.96 26.79 29.19 34.43 36.93 38.50 40.95 43.26 38.14 36.67 34.08 33.51 29.29 27.59 24.32 23.03 20.36 18.49 18.42 18.47 35.49 57.17 156.81
23 years 23.81 25.18 27.61 31.72 31.72 30.62 31.95 29.64 32.21 35.71 40.45 41.52 45.31 43.22 46.61 41.99 40.05 38.40 35.84 34.61 31.74 27.12 25.10 23.91 24.30 25.05 25.16 44.32 69.28 187.35
24 years 29.02 28.85 32.27 33.75 33.75 36.99 37.98 40.28 39.53 39.01 42.47 47.33 47.71 50.26 52.96 45.51 45.62 42.32 40.85 38.30 35.18 32.76 33.45 32.54 30.42 32.04 33.93 58.83 90.27 214.21
From 20 to 24 years 20.80 20.94 23.75 26.27 26.27 26.92 27.96 28.13 28.31 30.11 34.18 36.51 39.71 41.70 44.00 39.06 37.85 34.89 34.36 30.68 28.57 25.36 24.16 21.99 20.44 20.84 20.85 36.58 57.31 150.82
25 years 34.92 36.20 36.20 40.04 40.04 39.77 43.86 46.12 48.32 46.61 48.77 49.06 53.76 53.68 57.22 51.92 49.97 48.91 45.90 44.60 43.79 41.60 42.77 41.59 42.86 42.14 47.78 79.30 99.76 208.63
26 years 39.43 38.30 42.67 44.29 44.29 49.80 52.18 52.77 55.51 54.41 54.12 56.18 57.69 58.57 64.78 59.78 58.07 55.40 54.01 53.32 52.52 51.31 55.13 55.42 55.02 61.82 65.26 91.21 114.67 205.61
27 years 46.30 47.03 49.46 54.30 54.30 57.88 59.73 62.31 64.13 58.98 62.50 62.75 64.30 65.32 70.29 64.56 65.28 65.86 65.98 67.90 65.52 66.63 72.16 72.00 71.04 79.18 81.59 102.22 113.24 189.50
28 years 51.77 54.25 57.04 63.42 63.42 65.83 71.71 71.03 74.03 68.21 73.05 73.29 72.95 74.25 78.36 74.98 79.57 76.44 80.43 80.47 80.13 82.99 89.36 88.77 91.17 93.35 95.67 111.30 110.20 167.73
29 years 61.75 63.12 64.26 69.94 69.94 78.09 79.71 81.00 82.65 79.17 78.41 81.82 84.30 85.63 88.46 87.16 89.61 92.05 92.77 94.19 94.08 99.31 104.80 101.74 101.20 110.09 106.29 108.73 105.27 165.55
From 25 to 29 years 47.18 48.19 50.29 54.78 54.78 58.79 62.04 63.33 65.71 62.26 64.21 65.57 67.54 68.47 72.73 68.66 69.54 68.62 68.51 68.45 67.24 68.16 72.45 71.47 71.82 77.05 79.32 98.31 108.68 187.52
30 years 69.27 73.88 71.35 81.30 81.30 86.57 90.61 90.06 91.49 85.70 88.80 89.94 94.20 93.18 100.11 97.53 98.12 104.71 105.24 105.36 107.86 105.54 116.82 111.10 108.92 109.67 109.90 100.55 92.49 145.10
31 years 77.77 80.07 80.50 88.92 88.92 93.51 95.80 93.72 94.85 90.85 93.51 95.53 98.59 98.09 103.31 102.59 104.73 107.22 107.90 108.73 109.45 110.30 114.15 111.91 106.53 108.47 101.47 85.71 78.20 122.40
32 years 82.08 87.01 84.53 90.25 90.25 96.68 98.17 97.90 95.81 94.21 99.46 99.73 102.36 98.95 106.00 104.71 106.54 111.57 108.37 108.21 105.03 103.65 110.75 103.15 98.48 96.72 92.66 74.10 64.13 104.68
33 years 82.89 89.20 84.42 95.35 95.35 97.40 97.19 98.03 94.80 92.77 96.73 97.68 100.02 96.54 104.04 101.72 103.15 106.08 104.37 102.31 95.48 97.16 101.63 93.24 87.40 85.00 76.68 60.84 52.01 87.50
34 years 85.43 88.67 82.65 91.75 91.75 93.39 96.14 96.03 93.83 89.09 94.07 94.79 96.23 93.66 95.97 94.15 96.33 95.48 96.75 91.54 86.89 86.77 87.14 78.39 76.45 71.46 67.63 50.78 46.49 83.20
From 30 to 34 years 79.58 83.90 80.79 89.68 89.68 93.63 95.68 95.30 94.21 90.61 94.64 95.64 98.34 96.11 101.92 100.19 101.81 105.10 104.61 103.37 101.08 100.71 106.09 99.49 95.55 94.43 89.98 74.69 66.78 111.01
35 years 81.42 80.95 79.16 83.68 83.68 89.03 88.08 90.60 86.57 83.48 86.19 87.46 86.10 84.35 88.69 87.74 86.64 85.45 80.60 79.94 75.70 71.59 70.46 67.15 59.57 57.71 50.66 38.66 37.61 63.96
36 years 72.48 77.92 74.75 76.08 76.08 79.86 80.68 79.65 76.03 73.88 75.92 78.81 75.00 74.68 78.94 74.48 72.95 67.29 66.32 63.82 59.05 59.68 57.44 48.86 48.92 45.27 39.36 30.60 29.49 67.90
37 years 63.99 64.85 64.02 68.94 68.94 68.82 68.64 65.74 64.21 59.56 62.71 63.90 62.34 63.16 63.89 57.57 55.64 54.24 49.61 48.73 47.13 44.77 42.84 39.52 34.82 31.86 30.65 23.49 24.36 59.63
38 years 53.27 53.87 54.83 56.83 56.83 56.33 54.86 55.48 51.36 49.13 51.97 50.34 50.82 50.45 50.07 42.56 42.07 40.17 39.92 37.38 34.89 32.16 30.00 27.97 25.73 23.59 20.46 17.95 21.01 48.76
