# EU countries by fertility rate, 2024

All 27 values come from Eurostat, European Commission for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `fertility_rate`
- Unit: children per woman
- Definition: Average number of children a woman would have over her lifetime at current age-specific fertility rates.
- Source: Eurostat, European Commission, Fertility indicators (demo_find) (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo_find/default/table)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-07
- Citation: Eurostat. Fertility indicators (demo_find). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo_find/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-07.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/fertility-rate/eu-countries
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/fertility-rate/eu-countries.csv

| Rank | Place | children per woman |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Bulgaria | 1.72 |
| 2 | France | 1.61 |
| 3 | Slovenia | 1.52 |
| 4 | Denmark | 1.47 |
| 4 | Ireland | 1.47 |
| 6 | Croatia | 1.46 |
| 6 | Slovakia | 1.46 |
| 8 | Belgium | 1.44 |
| 9 | Netherlands | 1.43 |
| 9 | Sweden | 1.43 |
| 11 | Hungary | 1.41 |
| 11 | Portugal | 1.41 |
| 13 | Romania | 1.39 |
| 14 | Cyprus | 1.38 |
| 15 | Czechia | 1.36 |
| 15 | Germany | 1.36 |
| 17 | Austria | 1.31 |
| 18 | Finland | 1.25 |
| 18 | Luxembourg | 1.25 |
| 20 | Greece | 1.24 |
| 20 | Latvia | 1.24 |
| 22 | Estonia | 1.18 |
| 22 | Italy | 1.18 |
| 24 | Poland | 1.14 |
| 25 | Lithuania | 1.11 |
| 26 | Spain | 1.1 |
| 27 | Malta | 1.01 |