EU regions (NUTS 2) by birth rate, 2024
Mayotte had the highest birth rate of 244 regions in 2024, at 27.4 per 1,000 inhabitants. Sardegna had the lowest, at 4.5 per 1,000 inhabitants. The median was 7.9 per 1,000 inhabitants and the figure for the European Union (27) was 7.9 per 1,000 inhabitants. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.
Top 40 regions, 2024
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| Rank | Regions | 2024 | Change on 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mayotte Provisional | 27.4 | -5.2 pts |
| 2 | Guyane Provisional | 23.1 | -3 pts |
| 3 | La Réunion Provisional | 13.1 | -1.3 pts |
| 4 | Ile-de-France Provisional | 12.2 | -0.1 pts |
| 5 | Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest | 11.1 | -0.1 pts |
| 6 | Flevoland | 10.8 | -0.3 pts |
| 6 | Hovedstaden | 10.8 | -0.1 pts |
| 6 | Východné Slovensko | 10.8 | +0.1 pts |
| 9 | Stockholm | 10.4 | -0.1 pts |
| 9 | Utrecht | 10.4 | +0.3 pts |
| 11 | Eastern and Midland | 10.1 | -0.5 pts |
| 12 | Kýpros | 10 | -0.7 pts |
| 12 | Midtjylland | 10 | -0.1 pts |
| 14 | Nord-Pas de Calais Provisional | 9.9 | -0.3 pts |
| 14 | Prov. Antwerpen | 9.9 | -0.1 pts |
| 16 | Northern and Western | 9.8 | -0.3 pts |
| 16 | Rhône-Alpes Provisional | 9.8 | -0.1 pts |
| 18 | Zuid-Holland | 9.7 | -0.1 pts |
| 19 | Guadeloupe Provisional | 9.6 | -1.3 pts |
| 19 | Västsverige | 9.6 | -0.1 pts |
| 21 | Észak-Alföld | 9.5 | -0.8 pts |
| 21 | Hamburg | 9.5 | -0.4 pts |
| 21 | Haute-Normandie Provisional | 9.5 | -0.1 pts |
| 21 | Luxembourg | 9.5 | 0 pts |
| 21 | Noord-Holland | 9.5 | +0.2 pts |
| 21 | Picardie Provisional | 9.5 | -0.3 pts |
| 21 | Prov. Luxembourg (BE) | 9.5 | -0.4 pts |
| 21 | Southern | 9.5 | -0.3 pts |
| 21 | Wien | 9.5 | +0.4 pts |
| 30 | Overijssel | 9.4 | +0.2 pts |
| 30 | Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur Provisional | 9.4 | -0.3 pts |
| 32 | Észak-Magyarország | 9.3 | -0.8 pts |
| 32 | Sydsverige | 9.3 | -0.3 pts |
| 34 | Berlin | 9.2 | -0.2 pts |
| 34 | Melilla | 9.2 | +0.2 pts |
| 34 | Notio Aigaio | 9.2 | +0.2 pts |
| 34 | Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen | 9.2 | 0 pts |
| 34 | Yugoiztochen | 9.2 | -0.5 pts |
| 39 | Grande Lisboa | 9.1 | -0.1 pts |
| 39 | Helsinki-Uusimaa | 9.1 | +0.1 pts |
| 39 | Oberbayern | 9.1 | -0.2 pts |
| 39 | Vorarlberg | 9.1 | -0.4 pts |
| 43 | Gelderland | 9 | -0.1 pts |
| 43 | Noord-Brabant | 9 | +0.1 pts |
| 43 | Östra Mellansverige | 9 | -0.1 pts |
| 43 | Pays de la Loire Provisional | 9 | -0.3 pts |
| 43 | Península de Setúbal | 9 | -0.2 pts |
| 43 | Prov. Hainaut | 9 | -0.3 pts |
| 43 | Prov. Liège | 9 | -0.4 pts |
| 43 | Schwaben | 9 | -0.3 pts |
| 51 | Bremen | 8.9 | -0.6 pts |
| 51 | Centre - Val de Loire Provisional | 8.9 | -0.2 pts |
| 51 | Grad Zagreb | 8.9 | -0.2 pts |
| 51 | Oberösterreich | 8.9 | -0.1 pts |
| 51 | Prov. Vlaams-Brabant | 8.9 | -0.3 pts |
