Italy vs Spain: Birth rate
Italy
6.46 births per 1,000 people
in 2023
Spain
7.03 births per 1,000 people
in 2023
Italy rank
224th
Spain rank
222nd
Birth rate over time
- Italy
- Spain
How they compare
Spain currently reports 7.03 births per 1,000 people against 6.46 births per 1,000 people in Italy, a difference of 0.57 births per 1,000 people.
That makes Spain's figure about 1.1 times Italy's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Spain ahead.
Italy ranks 224th and Spain ranks 222nd of 236 countries.
Spain has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Italy | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 18.36 births per 1,000 people | 20.86 births per 1,000 people | 2.5 births per 1,000 people | Spain |
| 1960s | 18.49 births per 1,000 people | 20.94 births per 1,000 people | 2.45 births per 1,000 people | Spain |
| 1970s | 14.86 births per 1,000 people | 18.59 births per 1,000 people | 3.73 births per 1,000 people | Spain |
| 1980s | 10.39 births per 1,000 people | 12.38 births per 1,000 people | 1.99 births per 1,000 people | Spain |
| 1990s | 9.51 births per 1,000 people | 9.59 births per 1,000 people | 0.082 births per 1,000 people | Spain |
| 2000s | 9.47 births per 1,000 people | 10.33 births per 1,000 people | 0.8578 births per 1,000 people | Spain |
| 2010s | 8.12 births per 1,000 people | 8.93 births per 1,000 people | 0.8171 births per 1,000 people | Spain |
| 2020s | 6.7 births per 1,000 people | 7.12 births per 1,000 people | 0.417 births per 1,000 people | Spain |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher birth rate, Italy or Spain?
- Spain, at 7.03 births per 1,000 people against 6.46 births per 1,000 people in Italy as of 2023.
- What is the difference in birth rate between Italy and Spain?
- 0.57 births per 1,000 people, with Spain ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Spain?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Italy and Spain rank globally for birth rate?
- Italy ranks 224th and Spain ranks 222nd of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Birth rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Number of live births in a year per 1,000 people in the population.