Total fertility rate, by region

The average number of children a woman in the region would have over her lifetime if she experienced the age-specific fertility rates of the year.

Unit: Children per woman Frequency: Annual Coverage: 294 regions and 37 countries and groups as reference 2000 to 2024 Source: Eurostat

294 regions have a value for 2024, the latest period in the data.

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Children per woman. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Total fertility rate, by region (children per woman), 2000 to 2024
Period MayotteZentralschweizCanarias
2024 3.54 children per womanp (provisional) 1.37 children per woman 0.82 children per woman
2023 4.21 children per womanp (provisional) 1.41 children per woman 0.84 children per woman
2022 4.55 children per womanp (provisional) 1.43 children per woman 0.86 children per woman
2021 4.65 children per woman 1.58 children per woman 0.89 children per woman
2020 4.17 children per woman 1.53 children per woman 0.91 children per woman
2019 4.59 children per woman 1.54 children per woman 0.97 children per woman
2018 4.66 children per woman 1.59 children per woman 1.01 children per woman
2017 4.92 children per woman 1.56 children per woman 1.07 children per woman
2016 4.96 children per woman 1.57 children per woman 1.08 children per woman
2015 4.88 children per woman 1.57 children per woman 1.07 children per woman
2014 4.12 children per woman 1.56 children per woman 1.05 children per woman
2013 – 1.55 children per woman 1.00 children per woman
2012 – 1.59 children per woman 1.07 children per woman
2011 – 1.55 children per woman 1.07 children per woman
2010 – 1.54 children per woman 1.11 children per woman
2009 – 1.52 children per woman 1.14 children per woman
2008 – 1.55 children per woman 1.24 children per woman
2007 – 1.48 children per woman 1.19 children per woman
2006 – 1.48 children per woman 1.26 children per woman
2005 – 1.43 children per woman 1.24 children per woman
2004 – 1.45 children per woman 1.20 children per woman
2003 – 1.43 children per woman 1.23 children per woman
2002 – 1.39 children per woman 1.27 children per woman
2001 – 1.40 children per woman 1.28 children per woman
2000 – 1.56 children per woman 1.27 children per woman

Flags: p provisional . A dash means no value was published.

In short

  • Among the 294 regions with a value for 2024, the highest is Mayotte (3.54 children per woman) and the lowest Canarias (0.82 children per woman).
  • Half of the regions are above 1.37 children per woman and half below.
  • From 2023 to 2024 the value rose in 39 regions and fell in 224.

About this measure

Definition
The average number of children a woman in the region would have over her lifetime if she experienced the age-specific fertility rates of the year.
Unit
Children per woman
Frequency
Annual
Changes are shown as
Percent change

Source and dates

Original producer
Eurostat
Source
Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union
Dataset or series code
demo_r_frate2 · dataset details · view at source
Selection
freq=A age=TOTAL unit=NR
Observation period
2000 to 2024
Provider update
30 September 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution
Source: Eurostat

All regions in 2024 Every value is for 2024, so the regions are compared at the same point in time.

