EU regions (NUTS 2) by live births

Name: EU regions (NUTS 2) by live births, 2018
Creator: Eurostat, European Commission
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Ile-de-France had the highest live births of 244 regions in 2018, at 174,439. Åland had the lowest, at 280. The median was 13,352 and the figure for the European Union (27) was 4.24 million. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest174,439Ile-de-France

Lowest280Åland

Median13,352244 regions

European Union (27)4,244,353History

Top 40 regions, 2018

CSV Chart (SVG)

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

Full ranking

Rank	Regions	2018 count	Change on 2017
1	Ile-de-France	174,439	-0.8%
2	Rhône-Alpes	77,830	-0.6%
3	Lombardia	75,693	-4.1%
4	Andalusia	71,029	-4.9%
5	Catalonia	63,566	-4.8%
6	Community of Madrid	57,554	-5%
7	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur	56,506	-1.4%
8	Düsseldorf	50,241	+0.2%
9	Oberbayern	49,323	+1.6%
10	Campania	48,066	-3.8%
11	Nord-Pas de Calais	46,996	-3.9%
12	Köln	44,109	+1.9%
13	Śląskie	42,596	-5.3%
14	Lazio	42,150	-5.4%
15	Stuttgart	41,548	+0.9%
16	Darmstadt	40,907	+0.8%
17	Sicilia	40,649	-2%
18	Berlin	40,203	+0.1%
19	Pays de la Loire	39,739	-1.3%
20	Zuid-Holland	38,907	-0.3%
21	Wielkopolskie	38,778	-4.1%
22	Nord-Est	38,104	-5.2%
23	Valencian Community	38,018	-5.7%
24	Małopolskie	37,864	-0.8%
25	Warszawski stołeczny	35,963	-0.6%
26	Veneto	35,393	-3.3%
27	Arnsberg	33,232	-1.4%
28	Attiki	32,465	-1.9%
29	Emilia-Romagna	32,400	-1.9%
30	Aquitaine	32,212	-0.8%
31	Bretagne	31,701	-1.4%
32	Eastern and Midland	30,918	-2.5%
33	Midi-Pyrénées	29,794	-1.5%
34	Noord-Holland	29,253	-0.5%
35	Piemonte	29,072	-5.7%
36	Puglia	28,921	-3.7%
37	Stockholm	28,706	-0.3%
38	Languedoc-Roussillon	28,312	-0.8%
39	Dolnośląskie	27,790	-2.2%
40	Nord-Vest	27,757	-3.1%
41	Norte	27,529	-0%
42	Bucureşti-Ilfov	26,954	-1.8%
43	Karlsruhe	26,767	+1.9%
44	Sud-Muntenia	26,686	-3.8%
45	Pomorskie	26,498	-3.6%
46	Centre - Val de Loire	26,093	-1.1%
47	Münster	25,597	+2.6%
48	Centru	25,240	-4.4%
49	Schleswig-Holstein	25,236	+0.7%
50	Toscana	24,863	-4.7%
51	Mazowiecki regionalny	24,522	-4.5%
52	Weser-Ems	24,069	-1%
53	Noord-Brabant	23,492	-0.2%
54	Sud-Est	23,276	-6.1%
55	Västsverige	23,083	+1%
56	Łódzkie	23,017	-3.2%
57	Hovedstaden	22,244	0%
58	Freiburg	22,242	+2.7%
59	Lorraine	22,156	-3.7%
60	Grande Lisboa	22,122	+1.8%
61	Podkarpackie	21,533	-1.8%
62	Hamburg	21,126	-0%
63	Picardie	20,917	-4.1%
64	Haute-Normandie	20,617	-1.4%
65	Alsace	20,230	-1.1%
66	Lubelskie	20,101	-3.8%
67	Wien	20,038	-2.6%
68	Detmold	19,971	+0.4%
69	Prov. Antwerpen	19,916	-1.1%
70	Brandenburg	19,881	-2.2%
71	Kujawsko-pomorskie	19,866	-4.9%
72	Hannover	19,777	+1.9%
73	Southern	19,696	-0.2%
74	Rheinhessen-Pfalz	19,605	+1%
75	Yugozapaden	19,488	-2.9%
