Shrinking Hungary: Twice as many people died in January as were born
Fully 6,367 children were born in January and 12,855 people died, according to preliminary data released by the Central Statistical Office (KSH) on Friday. Compared with the same month of the previous year, the number of births fell by 4.5 percent while deaths were up by 6.5 percent. The number of marriages decreased by 4.2 percent, it added.
The estimated total fertility rate per woman in Hungary was 1.35, compared with 1.40 a year earlier. Fully 1,605 couples tied the knot, 71 fewer than a year earlier. There were 7.9 live births and 15.9 deaths per thousand inhabitants.
Between February 2024 and January 2025, 77,200 children were born, 8.5 percent fewer than in the previous 12 months, while 128,284 people died, or 0.1 percent fewer than in the previous year. During this period, 46,479 couples got married, 8.1 percent fewer than in the previous 12 months, KSH said.
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