  1. 1 Mayotte 3.54 children per womanp (provisional)
  2. 2 Guyane 3.11 children per womanp (provisional)
  3. 3 Şanlıurfa, Diyarbakır 2.78 children per woman
  4. 4 Mardin, Batman, Şırnak, Siirt 2.31 children per woman
  5. 5 La Réunion 2.12 children per womanp (provisional)
  6. 6 Gaziantep, Adıyaman, Kilis 2.08 children per woman
  7. 7 Yugoiztochen 2.04 children per woman
  8. 8 Van, Muş, Bitlis, Hakkari 2.02 children per woman
  9. 9 Severozapaden 1.92 children per woman
  10. 10 Veri 1.88 children per woman
  11. 11 Ağrı, Kars, Iğdır, Ardahan 1.87 children per woman
  12. 12 Hatay, Kahramanmaraş, Osmaniye 1.82 children per woman
  13. 13 Guadeloupe 1.81 children per womanp (provisional)
  14. 14 Východné Slovensko 1.76 children per woman
  15. 15 Yuzhen tsentralen 1.75 children per woman
  16. 16 Crna Gora 1.75 children per woman
  17. 17 Península de Setúbal 1.69 children per woman
  18. 18 Notio Aigaio 1.69 children per woman
  19. 19 Ile de France 1.68 children per womanp (provisional)
  20. 20 Picardie 1.68 children per womanp (provisional)
  21. 21 Region Sumadije i Zapadne Srbije 1.68 children per woman
  22. 22 Észak-Magyarország 1.67 children per woman
  23. 23 Region Vojvodine 1.67 children per woman
  24. 24 Centre — Val de Loire 1.66 children per womanp (provisional)
  25. 25 Haute-Normandie 1.66 children per womanp (provisional)
  26. 26 Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur 1.66 children per womanp (provisional)
  27. 27 Algarve 1.65 children per woman
  28. 28 Grande Lisboa 1.65 children per woman
  29. 29 Severoiztochen 1.63 children per woman
  30. 30 Northern and Western 1.63 children per woman
  31. 31 Nord-Pas de Calais 1.63 children per womanp (provisional)
  32. 32 Észak-Alföld 1.62 children per woman
  33. 33 Severen tsentralen 1.62 children per woman
  34. 34 Pays de la Loire 1.60 children per womanp (provisional)
  35. 35 Zeeland 1.60 children per woman
  36. 36 Panonska Hrvatska 1.60 children per woman
  37. 37 Vzhodna Slovenija 1.59 children per woman
  38. 38 Drenthe 1.59 children per woman
  39. 39 Rhône-Alpes 1.59 children per womanp (provisional)
  40. 40 Adana, Mersin 1.59 children per woman
  41. 41 Region Juzne i Istocne Srbije 1.59 children per woman
  42. 42 Beogradski region 1.59 children per woman
  43. 43 Flevoland 1.58 children per woman
  44. 44 Konya, Karaman 1.58 children per woman
  45. 45 Qender 1.58 children per woman
  46. 46 Overijssel 1.57 children per woman
  47. 47 Friesland 1.57 children per woman
  48. 48 Jug 1.56 children per woman
  49. 49 Ísland 1.56 children per woman
  50. 50 Franche-Comté 1.55 children per womanp (provisional)
  51. 51 Yugozapaden 1.55 children per woman
  52. 52 Prov. Antwerpen 1.55 children per woman
  53. 53 Champagne-Ardenne 1.55 children per womanp (provisional)
  54. 54 Martinique 1.55 children per womanp (provisional)
  55. 55 Vestlandet 1.54 children per woman
  56. 56 Basse-Normandie 1.54 children per womanp (provisional)
  57. 57 Sjælland 1.54 children per woman
  58. 58 Småland med öarna 1.54 children per woman
  59. 59 Midtjylland 1.54 children per woman
  60. 60 Syddanmark 1.53 children per woman
  61. 61 Bretagne 1.53 children per womanp (provisional)
  62. 62 Centru 1.53 children per womane (estimated)
  63. 63 Kriti 1.51 children per woman
  64. 64 Prov. Luxembourg 1.51 children per woman
  65. 65 Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen 1.51 children per woman
  66. 66 Gelderland 1.51 children per woman
  67. 67 Poitou-Charentes 1.51 children per womanp (provisional)
  68. 68 Auvergne 1.51 children per womanp (provisional)
  69. 69 Southern 1.50 children per woman
  70. 70 Languedoc-Roussillon 1.50 children per womanp (provisional)
  71. 71 Alentejo 1.50 children per woman
  72. 72 Ionia Nisia 1.50 children per woman
  73. 73 Prov. West-Vlaanderen 1.50 children per woman
  74. 74 Detmold 1.50 children per woman
  75. 75 Bourgogne 1.50 children per womanp (provisional)
  76. 76 Sjeverna Hrvatska 1.50 children per woman
  77. 77 Nord-Est 1.50 children per womane (estimated)
  78. 78 Erzurum, Erzincan, Bayburt 1.49 children per woman
