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The average number of children per woman also fell from 1.18 to 1.14, a new low.","Provisional figures for the first seven months of 2026 show 196,864 births, 1.1% below the same period of 2025. The provisional fertility estimate for that period was 1.13 children per woman.","Fertility differed by education: women with a university degree averaged 1.09 children and were 34.9 years old on average at childbirth; women with lower-secondary education averaged 1.58 children and 29.7 years. 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