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Children per woman · Latest available · 2024Children a woman would bear over her life at today’s age-specific birth rates. Countries with a figure: 27 of 27. Equal intervals from low to high. Colours show values, not whether a result is good or bad. The latest year can differ by country; see the data table for each year. Malta, Luxembourg and Cyprus have enlarged markers. Outlines are simplified; overseas territories are not 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EU countriesChildren per womanLatest available · 2024Sweden: 1.43 · 2024Spain: 1.1 · 2024Slovakia: 1.46 · 2024Slovenia: 1.52 · 2024Romania: 1.39 · 2024Portugal: 1.41 · 2024Poland: 1.14 · 2024the Netherlands: 1.43 · 2024Malta: 1.01 · 2024Luxembourg: 1.25 · 2024Lithuania: 1.11 · 2024Latvia: 1.24 · 2024Italy: 1.18 · 2024Ireland: 1.47 · 2024Hungary: 1.41 · 2024Greece: 1.24 · 2024Germany: 1.36 · 2024France: 1.61 · 2024Finland: 1.25 · 2024Estonia: 1.18 · 2024Denmark: 1.47 · 2024Czechia: 1.36 · 2024Cyprus: 1.38 · 2024Croatia: 1.46 · 2024Bulgaria: 1.72 · 2024Belgium: 1.44 · 2024Austria: 1.31 · 20241.011.1521.2941.4361.5781.72No data / outside the EUCountries with a figure: 27 of 27.Children a woman would bear over her life at today’s age-specific birth rates.Equal intervals from low to high. Colours show values, not whether a result is good or bad. Thelatest year can differ by country; see the data table for each year.Eurostat · Children per woman · Latest available · 2024Natural Earth · Eurostat · averageperson.eu
1.01 – 1.152
> 1.152 – 1.294
> 1.294 – 1.436
> 1.436 – 1.578
> 1.578 – 1.72
No data / outside the EU

Malta, Luxembourg and Cyprus have enlarged markers. Outlines are simplified; overseas territories are not shown.

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Children a woman would bear over her life at today’s age-specific birth rates.

Equal intervals from low to high. Colours show values, not whether a result is good or bad. The latest year can differ by country; see the data table for each year.

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