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In 2026, Ireland's total fertility rate is 1.60 children per woman, below the 2.1 replacement level. Over the preceding five years it has fallen by 0.18 children per woman. About 53 thousand babies are born a year, a crude birth rate of 9.8 per 1,000. Its net reproduction rate sits at 0.77, well below the 1.0 that marks generational replacement. Women are having children later in life, at a mean age of 32.7 years, up from 29.7 in 1980. By 2100, projections see it holding near 1.61 children per woman.
Fertility rate
1.60 children/woman
Birth rate
9.8 per 1,000 people
Total births
52.6K
Mean age at birth
32.7 years
Ireland's fertility rate has fallen dramatically from 4.1 children per woman in 1964 to 1.60 today, below the 2.1 replacement level.