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EU regions (NUTS 2) by birth rate

Mayotte had the highest birth rate of 244 regions in 2015, at 38 per 1,000 inhabitants. Asturias had the lowest, at 6.2 per 1,000 inhabitants. The median was 9.4 per 1,000 inhabitants and the figure for the European Union (27) was 9.8 per 1,000 inhabitants. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest38Mayotte
Lowest6.2Asturias
Median9.4244 regions
European Union (27)9.8History

Top 40 regions, 2015

CSVChart (SVG)

MayotteMayotte: 38 per 1,000 inhabitants38GuyaneGuyane: 25.7 per 1,000 inhabitants25.7MelillaMelilla: 17.7 per 1,000 inhabitants17.7La RéunionLa Réunion: 16.4 per 1,000 inhabitants16.4Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Bru…Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest: 15.4 per 1,000 inhabitants15.4Ile-de-FranceIle-de-France: 14.9 per 1,000 inhabitants14.9Eastern and MidlandEastern and Midland: 14.6 per 1,000 inhabitants14.6SouthernSouthern: 13.5 per 1,000 inhabitants13.5StockholmStockholm: 13.3 per 1,000 inhabitants13.3CeutaCeuta: 13 per 1,000 inhabitants13Nord-Pas de CalaisNord-Pas de Calais: 12.9 per 1,000 inhabitants12.9Northern and WesternNorthern and Western: 12.9 per 1,000 inhabitants12.9Bratislavský krajBratislavský kraj: 12.6 per 1,000 inhabitants12.6GuadeloupeGuadeloupe: 12.4 per 1,000 inhabitants12.4Rhône-AlpesRhône-Alpes: 12.4 per 1,000 inhabitants12.4PicardiePicardie: 12 per 1,000 inhabitants12HovedstadenHovedstaden: 11.9 per 1,000 inhabitants11.9Nord-EstNord-Est: 11.9 per 1,000 inhabitants11.9Sostinės regionasSostinės regionas: 11.9 per 1,000 inhabitants11.9FlevolandFlevoland: 11.8 per 1,000 inhabitants11.8Haute-NormandieHaute-Normandie: 11.8 per 1,000 inhabitants11.8SydsverigeSydsverige: 11.8 per 1,000 inhabitants11.8PrahaPraha: 11.7 per 1,000 inhabitants11.7Provence-Alpes-Côte d’AzurProvence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur: 11.7 per 1,000 inhabitants11.7VästsverigeVästsverige: 11.6 per 1,000 inhabitants11.6Östra MellansverigeÖstra Mellansverige: 11.4 per 1,000 inhabitants11.4AlsaceAlsace: 11.3 per 1,000 inhabitants11.3Pays de la LoirePays de la Loire: 11.3 per 1,000 inhabitants11.3UtrechtUtrecht: 11.3 per 1,000 inhabitants11.3Východné SlovenskoVýchodné Slovensko: 11.3 per 1,000 inhabitants11.3Warszawski stołecznyWarszawski stołeczny: 11.3 per 1,000 inhabitants11.3Prov. Luxembourg (BE)Prov. Luxembourg (BE): 11.2 per 1,000 inhabitants11.2HamburgHamburg: 11.1 per 1,000 inhabitants11.1LatvijaLatvija: 11.1 per 1,000 inhabitants11.1Střední ČechyStřední Čechy: 11.1 per 1,000 inhabitants11.1Franche-ComtéFranche-Comté: 11 per 1,000 inhabitants11Helsinki-UusimaaHelsinki-Uusimaa: 11 per 1,000 inhabitants11Prov. AntwerpenProv. Antwerpen: 11 per 1,000 inhabitants11Småland med öarnaSmåland med öarna: 11 per 1,000 inhabitants11WienWien: 11 per 1,000 inhabitants11
per 1,000 inhabitants. Source: Eurostat. Retrieved 2026-10-08.

