Crude birth rate — all countries

Crude birth rate — European Union

Crude birth rate in the European Union in 2024 — 7.9 per 1,000. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 57.8%.

2024 7.9 per 1,000 −3.18% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 18.7 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 7.9 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 people

Crude birth rate — European Union, 1960–2024510152019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 18.7 per 1,0001962: 18.3 per 1,0001964: 18.5 per 1,0001966: 17.6 per 1,0001968: 17.5 per 1,0001970: 16.4 per 1,0001972: 15.7 per 1,0001974: 15.5 per 1,0001976: 15 per 1,0001978: 14.4 per 1,0001980: 14 per 1,0001982: 13.4 per 1,0001984: 13 per 1,0001986: 12.7 per 1,0001988: 12.6 per 1,0001990: 12.2 per 1,0001992: 11.5 per 1,0001994: 10.8 per 1,0001996: 10.5 per 1,0001998: 10.3 per 1,0002000: 10.5 per 1,0002002: 10.1 per 1,0002004: 10.2 per 1,0002006: 10.3 per 1,0002008: 10.6 per 1,0002010: 10.4 per 1,0002012: 10 per 1,0002014: 9.9 per 1,0002016: 9.9 per 1,0002018: 9.5 per 1,0002020: 9.1 per 1,0002022: 8.7 per 1,0002024: 7.9 per 1,000
Change over the period: −10.8 (−57.79%) Average annual rate: -1.34 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: European Union

European Union 7.9 per 1,000
World 16.3 per 1,000
Crude birth rate — European Union, by year European Union All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 7.9 −0.3 −3.18%
2023 8.2 −0.5 −6.18%
2022 8.7 −0.5 −5.12%
2021 9.2 +0.1 +0.62%
2020 9.1 −0.2 −2.3%
2019 9.3 −0.2 −1.91%
2018 9.5 −0.2 −2.13%
2017 9.7 −0.1 −1.42%
2016 9.9 +0.1 +1.09%
2015 9.8 −0.1 −1.06%
2014 9.9 +0.1 +1.15%
2013 9.7 −0.3 −2.66%
2012 10 −0.1 −1.14%
2011 10.1 −0.3 −2.89%
2010 10.4 −0 −0.43%
2009 10.5 −0.1 −1.38%
2008 10.6 +0.2 +2.37%
2007 10.4 +0 +0.34%
2006 10.3 +0.1 +1.24%
2005 10.2 −0 −0.31%
2004 10.2 +0.1 +0.9%
2003 10.2 +0 +0.16%
2002 10.1 −0.1 −0.76%
2001 10.2 −0.2 −2.31%
2000 10.5 +0.1 +1.36%
1999 10.3 −0 −0.19%
1998 10.3 −0.2 −1.44%
1997 10.5 −0 −0.23%
1996 10.5 −0 −0%
1995 10.5 −0.3 −2.85%
1994 10.8 −0.4 −3.36%
1993 11.2 −0.3 −2.6%
1992 11.5 −0.3 −2.46%
1991 11.8 −0.4 −3.1%
1990 12.2 −0.1 −1.08%
1989 12.3 −0.3 −2.15%
1988 12.6 +0 +0.03%
1987 12.6 −0.1 −1.07%
1986 12.7 −0.1 −0.97%
1985 12.8 −0.2 −1.28%
1984 13 −0.1 −0.98%
1983 13.1 −0.3 −2.32%
1982 13.4 −0.2 −1.18%
1981 13.6 −0.4 −2.69%
1980 14 −0.2 −1.32%
1979 14.2 −0.2 −1.57%
1978 14.4 −0.3 −1.84%
1977 14.6 −0.3 −2.25%
1976 15 −0.1 −0.86%
1975 15.1 −0.4 −2.43%
1974 15.5 +0.2 +1.24%
1973 15.3 −0.4 −2.57%
1972 15.7 −0.5 −3.19%
1971 16.2 −0.2 −1.08%
1970 16.4 −0.6 −3.7%
1969 17 −0.5 −2.68%
1968 17.5 −0.4 −2.15%
1967 17.9 +0.3 +1.45%
1966 17.6 −0.3 −1.59%
1965 17.9 −0.6 −3.02%
1964 18.5 +0.1 +0.35%
1963 18.4 +0.1 +0.33%
1962 18.3 −0.3 −1.53%
1961 18.6 −0.1 −0.57%
1960 18.7

About the indicator

The crude birth rate is the number of live births during a year per 1,000 people of the mid-year population. Unlike the total fertility rate it depends not only on the intensity of childbearing but also on age structure: in a young country the rate comes out higher at the same number of births per woman.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.