United Nations Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat World Fertility Patterns 1977 EUROPE Age patterns of fertility ----------------------------------------- Age-specific fertility rate (1) (per 1,000 women) ----------------------------------------- Country or area 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 --------------------------- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- Eastern Europe ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Belarus 39 123 72 30 11 2 0.1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Bulgaria 52 101 62 22 8 2 0.1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Czech Republic 33 118 86 35 11 2 0.1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Hungary 31 104 109 50 17 4 0.1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Poland 22 113 105 54 23 6 0.3 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Republic of Moldova 65 164 98 44 16 3 0.3 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Romania 42 110 73 29 11 3 0.2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Russian Federation 49 119 66 29 11 2 0.1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Slovakia 32 124 91 40 14 3 0.1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ukraine 54 117 66 28 10 2 0.2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Northern Europe ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Denmark 9 63 142 107 37 5 0.2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Estonia 36 101 75 35 14 3 0.1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Finland 10 66 130 105 42 8 0.4 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Iceland 23 94 129 111 50 8 0.5 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ireland 15 51 106 127 61 13 0.7 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Latvia 30 98 71 33 15 3 0.3 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Lithuania 40 116 84 39 16 3 0.3 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Norway 14 78 134 104 40 6 0.2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Sweden 9 66 126 99 41 7 0.2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- United Kingdom 29 73 106 89 37 6 0.3 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Southern Europe ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Albania 15 167 214 133 56 17 3 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Bosnia and Herzegovina 38 129 102 51 18 4 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Croatia 20 97 100 54 19 4 0.2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Greece 14 66 100 62 24 5 0.3 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Italy 8 45 89 75 31 6 0.3 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Malta 10 67 141 99 38 9 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Portugal 21 63 97 70 25 5 0.4 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Slovenia 13 82 97 48 15 3 0.2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Spain 9 35 89 77 28 5 0.3 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- TFYR Macedonia 44 173 144 56 17 3 0.2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Yugoslavia (4) 37 141 118 55 20 5 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Western Europe ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Austria 18 75 100 62 23 4 0.2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Belgium 12 78 140 76 23 4 0.3 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- France 8 60 128 90 36 8 0.4 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Germany 10 55 87 69 25 4 0.2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Luxembourg 10 66 127 96 35 5 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Netherlands 4 34 99 118 45 6 0.3 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Switzerland 4 42 104 100 38 6 0.2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) The age specific fertility rate corresponds to the total fertility rate for the most recent period. (4) The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. United Nations publication, (ST/ESA/SER.A/165), Copyright (C) United Nations 1997