Total fertility rate

In 2024, the EU-27 figure for total fertility rate was 1.34 .

That is a 2.9% fell versus 2023 (1.38).

Over the five years before that, the EU-27 aggregate moved 12.4% lower.

Across member states, Bulgaria reported the highest value (1.72, 2024) and Malta the lowest (1.01, 2024) — a ratio of 1.7× between the two ends of the range.

The figures below come from Eurostat dataset tps00199; every value links back to the canonical source.