A total of 6,172 children were born and 8,758 people died in September, resulting in a natural population decrease of 2,586, down from 3,257 in September 2024.

Meanwhile, 6,313 couples were married in the month, marking a 17% increase from a year earlier.

KSH said that between January and September, 54,305 children were born, a 6.8% year-on-year decline, while the number of deaths reached 92,210, down 1.9%.

The natural population decrease over the nine months was 37,905, up 6.1% from the same period last year.

Marriages in the first nine months totaled 37,288, a 2.4% decrease compared to the previous year.