In 2023, the Faroe Islands was the European country estimated to have the highest fertility rate. The small Atlantic island state had a fertility rate of 2.71 children per woman. Other small countries such as Monaco and Gibraltar also came towards the top of the list for 2023, while the large country with the highest fertility rate was France, with 1.79 children per woman. On the other hand, Andorra, San Marino, and Malta had the lowest fertility rates in Europe, with Ukraine, Spain, and Italy being the largest countries with low fertility rates in that year, averaging around 1.3 children per woman.

This statistic depicts the crude birth rate (per 1,000 population) in the European Union and the United Kingdom in 2022. The crude birth rate was highest in Ireland with 11.2 births per thousand women, while Italy had the lowest birth rate with 6.7 births per 1,000 women.

The crude birth rate in Turkey was estimated to be 12.3 live births per 1,000 population in 2023, the highest among countries in Europe. By contrast, Ukraine had the lowest crude birth rate in Europe, at 5.6 live births per 1,000 population.

In 2022, the total fertility rate in Europe was estimated to be 1.49 births per woman compared with 2.7 in 1950. The fertility rate in Europe fell considerably between 1957 and 1999, falling from 2.62 to 1.4.

Crude birth rate : The ratio of the number of live births during the year to the average population in that year. The value is expressed per 1 000 population.

Total fertility rate : Mean number of children that would be born alive to a woman during her lifetime if she were to pass through and survive her childbearing years conforming to the fertility rates by age of a given year.

In 2022, the crude birth rate in Europe (the number of live births per 1,000 population) was estimated to be 9.2, which is also the lowest birth rate in the provided time period. Between 1950 and 2022, the birth rate was highest in Europe in 1950 when it stood at 22.2.

Graph and download economic data for Fertility Rate, Total for the European Union (SPDYNTFRTINEUU) from 1960 to 2022 about fertility, EU, Europe, and rate.

This dataset is about countries in Western Europe per year, featuring 3 columns: country, date, and fertility rate. The preview is ordered by date (descending).

This dataset is about countries in Europe, featuring 3 columns: birth rate, continent, and country. The preview is ordered by population (descending).

In 2021 the live birth rate of the United Kingdom fell to 10.4 births per 1,000 population, the lowest it had been during this time period. The UK's birth rate has been declining steadily since 2010 when the birth rate was 12.9 births per 1,000 population. After 1938, the year with the highest birth rate in the UK was 1947, when the crude birth rate was 21.2 births per 1,000 population. Under two children per mother in 2021 The most recent crude live birth rate for this statistic is based on the 694,685 births, that occurred in 2021 as well as the mid-year population estimate of 67 million for the United Kingdom. It has a close relation to the fertility rate which estimates the average number of children women are expected to have in their lifetime, which was 1.53 in this reporting year. Among the constituent countries of the UK, Northern Ireland had the highest birth rate at 11.6, followed by England at 10.5, Wales at 9.3, and Scotland at 8.7. International comparisons The UK is not alone in seeing its birth and fertility rates decline dramatically in recent decades. Across the globe, fertility rates have fallen noticeably since the 1960s, with the fertility rate for Asia, Europe, and the Americas being below two in 2021. As of this year, the global fertility rate was 2.31, and was by far the highest in Africa, which had a fertility rate of 4.12, although this too has fallen from a high of 6.72 in the late 1960s. A reduction in infant mortality, as well as better access to contraception, are factors that have typically influenced declining fertility rates recently.

This line chart displays birth rate (per 1,000 people) by date using the aggregation average, weighted by population and is filtered where the continent is Europe. The data is about countries per year.

This bar chart displays birth rate (per 1,000 people) by ISO 2 country code using the aggregation average, weighted by population and is filtered where the continent is Europe. The data is about countries per year.

Online database of official Romanian statistics, published by National Institute for Statistics, includes detailed vital statistics, birth rates and mortality

The total fertility rate in the European Union decreased by 0.1 children per woman (-6.58 percent) in 2022 in comparison to the previous year. Total fertility rates refer to the average number of children that a woman of childbearing age (generally considered 15 to 44 years) can expect to have throughout her reproductive years. Unlike birth rates, which are based on the actual number of live births in a given population, fertility rates are hypothetical (similar to life expectancy), as they assume that current patterns in age-specific fertility will remain constant throughout a woman's reproductive years.

(also known as Total Fertility Rate (TFR))

The indicator indicates how many children a woman of childbearing potential (15 to 44 years) would give birth hypothetically on average over the course of her life if her birth behaviour were consistent with that of all women aged 15 to 44 for the entire period of her fertile life.

Sum of the general birth rates of each age group (15 to 44 years) of the main female resident population divided by 1 000 of the corresponding category. (Due to the high number of underlying assets, these are not exportable.)

This table shows the average number of children per woman, the percentage of women by number and the average age of the mother at the birth of her first child. All figures are according to the birth generation of the woman. The figures refer to the population of the Netherlands.

Data available from: generation of Birth of 1935

Status of the figures: The figures based on the number of births observed up to and including 2016 are definitive. This means that the figures up to and including the 1966 birth generation are entirely based on observations. Figures from birth generation 1967 have been complemented by future expectations of fertility rates from the CBS Population Forecast 2017-2060. The figures from birth generation 2002 are based entirely on forecast figures.

Amendments as of 16 December 2020: This table has been discontinued. See paragraph 3 for the successor to this table.

Amendments as of 19 December 2017: None, this is a new table in which the previous forecast has been adjusted on the basis of the observations now available. The forecast period now runs from 2017 to 2060. This new table incorporates the figures related to birth observations up to and including 2016.

When will there be new figures? The frequency of appearance of this table is one-off. In December 2020, a new table with the (prognosis of the) key birth rates will be published.

The mean number of children that would be born alive to a woman during her lifetime if she were to survive and pass through her childbearing years conforming to the fertility rates by age of a given year. Copyright notice and free re-use of data on: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/about-us/policies/copyright

This scatter chart displays birth rate (per 1,000 people) against population (people) and is filtered where the continent is Europe. The data is about countries.

Dataset replaced by: http://data.europa.eu/euodp/data/dataset/cbPEGlQdhX6JfXJb8vog The crude birth rate is the ratio of the number of live births during the year to the average population in that year. The value is expressed per 1 000 persons.

This statistic depicts the number of children born per women aged between 15 and 49 years old in the European Union in 2022, by country. The fertility rate in Europe was highest among women in Romania, France, and Bulgaria, at 1.8 children in each of the mentioned countries.