Fertility Rate By Country 2024. The birth rate is the number of live births per 1,000 people in a population over a specific period of time (typically a year). The replacement level is the rate at which population size remains constant from generation to generation;
The estimates are based on all available sources of data on population size and levels of fertility, mortality and international migration for 237 countries or areas. Among the eu countries, france (1.79 live births per woman) had the highest total fertility rate, followed by romania (1.71) and bulgaria (1.65).