EU regions (NUTS 2) by live births

Name: EU regions (NUTS 2) by live births, 2023
Creator: Eurostat, European Commission
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Ile-de-France had the highest live births of 244 regions in 2023, at 154,128. Åland had the lowest, at 259. The median was 11,357 and the figure for the European Union (27) was 3.67 million. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest154,128Ile-de-France

Lowest259Åland

Median11,357244 regions

European Union (27)3,669,659History

Top 40 regions, 2023

CSV Chart (SVG)

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

Full ranking

Rank	Regions	2023 count	Change on 2022
1	Ile-de-France	154,128	-5.4%
2	Rhône-Alpes	67,798	-7.5%
3	Lombardia	65,659	-2.7%
4	Andalusia	61,397	-2.5%
5	Catalonia	54,174	-3.9%
6	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur	50,909	-7.4%
7	Community of Madrid	50,299	-1.3%
8	Düsseldorf	45,040	-4.6%
9	Oberbayern	43,817	-6.9%
10	Campania	42,925	-3.5%
11	Nord-Pas de Calais	41,618	-5.4%
12	Köln	38,258	-6.3%
13	Stuttgart	37,744	-5.5%
14	Zuid-Holland	37,427	-1.1%
15	Pays de la Loire	36,501	-6.8%
16	Sicilia	35,489	-3.6%
17	Valencian Community	35,378	-0.6%
18	Darmstadt	35,339	-6.5%
19	Lazio	34,292	-4.9%
20	Berlin	34,120	-4.5%
21	Nord-Est	30,743	-13.2%
22	Arnsberg	30,530	-5.3%
23	Veneto	30,438	-4.1%
24	Aquitaine	29,892	-7.9%
25	Bretagne	28,930	-6.9%
26	Emilia-Romagna	28,568	-3.5%
27	Małopolskie	28,323	-8.9%
28	Eastern and Midland	27,700	+0.4%
29	Śląskie	27,641	-12.5%
30	Noord-Holland	27,545	-3%
31	Wielkopolskie	27,532	-9.7%
32	Warszawski stołeczny	27,157	-12.5%
33	Midi-Pyrénées	26,825	-8.6%
34	Attiki	26,375	-6.2%
35	Norte	26,173	-0.8%
36	Stockholm	25,781	-2.2%
37	Languedoc-Roussillon	25,617	-8.3%
38	Puglia	25,591	-2.7%
39	Piemonte	25,077	-3.5%
40	Karlsruhe	23,747	-6.7%
41	Münster	23,628	-4.9%
42	Centre - Val de Loire	23,516	-7.4%
43	Noord-Brabant	23,425	-1.6%
44	Nord-Vest	23,021	-8%
45	Weser-Ems	22,634	-4.8%
46	Schleswig-Holstein	22,190	-7.4%
47	Grande Lisboa	21,449	+3.9%
48	Sud-Muntenia	20,968	-12%
49	Toscana	20,875	-3.4%
50	Hovedstaden	20,649	-0.3%
51	Centru	20,601	-9.5%
52	Bucureşti-Ilfov	20,551	-15.9%
53	Västsverige	20,487	-4.4%
54	Freiburg	19,822	-6.4%
55	Dolnośląskie	19,524	-14.1%
56	Gelderland	19,397	-0.8%
57	Prov. Antwerpen	19,215	-0.3%
58	Pomorskie	19,126	-8.9%
59	Yugozapaden	18,766	-0.2%
60	Picardie	18,720	-7%
61	Lorraine	18,617	-8.2%
62	Hamburg	18,264	-4.1%
63	Sud-Est	18,114	-14.7%
64	Wien	18,072	-5.6%
65	Detmold	18,059	-6.9%
66	Haute-Normandie	17,986	-9.5%
67	Rheinhessen-Pfalz	17,798	-6.2%
68	Schwaben	17,793	-4.6%
69	Mazowiecki regionalny	17,746	-7.6%
70	Hannover	17,733	-6%
71	Alsace	17,439	-5.9%
72	Southern	17,255	-1.1%
73	Tübingen	17,106	-5%
74	Východné Slovensko	17,007	-6.1%
75	Łódzkie	16,383	-9.8%
