Birth rate

 The number of abortions in Bulgaria almost equals the number of births.   These figures were presented by former Social Minister Hristina Hristova.

The coefficient of fertility in our country is 1.5 and in Europe is 1.53. This is due to the longer process of preparation, education, financial independence.

In Greece, the number of people born in the year 2016 increased, while the number of deaths decreased compared to 2015. Despite this, however, the number of deaths recorded in Greece in 2016 continues to be higher than the number of births.

A new study released by the Berlin Institute for Population and Development suggests that Greece is set to lose up to 18 percent of its population by the middle of the century.

An article in the New York Times paints a bleak picture of the impact of the economic crisis in southern European countries with a substantial drop in birthrates, as an increasing number of women decide to not have children.

Figures published by Eurostat are particularly discouraging for birth rates in Greece. According to the data, Greek women are bearing fewer children at a later stage in their lives, compared to the EU average. The numbers revealed that births had dropped in Greece by 10.2% between 2001-2015, when the respective numbers over the same period were up in the EU.

Bulgaria has the highest mortality rate in the EU, shows data of Eurostat. 

It has a mortality rate of 14.4 per mill and a negative population increase rate of -5.2 per mill.

Bulgaria is in the top position among the 13 EU countries with negative population growth. 

The birth rate in Bulgaria has increased somewhat, said Dr.Victor Zlatkov, head of the largest maternity hospital in Bulgaria, Maichin Dom, quoted by Dnevnik.bg.

For the first half of 2014, in the hospital were born 2088 babies, while in the same period of 2013 their number was 1921.

As of end-December 2013 the population of Bulgaria was 7,245,677 persons representing 1.5% of the EU population, ranking the country at the 16th place immediately after Austria.