Die durchschnittliche Kinderzahl pro Frau erreicht in Spanien einen neuen historischen Tiefstand

ss: Last year, 320,656 children were born in Spain, 25% less than in 2013.  but, The number of births to mothers over 40 years old has increased by 19% in the last ten years

The average number of children per woman recorded a new historical low last year: 1.12, far from the 2.1 experts consider the replacement fertility rate, the minimum necessary for a closed population to sustain itself over time. 

The statistics also indicate the growing presence of the immigrant population. More than 31% of the children born last year were born to a mother who was foreign-born (compared to 29.5% in 2022)

Another reality shown by INE indicators is that there are fewer people getting married, and those who do, do it later. In 2023, 172,430 marriages were registered, 3.7% fewer than in 2022 – which holds the highest figure of the last decade – and the crude marriage rate stood at 3.5 marriages per thousand inhabitants.

The average age of those who got married last year increased by three tenths, reaching 39.6 years for men and 36.9 for women.