{"version":1,"asset_type":"statistical_series","data_type":"time_series","slug":"europe-birth-rate-by-country","url":"https://apiardata.com/statistics/europe-birth-rate-by-country","html_url":"https://apiardata.com/statistics/europe-birth-rate-by-country/","title":"Birth Rate in Europe by Country (2025)","description":"Crude birth rate across 37 European countries in 2025, from 11.2 live births per 1,000 people in Iceland to 6.0 in Italy. Eurostat data.","domain":"demo","category":"Demographics","keywords":["Demographics","Births","Europe","Eurostat","2025"],"publisher":"Eurostat","frequency":"Annual","temporal_coverage":"2001/2025","unit":"live births per 1,000 people","last_updated":"2026-07-25","last_updated_text":"25 July 2026","data_as_of":"2025","variable_measured":"Crude birth rate","license":"https://apiardata.com/data-license","is_accessible_for_free":true,"sources":[{"name":"Eurostat","url":"https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/DEMO_GIND/default/table"}],"meta":[{"label":"Frequency","value":"Annual"},{"label":"Reference year","value":"2025"},{"label":"Coverage","value":"2001–2025"},{"label":"Countries","value":"37"},{"label":"Last updated","value":"25 July 2026"}],"kpis":[{"label":"Average of the panel (2025)","value":"8.3","unit":"births per 1,000 people","trend":{"direction":"down","value":"-0.2 vs 2024"}},{"label":"Highest","value":"11.2","unit":"Iceland"},{"label":"Lowest","value":"6.0","unit":"Italy"},{"label":"Countries ranked","value":"37","unit":"with a published figure"}],"series":[{"key":"value","label":"Average crude birth rate"}],"observation_count":25,"observations":[{"period":"2001","value":11.2},{"period":"2002","value":11},{"period":"2003","value":11},{"period":"2004","value":11},{"period":"2005","value":10.9},{"period":"2006","value":11},{"period":"2007","value":11.1},{"period":"2008","value":11.4},{"period":"2009","value":11.4},{"period":"2010","value":11.2},{"period":"2011","value":10.9},{"period":"2012","value":10.8},{"period":"2013","value":10.5},{"period":"2014","value":10.6},{"period":"2015","value":10.5},{"period":"2016","value":10.5},{"period":"2017","value":10.3},{"period":"2018","value":10.1},{"period":"2019","value":9.9},{"period":"2020","value":9.7},{"period":"2021","value":9.8},{"period":"2022","value":9.2},{"period":"2023","value":8.8},{"period":"2024","value":8.5},{"period":"2025","value":8.3}],"table":{"columns":[{"key":"rank","label":"#"},{"key":"country","label":"Country"},{"key":"value","label":"live births per 1,000 people"},{"key":"yoyChange","label":"Change vs 2024"}],"rows":[{"rank":"1","country":"Iceland","value":"11.2","yoyChange":"unchanged"},{"rank":"2","country":"Montenegro","value":"11.1","yoyChange":"-0.1"},{"rank":"3","country":"Turkey","value":"10.4","yoyChange":"-0.6"},{"rank":"4","country":"Denmark","value":"9.9","yoyChange":"+0.4"},{"rank":"5","country":"Georgia","value":"9.9","yoyChange":"-0.8"},{"rank":"6","country":"Ireland","value":"9.9","yoyChange":"unchanged"},{"rank":"7","country":"Norway","value":"9.9","yoyChange":"+0.2"},{"rank":"8","country":"Albania","value":"9.6","yoyChange":"-0.2"},{"rank":"9","country":"Luxembourg","value":"9.4","yoyChange":"-0.1"},{"rank":"10","country":"Cyprus","value":"9.3","yoyChange":"-0.7"},{"rank":"11","country":"France","value":"9.3","yoyChange":"-0.3"},{"rank":"12","country":"Belgium","value":"9.2","yoyChange":"unchanged"},{"rank":"13","country":"Sweden","value":"9.2","yoyChange":"-0.1"},{"rank":"14","country":"Netherlands","value":"9.1","yoyChange":"-0.1"},{"rank":"15","country":"Serbia","value":"9.1","yoyChange":"-0.1"},{"rank":"16","country":"North Macedonia","value":"8.7","yoyChange":"-0.1"},{"rank":"17","country":"Switzerland","value":"8.6","yoyChange":"-0.1"},{"rank":"18","country":"Croatia","value":"8.4","yoyChange":"+0.1"},{"rank":"19","country":"Austria","value":"8.3","yoyChange":"-0.1"},{"rank":"20","country":"Finland","value":"8.1","yoyChange":"+0.3"},{"rank":"21","country":"Slovenia","value":"8.0","yoyChange":"+0.1"},{"rank":"22","country":"Bulgaria","value":"7.8","yoyChange":"-0.5"},{"rank":"23","country":"Germany","value":"7.8","yoyChange":"-0.3"},{"rank":"24","country":"Slovakia","value":"7.8","yoyChange":"-0.7"},{"rank":"25","country":"Hungary","value":"7.7","yoyChange":"-0.5"},{"rank":"26","country":"Liechtenstein","value":"7.7","yoyChange":"-0.7"},{"rank":"27","country":"Portugal","value":"7.7","yoyChange":"+0.2"},{"rank":"28","country":"Malta","value":"7.5","yoyChange":"-0.2"},{"rank":"29","country":"Czechia","value":"7.1","yoyChange":"-0.6"},{"rank":"30","country":"Romania","value":"7.0","yoyChange":"-0.5"},{"rank":"31","country":"Estonia","value":"6.8","yoyChange":"-0.3"},{"rank":"32","country":"Poland","value":"6.5","yoyChange":"-0.4"},{"rank":"33","country":"Spain","value":"6.5","yoyChange":"unchanged"},{"rank":"34","country":"Latvia","value":"6.4","yoyChange":"-0.5"},{"rank":"35","country":"Greece","value":"6.3","yoyChange":"-0.3"},{"rank":"36","country":"Lithuania","value":"6.1","yoyChange":"-0.5"},{"rank":"37","country":"Italy","value":"6.0","yoyChange":"-0.3"}]},"qa":[{"question":"What is the difference between the birth rate and the fertility rate?","answer":"The crude birth rate counts live births per 1,000 people in the total population, so it is affected by age structure as well as by how many children women have. The total fertility rate estimates births per woman and strips out age structure. A country with a young population can post a respectable birth rate on a low fertility rate, and an ageing country with more women past childbearing age posts a low birth rate even when fertility holds steady. Use fertility for behaviour, the birth rate for how many babies actually arrive."},{"question":"Which European country has the highest birth rate?","answer":"Iceland, at 11.2 live births per 1,000 people in 2025, ahead of Montenegro, Turkey and Denmark. The countries near the top tend to combine relatively young age structures with sustained immigration of people in their twenties and thirties."},{"question":"How fast is Europe's birth rate falling?","answer":"The panel average was 8.3 births per 1,000 people in 2025, -0.2 on the previous year. The chart puts that in context: the decline is gradual year to year but relentless over the 25-year window, and it compounds. Fewer births now means fewer potential mothers in twenty-five years, which is why demographers treat the current trough as a structural rather than a cyclical event."}]}