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Births. By sex. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces

Births. Live births. By sex. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces Catalonia
Boys Girls Total
2022 29,187 27,195 56,382
2021 29,604 28,030 57,634
2020 29,832 28,632 58,464
2019 31,453 30,095 61,548
2018 32,623 30,943 63,566
2017 34,462 32,341 66,803
2016 35,435 33,539 68,974
2015 36,406 34,044 70,450
2014 37,114 34,475 71,589
Source: Idescat. Births Statistics.
Note: From 2012 onwards, as well as births by resident mothers taking place within Catalonia, this also includes births by mothers resident in Catalonia taking place in other autonomous communities.

Last update: December 12, 2023.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Birth
According to the International classification of diseases (9th revision), complete expulsion or extraction from the body of the mother the product of conception, either living or dead, after six or more months of gestation.
Live birth
According to the International classification of diseases (9th revision), complete expulsion or extraction from the body of the mother the product of conception, which, after this separation, breathes or shows any other sign of life regardless of the duration of the gestation period.

Methodological aspects

The Births Statistics provide information on the births, deliveries and late foetal deaths of people residing in Catalonia according to their demographic and social characteristics.

The original source of the data is the Statistical Bulletin of Births (BEP), filled in by the parents or persons obliged by law to declare the birth or, if this is not possible, by the civil registrar.

The data include all births of women residing in Catalonia, both those registered in the civil registers of Catalonia and those registered in the civil registers of other autonomous communities. In 2011 and previous years, the data refer only to births of women residing in Catalonia registered in the civil registers of Catalonia.

The data are disseminated annually in two phases: provisional data and definitive data, which incorporate a greater exhaustiveness of the file and the filtering of the main variables.

Idescat compiles this statistical operation in collaboration with the INE.

You can get more information about these statistics in the methodology.