Institute for Family Studies · Elite Fertility Database

Children ever born among elites, 1600–2026

Choose one or more countries and one or more elite types — or pool them all — to see the mean number of children ever born. Shaded areas show the standard error multiplied by eight on each side.

Countries
Elite type
One line per
Y axis
Drag either end to change the years, or use the arrow keys

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