EU regions (NUTS 2) by live births
Ile-de-France had the highest live births of 244 regions in 2016, at 177,983. Åland had the lowest, at 293. The median was 13,506 and the figure for the European Union (27) was 4.38 million. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.
Top 40 regions, 2016
Full ranking
| Rank | Regions | 2016 | Change on 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ile-de-France | 177,983 | -1% |
| 2 | Lombardia | 81,588 | -3% |
| 3 | Rhône-Alpes | 79,405 | -2.4% |
| 4 | Andalusia | 79,263 | -1.7% |
| 5 | Catalonia | 68,908 | -2.2% |
| 6 | Community of Madrid | 63,112 | -2.7% |
| 7 | Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur | 57,846 | -1.6% |
| 8 | Nord-Pas de Calais | 50,564 | -3.5% |
| 9 | Düsseldorf | 50,521 | +9.3% |
| 10 | Campania | 50,384 | -1.2% |
| 11 | Oberbayern | 48,541 | +5.4% |
| 12 | Lazio | 47,595 | -1.3% |
| 13 | Köln | 44,228 | +7.2% |
| 14 | Śląskie | 42,742 | +2.7% |
| 15 | Valencian Community | 41,997 | -3.3% |
| 16 | Sicilia | 41,641 | -3.8% |
| 17 | Stuttgart | 41,098 | +6.3% |
| 18 | Berlin | 41,087 | +8% |
| 19 | Pays de la Loire | 40,887 | -2.8% |
| 20 | Darmstadt | 40,441 | +6.3% |
| 21 | Zuid-Holland | 39,724 | +1.9% |
| 22 | Nord-Est | 38,965 | -0% |
| 23 | Wielkopolskie | 38,237 | +4% |
| 24 | Veneto | 37,851 | -2.8% |
| 25 | Małopolskie | 36,331 | +4.6% |
| 26 | Warszawski stołeczny | 35,562 | +5.5% |
| 27 | Attiki | 34,741 | +0.9% |
| 28 | Emilia-Romagna | 34,578 | -3.4% |
| 29 | Arnsberg | 33,170 | +7.2% |
| 30 | Aquitaine | 33,006 | -1.1% |
| 31 | Eastern and Midland | 32,838 | -2% |
| 32 | Bretagne | 32,727 | -2.4% |
| 33 | Piemonte | 31,732 | -3.6% |
| 34 | Puglia | 31,132 | -1.4% |
| 35 | Midi-Pyrénées | 30,728 | -2.2% |
| 36 | Noord-Holland | 29,876 | +1.2% |
| 37 | Stockholm | 29,457 | +0.3% |
| 38 | Languedoc-Roussillon | 29,251 | -2.1% |
| 39 | Norte | 28,073 | +3% |
| 40 | Nord-Vest | 27,879 | +2% |
| 41 | Sud-Muntenia | 27,721 | +0.7% |
| 42 | Dolnośląskie | 27,452 | +4.5% |
| 43 | Centre - Val de Loire | 27,303 | -1.4% |
| 44 | Toscana | 26,916 | -2.1% |
| 45 | Karlsruhe | 26,556 | +6.5% |
| 46 | Centru | 25,888 | +2.4% |
| 47 | Pomorskie | 25,865 | +5.2% |
| 48 | Schleswig-Holstein | 25,420 | +7.9% |
| 49 | Bucureşti-Ilfov | 25,348 | +4.8% |
| 50 | Münster | 25,027 | +7.8% |
| 51 | Sud-Est | 24,811 | +2.6% |
| 52 | Weser-Ems | 24,482 | +12.1% |
| 53 | Mazowiecki regionalny | 24,024 | +1.1% |
| 54 | Noord-Brabant | 24,007 | +1.9% |
| 55 | Lorraine | 23,567 | -2.2% |
| 56 | Västsverige | 23,512 | +3.9% |
| 57 | Łódzkie | 22,794 | +3.1% |
| 58 | Hovedstaden | 22,312 | +5.8% |
| 59 | Picardie | 22,110 | -4.6% |
