EU regions (NUTS 2) by live births

Name: EU regions (NUTS 2) by live births, 2021
Creator: Eurostat, European Commission
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Ile-de-France had the highest live births of 244 regions in 2021, at 167,066. Åland had the lowest, at 293. The median was 12,820 and the figure for the European Union (27) was 4.09 million. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest167,066Ile-de-France

Lowest293Åland

Median12,820244 regions

European Union (27)4,088,494History

Top 40 regions, 2021

CSV Chart (SVG)

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

Full ranking

Rank	Regions	2021 count	Change on 2020
1	Ile-de-France	167,066	-0.8%
2	Rhône-Alpes	75,178	+0.5%
3	Lombardia	68,918	-0.5%
4	Andalusia	65,650	+0.2%
5	Catalonia	57,634	-1.4%
6	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur	55,664	+1.4%
7	Community of Madrid	51,366	-1.9%
8	Oberbayern	50,891	+4.8%
9	Düsseldorf	50,464	+3%
10	Nord-Pas de Calais	45,429	+0.1%
11	Köln	44,016	+3.4%
12	Stuttgart	43,609	+5.1%
13	Campania	43,403	-3.7%
14	Darmstadt	40,872	+4.2%
15	Zuid-Holland	40,523	+5%
16	Pays de la Loire	40,227	+3.2%
17	Berlin	39,168	+1.2%
18	Nord-Est	38,210	-1.3%
19	Lazio	37,237	-2%
20	Sicilia	37,235	-0.8%
21	Valencian Community	35,677	-0.2%
22	Śląskie	34,736	-9%
23	Arnsberg	33,985	+2.6%
24	Wielkopolskie	33,512	-6.6%
25	Warszawski stołeczny	33,364	-3.8%
26	Małopolskie	33,285	-5.9%
27	Aquitaine	32,915	+2.1%
28	Veneto	32,799	+0.4%
29	Attiki	32,108	+2.3%
30	Bretagne	32,065	+3.5%
31	Noord-Holland	30,919	+6.5%
32	Eastern and Midland	30,847	+9.2%
33	Midi-Pyrénées	30,051	+2.2%
34	Emilia-Romagna	29,836	-0.1%
35	Stockholm	29,067	+2.1%
36	Languedoc-Roussillon	28,424	+2%
37	Karlsruhe	27,660	+5.7%
38	Piemonte	26,700	-1.5%
39	Münster	26,402	+4.2%
40	Puglia	26,381	-0.3%
41	Nord-Vest	26,201	-1.9%
42	Bucureşti-Ilfov	25,777	-5.2%
43	Centre - Val de Loire	25,607	+1.1%
44	Noord-Brabant	25,542	+9.1%
45	Weser-Ems	25,500	+4.2%
46	Schleswig-Holstein	25,298	+3.7%
47	Sud-Muntenia	25,281	-1.9%
48	Norte	24,825	-7.6%
49	Dolnośląskie	24,431	-5%
50	Centru	23,722	-3.5%
51	Pomorskie	23,335	-4.7%
52	Västsverige	23,190	+1.8%
53	Hovedstaden	22,954	+3.6%
54	Freiburg	22,874	+4.3%
55	Toscana	22,592	+0.9%
56	Sud-Est	22,349	-1%
57	Lorraine	21,186	+0.8%
58	Hamburg	21,018	+2.9%
59	Gelderland	20,771	+4.5%
60	Mazowiecki regionalny	20,574	-6.7%
61	Detmold	20,519	+2.6%
62	Hannover	20,368	+1.8%
63	Prov. Antwerpen	20,219	+5.8%
64	Picardie	20,099	0%
65	Schwaben	20,067	+5.4%
66	Rheinhessen-Pfalz	20,001	+3%
67	Haute-Normandie	19,811	+0.9%
68	Grande Lisboa	19,664	-5.9%
69	Łódzkie	19,567	-6.3%
70	Yugozapaden	19,457	+0.1%
71	Southern	19,407	+7.4%
72	Tübingen	19,391	+5.1%
73	Wien	19,359	+1.1%
74	Brandenburg	19,029	+0.2%
75	Alsace	19,020	-1.6%
76	Východné Slovensko	18,701	-0.4%
