EU sees record drop in births, data shows

The fertility rate across the EU’s 27 countries decreased to 1.38 live births per woman in 2023, below the replacement level of 2.1, marking the largest annual decline since 1961 according to Eurostat. With declining birth rates since the mid-1960s, Europe’s population is aging rapidly, leading to labor shortages and increased migration concerns, while some countries like Bulgaria, France, and Hungary reported higher fertility rates compared to Malta, Spain, and Lithuania. Despite more deaths than births, the EU population grew to 449.2 million in 2023 due to migration.

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