Total fertility rate in European Union
The total 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 2001. The source marks a break in the series within this span, so values before and after it may not be fully comparable.
European Union is a group: European Union, 27 member states (composition from February 2020). The value is the aggregate published by Eurostat, not an average calculated on this site.
The latest value carries the source flag “Source flag ep”.
European Union, 2024
1.34ep (Source flag ep)
Change from 2023
−2.9%
Total fertility rate in European Union over time
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European Union
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
Live births per woman. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | European Union |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.34 births per womanep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2023 | 1.38 births per womanbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2022 | 1.46 births per womanbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2021 | 1.53 births per womanep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2020 | 1.51 births per womanbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2019 | 1.53 births per womanbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2018 | 1.54 births per womanep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2017 | 1.56 births per womanb (break in time series) |
| 2016 | 1.57 births per woman |
| 2015 | 1.54 births per womanb (break in time series) |
| 2014 | 1.54 births per womanb (break in time series) |
| 2013 | 1.51 births per woman |
| 2012 | 1.54 births per womanb (break in time series) |
| 2011 | 1.54 births per womanb (break in time series) |
| 2010 | 1.57 births per womanb (break in time series) |
| 2009 | 1.56 births per woman |
| 2008 | 1.57 births per woman |
| 2007 | 1.52 births per woman |
| 2006 | 1.50 births per woman |
| 2005 | 1.47 births per woman |
| 2004 | 1.46 births per woman |
| 2003 | 1.44 births per woman |
| 2002 | 1.43 births per woman |
| 2001 | 1.43 births per woman |
Flags: b break in time series; ep estimated, provisional; bep break in time series, estimated, provisional . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of −2.9% from 1.38 births per woman in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 1.54 births per woman, the figure has changed by −13.0%. The source marks a break in the series during this period, so part of the change may come from a change in method.
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Crude birth rate
7.7ep (Source flag ep) per 1,000 people
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Fertility rate
1.34 births per woman
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Population on 1 January
450,646,971ep (Source flag ep) people
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Population by age and sex
450,646,971ep (Source flag ep) people
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Crude death rate
10.7ep (Source flag ep) per 1,000 people
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Population aged 65 and over
22.0%ep (Source flag ep)
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