Full ranking

RankRegions2015
per 1,000 inhabitants		Change on 2014
1Mayotte38+5.9 pts
2Guyane25.70 pts
3Melilla17.7-1.5 pts
4La Réunion16.4-0.2 pts
5Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest15.4-0.4 pts
6Ile-de-France14.9-0.3 pts
7Eastern and Midland14.6-0.8 pts
8Southern13.5-0.2 pts
9Stockholm13.3-0.2 pts
10Ceuta13-1.2 pts
11Nord-Pas de Calais12.9-0.5 pts
11Northern and Western12.9-0.3 pts
13Bratislavský kraj12.6+0.1 pts
14Guadeloupe12.4-0.7 pts
14Rhône-Alpes12.4-0.4 pts
16Picardie12-0.3 pts
17Hovedstaden11.9+0.1 pts
17Nord-Est Estimated11.9+0.3 pts
17Sostinės regionas11.9+0.4 pts
20Flevoland11.8-0.5 pts
20Haute-Normandie11.8-0.3 pts
20Sydsverige11.8-0.3 pts
23Praha11.70 pts
23Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur11.7-0.2 pts
25Västsverige11.6-0.3 pts
26Östra Mellansverige11.4-0.1 pts
27Alsace11.3-0.5 pts
27Pays de la Loire11.3-0.5 pts
27Utrecht11.3-0.5 pts
27Východné Slovensko11.3+0.3 pts
27Warszawski stołeczny11.3+0.1 pts
32Prov. Luxembourg (BE)11.2-0.2 pts
33Hamburg11.1+0.2 pts
33Latvija11.1+0.2 pts
33Střední Čechy11.10 pts
36Franche-Comté11-0.4 pts
36Helsinki-Uusimaa11-0.2 pts
36Prov. Antwerpen11-0.5 pts
36Småland med öarna11-0.1 pts
36Wien11+0.2 pts
41Berlin10.9+0.1 pts
41Champagne-Ardenne10.9-0.4 pts
41Region of Murcia10.9-0.2 pts
41Zuid-Holland10.9-0.5 pts
45Centru Estimated10.80 pts
45Jihovýchod10.80 pts
45Pomorskie10.8-0.1 pts
48Centre - Val de Loire10.7-0.6 pts
48Languedoc-Roussillon10.7-0.2 pts
48Luxembourg10.7-0.2 pts
48Prov. Liège10.7-0.4 pts
48Vorarlberg10.7+0.1 pts
48Wielkopolskie10.70 pts
54Bucureşti-Ilfov Estimated10.6+0.2 pts
54Eesti10.6+0.3 pts
54Kýpros10.6-0.2 pts
54Noord-Holland10.6-0.3 pts
54Nord-Vest Estimated10.6+0.3 pts
59Martinique10.5-0.9 pts
59Mellersta Norrland10.5+0.4 pts
59Prov. Hainaut10.5-0.3 pts
59Prov. Namur10.5-0.2 pts
59Yugoiztochen10.50 pts
64Grande Lisboa10.4+0.2 pts
64Małopolskie10.40 pts
64Midi-Pyrénées10.4-0.4 pts
64Midtjylland10.4+0.2 pts
64Norra Mellansverige10.4+0.1 pts
64Övre Norrland10.4+0.1 pts
64Zahodna Slovenija10.4-0.2 pts
71Észak-Alföld10.30 pts
71Jihozápad10.3+0.3 pts
71Lorraine10.3-0.4 pts
71Overijssel10.3-0.3 pts
71Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen10.3-0.2 pts
71Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen10.3-0.4 pts
71Severovýchod10.3+0.1 pts
71Tirol10.3+0.6 pts
79Bretagne10.2-0.4 pts
79Grad Zagreb10.2-0.5 pts
79Länsi-Suomi10.2-0.4 pts
82Community of Madrid10.1-0.2 pts
82Kriti10.10 pts
82Mazowiecki regionalny10.1-0.1 pts
82Oberbayern10.1+0.2 pts
82Oberösterreich10.10 pts
82Salzburg10.1-0.1 pts
82Střední Morava10.1+0.3 pts
89Basse-Normandie10-0.3 pts
89Bourgogne10-0.2 pts
89Észak-Magyarország10-0.1 pts
89Leipzig10+0.3 pts
89Prov. Brabant wallon100 pts
89Prov. Vlaams-Brabant10-0.3 pts
95Aquitaine9.9-0.3 pts
95Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi9.9-0.6 pts
97Bremen9.8+0.4 pts
97Darmstadt9.8+0.3 pts
97Moravskoslezsko9.80 pts
97Pest9.8-0.1 pts
97Severozápad9.80 pts
102Malta9.70 pts
102Stredné Slovensko9.7+0.1 pts
102Sud-Est Estimated9.70 pts
102Vest Estimated9.7+0.4 pts
102Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas9.7+0.3 pts
102Vzhodna Slovenija9.7-0.2 pts
102Yugozapaden9.7-0.2 pts
109Andalusia9.6-0.2 pts
109Gelderland9.6-0.2 pts
109Notio Aigaio9.6-0.2 pts
109Prov. Limburg (BE)9.6-0.4 pts
109Stuttgart9.6+0.5 pts
109Yuzhen tsentralen9.6+0.1 pts
115Åland9.5-0.3 pts
115Auvergne9.5-0.4 pts
115Balearic Islands9.5-0.1 pts
115Catalonia9.5-0.1 pts
115Nordjylland9.5+0.3 pts
115Severoiztochen9.5-0.2 pts
115Zeeland9.5-0.1 pts
122Budapest9.4-0.2 pts
122Köln9.4+0.2 pts
122Lubuskie9.4-0.2 pts
122Mittelfranken9.4+0.3 pts
122Navarre9.4-0.3 pts
122Noord-Brabant9.4-0.4 pts