| 60 | Latvija | 21,968 | -0.1% |
| 61 | Freiburg | 21,893 | +9.2% |
| 62 | Grande Lisboa | 21,723 | +2.4% |
| 63 | Haute-Normandie | 21,619 | -1.8% |
| 64 | Hamburg | 21,480 | +8.7% |
| 65 | Brandenburg | 20,934 | +9.5% |
| 66 | Wien | 20,804 | +4.4% |
| 67 | Alsace | 20,801 | -1.9% |
| 68 | Hannover | 20,549 | +13.3% |
| 69 | Prov. Antwerpen | 20,360 | +1.1% |
| 70 | Detmold | 20,330 | +8% |
| 71 | Podkarpackie | 20,262 | +3.6% |
| 72 | Southern | 20,213 | -4.8% |
| 73 | Yugozapaden | 20,179 | -0.1% |
| 74 | Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas | 19,888 | -3.2% |
| 75 | Kujawsko-pomorskie | 19,840 | +3.4% |
| 76 | Lubelskie | 19,666 | -0.2% |
| 77 | Gelderland | 19,499 | -0.1% |
| 78 | Rheinhessen-Pfalz | 19,322 | +6.9% |
| 79 | Galicia | 19,062 | -1.9% |
| 80 | Östra Mellansverige | 18,999 | +2% |
| 81 | Východné Slovensko | 18,755 | +2.5% |
| 82 | Jihovýchod | 18,500 | +2.1% |
| 83 | Thüringen | 18,475 | +3% |
| 84 | Basque Country | 18,247 | -3.2% |
| 85 | Schwaben | 18,241 | +8.9% |
| 86 | Sachsen-Anhalt | 18,092 | +3.9% |
| 87 | Vest | 18,068 | +3.4% |
| 88 | Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest | 18,017 | -1.6% |
| 89 | Tübingen | 17,942 | +8% |
| 90 | Castilla-La Mancha | 17,792 | -2.3% |
| 91 | Sydsverige | 17,580 | +2.4% |
| 92 | Mittelfranken | 17,539 | +8.5% |
| 93 | Helsinki-Uusimaa | 17,187 | -3% |
| 94 | Sud-Vest Oltenia | 17,093 | +0.2% |
| 95 | Západné Slovensko | 17,008 | +3.8% |
| 96 | Budapest | 16,703 | +2.6% |
| 97 | Castile and León | 16,675 | -4.1% |
| 98 | Poitou-Charentes | 16,584 | -0.8% |
| 99 | Canary Islands | 16,159 | +0.1% |
| 100 | Severovýchod | 16,109 | +3.5% |
| 101 | Calabria | 16,036 | -2.1% |
| 102 | Észak-Alföld | 15,920 | +5.4% |
| 103 | Zachodniopomorskie | 15,688 | +4% |
| 104 | Kentriki Makedonia | 15,595 | +1.3% |
| 105 | Bourgogne | 15,553 | -4.7% |
| 106 | Region of Murcia | 15,528 | -2.8% |
| 107 | Oberösterreich | 15,464 | +5.6% |
| 108 | Niederösterreich | 15,424 | +5.7% |
| 109 | Dresden | 15,252 | +4.1% |
| 110 | Lüneburg | 15,184 | +8.7% |
| 111 | Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen | 15,065 | -1.9% |
| 112 | Braunschweig | 15,000 | +13.2% |
| 113 | Praha | 14,929 | +1.2% |
| 114 | Utrecht | 14,896 | +1.1% |
| 115 | Střední Čechy | 14,748 | +1% |
| 116 | Midtjylland | 14,346 | +6.9% |
| 117 | Basse-Normandie | 14,125 | -4.1% |
| 118 | Champagne-Ardenne | 14,109 | -3.3% |
| 119 | Eesti | 14,053 | +1% |
| 120 | La Réunion | 13,742 | -1.9% |
| 121 | Prov. Hainaut | 13,729 | -2.3% |
| 122 | Stredné Slovensko | 13,568 | +4.2% |
| 123 | Warmińsko-mazurskie | 13,443 | +2.5% |
