EU regions (NUTS 2) by fertility rate

Name: EU regions (NUTS 2) by fertility rate, 2017
Creator: Eurostat, European Commission
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Mayotte had the highest fertility rate of 239 regions in 2017, at 4.91 children per woman. Asturias had the lowest, at 1.03 children per woman. The median was 1.57 children per woman and the figure for the European Union (27) was 1.56 children per woman. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest4.91Mayotte

Lowest1.03Asturias

Median1.57239 regions

European Union (27)1.56History

Top 40 regions, 2017

CSV Chart (SVG)

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

Full ranking

Rank	Regions	2017 children per woman	Change on 2016
1	Mayotte	4.91	-0.04
2	Guyane	3.82	+0.27
3	La Réunion	2.46	+0.02
4	Melilla	2.26	-0.17
5	Yugoiztochen	2.11	+0.08
6	Nord-Est	2.02	+0.07
7	Guadeloupe	1.98	-0.22
7	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur	1.98	-0.01
9	Ile-de-France	1.96	-0.02
10	Nord-Pas de Calais	1.92	-0.04
10	Picardie	1.92	-0.01
12	Haute-Normandie	1.91	-0.04
12	Småland med öarna	1.91	-0.07
14	Mellersta Norrland	1.9	-0.01
15	Centre - Val de Loire	1.89	-0.04
15	Norra Mellansverige	1.89	-0.03
15	Rhône-Alpes	1.89	-0.04
18	Martinique	1.88	-0.02
18	Pays de la Loire	1.88	-0.03
20	Northern and Western	1.87	-0.07
21	Franche-Comté	1.86	-0.05
22	Severozapaden	1.85	-0.01
23	Centru	1.84	+0.08
24	Midtjylland	1.83	-0.04
24	Sjælland	1.83	-0.06
24	Southern	1.83	-0.03
27	Sud-Est	1.82	+0.05
27	Syddanmark	1.82	-0.02
29	Bretagne	1.81	-0.02
29	Észak-Magyarország	1.81	+0.05
29	Nordjylland	1.81	-0.03
29	Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest	1.81	-0.01
33	Ceuta	1.8	-0.01
33	Languedoc-Roussillon	1.8	-0.05
33	Östra Mellansverige	1.8	-0.06
33	Yuzhen tsentralen	1.8	+0.06
37	Střední Čechy	1.79	+0.1
38	Sydsverige	1.78	-0.06
39	Basse-Normandie	1.77	-0.05
39	Bourgogne	1.77	-0.03
39	Drenthe	1.77	-0.02
39	Friesland (NL)	1.77	-0.02
43	Auvergne	1.76	-0.01
43	Västsverige	1.76	-0.09
43	Zeeland	1.76	-0.03
46	Alsace	1.75	-0.02
46	Champagne-Ardenne	1.75	-0.09
46	Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen	1.75	-0.02
49	Chemnitz	1.73	-0.01
49	Jihovýchod	1.73	+0.07
49	Övre Norrland	1.73	-0.09
52	Flevoland	1.72	-0.08
52	Overijssel	1.72	-0.07
52	Severen tsentralen	1.72	+0.03
55	Poitou-Charentes	1.71	-0.07
55	Prov. Antwerpen	1.71	-0.03
55	Stockholm	1.71	-0.07
58	Eastern and Midland	1.7	-0.05
58	Észak-Alföld	1.7	-0.02
58	Gelderland	1.7	-0.01
58	Jihozápad	1.7	+0.06
58	Limousin	1.7	-0.01
58	Lorraine	1.7	-0.02
58	Lüneburg	1.7	-0.01
58	Midi-Pyrénées	1.7	-0.04
58	Severovýchod	1.7	+0.01
67	Latvija	1.69	-0.05
67	Prov. Luxembourg (BE)	1.69	0
67	Severoiztochen	1.69	0
