The National Institute of Statistics has published a report which reveals that Last year in Spain 320,000 babies were bornor 9,500 fewer than in 2022. This is the lowest figure since 1941when records began to be made, and despite this, the figure was almost double the current figure. Experts have already warned that in our country There are more deaths than births.
The downward trend began in 2013 and continues in free fall. To this factor we must add the delay in childbearing agebecause economic stability is achieved later and later. Furthermore, the number of children has also decreased. Now the most common is to have one. “With two today, it already seems like a big family,” one man said.
And the desire to be parents has not changed, but it is more and more difficult to realize it. “What’s happening is that People have low-paid jobs, with contracts that are not permanent; They pay too much rent and when you are in such uncertainty, you don’t dare to have children,” said one young girl.
