EU regions (NUTS 2) by fertility rate, 2024

Name: EU regions (NUTS 2) by fertility rate, 2024
Creator: Eurostat, European Commission
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Mayotte had the highest fertility rate of 244 regions in 2024, at 3.54 children per woman. Canary Islands had the lowest, at 0.82 children per woman. The median was 1.36 children per woman and the figure for the European Union (27) was 1.34 children per woman. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest3.54Mayotte

Lowest0.82Canary Islands

Median1.36244 regions

European Union (27)1.34History

Top 40 regions, 2024

CSV Chart (SVG)

children per woman. Source: Eurostat. Retrieved 2026-10-08.

Full ranking

Rank	Regions	2024 children per woman	Change on 2023
1	Mayotte Provisional	3.54	-0.67
2	Guyane Provisional	3.11	-0.46
3	La Réunion Provisional	2.12	-0.2
4	Yugoiztochen	2.04	-0.1
5	Severozapaden	1.92	-0.02
6	Guadeloupe Provisional	1.81	-0.25
7	Východné Slovensko	1.76	+0.04
8	Yuzhen tsentralen	1.75	-0.13
9	Notio Aigaio	1.69	+0.11
9	Península de Setúbal	1.69	-0.04
11	Ile-de-France Provisional	1.68	-0.03
11	Picardie Provisional	1.68	-0.05
13	Észak-Magyarország	1.67	-0.13
14	Centre - Val de Loire Provisional	1.66	-0.04
14	Haute-Normandie Provisional	1.66	-0.02
14	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur Provisional	1.66	-0.07
17	Algarve	1.65	-0.06
17	Grande Lisboa	1.65	0
19	Nord-Pas de Calais Provisional	1.63	-0.04
19	Northern and Western	1.63	-0.02
19	Severoiztochen	1.63	-0.13
22	Észak-Alföld	1.62	-0.13
22	Severen tsentralen	1.62	-0.17
24	Panonska Hrvatska	1.6	-0.01
24	Pays de la Loire Provisional	1.6	-0.07
24	Zeeland	1.6	-0.02
27	Drenthe	1.59	-0.02
27	Rhône-Alpes Provisional	1.59	-0.02
27	Vzhodna Slovenija	1.59	-0.02
30	Flevoland	1.58	-0.06
31	Friesland (NL)	1.57	-0.02
31	Overijssel	1.57	+0.01
33	Champagne-Ardenne Provisional	1.55	-0.05
33	Franche-Comté Provisional	1.55	-0.04
33	Martinique Provisional	1.55	-0.24
33	Prov. Antwerpen	1.55	-0.01
33	Yugozapaden	1.55	-0.07
38	Basse-Normandie Provisional	1.54	-0.07
38	Midtjylland	1.54	-0.03
38	Sjælland	1.54	-0.03
38	Småland med öarna	1.54	-0.05
42	Bretagne Provisional	1.53	-0.05
42	Centru Estimated	1.53	-0.12
42	Syddanmark	1.53	-0.04
45	Auvergne Provisional	1.51	-0.01
45	Gelderland	1.51	-0.02
45	Kriti	1.51	-0.06
45	Poitou-Charentes Provisional	1.51	-0.03
45	Prov. Luxembourg (BE)	1.51	-0.05
45	Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen	1.51	-0.06
51	Alentejo	1.5	-0.08
51	Bourgogne Provisional	1.5	-0.07
51	Detmold	1.5	0
51	Ionia Nisia	1.5	+0.19
51	Languedoc-Roussillon Provisional	1.5	-0.08
51	Nord-Est Estimated	1.5	-0.26
51	Prov. West-Vlaanderen	1.5	-0.02
51	Sjeverna Hrvatska	1.5	-0.01
51	Southern	1.5	-0.04
60	Lüneburg	1.49	-0.04
60	Prov. Hainaut	1.49	-0.03
62	Schwaben	1.48	-0.05
63	Limousin Provisional	1.47	-0.1
63	Münster	1.47	-0.02
63	Nordjylland	1.47	-0.06
63	Prov. Vlaams-Brabant	1.47	-0.04
67	Niederbayern	1.46	-0.01
67	Norra Mellansverige	1.46	-0.01
