EU regions (NUTS 2) by live births

Name: EU regions (NUTS 2) by live births, 2020
Creator: Eurostat, European Commission
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Ile-de-France had the highest live births of 244 regions in 2020, at 168,467. Åland had the lowest, at 261. The median was 13,038 and the figure for the European Union (27) was 4.07 million. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest168,467Ile-de-France

Lowest261Åland

Median13,038244 regions

European Union (27)4,069,896History

Top 40 regions, 2020

CSV Chart (SVG)

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

Full ranking

Rank	Regions	2020 count	Change on 2019
1	Ile-de-France	168,467	-3.1%
2	Rhône-Alpes	74,782	-2.9%
3	Lombardia	69,235	-5.3%
4	Andalusia	65,522	-5.6%
5	Catalonia	58,464	-5%
6	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur	54,885	-2.5%
7	Community of Madrid	52,357	-6.1%
8	Düsseldorf	49,004	-0.6%
9	Oberbayern	48,562	-0.1%
10	Nord-Pas de Calais	45,406	-2.7%
11	Campania	45,078	-3.5%
12	Köln	42,570	-1%
13	Stuttgart	41,477	-0.4%
14	Darmstadt	39,221	-2.3%
15	Pays de la Loire	38,974	-1.2%
16	Nord-Est	38,732	+0.6%
17	Berlin	38,693	-2.1%
18	Zuid-Holland	38,598	-1.8%
19	Śląskie	38,151	-5.8%
20	Lazio	37,982	-2.3%
21	Sicilia	37,520	-2.8%
22	Wielkopolskie	35,885	-4.2%
23	Valencian Community	35,761	-4.2%
24	Małopolskie	35,360	-4.3%
25	Warszawski stołeczny	34,665	-3%
26	Arnsberg	33,121	+0.2%
27	Veneto	32,672	-2.6%
28	Aquitaine	32,230	-0.2%
29	Attiki	31,378	+0.3%
30	Bretagne	30,993	-1.3%
31	Emilia-Romagna	29,861	-3.4%
32	Midi-Pyrénées	29,396	-0.7%
33	Noord-Holland	29,031	-0.8%
34	Stockholm	28,466	+0.2%
35	Eastern and Midland	28,259	-7.1%
36	Languedoc-Roussillon	27,879	-0.7%
37	Bucureşti-Ilfov	27,199	+2.4%
38	Piemonte	27,107	-3.1%
39	Norte	26,879	-1.5%
40	Nord-Vest	26,722	-2.2%
41	Puglia	26,455	-4.1%
42	Karlsruhe	26,175	-1.7%
43	Sud-Muntenia	25,766	-1.4%
44	Dolnośląskie	25,713	-4.5%
45	Centre - Val de Loire	25,338	-2%
46	Münster	25,337	+0.9%
47	Centru	24,580	-1.2%
48	Pomorskie	24,495	-5.9%
49	Weser-Ems	24,483	-0.4%
50	Schleswig-Holstein	24,385	-1.1%
51	Noord-Brabant	23,413	-0.2%
52	Västsverige	22,769	-1%
53	Sud-Est	22,566	-0.7%
54	Toscana	22,380	-4.6%
55	Hovedstaden	22,147	-1.7%
56	Mazowiecki regionalny	22,054	-7.4%
57	Freiburg	21,926	-1.5%
58	Lorraine	21,026	-4%
59	Łódzkie	20,891	-3.5%
60	Grande Lisboa	20,886	-5.6%
61	Hamburg	20,431	-2.4%
62	Picardie	20,090	-2%
63	Hannover	20,011	+3.7%
64	Detmold	20,006	+0.3%
65	Gelderland	19,885	+2.4%
66	Haute-Normandie	19,627	-2.9%
67	Podkarpackie	19,580	-5%
68	Yugozapaden	19,438	-1.2%
69	Rheinhessen-Pfalz	19,426	+1.9%
70	Alsace	19,333	-2%
71	Wien	19,156	-3.9%
72	Prov. Antwerpen	19,108	-3.7%
73	Schwaben	19,030	+1.1%
74	Brandenburg	18,998	-1.7%
75	Východné Slovensko	18,779	+0.3%
