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Crude birth rate
Catalonia Spain European Union-27
2022 7.2 6.9 (b) Break in time series 8.7 (b) Break in time series
2021 7.4 7.1 9.1 (b) Break in time series
2020 7.6 7.2 9.1 (p) Provisional value
2019 8.0 7.6 9.3 (b) Break in time series
2018 8.4 7.9 9.5 (e) Estimated value
2017 8.9 8.4 9.7 (b) Break in time series
2016 9.2 8.8 9.8
2015 9.5 9.0 9.7 (b) Break in time series
2014 9.6 9.2 9.8 (b) Break in time series
2013 9.6 9.1 9.7
2012 10.3 9.7 10.0 (b) Break in time series
2011 10.8 10.1 10.1 (b) Break in time series
2010 11.2 10.4 10.4 (b) Break in time series
2009 11.4 10.6 10.5
2008 12.1 11.3 10.6 (b) Break in time series
2007 11.6 10.9 10.4
2006 11.6 10.8 10.3
2005 11.5 10.6 10.2
2004 11.3 10.6 10.2
2003 11.0 10.4 10.2
2002 10.5 10.1 10.1
2001 10.2 9.9 10.2 (b) Break in time series
2000 10.2 9.8 10.5 (b) Break in time series
Units: Per 1,000 inhabitants.
Source Catalonia: Idescat; INE. Source Spain and European Union: Eurostat.
(b) Break in time series.
(p) Provisional value.
(e) Estimated value.

Last update: July 27, 2023. Revised series on March 13, 2024.

NAIX

These statistics have a specific section with all the information available: Birth Statistics (NAIX).

Methodological note

Crude birth rate is the number of live births during the year relative ito the average population in that year. The value is expressed per 1,000 inhabitants.

Live births : Births of children with some sign of life. This is the number of births excluding stillbirths (total births include live births and stillbirths).

The data for Catalonia have been calculated using population estimates and figures on Births Statistics. From 2012 onwards, the data is reported annually in two phases: the provisional data, based on events concerning residents registered with civil registries of Catalonia, and the definitive data, with events concerning all residents (including those registered with civil registries in other autonomous communities).