EU regions (NUTS 2) by live births

Name: EU regions (NUTS 2) by live births, 2015
Creator: Eurostat, European Commission
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Ile-de-France had the highest live births of 244 regions in 2015, at 179,762. Åland had the lowest, at 275. The median was 13,361 and the figure for the European Union (27) was 4.33 million. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest179,762Ile-de-France

Lowest275Åland

Median13,361244 regions

European Union (27)4,329,512History

Top 40 regions, 2015

CSV Chart (SVG)

count. Source: Eurostat. Retrieved 2026-10-08.

Full ranking

Rank	Regions	2015 count	Change on 2014
1	Ile-de-France	179,762	-1.6%
2	Lombardia	84,149	-2.4%
3	Rhône-Alpes	81,321	-1.9%
4	Andalusia	80,633	-1.9%
5	Catalonia	70,450	-1.6%
6	Community of Madrid	64,879	-1%
7	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur	58,775	-1.5%
8	Nord-Pas de Calais	52,407	-4.2%
9	Campania	51,005	-0.5%
10	Lazio	48,231	-4.2%
11	Düsseldorf	46,234	+3.7%
12	Oberbayern	46,066	+3%
13	Valencian Community	43,450	-2%
14	Sicilia	43,307	-3.5%
15	Pays de la Loire	42,049	-3.7%
16	Śląskie	41,611	-2.6%
17	Köln	41,265	+2.8%
18	Zuid-Holland	38,979	-3.4%
19	Nord-Est	38,967	+2.8%
20	Veneto	38,952	-4.1%
21	Stuttgart	38,674	+6.2%
22	Darmstadt	38,044	+3.9%
23	Berlin	38,030	+1.8%
24	Wielkopolskie	36,760	-0.6%
25	Emilia-Romagna	35,813	-2.3%
26	Małopolskie	34,721	+0.9%
27	Attiki	34,421	-0.4%
28	Warszawski stołeczny	33,699	+2%
29	Bretagne	33,522	-4.2%
30	Eastern and Midland	33,499	-3.7%
31	Aquitaine	33,381	-2.7%
32	Piemonte	32,908	-5%
33	Puglia	31,577	-4.9%
34	Midi-Pyrénées	31,422	-3%
35	Arnsberg	30,933	+3.4%
36	Languedoc-Roussillon	29,868	-1.1%
37	Noord-Holland	29,509	-1.5%
38	Stockholm	29,381	-0.4%
39	Centre - Val de Loire	27,694	-4.5%
40	Sud-Muntenia	27,528	+2.1%
41	Toscana	27,494	-5.6%
42	Nord-Vest	27,324	+3%
43	Norte	27,249	+4.6%
44	Dolnośląskie	26,258	-3.4%
45	Centru	25,270	-0.9%
46	Karlsruhe	24,944	+4.2%
47	Pomorskie	24,596	-0.1%
48	Sud-Est	24,189	+0.2%
49	Bucureşti-Ilfov	24,177	+2%
50	Lorraine	24,094	-4.1%
51	Mazowiecki regionalny	23,757	-1.4%
52	Noord-Brabant	23,556	-2.9%
53	Schleswig-Holstein	23,549	+3.3%
54	Münster	23,209	+4.2%
55	Picardie	23,172	-2.5%
56	Västsverige	22,629	-1.2%
57	Łódzkie	22,113	-2.6%
58	Haute-Normandie	22,007	-1.9%
59	Latvija	21,979	+1.1%
60	Weser-Ems	21,830	+0.8%
61	Southern	21,221	-1.3%
62	Alsace	21,206	-4%
63	Grande Lisboa	21,205	+2.7%
64	Hovedstaden	21,095	+1.6%
65	Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas	20,535	+1.8%
66	Yugozapaden	20,196	-2.7%
67	Prov. Antwerpen	20,133	-3.5%
68	Freiburg	20,041	+4.4%
69	Wien	19,931	+3.5%
70	Hamburg	19,768	+3.8%
71	Lubelskie	19,715	-0.6%
72	Podkarpackie	19,566	-1.9%
73	Gelderland	19,525	-1.7%
74	Galicia	19,427	-1%
75	Kujawsko-pomorskie	19,190	-4.2%
76	Brandenburg	19,112	-1.2%
77	Basque Country	18,849	-2.7%
