EU regions (NUTS 2) by natural change rate

Mayotte had the highest natural change rate of 241 regions in 2016, at 35.8 per 1,000 inhabitants. Severozapaden had the lowest, at -11.9 per 1,000 inhabitants. The median was -0.9 per 1,000 inhabitants and the figure for the European Union (27) was -0.4 per 1,000 inhabitants. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest35.8Mayotte

Lowest-11.9Severozapaden

Median-0.9241 regions

European Union (27)-0.4History

Top 40 regions, 2016

per 1,000 inhabitants. Source: Eurostat, Population change, crude rate of natural change of population, by NUTS 2 and 3 region (demo_r_gind3). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Regions	2016 per 1,000 inhabitants	Change on 2015
1	Mayotte	35.8	+0.5 pts
2	Guyane	23.7	+1.1 pts
3	Melilla	11.3	-0.4 pts
4	La Réunion	10.6	-0.5 pts
5	Eastern and Midland	8.5	-0.4 pts
5	Ile-de-France	8.5	-0.2 pts
7	Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest	7.5	0 pts
8	Ceuta	6.5	-0.5 pts
9	Stockholm	6	-0.1 pts
10	Flevoland	5.7	-0.4 pts
11	Northern and Western	5.6	-0.2 pts
12	Southern	5.4	-1.1 pts
13	Kýpros	4.6	+0.8 pts
14	Guadeloupe	4.4	-1 pts
15	Rhône-Alpes	4.2	-0.3 pts
16	Hovedstaden	3.9	+0.6 pts
17	Utrecht	3.8	0 pts
18	Bratislavský kraj	3.6	+0.5 pts
18	Luxembourg Series break	3.6	-0.1 pts
18	Vorarlberg	3.6	+0.7 pts
21	Nord-Pas de Calais	3.3	-0.4 pts
22	Region of Murcia	3.2	0 pts
23	Helsinki-Uusimaa	3.1	-0.6 pts
24	Východné Slovensko	3	+0.8 pts
25	Community of Madrid	2.8	0 pts
25	Västsverige	2.8	+0.3 pts
27	Alsace	2.7	-0.1 pts
28	Midtjylland	2.6	+0.7 pts
28	Sydsverige	2.6	+0.1 pts
28	Wien	2.6	+0.7 pts
28	Zuid-Holland	2.6	+0.1 pts
32	Malta	2.5	+0.5 pts
33	Balearic Islands	2.4	+0.4 pts
33	Haute-Normandie	2.4	-0.1 pts
33	Noord-Holland	2.4	+0.1 pts
33	Tirol	2.4	+0.3 pts
37	Hamburg	2.3	+1.1 pts
37	Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen	2.3	+0.4 pts
39	Praha	2.2	+0.3 pts
40	Picardie	2.1	-0.6 pts
40	Pomorskie	2.1	+0.5 pts
40	Salzburg	2.1	+0.3 pts
43	Berlin	2	+0.9 pts
43	Östra Mellansverige	2	0 pts
43	Warszawski stołeczny	2	+0.7 pts
46	Notio Aigaio	1.9	+0.9 pts
46	Pays de la Loire	1.9	-0.3 pts
46	Prov. Antwerpen	1.9	+0.3 pts
49	Małopolskie	1.7	+0.7 pts
49	Oberbayern	1.7	+0.8 pts
49	Oberösterreich	1.7	+1 pts
49	Wielkopolskie	1.7	+0.7 pts
53	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur	1.6	-0.2 pts
53	Zahodna Slovenija	1.6	-0.2 pts
55	Franche-Comté	1.5	-0.3 pts
55	Střední Čechy	1.5	+0.3 pts
57	Overijssel	1.4	-0.2 pts
58	Martinique	1.3	-1.1 pts
58	Småland med öarna	1.3	+0.7 pts
60	Andalusia	1.2	+0.2 pts
61	Grande Lisboa	1.1	+0.1 pts
61	Prov. Limburg (BE)	1.1	+0.1 pts
61	Prov. Vlaams-Brabant	1.1	+0.3 pts
64	Jihovýchod	1	+0.5 pts
64	Kriti	1	+0.7 pts
66	Prov. Brabant wallon	0.9	+0.2 pts
66	Prov. Luxembourg (BE)	0.9	-0.8 pts
68	Catalonia	0.8	0 pts
69	Gelderland	0.7	-0.1 pts
69	Noord-Brabant	0.7	+0.1 pts
71	Champagne-Ardenne	0.6	-0.2 pts
71	Darmstadt	0.6	+1 pts
