In 2024, Monaco was the European country estimated to have the highest fertility rate. The country had a fertility rate of 2.1 children per woman. Other small countries such as Gibraltar or Montenegro also came towards the top of the list for 2024, while the large country with the highest fertility rate was France, with 1.64 children per woman. On the other hand, Ukraine had the lowest fertility rate, averaging around one child per woman.

The average for 2022 based on 27 countries was 1.46 births per woman. The highest value was in France: 1.79 births per woman and the lowest value was in Malta: 1.08 births per woman. The indicator is available from 1960 to 2023. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

In 2025, the total fertility rate in Europe was estimated to be 1.41 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.

The crude birth rate in Montenegro was estimated to be **** live births per 1,000 population in 2024, the highest among countries in Europe. By contrast, Ukraine had the lowest crude birth rate in Europe, at *** live births per 1,000 population.

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 **** births per thousand women, while Italy had the lowest birth rate with *** births per 1,000 women.

The average for 2022 based on 27 countries was 8.94 births per 1000 people. The highest value was in Cyprus: 11.05 births per 1000 people and the lowest value was in Italy: 6.7 births per 1000 people. The indicator is available from 1960 to 2023. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

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.

This dataset is about countries per year in Western Europe. It has 576 rows. It features 3 columns: country, and fertility rate.

Graph and download economic data for Fertility Rate, Total for Developing Countries in Europe and Central Asia (SPDYNTFRTINECA) from 1960 to 2023 about Central Asia, fertility, Europe, and rate.

Live births are the births of children that showed any sign of life. 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.

The average for 2022 based on 196 countries was 18.19 births per 1000 people. The highest value was in the Central African Republic: 45.42 births per 1000 people and the lowest value was in Hong Kong: 4.4 births per 1000 people. The indicator is available from 1960 to 2023. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Graph and download economic data for Adolescent Fertility Rate for Developing Countries in Europe and Central Asia (SPADOTFRTECA) from 1960 to 2023 about Central Asia, fertility, Europe, and rate.

This scatter chart displays fertility rate (births per woman) against GDP (current US$) in Europe. The data is about countries.

Historical dataset showing European Union fertility rate by year from 1960 to 2023.

The average for 2022 based on 47 countries was 9.15 births per 1000 people. The highest value was in Turkey: 12.2 births per 1000 people and the lowest value was in Ukraine: 5.68 births per 1000 people. The indicator is available from 1960 to 2023. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

The total fertility rate of the world has dropped from around 5 children per woman in 1950, to 2.2 children per woman in 2025, which means that women today are having fewer than half the number of children that women did 75 years ago. Replacement level fertility This change has come as a result of the global demographic transition, and is influenced by factors such as the significant reduction in infant and child mortality, reduced number of child marriages, increased educational and vocational opportunities for women, and the increased efficacy and availability of contraception. While this change has become synonymous with societal progress, it does have wide-reaching demographic impact - if the global average falls below replacement level (roughly 2.1 children per woman), as is expected to happen in the 2050s, then this will lead to long-term population decline on a global scale. Regional variations When broken down by continent, Africa is the only region with a fertility rate above the global average, and, alongside Oceania, it is the only region with a fertility rate above replacement level. Until the 1980s, the average woman in Africa could expect to have 6-7 children over the course of their lifetime, and there are still several countries in Africa where women can still expect to have 5 or more children in 2025. Historically, Europe has had the lowest fertility rates in the world over the past century, falling below replacement level in 1975. Europe's population has grown through a combination of migration and increasing life expectancy, however even high immigration rates could not prevent its population from going into decline in 2021.

These summary metadata refer to the first results on the main demographic developments in the year of reference.

Member States send to Eurostat the first results on the main demographic developments in the year of reference (T), containing the total population figure on 31 December of year T (further published by Eurostat as Population on 1 January of year T+1), total births and total deaths during year T. This data collection is defined under http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32013R1260&from=EN" target="_blank">Regulation 1260/2013 on European demographic statistics. Countries may also transmit to Eurostat, on voluntary basis, provisional data on total immigration, emigration and net migration during the year (T).

Eurostat's data collection on the above figures is called DEMOBAL and it is carried out in June of each year. Eurostat publishes these first demographic estimates in July of each year in the online database, in the table Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates (demo_gind).

These first demographic estimates may either be confirmed or updated by Eurostat's demographic data collection taking place in December each year (called Unidemo), whereby countries submit detailed breakdowns (e.g. by age and sex) of their yearly population data, including data on migration, both at national and at regional level. The online table Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates (demo-gind) will be accordingly updated. This table includes the latest updates on total population, births and deaths reported by the countries, while the detailed breakdowns by various characteristics included in the rest of the tables of the Eurostat database (Demography domain and Migration, for example the Population by citizenship and by country of birth table) may be transmitted to Eurostat at a subsequent date.

The online table Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates (demo-gind) contains time series going back to 1960; data before 2013 were collected by Eurostat from the national statistical offices on voluntary basis.

The individual metadata files reported by the countries are attached to this metadata file.

Fertility Rate, Total for Developing Countries in Europe and Central Asia was 1.98306 Births per Woman in January of 2023, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, Fertility Rate, Total for Developing Countries in Europe and Central Asia reached a record high of 3.47574 in January of 1955 and a record low of 1.63174 in January of 2001. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Fertility Rate, Total for Developing Countries in Europe and Central Asia - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on September of 2025.

This horizontal bar chart displays fertility rate (births per woman) by continent using the aggregation average, weighted by population female in Europe. The data is about countries.

In 2024, the fertility rate in Tajikistan was estimated to be 3.6 children per woman, making it the highest of the countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Ranking second and third were Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, where the average number of births per woman of childbearing age stood at 2.76 and 2.58, respectively. The lowest fertility rate in the regions was recorded in Ukraine, at 1.22 children per woman.