39 years 43.95 44.34 45.38 42.45 42.45 45.34 42.51 43.69 41.00 38.24 39.24 39.22 39.44 38.61 35.79 32.89 32.20 29.72 28.71 27.16 24.88 22.70 22.34 19.77 17.14 17.94 14.20 11.85 16.14 35.74
From 35 to 39 years 62.49 63.71 62.93 64.71 64.71 66.97 66.16 66.44 63.54 60.89 63.50 64.45 63.28 62.78 64.09 59.57 58.24 55.59 53.12 51.55 48.61 46.58 45.04 40.92 37.31 35.32 31.24 24.64 25.72 53.87
40 years 35.59 35.40 33.81 36.13 36.13 34.92 34.85 32.01 30.67 29.92 29.35 27.82 28.65 25.67 24.44 22.52 22.47 20.40 19.20 17.89 16.95 15.73 15.58 13.50 11.38 11.00 9.09 9.59 11.45 31.50
41 years 24.52 24.37 22.55 23.03 23.03 23.09 22.92 21.89 20.19 21.42 20.35 19.54 17.73 17.28 16.43 15.38 13.68 14.35 12.36 12.19 10.78 10.28 8.81 8.05 6.99 6.90 6.12 5.90 8.33 23.92
42 years 16.52 16.12 15.69 15.46 15.46 14.86 14.89 15.01 14.10 12.64 13.02 12.21 11.65 11.11 10.58 9.70 8.80 8.13 8.27 6.96 7.08 5.97 5.50 4.75 4.09 3.86 4.17 3.80 5.82 15.07
43 years 9.93 9.90 10.57 10.55 10.55 9.56 9.25 8.67 8.89 7.18 7.32 7.58 6.79 7.16 5.49 5.39 5.14 4.49 4.41 4.43 3.20 3.44 3.12 2.88 2.26 2.36 2.23 2.53 3.91 10.49
44 years 6.18 6.54 6.08 5.79 5.79 6.08 5.86 5.75 5.07 4.53 4.49 4.06 4.27 3.64 3.92 3.33 2.52 2.80 2.33 2.20 1.93 1.87 1.49 1.58 1.13 1.36 0.71 1.23 1.93 6.73
From 40 to 44 years 18.03 18.03 17.45 18.20 18.20 17.85 17.81 16.95 16.06 15.43 15.15 14.41 13.95 13.06 12.28 11.42 10.71 10.25 9.45 8.79 8.03 7.54 7.04 6.30 5.29 5.16 4.49 4.59 6.62 17.35
45 years 4.13 4.09 3.49 4.00 4.00 3.63 3.31 2.93 3.08 2.64 2.63 2.10 2.22 2.43 1.50 2.09 1.81 1.52 1.10 1.05 0.97 1.13 0.65 0.84 0.43 0.56 0.46 0.75 0.74 3.62
46 years 2.69 2.80 2.26 2.44 2.44 2.15 2.03 1.43 1.69 1.45 1.54 1.50 1.30 1.33 1.21 1.35 1.23 1.01 0.73 0.54 0.55 0.38 0.36 0.31 0.27 0.23 0.10 0.43 0.51 2.09
47 years 1.78 1.08 1.31 1.37 1.37 1.60 0.94 0.86 0.81 0.69 0.66 0.59 0.83 0.92 0.58 0.74 0.60 0.41 0.30 0.32 0.21 0.31 0.19 0.22 0.10 0.13 0.19 0.13 0.19 0.76
48 years 1.02 0.85 0.78 0.95 0.95 0.79 0.77 0.44 0.63 0.43 0.43 0.34 0.33 0.83 0.37 0.40 0.39 0.15 0.20 0.37 0.21 0.07 0.12 0.10 0.13 0.02 0.05 0.06 0.06 0.64
49 years 0.91 0.40 0.58 0.38 0.38 0.58 0.39 0.34 0.30 0.36 0.34 0.19 0.17 0.21 0.18 0.30 0.15 0.09 0.16 0.12 0.23 0.22 0.18 0.13 0.02 0.05 0.05 0.03 0.03 0.40
From 45 to 49 years 2.12 1.88 1.72 1.87 1.87 1.78 1.51 1.22 1.31 1.13 1.14 0.97 1.00 1.17 0.78 0.99 0.85 0.65 0.51 0.49 0.44 0.43 0.30 0.32 0.19 0.20 0.16 0.30 0.30 1.53
Indicador conjuntural de fecunditat (1) 1.17 1.20 1.21 1.30 1.30 1.36 1.39 1.39 1.38 1.33 1.40 1.42 1.46 1.46 1.53 1.45 1.44 1.42 1.40 1.36 1.31 1.28 1.31 1.23 1.18 1.19 1.15 1.23 1.39 2.72
Average maternity age 32.64 32.64 32.39 32.22 32.22 32.13 31.97 31.88 31.72 31.57 31.44 31.31 31.10 30.94 30.76 30.84 30.87 30.93 30.85 30.92 30.90 30.95 30.94 30.90 30.80 30.69 30.40 29.29 28.54 28.27
Average age for first child 31.59 31.61 31.31 31.00 31.00 30.92 30.74 30.62 30.45 30.42 30.26 29.92 29.69 29.40 29.14 29.28 29.57 29.40 29.34 29.40 29.34 29.39 29.42 29.39 29.33 29.17 29.00 27.40 26.10 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Source: Idescat. Births Statistics and Municipal Population Register (1975).
Notes:
- (1) Average number of children per mother.
- From 2012 onwards, as well as births by resident mothers taking place within Catalonia, this also includes births by mothers resident in Catalonia taking place in other autonomous communities.
- In October 2023 the data for the period 2012-2021 was updated, once the 2012-2021 Intercensal Population Estimates were available. These estimates relate the results of the Population Census 2011 to those of the Population Census 2021.
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.

