Analysis of the trend in the birth rate in the Basque Country between the years 2000 and 2022 shows a fall over this period. In 2000 the rate stood at 8.7 per thousand inhabitants, but by 2022 it had fallen to 6.6.
By regions, Navarra had the highest rate in most of recent years, while Bizkaia and Zuberoa had the lowest. In any case, the trend is similar in all of them.
According to 2022 figures, both the Basque Country (6.6) and other areas around it are below the European average (EU27, 8.7), while certain nearby regions (such as Brussels-Capital at 12.1 or Île de France at 13.2) have significantly higher rates.
Most Spanish regions have low birth rates (for example Galicia 5.4 and Asturias 4.7).
Other European regions have quite high birth rates; as in the case of Mayotte (36-0), Guyana (26.6) and the Şanlıurfa and Diyarbakır region in north-west Turkey (24.0).