77	Jihovýchod	18,632	+2.3%
78	Östra Mellansverige	18,467	+1.3%
79	Mittelfranken	17,957	+2.2%
80	Podkarpackie	17,929	-8.4%
81	Helsinki-Uusimaa	17,773	+9.3%
82	Latvija	17,420	-0.8%
83	Sydsverige	17,112	+0.9%
84	Kujawsko-pomorskie	16,709	-7.2%
85	Lubelskie	16,641	-7.7%
86	Západné Slovensko	16,631	+1.7%
87	Vest	16,114	-3.7%
88	Sachsen-Anhalt	16,024	-0.6%
89	Utrecht	15,784	+6.8%
90	Lüneburg	15,767	+3.8%
91	Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest	15,728	-1.2%
92	Sud-Vest Oltenia	15,537	-2.9%
93	Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen	15,497	+6.6%
94	Poitou-Charentes	15,483	+2.8%
95	Észak-Alföld	15,448	-1.2%
96	Thüringen	15,377	-3.8%
97	Severovýchod	15,344	-1.2%
98	Budapest	15,335	+3.2%
99	Niederösterreich	15,261	+4.4%
100	Oberösterreich	15,247	+3.3%
100	Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas	15,247	-2.8%
102	Praha	15,157	+3%
103	Střední Čechy	15,111	+4.7%
104	Midtjylland	15,048	+4%
105	Braunschweig	14,806	+2.6%
106	Galicia	14,787	-3%
107	Castilla-La Mancha	14,534	-1.4%
108	Bourgogne	14,293	-0.8%
109	Basque Country	14,276	-3.2%
110	Koblenz	13,966	+3.2%
111	Region of Murcia	13,815	+0.8%
112	Kentriki Makedonia	13,536	-0.2%
113	La Réunion	13,470	+2.5%
114	Basse-Normandie	13,460	+2.5%
115	Prov. Hainaut	13,434	+2.9%
116	Pest	13,337	-0.9%
117	Eesti	13,272	+0.5%
118	Calabria	13,219	-5.3%
119	Stredné Slovensko	13,100	-0.9%
120	Castile and León	13,095	-4.1%
121	Champagne-Ardenne	12,907	+1.1%
122	Zachodniopomorskie	12,850	-6.4%
123	Dresden	12,790	-1.8%
124	Canary Islands	12,732	-3.4%
125	Unterfranken	12,689	+3.8%
126	Jihozápad	12,632	+1.6%
127	Střední Morava	12,434	+0.1%
128	Niederbayern	12,223	+5.8%
129	Auvergne	12,134	+3.8%
130	Syddanmark	12,040	+4.7%
131	Länsi-Suomi	12,004	+7.2%
132	Jadranska Hrvatska	11,996	+3%
133	Moravskoslezsko	11,978	+1.3%
134	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	11,845	-1.8%
135	Észak-Magyarország	11,642	-3.1%
136	Overijssel	11,628	+4.8%
137	Yuzhen tsentralen	11,563	-0.8%
138	Prov. Vlaams-Brabant	11,489	+3%
139	Dél-Alföld	11,391	+0.9%
140	Steiermark	11,357	+3.9%
141	Prov. Liège	11,273	+3.3%
142	Franche-Comté	11,136	-1%
143	Oberpfalz	11,084	+3%
144	Prov. West-Vlaanderen	11,007	+2.6%
145	Kassel	11,001	+1.8%
146	Centro (PT)	10,857	-5.7%
147	Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi	10,644	+2.1%
148	Mayotte	10,613	+15.6%
149	Warmińsko-mazurskie	10,539	-13%
150	Severozápad	10,505	-1.2%
151	Kýpros	10,309	+3.8%
152	Northern and Western	10,299	+6.9%
153	Chemnitz	10,201	-1.5%
154	Podlaskie	10,112	-4.2%
155	Közép-Dunántúl	10,018	+2.1%
156	Vzhodna Slovenija	9,822	+3.4%
157	Gießen	9,673	+3.3%
158	Leipzig	9,557	-4.4%
159	Balearic Islands	9,520	+0.7%
160	Aragon	9,463	+4%
161	Limburg (NL)	9,435	+9%
162	Oberfranken	9,410	+3.9%
