Births and deaths are the two components of natural population change. This section presents their evolution and key demographic characteristics.
The next graph presents the number of births over time.
The next graph shows the evolution in the total number of deaths over time.
The next graph breaks down the number of deaths by gender.
The next graph presents the distribution of deaths by age group.
The Fertility Rate is the average number of births per woman in a particular age group. The Total Fertility Rate is the average number of births that a woman would have in her lifetime if she lived through her reproductive years at the current age-specific fertility rates.
The next graph presents the evolution of the total fertility rate in Greece.
The next graph shows the fertility rate separately for 9 age groups.
The mean age of women at childbirth is the average age of women when they give birth to live-born children. The median age of women at childbirth is the age where half of mothers are younger and and half are older.
The next graph presents the mean and median age of women at childbirth.
The next graph presents the mean age of women at the birth of their first child, second child, third child, and so on.