Eurostat: Bulgaria had EU’s highest fertility rate in 2024
In 2024, Bulgaria recorded the highest total fertility rate in the EU with 1.72 live births per woman, followed by France with 1.61 and Slovenia with 1.52, European Union statistics agency Eurostat said on March 6.
By contrast, Malta had the lowest fertility rate at 1.01 live births per woman, together with Spain at 1.10 and Lithuania at 1.11.
In March 2025, Eurostat reported that in 2023, Bulgaria had the EU’s highest fertility rate
In 2024, 3.55 million babies were born in the EU, a 3.3 per cent decrease from the 3.67 million in 2023. The total fertility rate for 2024 was 1.34 live births per woman in the EU, down from 1.38 in 2023. This is the lowest rate since 2001, the first year for which the EU value is available.
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