67	Oberpfalz	1.46	0
67	Utrecht	1.46	n/a
67	Västsverige	1.46	-0.02
67	Weser-Ems	1.46	-0.04
67	Zahodna Slovenija	1.46	+0.03
74	Oberösterreich	1.45	0
74	Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen	1.45	0
74	Vorarlberg	1.45	-0.05
77	Alsace Provisional	1.44	-0.04
77	Noord-Brabant	1.44	+0.01
77	Pest	1.44	-0.17
77	Střední Morava	1.44	-0.1
77	Sydsverige	1.44	-0.04
77	Tübingen	1.44	-0.03
83	Jadranska Hrvatska	1.43	+0.03
83	Közép-Dunántúl	1.43	-0.09
83	Oeste e Vale do Tejo	1.43	-0.03
83	Rheinhessen-Pfalz	1.43	-0.01
83	Voreio Aigaio	1.43	-0.03
88	Dél-Alföld	1.42	-0.14
88	Mellersta Norrland	1.42	-0.08
88	Midi-Pyrénées Provisional	1.42	-0.03
88	Östra Mellansverige	1.42	0
88	Prov. Liège	1.42	-0.06
88	Stuttgart	1.42	-0.02
94	Aquitaine Provisional	1.41	-0.06
94	Arnsberg	1.41	-0.04
94	Eastern and Midland	1.41	-0.03
94	Jihovýchod	1.41	-0.09
94	Kassel	1.41	-0.05
94	Koblenz	1.41	-0.05
94	Lorraine Provisional	1.41	0
94	Nord-Vest Estimated	1.41	-0.14
94	Sud-Est Estimated	1.41	-0.15
94	Zuid-Holland	1.41	n/a
104	Chemnitz	1.4	-0.04
104	Hovedstaden	1.4	-0.02
104	Prov. Limburg (BE)	1.4	-0.01
107	Freiburg	1.39	0
107	Hannover	1.39	-0.02
107	Severovýchod	1.39	-0.09
107	Stockholm	1.39	-0.01
107	Unterfranken	1.39	-0.04
112	Dél-Dunántúl	1.38	-0.12
112	Kýpros	1.38	-0.07
112	Mittelfranken	1.38	0
115	Darmstadt	1.37	-0.01
115	Jihozápad	1.37	-0.07
115	Niederösterreich	1.37	-0.02
115	Nyugat-Dunántúl	1.37	-0.15
115	Peloponnisos	1.37	-0.01
115	Prov. Namur	1.37	-0.07
121	Braunschweig	1.36	-0.02
121	Düsseldorf	1.36	-0.04
121	Melilla	1.36	+0.03
121	Oberfranken	1.36	-0.03
121	Sud-Muntenia Estimated	1.36	-0.13
126	Gießen	1.35	0
126	Limburg (NL)	1.35	-0.04
126	Övre Norrland	1.35	-0.03
126	Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest	1.35	-0.01
126	Střední Čechy	1.35	-0.14
131	Brandenburg	1.34	-0.04
131	Bremen	1.34	-0.09
131	Moravskoslezsko	1.34	-0.12
131	Oberbayern	1.34	-0.03
131	Prov. Brabant wallon	1.34	-0.06
131	Stredné Slovensko	1.34	-0.09
137	Karlsruhe	1.33	-0.01
137	Severozápad	1.33	-0.07
137	Vest Estimated	1.33	-0.11
140	Grad Zagreb	1.32	-0.03
140	Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi	1.32	-0.03
140	Region of Murcia	1.32	-0.04
140	Saarland	1.32	-0.02
140	Salzburg	1.32	-0.06
140	Schleswig-Holstein	1.32	-0.03
140	Trier	1.32	-0.05
147	Centro (PT)	1.31	-0.06
147	Dytiki Elláda	1.31	-0.03
147	Mazowiecki regionalny	1.31	-0.07
147	Noord-Holland	1.31	+0.02
147	Sachsen-Anhalt	1.31	-0.09
152	Bratislavský kraj	1.3	-0.05
152	Kärnten	1.3	-0.03
152	Köln	1.3	-0.03
152	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	1.3	-0.04
152	Tirol	1.3	-0.01
157	Åland	1.29	-0.29
157	Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki	1.29	0
157	Thessalia	1.29	-0.04
160	Länsi-Suomi	1.28	0
160	Steiermark	1.28	-0.05
162	Provincia Autonoma di Trento	1.27	-0.01
162	Sicilia	1.27	-0.05
164	Campania	1.26	-0.04
164	Ceuta	1.26	+0.02
164	Praha	1.26	-0.05
164	Região Autónoma da Madeira	1.26	+0.03
164	Sud-Vest Oltenia Estimated	1.26	-0.12
169	Calabria	1.25	-0.04
