United Nations Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat World Fertility Patterns 1977 EUROPE Trends in total fertility rate ------------------------------------------- Total Total fertility fertility Annual rate per rate per % Country or area Period woman Period woman change --------------------------- ------ ------ ------ --------- ------- Eastern Europe -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Belarus 1970 2.3 1995 1.4 -1.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bulgaria 1970 2.2 1995 1.2 -1.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Czech Republic 1970 1.9 1994 1.4 -1.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hungary 1970 2.0 1995 1.6 -0.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Poland 1970 2.2 1995 1.6 -1.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Republic of Moldova 1969-7 2.6 1994 2.0 -0.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Romania 1970 2.9 1995 1.3 -2.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Russian Federation 1970 2.0 1994 1.4 -1.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Slovakia 1970 2.4 1995 1.5 -1.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ukraine 1970 2.1 1995 1.4 -1.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Northern Europe -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Denmark 1970 2.0 1994 1.8 -0.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Estonia .. .. 1995 1.3 .. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Finland 1970 1.8 1995 1.8 0.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Iceland 1970 2.8 1995 2.1 -1.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ireland 1970 3.9 1995 1.9 -2.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Latvia 1970-7 2.0 1995 1.3 -1.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lithuania 1970 2.4 1995 1.5 -1.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Norway 1971-7 2.2 1995 1.9 -0.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sweden 1970 1.9 1995 1.7 -0.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- United Kingdom 1970 2.4 1995 1.7 -1.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Southern Europe -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Albania 1970 5.2 1990 3.0 -2.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bosnia and Herzegovina 1970 2.7 1990 1.7 -1.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Croatia 1970 1.8 1994 1.5 -0.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Greece 1970 2.3 1995 1.4 -1.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Italy 1970 2.4 1993 1.3 -2.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Malta 1975 2.2 1995 1.8 -0.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Portugal 1970 2.8 1995 1.4 -2.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Slovenia 1970 2.1 1995 1.3 -1.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Spain 1970 2.8 1994 1.2 -2.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TFYR Macedonia (4) 1970 3.0 1992 2.2 -1.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yugoslavia 1970 2.3 1994 1.9 -0.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Western Europe -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Austria 1970 2.3 1995 1.4 -1.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Belgium 1970 2.3 1991 1.7 -1.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- France 1970 2.5 1993 1.7 -1.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Germany 1970 2.0 1994 1.3 -1.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Luxembourg 1970 2.0 1995 1.7 -0.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Netherlands 1970 2.6 1995 1.5 -1.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Switzerland 1970 2.1 1995 1.5 -1.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- The total fertility rate indicates the average number of children that would be born per woman if all women lived to the end of their childbearing years and bore children according to the given age patterns of fertility. Two dots (..) indicate that data are not available. (4) The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. United Nations publication, (ST/ESA/SER.A/165), Copyright (C) United Nations 1997