EU regions (NUTS 2) by birth rate
Mayotte had the highest birth rate of 244 regions in 2019, at 35.6 per 1,000 inhabitants. Asturias had the lowest, at 5.1 per 1,000 inhabitants. The median was 9.3 per 1,000 inhabitants and the figure for the European Union (27) was 9.3 per 1,000 inhabitants. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.
Top 40 regions, 2019
Full ranking
| Rank | Regions | 2019 | Change on 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mayotte | 35.6 | -0.6 pts |
| 2 | Guyane | 28.6 | -0.1 pts |
| 3 | La Réunion | 15.3 | -0.3 pts |
| 4 | Melilla | 14.3 | -1.2 pts |
| 5 | Ile-de-France | 14.2 | -0.1 pts |
| 6 | Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest | 13.9 | -0.5 pts |
| 7 | Eastern and Midland | 12.4 | -0.5 pts |
| 7 | Guadeloupe | 12.4 | +0.9 pts |
| 9 | Bratislavský kraj | 12.3 | -0.8 pts |
| 10 | Hovedstaden | 12.2 | 0 pts |
| 11 | Nord-Est Estimated | 12.1 | +0.2 pts |
| 12 | Stockholm | 12 | -0.3 pts |
| 13 | Flevoland | 11.7 | +0.1 pts |
| 13 | Northern and Western | 11.7 | -0.3 pts |
| 13 | Warszawski stołeczny | 11.7 | -0.1 pts |
| 16 | Bucureşti-Ilfov Estimated | 11.5 | -0.2 pts |
| 16 | Nord-Pas de Calais | 11.5 | 0 pts |
| 16 | Rhône-Alpes | 11.5 | -0.2 pts |
| 16 | Východné Slovensko | 11.5 | 0 pts |
| 20 | Hamburg | 11.4 | -0.1 pts |
| 21 | Pomorskie | 11.3 | -0.2 pts |
| 21 | Praha | 11.3 | -0.6 pts |
| 21 | Southern | 11.3 | -0.8 pts |
| 21 | Sydsverige | 11.3 | -0.2 pts |
| 25 | Västsverige | 11.2 | -0.2 pts |
| 26 | Jihovýchod | 11.1 | -0.1 pts |
| 26 | Prov. Luxembourg (BE) | 11.1 | +0.8 pts |
| 26 | Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur | 11.1 | -0.1 pts |
| 26 | Utrecht | 11.1 | +0.1 pts |
| 30 | Małopolskie | 11 | -0.3 pts |
| 31 | Haute-Normandie | 10.9 | -0.2 pts |
| 31 | Östra Mellansverige | 10.9 | -0.2 pts |
| 31 | Vorarlberg | 10.9 | -0.1 pts |
| 34 | Berlin | 10.8 | -0.3 pts |
| 34 | Střední Čechy | 10.8 | -0.1 pts |
| 34 | Wielkopolskie | 10.8 | -0.4 pts |
| 37 | Centru Estimated | 10.7 | -0.2 pts |
| 37 | Grande Lisboa | 10.7 | 0 pts |
| 37 | Kýpros | 10.7 | +0.2 pts |
| 37 | Midtjylland | 10.7 | -0.2 pts |
| 37 | Nord-Vest Estimated | 10.7 | -0.2 pts |
| 37 | Småland med öarna | 10.7 | -0.3 pts |
| 43 | Eesti | 10.6 | -0.3 pts |
| 43 | Észak-Alföld | 10.6 | +0.1 pts |
| 43 | Észak-Magyarország | 10.6 | -0.1 pts |
| 43 | Picardie | 10.6 | -0.2 pts |
| 43 | Prov. Antwerpen | 10.6 | -0.1 pts |
| 43 | Zuid-Holland | 10.6 | 0 pts |
| 49 | Bremen | 10.5 | 0 pts |
| 49 | Wien | 10.5 | -0.1 pts |
| 51 | Grad Zagreb | 10.4 | -0.2 pts |
| 51 | Prov. Liège | 10.4 | +0.1 pts |
| 51 | Salzburg | 10.4 | +0.3 pts |
| 51 | Severovýchod | 10.4 | -0.1 pts |
| 55 | Alsace | 10.3 | -0.3 pts |