71	Midi-Pyrénées	0.6	-0.2 pts
71	Podkarpackie	0.6	+0.5 pts
71	Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen	0.6	+0.1 pts
71	Stuttgart	0.6	+0.8 pts
77	Canary Islands	0.5	0 pts
77	Severovýchod	0.5	+0.7 pts
79	Centre - Val de Loire	0.4	-0.1 pts
79	Tübingen	0.4	+0.9 pts
81	Lorraine	0.3	-0.2 pts
81	Navarre	0.3	-0.2 pts
83	Languedoc-Roussillon	0.2	-0.4 pts
83	Övre Norrland	0.2	+0.5 pts
83	Prov. Liège	0.2	+0.4 pts
86	Jihozápad	0.1	+0.7 pts
86	Stredné Slovensko	0.1	+0.7 pts
86	Syddanmark	0.1	+0.4 pts
89	Prov. Namur	0	+0.1 pts
90	Åland	-0.1	+0.2 pts
90	Freiburg	-0.1	+1 pts
90	Schwaben	-0.1	+1.1 pts
90	Valencian Community	-0.1	+0.1 pts
94	Aquitaine	-0.2	0 pts
94	Bucureşti-Ilfov	-0.2	+0.5 pts
94	Lubuskie	-0.2	+0.5 pts
97	Groningen	-0.3	0 pts
97	Kujawsko-pomorskie	-0.3	+0.3 pts
97	Nordjylland	-0.3	+0.4 pts
97	Střední Morava	-0.3	+0.5 pts
101	Friesland (NL)	-0.4	-0.3 pts
101	Köln	-0.4	+0.8 pts
101	Sostinės regionas	-0.4	+0.3 pts
101	Warmińsko-mazurskie	-0.4	+0.1 pts
105	Bretagne	-0.5	-0.4 pts
105	Campania	-0.5	+0.5 pts
105	Corse	-0.5	+0.2 pts
105	Mazowiecki regionalny	-0.5	+0.2 pts
109	Mittelfranken	-0.6	+1.2 pts
109	Provincia Autonoma di Trento	-0.6	-0.2 pts
109	Região Autónoma dos Açores	-0.6	-0.4 pts
112	Castilla-La Mancha	-0.7	+0.1 pts
112	Karlsruhe	-0.7	+0.6 pts
112	Norra Mellansverige	-0.7	+0.6 pts
115	Länsi-Suomi	-0.8	-0.8 pts
115	Podlaskie	-0.8	+0.5 pts
115	Vzhodna Slovenija	-0.8	0 pts
115	Zachodniopomorskie	-0.8	+0.5 pts
119	Bremen	-0.9	+1.1 pts
119	Moravskoslezsko	-0.9	+0.5 pts
119	Niederösterreich	-0.9	+0.7 pts
119	Steiermark	-0.9	+0.5 pts
123	Eesti	-1	0 pts
123	La Rioja	-1	+0.1 pts
123	Prov. Hainaut	-1	-0.1 pts
123	Prov. West-Vlaanderen	-1	+0.5 pts
123	Severozápad	-1	+0.3 pts
128	Centru	-1.1	+0.5 pts
128	Dolnośląskie	-1.1	+0.7 pts
128	Mellersta Norrland	-1.1	+0.6 pts
128	Península de Setúbal	-1.1	0 pts
128	Zeeland	-1.1	-0.2 pts
133	Basse-Normandie	-1.2	-0.6 pts
133	Detmold	-1.2	+0.6 pts
133	Lubelskie	-1.2	+0.3 pts
133	Weser-Ems	-1.2	+0.9 pts
133	Západné Slovensko	-1.2	+0.5 pts
138	Lombardia	-1.3	+0.2 pts
138	Pest	-1.3	+0.8 pts
138	Rheinhessen-Pfalz	-1.3	+0.9 pts
141	Attiki	-1.4	+0.3 pts
141	Basque Country	-1.4	-0.2 pts
141	Münster	-1.4	+0.7 pts
141	Nord-Est	-1.4	+0.2 pts
141	Nord-Vest	-1.4	+0.7 pts
141	Opolskie	-1.4	+0.9 pts
141	Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi	-1.4	-0.7 pts
141	Śląskie	-1.4	+0.5 pts
149	Leipzig	-1.5	+0.7 pts
150	Lazio	-1.6	+0.2 pts
150	Puglia	-1.6	+0.4 pts
152	Calabria	-1.7	+0.3 pts
152	Niederbayern	-1.7	+0.9 pts
152	Norte	-1.7	0 pts
152	Sicilia	-1.7	+0.3 pts
152	Unterfranken	-1.7	+1 pts
157	Bourgogne	-1.8	-0.5 pts
157	Drenthe	-1.8	+0.1 pts
157	Észak-Alföld	-1.8	+0.9 pts
157	Oberpfalz	-1.8	+0.7 pts
157	Sjælland	-1.8	+0.3 pts
162	Aragon	-1.9	+0.4 pts
162	Gießen	-1.9	+1 pts
162	Kärnten	-1.9	+0.6 pts
162	Poitou-Charentes	-1.9	-0.2 pts
162	Trier	-1.9	+0.9 pts
167	Auvergne	-2	-0.1 pts
167	Düsseldorf	-2	+1.1 pts
