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Births. By sex. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces

Births. Live births. By sex. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces 2020
Boys Girls Total
Alt Camp 162 167 329
Alt Empordà 590 585 1,175
Alt Penedès 428 391 819
Alt Urgell 62 63 125
Alta Ribagorça 12 5 17
Anoia 478 463 941
Aran 30 36 66
Bages 711 674 1,385
Baix Camp 765 787 1,552
Baix Ebre 304 281 585
Baix Empordà 505 460 965
Baix Llobregat 3,001 2,908 5,909
Baix Penedès 456 380 836
Barcelonès 8,977 8,574 17,551
Berguedà 136 148 284
Cerdanya 57 52 109
Conca de Barberà 79 68 147
Garraf 520 496 1,016
Garrigues 54 61 115
Garrotxa 225 199 424
Gironès 965 949 1,914
Lluçanès .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Maresme 1,630 1,485 3,115
Moianès 38 50 88
Montsià 220 230 450
Noguera 131 127 258
Osona 679 615 1,294
Pallars Jussà 39 33 72
Pallars Sobirà 20 23 43
Pla d'Urgell 149 148 297
Pla de l'Estany 136 130 266
Priorat 23 29 52
Ribera d'Ebre 52 73 125
Ripollès 82 76 158
Segarra 103 99 202
Segrià 869 886 1,755
Selva 719 641 1,360
Solsonès 58 55 113
Tarragonès 1,048 1,006 2,054
Terra Alta 35 35 70
Urgell 145 163 308
Vallès Occidental 3,668 3,586 7,254
Vallès Oriental 1,471 1,395 2,866
Catalonia 29,832 28,632 58,464
Metropolità 18,757 17,965 36,722
Comarques Gironines 3,222 3,040 6,262
Camp de Tarragona 2,077 2,057 4,134
Terres de l'Ebre 611 619 1,230
Ponent 1,451 1,484 2,935
Comarques Centrals 1,631 1,540 3,171
Alt Pirineu i Aran 220 212 432
Penedès 1,863 1,715 3,578
Barcelona 21,740 20,791 42,531
Girona 3,259 3,075 6,334
Lleida 1,689 1,710 3,399
Tarragona 3,144 3,056 6,200
Source: Idescat. Births Statistics.
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.

Last update: January 17, 2022. Revised series on January 12, 2023.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Birth
According to the International classification of diseases (9th revision), complete expulsion or extraction from the body of the mother the product of conception, either living or dead, after six or more months of gestation.
Live birth
According to the International classification of diseases (9th revision), complete expulsion or extraction from the body of the mother the product of conception, which, after this separation, breathes or shows any other sign of life regardless of the duration of the gestation period.

Methodological aspects

The Births Statistics provide information on the births, deliveries and late foetal deaths of people residing in Catalonia according to their demographic and social characteristics.

The original source of the data is the Statistical Bulletin of Births (BEP), filled in by the parents or persons obliged by law to declare the birth or, if this is not possible, by the civil registrar.

The data include all births of women residing in Catalonia, both those registered in the civil registers of Catalonia and those registered in the civil registers of other autonomous communities. In 2011 and previous years, the data refer only to births of women residing in Catalonia registered in the civil registers of Catalonia.

From 2012 onwards, as well as births by resident mothers taking place within Catalonia, this also includes births by mothers resident in Catalonia taking place in other autonomous communities.

The data are disseminated annually in two phases: provisional data and definitive data, which incorporate a greater exhaustiveness of the file and the filtering of the main variables.

Idescat compiles this statistical operation in collaboration with the INE.

You can get more information about these statistics in the methodology.