76	Östra Mellansverige	16,017	-7.2%
77	Brandenburg	15,885	-8.9%
78	Helsinki-Uusimaa	15,752	-1.4%
79	Mittelfranken	15,416	-6.2%
80	Jihovýchod	15,145	-11.2%
81	Sydsverige	15,142	-4%
82	Podkarpackie	14,877	-11.5%
83	Latvija	14,490	-9.2%
84	Észak-Alföld	14,437	-3%
85	Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen	14,402	-2.3%
86	Budapest	14,355	-1.3%
87	Castilla-La Mancha	14,075	-3%
88	Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest	14,073	-5%
89	Utrecht	14,070	-1.1%
90	Poitou-Charentes	14,064	-7.5%
91	Lüneburg	14,037	-5.6%
92	Galicia	14,004	-3.4%
93	Západné Slovensko	13,857	-8.8%
94	Midtjylland	13,713	-2.7%
95	Oberösterreich	13,666	-7.6%
96	Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas	13,646	-4.9%
97	Sachsen-Anhalt	13,550	-6.6%
98	Niederösterreich	13,523	-6.8%
99	Kujawsko-pomorskie	13,522	-10.2%
100	Lubelskie	13,492	-11.3%
101	Basque Country	13,462	-1.5%
102	Calabria	13,282	-1.3%
103	Vest	13,127	-14.7%
104	Bourgogne	13,024	-6.7%
105	Sud-Vest Oltenia	12,953	-12.6%
106	Thüringen	12,952	-8.3%
107	La Réunion	12,876	-2.5%
108	Region of Murcia	12,860	-3.9%
109	Braunschweig	12,758	-7.5%
110	Pest	12,662	-0.7%
111	Prov. Hainaut	12,631	-5.5%
112	Severovýchod	12,614	-9.3%
113	Praha	12,575	-7%
114	Castile and León	12,496	-4.9%
115	Koblenz	12,438	-6.5%
116	Basse-Normandie	12,305	-6.3%
117	Střední Čechy	12,249	-9%
118	Canary Islands	11,998	-1.8%
119	Centro (PT)	11,735	+3.2%
120	Champagne-Ardenne	11,577	-8.1%
121	Yuzhen tsentralen	11,540	+2%
122	Kentriki Makedonia	11,474	-6.7%
123	Stredné Slovensko	11,240	-7.9%
124	Észak-Magyarország	11,022	-2.6%
125	Unterfranken	11,004	-6.9%
126	Prov. Vlaams-Brabant	10,983	-1.4%
127	Syddanmark	10,982	-1%
128	Eesti	10,949	-6%
129	Overijssel	10,935	-3.2%
130	Auvergne	10,661	-7.6%
131	Prov. West-Vlaanderen	10,582	-1.5%
132	Prov. Liège	10,555	-4.1%
133	Niederbayern	10,548	-8.2%
134	Länsi-Suomi	10,530	-2.9%
135	Dél-Alföld	10,501	-1.3%
136	Zachodniopomorskie	10,447	-10.4%
137	Steiermark	10,375	-3%
138	Jihozápad	10,291	-11.3%
139	Mayotte	10,278	-4.6%
140	Jadranska Hrvatska	10,277	-6.2%
141	Kýpros	10,241	+0.4%
142	Franche-Comté	10,202	-6%
143	Střední Morava	10,183	-10.3%
144	Dresden	10,098	-10.7%
145	Kassel	9,811	-5.8%
146	Oberpfalz	9,783	-7.6%
147	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	9,671	-10.6%
148	Moravskoslezsko	9,629	-10.6%
149	Northern and Western	9,517	+1.3%
150	Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi	9,362	-4%
151	Yugoiztochen	9,241	+5.1%
152	Közép-Dunántúl	9,039	-5.2%
153	Vzhodna Slovenija	8,947	-1.3%
154	Marche	8,797	+0.1%
155	Limburg (NL)	8,781	-1.6%
156	Balearic Islands	8,738	-3.8%
157	Aragon	8,669	-3.5%
158	Gießen	8,535	-6.7%
159	Warmińsko-mazurskie	8,487	-14.4%
160	Nyugat-Dunántúl	8,486	-2.9%
161	Severozápad	8,463	-12.1%
162	Liguria	8,343	-1.6%