| 55 | Jihozápad | 10.3 | -0.2 pts |
| 55 | Martinique | 10.3 | +0.3 pts |
| 55 | Mazowiecki regionalny | 10.3 | -0.2 pts |
| 55 | Notio Aigaio | 10.3 | +0.2 pts |
| 55 | Oberbayern | 10.3 | -0.3 pts |
| 55 | Övre Norrland | 10.3 | +0.1 pts |
| 55 | Pays de la Loire | 10.3 | -0.2 pts |
| 55 | Yugoiztochen | 10.3 | 0 pts |
| 64 | Noord-Holland | 10.2 | -0.1 pts |
| 64 | Sostinės regionas | 10.2 | -1.1 pts |
| 66 | Mellersta Norrland | 10.1 | -0.4 pts |
| 66 | Oberösterreich | 10.1 | -0.1 pts |
| 66 | Pest | 10.1 | 0 pts |
| 69 | Centre - Val de Loire | 10 | -0.1 pts |
| 69 | Champagne-Ardenne | 10 | 0 pts |
| 69 | Darmstadt | 10 | -0.3 pts |
| 69 | Kriti | 10 | 0 pts |
| 69 | Luxembourg | 10 | -0.3 pts |
| 69 | Moravskoslezsko | 10 | -0.3 pts |
| 69 | Norra Mellansverige | 10 | -0.6 pts |
| 69 | Prov. Hainaut | 10 | +0.1 pts |
| 69 | Stredné Slovensko | 10 | -0.2 pts |
| 69 | Střední Morava | 10 | -0.5 pts |
| 69 | Stuttgart | 10 | 0 pts |
| 80 | Ceuta | 9.9 | -1.5 pts |
| 80 | Franche-Comté | 9.9 | -0.2 pts |
| 80 | Nordjylland | 9.9 | 0 pts |
| 80 | Podkarpackie | 9.9 | -0.4 pts |
| 80 | Podlaskie | 9.9 | -0.3 pts |
| 80 | Schwaben | 9.9 | +0.1 pts |
| 80 | Tirol | 9.9 | -0.3 pts |
| 80 | Tübingen | 9.9 | 0 pts |
| 88 | Freiburg | 9.8 | 0 pts |
| 88 | Languedoc-Roussillon | 9.8 | -0.2 pts |
| 88 | Latvija | 9.8 | -0.2 pts |
| 88 | Mittelfranken | 9.8 | -0.1 pts |
| 88 | Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen | 9.8 | -0.2 pts |
| 88 | Severozápad | 9.8 | +0.1 pts |
| 94 | Detmold | 9.7 | 0 pts |
| 94 | Oberpfalz | 9.7 | +0.2 pts |
| 94 | Overijssel | 9.7 | 0 pts |
| 94 | Prov. Namur | 9.7 | -0.2 pts |
| 94 | Prov. Vlaams-Brabant | 9.7 | +0.1 pts |
| 94 | Vest Estimated | 9.7 | -0.3 pts |
| 94 | Weser-Ems | 9.7 | +0.2 pts |
| 101 | Köln | 9.6 | -0.3 pts |
| 101 | Leipzig | 9.6 | -0.4 pts |
| 101 | Midi-Pyrénées | 9.6 | -0.1 pts |
| 101 | Münster | 9.6 | -0.2 pts |
| 101 | Yugozapaden | 9.6 | +0.1 pts |
| 106 | Algarve | 9.5 | 0 pts |
| 106 | Düsseldorf | 9.5 | -0.2 pts |
| 106 | Karlsruhe | 9.5 | -0.1 pts |
| 106 | Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen | 9.5 | -0.3 pts |
| 106 | Region of Murcia | 9.5 | -0.4 pts |
| 106 | Sud-Est Estimated | 9.5 | -0.2 pts |
| 106 | Syddanmark | 9.5 | -0.1 pts |
| 106 | Voreio Aigaio | 9.5 | -0.2 pts |
| 114 | Dolnośląskie | 9.4 | -0.3 pts |
| 114 | Helsinki-Uusimaa | 9.4 | -0.3 pts |
| 114 | Kujawsko-pomorskie | 9.4 | -0.3 pts |
| 114 | Lorraine | 9.4 | -0.1 pts |
| 114 | Península de Setúbal | 9.4 | +0.1 pts |
| 114 | Severoiztochen | 9.4 | +0.1 pts |
| 120 | Aquitaine | 9.3 | 0 pts |
| 120 | Bretagne | 9.3 | -0.2 pts |
| 120 | Gelderland | 9.3 | -0.1 pts |
| 120 | Yuzhen tsentralen | 9.3 | -0.1 pts |
