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

Births. Live births. By sex. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces 2017
Boys Girls Total
Alt Camp 193 188 381
Alt Empordà 680 660 1,340
Alt Penedès 493 470 963
Alt Urgell 73 69 142
Alta Ribagorça 14 12 26
Anoia 588 483 1,071
Aran 45 35 80
Bages 838 743 1,581
Baix Camp 961 863 1,824
Baix Ebre 345 330 675
Baix Empordà 583 582 1,165
Baix Llobregat 3,606 3,427 7,033
Baix Penedès 418 409 827
Barcelonès 10,304 9,519 19,823
Berguedà 133 133 266
Cerdanya 68 65 133
Conca de Barberà 97 72 169
Garraf 584 551 1,135
Garrigues 70 54 124
Garrotxa 253 211 464
Gironès 1,037 993 2,030
Maresme 1,934 1,799 3,733
Moianès 50 55 105
Montsià 268 269 537
Noguera 153 130 283
Osona 725 717 1,442
Pallars Jussà 42 38 80
Pallars Sobirà 28 26 54
Pla d'Urgell 192 159 351
Pla de l'Estany 164 154 318
Priorat 25 31 56
Ribera d'Ebre 85 75 160
Ripollès 82 92 174
Segarra 82 102 184
Segrià 967 959 1,926
Selva 734 683 1,417
Solsonès 76 75 151
Tarragonès 1,156 1,166 2,322
Terra Alta 22 33 55
Urgell 153 158 311
Vallès Occidental 4,345 4,016 8,361
Vallès Oriental 1,796 1,735 3,531
Catalonia 34,462 32,341 66,803
Metropolità 21,994 20,511 42,505
Comarques Gironines 3,533 3,375 6,908
Camp de Tarragona 2,432 2,320 4,752
Terres de l'Ebre 720 707 1,427
Ponent 1,617 1,562 3,179
Comarques Centrals 1,846 1,728 3,574
Alt Pirineu i Aran 270 245 515
Penedès 2,050 1,893 3,943
Barcelona 25,401 23,639 49,040
Girona 3,583 3,439 7,022
Lleida 1,908 1,827 3,735
Tarragona 3,570 3,436 7,006
Source: Idescat. Births Statistics.

Last update: January 10, 2019. 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.