| 51 | Stuttgart | 8.9 | -0.2 pts |
| 57 | Alsace Provisional | 8.8 | -0.2 pts |
| 57 | Oberpfalz | 8.8 | 0 pts |
| 57 | Småland med öarna | 8.8 | -0.4 pts |
| 57 | Tübingen | 8.8 | -0.2 pts |
| 61 | Darmstadt | 8.7 | -0.1 pts |
| 61 | Detmold | 8.7 | 0 pts |
| 61 | Münster | 8.7 | -0.2 pts |
| 61 | Nordjylland | 8.7 | -0.3 pts |
| 61 | Praha | 8.7 | -0.5 pts |
| 61 | Syddanmark | 8.7 | -0.2 pts |
| 61 | Yugozapaden | 8.7 | -0.6 pts |
| 68 | Champagne-Ardenne Provisional | 8.6 | -0.3 pts |
| 68 | Freiburg | 8.6 | 0 pts |
| 68 | Friesland (NL) | 8.6 | 0 pts |
| 68 | Tirol | 8.6 | -0.1 pts |
| 68 | Weser-Ems | 8.6 | -0.2 pts |
| 73 | Mittelfranken | 8.5 | -0.1 pts |
| 73 | Prov. Namur | 8.5 | -0.5 pts |
| 73 | Prov. West-Vlaanderen | 8.5 | -0.1 pts |
| 73 | Rheinhessen-Pfalz | 8.5 | -0.1 pts |
| 73 | Salzburg | 8.5 | -0.5 pts |
| 73 | Zeeland | 8.5 | -0.1 pts |
| 79 | Düsseldorf | 8.4 | -0.2 pts |
| 79 | Franche-Comté Provisional | 8.4 | -0.3 pts |
| 79 | Köln | 8.4 | -0.2 pts |
| 79 | Pest | 8.4 | -1.1 pts |
| 79 | Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen | 8.4 | -0.4 pts |
| 84 | Arnsberg | 8.3 | -0.2 pts |
| 84 | Bratislavský kraj | 8.3 | -0.6 pts |
| 84 | Centru Estimated | 8.3 | -0.7 pts |
| 84 | Karlsruhe | 8.3 | -0.1 pts |
| 84 | Kriti | 8.3 | -0.5 pts |
| 84 | Niederbayern | 8.3 | -0.2 pts |
| 84 | Sjeverna Hrvatska | 8.3 | -0.1 pts |
| 91 | Bretagne Provisional | 8.2 | -0.2 pts |
| 91 | Ceuta | 8.2 | 0 pts |
| 91 | Gießen | 8.2 | 0 pts |
| 91 | Hannover | 8.2 | -0.2 pts |
| 91 | Languedoc-Roussillon Provisional | 8.2 | -0.4 pts |
| 91 | Midi-Pyrénées Provisional | 8.2 | -0.2 pts |
| 91 | Nord-Vest Estimated | 8.2 | -0.9 pts |
| 91 | Övre Norrland | 8.2 | -0.2 pts |
| 91 | Panonska Hrvatska | 8.2 | -0.1 pts |
| 91 | Yuzhen tsentralen | 8.2 | -0.7 pts |
| 101 | Jadranska Hrvatska | 8.1 | +0.2 pts |
| 101 | Martinique Provisional | 8.1 | -1.2 pts |
| 101 | Nord-Est Estimated | 8.1 | -1.4 pts |
| 101 | Prov. Limburg (BE) | 8.1 | -0.1 pts |
| 101 | Unterfranken | 8.1 | -0.3 pts |
| 106 | Aquitaine Provisional | 8 | -0.3 pts |
| 106 | Basse-Normandie Provisional | 8 | -0.3 pts |
| 106 | Bucureşti-Ilfov Estimated | 8 | -0.9 pts |
| 106 | Drenthe | 8 | 0 pts |
| 106 | Groningen | 8 | -0.1 pts |
| 106 | Jihovýchod | 8 | -0.7 pts |
| 106 | Lorraine Provisional | 8 | 0 pts |
| 106 | Małopolskie | 8 | -0.5 pts |
| 106 | Norra Mellansverige | 8 | -0.2 pts |
| 106 | Severozapaden | 8 | -0.1 pts |
| 106 | Zahodna Slovenija | 8 | 0 pts |
| 117 | Braunschweig | 7.9 | -0.1 pts |
| 117 | Dél-Alföld | 7.9 | -0.9 pts |
| 117 | Kassel | 7.9 | -0.3 pts |
| 117 | Közép-Dunántúl | 7.9 | -0.6 pts |
| 117 | Lüneburg | 7.9 | -0.3 pts |
| 117 | Prov. Brabant wallon | 7.9 | -0.4 pts |
| 117 | Region of Murcia | 7.9 | -0.3 pts |
| 117 | Stredné Slovensko | 7.9 | -0.7 pts |
| 125 | Koblenz | 7.8 | -0.4 pts |
| 125 | Mellersta Norrland | 7.8 | -0.5 pts |