  79. 79 Lüneburg 1.49 children per woman
  80. 80 Prov. Hainaut 1.49 children per woman
  81. 81 Agder og Sør-Østlandet 1.48 children per woman
  82. 82 Schwaben 1.48 children per woman
  83. 83 Nordjylland 1.47 children per woman
  84. 84 Limousin 1.47 children per womanp (provisional)
  85. 85 Münster 1.47 children per woman
  86. 86 Prov. Vlaams-Brabant 1.47 children per woman
  87. 87 Zahodna Slovenija 1.46 children per woman
  88. 88 Norra Mellansverige 1.46 children per woman
  89. 89 Utrecht 1.46 children per woman
  90. 90 Västsverige 1.46 children per woman
  91. 91 Oberpfalz 1.46 children per woman
  92. 92 Weser-Ems 1.46 children per woman
  93. 93 Niederbayern 1.46 children per woman
  94. 94 Malatya, Elazığ, Bingöl, Tunceli 1.45 children per woman
  95. 95 Oberösterreich 1.45 children per woman
  96. 96 Vorarlberg 1.45 children per woman
  97. 97 Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen 1.45 children per woman
  98. 98 Pest 1.44 children per woman
  99. 99 Alsace 1.44 children per womanp (provisional)
  100. 100 Severna Makedonija 1.44 children per woman
  101. 101 Střední Morava 1.44 children per woman
  102. 102 Kırıkkale, Aksaray, Niğde, Nevşehir, Kırşehir 1.44 children per woman
  103. 103 Noord-Brabant 1.44 children per woman
  104. 104 Tübingen 1.44 children per woman
  105. 105 Sydsverige 1.44 children per woman
  106. 106 Jadranska Hrvatska 1.43 children per woman
  107. 107 Trøndelag 1.43 children per woman
  108. 108 Rheinhessen-Pfalz 1.43 children per woman
  109. 109 Voreio Aigaio 1.43 children per woman
  110. 110 Közép-Dunántúl 1.43 children per woman
  111. 111 Oeste e Vale do Tejo 1.43 children per woman
  112. 112 Mellersta Norrland 1.42 children per woman
  113. 113 Prov. Liège 1.42 children per woman
  114. 114 Östra Mellansverige 1.42 children per woman
  115. 115 Stuttgart 1.42 children per woman
  116. 116 Midi-Pyrénées 1.42 children per womanp (provisional)
  117. 117 Kayseri, Sivas, Yozgat 1.42 children per woman
  118. 118 Dél-Alföld 1.42 children per woman
  119. 119 Nord-Vest 1.41 children per womane (estimated)
  120. 120 Zuid-Holland 1.41 children per woman
  121. 121 Kassel 1.41 children per woman
  122. 122 Eastern and Midland 1.41 children per woman
  123. 123 Jihovýchod 1.41 children per woman
  124. 124 Aquitaine 1.41 children per womanp (provisional)
  125. 125 Sud-Est 1.41 children per womane (estimated)
  126. 126 Arnsberg 1.41 children per woman
  127. 127 Koblenz 1.41 children per woman
  128. 128 Kocaeli, Sakarya, Düzce, Bolu, Yalova 1.41 children per woman
  129. 129 Lorraine 1.41 children per womanp (provisional)
  130. 130 Hovedstaden 1.40 children per woman
  131. 131 Prov. Limburg 1.40 children per woman
  132. 132 Innlandet 1.40 children per woman
  133. 133 Manisa, Afyonkarahisar, Kütahya, Uşak 1.40 children per woman
  134. 134 Chemnitz 1.40 children per woman
  135. 135 Nord-Norge 1.40 children per woman
  136. 136 Oslo og Viken 1.39 children per woman
  137. 137 Freiburg 1.39 children per woman
  138. 138 Stockholm 1.39 children per woman
  139. 139 Hannover 1.39 children per woman
  140. 140 Unterfranken 1.39 children per woman
  141. 141 Severovýchod 1.39 children per woman
  142. 142 Dél-Dunántúl 1.38 children per woman
  143. 143 Kýpros 1.38 children per woman
  144. 144 Mittelfranken 1.38 children per woman
  145. 145 Jihozápad 1.37 children per woman
  146. 146 Peloponnisos 1.37 children per woman
  147. 147 Prov. Namur 1.37 children per woman
  148. 148 Zentralschweiz 1.37 children per woman
  149. 149 Niederösterreich 1.37 children per woman
  150. 150 Nyugat-Dunántúl 1.37 children per woman
  151. 151 Liechtenstein 1.37 children per woman
  152. 152 Darmstadt 1.37 children per woman
  153. 153 Ostschweiz 1.36 children per woman
  154. 154 Düsseldorf 1.36 children per woman
  155. 155 Braunschweig 1.36 children per woman
  156. 156 Sud-Muntenia 1.36 children per womane (estimated)
  157. 157 Ciudad de Melilla 1.36 children per woman
  158. 158 Oberfranken 1.36 children per woman
  159. 159 Limburg 1.35 children per woman
  160. 160 Střední Čechy 1.35 children per woman
