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Birth rate drops to historical lows in CAPV
  • The birth rate has fallen to historic lows in Álava, Bizkaia and Gipuzkoa, as this is the lowest figure recorded since 1941. Last year there were 14,721 births, 697 fewer than the previous year, a decrease of 5.1 per cent. The downward trend in recent years remains: Between 2008 and 2020, the birth rate has dropped by 30%.
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In 2020, 6,000 children were born less than in 2008. The Basque Institute of Statistics, Eustat, has published the unemployment data relating to these operations.

Every time we have children later

49% of mothers are over 35 years of age and 79% of mothers over 30 years of age. The age of the children shows an increase in the number of mothers over 40 (11.2%), compared to those under 25 (7%). And the delay in the age of being a parent also influences the number of children we have. On average, women currently have 1.8 children in the CAV, and this trend is decreasing.