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

Births. Live births. By sex. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces 2018
Boys Girls Total
Alt Camp 171 163 334
Alt Empordà 688 615 1,303
Alt Penedès 477 420 897
Alt Urgell 56 62 118
Alta Ribagorça 16 14 30
Anoia 500 477 977
Aran 43 26 69
Bages 804 716 1,520
Baix Camp 853 813 1,666
Baix Ebre 305 316 621
Baix Empordà 549 520 1,069
Baix Llobregat 3,442 3,214 6,656
Baix Penedès 418 369 787
Barcelonès 9,673 9,371 19,044
Berguedà 134 120 254
Cerdanya 61 62 123
Conca de Barberà 78 66 144
Garraf 582 550 1,132
Garrigues 75 54 129
Garrotxa 260 220 480
Gironès 1,024 954 1,978
Maresme 1,730 1,742 3,472
Moianès 49 47 96
Montsià 271 242 513
Noguera 155 144 299
Osona 739 683 1,422
Pallars Jussà 43 38 81
Pallars Sobirà 27 20 47
Pla d'Urgell 143 153 296
Pla de l'Estany 140 133 273
Priorat 19 18 37
Ribera d'Ebre 66 62 128
Ripollès 81 78 159
Segarra 103 93 196
Segrià 916 863 1,779
Selva 678 697 1,375
Solsonès 57 51 108
Tarragonès 1,203 1,124 2,327
Terra Alta 44 36 80
Urgell 169 161 330
Vallès Occidental 4,062 3,870 7,932
Vallès Oriental 1,719 1,566 3,285
Catalonia 32,623 30,943 63,566
Metropolità 20,642 19,777 40,419
Comarques Gironines 3,420 3,217 6,637
Camp de Tarragona 2,324 2,184 4,508
Terres de l'Ebre 686 656 1,342
Ponent 1,561 1,468 3,029
Comarques Centrals 1,791 1,626 3,417
Alt Pirineu i Aran 246 222 468
Penedès 1,953 1,793 3,746
Barcelona 23,911 22,776 46,687
Girona 3,473 3,272 6,745
Lleida 1,811 1,686 3,497
Tarragona 3,428 3,209 6,637
Source: Idescat. Births Statistics.

Last update: January 9, 2020. 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.