Over 5 million babies born in the EU in 2015 - Women first became mothers at almost 29 on average
Thursday, March 9, 2017
In 2015, 5.103 million babies were born in the European Union (EU), compared with 5.063 million in 2001 (the first year comparable statistics are available). Among Member States, France continued to record the highest number of births (799 700 in 2015), ahead of the United Kingdom (776 700), Germany (737 600), Italy (485 800), Spain (418 400) and Poland (369 300). On average in the EU, women who gave birth to their ...