Live births by mother's age and activity status by country
Countries reporting
37
Highest
677,117
Germany
Lowest
341
Liechtenstein
Median
53,428
Years covered
18
2007–2024
Data points
449
What the numbers show
Live births by mother's age and activity status is currently reported for 37 countries. The highest value is 677,117 in Germany; the lowest is 341 in Liechtenstein.
The median across all reporting countries is 53,428, and the mean is 104,342.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 1,986.
Over the past decade 6 countries rose and 19 fell. The largest increase was in Luxembourg (up 6.4%), and the largest decrease in Moldova (down 40.7%).
Live births by mother's age and activity status: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany | 677,117 | 2024 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 2 | France | 661,236 | 2024 | — | falling |
| 3 | Italy | 369,944 | 2024 | down 26.4% | falling |
| 4 | Spain | 317,255 | 2024 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 5 | Poland | 251,782 | 2024 | down 32.9% | falling |
| 6 | Netherlands | 166,143 | 2024 | — | flat |
| 7 | Romania | 143,637 | 2024 | down 27.7% | falling |
| 8 | Belgium | 109,154 | 2024 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 9 | Sweden | 98,451 | 2024 | — | falling |
| 10 | Portugal | 84,642 | 2024 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 11 | Czechia | 84,311 | 2024 | — | falling |
| 12 | Hungary | 78,868 | 2024 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 13 | Switzerland | 78,256 | 2024 | — | falling |
| 14 | Austria | 77,238 | 2024 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 15 | Greece | 68,309 | 2024 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 16 | Serbia | 60,845 | 2024 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 17 | Denmark | 57,079 | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 18 | Norway | 54,013 | 2024 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 19 | Bulgaria | 53,428 | 2024 | — | falling |
| 20 | Ireland | 53,158 | 2024 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 21 | Slovakia | 46,241 | 2024 | — | falling |
| 22 | Finland | 43,720 | 2024 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 23 | Georgia | 39,483 | 2024 | — | falling |
| 24 | Croatia | 32,069 | 2024 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 25 | Moldova | 24,123 | 2023 | down 40.7% | falling |
| 26 | Albania | 23,310 | 2024 | — | falling |
| 27 | Lithuania | 19,086 | 2024 | down 35.0% | falling |
| 28 | Slovenia | 16,875 | 2024 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 29 | North Macedonia | 16,061 | 2024 | down 31.9% | falling |
| 30 | Latvia | 12,887 | 2024 | — | falling |
| 31 | Cyprus | 9,766 | 2024 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 32 | Estonia | 9,690 | 2024 | down 31.1% | falling |
| 33 | Montenegro | 6,977 | 2024 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 34 | Luxembourg | 6,459 | 2024 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 35 | Malta | 4,374 | 2024 | — | flat |
| 36 | Iceland | 4,311 | 2024 | — | falling |
| 37 | Liechtenstein | 341 | 2024 | up 4.9% | flat |