EU regions (NUTS 2) by live births

Name: EU regions (NUTS 2) by live births, 2017
Creator: Eurostat, European Commission
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Ile-de-France had the highest live births of 244 regions in 2017, at 175,799. Åland had the lowest, at 279. The median was 13,452 and the figure for the European Union (27) was 4.33 million. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest175,799Ile-de-France

Lowest279Åland

Median13,452244 regions

European Union (27)4,327,777History

Top 40 regions, 2017

CSV Chart (SVG)

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

Full ranking

Rank	Regions	2017 count	Change on 2016
1	Ile-de-France	175,799	-1.2%
2	Lombardia	78,888	-3.3%
3	Rhône-Alpes	78,263	-1.4%
4	Andalusia	74,684	-5.8%
5	Catalonia	66,803	-3.1%
6	Community of Madrid	60,555	-4.1%
7	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur	57,286	-1%
8	Düsseldorf	50,135	-0.8%
9	Campania	49,949	-0.9%
10	Nord-Pas de Calais	48,908	-3.3%
11	Oberbayern	48,523	-0%
12	Śląskie	44,971	+5.2%
13	Lazio	44,573	-6.3%
14	Köln	43,294	-2.1%
15	Sicilia	41,479	-0.4%
16	Stuttgart	41,181	+0.2%
17	Darmstadt	40,563	+0.3%
18	Wielkopolskie	40,450	+5.8%
19	Valencian Community	40,318	-4%
20	Pays de la Loire	40,263	-1.5%
21	Nord-Est	40,192	+3.1%
22	Berlin	40,163	-2.2%
23	Zuid-Holland	39,035	-1.7%
24	Małopolskie	38,161	+5%
25	Veneto	36,587	-3.3%
26	Warszawski stołeczny	36,163	+1.7%
27	Arnsberg	33,706	+1.6%
28	Attiki	33,084	-4.8%
29	Emilia-Romagna	33,011	-4.5%
30	Aquitaine	32,487	-1.6%
31	Bretagne	32,136	-1.8%
32	Eastern and Midland	31,703	-3.5%
33	Piemonte	30,830	-2.8%
34	Midi-Pyrénées	30,246	-1.6%
35	Puglia	30,033	-3.5%
36	Noord-Holland	29,393	-1.6%
37	Stockholm	28,805	-2.2%
38	Nord-Vest	28,637	+2.7%
39	Languedoc-Roussillon	28,552	-2.4%
40	Dolnośląskie	28,401	+3.5%
41	Sud-Muntenia	27,749	+0.1%
42	Norte	27,534	-1.9%
43	Pomorskie	27,481	+6.2%
44	Bucureşti-Ilfov	27,460	+8.3%
45	Centru	26,401	+2%
46	Centre - Val de Loire	26,380	-3.4%
47	Karlsruhe	26,277	-1.1%
48	Toscana	26,092	-3.1%
49	Mazowiecki regionalny	25,687	+6.9%
50	Schleswig-Holstein	25,066	-1.4%
51	Münster	24,956	-0.3%
52	Sud-Est	24,778	-0.1%
53	Weser-Ems	24,324	-0.6%
54	Łódzkie	23,782	+4.3%
55	Noord-Brabant	23,529	-2%
56	Lorraine	23,017	-2.3%
57	Västsverige	22,849	-2.8%
58	Hovedstaden	22,233	-0.4%
59	Podkarpackie	21,927	+8.2%
60	Picardie	21,813	-1.3%
61	Grande Lisboa	21,731	0%
62	Freiburg	21,663	-1.1%
63	Hamburg	21,133	-1.6%
64	Haute-Normandie	20,920	-3.2%
65	Kujawsko-pomorskie	20,900	+5.3%
66	Lubelskie	20,898	+6.3%
67	Latvija	20,828	-5.2%
68	Wien	20,576	-1.1%
69	Alsace	20,458	-1.6%
70	Brandenburg	20,338	-2.8%
71	Prov. Antwerpen	20,139	-1.1%
72	Yugozapaden	20,066	-0.6%
73	Detmold	19,893	-2.1%
74	Southern	19,727	-2.4%
75	Gelderland	19,534	+0.2%