| 125 | Severoiztochen | 7.8 | -0.7 pts |
| 125 | Sjælland | 7.8 | -0.1 pts |
| 125 | Steiermark | 7.8 | -0.4 pts |
| 125 | Vzhodna Slovenija | 7.8 | -0.3 pts |
| 125 | Warszawski stołeczny | 7.8 | -0.5 pts |
| 132 | Auvergne Provisional | 7.7 | -0.1 pts |
| 132 | Bourgogne Provisional | 7.7 | -0.3 pts |
| 132 | Ionia Nisia | 7.7 | +0.8 pts |
| 132 | Malta | 7.7 | -0.4 pts |
| 132 | Niederösterreich | 7.7 | -0.2 pts |
| 132 | Nyugat-Dunántúl | 7.7 | -0.9 pts |
| 132 | Pomorskie | 7.7 | -0.6 pts |
| 132 | Região Autónoma dos Açores | 7.7 | -0.7 pts |
| 132 | Střední Morava | 7.7 | -0.7 pts |
| 132 | Trier | 7.7 | -0.4 pts |
| 142 | Algarve | 7.6 | -0.4 pts |
| 142 | Jihozápad | 7.6 | -0.5 pts |
| 142 | Länsi-Suomi | 7.6 | 0 pts |
| 142 | Limburg (NL) | 7.6 | -0.2 pts |
| 146 | Budapest | 7.5 | -1.1 pts |
| 146 | Dél-Dunántúl | 7.5 | -0.7 pts |
| 146 | Mazowiecki regionalny | 7.5 | -0.6 pts |
| 146 | Oberfranken | 7.5 | -0.2 pts |
| 146 | Poitou-Charentes Provisional | 7.5 | -0.1 pts |
| 146 | Saarland | 7.5 | -0.2 pts |
| 146 | Severovýchod | 7.5 | -0.7 pts |
| 146 | Střední Čechy | 7.5 | -1 pts |
| 154 | Campania | 7.4 | -0.3 pts |
| 154 | Schleswig-Holstein | 7.4 | -0.1 pts |
| 154 | Sostinės regionas | 7.4 | -0.7 pts |
| 154 | Wielkopolskie | 7.4 | -0.6 pts |
| 158 | Balearic Islands | 7.3 | +0.1 pts |
| 158 | Moravskoslezsko | 7.3 | -0.8 pts |
| 158 | Oeste e Vale do Tejo | 7.3 | -0.1 pts |
| 161 | Community of Madrid | 7.2 | 0 pts |
| 161 | Kärnten | 7.2 | -0.2 pts |
| 161 | Limousin Provisional | 7.2 | -0.4 pts |
| 161 | Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi | 7.2 | -0.2 pts |
| 161 | Severozápad | 7.2 | -0.5 pts |
| 161 | Vest Estimated | 7.2 | -0.7 pts |
| 167 | Åland | 7.1 | -1.4 pts |
| 167 | Eesti | 7.1 | -0.9 pts |
| 167 | Podkarpackie | 7.1 | -0.5 pts |
| 167 | Západné Slovensko | 7.1 | -0.6 pts |
| 171 | Podlaskie | 7 | -0.7 pts |
| 171 | Sicilia | 7 | -0.4 pts |
| 171 | Sud-Est Estimated | 7 | -0.7 pts |
| 174 | Andalusia | 6.9 | -0.2 pts |
| 174 | Calabria | 6.9 | -0.3 pts |
| 174 | Corse Provisional | 6.9 | -0.1 pts |
| 174 | Latvija | 6.9 | -0.8 pts |
| 174 | Provincia Autonoma di Trento | 6.9 | -0.1 pts |
| 179 | Leipzig | 6.8 | -0.5 pts |
| 179 | Região Autónoma da Madeira | 6.8 | 0 pts |
| 179 | Severen tsentralen | 6.8 | -0.8 pts |
| 182 | Alentejo | 6.7 | -0.3 pts |
| 182 | Castilla-La Mancha | 6.7 | 0 pts |
| 182 | Catalonia | 6.7 | -0.1 pts |
| 182 | Navarre | 6.7 | 0 pts |
| 182 | Norte | 6.7 | -0.4 pts |
| 182 | Sud-Muntenia Estimated | 6.7 | -0.7 pts |
| 182 | Voreio Aigaio | 6.7 | -0.7 pts |
| 189 | Attiki | 6.6 | -0.4 pts |
| 189 | Centro (PT) | 6.6 | -0.2 pts |
| 189 | Valencian Community | 6.6 | -0.1 pts |
| 192 | Dolnośląskie | 6.5 | -0.4 pts |
| 192 | Dytiki Elláda | 6.5 | -0.3 pts |
| 192 | Etelä-Suomi | 6.5 | 0 pts |
| 192 | Lombardia | 6.5 | -0.1 pts |
| 192 | Lubelskie | 6.5 | -0.4 pts |