78	Detmold	18,827	+3.6%
79	Östra Mellansverige	18,635	+0.8%
80	Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest	18,312	-1.5%
81	Východné Slovensko	18,293	+2.6%
82	Castilla-La Mancha	18,214	-1%
83	Hannover	18,133	+0.9%
84	Jihovýchod	18,120	-0.1%
85	Rheinhessen-Pfalz	18,081	+4.6%
86	Thüringen	17,934	+0.3%
87	Helsinki-Uusimaa	17,722	-1.2%
88	Vest	17,481	+3.5%
89	Sachsen-Anhalt	17,415	+2.1%
90	Castile and León	17,389	-2.8%
91	Sydsverige	17,161	-1.2%
92	Sud-Vest Oltenia	17,059	-0.2%
93	Schwaben	16,755	+4.7%
94	Poitou-Charentes	16,726	-5.1%
95	Tübingen	16,610	+3.3%
96	Západné Slovensko	16,384	-0.9%
97	Calabria	16,376	-0.7%
98	Bourgogne	16,317	-2.6%
99	Budapest	16,282	-1.9%
100	Mittelfranken	16,168	+4.2%
101	Canary Islands	16,146	-1.5%
102	Region of Murcia	15,976	-2%
103	Severovýchod	15,567	+1.3%
104	Kentriki Makedonia	15,399	+0.7%
105	Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen	15,355	-0.9%
106	Észak-Alföld	15,108	-0.8%
107	Zachodniopomorskie	15,088	-2.8%
108	Praha	14,759	+0.9%
109	Basse-Normandie	14,734	-3%
110	Utrecht	14,729	-3.2%
111	Dresden	14,657	-1.1%
112	Oberösterreich	14,648	+1.4%
113	Střední Čechy	14,602	+0.2%
114	Niederösterreich	14,599	+2.1%
115	Champagne-Ardenne	14,595	-3.4%
116	Länsi-Suomi	14,066	-3.3%
117	Prov. Hainaut	14,050	-3%
118	La Réunion	14,011	-0.6%
119	Lüneburg	13,973	+1.4%
120	Eesti	13,907	+2.6%
121	Yuzhen tsentralen	13,424	-0.2%
122	Midtjylland	13,423	+2.6%
123	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	13,298	+3.6%
124	Braunschweig	13,247	+1.9%
125	Warmińsko-mazurskie	13,121	-6%
126	Franche-Comté	13,032	-3.2%
127	Stredné Slovensko	13,021	+0.9%
128	Auvergne	12,924	-3.8%
129	Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi	12,907	-5.7%
130	Jihozápad	12,461	+2.9%
131	Střední Morava	12,345	+2.9%
132	Koblenz	12,274	+4%
133	Jadranska Hrvatska	12,211	-3.9%
134	Pest	12,044	+0.1%
135	Marche	11,904	-3.7%
136	Moravskoslezsko	11,866	-1.1%
137	Centro (PT)	11,845	+3.6%
138	Prov. Liège	11,805	-2.9%
139	Overijssel	11,765	-2.7%
140	Chemnitz	11,726	+2.3%
141	Észak-Magyarország	11,564	-2.2%
142	Aragon	11,352	-2.2%
143	Syddanmark	11,286	+1.3%
144	Prov. Vlaams-Brabant	11,157	-2.7%
145	Steiermark	11,143	+7%
146	Unterfranken	11,088	+3.9%
147	Sardegna	11,082	-3.4%
148	Dél-Alföld	11,056	-0.2%
149	Severozápad	11,044	-0.1%
150	Prov. West-Vlaanderen	10,927	-1.2%
151	Podlaskie	10,825	-1.8%
152	Northern and Western	10,816	-1.6%
153	Yugoiztochen	10,767	-1.6%
154	Balearic Islands	10,597	-0.7%
155	Świętokrzyskie	10,579	-1.6%
156	Vzhodna Slovenija	10,572	-2.7%
157	Etelä-Suomi	10,502	-2.6%
158	Niederbayern	10,314	+4.8%
159	Abruzzo	10,238	-2.8%
160	Liguria	10,155	-5.5%
161	Leipzig	10,083	+4.3%
162	Zahodna Slovenija	10,069	-2.2%
163	Kassel	10,019	+3.5%
164	Panonska Hrvatska	9,830	-7.5%
165	Közép-Dunántúl	9,789	-0.2%
166	Sostinės regionas	9,530	+3.7%
167	Oberpfalz	9,512	+4.8%
168	Lubuskie	9,420	-3%