| 120 | Zahodna Slovenija | 9.3 | -0.4 pts |
| 125 | Arnsberg | 9.2 | -0.1 pts |
| 125 | Friesland (NL) | 9.2 | +0.3 pts |
| 125 | Közép-Dunántúl | 9.2 | +0.1 pts |
| 125 | Lubelskie | 9.2 | -0.4 pts |
| 125 | Noord-Brabant | 9.2 | -0.1 pts |
| 125 | Prov. Brabant wallon | 9.2 | +0.1 pts |
| 125 | Rheinhessen-Pfalz | 9.2 | -0.3 pts |
| 125 | Sjeverna Hrvatska | 9.2 | -0.1 pts |
| 125 | Unterfranken | 9.2 | +0.2 pts |
| 125 | Vzhodna Slovenija | 9.2 | 0 pts |
| 125 | Warmińsko-mazurskie | 9.2 | -0.5 pts |
| 125 | Západné Slovensko | 9.2 | +0.1 pts |
| 137 | Basse-Normandie | 9.1 | 0 pts |
| 137 | Dél-Alföld | 9.1 | -0.1 pts |
| 137 | Niederbayern | 9.1 | +0.2 pts |
| 140 | Braunschweig | 9 | -0.2 pts |
| 140 | Budapest | 9 | -0.2 pts |
| 140 | Hannover | 9 | -0.2 pts |
| 140 | Lubuskie | 9 | -0.4 pts |
| 140 | Nyugat-Dunántúl | 9 | -0.1 pts |
| 140 | Opolskie | 9 | -0.1 pts |
| 140 | Prov. West-Vlaanderen | 9 | -0.3 pts |
| 140 | Região Autónoma dos Açores | 9 | -0.5 pts |
| 140 | Śląskie | 9 | -0.5 pts |
| 140 | Sud-Muntenia Estimated | 9 | -0.1 pts |
| 150 | Åland | 8.9 | -0.5 pts |
| 150 | Auvergne | 8.9 | -0.2 pts |
| 150 | Bourgogne | 8.9 | -0.3 pts |
| 150 | Dél-Dunántúl | 8.9 | -0.1 pts |
| 150 | Koblenz | 8.9 | -0.1 pts |
| 150 | Prov. Limburg (BE) | 8.9 | +0.1 pts |
| 150 | Trier | 8.9 | +0.1 pts |
| 150 | Zeeland | 8.9 | +0.1 pts |
| 158 | Gießen | 8.8 | -0.2 pts |
| 158 | Jadranska Hrvatska | 8.8 | -0.2 pts |
| 158 | Kassel | 8.8 | +0.1 pts |
| 158 | Łódzkie | 8.8 | -0.6 pts |
| 158 | Lüneburg | 8.8 | -0.1 pts |
| 158 | Steiermark | 8.8 | -0.1 pts |
| 164 | Niederösterreich | 8.7 | -0.2 pts |
| 164 | Oberfranken | 8.7 | +0.2 pts |
| 164 | Zachodniopomorskie | 8.7 | -0.5 pts |
| 167 | Dresden | 8.6 | -0.3 pts |
| 167 | Groningen | 8.6 | +0.1 pts |
| 167 | Malta | 8.6 | -0.6 pts |
| 167 | Panonska Hrvatska | 8.6 | 0 pts |
| 167 | Poitou-Charentes | 8.6 | +0.1 pts |
| 172 | Schleswig-Holstein | 8.5 | -0.2 pts |
| 172 | Sjælland | 8.5 | -0.2 pts |
| 172 | Sud-Vest Oltenia Estimated | 8.5 | -0.3 pts |
| 175 | Community of Madrid | 8.4 | -0.4 pts |
| 175 | Świętokrzyskie | 8.4 | -0.3 pts |
| 175 | Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas | 8.4 | -0.4 pts |
| 178 | Balearic Islands | 8.3 | -0.6 pts |
| 178 | Corse | 8.3 | -0.1 pts |
| 178 | Drenthe | 8.3 | +0.2 pts |
| 178 | Ionia Nisia | 8.3 | -0.4 pts |
| 178 | Limousin | 8.3 | 0 pts |
| 183 | Andalusia | 8.2 | -0.3 pts |
| 183 | Attiki | 8.2 | -0.3 pts |
| 183 | Campania | 8.2 | -0.2 pts |
| 183 | Länsi-Suomi | 8.2 | -0.3 pts |
| 183 | Navarre | 8.2 | -0.1 pts |
| 188 | Saarland | 8.1 | -0.1 pts |
| 188 | Severozapaden | 8.1 | 0 pts |
| 190 | Catalonia | 8 | -0.4 pts |
