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Natural population change
Catalonia Spain European Union-27
2022 -1.8 -2.8 -2.9 (b) Break in time series
2021 -1.5 -2.4 -2.7 (b) Break in time series
2020 -2.8 -3.2 -2.5 (b) Break in time series
2019 -0.4 -1.2 -1.1 (b) Break in time series
2018 -0.4 -1.2 -1.0 (b) Break in time series
2017 0.1 -0.7 -0.7 (b) Break in time series
2016 0.8 0.0 -0.4 (e) Estimated value
2015 0.8 0.0 -0.7 (b) Break in time series
2014 1.4 0.7 0.0 (b) Break in time series
2013 1.4 0.8 -0.3 (b) Break in time series
2012 1.9 1.1 -0.1 (b) Break in time series
2011 2.8 1.8 0.3 (b) Break in time series
2010 3.3 2.3 0.6 (b) Break in time series
2009 3.4 2.4 0.6
2008 4.0 2.9 0.8 (b) Break in time series
2007 3.4 2.4 0.6 (b) Break in time series
2006 3.5 2.5 0.7
2005 2.7 1.8 0.4
2004 2.9 1.9 0.6
2003 1.9 1.4 0.0
2002 1.7 1.2 0.2
2001 1.4 1.2 0.4 (b) Break in time series
2000 1.3 0.9 0.5 (b) Break in time series
Units: Per 1.000 inhabitants.
Source Catalonia: Idescat; INE. Source Spain and European Union: Eurostat.
(b) Break in time series.
(e) Estimated value.

Last update: December 12, 2023. Revised series on December 2, 2024.

NAIX

These statistics have a specific section with all the information available: Birth Statistics (NAIX).

Methodological note

The difference between the number of live births and the number of deaths during the year. The growth is positive when the number of births is higher than the number of deaths, and it is negative when the opposite holds true.

Live births: Births of children that showed any sign of life. It is the number of births excluding stillbirths (total births include live births and stillbirths).

The data for Catalonia have been calculated using figures on natural population movement. As of 2012 onwards, the statistics on births and deaths include the events of the population resident in Catalonia which take place in other autonomous communities.