169	Småland med öarna	9,171	+0.7%
170	Kýpros	9,170	-1%
171	Mayotte	8,997	+23.1%
172	Extremadura	8,895	-3%
173	Gießen	8,826	+5.7%
174	Limburg (NL)	8,739	-1.3%
175	Norra Mellansverige	8,681	+1.6%
176	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	8,584	-6.6%
177	Severoiztochen	8,553	-4.1%
178	Nyugat-Dunántúl	8,392	-1.4%
179	Oberfranken	8,325	+2.4%
180	Opolskie	8,289	-3.5%
181	Prov. Limburg (BE)	8,273	-3.3%
182	Grad Zagreb	8,039	-4.9%
183	Bratislavský kraj	7,904	+1.9%
184	Dél-Dunántúl	7,879	-3.6%
185	Tirol	7,576	+7.2%
186	Saarland	7,511	+2.5%
187	Sjeverna Hrvatska	7,423	-4.5%
188	Península de Setúbal	7,159	+0.4%
189	Sjælland	6,866	+5%
190	Guyane	6,806	+3.3%
191	Severen tsentralen	6,621	-3.7%
192	Umbria	6,542	-6.7%
193	Bremen	6,509	+4.8%
194	Limousin	6,470	-3.4%
195	Asturias	6,455	-2.2%
196	Severozapaden	6,389	-3.9%
197	Kriti	6,370	+0.2%
198	Oeste e Vale do Tejo	6,151	+4.5%
199	Luxembourg	6,115	+0.7%
200	Friesland (NL)	6,011	-4.8%
201	Navarre	6,007	-2.8%
202	Thessalia	5,818	+0.2%
203	Nordjylland	5,535	+3.5%
204	Salzburg	5,494	+0.9%
205	Dytiki Elláda	5,489	+0.3%
206	Guadeloupe	5,368	-5.5%
207	Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen	5,337	-3.3%
208	Groningen	5,329	-1.6%
208	Övre Norrland	5,329	+1.2%
210	Prov. Namur	5,133	-1.8%
211	Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki	4,950	+2%
212	Provincia Autonoma di Trento	4,836	-0.5%
213	Flevoland	4,735	-3.8%
214	Kärnten	4,648	+0.9%
215	Trier	4,591	+5.9%
216	Cantabria	4,375	-4.2%
217	Malta	4,325	+3.2%
218	Peloponnisos	4,319	-2%
219	Basilicata	4,122	-0%
220	Vorarlberg	4,092	+2.1%
221	Algarve	4,071	+8.3%
222	Drenthe	4,029	-6.3%
223	Martinique	3,972	-9%
224	Prov. Brabant wallon	3,970	+1.2%
225	Sterea Elláda	3,948	-2.4%
226	Mellersta Norrland	3,883	+3.8%
227	Alentejo	3,612	+6.3%
228	Zeeland	3,604	-1.2%
229	Prov. Luxembourg (BE)	3,159	-1.1%
230	Notio Aigaio	3,128	-2.8%
231	Corse	2,866	-4.1%
232	La Rioja	2,732	-3.6%
233	Ipeiros	2,489	-1%
234	Região Autónoma dos Açores	2,261	-2.4%
235	Burgenland	2,250	+3.1%
236	Molise	2,181	-1.4%
237	Dytiki Makedonia	2,077	-2.9%
238	Região Autónoma da Madeira	1,947	+12%
239	Ionia Nisia	1,793	-1.5%
240	Voreio Aigaio	1,646	-0.5%
241	Melilla	1,510	-7.1%
242	Ceuta	1,096	-8.8%
243	Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste	987	-11.8%
244	Åland	275	-2.5%

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About this ranking

Live births to mothers resident in the area 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. Live births during the year 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 live births?

Ile-de-France, with 179,762 in 2015, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which region has the lowest live births?

Åland, with 275 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, Live births during the year by NUTS 2 and 3 region (demo_r_gind3). Retrieved 2026-10-08.