Live births and crude birth rate

In 2024, the EU-27 figure for live births and crude birth rate was 8 .

That is a 3.7% fell versus 2023 (8).

Over the five years before that, the EU-27 aggregate moved 15.1% lower.

Across member states, Cyprus reported the highest value (10, 2024) and Italy the lowest (6, 2024) — a ratio of 1.6× between the two ends of the range.

The figures below come from Eurostat dataset tps00204; every value links back to the canonical source.