| 124 | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 13,442 | +1.1% |
| 125 | Koblenz | 13,360 | +8.8% |
| 126 | Länsi-Suomi | 13,327 | -5.3% |
| 127 | Yuzhen tsentralen | 12,976 | -3.3% |
| 128 | Franche-Comté | 12,748 | -2.2% |
| 129 | Jihozápad | 12,687 | +1.8% |
| 130 | Auvergne | 12,633 | -2.3% |
| 131 | Střední Morava | 12,560 | +1.7% |
| 132 | Pest | 12,423 | +3.1% |
| 133 | Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi | 12,274 | -4.9% |
| 134 | Jadranska Hrvatska | 12,152 | -0.5% |
| 135 | Észak-Magyarország | 12,087 | +4.5% |
| 136 | Moravskoslezsko | 12,052 | +1.6% |
| 137 | Chemnitz | 12,042 | +2.7% |
| 138 | Centro (PT) | 12,018 | +1.5% |
| 139 | Prov. Liège | 11,884 | +0.7% |
| 140 | Syddanmark | 11,824 | +4.8% |
| 141 | Unterfranken | 11,794 | +6.4% |
| 142 | Overijssel | 11,728 | -0.3% |
| 143 | Marche | 11,482 | -3.5% |
| 144 | Prov. Vlaams-Brabant | 11,388 | +2.1% |
| 145 | Podlaskie | 11,373 | +5.1% |
| 146 | Dél-Alföld | 11,328 | +2.5% |
| 147 | Steiermark | 11,214 | +0.6% |
| 148 | Prov. West-Vlaanderen | 11,199 | +2.5% |
| 149 | Severozápad | 11,078 | +0.3% |
| 150 | Aragon | 10,929 | -3.7% |
| 151 | Kassel | 10,889 | +8.7% |
| 152 | Niederbayern | 10,836 | +5.1% |
| 153 | Northern and Western | 10,790 | -0.2% |
| 154 | Leipzig | 10,647 | +5.6% |
| 155 | Balearic Islands | 10,616 | +0.2% |
| 156 | Świętokrzyskie | 10,610 | +0.3% |
| 157 | Sardegna | 10,527 | -5% |
| 158 | Vzhodna Slovenija | 10,503 | -0.7% |
| 159 | Yugoiztochen | 10,470 | -2.8% |
| 160 | Közép-Dunántúl | 10,126 | +3.4% |
| 161 | Abruzzo | 10,074 | -1.6% |
| 162 | Liguria | 9,901 | -2.5% |
| 163 | Zahodna Slovenija | 9,842 | -2.3% |
| 164 | Oberpfalz | 9,818 | +3.2% |
| 165 | Lubuskie | 9,734 | +3.3% |
| 166 | Etelä-Suomi | 9,733 | -7.3% |
| 167 | Panonska Hrvatska | 9,725 | -1.1% |
| 168 | Sostinės regionas | 9,626 | +1% |
| 169 | Småland med öarna | 9,520 | +3.8% |
| 170 | Mayotte | 9,496 | +5.5% |
| 171 | Kýpros | 9,455 | +3.1% |
| 172 | Gießen | 9,401 | +6.5% |
| 173 | Limburg (NL) | 8,994 | +2.9% |
| 174 | Oberfranken | 8,920 | +7.1% |
| 175 | Norra Mellansverige | 8,914 | +2.7% |
| 176 | Extremadura | 8,783 | -1.3% |
| 177 | Nyugat-Dunántúl | 8,709 | +3.8% |
| 178 | Opolskie | 8,634 | +4.2% |
| 179 | Severoiztochen | 8,529 | -0.3% |
| 180 | Friuli-Venezia Giulia | 8,492 | -1.1% |
| 181 | Prov. Limburg (BE) | 8,325 | +0.6% |
| 182 | Bratislavský kraj | 8,226 | +4.1% |
| 183 | Saarland | 8,215 | +9.4% |
| 184 | Grad Zagreb | 8,120 | +1% |
| 185 | Dél-Dunántúl | 8,035 | +2% |
| 186 | Tirol | 7,609 | +0.4% |
| 187 | Sjeverna Hrvatska | 7,540 | +1.6% |
| 188 | Península de Setúbal | 7,316 | +2.2% |
| 189 | Sjælland | 7,295 | +6.2% |