Last update: March 13, 2024.

NAIX

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Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Average maternity age
Average age at which children are born to mothers, weighted by rates at each age. The numerator is the sum of the product at each age for each of the fertility rates and the denominator, the sum of the rates.
Short-term fertility rate (average number of children per woman)
Reference number that is calculated by adding the fertility rates per age and represents the number of children that a generation of women would have if the fertility rates per age were to remain stable as observed at any given moment. The number of children actually born to generations of women fluctuates less than that calculated by the short-term indicator, which is highly sensitive to changes in the fertility "calendar" (for example, a rejuvenation of the average age of mothers leads to a major increase in the indicator, while a delay in the average age implies a sharp decrease).
Fertility rate
Live births per 1,000 women of each age.

Methodological aspects

The Births Statistics provide information on the births, deliveries and late foetal deaths of people residing in Catalonia according to their demographic and social characteristics.

The original source of the data is the Statistical Bulletin of Births (BEP), filled in by the parents or persons obliged by law to declare the birth or, if this is not possible, by the civil registrar.

The data include all births of women residing in Catalonia, both those registered in the civil registers of Catalonia and those registered in the civil registers of other autonomous communities. In 2011 and previous years, the data refer only to births of women residing in Catalonia registered in the civil registers of Catalonia.

The data are disseminated annually in two phases: provisional data and definitive data, which incorporate a greater exhaustiveness of the file and the filtering of the main variables.

Idescat compiles this statistical operation in collaboration with the INE.

You can get more information about these statistics in the methodology.