Demographic record low: Spain reports the fewest births in 80 years

New INE data for 2024 shows that last year 318,005 babies were born in Spain — the lowest number since records began in 1941.

• ✅ Compared to 2014, the number of newborns has fallen by more than 25%.
• ✅ The fertility rate also dropped to 1.10 children per woman.
• ✅ The average age at which women have their first child remains 32.6 years.
• ✅ Births to mothers over 40 have increased over the past decade, reaching 10.4% of all births.
• ✅ Immigration helps sustain birth rates: births to foreign mothers accounted for 25.6% of the total.

Since the number of deaths (436,118) significantly exceeds births, Spain recorded a negative natural population balance of -116,056 people in 2024 — the eighth consecutive year of population decline.

Amid this demographic downturn, there was a slight rise in marriages: 175,364 unions were registered in 2024, 1.7% more than the previous year.