It is the country of the EU where the number of children born from immigrants exceeds that of native babies.
The number of infants in the EU I had never fallen so abruptly. The latest Eurostat data indicate a drop of 5.4% of the number of new children, only 3.67 million in 2023, The deepest descent you recorded. In other words, the EU will have almost twice less infants than six decades ago.
However, The children of immigrants seem to stop the decline Demographic of the continent when they go against the general trend. The child’s rate born from a foreign mother between 2014 and 2023 grew in most EU Member States, on average of 5.3%.
Poland records the greatest growth of immigrant babies
During the period 2014-2023, The number of babies of mothers The migrants grew by 645% in Poland, with a strong leap following the large -scale vigasure of Ukraine. Poland is the second country in Europe with the largest Ukrainian refugee population.
Even rates have increased abruptly in Malta+159%, Estonia, +92%and Portugal, +91%. The only EU members where migrant children’s rates were lowered were Croatia, -41.3%, Greece, -33.7%, Italy, -27.5%, Latvia, 19.1%and France with -0.5%.
Immigrant babies exceed the natives of Luxembourg
Almost a quarter of infants (23%) In the EU in 2023 they were of a foreign mother. In Luxembourg, they significantly exceeded those born from two Luxembourg parents (67% compared to 33%).
There were also percentages of at least 30% In Germany, Spain, Austria, Sweden and Belgium, among other countries, while in France the babies of a foreign mother were 25%. On the other side of the spectrum, the lowest percentagesAll below 5%, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Latvia, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia were recorded.
Which EU countries have tallest and lower fertility rates?
As for the total number of births -Inmigrant and native-, the EU fertility rate dropped to 1.48 born live from her mother. The highest rate of fertility in the EU was recorded in Bulgaria (1.81 live for women), followed by France (1.66) and Hungary (1,55).
The lowest fertility rates They were recorded in Malta (1.06 living for women), Spain (1.12) and Lithuania (1.18).
