EU regions (NUTS 2) by live births

Name: EU regions (NUTS 2) by live births, 2019
Creator: Eurostat, European Commission
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Ile-de-France had the highest live births of 244 regions in 2019, at 173,893. Åland had the lowest, at 267. The median was 13,191 and the figure for the European Union (27) was 4.17 million. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest173,893Ile-de-France

Lowest267Åland

Median13,191244 regions

European Union (27)4,166,236History

Top 40 regions, 2019

CSV Chart (SVG)

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

Full ranking

Rank	Regions	2019 count	Change on 2018
1	Ile-de-France	173,893	-0.3%
2	Rhône-Alpes	77,052	-1%
3	Lombardia	73,117	-3.4%
4	Andalusia	69,397	-2.3%
5	Catalonia	61,548	-3.2%
6	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur	56,289	-0.4%
7	Community of Madrid	55,741	-3.2%
8	Düsseldorf	49,281	-1.9%
9	Oberbayern	48,627	-1.4%
10	Campania	46,731	-2.8%
11	Nord-Pas de Calais	46,686	-0.7%
12	Köln	42,997	-2.5%
13	Stuttgart	41,635	+0.2%
14	Śląskie	40,508	-4.9%
15	Darmstadt	40,127	-1.9%
16	Berlin	39,503	-1.7%
17	Pays de la Loire	39,429	-0.8%
18	Zuid-Holland	39,290	+1%
19	Lazio	38,885	-7.7%
20	Sicilia	38,616	-5%
21	Nord-Est	38,508	+1.1%
22	Wielkopolskie	37,459	-3.4%
23	Valencian Community	37,324	-1.8%
24	Małopolskie	36,946	-2.4%
25	Warszawski stołeczny	35,752	-0.6%
26	Veneto	33,556	-5.2%
27	Arnsberg	33,058	-0.5%
28	Aquitaine	32,287	+0.2%
29	Bretagne	31,407	-0.9%
30	Attiki	31,277	-3.7%
31	Emilia-Romagna	30,922	-4.6%
32	Eastern and Midland	30,430	-1.6%
33	Midi-Pyrénées	29,592	-0.7%
34	Noord-Holland	29,254	0%
35	Stockholm	28,409	-1%
36	Languedoc-Roussillon	28,074	-0.8%
37	Piemonte	27,972	-3.8%
38	Puglia	27,586	-4.6%
39	Nord-Vest	27,321	-1.6%
40	Norte	27,275	-0.9%
41	Dolnośląskie	26,922	-3.1%
42	Karlsruhe	26,631	-0.5%
43	Bucureşti-Ilfov	26,568	-1.4%
44	Sud-Muntenia	26,136	-2.1%
45	Pomorskie	26,041	-1.7%
46	Centre - Val de Loire	25,852	-0.9%
47	Münster	25,109	-1.9%
48	Centru	24,866	-1.5%
49	Schleswig-Holstein	24,653	-2.3%
50	Weser-Ems	24,576	+2.1%
51	Mazowiecki regionalny	23,825	-2.8%
52	Noord-Brabant	23,459	-0.1%
53	Toscana	23,451	-5.7%
54	Västsverige	22,991	-0.4%
55	Sud-Est	22,736	-2.3%
56	Hovedstaden	22,533	+1.3%
57	Freiburg	22,263	+0.1%
58	Grande Lisboa	22,115	-0%
59	Lorraine	21,909	-1.1%
60	Łódzkie	21,644	-6%
61	Hamburg	20,940	-0.9%
62	Podkarpackie	20,613	-4.3%
63	Picardie	20,494	-2%
64	Haute-Normandie	20,219	-1.9%
65	Detmold	19,946	-0.1%
66	Wien	19,935	-0.5%
67	Prov. Antwerpen	19,847	-0.3%
68	Alsace	19,724	-2.5%
69	Yugozapaden	19,670	+0.9%
70	Gelderland	19,426	+0.4%
71	Kujawsko-pomorskie	19,342	-2.6%
72	Brandenburg	19,329	-2.8%
73	Hannover	19,289	-2.5%
74	Lubelskie	19,286	-4.1%
75	Rheinhessen-Pfalz	19,057	-2.8%