67	Sud-Muntenia	1.69	+0.05
71	Åland	1.68	-0.11
71	Utrecht	1.68	-0.02
71	Weser-Ems	1.68	-0.03
74	Aquitaine	1.67	-0.03
74	Detmold	1.67	-0.04
74	Hovedstaden	1.67	-0.03
74	Severozápad	1.67	+0.05
74	Střední Morava	1.67	+0.06
74	Vorarlberg	1.67	-0.04
74	Vzhodna Slovenija	1.67	+0.06
81	Bratislavský kraj	1.66	+0.06
81	Nord-Vest	1.66	+0.07
81	Oberösterreich	1.66	-0.02
81	Pomorskie	1.66	+0.12
81	Prov. Liège	1.66	-0.02
86	Dresden	1.65	-0.04
86	Prov. Hainaut	1.65	-0.01
86	Východné Slovensko	1.65	+0.04
89	Brandenburg	1.64	-0.05
89	Kassel	1.64	+0.01
89	Prov. Vlaams-Brabant	1.64	-0.04
92	Münster	1.63	-0.01
92	Pest	1.63	+0.03
92	Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi	1.63	-0.1
92	Prov. Brabant wallon	1.63	-0.01
92	Schwaben	1.63	-0.02
92	Thüringen	1.63	0
92	Tübingen	1.63	+0.01
92	Zuid-Holland	1.63	-0.05
100	Arnsberg	1.62	+0.02
100	Koblenz	1.62	-0.03
102	Noord-Brabant	1.61	-0.05
102	Sachsen-Anhalt	1.61	-0.01
102	Salzburg	1.61	+0.04
105	Düsseldorf	1.6	-0.03
105	Moravskoslezsko	1.6	+0.04
105	Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas	1.6	-0.05
105	Wielkopolskie	1.6	+0.12
109	Darmstadt	1.59	-0.01
109	Eesti	1.59	-0.01
109	Prov. West-Vlaanderen	1.59	-0.1
109	Rheinhessen-Pfalz	1.59	-0.01
113	Algarve	1.58	+0.05
113	Bremen	1.58	-0.05
113	Freiburg	1.58	-0.04
113	Schleswig-Holstein	1.58	-0.03
113	Stuttgart	1.58	-0.02
113	Sud-Vest Oltenia	1.58	+0.06
113	Zahodna Slovenija	1.58	+0.01
120	Mazowiecki regionalny	1.57	+0.12
120	Niederösterreich	1.57	-0.02
122	Dél-Alföld	1.56	+0.07
122	Mittelfranken	1.56	-0.03
122	Prov. Namur	1.56	-0.07
122	Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen	1.56	-0.05
122	Unterfranken	1.56	+0.01
122	Warszawski stołeczny	1.56	+0.06
128	Braunschweig	1.55	-0.13
128	Dél-Dunántúl	1.55	+0.02
128	Hannover	1.55	-0.09
128	Közép-Dunántúl	1.55	0
128	Niederbayern	1.55	0
128	Praha	1.55	+0.06
128	Region of Murcia	1.55	-0.01
128	Voreio Aigaio	1.55	0
136	Länsi-Suomi	1.54	-0.1
136	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	1.54	-0.03
136	Oberbayern	1.54	-0.01
139	Köln	1.53	-0.04
139	Prov. Limburg (BE)	1.53	-0.06
139	Vest	1.53	+0.02
142	Małopolskie	1.52	+0.09
142	Noord-Holland	1.52	-0.05
142	Notio Aigaio	1.52	-0.02
142	Tirol	1.52	+0.01
142	Trier	1.52	-0.01
147	Hamburg	1.51	-0.04
147	Karlsruhe	1.51	-0.03
147	Kärnten	1.51	+0.01
147	Oberfranken	1.51	+0.01
147	Saarland	1.51	+0.02
152	Ionia Nisia	1.5	+0.01
152	Oberpfalz	1.5	+0.01
154	Gießen	1.49	-0.01
154	Kriti	1.49	-0.06
154	Leipzig	1.49	-0.08
154	Nyugat-Dunántúl	1.49	+0.04
154	Provincia Autonoma di Trento	1.49	-0.03
154	Sostinės regionas	1.49	-0.07
160	Berlin	1.48	-0.07
160	Limburg (NL)	1.48	-0.05
160	Sjeverna Hrvatska	1.48	0
163	Etelä-Suomi	1.47	-0.04
164	Corse	1.46	-0.01