163	Chemnitz	8,332	-11.2%
164	Podlaskie	8,280	-9.5%
165	Panonska Hrvatska	8,266	-2.1%
166	Península de Setúbal	8,165	+6.3%
167	Oberfranken	8,144	-7.9%
168	Småland med öarna	8,106	-3.5%
169	Zahodna Slovenija	8,042	-6.1%
170	Saarland	7,769	-0.6%
171	Leipzig	7,764	-10.2%
172	Guyane	7,689	-0.4%
173	Abruzzo	7,578	-5.5%
174	Etelä-Suomi	7,480	-8%
175	Prov. Limburg (BE)	7,411	-2.6%
176	Sardegna	7,242	-6%
177	Świętokrzyskie	7,238	-11.3%
178	Severoiztochen	7,039	-0.6%
179	Dél-Dunántúl	7,025	-2.6%
180	Grad Zagreb	6,995	-6.2%
181	Norra Mellansverige	6,994	-7.7%
182	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	6,982	-4.1%
183	Sostinės regionas	6,977	-9.6%
184	Extremadura	6,810	-0.1%
185	Tirol	6,766	-8.9%
186	Sjælland	6,755	-4.7%
187	Sjeverna Hrvatska	6,632	-5.7%
188	Bremen	6,615	-1.6%
189	Bratislavský kraj	6,523	-8.7%
190	Lubuskie	6,499	-8.3%
191	Oeste e Vale do Tejo	6,402	+3.2%
192	Luxembourg	6,320	-2.7%
193	Opolskie	6,177	-9%
194	Friesland (NL)	5,698	-1.8%
195	Limousin	5,575	-6.4%
196	Kriti	5,500	-4.7%
197	Severozapaden	5,436	-0.5%
198	Nordjylland	5,370	-1.6%
199	Severen tsentralen	5,175	+0.6%
200	Salzburg	5,115	-6.2%
201	Flevoland	4,966	-2.6%
202	Groningen	4,843	-3%
203	Umbria	4,766	-3.2%
204	Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen	4,695	-4.4%
205	Prov. Namur	4,549	-4.3%
206	Asturias	4,545	-4.2%
207	Guadeloupe	4,537	-3.5%
208	Navarre	4,496	-5.5%
209	Malta	4,462	+3.6%
210	Thessalia	4,460	-4.2%
211	Algarve	4,436	+9.2%
212	Övre Norrland	4,417	-6.5%
213	Dytiki Elláda	4,347	-8.4%
214	Trier	4,257	-4.4%
215	Kärnten	4,217	-5.5%
216	Drenthe	4,041	+0.1%
217	Vorarlberg	3,892	-2.9%
218	Provincia Autonoma di Trento	3,789	-5.5%
219	Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki	3,661	-5.3%
220	Alentejo	3,550	+0.9%
221	Peloponnisos	3,459	-5.5%
222	Prov. Brabant wallon	3,443	-4%
223	Zeeland	3,359	-3.4%
224	Martinique	3,335	-4.5%
225	Basilicata	3,123	-3%
226	Mellersta Norrland	3,107	-2.9%
227	Cantabria	2,976	-7.7%
228	Sterea Elláda	2,953	-9.7%
229	Prov. Luxembourg (BE)	2,941	-4.4%
230	Notio Aigaio	2,930	-7.5%
231	Corse	2,500	-9.1%
232	Região Autónoma dos Açores	2,042	-1.3%
233	La Rioja	1,999	-8.8%
234	Burgenland	1,979	-7.6%
235	Ipeiros	1,815	-7.7%
236	Região Autónoma da Madeira	1,747	-0.6%
237	Molise	1,661	-1.3%
238	Voreio Aigaio	1,451	+7.6%
239	Dytiki Makedonia	1,428	+0.1%
240	Ionia Nisia	1,396	-13.7%
241	Melilla	771	-13.8%
242	Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste	718	-8.1%
243	Ceuta	683	-6.2%
244	Åland	259	+5.7%

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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 154,128 in 2023, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which region has the lowest live births?

Åland, with 259 in 2023.

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.