  161. 161 Övre Norrland 1.35 children per woman
  162. 162 Gießen 1.35 children per woman
  163. 163 Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest 1.35 children per woman
  164. 164 Oberbayern 1.34 children per woman
  165. 165 Stredné Slovensko 1.34 children per woman
  166. 166 Brandenburg 1.34 children per woman
  167. 167 Bremen 1.34 children per woman
  168. 168 Moravskoslezsko 1.34 children per woman
  169. 169 Tekirdağ, Edirne, Kırklareli 1.34 children per woman
  170. 170 Prov. Brabant wallon 1.34 children per woman
  171. 171 Severozápad 1.33 children per woman
  172. 172 Karlsruhe 1.33 children per woman
  173. 173 Vest 1.33 children per womane (estimated)
  174. 174 Kastamonu, Çankırı, Sinop 1.32 children per woman
  175. 175 Región de Murcia 1.32 children per woman
  176. 176 Grad Zagreb 1.32 children per woman
  177. 177 Trier 1.32 children per woman
  178. 178 Aydın, Denizli, Muğla 1.32 children per woman
  179. 179 Saarland 1.32 children per woman
  180. 180 Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi 1.32 children per woman
  181. 181 Salzburg 1.32 children per woman
  182. 182 Schleswig-Holstein 1.32 children per woman
  183. 183 Bursa, Eskişehir, Bilecik 1.32 children per woman
  184. 184 Nordwestschweiz 1.31 children per woman
  185. 185 Dytiki Elláda 1.31 children per woman
  186. 186 Centro 1.31 children per woman
  187. 187 Sachsen-Anhalt 1.31 children per woman
  188. 188 Mazowiecki regionalny 1.31 children per woman
  189. 189 Samsun, Tokat, Çorum, Amasya 1.31 children per woman
  190. 190 Noord-Holland 1.31 children per woman
  191. 191 Köln 1.30 children per woman
  192. 192 Tirol 1.30 children per woman
  193. 193 Espace Mittelland 1.30 children per woman
  194. 194 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 1.30 children per woman
  195. 195 Bratislavský kraj 1.30 children per woman
  196. 196 Kärnten 1.30 children per woman
  197. 197 Trabzon, Ordu, Giresun, Rize, Artvin, Gümüşhane 1.30 children per woman
  198. 198 Åland 1.29 children per woman
  199. 199 Thessalia 1.29 children per woman
  200. 200 Balıkesir, Çanakkale 1.29 children per woman
  201. 201 Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki 1.29 children per woman
  202. 202 Steiermark 1.28 children per woman
  203. 203 Länsi-Suomi 1.28 children per woman
  204. 204 Sicilia 1.27 children per woman
  205. 205 Provincia Autonoma di Trento 1.27 children per woman
  206. 206 Campania 1.26 children per woman
  207. 207 Sud-Vest Oltenia 1.26 children per womane (estimated)
  208. 208 Região Autónoma da Madeira 1.26 children per woman
  209. 209 Ciudad de Ceuta 1.26 children per woman
  210. 210 Antalya, Isparta, Burdur 1.26 children per woman
  211. 211 Praha 1.26 children per woman
  212. 212 Luxembourg 1.25 children per woman
  213. 213 Groningen 1.25 children per woman
  214. 214 Région lémanique 1.25 children per woman
  215. 215 Calabria 1.25 children per woman
  216. 216 Thüringen 1.24 children per woman
  217. 217 Západné Slovensko 1.24 children per woman
  218. 218 Dresden 1.24 children per woman
  219. 219 Hamburg 1.24 children per woman
  220. 220 Latvija 1.24 children per woman
  221. 221 Zürich 1.23 children per woman
  222. 222 Helsinki-Uusimaa 1.23 children per woman
  223. 223 Região Autónoma dos Açores 1.23 children per woman
  224. 224 Sterea Elláda 1.22 children per woman
  225. 225 Wien 1.22 children per woman
  226. 226 Berlin 1.21 children per woman
  227. 227 Norte 1.21 children per woman
  228. 228 Corse 1.21 children per womanp (provisional)
  229. 229 Burgenland 1.21 children per woman
  230. 230 Comunidad Foral de Navarra 1.20 children per woman
  231. 231 Podlaskie 1.20 children per woman
  232. 232 İstanbul 1.20 children per woman
  233. 233 Veneto 1.20 children per woman
  234. 234 Małopolskie 1.20 children per woman
  235. 235 Podkarpackie 1.19 children per woman
  236. 236 Friuli-Venezia Giulia 1.19 children per woman
  237. 237 Castilla-La Mancha 1.19 children per woman
  238. 238 Pomorskie 1.19 children per woman
  239. 239 Emilia-Romagna 1.19 children per woman
  240. 240 Kentriki Makedonia 1.19 children per woman
