EU regions (NUTS 2) by fertility rate

Name: EU regions (NUTS 2) by fertility rate, 2018
Creator: Eurostat, European Commission
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Mayotte had the highest fertility rate of 239 regions in 2018, at 4.66 children per woman. Canary Islands had the lowest, at 1.01 children per woman. The median was 1.57 children per woman and the figure for the European Union (27) was 1.54 children per woman. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest4.66Mayotte

Lowest1.01Canary Islands

Median1.57239 regions

European Union (27)1.54History

Top 40 regions, 2018

CSV Chart (SVG)

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

Full ranking

Rank	Regions	2018 children per woman	Change on 2017
1	Mayotte	4.66	-0.25
2	Guyane	3.81	-0.01
3	La Réunion	2.4	-0.06
4	Melilla	2.27	+0.01
5	Yugoiztochen	2.1	-0.01
6	Guadeloupe	2.09	+0.11
6	Nord-Est	2.09	+0.07
8	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur	1.97	-0.01
9	Ile-de-France	1.94	-0.02
9	Martinique	1.94	+0.06
11	Haute-Normandie	1.9	-0.01
11	Mellersta Norrland	1.9	0
13	Norra Mellansverige	1.89	0
13	Rhône-Alpes	1.89	0
13	Severozapaden	1.89	+0.04
16	Centre - Val de Loire	1.88	-0.01
16	Småland med öarna	1.88	-0.03
18	Northern and Western	1.87	0
19	Nord-Pas de Calais	1.86	-0.06
19	Pays de la Loire	1.86	-0.02
19	Picardie	1.86	-0.06
22	Centru	1.84	0
22	Sud-Est	1.84	+0.02
24	Franche-Comté	1.83	-0.03
24	Sjælland	1.83	0
24	Southern	1.83	0
24	Yuzhen tsentralen	1.83	+0.03
28	Észak-Magyarország	1.82	+0.01
29	Midtjylland	1.81	-0.02
30	Bretagne	1.8	-0.01
30	Languedoc-Roussillon	1.8	0
32	Auvergne	1.78	+0.02
32	Bourgogne	1.78	+0.01
32	Flevoland	1.78	+0.06
32	Syddanmark	1.78	-0.04
36	Basse-Normandie	1.77	0
36	Nordjylland	1.77	-0.04
36	Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest	1.77	-0.04
39	Champagne-Ardenne	1.76	+0.01
39	Jihovýchod	1.76	+0.03
39	Östra Mellansverige	1.76	-0.04
39	Sydsverige	1.76	-0.02
43	Severen tsentralen	1.75	+0.03
44	Alsace	1.74	-0.01
44	Severoiztochen	1.74	+0.05
44	Severovýchod	1.74	+0.04
44	Střední Čechy	1.74	-0.05
44	Sud-Muntenia	1.74	+0.05
44	Västsverige	1.74	-0.02
50	Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen Series break	1.73	-0.02
51	Jihozápad	1.72	+0.02
51	Zeeland	1.72	-0.04
53	Friesland (NL)	1.71	-0.06
53	Poitou-Charentes	1.71	0
53	Střední Morava	1.71	+0.04
56	Bratislavský kraj	1.7	+0.04
56	Chemnitz	1.7	-0.03
56	Észak-Alföld	1.7	0
56	Lüneburg	1.7	0
60	Limousin	1.69	-0.01
60	Nord-Vest	1.69	+0.03
60	Overijssel	1.69	-0.03
60	Övre Norrland	1.69	-0.04
64	Ceuta	1.68	-0.12
64	Drenthe	1.68	-0.09
64	Midi-Pyrénées	1.68	-0.02
64	Moravskoslezsko	1.68	+0.08
64	Prov. Antwerpen	1.68	-0.03
64	Vorarlberg	1.68	+0.01
70	Detmold	1.67	0
