Fertility rate in European Union
The fertility rate in the European Union was 1.34 births per woman in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1960.
European Union is a group: European Union, 27 member states (composition from February 2020). The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
European Union, 2024
1.34
Change from 2023
−3.1%
World, 2024
2.19 births per woman
Fertility rate in European Union over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
Births per woman. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | European Union | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.34 births per woman | 2.19 births per woman |
| 2023 | 1.38 births per woman | 2.20 births per woman |
| 2022 | 1.45 births per woman | 2.22 births per woman |
| 2021 | 1.52 births per woman | 2.25 births per woman |
| 2020 | 1.50 births per woman | 2.28 births per woman |
| 2019 | 1.53 births per woman | 2.35 births per woman |
| 2018 | 1.55 births per woman | 2.39 births per woman |
| 2017 | 1.56 births per woman | 2.46 births per woman |
| 2016 | 1.57 births per woman | 2.49 births per woman |
| 2015 | 1.54 births per woman | 2.49 births per woman |
| 2014 | 1.54 births per woman | 2.52 births per woman |
| 2013 | 1.51 births per woman | 2.52 births per woman |
| 2012 | 1.53 births per woman | 2.56 births per woman |
| 2011 | 1.53 births per woman | 2.55 births per woman |
| 2010 | 1.56 births per woman | 2.57 births per woman |
| 2009 | 1.56 births per woman | 2.59 births per woman |
| 2008 | 1.57 births per woman | 2.60 births per woman |
| 2007 | 1.52 births per woman | 2.60 births per woman |
| 2006 | 1.49 births per woman | 2.61 births per woman |
| 2005 | 1.47 births per woman | 2.61 births per woman |
| 2004 | 1.46 births per woman | 2.63 births per woman |
| 2003 | 1.43 births per woman | 2.64 births per woman |
| 2002 | 1.42 births per woman | 2.66 births per woman |
| 2001 | 1.42 births per woman | 2.69 births per woman |
| 2000 | 1.44 births per woman | 2.73 births per woman |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −3.1% from 1.38 births per woman in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 1.54 births per woman, the figure has changed by −12.8%.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 2.19 births per woman.
More for European Union
All statistics for European Union
Total fertility rate
1.34ep (Source flag ep) births per woman
2024 · Eurostat
Crude birth rate
7.9 per 1,000 people
2024 · World Bank
Population on 1 January
450,646,971ep (Source flag ep) people
2025 · Eurostat
Population by age and sex
450,646,971ep (Source flag ep) people
2025 · Eurostat
Crude birth rate
7.7ep (Source flag ep) per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Crude death rate
10.7ep (Source flag ep) per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat