Total fertility rate in the European Union in 2024 — 1.34 births. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 47.9%.
1960–2024 · births per woman
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: European Union
| Year | births | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.34 | −0.04 | −3.1% |
| 2023 | 1.38 | −0.07 | −4.89% |
| 2022 | 1.45 | −0.07 | −4.56% |
| 2021 | 1.52 | +0.02 | +1.34% |
| 2020 | 1.5 | −0.02 | −1.54% |
| 2019 | 1.53 | −0.02 | −1.27% |
| 2018 | 1.55 | −0.02 | −1.11% |
| 2017 | 1.56 | −0.01 | −0.38% |
| 2016 | 1.57 | +0.03 | +1.97% |
| 2015 | 1.54 | +0 | +0.14% |
| 2014 | 1.54 | +0.03 | +1.98% |
| 2013 | 1.51 | −0.02 | −1.53% |
| 2012 | 1.53 | +0 | +0.13% |
| 2011 | 1.53 | −0.03 | −2.17% |
| 2010 | 1.56 | +0.01 | +0.39% |
| 2009 | 1.56 | −0.01 | −0.49% |
| 2008 | 1.57 | +0.05 | +3.29% |
| 2007 | 1.52 | +0.02 | +1.38% |
| 2006 | 1.49 | +0.03 | +1.91% |
| 2005 | 1.47 | +0.01 | +0.72% |
| 2004 | 1.46 | +0.02 | +1.64% |
| 2003 | 1.43 | +0.01 | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 1.42 | −0 | −0.13% |
| 2001 | 1.42 | −0.02 | −1.27% |
| 2000 | 1.44 | +0.03 | +2.37% |
| 1999 | 1.41 | +0 | +0.16% |
| 1998 | 1.41 | −0.01 | −0.72% |
| 1997 | 1.42 | +0 | +0.17% |
| 1996 | 1.41 | −0 | −0.15% |
| 1995 | 1.42 | −0.04 | −2.92% |
| 1994 | 1.46 | −0.04 | −2.98% |
| 1993 | 1.5 | −0.04 | −2.75% |
| 1992 | 1.55 | −0.04 | −2.44% |
| 1991 | 1.58 | −0.05 | −3.13% |
| 1990 | 1.64 | −0.02 | −0.96% |
| 1989 | 1.65 | −0.04 | −2.15% |
| 1988 | 1.69 | +0 | +0.16% |
| 1987 | 1.68 | −0.03 | −1.48% |
| 1986 | 1.71 | −0.01 | −0.75% |
| 1985 | 1.72 | −0.01 | −0.37% |
| 1984 | 1.73 | −0.02 | −1.16% |
| 1983 | 1.75 | −0.05 | −2.53% |
| 1982 | 1.8 | −0.02 | −1.31% |
| 1981 | 1.82 | −0.05 | −2.71% |
| 1980 | 1.87 | −0.03 | −1.77% |
| 1979 | 1.9 | −0.04 | −1.86% |
| 1978 | 1.94 | −0.05 | −2.54% |
| 1977 | 1.99 | −0.07 | −3.23% |
| 1976 | 2.06 | −0.04 | −1.8% |
| 1975 | 2.09 | −0.06 | −2.96% |
| 1974 | 2.16 | +0.01 | +0.33% |
| 1973 | 2.15 | −0.07 | −3.35% |
| 1972 | 2.23 | −0.09 | −3.74% |
| 1971 | 2.31 | −0.04 | −1.73% |
| 1970 | 2.35 | −0.09 | −3.73% |
| 1969 | 2.44 | −0.08 | −3.15% |
| 1968 | 2.52 | −0.06 | −2.44% |
| 1967 | 2.59 | +0.06 | +2.28% |
| 1966 | 2.53 | −0.03 | −1.32% |
| 1965 | 2.56 | −0.05 | −2.03% |
| 1964 | 2.62 | +0.03 | +1.09% |
| 1963 | 2.59 | +0.03 | +1.29% |
| 1962 | 2.55 | −0.02 | −0.64% |
| 1961 | 2.57 | −0 | −0.01% |
| 1960 | 2.57 | — | — |
The total fertility rate is the average number of children a woman would bear over her entire reproductive period if the age-specific fertility rates of the year of calculation stayed unchanged. In countries with low mortality the replacement level is about 2.1 births per woman: below that threshold population starts to shrink in the absence of migration.
Important: The total fertility rate is a hypothetical value for a synthetic cohort; the completed fertility of real cohorts may differ.
Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.
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