167	Veneto	-2	+0.2 pts
170	Hannover	-2.2	+1.5 pts
171	Algarve	-2.3	-0.6 pts
171	Extremadura	-2.3	+0.1 pts
171	Limburg (NL)	-2.3	+0.5 pts
174	Budapest	-2.6	+0.6 pts
175	Świętokrzyskie	-2.7	+0.4 pts
176	Etelä-Suomi	-2.8	-1 pts
176	Kentriki Makedonia	-2.8	+0.1 pts
176	Lüneburg	-2.8	+0.6 pts
179	Cantabria	-2.9	0 pts
179	Dresden	-2.9	+0.7 pts
179	Schleswig-Holstein	-2.9	+0.7 pts
182	Arnsberg	-3	+0.9 pts
182	Braunschweig	-3	+1.1 pts
182	Łódzkie	-3	+0.6 pts
182	Região Autónoma da Madeira	-3	-0.4 pts
186	Burgenland	-3.1	+0.5 pts
186	Dytiki Elláda	-3.1	+0.4 pts
186	Kassel	-3.1	+1.1 pts
186	Vest	-3.1	+0.7 pts
190	Koblenz	-3.2	+0.7 pts
191	Emilia-Romagna	-3.3	+0.3 pts
191	Jadranska Hrvatska	-3.3	+0.4 pts
191	Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste	-3.3	+0.8 pts
194	Abruzzo	-3.4	+0.5 pts
194	Latvija	-3.4	-0.1 pts
194	Sardegna	-3.4	-0.1 pts
194	Voreio Aigaio	-3.4	+1.1 pts
198	Közép-Dunántúl	-3.5	+0.9 pts
199	Ionia Nisia	-3.6	+0.7 pts
200	Oberfranken	-3.7	+1.1 pts
201	Basilicata	-3.8	+0.2 pts
201	Marche	-3.8	+0.3 pts
203	Észak-Magyarország	-3.9	+0.8 pts
203	Nyugat-Dunántúl	-3.9	+0.5 pts
205	Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki	-4	+0.2 pts
205	Brandenburg	-4	+0.7 pts
205	Sud-Est	-4	0 pts
208	Limousin	-4.1	0 pts
208	Thessalia	-4.1	-0.4 pts
208	Yugozapaden	-4.1	+0.1 pts
211	Toscana	-4.2	+0.6 pts
212	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	-4.3	+0.1 pts
213	Ipeiros	-4.4	+0.4 pts
213	Piemonte	-4.4	+0.4 pts
213	Sterea Elláda	-4.4	+0.5 pts
213	Umbria	-4.4	+0.4 pts
217	Dytiki Makedonia	-4.5	+0.2 pts
217	Thüringen	-4.5	+0.5 pts
219	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	-4.6	+0.5 pts
220	Galicia	-4.7	-0.2 pts
220	Peloponnisos	-4.7	+0.9 pts
220	Saarland	-4.7	+1.3 pts
223	Castile and León	-4.8	0 pts
223	Molise	-4.8	+0.7 pts
225	Dél-Alföld	-5	+0.8 pts
225	Dél-Dunántúl	-5	+0.8 pts
225	Yugoiztochen	-5	+0.2 pts
228	Sud-Vest Oltenia	-5.2	+0.6 pts
229	Centro (PT)	-5.3	-0.2 pts
229	Sud-Muntenia	-5.3	0 pts
231	Oeste e Vale do Tejo	-5.4	-0.6 pts
231	Severoiztochen	-5.4	+0.3 pts
231	Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas	-5.4	-0.1 pts
234	Yuzhen tsentralen	-5.9	-0.1 pts
235	Sachsen-Anhalt	-6	+0.7 pts
236	Chemnitz	-6.4	+0.5 pts
237	Asturias	-6.6	+0.2 pts
238	Liguria	-7	+0.9 pts
239	Alentejo	-7.7	+0.2 pts
240	Severen tsentralen	-9.2	+0.2 pts
241	Severozapaden	-11.9	+0.1 pts

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Live births minus deaths during the year per 1,000 average residents (Eurostat crude rate of natural change).

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Mayotte, with 35.8 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2016, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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Severozapaden, with -11.9 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2016.

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