169	Groningen	1.25	-0.02
169	Luxembourg	1.25	0
172	Dresden	1.24	-0.05
172	Hamburg	1.24	-0.05
172	Latvija	1.24	-0.1
172	Thüringen	1.24	-0.09
172	Západné Slovensko	1.24	-0.07
177	Helsinki-Uusimaa	1.23	+0.01
177	Região Autónoma dos Açores	1.23	-0.1
179	Sterea Elláda	1.22	-0.02
179	Wien	1.22	+0.05
181	Berlin	1.21	-0.02
181	Burgenland	1.21	-0.05
181	Corse Provisional	1.21	-0.03
181	Norte	1.21	-0.06
185	Małopolskie	1.2	-0.05
185	Navarre	1.2	+0.01
185	Podlaskie	1.2	-0.09
185	Veneto	1.2	-0.01
189	Bucureşti-Ilfov Estimated	1.19	-0.14
189	Castilla-La Mancha	1.19	+0.01
189	Emilia-Romagna	1.19	-0.03
189	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	1.19	-0.02
189	Kentriki Makedonia	1.19	+0.01
189	Lombardia	1.19	-0.02
189	Podkarpackie	1.19	-0.06
189	Pomorskie	1.19	-0.08
189	Wielkopolskie	1.19	-0.07
198	Andalusia	1.18	-0.02
198	Eesti	1.18	-0.13
198	Etelä-Suomi	1.18	-0.01
198	Ipeiros	1.18	0
202	Dytiki Makedonia	1.17	-0.06
202	Liguria	1.17	0
204	La Rioja	1.16	+0.03
204	Puglia	1.16	-0.04
206	Aragon	1.15	-0.02
207	Attiki	1.14	-0.04
207	Lubelskie	1.14	-0.05
207	Piemonte	1.14	-0.03
207	Valencian Community	1.14	-0.02
211	Extremadura	1.13	-0.03
211	Łódzkie	1.13	-0.08
213	Abruzzo	1.12	-0.02
213	Toscana	1.12	0
213	Warmińsko-mazurskie	1.12	-0.02
216	Marche	1.11	-0.06
216	Umbria	1.11	0
216	Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas	1.11	-0.07
219	Basque Country	1.1	-0.05
219	Lazio	1.1	-0.01
219	Lubuskie	1.1	-0.09
222	Basilicata	1.09	0
222	Community of Madrid	1.09	-0.01
222	Kujawsko-pomorskie	1.09	-0.1
222	Sostinės regionas	1.09	-0.09
226	Balearic Islands	1.08	+0.03
226	Catalonia	1.08	-0.03
226	Opolskie	1.08	-0.12
226	Śląskie	1.08	-0.06
226	Warszawski stołeczny	1.08	-0.04
231	Budapest	1.07	-0.14
231	Castile and León	1.07	+0.01
231	Leipzig	1.07	-0.07
231	Świętokrzyskie	1.07	-0.09
231	Zachodniopomorskie	1.07	-0.07
236	Molise	1.05	-0.05
236	Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste	1.05	-0.12
238	Dolnośląskie	1.04	-0.06
239	Malta	1.01	-0.05
240	Cantabria	0.99	+0.02
241	Galicia	0.96	-0.03
242	Asturias	0.95	+0.01
243	Sardegna	0.91	0
244	Canary Islands	0.82	-0.02

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About this ranking

Average number of children a woman would have over her lifetime at current age-specific fertility rates.

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. Fertility indicators by NUTS 2 region (demo_r_find2). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo_r_find2/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-08.

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Which region has the highest fertility rate?

Mayotte, with 3.54 children per woman in 2024, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which region has the lowest fertility rate?

Canary Islands, with 0.82 children per woman in 2024.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Eurostat, European Commission, Fertility indicators by NUTS 2 region (demo_r_find2). Retrieved 2026-10-08.