EU regions (NUTS 2) by fertility rate

Name: EU regions (NUTS 2) by fertility rate, 2021
Creator: Eurostat, European Commission
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Mayotte had the highest fertility rate of 244 regions in 2021, at 4.65 children per woman. Canary Islands had the lowest, at 0.89 children per woman. The median was 1.59 children per woman and the figure for the European Union (27) was 1.53 children per woman. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest4.65Mayotte

Lowest0.89Canary Islands

Median1.59244 regions

European Union (27)1.53History

Top 40 regions, 2021

CSV Chart (SVG)

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

Full ranking

Rank	Regions	2021 children per woman	Change on 2020
1	Mayotte	4.65	+0.48
2	Guyane	3.8	+0.05
3	La Réunion	2.42	+0.06
4	Nord-Est Estimated	2.17	0
5	Guadeloupe	2.14	-0.15
6	Yugoiztochen	2.12	0
7	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur	1.9	0
7	Střední Čechy	1.9	+0.13
9	Martinique	1.89	+0.04
10	Severozapaden	1.88	-0.02
10	Sud-Est Estimated	1.88	+0.02
12	Jihovýchod	1.87	+0.09
12	Northern and Western	1.87	+0.13
14	Centre - Val de Loire	1.86	+0.02
14	Centru Estimated	1.86	0
14	Ile-de-France	1.86	-0.02
14	Pays de la Loire	1.86	+0.04
18	Haute-Normandie	1.85	+0.02
18	Střední Morava	1.85	+0.07
20	Drenthe	1.84	+0.11
20	Yuzhen tsentralen	1.84	+0.02
22	Észak-Magyarország	1.83	-0.04
22	Friesland (NL)	1.83	+0.13
22	Jihozápad	1.83	+0.08
22	Picardie	1.83	+0.01
22	Severovýchod	1.83	+0.04
27	Észak-Alföld	1.82	+0.01
28	Midtjylland	1.81	+0.05
28	Nord-Pas de Calais	1.81	0
28	Severen tsentralen	1.81	+0.08
28	Sjælland	1.81	+0.05
28	Southern	1.81	+0.12
33	Flevoland	1.8	+0.07
33	Rhône-Alpes	1.8	-0.01
33	Småland med öarna	1.8	-0.05
36	Severoiztochen	1.79	+0.01
36	Východné Slovensko	1.79	+0.06
38	Moravskoslezsko	1.78	+0.08
38	Zeeland	1.78	+0.07
40	Åland	1.77	+0.25
40	Bretagne	1.77	+0.04
40	Languedoc-Roussillon	1.77	+0.02
40	Sud-Muntenia Estimated	1.77	-0.01
40	Syddanmark	1.77	+0.06
45	Basse-Normandie	1.76	+0.04
45	Mellersta Norrland	1.76	+0.06
45	Severozápad	1.76	+0.04
48	Champagne-Ardenne	1.75	+0.02
49	Nordjylland	1.74	+0.06
50	Auvergne	1.73	+0.06
50	Franche-Comté	1.73	-0.02
50	Kriti Series break	1.73	+0.17
53	Bourgogne	1.72	-0.02
53	Lüneburg	1.72	+0.05
53	Notio Aigaio Series break	1.72	+0.08
53	Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen	1.72	+0.01
53	Vzhodna Slovenija	1.72	+0.09
58	Detmold	1.71	+0.04
58	Gelderland	1.71	+0.05
58	Nord-Vest Estimated	1.71	+0.02
58	Overijssel	1.71	+0.06
58	Pest	1.71	-0.03
58	Poitou-Charentes	1.71	+0.05
58	Praha	1.71	+0.13
58	Schwaben	1.71	+0.07
66	Weser-Ems	1.7	+0.06
67	Chemnitz	1.69	+0.02
67	Münster	1.69	+0.06
67	Norra Mellansverige	1.69	-0.04
67	Västsverige	1.69	+0.02
