People walk across concrete posts to cross a section of the Marina in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, July 28, 2018. REUTERS/Paul Hanna/File Photo
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's birth rate has dropped to its lowest level since records started in 1941, provisional data from its National Statistics Institute (INE) showed on Wednesday, with just 322,075 babies adding to the country's population of 48.6 million in 2023.
Last year's Spanish birth rate was down 2% compared with 2022, adding to a drop of almost 25% in a decade. This decline has left Spain with the second lowest fertility rate in the European Union, Eurostat data from 2021 shows, lagging Malta.