70	Eesti	1.67	+0.08
72	Åland	1.66	-0.02
72	Eastern and Midland	1.66	-0.04
72	Gelderland	1.66	-0.04
72	Münster	1.66	+0.03
72	Severozápad	1.66	-0.01
72	Stockholm	1.66	-0.05
72	Sud-Vest Oltenia	1.66	+0.08
72	Východné Slovensko	1.66	+0.01
80	Algarve	1.65	+0.07
80	Aquitaine	1.65	-0.02
80	Hovedstaden	1.65	-0.02
80	Lorraine	1.65	-0.05
80	Pest	1.65	+0.02
85	Prov. West-Vlaanderen	1.64	+0.05
85	Utrecht	1.64	-0.04
85	Vzhodna Slovenija	1.64	-0.03
85	Weser-Ems	1.64	-0.04
89	Koblenz	1.63	+0.01
89	Prov. Luxembourg (BE)	1.63	-0.06
89	Voreio Aigaio	1.63	+0.08
92	Brandenburg	1.62	-0.02
92	Dresden	1.62	-0.03
92	Oberösterreich	1.62	-0.04
92	Pomorskie	1.62	-0.04
92	Schwaben	1.62	-0.01
92	Tübingen	1.62	-0.01
98	Freiburg	1.61	+0.03
98	Prov. Hainaut	1.61	-0.04
98	Prov. Liège	1.61	-0.05
98	Sachsen-Anhalt	1.61	0
98	Zuid-Holland	1.61	-0.02
103	Bremen	1.6	+0.02
103	Ionia Nisia	1.6	+0.1
103	Latvija	1.6	-0.09
103	Rheinhessen-Pfalz	1.6	+0.01
103	Thüringen	1.6	-0.03
103	Vest	1.6	+0.07
109	Arnsberg	1.59	-0.03
109	Braunschweig	1.59	+0.04
109	Darmstadt	1.59	0
109	Düsseldorf	1.59	-0.01
109	Prov. Vlaams-Brabant	1.59	-0.05
109	Warszawski stołeczny	1.59	+0.03
115	Noord-Brabant	1.58	-0.03
115	Schleswig-Holstein	1.58	0
115	Stuttgart	1.58	0
115	Zahodna Slovenija	1.58	0
119	Hannover	1.57	+0.02
119	Kassel	1.57	-0.07
119	Prov. Namur	1.57	+0.01
119	Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen	1.57	+0.01
119	Wielkopolskie	1.57	-0.03
124	Dél-Dunántúl	1.56	+0.01
124	Mittelfranken	1.56	0
124	Oberpfalz	1.56	+0.06
124	Praha	1.56	+0.01
124	Sjeverna Hrvatska	1.56	+0.08
129	Dél-Alföld	1.55	-0.01
129	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	1.55	+0.01
129	Oberbayern	1.55	+0.01
132	Köln	1.54	+0.01
132	Notio Aigaio	1.54	+0.02
132	Prov. Brabant wallon	1.54	-0.09
132	Salzburg	1.54	-0.07
132	Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas	1.54	-0.06
137	Bucureşti-Ilfov	1.53	+0.12
137	Małopolskie	1.53	+0.01
137	Niederbayern	1.53	-0.02
137	Panonska Hrvatska	1.53	+0.07
137	Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi	1.53	-0.1
137	Region of Murcia	1.53	-0.02
137	Unterfranken	1.53	-0.03
144	Karlsruhe	1.52	+0.01
144	Közép-Dunántúl	1.52	-0.03
144	Kriti	1.52	+0.03
144	Mazowiecki regionalny	1.52	-0.05
144	Niederösterreich	1.52	-0.05
149	Nyugat-Dunántúl	1.51	+0.02
150	Grad Zagreb	1.5	+0.06
150	Tirol	1.5	-0.02
152	Gießen	1.49	0
152	Hamburg	1.49	-0.02
152	Jadranska Hrvatska	1.49	+0.05
152	Leipzig	1.49	0
152	Noord-Holland	1.49	-0.03
152	Oberfranken	1.49	-0.02
152	Sostinės regionas	1.49	0
159	Prov. Limburg (BE)	1.48	-0.05
159	Stredné Slovensko	1.48	+0.03
161	Saarland	1.47	-0.04
161	Yugozapaden	1.47	+0.01
163	Trier	1.46	-0.06
164	Berlin	1.45	-0.03
164	Limburg (NL)	1.45	-0.03
164	Podlaskie	1.45	-0.01
