ISTANBUL (AA) - Europe's youngest country with an average of age of 29.7, Turkey is also the top ranking country in number of the newborn babies, which is about 1.3 million in 2012.
According to the data gathered by Anadolu Agency correspondent from the recent statistics released by the European Statistical Office (EuroStat), the young population of Turkey, seen as the main factor attracting foreign direct investements to the country, is mounting day by day.
In 2012, 1,279,864 inviduals were added to the Turkish population, making Turkey the leading country among European countries with crude birth rate of 17 per 1,000 inhabitants.
France is the second after Turkey in the European ranking with 822,884 newborn babies, which is closely followed by Britain, Germany and Spain.
Liechtenstein ranks the last where only 356 new individuals were added in 2012 to the population of Europe's one of the smallest country, which was already 36,475.
The other European countries with the lowest population growth in the European area are Malta, Iceland and Luxembourg.
The number of the newborn, birth rates, and population in 2012 in European countries are as follows:
| Ranking |
Countries |
No. of newborn |
Birth rate (per 1,000 people) |
2012 population |
| 1 |
Turkey |
1,279,864 |
17 |
74,724,269 |
| 2 |
France |
822,884 |
12.6 |
65,327,724 |
| 3 |
Britain |
812,970 |
12.8 |
63,256,141 |
| 4 |
Germany |
671,000 |
8.2 |
81,843,743 |
| 5 |
Spain |
456,778 |
9.9 |
46,196,276 |
| 6 |
Poland |
386,257 |
10 |
38,538,447 |
| 7 |
Romania |
201,104 |
9.4 |
21,355,849 |
| 8 |
The Netherlands |
175,457 |
10.5 |
16,730,348 |
| 9 |
Belgium |
127,000 |
11.4 |
11,094,850 |
| 10 |
Sweden |
113,177 |
11.9 |
9,482,855 |
| 11 |
Czech Republic |
108,576 |
10.3 |
10,505,445 |
| 12 |
Hungary |
90,300 |
9.1 |
9,957,731 |
| 13 |
Portugal |
89,841 |
8.5 |
10,541,840 |
| 14 |
Switzerland |
82,164 |
10.3 |
7,954,662 |
| 15 |
Austria |
78,952 |
9.3 |
8,443,018 |
| 16 |
Ireland |
72,225 |
15.7 |
4,582,769 |
| 17 |
Bulgaria |
69,121 |
9.5 |
7,327,224 |
| 18 |
Norway |
60,255 |
12 |
4,985,870 |
| 19 |
Finland |
59,493 |
11 |
5,401,267 |
| 20 |
Denmark |
57,916 |
10.4 |
5,580,516 |
| 21 |
Slovakia |
55,535 |
10.3 |
5,404,322 |
| 22 |
Bosnia Herzegovina |
32,072 |
8.4 |
3,839,265 |
| 23 |
Lithuania |
30,459 |
10.2 |
3,007,758 |
| 24 |
Kosovo |
27,743 |
15.4 |
1,800,000 |
| 25 |
Yugoslavia |
23,568 |
11.4 |
2,059,794 |
| 26 |
Slovenia |
21,711 |
10.6 |
2,055,496 |
| 27 |
Latvia |
19,897 |
9.8 |
2,041,763 |
| 28 |
Estonia |
14,056 |
10.9 |
1,339,662 |
| 29 |
Montenegro |
7,459 |
12 |
621,24 |
| 30 |
Luxembourg |
6,026 |
11.3 |
524,853 |
| 31 |
Iceland |
4,533 |
14.1 |
319,575 |
| 32 |
Malta |
4,130 |
9.8 |
417,52 |
| 33 |
Liechtenstein |
356 |
9.7 |
36,475 |
