According to Eurostat data, there were just over 5 million new births registered in the EU in 2014, with France recording the highest fertility rate. The data indicated the average age a woman has her first child is 29 years old. Greece had 92,000 new births in 2014, with Greek women bearing their first child at 30 years old. The EU fertility rate rose from 1.46 child in 2001 to 1.58 in 2014 and on the low end ranges from 1.23 in Portugal to the top end of 2.01 in France. The Greek fertility rate increased slightly from 1.46 in 2001 to 1.58 in 2014, the second worst after Portugal in the EU. Following France on the high spectrum were Ireland, Sweden and the UK.