EU regions (NUTS 2) by birth rate

Name: EU regions (NUTS 2) by birth rate, 2021
Creator: Eurostat, European Commission
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Mayotte had the highest birth rate of 244 regions in 2021, at 36.1 per 1,000 inhabitants. Asturias had the lowest, at 4.7 per 1,000 inhabitants. The median was 9.3 per 1,000 inhabitants and the figure for the European Union (27) was 9.2 per 1,000 inhabitants. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest36.1Mayotte

Lowest4.7Asturias

Median9.3244 regions

European Union (27)9.2History

Top 40 regions, 2021

CSV Chart (SVG)

per 1,000 inhabitants. Source: Eurostat. Retrieved 2026-10-08.

Full ranking

Rank	Regions	2021 per 1,000 inhabitants	Change on 2020
1	Mayotte	36.1	+3.8 pts
2	Guyane	28.3	+0.3 pts
3	La Réunion	15.4	+0.2 pts
4	Ile-de-France	13.5	-0.2 pts
5	Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest	12.8	-0.2 pts
6	Hovedstaden	12.3	+0.3 pts
7	Eastern and Midland	12.2	+0.8 pts
8	Stockholm	12.1	+0.2 pts
9	Flevoland	12	+0.6 pts
9	Nord-Est Estimated	12	-0.2 pts
9	Praha Series break	12	+0.9 pts
12	Bratislavský kraj	11.6	-0.7 pts
12	Guadeloupe	11.6	-0.9 pts
12	Utrecht	11.6	+0.7 pts
12	Východné Slovensko	11.6	+0.1 pts
16	Northern and Western	11.5	+0.6 pts
16	Southern	11.5	+0.7 pts
18	Hamburg	11.3	+0.3 pts
18	Midtjylland	11.3	+0.4 pts
20	Bucureşti-Ilfov Estimated	11.2	-0.5 pts
20	Kýpros	11.2	+0.3 pts
20	Västsverige	11.2	+0.2 pts
23	Nord-Pas de Calais	11.1	-0.1 pts
23	Rhône-Alpes	11.1	0 pts
25	Jihovýchod Series break	11	+0.3 pts
25	Střední Čechy Series break	11	+0.6 pts
25	Sydsverige	11	0 pts
28	Észak-Alföld	10.9	-0.1 pts
28	Melilla	10.9	-0.2 pts
30	Oberbayern	10.8	+0.5 pts
30	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur	10.8	+0.1 pts
30	Zuid-Holland	10.8	+0.4 pts
33	Berlin	10.7	+0.1 pts
33	Haute-Normandie	10.7	+0.1 pts
33	Noord-Holland	10.7	+0.6 pts
33	Prov. Antwerpen	10.7	+0.5 pts
33	Vorarlberg	10.7	+0.1 pts
38	Notio Aigaio	10.6	+0.3 pts
38	Östra Mellansverige	10.6	+0.1 pts
38	Småland med öarna	10.6	-0.3 pts
41	Észak-Magyarország	10.5	-0.3 pts
41	Grad Zagreb	10.5	+0.3 pts
41	Luxembourg	10.5	+0.3 pts
41	Picardie	10.5	+0.1 pts
41	Prov. Luxembourg (BE)	10.5	+0.3 pts
41	Schwaben	10.5	+0.5 pts
41	Stuttgart	10.5	+0.5 pts
48	Centru Estimated	10.4	-0.2 pts
48	Helsinki-Uusimaa	10.4	+0.8 pts
48	Jihozápad Series break	10.4	+0.3 pts
48	Kriti	10.4	+0.5 pts
48	Nord-Vest Estimated	10.4	-0.1 pts
48	Pays de la Loire	10.4	+0.3 pts
48	Střední Morava Series break	10.4	+0.2 pts
48	Tirol	10.4	+0.5 pts
48	Tübingen	10.4	+0.5 pts
57	Bremen	10.3	+0.1 pts
57	Severovýchod Series break	10.3	+0.1 pts
57	Warszawski stołeczny Series break	10.3	-0.7 pts
60	Darmstadt	10.2	+0.5 pts
60	Oberösterreich	10.2	+0.3 pts
60	Pest	10.2	-0.2 pts
60	Pomorskie Series break	10.2	-0.4 pts
60	Salzburg	10.2	-0.1 pts
65	Martinique	10.1	+0.3 pts
65	Mittelfranken	10.1	+0.2 pts
65	Moravskoslezsko Series break	10.1	+0.2 pts
65	Övre Norrland	10.1	0 pts
65	Prov. Liège	10.1	+0.3 pts