76	Rheinhessen-Pfalz	19,416	+0.5%
77	Hannover	19,406	-5.6%
78	Jihovýchod	18,949	+2.4%
79	Východné Slovensko	18,882	+0.7%
80	Östra Mellansverige	18,830	-0.9%
81	Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas	18,745	-5.7%
82	Galicia	18,445	-3.2%
83	Schwaben	18,327	+0.5%
84	Tübingen	18,254	+1.7%
85	Thüringen	18,132	-1.9%
86	Vest	18,067	-0%
87	Sachsen-Anhalt	17,837	-1.4%
88	Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest	17,800	-1.2%
89	Mittelfranken	17,371	-1%
90	Sud-Vest Oltenia	17,306	+1.2%
91	Sydsverige	17,239	-1.9%
92	Basque Country	17,077	-6.4%
93	Západné Slovensko	17,018	+0.1%
94	Castilla-La Mancha	16,864	-5.2%
95	Helsinki-Uusimaa	16,562	-3.6%
96	Zachodniopomorskie	16,276	+3.7%
97	Budapest	16,049	-3.9%
98	Severovýchod	15,827	-1.8%
99	Canary Islands	15,779	-2.4%
100	Poitou-Charentes	15,749	-5%
101	Calabria	15,679	-2.2%
102	Castile and León	15,509	-7%
103	Észak-Alföld	15,430	-3.1%
104	Oberösterreich	15,394	-0.5%
105	Praha	15,324	+2.6%
106	Střední Čechy	15,323	+3.9%
107	Niederösterreich	15,299	-0.8%
108	Bourgogne	15,133	-2.7%
109	Lüneburg	15,115	-0.5%
110	Region of Murcia	15,088	-2.8%
111	Utrecht	14,925	+0.2%
112	Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen	14,748	-2.1%
113	Dresden	14,744	-3.3%
114	Warmińsko-mazurskie	14,533	+8.1%
115	Kentriki Makedonia	14,423	-7.5%
116	Midtjylland	14,292	-0.4%
117	Braunschweig	14,175	-5.5%
118	Eesti	13,784	-1.9%
119	La Réunion	13,708	-0.2%
120	Prov. Hainaut	13,662	-0.5%
121	Stredné Slovensko	13,638	+0.5%
122	Basse-Normandie	13,612	-3.6%
123	Champagne-Ardenne	13,291	-5.8%
124	Koblenz	13,224	-1%
125	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	13,081	-2.7%
126	Jihozápad	12,946	+2%
127	Yuzhen tsentralen	12,897	-0.6%
128	Střední Morava	12,763	+1.6%
129	Pest	12,558	+1.1%
130	Länsi-Suomi	12,523	-6%
131	Auvergne	12,472	-1.3%
132	Franche-Comté	12,276	-3.7%
133	Észak-Magyarország	12,183	+0.8%
134	Moravskoslezsko	12,078	+0.2%
135	Podlaskie	12,054	+6%
136	Unterfranken	11,968	+1.5%
137	Syddanmark	11,859	+0.3%
138	Centro (PT)	11,829	-1.6%
139	Jadranska Hrvatska	11,817	-2.8%
140	Prov. Liège	11,740	-1.2%
141	Chemnitz	11,731	-2.6%
142	Dél-Alföld	11,582	+2.2%
143	Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi	11,551	-5.9%
144	Steiermark	11,385	+1.5%
145	Overijssel	11,345	-3.3%
146	Prov. Vlaams-Brabant	11,196	-1.7%
147	Severozápad	11,195	+1.1%
148	Kassel	11,022	+1.2%
149	Niederbayern	10,947	+1%
150	Świętokrzyskie	10,915	+2.9%
151	Marche	10,669	-7.1%
152	Prov. West-Vlaanderen	10,657	-4.8%
153	Aragon	10,531	-3.6%
154	Vzhodna Slovenija	10,506	0%
155	Yugoiztochen	10,488	+0.2%
156	Northern and Western	10,394	-3.7%
157	Leipzig	10,359	-2.7%
158	Lubuskie	10,300	+5.8%
159	Balearic Islands	10,288	-3.1%
160	Sardegna	10,142	-3.7%
161	Oberpfalz	9,982	+1.7%
162	Közép-Dunántúl	9,956	-1.7%