71	Prov. Antwerpen	1.68	+0.09
71	Sydsverige	1.68	+0.01
71	Tübingen	1.68	+0.08
74	Koblenz	1.67	+0.04
74	Niederbayern	1.67	+0.08
74	Panonska Hrvatska	1.67	+0.05
74	Sjeverna Hrvatska	1.67	+0.06
74	Utrecht	1.67	+0.09
79	Hovedstaden	1.66	+0.05
79	Prov. Luxembourg (BE)	1.66	+0.05
79	Vorarlberg	1.66	+0.03
82	Midi-Pyrénées	1.65	+0.02
82	Östra Mellansverige	1.65	+0.01
82	Övre Norrland	1.65	0
82	Stuttgart	1.65	+0.08
86	Aquitaine	1.64	+0.01
86	Bratislavský kraj	1.64	-0.05
86	Limousin	1.64	-0.03
86	Noord-Brabant	1.64	+0.11
86	Vest Estimated	1.64	+0.07
91	Dél-Alföld	1.63	+0.03
91	Eastern and Midland	1.63	+0.12
91	Freiburg	1.63	+0.06
91	Ionia Nisia Series break	1.63	+0.04
91	Közép-Dunántúl	1.63	+0.05
91	Oberpfalz	1.63	+0.05
91	Unterfranken	1.63	+0.06
98	Algarve	1.62	-0.05
98	Alsace	1.62	-0.03
98	Arnsberg	1.62	+0.04
98	Oberösterreich	1.62	+0.05
98	Prov. Hainaut	1.62	+0.04
98	Prov. Vlaams-Brabant	1.62	+0.03
98	Rheinhessen-Pfalz	1.62	+0.05
105	Eesti	1.61	+0.03
105	Hannover	1.61	+0.03
105	Jadranska Hrvatska	1.61	+0.08
105	Kassel	1.61	+0.02
105	Melilla	1.61	-0.03
105	Prov. Namur	1.61	+0.06
105	Prov. West-Vlaanderen	1.61	+0.03
105	Stockholm	1.61	+0.02
105	Sud-Vest Oltenia Estimated	1.61	-0.02
105	Yugozapaden	1.61	+0.05
105	Zuid-Holland	1.61	+0.06
116	Brandenburg	1.6	+0.03
116	Braunschweig	1.6	+0.04
116	Bucureşti-Ilfov Estimated	1.6	-0.07
119	Dél-Dunántúl	1.59	-0.02
119	Lorraine	1.59	+0.02
119	Mittelfranken	1.59	+0.04
119	Nyugat-Dunántúl	1.59	+0.05
119	Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen	1.59	+0.09
124	Alentejo	1.58	n/a
124	Darmstadt	1.58	+0.07
124	Düsseldorf	1.58	+0.04
124	Oberbayern	1.58	+0.07
124	Prov. Brabant wallon	1.58	+0.1
124	Prov. Liège	1.58	+0.05
124	Sachsen-Anhalt	1.58	+0.03
124	Warszawski stołeczny	1.58	-0.02
132	Bremen	1.57	+0.01
132	Karlsruhe	1.57	+0.09
132	Latvija	1.57	+0.02
132	Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest	1.57	-0.03
132	Salzburg	1.57	0
132	Zahodna Slovenija	1.57	0
138	Dresden	1.56	+0.01
138	Niederösterreich	1.56	+0.07
138	Oberfranken	1.56	+0.07
138	Schleswig-Holstein	1.56	+0.05
142	Stredné Slovensko	1.55	+0.04
142	Voreio Aigaio Series break	1.55	-0.43
144	Limburg (NL)	1.54	+0.12
144	Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi	1.54	+0.03
144	Tirol	1.54	+0.08
147	Grad Zagreb	1.53	+0.05
148	Köln	1.52	+0.04
148	Thüringen	1.52	-0.03
150	Gießen	1.51	+0.05
150	Grande Lisboa	1.51	n/a
150	Noord-Holland	1.51	+0.08
150	Pomorskie	1.51	-0.04
150	Saarland	1.51	+0.03
155	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	1.5	0
156	Península de Setúbal	1.49	n/a
157	Länsi-Suomi	1.48	+0.09
157	Prov. Limburg (BE)	1.48	+0.03
159	Hamburg	1.47	+0.05
159	Peloponnisos Series break	1.47	+0.09
159	Region of Murcia	1.47	+0.02
159	Steiermark	1.47	+0.06
