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Fertility in the Holy See sits at 1.00 children per woman in 2026, below the replacement level of 2.1. Over the preceding five years it has held broadly steady. About 2 babies are born a year, a crude birth rate of 4.4 per 1,000. Its net reproduction rate sits at 0.48, far below the 1.0 that marks generational replacement. Women are having children at a mean age of 31.1 years. By 2100, projections see it holding near 0.97 children per woman.
Fertility rate
1.00 children/woman
Birth rate
4.4 per 1,000 people
Total births
2
Mean age at birth
31.1 years
The Holy See's fertility rate of 1.00 children per woman is below the 2.1 replacement level needed to maintain population size without immigration.