BRUSSELS, October 27. /TASS/. Europe’s birth rate has dipped to its lowest point since 2001, with the total fertility rate standing at 1.34 children per woman in 2024, according to Eurostat, or the European Statistical Office.

The service reported that the lowest rates, below one child per woman, were recorded in 16 regions in Spain, seven regions in Poland, five regions in Italy, three regions in Greece, two regions in Germany, and two - in Lithuania.

According to Eurostat, over the past twenty years, birth rates in the European Union have remained below the natural replacement level of 2.10 children per woman, fluctuating between 1.34 and 1.57.

The total fertility rate (TFR) is the average number of children that are born to a woman through her reproductive years under current age-specific fertility rates.