In November, 7,740 children were born, 315 more than in the same month in the previous year, while 14,984 people died, 1,606 fewer than during the same month in 2020, the Central Statistical Office (KSH) said on Friday.
However, the rate of natural decline in the population decreased by 21 percent in November, with the number of births increasing by 4.2 percent and deaths decreasing by 9.7 percent compared with the previous year, KSH said.
In November, 7,740 children were born, 315 more than in the same month in the previous year, while 14,984 people died, 1,606 fewer than during the same month in 2020.
The reason the KSH gave for the big fall in deaths was the high base which coincided with Hungary’s second wave of the coronavirus epidemic.
In the Jan-Nov period, there were 85,479 births, up 0.4 percent or 346 from the same period a year earlier. The number of deaths was 138,014, up 11 percent or 14,166 from the same period in 2020.
The rise in deaths and the drop in the birth rate means that the rate of natural population decline was up by 36 percent compared with the same period last year, KSH said.
The number of marriages grew in November, with 3,866 couples tying the knot, 6.2 percent more than during the same period in 2020, it said.
Featured photo illustration by Zsolt Czeglédi/MTI