Population Births in Europe

In 2025, 6,207,369 people was born in Europe. That is a -1.05% decrease of births when compared to previous year. This number is set to decrease by 65923 births in 2026, when the total birth count for the year, is project to be 6,141,446.

Historic Birth Count in Europe (1950-2025)

Europe has seen a decrease of births since the 1950's. From 12,167,798 to 6,207,369 yearly births, a total decrease of -48.99%.

Date Source: UN World Population Prospects (2024) | License: CCBY | Note: Values indicate mid year (1 July)
YearBirths
195012,167,798
195112,066,148
195212,050,251
195311,993,506
195412,043,686
195512,070,477
195612,059,533
195712,143,271
195812,134,428
195912,222,241
196012,182,189
196112,060,953
196211,763,196
196311,670,822
196411,455,846
196511,101,917
196610,961,779
196710,971,322
196810,777,483
196910,670,281
197010,564,868
197110,642,399
197210,518,436
197310,327,331
197410,443,501
197510,306,751
197610,272,948
197710,197,999
197810,154,627
197910,160,164
198010,195,384
198110,087,308
198210,145,460
198310,201,846
198410,104,767
198510,007,297
198610,118,419
198710,069,799
19889,917,070
19899,574,965
19909,338,614
19918,949,893
19928,553,024
19938,106,493
19947,905,413
19957,695,071
19967,600,873
19977,499,053
19987,414,230
19997,267,157
20007,307,709
20017,248,344
20027,317,803
20037,461,368
20047,580,448
20057,562,328
20067,708,811
20077,906,664
20088,200,935
20098,227,461
20108,236,451
20118,102,069
20128,181,389
20138,013,442
20148,037,361
20157,957,497
20167,933,467
20177,605,380
20187,371,056
20197,127,099
20206,947,411
20216,903,632
20226,520,637
20236,337,695
20246,272,979
20256,207,369

Birth Count Projections for 🏳️ Europe in 2026

  • In 2026, 6,141,446 babies will be born in Europe.
  • For every 1,000 children born in Europe, 79.0958 will succumb due to infant mortality.
  • This year, 65,923 less babies will be born in Europe when compared to previous year.

Future Births in Europe (2026-2100)

Europe's negative trend in yearly birth count is not projected to continue into the future. The number of newborns per year will decrease from 6,141,446 to 4,943,184 between the year 2026 and 2100. A decrease of Europe's yearly birth count by -19.51% in 74 years.

YearBirths
20266,141,446
20276,089,427
20286,050,415
20296,019,069
20306,000,799
20315,994,596
20326,003,058
20336,022,559
20346,056,074
20356,094,672
20366,143,792
20376,190,146
20386,238,676
20396,284,098
20406,324,612
20416,361,064
20426,389,418
20436,407,023
20446,404,399
20456,388,157
20466,357,951
20476,313,726
20486,256,978
20496,187,530
20506,112,452
20516,030,803
20525,948,043
20535,868,098
20545,788,035
20555,712,088
20565,643,583
20575,586,617
20585,533,940
20595,491,625
20605,458,625
20615,433,978
20625,417,964
20635,407,268
20645,406,174
20655,411,887
20665,417,939
20675,428,223
20685,443,218
20695,460,478
20705,477,116
20715,490,358
20725,503,058
20735,514,026
20745,518,679
20755,514,907
20765,509,259
20775,498,417
20785,478,251
20795,456,490
20805,429,743
20815,396,819
20825,361,278
20835,322,998
20845,282,692
20855,241,984
20865,202,228
20875,165,075
20885,129,184
20895,094,271
20905,064,424
20915,037,585
20925,013,293
20934,991,549
20944,976,157
20954,963,681
20964,954,453
20974,947,865
20984,945,699
20994,942,814
21004,943,184

Data Information

Data found on this page is based on the medium fertility variant of the United Nations Revision of World Population Prospects 2024.

Data Published: 2024-07-11

Data Sources

The United Nations - Department of Economic and Social Affairs (Population Division)

Source data made available by UN Revision of World Population Prospects 2024 under CC BY 3.0 IGO.

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