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No baby boom
SPAIN has recorded a more than 80year low in births registered in 2022. The report by Spain’s National Office of Statistics (INE), released on Wednesday, February 15, re vealed that the country has the second lowest birth rate in Europe.
The data collected states that just 330,000 babies were born in the country last year, the lowest rate recorded since the agency opened in 1941. The country’s birth rate began to decline in 2016 and has continued to drop every year since.
The low birth rate of just above 329,000 babies means that Spain’s population is declining as less babies are born than people die in each year.
Experts say that there are
THE weather experts at Meteored warned allergy sufferers in Spain on Thursday, February 16, to be aware that many trees begin their flowering processes in February. This can lead to the onset of symptoms such as itchy nose and eyes, runny nose, throat irritation, sneezing and tiredness. Although allergies are more associated with springtime, weather conditions such as high environmental humidity and abundant rainfall are favourable for trees such as alders and cupressaceae to flourish and release their contents.
Alder pollen is usually released at the end of numerous causes for this decline in births, including that Spanish women typically opt to have children later than in other countries.
Spain’s birth rate has been on a downward spiral since 2016.
The ageing population, social and economic issues and pandemic uncertainty were also cited as causes.
