Birth decline in Salzburg: A worrying trend continues!

Birth decline in Salzburg: A worrying trend continues!

In Salzburg, alarming births were recorded in 2024: fewer than 5,000 children were born there - exactly 4,846, which corresponds to a decline of 5.3 percent compared to the previous year. Salzburg thus takes second place in the decline in birth, as the statistics Austria reports. While the increase in births in the federal capital of Vienna was fortunately increased by 4.7 percent, Carinthia and Burgenland were still behind Salzburg in absolute figures, but Burgenland shows the strongest percentage decrease in live born with minus 5.7 percent.

The negative birth record in Salzburg, which has been in place since 2020, comes to a worrying trend: In 2024, a total of 5,133 people died in the state, which corresponds to a decrease of 0.7 percent compared to the previous year. The average number of children per woman also fell on an all -time low of 1.31. In the meantime, life expectancy in Austria rose slightly: men were statistically 79.8 years old, women 84.3 years, which according to reports from Salzburg.gv.at Life conditions reflected.

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