Preliminary data show 6,703 children were born and 10,009 people died in August, the Central Statistics Office (KSH) said on Friday.
There were 1,020 fewer children born in August than in the same month a year earlier. The number of deaths rose by 123 from the base period.
The data show 6,710 couples got married, 128 more than a year earlier.
For the period January-August, the fertility rate was estimated at 1.37 down from 1.52 in the base period. Authorities registered a lower fertility rate only in 2013.
Number of births at historic low
According to 444.hu, August was another historic low concerning the number of births. Fewer than 7,000 kids were never born in any month before. Last August, more than 7,700 babies were born.
In the first 8 months, 51,463 kids were born, which is 10% lower than in 2023. The worsening tendency accelerates: between January and March, the number of births was 9.1% lower than in the previous year, but that rate grew to 13% between May and August.
The number of deaths between January and August was 83,400, which is 1.4% lower than in 2023. The natural population loss was 31,937 in the first eight months, which is 18% more than between January and August of 2023. That is the population of Gödöllő or Salgótarján.
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The Real Person!
The Real Person!
Ceuacsecu had a great method of raising the population. He banned birth control. We were bringing birth control pills in from Hungary in the 70s and 80s. The joke was the guy who gets stopped at the border where customs ask him what he is doing with 100 condoms in his luggage. The traveller says it’s all for personal use. “How long are you staying in our country?” “One week.”
This is the real threat to Hungary’s future, not some hypothetical Russian invasion.