Where the births are
Share of a region's people, and share of its babies — country by country. A younger population punches above its weight; an older one accounts for fewer births than its size suggests.
Share of a region's people, and share of its babies — country by country. A younger population punches above its weight; an older one accounts for fewer births than its size suggests.
Region
Share of residents and of births · 2024
Europe
Where the births are
birthrate.io
People
831.6M
831,629,655 residents
Births
7.4M
7,418,051 births · 2024
Share of residents · 2025
Total 831.6M
Share of births · 2024
Total 7.4M
Population: World Bank (SP.POP.TOTL). Births: UN World Population Prospects annual birth counts (via Our World in Data), latest non-projected year — not population × crude birth rate.
birthrate.io/population/shares?region=eu
Younger age structures punch above their population share.
Lower fertility or older age structure — fewer births than their population share.
Δ is birth share minus population share, in percentage points.
| Country | People | Pop % | Births | Birth % | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | 143.5M | 17.3 | 1.3M | 17.5 | +0.2 |
| Türkiye | 85.9M | 10.3 | 1.1M | 14.5 | +4.1 |
| Germany | 83.5M | 10.0 | 719.2K | 9.7 | -0.3 |
| United Kingdom | 69.5M | 8.4 | 688.4K | 9.3 | +0.9 |
| France | 68.7M | 8.3 | 638.9K | 8.6 | +0.3 |
| Italy | 58.9M | 7.1 | 384.6K | 5.2 | -1.9 |
| Spain | 49.4M | 5.9 | 336.8K | 4.5 | -1.4 |
| Ukraine | 39M | 4.7 | 212.2K | 2.9 | -1.8 |
| Poland | 36.4M | 4.4 | 317.9K | 4.3 | -0.1 |
| Romania | 19M | 2.3 | 183.6K | 2.5 | +0.2 |
| Netherlands | 18.1M | 2.2 | 167.8K | 2.3 | +0.1 |
| Belgium | 11.9M | 1.4 | 101.7K | 1.4 | -0.1 |
| Czechia | 10.9M | 1.3 | 91.8K | 1.2 | -0.1 |
| Portugal | 10.8M | 1.3 | 86.6K | 1.2 | -0.1 |
| Sweden | 10.6M | 1.3 | 97.9K | 1.3 | +0.0 |
| Greece | 10.4M | 1.3 | 73.7K | 1.0 | -0.3 |
| Hungary | 9.5M | 1.1 | 85.4K | 1.2 | +0.0 |
| Austria | 9.2M | 1.1 | 77.1K | 1.0 | -0.1 |
| Switzerland | 9.1M | 1.1 | 83.7K | 1.1 | +0.0 |
| Belarus | 9.1M | 1.1 | 65.1K | 0.9 | -0.2 |
| Serbia | 6.5M | 0.8 | 59.8K | 0.8 | +0.0 |
| Bulgaria | 6.4M | 0.8 | 62.6K | 0.8 | +0.1 |
| Denmark | 6M | 0.7 | 57.8K | 0.8 | +0.1 |
| Finland | 5.6M | 0.7 | 43.6K | 0.6 | -0.1 |
| Norway | 5.6M | 0.7 | 51.5K | 0.7 | +0.0 |
| Ireland | 5.5M | 0.7 | 53.3K | 0.7 | +0.1 |
| Slovakia | 5.4M | 0.7 | 52.3K | 0.7 | +0.1 |
| Croatia | 3.9M | 0.5 | 31.4K | 0.4 | -0.0 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3.1M | 0.4 | 24.6K | 0.3 | -0.0 |
| Lithuania | 2.9M | 0.3 | 21.4K | 0.3 | -0.1 |
| Moldova | 2.4M | 0.3 | 33K | 0.4 | +0.2 |
| Albania | 2.3M | 0.3 | 28.8K | 0.4 | +0.1 |
| Slovenia | 2.1M | 0.3 | 17.9K | 0.2 | -0.0 |
| Latvia | 1.8M | 0.2 | 14.3K | 0.2 | -0.0 |
| North Macedonia | 1.8M | 0.2 | 16.9K | 0.2 | +0.0 |
| Kosovo | 1.6M | 0.2 | 18.7K | 0.3 | +0.1 |
| Cyprus | 1.4M | 0.2 | 14.5K | 0.2 | +0.0 |
| Estonia | 1.4M | 0.2 | 11K | 0.1 | -0.0 |
| Luxembourg | 687K | 0.1 | 6.9K | 0.1 | +0.0 |
| Montenegro | 623.1K | 0.1 | 7K | 0.1 | +0.0 |
| Malta | 579.7K | 0.1 | 4.2K | 0.1 | -0.0 |
| Iceland | 392.4K | 0.0 | 4.3K | 0.1 | +0.0 |
| Liechtenstein | 41K | 0.0 | 371 | 0.0 | +0.0 |