122Podkarpackie9.4-0.2 pts
129Friesland (NL)9.3-0.5 pts
129Kujawsko-pomorskie9.3-0.4 pts
129Lubelskie9.30 pts
129Podlaskie9.3-0.2 pts
129Poitou-Charentes9.3-0.5 pts
129Região Autónoma dos Açores9.3-0.2 pts
129Syddanmark9.30 pts
129Warmińsko-mazurskie9.3-0.5 pts
137Detmold9.2+0.2 pts
137Dolnośląskie9.2-0.3 pts
137Dresden9.2-0.1 pts
137Közép-Dunántúl9.20 pts
137Prov. West-Vlaanderen9.2-0.2 pts
137Śląskie9.2-0.2 pts
137Tübingen9.2+0.2 pts
144Freiburg9.1+0.3 pts
144Groningen9.1-0.2 pts
144Karlsruhe9.1+0.3 pts
144Península de Setúbal9.10 pts
144Schwaben9.1+0.3 pts
144Steiermark9.1+0.6 pts
150Algarve9+0.6 pts
150Düsseldorf9+0.3 pts
150Etelä-Suomi9-0.3 pts
150Provincia Autonoma di Trento90 pts
150Sud-Muntenia Estimated9+0.2 pts
155Attiki8.90 pts
155Castilla-La Mancha8.90 pts
155Jadranska Hrvatska8.9-0.3 pts
155Łódzkie8.9-0.2 pts
155Münster8.9+0.3 pts
155Niederösterreich8.9+0.1 pts
155Rheinhessen-Pfalz8.9+0.3 pts
155Sjeverna Hrvatska8.9-0.3 pts
155Zachodniopomorskie8.9-0.3 pts
155Západné Slovensko8.9-0.1 pts
165Campania8.80 pts
165Dél-Alföld8.8+0.1 pts
165Limousin8.8-0.3 pts
165Valencian Community8.8-0.2 pts
165Voreio Aigaio8.8+0.1 pts
165Weser-Ems8.80 pts
171Basque Country8.7-0.2 pts
171Corse8.7-0.5 pts
171Dél-Dunántúl8.7-0.3 pts
171La Rioja8.7-0.3 pts
171Oberpfalz8.7+0.3 pts
171Opolskie8.7-0.3 pts
171Trier8.7+0.4 pts
178Aragon8.6-0.1 pts
178Arnsberg8.6+0.2 pts
178Hannover8.6+0.1 pts
178Ionia Nisia8.6-0.1 pts
178Niederbayern8.6+0.4 pts
178Nyugat-Dunántúl8.6-0.1 pts
178Sicilia8.6-0.3 pts
185Gießen8.5+0.4 pts
185Lombardia8.5-0.2 pts
185Panonska Hrvatska8.5-0.5 pts
185Sud-Vest Oltenia Estimated8.5+0.1 pts
185Świętokrzyskie8.5-0.1 pts
185Unterfranken8.5+0.3 pts
191Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki8.4+0.2 pts
191Calabria8.40 pts
191Lazio8.4-0.4 pts
191Severen tsentralen8.4-0.1 pts
195Braunschweig8.3+0.1 pts
195Kärnten8.30 pts
195Kassel8.3+0.2 pts
195Kentriki Makedonia8.3+0.2 pts
195Koblenz8.3+0.3 pts
195Lüneburg8.3+0.1 pts
195Mecklenburg-Vorpommern8.3+0.3 pts
195Schleswig-Holstein8.3+0.2 pts
195Sjælland8.3+0.3 pts
195Thüringen8.30 pts
205Drenthe8.2-0.6 pts
205Extremadura8.2-0.2 pts
205Severozapaden8.2-0.2 pts
208Dytiki Elláda8.10 pts
208Emilia-Romagna8.1-0.2 pts
208Thessalia8.1+0.1 pts
211Chemnitz8+0.2 pts
211Veneto8-0.3 pts
213Oberfranken7.9+0.2 pts
214Burgenland7.8+0.2 pts
214Limburg (NL)7.8-0.1 pts
214Puglia7.8-0.4 pts
214Sachsen-Anhalt7.8+0.2 pts
218Abruzzo7.7-0.2 pts
218Brandenburg7.7-0.2 pts
218Canary Islands7.7-0.1 pts
218Marche7.7-0.3 pts
218Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste7.7-1 pts
223Dytiki Makedonia7.6-0.2 pts
223Peloponnisos7.60 pts
223Região Autónoma da Madeira7.6+0.9 pts
223Saarland7.6+0.2 pts
227Cantabria7.5-0.3 pts
227Ipeiros7.50 pts
227Norte7.5+0.3 pts
227Oeste e Vale do Tejo7.5+0.4 pts
227Piemonte7.5-0.4 pts
232Alentejo7.4+0.5 pts
232Toscana7.4-0.4 pts
232Umbria7.4-0.5 pts
235Sterea Elláda7.3-0.1 pts
236Basilicata7.20 pts
237Castile and León7.1-0.1 pts
237Galicia7.1-0.1 pts
239Centro (PT)7+0.3 pts
239Friuli-Venezia Giulia7-0.5 pts
239Molise7-0.1 pts
242Sardegna6.7-0.3 pts
243Liguria6.5-0.3 pts
244Asturias6.2-0.1 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 38 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2015, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which region has the lowest birth rate?

Asturias, with 6.2 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2015.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Eurostat, European Commission, Crude birth rate per 1,000 average residents by NUTS 2 and 3 region (demo_r_gind3). Retrieved 2026-10-08.

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