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A total of 6,360 children were born during the month, 5.7% or 386 fewer than in August 2024. Meanwhile, 8,908 people died, representing a sharp 15% drop, or 1,526 fewer than a year earlier. The natural decrease – the difference between deaths and births – was 2,548, compared with 3,688 in August 2024.
The number of marriages also fell. In total, 6,370 couples tied the knot in August, 5.1% or 343 fewer than in the same month last year.
Between January and August 2025, 48,093 children were born, down 6.7% or 3,445 compared with the same period in 2024. The total fertility rate was estimated at 1.31 children per woman, below 1.38 a year earlier.
Deaths totaled 82,996 in the first eight months of the year, 1.2% or 1,001 fewer than in the same period of 2024. The monthly breakdown showed mixed patterns: more people died in January through March and in April–June, but July–August registered 15% fewer deaths than a year earlier.
Because births fell more sharply than deaths, the natural decrease widened. The gap between deaths and births reached 34,903 in January–August, up 7.5% from 32,459 in the same period of 2024.
Marriages were also on the decline. A total of 30,976 couples wed in the first eight months, 5.5% or 1,804 fewer than last year. The strongest drop was in January–February, when marriages fell by 9.7%. Numbers declined again in March–April and June–August, while May was the only month to see an increase.
There were 7.6 live births and 13.1 deaths per thousand residents between January and August. Compared to the same period of 2024, the birth rate fell by 0.5 per mille points, while the death rate decreased by 0.1 per mille points. The rate of natural decrease rose by 0.4 per mille points to 5.5 per mille.
The infant mortality rate stood at 3.3 per thousand live births, an improvement of 0.8 per mille points over last year. The marriage rate was 4.9 per mille, 0.3 per mille points lower than in January–August 2024.
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