159	Západné Slovensko	1.47	+0.07
164	Kärnten	1.46	+0.03
164	Kýpros	1.46	+0.01
166	Groningen	1.45	+0.08
166	Trier	1.45	0
166	Wielkopolskie	1.45	-0.07
169	Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki Series break	1.44	+0.1
170	Dytiki Elláda Series break	1.42	+0.07
170	Provincia Autonoma di Trento	1.42	+0.06
172	Etelä-Suomi	1.41	+0.09
172	Helsinki-Uusimaa	1.41	+0.11
172	Małopolskie	1.41	-0.06
172	Thessalia Series break	1.41	+0.09
176	Attiki Series break	1.4	+0.01
176	Burgenland	1.4	+0.08
178	Berlin	1.39	+0.01
179	Luxembourg	1.38	+0.02
179	Oeste e Vale do Tejo	1.38	n/a
181	Leipzig	1.37	-0.06
182	Corse	1.36	+0.01
182	Mazowiecki regionalny	1.36	-0.07
184	Navarre	1.35	+0.04
184	Sicilia	1.35	+0.02
184	Sostinės regionas	1.35	0
184	Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas	1.35	0
188	Ipeiros Series break	1.34	+0.09
188	Sterea Elláda Series break	1.34	+0.1
190	Kentriki Makedonia Series break	1.33	+0.03
190	Região Autónoma dos Açores	1.33	-0.03
192	Podlaskie	1.32	-0.03
193	Dolnośląskie	1.31	-0.04
193	Dytiki Makedonia Series break	1.31	-0.02
195	Ceuta	1.3	-0.2
195	Łódzkie	1.3	-0.05
195	Veneto	1.3	+0.02
198	Wien	1.29	0
199	Campania	1.28	-0.02
199	Centro (PT)	1.28	n/a
199	Emilia-Romagna	1.28	+0.02
202	Aragon	1.27	+0.08
202	Budapest	1.27	+0.06
202	Lombardia	1.27	0
205	Andalusia	1.26	+0.01
205	Kujawsko-pomorskie	1.26	-0.06
207	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	1.25	-0.01
207	Lubuskie	1.25	-0.07
207	Piemonte	1.25	0
207	Podkarpackie	1.25	-0.08
207	Śląskie	1.25	-0.09
212	Região Autónoma da Madeira	1.24	-0.08
213	Calabria	1.23	-0.03
214	La Rioja	1.22	-0.05
214	Zachodniopomorskie	1.22	-0.05
216	Castilla-La Mancha	1.21	0
216	Liguria	1.21	-0.02
216	Lubelskie	1.21	-0.07
216	Opolskie	1.21	-0.07
216	Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste	1.21	-0.02
221	Abruzzo	1.2	+0.03
221	Basque Country	1.2	-0.01
221	Catalonia	1.2	-0.01
221	Marche	1.2	+0.01
221	Norte	1.2	-0.09
221	Puglia	1.2	+0.02
221	Toscana	1.2	+0.03
221	Valencian Community	1.2	+0.01
229	Extremadura	1.19	0
230	Lazio	1.18	0
230	Umbria	1.18	+0.02
232	Balearic Islands	1.16	+0.01
232	Warmińsko-mazurskie	1.16	-0.14
234	Community of Madrid	1.14	-0.01
235	Malta	1.13	-0.01
235	Świętokrzyskie	1.13	-0.07
237	Basilicata	1.11	-0.03
238	Castile and León	1.08	-0.02
238	Molise	1.08	+0.02
240	Cantabria	1.03	-0.03
241	Galicia	1.01	-0.01
242	Sardegna	0.99	+0.02
243	Asturias	0.95	+0.03
244	Canary Islands	0.89	-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 4.65 children per woman in 2021, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which region has the lowest fertility rate?

Canary Islands, with 0.89 children per woman in 2021.

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.