Crude birth rate in Türkiye

Türkiye recorded 10.4 live births per 1,000 people in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1995. The source marks a break in the series within this span, so values before and after it may not be fully comparable.

Measure: Crude birth rate (Eurostat) Unit: Live births per 1,000 people Data: 1995 to 2025 Source: Eurostat
Türkiye, 2025 10.4 Live births per 1,000 people
Change from 2024 −0.6per 1,000 people 2024: 11.0 per 1,000 people
European Union, 2025 7.7 per 1,000 peopleep (Source flag ep) Official aggregate
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2025 8.1 per 1,000 people Middle value of 27 countries
Position in 2025 3rd of 43 See the full ranking

Crude birth rate in Türkiye 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 TürkiyeEuropean Union
2025 10.4 per 1,000 people 7.7 per 1,000 peopleep (estimated, provisional)
2024 11.0 per 1,000 people 7.9 per 1,000 peopleep (estimated, provisional)
2023 11.2 per 1,000 people 8.2 per 1,000 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional)
2022 12.2 per 1,000 people 8.7 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated)
2021 12.8 per 1,000 people 9.2 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated)
2020 13.3 per 1,000 people 9.1 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated)
2019 14.3 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) 9.3 per 1,000 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional)
2018 15.3 per 1,000 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) 9.5 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated)
2017 16.1 per 1,000 people 9.7 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated)
2016 16.5 per 1,000 people 9.9 per 1,000 peoplee (estimated)
2015 16.9 per 1,000 people 9.8 per 1,000 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional)
2014 17.3 per 1,000 people 9.9 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated)
2013 16.8 per 1,000 people 9.7 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated)
2012 17.0 per 1,000 people 10.0 per 1,000 peopleb (break in time series)
2011 16.7 per 1,000 people 10.1 per 1,000 peopleb (break in time series)
2010 16.9 per 1,000 people 10.4 per 1,000 peopleb (break in time series)
2009 17.5 per 1,000 people 10.5 per 1,000 people
2008 18.2 per 1,000 people 10.6 per 1,000 peopleb (break in time series)
2007 18.4 per 1,000 people 10.4 per 1,000 peopleb (break in time series)
2006 18.1 per 1,000 people 10.3 per 1,000 people
2005 18.2 per 1,000 people 10.2 per 1,000 people
2004 18.1 per 1,000 people 10.2 per 1,000 people
2003 18.0 per 1,000 people 10.1 per 1,000 people
2002 18.6 per 1,000 people 10.1 per 1,000 people
2001 20.3 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 −0.6 from 11.0 per 1,000 people in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 16.9 per 1,000 people, the figure has changed by −6.5.
  • Among the 43 countries with data for 2025, Türkiye has the 3rd 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
1995 to 2025 for Türkiye
Provider update
27 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution
Source: Eurostat