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In 2026, Moldova's total fertility rate is 1.72 children per woman, below the 2.1 replacement level. Over the preceding five years it has held broadly steady. About 30 thousand babies are born a year, a crude birth rate of 10.1 per 1,000. Its net reproduction rate sits at 0.82, well below the 1.0 that marks generational replacement. Women are having children later in life, at a mean age of 28.3 years, up from 26.4 in 1980. By 2100, projections see it reaching 1.67 children per woman.
Fertility rate
1.72 children/woman
Birth rate
10.1 per 1,000 people
Total births
30K
Mean age at birth
28.3 years
Moldova's fertility rate of 1.72 children per woman is below the 2.1 replacement level needed to maintain population size without immigration.