| 197 | Łódzkie | 6.4 | -0.6 pts |
| 198 | Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki | 6.3 | -0.2 pts |
| 198 | Aragon | 6.3 | -0.1 pts |
| 198 | Emilia-Romagna | 6.3 | -0.1 pts |
| 198 | Kentriki Makedonia | 6.3 | -0.2 pts |
| 198 | Kujawsko-pomorskie | 6.3 | -0.7 pts |
| 198 | La Rioja | 6.3 | +0.1 pts |
| 198 | Peloponnisos | 6.3 | -0.2 pts |
| 198 | Puglia | 6.3 | -0.3 pts |
| 198 | Sud-Vest Oltenia Estimated | 6.3 | -0.7 pts |
| 198 | Warmińsko-mazurskie | 6.3 | -0.2 pts |
| 208 | Burgenland | 6.2 | -0.4 pts |
| 208 | Extremadura | 6.2 | -0.3 pts |
| 208 | Lubuskie | 6.2 | -0.6 pts |
| 208 | Thessalia | 6.2 | -0.4 pts |
| 208 | Veneto | 6.2 | -0.1 pts |
| 208 | Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas | 6.2 | -0.6 pts |
| 214 | Opolskie | 6.1 | -0.8 pts |
| 214 | Zachodniopomorskie | 6.1 | -0.5 pts |
| 216 | Dresden | 6 | -0.4 pts |
| 216 | Śląskie | 6 | -0.5 pts |
| 218 | Brandenburg | 5.9 | -0.3 pts |
| 218 | Lazio | 5.9 | -0.1 pts |
| 218 | Sachsen-Anhalt | 5.9 | -0.4 pts |
| 221 | Abruzzo | 5.8 | -0.2 pts |
| 221 | Basilicata | 5.8 | 0 pts |
| 221 | Basque Country | 5.8 | -0.3 pts |
| 221 | Friuli-Venezia Giulia | 5.8 | 0 pts |
| 221 | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 5.8 | -0.3 pts |
| 221 | Piemonte | 5.8 | -0.1 pts |
| 221 | Świętokrzyskie | 5.8 | -0.6 pts |
| 228 | Chemnitz | 5.7 | -0.3 pts |
| 228 | Sterea Elláda | 5.7 | -0.2 pts |
| 228 | Toscana | 5.7 | 0 pts |
| 231 | Ipeiros | 5.6 | -0.1 pts |
| 231 | Liguria | 5.6 | +0.1 pts |
| 231 | Marche | 5.6 | -0.3 pts |
| 231 | Thüringen | 5.6 | -0.5 pts |
| 231 | Umbria | 5.6 | 0 pts |
| 236 | Molise | 5.4 | -0.3 pts |
| 237 | Dytiki Makedonia | 5.3 | -0.5 pts |
| 238 | Canary Islands | 5.2 | -0.2 pts |
| 238 | Castile and León | 5.2 | 0 pts |
| 238 | Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste | 5.2 | -0.6 pts |
| 241 | Cantabria | 5.1 | +0.1 pts |
| 242 | Galicia | 4.9 | -0.3 pts |
| 243 | Asturias | 4.5 | 0 pts |
| 243 | Sardegna | 4.5 | -0.1 pts |
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Live births per 1,000 residents during the year.
Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the regions are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.
How to cite
Eurostat. Crude birth rate per 1,000 average residents by NUTS 2 and 3 region (demo_r_gind3). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo_r_gind3/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-08.
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Which region has the highest birth rate?
Mayotte, with 27.4 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2024, according to Eurostat, European Commission.
Which region has the lowest birth rate?
Sardegna, with 4.5 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2024.
Where does this ranking come from?
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