940 newborns were registered in Latvia in November, which is 12.9% or 139 fewer than in the corresponding month of 2023, including 458 boys and 482 girls.
The number of newborns registered in Latvia in November 2024 was also lower than in October, when 994 newborns were registered, which was the first time in a month that the number was less than 1,000.
In total, 11,650 newborns were registered in Latvia in the first 11 months of last year, 13% or 1,744 fewer than in the corresponding period of 2023.
In the first 11 months of 2024, 5,939 newborns were boys, which is 13.4% or 916 fewer than in the corresponding period of 2023, and 5,711 were girls, which is a decrease of 12.7% or 828.
On December 1 last year, the estimated population of Latvia was 1.853 million.
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