What is birth seasonality in Spain?

Birth seasonality in Spain was 17.83 births per million people in 2023, according to Human Mortality Database (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.

What is the highest birth seasonality recorded in Spain?

The highest recorded value was 93.92 births per million people in 1903.

What is the lowest birth seasonality recorded in Spain?

The lowest recorded value was 15.96 births per million people in 2020.

How does Spain rank for birth seasonality?

Spain ranks 34th out of 40 countries with data for 2023.

Is birth seasonality rising or falling in Spain?

Over the last ten years it is down 26.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.

Where does this Spain data come from?

The figures come from Human Mortality Database (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Birth seasonality. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Birth seasonality in Spain

Name: Birth seasonality in Spain
Creator: Human Mortality Database (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Spain: Birth seasonality was 17.83 births per million people in 2023. ▼ Falling

Latest (2023)

17.83 births per million people

Change on year

down 2.9%

World rank

34th

of 40 countries

All-time high

93.92 births per million people

in 1903

All-time low

15.96 births per million people

in 2020

Years of data

124

1900–2023

Birth seasonality in Spain, 1900–2023

Source: Human Mortality Database (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in births per million people.

Analysis

Spain recorded 17.83 births per million people for birth seasonality in 2023.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.9% on the previous year and down 26.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, birth seasonality in Spain peaked at 93.92 births per million people in 1903 and was at its lowest, 15.96 births per million people, in 2020.

Spain ranks 34th of 40 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 124 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1900s	86.78 births per million people	81.02 births per million people	93.92 births per million people	10
1910s	77.69 births per million people	69.71 births per million people	85.87 births per million people	10
1920s	77.99 births per million people	71.54 births per million people	83.65 births per million people	10
1930s	64.19 births per million people	47.29 births per million people	77.69 births per million people	10
1940s	57.66 births per million people	45.68 births per million people	63.36 births per million people	10
1950s	55.45 births per million people	52.19 births per million people	61.16 births per million people	10
1960s	54.78 births per million people	50.5 births per million people	57.33 births per million people	10
1970s	47.69 births per million people	40.06 births per million people	53.98 births per million people	10
1980s	32.1 births per million people	27.56 births per million people	39.54 births per million people	10
1990s	25.62 births per million people	24.16 births per million people	27.32 births per million people	10
2000s	28.25 births per million people	26.4 births per million people	30.07 births per million people	10
2010s	24.14 births per million people	19.92 births per million people	30.09 births per million people	10
2020s	17.88 births per million people	15.96 births per million people	19.38 births per million people	4

Countries ranked near Spain

31 Finland 19.34 births per million people compare
32 Greece 19.18 births per million people compare
33 Italy 18.77 births per million people compare
35 Poland 17.19 births per million people compare
36 Lithuania 16.79 births per million people compare
37 Latvia 16.19 births per million people compare

See the full ranking of 40 places →

More population data for Spain

Population growth rate, by level of development -0.5% (2100)
Number of children under 5, by world region 1.24 million people (2100)
Population density 66.29 people per km² (2100)
World population growth -0.5% (2100)
Total fertility rate vs. wanted fertility rate 1.1 births per woman (2024)
Refugees by country of asylum 429,333 people (2024)
Fertility rate vs. unmet need for contraception 1.1 births per woman (2024)
Total fertility rate vs. contraceptive prevalence 1.1 births per woman (2024)
Natural population growth rate -0.2% (2023)
Fertility rate: births per woman 1.21 live births per woman (2023)

All data for Spain →

Frequently asked questions

What is birth seasonality in Spain?: Birth seasonality in Spain was 17.83 births per million people in 2023, according to Human Mortality Database (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest birth seasonality recorded in Spain?: The highest recorded value was 93.92 births per million people in 1903.
What is the lowest birth seasonality recorded in Spain?: The lowest recorded value was 15.96 births per million people in 2020.
How does Spain rank for birth seasonality?: Spain ranks 34th out of 40 countries with data for 2023.
Is birth seasonality rising or falling in Spain?: Over the last ten years it is down 26.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Spain data come from?: The figures come from Human Mortality Database (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Birth seasonality. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Birth seasonality
Unit: births per million people
Source: Human Mortality Database (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 40 places, 3,607 data points, 1840–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The average daily number of births, per million people, calculated for December.