65	Prov. Namur	10.1	+0.4 pts
65	Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen	10.1	+0.6 pts
72	Detmold	10	+0.3 pts
72	Eesti	10	+0.1 pts
72	Freiburg	10	+0.4 pts
72	Małopolskie Series break	10	-0.6 pts
72	Münster	10	+0.3 pts
72	Nordjylland	10	+0.4 pts
72	Weser-Ems	10	+0.4 pts
72	Wien	10	0 pts
80	Alsace	9.9	-0.2 pts
80	Centre - Val de Loire	9.9	+0.1 pts
80	Gelderland	9.9	+0.4 pts
80	Noord-Brabant	9.9	+0.8 pts
80	Oberpfalz	9.9	+0.2 pts
80	Overijssel	9.9	+0.4 pts
80	Prov. Hainaut	9.9	+0.2 pts
80	Sostinės regionas	9.9	+0.2 pts
80	Stredné Slovensko	9.9	0 pts
89	Champagne-Ardenne	9.8	+0.1 pts
89	Karlsruhe	9.8	+0.5 pts
89	Köln	9.8	+0.3 pts
89	Languedoc-Roussillon	9.8	+0.1 pts
89	Mellersta Norrland	9.8	+0.4 pts
89	Niederbayern	9.8	+0.5 pts
89	Prov. Vlaams-Brabant	9.8	+0.2 pts
89	Syddanmark	9.8	+0.4 pts
89	Yugoiztochen	9.8	-0.1 pts
98	Åland	9.7	+1 pts
98	Düsseldorf	9.7	+0.3 pts
98	Friesland (NL)	9.7	+0.7 pts
98	Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen	9.7	0 pts
98	Rheinhessen-Pfalz	9.7	+0.3 pts
98	Severozápad Series break	9.7	+0.1 pts
98	Wielkopolskie Series break	9.7	-0.6 pts
105	Midi-Pyrénées	9.6	+0.2 pts
105	Unterfranken	9.6	+0.3 pts
105	Yugozapaden	9.6	0 pts
108	Arnsberg	9.5	+0.2 pts
108	Grande Lisboa	9.5	-0.6 pts
108	Hannover	9.5	+0.2 pts
108	Norra Mellansverige	9.5	-0.3 pts
108	Sud-Est Estimated	9.5	0 pts
113	Bretagne	9.4	+0.2 pts
113	Dél-Alföld	9.4	+0.1 pts
113	Franche-Comté	9.4	-0.1 pts
113	Közép-Dunántúl	9.4	+0.2 pts
113	Prov. Brabant wallon	9.4	+0.6 pts
113	Sjeverna Hrvatska	9.4	+0.2 pts
113	Vest Estimated	9.4	-0.1 pts
120	Aquitaine	9.3	+0.1 pts
120	Braunschweig	9.3	+0.2 pts
120	Koblenz	9.3	+0.3 pts
120	Nyugat-Dunántúl	9.3	+0.2 pts
120	Zeeland	9.3	+0.4 pts
125	Gießen	9.2	+0.3 pts
125	Jadranska Hrvatska	9.2	+0.3 pts
125	Latvija	9.2	0 pts
125	Mazowiecki regionalny Series break	9.2	-0.5 pts
125	Podlaskie Series break	9.2	-0.2 pts
125	Západné Slovensko	9.2	+0.2 pts
131	Basse-Normandie	9.1	+0.2 pts
131	Budapest	9.1	+0.4 pts
131	Leipzig	9.1	-0.4 pts
131	Lorraine	9.1	+0.1 pts
131	Lüneburg	9.1	+0.3 pts
131	Podkarpackie Series break	9.1	-0.5 pts
131	Prov. West-Vlaanderen	9.1	+0.2 pts
131	Region of Murcia	9.1	0 pts
131	Steiermark	9.1	+0.3 pts
131	Zahodna Slovenija	9.1	-0.2 pts
141	Drenthe	9	+0.6 pts
141	Groningen	9	+0.5 pts
141	Kassel	9	+0.1 pts
141	Niederösterreich	9	+0.3 pts
145	Auvergne	8.9	+0.4 pts
145	Dél-Dunántúl	8.9	-0.1 pts
145	Oberfranken	8.9	+0.4 pts
145	Panonska Hrvatska	8.9	+0.2 pts
145	Severoiztochen	8.9	0 pts
145	Sjælland	8.9	+0.3 pts
145	Vzhodna Slovenija	8.9	+0.3 pts
152	Algarve	8.8	-0.8 pts
152	Bourgogne	8.8	-0.1 pts
152	Ionia Nisia	8.8	+0.5 pts
152	Sud-Muntenia Estimated	8.8	-0.1 pts
152	Voreio Aigaio	8.8	-2.8 pts
152	Yuzhen tsentralen	8.8	-0.1 pts
158	Länsi-Suomi	8.7	+0.6 pts
158	Península de Setúbal	8.7	-0.4 pts
158	Prov. Limburg (BE)	8.7	+0.2 pts
158	Schleswig-Holstein	8.7	+0.3 pts
158	Trier	8.7	0 pts
163	Ceuta	8.6	-1.4 pts
163	Dolnośląskie Series break	8.6	-0.4 pts