76	Tübingen	18,446	-0.1%
77	Östra Mellansverige	18,232	-2.8%
78	Jihovýchod	18,208	-3.3%
79	Southern	18,067	-3%
80	Lubelskie	18,034	-6.5%
81	Kujawsko-pomorskie	18,013	-6.9%
82	Mittelfranken	17,576	+1.1%
83	Latvija	17,552	-6.6%
84	Sydsverige	16,951	-1.7%
85	Vest	16,733	-2.6%
86	Západné Slovensko	16,354	-2.5%
87	Helsinki-Uusimaa	16,259	+3.3%
88	Sachsen-Anhalt	16,113	-3%
89	Sud-Vest Oltenia	16,004	-2.4%
90	Thüringen	15,991	-3.9%
91	Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest	15,918	-6%
92	Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas	15,693	-6.7%
93	Észak-Alföld	15,641	+2.7%
94	Severovýchod	15,537	-1.9%
95	Galicia	15,247	-3%
96	Lüneburg	15,197	+0.4%
97	Poitou-Charentes	15,057	-3.3%
98	Budapest	14,861	-4.1%
99	Utrecht	14,776	-1.1%
100	Oberösterreich	14,757	-2%
101	Basque Country	14,743	-4.6%
102	Castilla-La Mancha	14,738	-3.8%
103	Praha	14,713	-1.5%
104	Niederösterreich	14,611	-0.3%
105	Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen	14,532	+0.6%
106	Midtjylland	14,467	+2.3%
107	Střední Čechy	14,437	-2.7%
108	Braunschweig	14,428	+1%
109	Bourgogne	14,406	-0.6%
110	Calabria	13,966	-3.6%
111	Zachodniopomorskie	13,730	-6%
112	Region of Murcia	13,706	-3.9%
113	Castile and León	13,652	-4.7%
114	Kentriki Makedonia	13,557	-0.1%
115	Koblenz	13,538	+1.4%
116	Pest	13,454	+3.7%
117	Stredné Slovensko	13,225	-1.2%
118	Eesti	13,209	-6.3%
119	Canary Islands	13,178	-6.8%
120	La Réunion	13,142	-0.2%
121	Basse-Normandie	13,133	-1.8%
122	Prov. Hainaut	13,055	-3%
123	Dresden	13,021	-5%
124	Champagne-Ardenne	12,770	-3.3%
125	Jihozápad	12,428	-2.1%
126	Střední Morava	12,418	+2.3%
127	Unterfranken	12,219	+1%
128	Warmińsko-mazurskie	12,108	-6.2%
129	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	12,061	-4.5%
130	Észak-Magyarország	12,010	+1.5%
131	Moravskoslezsko	11,830	-1.9%
132	Auvergne	11,691	-4%
133	Yuzhen tsentralen	11,657	-5.9%
134	Jadranska Hrvatska	11,642	-0.1%
135	Niederbayern	11,557	+2.3%
136	Centro (PT)	11,517	-0.5%
137	Syddanmark	11,504	-0.7%
138	Dél-Alföld	11,287	+1%
139	Franche-Comté	11,254	-3.1%
140	Länsi-Suomi	11,197	-1%
141	Prov. Vlaams-Brabant	11,156	+0.1%
142	Overijssel	11,099	-1.1%
143	Steiermark	10,933	-0.3%
144	Prov. Liège	10,908	-5.4%
145	Kassel	10,807	+0.8%
146	Oberpfalz	10,759	0%
147	Prov. West-Vlaanderen	10,733	-0.1%
148	Severozápad	10,629	-2.7%
149	Podlaskie	10,557	-6.9%
150	Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi	10,425	+3.6%
151	Chemnitz	10,361	-3.9%
152	Leipzig	10,001	+0.1%
153	Kýpros	9,930	+4%
154	Közép-Dunántúl	9,815	+0.9%
155	Northern and Western	9,633	-5.9%
156	Yugoiztochen	9,507	-4.4%
157	Vzhodna Slovenija	9,503	-5.6%
158	Świętokrzyskie	9,488	-7.2%
159	Småland med öarna	9,479	+1.7%
160	Balearic Islands	9,455	-2.3%
161	Marche	9,432	-2.4%
162	Gießen	9,361	+1.6%