163	Yugoiztochen	9,358	-1.6%
164	Småland med öarna	9,290	-2%
165	Marche	9,222	-2.2%
166	Zahodna Slovenija	9,162	-1.1%
167	Nyugat-Dunántúl	9,070	+2.4%
168	Panonska Hrvatska	9,045	+0.1%
169	Etelä-Suomi	8,880	+6.7%
170	Świętokrzyskie	8,717	-8.1%
171	Liguria	8,556	-2.2%
172	Saarland	8,339	+2.3%
173	Abruzzo	8,290	+0.6%
174	Sardegna	8,232	-0.4%
175	Norra Mellansverige	8,165	-2.5%
176	Bratislavský kraj	8,133	-1.9%
177	Guyane	8,127	+1.7%
178	Sostinės regionas	8,083	+2.8%
179	Grad Zagreb	8,030	+2.1%
180	Tirol	7,934	+5.5%
181	Lubuskie	7,925	-8.2%
182	Prov. Limburg (BE)	7,719	+2.4%
183	Dél-Dunántúl	7,713	-2.1%
184	Sjælland	7,492	+4.5%
185	Sjeverna Hrvatska	7,437	+1.8%
186	Severoiztochen	7,357	-1.4%
187	Opolskie	7,285	-8.4%
188	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	7,269	-2.2%
189	Extremadura	7,247	-1.8%
190	Península de Setúbal	7,061	-4.2%
191	Bremen	6,971	0%
192	Luxembourg	6,690	+3.6%
193	Kriti	6,530	+5.3%
194	Friesland (NL)	6,319	+8.2%
195	Nordjylland	5,939	+5.1%
196	Limousin	5,797	-1.9%
197	Salzburg	5,755	-0%
198	Oeste e Vale do Tejo	5,729	-5.1%
199	Severozapaden	5,474	-2.9%
200	Severen tsentralen	5,469	+1.5%
201	Groningen	5,306	+7.1%
202	Övre Norrland	5,280	+0.5%
203	Umbria	5,238	-0.6%
204	Flevoland	5,179	+6.3%
205	Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen	5,173	-0.3%
206	Thessalia	5,165	+0.3%
207	Navarre	5,113	+1.5%
208	Prov. Namur	5,053	+4%
209	Dytiki Elláda	5,024	-0.3%
210	Guadeloupe	4,838	-6.7%
211	Asturias	4,785	+0.3%
212	Trier	4,680	+0.3%
213	Kärnten	4,630	+1.5%
214	Drenthe	4,443	+7.4%
215	Malta	4,395	-0.4%
216	Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki	4,350	+2.2%
217	Vorarlberg	4,295	+2%
218	Provincia Autonoma di Trento	4,190	+3.5%
219	Algarve	4,119	-4.9%
220	Peloponnisos	4,060	+1.3%
221	Prov. Brabant wallon	3,852	+7.3%
222	Mellersta Norrland	3,692	+4%
223	Sterea Elláda	3,643	-2%
224	Martinique	3,627	+2.7%
225	Zeeland	3,592	+4.9%
226	Alentejo	3,540	-0.2%
227	Notio Aigaio	3,496	+2.3%
228	Basilicata	3,330	-5.5%
229	Cantabria	3,285	-3.6%
230	Prov. Luxembourg (BE)	3,078	+4.2%
231	Corse	2,728	+1.5%
232	Burgenland	2,240	+6.7%
233	Ipeiros	2,232	+1.4%
234	La Rioja	2,192	-5.4%
235	Região Autónoma dos Açores	2,043	-2.9%
236	Ionia Nisia	1,810	+5.2%
237	Região Autónoma da Madeira	1,744	-6.2%
238	Voreio Aigaio	1,720	-25.7%
239	Molise	1,685	-1.6%
240	Dytiki Makedonia	1,672	-7.5%
241	Melilla	933	-3%
242	Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste	744	-4.1%
243	Ceuta	719	-14.7%
244	Åland	293	+12.3%

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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 167,066 in 2021, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which region has the lowest live births?

Åland, with 293 in 2021.

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.