Fertility rate in Europe

46 countries in Europe, 2024. Unit: births per woman. World ranking →

First in the ranking
2.10
Monaco
Median country
1.41
half above, half below
World
2.19
World Bank aggregate
Range
0.99 to 2.10
Ukraine - Monaco

How to read it

Across 46 countries in Europe, the highest value is in Monaco (2.10) and the lowest in Ukraine (0.99).

The median country is at 1.41: half are above, half below.

Total fertility rate represents the number of children that would be born to a woman if she were to live to the end of her childbearing years and bear children in accordance with age-specific fertility rates of the specified year.

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Source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division; Statistical databases and publications from national statistical offices… · via World Bank WDI (SP.DYN.TFRT.IN) · licence

Fertility rate over time

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Ranking of countries

2024
In chart Share of the highest value
1Monaco2.10
2Faroe Islands1.91
3Montenegro1.80
4Moldova1.73
5Bulgaria1.72
6Serbia1.64
7France1.61
8Iceland1.56
9United Kingdom1.55
10Isle of Man1.54
11Kosovo1.54
12Slovenia1.52
13Bosnia and Herzegovina1.49
14Denmark1.47
15Ireland1.47
16Croatia1.46
17Slovakia1.46
18Norway1.45
19Belgium1.44
20Netherlands1.43
21Sweden1.43
22Russia1.42
23Hungary1.41
24Portugal1.41
25North Macedonia1.40
26Romania1.39
27Liechtenstein1.37
28Czechia1.36
29Germany1.36
30Albania1.34
31Austria1.31
32Switzerland1.29
33Finland1.25
34Luxembourg1.25
35Greece1.24
36Latvia1.24
37Belarus1.22
38Estonia1.18
39Italy1.18
40San Marino1.16
41Poland1.14
42Lithuania1.11
43Spain1.10
44Andorra1.09
45Malta1.01
46Ukraine0.99
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