Which country in Europe has the highest birth rate?

Iceland has the highest birth rate in Europe: 11.2 births per 1,000 people (2024). Next come Montenegro (11.2 births per 1,000 people) and Moldova (10.6 births per 1,000 people).

Which country in Europe has the lowest birth rate?

San Marino, with 4.2 births per 1,000 people (2024).

What is the typical birth rate of a country in Europe?

The median of the 43 countries in Europe is 8.3 births per 1,000 people: half are above it, half below. The median, not the average, because a few countries at the top would drag an average far above almost everyone.

Where do the figures come from?

Live births in a year for every 1,000 people living in the country. Source: World Bank, 2024. Only independent states are ranked; territories are listed separately. A country’s continent follows Natural Earth; the handful of island states it files under the open ocean are placed by their UN subregion.

Countries in Europe by birth rate

Live births in a year for every 1,000 people living in the country. 43 countries in Europe, highest first. World Bank, 2024

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Highest

11.2

Iceland

Median country

8.3

half above, half below

Lowest

4.2

San Marino

Countries in Europe by birth rate, World Bank, 2024
#	Country	Per 1,000 people	Region
=1	Iceland	11.2	Northern Europe
=1	Montenegro	11.2	Southern Europe
3	Moldova	10.6	Eastern Europe
4	Albania	10.1	Southern Europe
5	Ireland	10.0	Northern Europe
6	United Kingdom	9.9	Northern Europe
=7	France	9.7	Western Europe
=7	Norway	9.7	Northern Europe
9	Monaco	9.6	Western Europe
=10	Denmark	9.5	Northern Europe
=10	Luxembourg	9.5	Western Europe
12	Sweden	9.3	Northern Europe
=13	Belgium	9.2	Western Europe
=13	Netherlands	9.2	Western Europe
=13	Serbia	9.2	Southern Europe
16	North Macedonia	8.8	Southern Europe
17	Switzerland	8.7	Western Europe
18	Slovakia	8.5	Eastern Europe
=19	Austria	8.4	Western Europe
=19	Liechtenstein	8.4	Western Europe
=19	Russia	8.4	Eastern Europe
=22	Bulgaria	8.3	Eastern Europe
=22	Croatia	8.3	Southern Europe
24	Hungary	8.2	Eastern Europe
25	Germany	8.1	Western Europe
=26	Portugal	7.9	Southern Europe
=26	Slovenia	7.9	Southern Europe
28	Finland	7.8	Northern Europe
=29	Bosnia and Herzegovina	7.7	Southern Europe
=29	Czechia	7.7	Eastern Europe
=29	Malta	7.7	Southern Europe
32	Romania	7.5	Eastern Europe
33	Estonia	7.1	Northern Europe
34	Belarus	7.0	Eastern Europe
=35	Andorra	6.9	Southern Europe
=35	Latvia	6.9	Northern Europe
=35	Poland	6.9	Eastern Europe
=38	Greece	6.6	Southern Europe
=38	Lithuania	6.6	Northern Europe
40	Spain	6.5	Southern Europe
41	Italy	6.3	Southern Europe
42	Ukraine	5.5	Eastern Europe
43	San Marino	4.2	Southern Europe

No World Bank figure for Vatican City.

Territories and other places

Not ranked: dependencies of the states above, places whose status is disputed. Highest first.

Place	Per 1,000 people	Status
Faroe Islands	10.8	Territory of Denmark
Isle of Man	8.3	Territory of United Kingdom

Questions

Which country in Europe has the highest birth rate?: Iceland has the highest birth rate in Europe: 11.2 births per 1,000 people (2024). Next come Montenegro (11.2 births per 1,000 people) and Moldova (10.6 births per 1,000 people).
Which country in Europe has the lowest birth rate?: San Marino, with 4.2 births per 1,000 people (2024).
What is the typical birth rate of a country in Europe?: The median of the 43 countries in Europe is 8.3 births per 1,000 people: half are above it, half below. The median, not the average, because a few countries at the top would drag an average far above almost everyone.
Where do the figures come from?: Live births in a year for every 1,000 people living in the country. Source: World Bank, 2024. Only independent states are ranked; territories are listed separately. A country’s continent follows Natural Earth; the handful of island states it files under the open ocean are placed by their UN subregion.

Source: World Bank (CC BY 4.0). Figures more than 5 years older than the newest are left out rather than shown beside current ones. Countries sharing a value share a rank. All sources.