76	Gelderland	19,347	-1%
77	Latvija	19,314	-7.3%
78	Jihovýchod	19,024	+0.4%
79	Östra Mellansverige	18,887	+0.3%
80	Východné Slovensko	18,743	-0.7%
81	Schwaben	18,443	+0.6%
82	Tübingen	18,362	+0.6%
83	Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas	17,799	-5%
84	Vest	17,764	-1.7%
85	Mittelfranken	17,498	+0.7%
86	Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest	17,448	-2%
87	Thüringen	17,437	-3.8%
88	Sachsen-Anhalt	17,410	-2.4%
89	Sydsverige	17,369	+0.8%
90	Sud-Vest Oltenia	16,963	-2%
91	Západné Slovensko	16,709	-1.8%
92	Galicia	16,560	-10.2%
93	Helsinki-Uusimaa	16,131	-2.6%
94	Basque Country	16,100	-5.7%
95	Severovýchod	15,928	+0.6%
96	Budapest	15,875	-1.1%
97	Castilla-La Mancha	15,845	-6%
98	Praha	15,460	+0.9%
99	Poitou-Charentes	15,441	-2%
100	Zachodniopomorskie	15,389	-5.4%
101	Lüneburg	15,202	+0.6%
102	Calabria	15,177	-3.2%
103	Észak-Alföld	15,116	-2%
103	Oberösterreich	15,116	-1.8%
105	Castile and León	15,044	-3%
106	Bourgogne	14,918	-1.4%
107	Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen	14,872	+0.8%
108	Niederösterreich	14,855	-2.9%
109	Střední Čechy	14,776	-3.6%
110	Canary Islands	14,775	-6.4%
111	Utrecht	14,763	-1.1%
112	Region of Murcia	14,675	-2.7%
113	Braunschweig	14,604	+3%
114	Midtjylland	14,369	+0.5%
115	Eesti	14,367	+4.2%
116	Dresden	14,237	-3.4%
117	Kentriki Makedonia	14,023	-2.8%
118	Warmińsko-mazurskie	13,687	-5.8%
119	Stredné Slovensko	13,615	-0.2%
120	Basse-Normandie	13,430	-1.3%
121	Koblenz	13,387	+1.2%
122	La Réunion	13,364	-2.5%
123	Prov. Hainaut	13,340	-2.4%
124	Champagne-Ardenne	13,194	-0.7%
125	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	13,032	-0.4%
126	Jihozápad	12,830	-0.9%
127	Střední Morava	12,777	+0.1%
128	Pest	12,713	+1.2%
129	Yuzhen tsentralen	12,621	-2.1%
130	Auvergne	12,467	-0%
131	Moravskoslezsko	12,387	+2.6%
132	Észak-Magyarország	12,081	-0.8%
133	Jadranska Hrvatska	11,953	+1.2%
134	Franche-Comté	11,922	-2.9%
135	Centro (PT)	11,855	+0.2%
136	Unterfranken	11,839	-1.1%
137	Podlaskie	11,790	-2.2%
138	Syddanmark	11,778	-0.7%
139	Länsi-Suomi	11,684	-6.7%
140	Prov. Liège	11,472	-2.3%
141	Dél-Alföld	11,293	-2.5%
142	Chemnitz	11,224	-4.3%
143	Overijssel	11,178	-1.5%
144	Prov. West-Vlaanderen	11,068	+3.9%
145	Steiermark	11,045	-3%
146	Niederbayern	10,990	+0.4%
147	Prov. Vlaams-Brabant	10,952	-2.2%
148	Severozápad	10,854	-3%
149	Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi	10,787	-6.6%
150	Świętokrzyskie	10,721	-1.8%
151	Kassel	10,652	-3.4%
152	Oberpfalz	10,499	+5.2%
153	Leipzig	10,429	+0.7%
154	Northern and Western	10,408	+0.1%
155	Balearic Islands	10,285	-0%
156	Marche	10,171	-4.7%
157	Yugoiztochen	10,094	-3.8%
158	Vzhodna Slovenija	10,052	-4.3%
159	Aragon	9,977	-5.3%
160	Közép-Dunántúl	9,601	-3.6%
161	Mayotte	9,590	-1.8%
162	Zahodna Slovenija	9,533	-2.1%
