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

Births. Live births. By sex. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces 2016
Boys Girls Total
Alt Camp 217 205 422
Alt Empordà 628 617 1,245
Alt Penedès 548 467 1,015
Alt Urgell 70 78 148
Alta Ribagorça 21 7 28
Anoia 541 549 1,090
Aran 49 42 91
Bages 804 794 1,598
Baix Camp 946 846 1,792
Baix Ebre 348 344 692
Baix Empordà 649 592 1,241
Baix Llobregat 3,818 3,653 7,471
Baix Penedès 438 411 849
Barcelonès 10,262 9,754 20,016
Berguedà 168 149 317
Cerdanya 90 60 150
Conca de Barberà 100 66 166
Garraf 622 607 1,229
Garrigues 76 67 143
Garrotxa 247 242 489
Gironès 1,062 1,033 2,095
Maresme 2,028 1,876 3,904
Moianès 59 57 116
Montsià 273 274 547
Noguera 155 151 306
Osona 750 713 1,463
Pallars Jussà 39 39 78
Pallars Sobirà 16 26 42
Pla d'Urgell 151 165 316
Pla de l'Estany 172 132 304
Priorat 26 35 61
Ribera d'Ebre 101 76 177
Ripollès 79 63 142
Segarra 110 107 217
Segrià 1,001 966 1,967
Selva 781 744 1,525
Solsonès 79 71 150
Tarragonès 1,227 1,203 2,430
Terra Alta 45 42 87
Urgell 171 163 334
Vallès Occidental 4,643 4,259 8,902
Vallès Oriental 1,825 1,794 3,619
Catalonia 35,435 33,539 68,974
Metropolità 22,589 21,358 43,947
Comarques Gironines 3,618 3,423 7,041
Camp de Tarragona 2,516 2,355 4,871
Terres de l'Ebre 767 736 1,503
Ponent 1,664 1,619 3,283
Comarques Centrals 1,871 1,785 3,656
Alt Pirineu i Aran 285 252 537
Penedès 2,125 2,011 4,136
Barcelona 26,067 24,669 50,736
Girona 3,697 3,478 7,175
Lleida 1,950 1,890 3,840
Tarragona 3,721 3,502 7,223
Source: Idescat. Births Statistics.

Last update: January 10, 2018. Revised series on January 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.