Overview
- Life expectancy at birth rose to 84.01 years in 2024, reaching 81.38 for men and 86.53 for women, according to the INE.
- Spain registered 318,005 births, the lowest on record, as the total fertility rate fell to 1.10 children per woman.
- The natural population balance was approximately −116,056 in 2024, marking the eighth consecutive year with more deaths than births.
- Total deaths were essentially stable at 436,118, with a 6% drop in deaths among people aged 85 to 89 compared with 2023.
- Infant mortality rose to 3.04 per 1,000 live births, while a growing share of births involved mothers born abroad, accounting for 33.3%.