The number of births in the Basque Country decreased by 0.9% in the first quarter of 2026

The number of births in the Basque Country fell by 0.9% in the first quarter of the year, to 3,245, 29 fewer than in the same period of 2025, according to the Basque Institute of Statistics, Eustat.

Last year the number of births in the Basque Country increased by 3.1% (this was not the case since 2014).

On the contrary, in the first quarter of 2026 the situation is reversed. In Álavathe number of births decreased by 1.5% (527 births), while in Gipuzkoathe decrease was 2.3% (1078 births) andin Bizkaia thenumber of births increased by 0.2% (1,640).

By sex, 1,702 boys and 1,543 girlswere born between January and March; and divided by months, 1,161 children were born in January, 1,101 in March, and 983 in February.

With regard to the age ofmothers, the highest number of births was between 35 and 39 years of age (34.5 per cent). 33.4% of children were born between the ages of 30 and 34, 13.2% between the ages of 25 and 29 and 11.4% among those over the age of 40. 

It should be noted that 50.9 per cent of new births were first children, 35.7 per cent were second children and 13.5 per cent were third or subsequent children.

Non-marital births accounted for 52.3 per cent.

Finally, 26.5 per cent of births were of foreign origin.