163	Småland med öarna	9,499	+0.8%
164	Lubuskie	9,467	-8.1%
165	Gießen	9,453	+0.5%
166	Sardegna	9,438	-6.9%
167	Kýpros	9,329	+1.1%
168	Panonska Hrvatska	9,273	-0.5%
169	Liguria	9,043	-5.5%
170	Norra Mellansverige	9,038	+0.7%
171	Oberfranken	9,024	-0.5%
172	Sostinės regionas	8,993	-1.9%
173	Abruzzo	8,937	-6.1%
174	Nyugat-Dunántúl	8,850	+0.2%
175	Limburg (NL)	8,710	-1.3%
176	Etelä-Suomi	8,695	-7.6%
177	Opolskie	8,596	-5.4%
178	Bratislavský kraj	8,572	+1.7%
179	Grad Zagreb	8,235	+2%
180	Saarland	8,149	-2%
181	Guyane	7,995	-0.8%
182	Severoiztochen	7,966	-2.4%
183	Dél-Dunántúl	7,920	-1.2%
184	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	7,829	-3.7%
185	Extremadura	7,821	-7.9%
186	Prov. Limburg (BE)	7,720	-3.4%
187	Tirol	7,697	-0.9%
188	Sjeverna Hrvatska	7,484	+1.9%
189	Península de Setúbal	7,416	+1.3%
190	Sjælland	7,265	+1.3%
191	Bremen	7,163	+2.3%
192	Luxembourg	6,274	+1.6%
193	Kriti	6,241	-0.2%
194	Severen tsentralen	6,090	-3.5%
195	Limousin	6,027	-1.5%
196	Oeste e Vale do Tejo	5,989	+3.2%
197	Severozapaden	5,938	-1.6%
198	Nordjylland	5,820	-0.4%
199	Umbria	5,792	-5.3%
200	Friesland (NL)	5,779	-3.2%
201	Asturias	5,733	-4.6%
202	Salzburg	5,600	-4.2%
203	Navarre	5,398	-6.1%
204	Thessalia	5,329	-3.1%
205	Övre Norrland	5,287	-1.5%
206	Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen	5,284	-1.3%
207	Dytiki Elláda	5,002	-4.2%
208	Groningen	4,933	-3.1%
209	Prov. Namur	4,909	+1%
210	Guadeloupe	4,802	+3.8%
211	Flevoland	4,793	+5%
212	Trier	4,655	-3.1%
213	Kärnten	4,637	-5.1%
214	Malta	4,444	+2.9%
215	Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki	4,381	-8.3%
216	Provincia Autonoma di Trento	4,353	-3.2%
217	Algarve	4,334	+2.3%
218	Vorarlberg	4,321	+0.9%
219	Peloponnisos	4,116	-2.9%
220	Drenthe	3,992	-4.7%
221	Mellersta Norrland	3,963	+0.9%
222	Cantabria	3,805	-7.6%
223	Sterea Elláda	3,803	-2.6%
224	Basilicata	3,717	-7.2%
225	Prov. Brabant wallon	3,681	-4.8%
226	Martinique	3,670	+0.8%
227	Alentejo	3,603	+2.4%
228	Zeeland	3,378	-1.8%
229	Notio Aigaio	3,329	+0.5%
230	Prov. Luxembourg (BE)	2,941	-2.9%
231	Corse	2,854	-2.2%
232	La Rioja	2,330	-9.2%
233	Região Autónoma dos Açores	2,253	+1.5%
234	Burgenland	2,226	+1%
235	Ipeiros	2,222	-4.9%
236	Região Autónoma da Madeira	1,919	-2.1%
237	Molise	1,895	-10.6%
238	Voreio Aigaio	1,891	+7.1%
239	Dytiki Makedonia	1,820	-8.4%
240	Ionia Nisia	1,818	+4.1%
241	Melilla	1,340	-0.1%
242	Ceuta	972	-7%
243	Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste	904	-0.2%
244	Åland	280	+0.4%

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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 174,439 in 2018, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which region has the lowest live births?

Åland, with 280 in 2018.

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.