  241. 241 Wielkopolskie 1.19 children per woman
  242. 242 Lombardia 1.19 children per woman
  243. 243 Bucureşti-Ilfov 1.19 children per womane (estimated)
  244. 244 Etelä-Suomi 1.18 children per woman
  245. 245 Ipeiros 1.18 children per woman
  246. 246 Andalucía 1.18 children per woman
  247. 247 Eesti 1.18 children per woman
  248. 248 İzmir 1.17 children per woman
  249. 249 Liguria 1.17 children per woman
  250. 250 Dytiki Makedonia 1.17 children per woman
  251. 251 La Rioja 1.16 children per woman
  252. 252 Puglia 1.16 children per woman
  253. 253 Ticino 1.16 children per woman
  254. 254 Aragón 1.15 children per woman
  255. 255 Ankara 1.15 children per woman
  256. 256 Zonguldak, Karabük, Bartın 1.15 children per woman
  257. 257 Piemonte 1.14 children per woman
  258. 258 Lubelskie 1.14 children per woman
  259. 259 Attiki 1.14 children per woman
  260. 260 Comunitat Valenciana 1.14 children per woman
  261. 261 Extremadura 1.13 children per woman
  262. 262 Łódzkie 1.13 children per woman
  263. 263 Toscana 1.12 children per woman
  264. 264 Abruzzo 1.12 children per woman
  265. 265 Warmińsko-mazurskie 1.12 children per woman
  266. 266 Umbria 1.11 children per woman
  267. 267 Marche 1.11 children per woman
  268. 268 Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas 1.11 children per woman
  269. 269 País Vasco 1.10 children per woman
  270. 270 Lubuskie 1.10 children per woman
  271. 271 Lazio 1.10 children per woman
  272. 272 Sostinės regionas 1.09 children per woman
  273. 273 Basilicata 1.09 children per woman
  274. 274 Comunidad de Madrid 1.09 children per woman
  275. 275 Kujawsko-pomorskie 1.09 children per woman
  276. 276 Opolskie 1.08 children per woman
  277. 277 Cataluña 1.08 children per woman
  278. 278 Warszawski stołeczny 1.08 children per woman
  279. 279 Illes Balears 1.08 children per woman
  280. 280 Śląskie 1.08 children per woman
  281. 281 Zachodniopomorskie 1.07 children per woman
  282. 282 Świętokrzyskie 1.07 children per woman
  283. 283 Castilla y León 1.07 children per woman
  284. 284 Leipzig 1.07 children per woman
  285. 285 Budapest 1.07 children per woman
  286. 286 Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste 1.05 children per woman
  287. 287 Molise 1.05 children per woman
  288. 288 Dolnośląskie 1.04 children per woman
  289. 289 Malta 1.01 children per woman
  290. 290 Cantabria 0.99 children per woman
  291. 291 Galicia 0.96 children per woman
  292. 292 Principado de Asturias 0.95 children per woman
  293. 293 Sardegna 0.91 children per woman
  294. 294 Canarias 0.82 children per woman
  295. Albania 1.64 children per woman
  296. Austria 1.31 children per woman
  297. Belgium 1.44 children per woman
  298. Bulgaria 1.72 children per woman
  299. Croatia 1.46 children per woman
  300. Cyprus 1.38 children per woman
  301. Czechia 1.36 children per woman
  302. Denmark 1.47 children per woman
  303. Estonia 1.18 children per woman
  304. Finland 1.25 children per woman
  305. France 1.61 children per womanp (provisional)
  306. Germany 1.36 children per woman
  307. Greece 1.24 children per woman
  308. Hungary 1.41 children per woman
  309. Iceland 1.56 children per woman
  310. Ireland 1.47 children per woman
  311. Italy 1.18 children per woman
  312. Latvia 1.24 children per woman
  313. Liechtenstein 1.37 children per woman
  314. Lithuania 1.11 children per woman
  315. Luxembourg 1.25 children per woman
  316. Malta 1.01 children per woman
  317. Montenegro 1.75 children per woman
  318. Netherlands 1.43 children per woman
  319. North Macedonia 1.44 children per woman
  320. Norway 1.45 children per woman
  321. Poland 1.14 children per womanep (estimated, provisional)
  322. Portugal 1.41 children per woman
  323. Romania 1.39 children per womane (estimated)
  324. Serbia 1.64 children per woman
  325. Slovakia 1.46 children per woman
  326. Slovenia 1.52 children per woman
  327. Spain 1.10 children per woman
  328. Sweden 1.43 children per woman
  329. Switzerland 1.29 children per woman
  330. Türkiye 1.48 children per woman
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