163	Mayotte	9,762	+2.8%
164	Zahodna Slovenija	9,735	-1.1%
165	Liguria	9,571	-3.3%
166	Abruzzo	9,521	-5.5%
167	Småland med öarna	9,421	-1%
168	Etelä-Suomi	9,408	-3.3%
169	Gießen	9,403	0%
170	Panonska Hrvatska	9,319	-4.2%
171	Kýpros	9,229	-2.4%
172	Sostinės regionas	9,166	-4.8%
173	Opolskie	9,083	+5.2%
174	Oberfranken	9,073	+1.7%
175	Norra Mellansverige	8,976	+0.7%
176	Nyugat-Dunántúl	8,828	+1.4%
177	Limburg (NL)	8,821	-1.9%
178	Extremadura	8,495	-3.3%
179	Bratislavský kraj	8,431	+2.5%
180	Saarland	8,313	+1.2%
181	Severoiztochen	8,160	-4.3%
182	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	8,132	-4.2%
183	Grad Zagreb	8,076	-0.5%
184	Guyane	8,057	+10.8%
185	Dél-Dunántúl	8,015	-0.2%
186	Prov. Limburg (BE)	7,994	-4%
187	Tirol	7,764	+2%
188	Sjeverna Hrvatska	7,344	-2.6%
189	Península de Setúbal	7,323	+0.1%
190	Sjælland	7,172	-1.7%
191	Bremen	7,001	-1.9%
192	Severen tsentralen	6,312	-3.9%
193	Kriti	6,251	-5.6%
194	Luxembourg	6,174	+2%
195	Limousin	6,121	-1.7%
196	Umbria	6,116	-3.7%
197	Severozapaden	6,032	-3.7%
198	Asturias	6,012	-5.3%
199	Friesland (NL)	5,967	-0.8%
200	Salzburg	5,846	+3.4%
201	Nordjylland	5,841	+0.1%
202	Oeste e Vale do Tejo	5,804	-3.9%
203	Navarre	5,746	-2.5%
204	Thessalia	5,498	-3.4%
205	Övre Norrland	5,367	-3.1%
206	Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen	5,351	-1.8%
207	Dytiki Elláda	5,224	-4.5%
208	Groningen	5,092	-5.8%
209	Kärnten	4,884	+0.2%
210	Prov. Namur	4,859	-4.1%
211	Trier	4,805	-0.7%
212	Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki	4,780	-1.8%
213	Guadeloupe	4,626	-12.3%
214	Flevoland	4,565	-3%
215	Provincia Autonoma di Trento	4,495	-3.2%
216	Malta	4,319	-3.5%
217	Vorarlberg	4,281	-1.1%
218	Peloponnisos	4,239	-3.3%
219	Algarve	4,236	+1.5%
220	Drenthe	4,191	-0.4%
221	Cantabria	4,118	-3%
222	Basilicata	4,007	-0.2%
223	Mellersta Norrland	3,929	+0.6%
224	Sterea Elláda	3,904	-4.8%
225	Prov. Brabant wallon	3,867	+0.2%
226	Martinique	3,640	-3.8%
227	Alentejo	3,518	-3.9%
228	Zeeland	3,439	-0.6%
229	Notio Aigaio	3,314	-2.8%
230	Prov. Luxembourg (BE)	3,028	+0.8%
231	Corse	2,918	+0.2%
232	La Rioja	2,566	-3.6%
233	Ipeiros	2,337	-5.2%
234	Região Autónoma dos Açores	2,219	-1.9%
235	Burgenland	2,204	-4.4%
236	Molise	2,120	+1.5%
237	Dytiki Makedonia	1,986	-0.5%
238	Região Autónoma da Madeira	1,960	+5.5%
239	Voreio Aigaio	1,766	+0.9%
240	Ionia Nisia	1,747	-3.3%
241	Melilla	1,342	-7.8%
242	Ceuta	1,045	-1.4%
243	Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste	906	-5.8%
244	Åland	279	-4.8%

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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 175,799 in 2017, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which region has the lowest live births?

Åland, with 279 in 2017.

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.