76	Schwaben	18,826	+2.1%
77	Jihovýchod	18,825	-1%
78	Latvija	18,786	-2.7%
79	Östra Mellansverige	18,759	-0.7%
80	Východné Slovensko	18,714	-0.2%
81	Southern	18,621	-5.5%
82	Tübingen	18,456	+0.5%
83	Mittelfranken	17,392	-0.6%
84	Sydsverige	17,249	-0.7%
85	Vest	17,184	-3.3%
86	Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest	16,937	-2.9%
87	Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas	16,815	-5.5%
88	Západné Slovensko	16,781	+0.4%
89	Thüringen	16,647	-4.5%
90	Sachsen-Anhalt	16,618	-4.5%
91	Sud-Vest Oltenia	16,401	-3.3%
92	Severovýchod	15,835	-0.6%
93	Helsinki-Uusimaa	15,739	-2.4%
94	Galicia	15,718	-5.1%
95	Poitou-Charentes	15,568	+0.8%
96	Budapest	15,499	-2.4%
97	Basque Country	15,449	-4%
98	Castilla-La Mancha	15,316	-3.3%
99	Észak-Alföld	15,237	+0.8%
100	Lüneburg	15,139	-0.4%
101	Oberösterreich	15,057	-0.4%
102	Utrecht	14,935	+1.2%
103	Praha	14,933	-3.4%
104	Střední Čechy	14,836	+0.4%
105	Niederösterreich	14,652	-1.4%
106	Zachodniopomorskie	14,614	-5%
107	Bourgogne	14,498	-2.8%
108	Calabria	14,491	-4.5%
109	Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen	14,446	-2.9%
110	Castile and León	14,323	-4.8%
111	Braunschweig	14,282	-2.2%
112	Region of Murcia	14,264	-2.8%
113	Midtjylland	14,143	-1.6%
114	Canary Islands	14,137	-4.3%
115	Eesti	14,099	-1.9%
116	Dresden	13,713	-3.7%
117	Kentriki Makedonia	13,577	-3.2%
118	Prov. Hainaut	13,457	+0.9%
119	Stredné Slovensko	13,389	-1.7%
120	Basse-Normandie	13,373	-0.4%
121	Koblenz	13,355	-0.2%
122	Champagne-Ardenne	13,210	+0.1%
123	La Réunion	13,171	-1.4%
124	Pest	12,970	+2%
125	Warmińsko-mazurskie	12,911	-5.7%
126	Jihozápad	12,692	-1.1%
127	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	12,630	-3.1%
128	Yuzhen tsentralen	12,386	-1.9%
129	Auvergne	12,174	-2.4%
130	Střední Morava	12,133	-5%
131	Unterfranken	12,102	+2.2%
132	Moravskoslezsko	12,056	-2.7%
133	Észak-Magyarország	11,837	-2%
134	Jadranska Hrvatska	11,653	-2.5%
135	Franche-Comté	11,616	-2.6%
136	Syddanmark	11,582	-1.7%
137	Centro (PT)	11,577	-2.3%
138	Prov. Liège	11,536	+0.6%
139	Podlaskie	11,342	-3.8%
140	Länsi-Suomi	11,308	-3.2%
141	Niederbayern	11,293	+2.8%
142	Overijssel	11,225	+0.4%
143	Dél-Alföld	11,178	-1%
144	Prov. Vlaams-Brabant	11,150	+1.8%
145	Steiermark	10,970	-0.7%
146	Severozápad	10,921	+0.6%
147	Chemnitz	10,786	-3.9%
148	Oberpfalz	10,754	+2.4%
149	Prov. West-Vlaanderen	10,747	-2.9%
150	Kassel	10,720	+0.6%
151	Northern and Western	10,238	-1.6%
152	Świętokrzyskie	10,220	-4.7%
153	Vzhodna Slovenija	10,065	+0.1%
154	Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi	10,060	-6.7%
155	Leipzig	9,992	-4.2%
156	Yugoiztochen	9,949	-1.4%
157	Mayotte	9,768	+1.9%
158	Közép-Dunántúl	9,728	+1.3%
159	Balearic Islands	9,681	-5.9%
160	Marche	9,667	-5%
161	Aragon	9,644	-3.3%
162	Kýpros	9,548	+2.3%