| 190 | Kärnten | 8 | -0.3 pts |
| 190 | Severen tsentralen | 8 | -0.2 pts |
| 193 | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 7.9 | -0.2 pts |
| 193 | Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi | 7.9 | -0.5 pts |
| 193 | Sicilia | 7.9 | -0.4 pts |
| 196 | Limburg (NL) | 7.8 | 0 pts |
| 196 | Provincia Autonoma di Trento | 7.8 | -0.2 pts |
| 196 | Thüringen | 7.8 | -0.3 pts |
| 199 | Brandenburg | 7.7 | -0.2 pts |
| 200 | Alentejo | 7.6 | 0 pts |
| 200 | Burgenland | 7.6 | 0 pts |
| 200 | Calabria | 7.6 | -0.3 pts |
| 200 | Dytiki Elláda | 7.6 | +0.1 pts |
| 200 | La Rioja | 7.6 | +0.2 pts |
| 200 | Norte | 7.6 | -0.1 pts |
| 206 | Castilla-La Mancha | 7.5 | -0.3 pts |
| 206 | Chemnitz | 7.5 | -0.3 pts |
| 206 | Oeste e Vale do Tejo | 7.5 | +0.1 pts |
| 206 | Região Autónoma da Madeira | 7.5 | -0.2 pts |
| 206 | Sachsen-Anhalt | 7.5 | -0.4 pts |
| 211 | Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki | 7.4 | -0.2 pts |
| 211 | Kentriki Makedonia | 7.4 | -0.2 pts |
| 211 | Valencian Community | 7.4 | -0.2 pts |
| 214 | Aragon | 7.3 | -0.3 pts |
| 214 | Lombardia | 7.3 | -0.3 pts |
| 214 | Thessalia | 7.3 | -0.2 pts |
| 217 | Etelä-Suomi | 7.2 | -0.3 pts |
| 217 | Extremadura | 7.2 | -0.1 pts |
| 219 | Peloponnisos | 7.1 | -0.3 pts |
| 220 | Basque Country | 7 | -0.3 pts |
| 220 | Centro (PT) | 7 | -0.1 pts |
| 220 | Puglia | 7 | -0.3 pts |
| 223 | Emilia-Romagna | 6.9 | -0.4 pts |
| 223 | Veneto | 6.9 | -0.3 pts |
| 225 | Ipeiros | 6.8 | 0 pts |
| 226 | Dytiki Makedonia | 6.7 | -0.2 pts |
| 226 | Lazio | 6.7 | -0.6 pts |
| 226 | Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste | 6.7 | -0.5 pts |
| 229 | Abruzzo | 6.6 | -0.3 pts |
| 229 | Basilicata | 6.6 | 0 pts |
| 231 | Canary Islands | 6.5 | -0.4 pts |
| 231 | Piemonte | 6.5 | -0.2 pts |
| 231 | Sterea Elláda | 6.5 | -0.7 pts |
| 234 | Marche | 6.4 | -0.3 pts |
| 234 | Molise | 6.4 | +0.2 pts |
| 234 | Umbria | 6.4 | -0.2 pts |
| 237 | Toscana | 6.3 | -0.4 pts |
| 238 | Friuli-Venezia Giulia | 6.2 | -0.3 pts |
| 239 | Cantabria | 6.1 | -0.4 pts |
| 240 | Castile and León | 6 | -0.2 pts |
| 241 | Galicia | 5.8 | -0.3 pts |
| 242 | Liguria | 5.7 | -0.2 pts |
| 243 | Sardegna | 5.5 | -0.3 pts |
| 244 | Asturias | 5.1 | -0.5 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.
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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 35.6 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2019, according to Eurostat, European Commission.
Which region has the lowest birth rate?
Asturias, with 5.1 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2019.
Where does this ranking come from?
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