Seventy fewer babies in the first two months of the year. It is the consequence of the collapse of the birth rate what is being experienced in 2026 … in Salamanca. Births have experienced an unprecedented decline in the first two months of the year, falling by more than 23% in January and February, according to data published this Tuesday by the National Statistics Institute (INE).
In January, 120 children lived in this province and in February there were another 114. That figure of 234 births It represents a significant drop compared to 2025 when there were 304. It is the lowest number for this period since data exists, with the exception of 2021, when the birth rate decreased as a result of the pandemic.
This 23% decrease in birth rates that has been recorded in Salamanca is the third most important in Spain for these first two months of the year. only in Melilla (-31.39%) and Zamora (-24.37%) is more pronounced. And it contrasts with the national trend, since the number of births has risen by 1.5% in Spain.
On the other hand, the mortality has risen. In the first fourteen weeks of the year, up to April 5, 1,111 people died in the province, six more than in the same period last year.