163	Região Autónoma dos Açores	8.6	-0.2 pts
166	Kujawsko-pomorskie Series break	8.5	-0.5 pts
166	Malta	8.5	-0.1 pts
166	Poitou-Charentes	8.5	+0.2 pts
166	Saarland	8.5	+0.2 pts
170	Attiki	8.4	+0.2 pts
170	Limburg (NL)	8.4	+0.7 pts
170	Lubelskie Series break	8.4	-0.5 pts
170	Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi	8.4	+0.2 pts
174	Łódzkie Series break	8.3	-0.4 pts
174	Sud-Vest Oltenia Estimated	8.3	-0.1 pts
176	Kärnten	8.2	+0.1 pts
176	Lubuskie Series break	8.2	-0.6 pts
178	Dresden	8.1	-0.1 pts
178	Śląskie Series break	8.1	-0.6 pts
180	Balearic Islands	8	0 pts
180	Limousin	8	-0.1 pts
180	Opolskie Series break	8	-0.6 pts
180	Warmińsko-mazurskie Series break	8	-0.9 pts
180	Zachodniopomorskie Series break	8	-0.4 pts
185	Severozapaden	7.9	-0.1 pts
186	Corse	7.8	0 pts
186	Severen tsentralen	7.8	+0.2 pts
188	Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki	7.7	+0.2 pts
188	Andalusia	7.7	0 pts
188	Campania	7.7	-0.3 pts
188	Dytiki Elláda	7.7	0 pts
188	Etelä-Suomi	7.7	+0.5 pts
188	Navarre	7.7	+0.1 pts
188	Provincia Autonoma di Trento	7.7	+0.3 pts
188	Sicilia	7.7	0 pts
196	Community of Madrid	7.6	-0.2 pts
196	Świętokrzyskie Series break	7.6	-0.4 pts
196	Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas	7.6	-0.2 pts
199	Alentejo	7.5	0 pts
199	Brandenburg	7.5	0 pts
199	Burgenland	7.5	+0.4 pts
199	Kentriki Makedonia	7.5	+0.1 pts
199	Peloponnisos	7.5	+0.2 pts
199	Thessalia	7.5	+0.1 pts
205	Catalonia	7.4	-0.2 pts
205	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	7.4	-0.1 pts
205	Sachsen-Anhalt	7.4	0 pts
208	Thüringen	7.3	-0.2 pts
209	Chemnitz	7.2	-0.1 pts
210	Aragon	7.1	+0.3 pts
210	Calabria	7.1	-0.3 pts
210	Castilla-La Mancha	7.1	-0.1 pts
210	Sterea Elláda	7.1	-0.1 pts
214	Ipeiros	7	+0.2 pts
214	Oeste e Vale do Tejo	7	-0.4 pts
214	Valencian Community	7	-0.1 pts
217	La Rioja	6.9	-0.4 pts
217	Lombardia	6.9	0 pts
217	Norte	6.9	-0.6 pts
217	Região Autónoma da Madeira	6.9	-0.5 pts
221	Extremadura	6.8	-0.1 pts
221	Veneto	6.8	+0.1 pts
223	Emilia-Romagna	6.7	0 pts
223	Puglia	6.7	0 pts
225	Abruzzo	6.5	+0.1 pts
225	Basque Country	6.5	-0.2 pts
225	Centro (PT)	6.5	-0.4 pts
225	Dytiki Makedonia	6.5	-0.5 pts
225	Lazio	6.5	-0.1 pts
230	Piemonte	6.3	0 pts
231	Marche	6.2	-0.1 pts
232	Basilicata	6.1	-0.3 pts
232	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	6.1	-0.1 pts
232	Toscana	6.1	0 pts
232	Umbria	6.1	0 pts
236	Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste	6	-0.2 pts
237	Canary Islands	5.8	-0.3 pts
238	Liguria	5.7	-0.1 pts
238	Molise	5.7	-0.1 pts
240	Cantabria	5.6	-0.2 pts
241	Castile and León	5.5	-0.2 pts
241	Galicia	5.5	-0.1 pts
243	Sardegna	5.2	0 pts
244	Asturias	4.7	0 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 36.1 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2021, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which region has the lowest birth rate?

Asturias, with 4.7 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2021.

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.