Crude birth rate in Austria

Austria recorded 8.3 live births per 1,000 people in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1960.

Measure: Crude birth rate (Eurostat) Unit: Live births per 1,000 people Data: 1960 to 2025 Source: Eurostat
Austria, 2025 8.3 Live births per 1,000 people
Change from 2024 −0.1per 1,000 people 2024: 8.4 per 1,000 people
European Union, 2025 7.7 per 1,000 peopleep (Source flag ep) Official aggregate
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025 7.8 per 1,000 people Middle value of 27 countries
Position in 2025 23rd of 43 See the full ranking

Crude birth rate in Austria over time

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Live births per 1,000 people. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Crude birth rate (Eurostat) (live births per 1,000 people), 2001 to 2025
Period AustriaEuropean Union
2025 8.3 per 1,000 people 7.7 per 1,000 peopleep (estimated, provisional)
2024 8.4 per 1,000 people 7.9 per 1,000 peopleep (estimated, provisional)
2023 8.5 per 1,000 people 8.2 per 1,000 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional)
2022 9.1 per 1,000 people 8.7 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated)
2021 9.6 per 1,000 people 9.2 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated)
2020 9.4 per 1,000 people 9.1 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated)
2019 9.6 per 1,000 people 9.3 per 1,000 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional)
2018 9.7 per 1,000 people 9.5 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated)
2017 10.0 per 1,000 people 9.7 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated)
2016 10.0 per 1,000 people 9.9 per 1,000 peoplee (estimated)
2015 9.8 per 1,000 people 9.8 per 1,000 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional)
2014 9.6 per 1,000 people 9.9 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated)
2013 9.4 per 1,000 people 9.7 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated)
2012 9.4 per 1,000 people 10.0 per 1,000 peopleb (break in time series)
2011 9.3 per 1,000 people 10.1 per 1,000 peopleb (break in time series)
2010 9.4 per 1,000 people 10.4 per 1,000 peopleb (break in time series)
2009 9.2 per 1,000 people 10.5 per 1,000 people
2008 9.3 per 1,000 people 10.6 per 1,000 peopleb (break in time series)
2007 9.2 per 1,000 people 10.4 per 1,000 peopleb (break in time series)
2006 9.4 per 1,000 people 10.3 per 1,000 people
2005 9.5 per 1,000 people 10.2 per 1,000 people
2004 9.7 per 1,000 people 10.2 per 1,000 people
2003 9.5 per 1,000 people 10.1 per 1,000 people
2002 9.7 per 1,000 people 10.1 per 1,000 people
2001 9.4 per 1,000 people 10.2 per 1,000 peopleb (break in time series)

Flags: b break in time series; be break in time series, estimated; bep break in time series, estimated, provisional; e estimated; ep estimated, provisional . A dash means no value was published.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.1 from 8.4 per 1,000 people in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 9.8 per 1,000 people, the figure has changed by −1.5.
  • Among the 43 countries with data for 2025, Austria has the 23rd highest value.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 7.7 per 1,000 people.

Source and dates

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Eurostat
Source
Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union
Dataset or series code
demo_gind · dataset details · view at source
Selection
freq=A indic_de=GBIRTHRT
Observation period
1960 to 2025 for Austria
Provider update
27 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution
Source: Eurostat