163	Zahodna Slovenija	9,264	0%
164	Mayotte	9,184	-6%
165	Aragon	9,095	-5.7%
166	Oberfranken	9,061	-1.9%
167	Panonska Hrvatska	9,036	-0.7%
168	Nyugat-Dunántúl	8,855	+0.4%
169	Liguria	8,752	+0.1%
170	Limburg (NL)	8,652	-0.2%
171	Lubuskie	8,634	-4.4%
172	Norra Mellansverige	8,375	-2.6%
173	Etelä-Suomi	8,321	+1%
174	Bratislavský kraj	8,292	+1.5%
175	Sardegna	8,262	-6.7%
176	Abruzzo	8,237	-3.1%
177	Saarland	8,155	+1.9%
178	Guyane	7,992	-1.4%
179	Opolskie	7,951	-6.4%
180	Dél-Dunántúl	7,875	+0.6%
181	Grad Zagreb	7,865	-2.4%
182	Sostinės regionas	7,863	-3.6%
183	Prov. Limburg (BE)	7,536	-3.4%
184	Tirol	7,518	-0.1%
185	Severoiztochen	7,461	-6.2%
186	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	7,434	-0.8%
187	Extremadura	7,380	-3.5%
188	Península de Setúbal	7,373	-2.2%
189	Sjeverna Hrvatska	7,302	-0.3%
190	Sjælland	7,169	+1.1%
191	Bremen	6,968	-2.5%
192	Luxembourg	6,459	+3.7%
193	Kriti	6,199	-1.1%
194	Oeste e Vale do Tejo	6,035	-0.6%
195	Limousin	5,910	-1.6%
196	Friesland (NL)	5,841	-1.9%
197	Salzburg	5,756	-0.4%
198	Nordjylland	5,650	-2.9%
199	Severozapaden	5,635	-2.9%
200	Severen tsentralen	5,388	-6.7%
201	Umbria	5,268	-5.5%
202	Övre Norrland	5,256	-2.5%
203	Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen	5,191	-0.8%
204	Guadeloupe	5,183	+0.4%
205	Thessalia	5,150	+1.1%
206	Dytiki Elláda	5,039	+0.9%
207	Navarre	5,036	-6.2%
208	Groningen	4,956	-1.7%
209	Flevoland	4,871	-0.4%
210	Prov. Namur	4,860	+0.7%
211	Asturias	4,771	-7.4%
212	Trier	4,668	-2%
213	Kärnten	4,561	+1.7%
214	Malta	4,414	+1.5%
215	Algarve	4,330	-1.8%
216	Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki	4,255	+0.9%
217	Vorarlberg	4,211	-2.5%
218	Drenthe	4,135	+0.6%
219	Provincia Autonoma di Trento	4,048	-4.5%
220	Peloponnisos	4,006	+2%
221	Sterea Elláda	3,718	+8.9%
222	Prov. Brabant wallon	3,590	-4.1%
223	Mellersta Norrland	3,549	-6.7%
224	Alentejo	3,547	-0.8%
225	Martinique	3,531	-5.8%
226	Basilicata	3,523	-4.1%
227	Zeeland	3,424	+0.1%
228	Notio Aigaio	3,417	+0.4%
229	Cantabria	3,407	-3.9%
230	Prov. Luxembourg (BE)	2,954	-7.7%
231	Corse	2,687	-5.8%
232	La Rioja	2,318	-3.7%
233	Voreio Aigaio	2,314	+22%
234	Ipeiros	2,202	-0.8%
235	Região Autónoma dos Açores	2,103	-1.3%
236	Burgenland	2,100	-5.9%
237	Região Autónoma da Madeira	1,860	-1.6%
238	Dytiki Makedonia	1,808	+2.6%
239	Ionia Nisia	1,721	+0.3%
240	Molise	1,713	-11.1%
241	Melilla	962	-22.2%
242	Ceuta	843	+0.2%
243	Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste	776	-7.7%
244	Åland	261	-2.2%

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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 168,467 in 2020, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which region has the lowest live births?

Åland, with 261 in 2020.

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.