164	Provincia Autonoma di Trento Series break	1.45	-0.04
168	Kärnten	1.44	-0.07
168	Länsi-Suomi	1.44	-0.1
170	Corse	1.42	-0.04
170	Steiermark	1.42	-0.04
172	Łódzkie	1.41	-0.01
172	Podkarpackie	1.41	-0.01
172	Śląskie	1.41	-0.04
175	Dolnośląskie	1.39	0
175	Groningen	1.39	-0.06
175	Kujawsko-pomorskie	1.39	-0.04
175	Região Autónoma dos Açores	1.39	+0.05
175	Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste Series break	1.39	+0.03
175	Warmińsko-mazurskie	1.39	-0.06
181	Burgenland	1.38	+0.02
181	Lubuskie	1.38	-0.08
181	Luxembourg	1.38	-0.01
181	Navarre	1.38	-0.07
185	Sicilia Series break	1.37	0
186	Attiki	1.36	+0.02
186	Etelä-Suomi	1.36	-0.11
186	Kýpros	1.36	+0.02
186	Lombardia Series break	1.36	-0.05
186	Lubelskie	1.36	-0.03
186	Wien	1.36	-0.05
186	Zachodniopomorskie	1.36	-0.05
193	Emilia-Romagna Series break	1.35	-0.01
193	Peloponnisos	1.35	0
193	Západné Slovensko	1.35	+0.01
196	Veneto Series break	1.34	-0.03
197	Campania Series break	1.33	-0.03
197	Helsinki-Uusimaa	1.33	-0.05
199	Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki	1.32	-0.1
199	Andalusia	1.32	-0.04
199	Opolskie	1.32	-0.04
199	Thessalia	1.32	-0.01
203	Catalonia	1.31	-0.06
204	Piemonte Series break	1.3	-0.05
204	Região Autónoma da Madeira	1.3	+0.03
206	Calabria Series break	1.29	-0.02
206	Dytiki Elláda	1.29	-0.03
206	Friuli-Venezia Giulia Series break	1.29	-0.03
206	Świętokrzyskie	1.29	0
210	Aragon	1.28	-0.05
210	Basque Country	1.28	-0.04
210	Kentriki Makedonia	1.28	-0.01
210	Norte	1.28	+0.02
214	Castilla-La Mancha	1.26	-0.05
214	Community of Madrid	1.26	-0.06
214	Dytiki Makedonia	1.26	-0.08
214	Toscana Series break	1.26	-0.03
218	Balearic Islands	1.25	0
218	Lazio Series break	1.25	-0.05
220	Budapest	1.24	0
220	Liguria Series break	1.24	-0.05
220	Valencian Community	1.24	-0.05
223	La Rioja	1.23	-0.11
223	Malta	1.23	-0.03
223	Marche Series break	1.23	-0.03
223	Puglia Series break	1.23	-0.02
223	Sterea Elláda	1.23	-0.01
228	Ipeiros	1.22	-0.04
228	Umbria Series break	1.22	-0.04
230	Extremadura	1.21	-0.08
231	Abruzzo Series break	1.2	-0.05
232	Basilicata Series break	1.14	-0.06
232	Castile and León	1.14	0
234	Cantabria	1.11	-0.05
234	Molise Series break	1.11	-0.09
236	Galicia	1.04	-0.08
236	Sardegna Series break	1.04	-0.04
238	Asturias	1.03	0
239	Canary Islands	1.01	-0.06

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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 2018 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 4.66 children per woman in 2018, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which region has the lowest fertility rate?

Canary Islands, with 1.01 children per woman in 2018.

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 2018 and are not ranked.