164	Lubuskie	1.46	+0.1
164	Panonska Hrvatska	1.46	+0.01
164	Podlaskie	1.46	+0.1
164	Steiermark	1.46	+0.02
164	Yugozapaden	1.46	+0.03
170	Groningen	1.45	-0.09
170	Navarre	1.45	0
170	Śląskie	1.45	+0.1
170	Stredné Slovensko	1.45	+0.04
170	Warmińsko-mazurskie	1.45	+0.13
175	Grad Zagreb	1.44	+0.02
175	Jadranska Hrvatska	1.44	-0.01
177	Kujawsko-pomorskie	1.43	+0.09
178	Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki	1.42	+0.01
178	Łódzkie	1.42	+0.08
178	Podkarpackie	1.42	+0.12
181	Bucureşti-Ilfov	1.41	+0.09
181	Lombardia	1.41	-0.02
181	Wien	1.41	-0.04
181	Zachodniopomorskie	1.41	+0.08
185	Dolnośląskie	1.39	+0.07
185	Lubelskie	1.39	+0.1
185	Luxembourg	1.39	-0.02
188	Helsinki-Uusimaa	1.38	-0.07
189	Catalonia	1.37	-0.02
189	Sicilia	1.37	+0.02
189	Veneto	1.37	-0.02
192	Andalusia	1.36	-0.05
192	Burgenland	1.36	-0.05
192	Campania	1.36	0
192	Emilia-Romagna	1.36	-0.04
192	Opolskie	1.36	+0.08
192	Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste	1.36	-0.06
198	Peloponnisos	1.35	-0.02
198	Piemonte	1.35	-0.01
200	Attiki	1.34	-0.02
200	Dytiki Makedonia	1.34	+0.03
200	Kýpros	1.34	-0.02
200	La Rioja	1.34	-0.01
200	Região Autónoma dos Açores	1.34	0
200	Západné Slovensko	1.34	+0.03
206	Aragon	1.33	-0.01
206	Thessalia	1.33	-0.02
208	Basque Country	1.32	-0.05
208	Community of Madrid	1.32	-0.03
208	Dytiki Elláda	1.32	-0.04
208	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	1.32	-0.02
212	Calabria	1.31	0
212	Castilla-La Mancha	1.31	-0.02
214	Lazio	1.3	-0.07
215	Extremadura	1.29	-0.01
215	Kentriki Makedonia	1.29	-0.07
215	Liguria	1.29	-0.02
215	Świętokrzyskie	1.29	+0.06
215	Toscana	1.29	-0.02
215	Valencian Community	1.29	-0.02
221	Região Autónoma da Madeira	1.27	+0.12
222	Ipeiros	1.26	-0.04
222	Malta	1.26	-0.11
222	Marche	1.26	-0.06
222	Norte	1.26	+0.01
222	Umbria	1.26	-0.02
227	Abruzzo	1.25	-0.04
227	Balearic Islands	1.25	-0.03
227	Puglia	1.25	-0.02
230	Budapest	1.24	-0.02
230	Sterea Elláda	1.24	-0.06
232	Basilicata	1.2	+0.02
232	Molise	1.2	+0.04
234	Cantabria	1.16	+0.01
235	Castile and León	1.14	-0.04
236	Galicia	1.12	0
237	Sardegna	1.08	0
238	Canary Islands	1.07	-0.01
239	Asturias	1.03	-0.01

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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. 5 regions with data in other periods have no value for 2017 and are left out rather than filled from another source. 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 4.91 children per woman in 2017, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which region has the lowest fertility rate?

Asturias, with 1.03 children per woman in 2017.

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. 5 regions have no value for 2017 and are not ranked.