163	Småland med öarna	9,321	-1.9%
164	Zahodna Slovenija	9,263	-2.8%
165	Oberfranken	9,233	+2.3%
166	Gießen	9,215	-2.5%
167	Panonska Hrvatska	9,097	-1.9%
168	Lubuskie	9,036	-4.6%
169	Sardegna	8,858	-6.1%
170	Nyugat-Dunántúl	8,820	-0.3%
171	Liguria	8,747	-3.3%
172	Limburg (NL)	8,668	-0.5%
173	Norra Mellansverige	8,599	-4.9%
174	Abruzzo	8,500	-4.9%
175	Opolskie	8,493	-1.2%
176	Etelä-Suomi	8,239	-5.2%
177	Bratislavský kraj	8,170	-4.7%
178	Sostinės regionas	8,158	-9.3%
179	Guyane	8,104	+1.4%
180	Grad Zagreb	8,062	-2.1%
181	Saarland	8,006	-1.8%
182	Severoiztochen	7,956	-0.1%
183	Dél-Dunántúl	7,828	-1.2%
184	Prov. Limburg (BE)	7,803	+1.1%
185	Extremadura	7,650	-2.2%
186	Península de Setúbal	7,538	+1.6%
187	Tirol	7,522	-2.3%
188	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	7,495	-4.3%
189	Sjeverna Hrvatska	7,323	-2.2%
190	Bremen	7,149	-0.2%
191	Sjælland	7,092	-2.4%
192	Kriti	6,266	+0.4%
193	Luxembourg	6,230	-0.7%
194	Oeste e Vale do Tejo	6,069	+1.3%
195	Limousin	6,009	-0.3%
196	Friesland (NL)	5,957	+3.1%
197	Nordjylland	5,817	-0.1%
198	Severozapaden	5,803	-2.3%
199	Salzburg	5,780	+3.2%
200	Severen tsentralen	5,774	-5.2%
201	Umbria	5,577	-3.7%
202	Övre Norrland	5,391	+2%
203	Navarre	5,371	-0.5%
204	Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen	5,234	-0.9%
205	Guadeloupe	5,164	+7.5%
206	Asturias	5,152	-10.1%
207	Thessalia	5,094	-4.4%
208	Groningen	5,042	+2.2%
209	Dytiki Elláda	4,996	-0.1%
210	Flevoland	4,892	+2.1%
211	Prov. Namur	4,826	-1.7%
212	Trier	4,761	+2.3%
213	Kärnten	4,485	-3.3%
214	Algarve	4,408	+1.7%
215	Malta	4,350	-2.1%
216	Vorarlberg	4,319	-0%
217	Provincia Autonoma di Trento	4,239	-2.6%
218	Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki	4,217	-3.7%
219	Drenthe	4,110	+3%
220	Peloponnisos	3,926	-4.6%
221	Mellersta Norrland	3,804	-4%
222	Martinique	3,749	+2.2%
223	Prov. Brabant wallon	3,745	+1.7%
224	Basilicata	3,672	-1.2%
225	Alentejo	3,575	-0.8%
226	Cantabria	3,547	-6.8%
227	Zeeland	3,422	+1.3%
228	Sterea Elláda	3,414	-10.2%
229	Notio Aigaio	3,402	+2.2%
230	Prov. Luxembourg (BE)	3,201	+8.8%
231	Corse	2,851	-0.1%
232	La Rioja	2,408	+3.3%
233	Burgenland	2,232	+0.3%
234	Ipeiros	2,219	-0.1%
235	Região Autónoma dos Açores	2,131	-5.4%
236	Molise	1,927	+1.7%
237	Voreio Aigaio	1,897	+0.3%
238	Região Autónoma da Madeira	1,891	-1.5%
239	Dytiki Makedonia	1,762	-3.2%
240	Ionia Nisia	1,716	-5.6%
241	Melilla	1,236	-7.8%
242	Ceuta	841	-13.5%
242	Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste	841	-7%
244	Åland	267	-4.6%

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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 173,893 in 2019, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which region has the lowest live births?

Åland, with 267 in 2019.

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.