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Crude birth rate

The crude birth rate relates the number of births during the year to the average population in that year. The value is expressed per 1000 inhabitants.

Additional information on Eurostat web page

  2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
EU (27 countries) 10.6 10.4 10.3 10.3 10.4 10.4 10.6 10.6 10.9 10.7  (p) 10.7  (bp) 10.4  (bp)
Euro area (17 countries) 10.7 10.4 10.4 10.3 10.4 10.3 10.4 10.4 10.5 10.3  (p) 10.3  (bp) 10.1  (bp)
Euro area (16 countries) 10.7 10.4 10.4 10.4 10.4 10.3 10.4 10.4 10.5 10.3  (p) 10.3  (bp) 10.1  (bp)
Belgium 11.4 11.2 10.9 11.0 11.3 11.4 11.6 11.7 11.9 11.8 11.9 11.9  (bp)
Bulgaria 9.0 8.5 8.5 8.6 9.0 9.2 9.6 9.8 10.2 10.7 10.0 9.6  (b)
Czech Republic 8.8 8.9 9.1 9.2 9.6 10.0 10.3 11.1 11.5 11.3 11.1 10.4  (bp)
Denmark 12.6 12.2 11.9 12.0 12.0 11.9 12.0 11.7 11.8 11.4 11.4 10.6
Germany 9.3 8.9 8.7 8.6 8.6 8.3 8.2 8.3 8.3 8.1 8.3 8.1  (p)
Estonia 9.5 9.3 9.6 9.6 10.4 10.7 11.1 11.8 12.0 11.8 11.8 11.0
Ireland 14.4 15.0 15.4 15.4 15.2 14.8 15.4 16.2 16.7 16.7 16.5  (p) 16.3  (bp)
Greece 9.5 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 9.7 10.0 10.0 10.5 10.5 10.1 9.4  (p)
Spain 9.9 10.0 10.1 10.5 10.6 10.7 10.9 10.9 11.4 10.8 10.5 10.2  (p)
France 13.3 13.1 12.9 12.8 12.8 12.8 13.1 12.8 12.9  (p) 12.8  (p) 12.9  (p) 12.7  (p)
Italy 9.5 9.4 9.4 9.4 9.7 9.5 9.5 9.5 9.6 9.5 9.3 9.0  (p)
Cyprus 12.2 11.6 11.1 11.2 11.2 10.9 11.3 10.9 11.6 12.0 11.8  (b) 11.3
Latvia 8.5 8.3 8.6 9.0 8.8 9.3 9.7 10.2 10.6 9.6 8.6 9.1  (bp)
Lithuania 9.8 9.1 8.7 8.9 8.9 8.9 9.2 9.6 10.4 11.0 10.8 11.3  (b)
Luxembourg 13.1 12.4 12.0 11.7 11.9 11.5 11.7 11.4 11.5 11.3 11.6 10.9  (p)
Hungary 9.6 9.5 9.5 9.3 9.4 9.7 9.9 9.7 9.9 9.6 9.0 8.8  (p)
Malta 11.5 10.1  (b) 9.9 10.2 9.7 9.6 9.6 9.5 10.0 10.0 9.6 10.3  (bp)
Netherlands 13.0 12.6 12.5 12.3 11.9 11.5 11.3 11.1 11.2 11.2 11.1 10.8
Austria 9.8 9.4 9.7 9.5 9.7 9.5 9.4 9.2 9.3 9.1 9.4 9.3
Poland 9.9  (b) 9.6 9.3 9.2 9.3 9.5 9.8 10.2 10.9 10.9 10.8 10.1  (bp)
Portugal 11.7 11.0 11.0 10.8 10.4 10.4 10.0 9.7 9.8 9.4 9.5 9.2  (bp)
Romania 10.4 10.0 9.7 9.8 10.0 10.2 10.2 10.0 10.3 10.4 9.9  (p) 9.2  (p)
Slovenia 9.1 8.8 8.8 8.7 9.0 9.1 9.4 9.8 10.8  (b) 10.7 10.9 10.7  (p)
Slovakia 10.2 9.5 9.5 9.6 10.0 10.1 10.0 10.1 10.6 11.3 11.1 11.3  (b)
Finland 11.0 10.8 10.7 10.9 11.0 11.0 11.2 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.1
Sweden 10.2 10.3 10.7 11.1 11.2 11.2 11.7 11.7 11.9 12.0 12.3 11.8
United Kingdom 11.5 11.3 11.3 11.7 12.0 12.0 12.4 12.7 12.9 12.8 13.0  (p) 12.9  (p)
Iceland 15.3 14.4 14.1 14.3 14.5 14.4 14.5 14.6 15.2 15.8 15.4 14.1
Liechtenstein 12.9 12.1 11.7 10.2 10.8 11.0 10.3 10.0 9.9 11.4 9.1 10.9  (p)
Norway 13.2 12.6 12.2 12.4 12.4 12.3 12.6 12.4 12.7 12.8 12.6 12.2
Switzerland 10.9 10.0 9.9 9.8 9.9 9.8 9.8 9.9 10.0 10.1 10.3 10.2  (bp)
Montenegro 15.0 14.4 13.7 13.5 12.6 11.8 12.1 12.5 13.1 13.7 12.0  (b) ..
Croatia 9.8 9.2 9.0 8.9 9.1 9.6 9.3 9.4 9.9 10.1 9.8 9.4
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the 14.5 13.3 13.7 13.3 11.5 11.0 11.1 11.1 11.2 11.5 11.8 11.1  (p)
Turkey 20.2 19.9 19.7 19.4 19.1 18.9 18.7  (p) 18.1  (b) 17.8 17.4 16.9 17.2  (p)

(..) - not available
(p) - provisional
(b) - break in series

Source: Eurostat

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