| 190 | Guyane | 7,270 | +6.8% |
| 191 | Bremen | 7,136 | +9.6% |
| 192 | Kriti | 6,619 | +3.9% |
| 193 | Severen tsentralen | 6,569 | -0.8% |
| 194 | Umbria | 6,353 | -2.9% |
| 195 | Asturias | 6,347 | -1.7% |
| 196 | Severozapaden | 6,261 | -2% |
| 197 | Limousin | 6,228 | -3.7% |
| 198 | Luxembourg | 6,050 | -1.1% |
| 199 | Oeste e Vale do Tejo | 6,041 | -1.8% |
| 200 | Friesland (NL) | 6,017 | +0.1% |
| 201 | Navarre | 5,894 | -1.9% |
| 202 | Nordjylland | 5,837 | +5.5% |
| 203 | Thessalia | 5,691 | -2.2% |
| 204 | Salzburg | 5,653 | +2.9% |
| 205 | Övre Norrland | 5,536 | +3.9% |
| 206 | Dytiki Elláda | 5,471 | -0.3% |
| 207 | Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen | 5,447 | +2.1% |
| 208 | Groningen | 5,406 | +1.4% |
| 209 | Guadeloupe | 5,276 | -1.7% |
| 210 | Prov. Namur | 5,065 | -1.3% |
| 211 | Kärnten | 4,872 | +4.8% |
| 212 | Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki | 4,868 | -1.7% |
| 213 | Trier | 4,837 | +5.4% |
| 214 | Flevoland | 4,706 | -0.6% |
| 215 | Provincia Autonoma di Trento | 4,642 | -4% |
| 216 | Malta | 4,476 | +3.5% |
| 217 | Peloponnisos | 4,385 | +1.5% |
| 218 | Vorarlberg | 4,330 | +5.8% |
| 219 | Cantabria | 4,244 | -3% |
| 220 | Drenthe | 4,208 | +4.4% |
| 221 | Algarve | 4,175 | +2.6% |
| 222 | Sterea Elláda | 4,099 | +3.8% |
| 223 | Basilicata | 4,017 | -2.5% |
| 224 | Mellersta Norrland | 3,907 | +0.6% |
| 225 | Prov. Brabant wallon | 3,860 | -2.8% |
| 226 | Martinique | 3,782 | -4.8% |
| 227 | Alentejo | 3,659 | +1.3% |
| 228 | Zeeland | 3,459 | -4% |
| 229 | Notio Aigaio | 3,411 | +9% |
| 230 | Prov. Luxembourg (BE) | 3,004 | -4.9% |
| 231 | Corse | 2,913 | +1.6% |
| 232 | La Rioja | 2,662 | -2.6% |
| 233 | Ipeiros | 2,466 | -0.9% |
| 234 | Burgenland | 2,305 | +2.4% |
| 235 | Região Autónoma dos Açores | 2,263 | +0.1% |
| 236 | Molise | 2,088 | -4.3% |
| 237 | Dytiki Makedonia | 1,995 | -3.9% |
| 238 | Região Autónoma da Madeira | 1,858 | -4.6% |
| 239 | Ionia Nisia | 1,807 | +0.8% |
| 240 | Voreio Aigaio | 1,750 | +6.3% |
| 241 | Melilla | 1,456 | -3.6% |
| 242 | Ceuta | 1,060 | -3.3% |
| 243 | Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste | 962 | -2.5% |
| 244 | Åland | 293 | +6.5% |
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Live births to mothers resident in the area during the year.
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Which region has the highest live births?
Ile-de-France, with 177,983 in 2016, according to Eurostat, European Commission.
Which region has the lowest live births?
Åland, with 293 in 2016.
Where does this ranking come from?
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