In the first 7 months of 2020, Hungary’s birth rate increased by 4.9% [1], according to the latest figures from the country’s Central Statistics Office.
The corresponding fertility rate increased [2] from 1.44 to 1.53 compared to the same period last year.
Meanwhile, in Ireland, [3] the number of births in the first quarter of 2020 decreased by 1,522 (9.6%) while deaths increased by 56 (0.6%) compared to the same period in 2019.
In Hungary, the figures show that there were 52,825 births in January-July, up 2,488. The number of marriages also increased, rising to 34,337, up 2,158 from last year.
Moreover, despite the covid pandemic, the number of deaths at 74,093, was down 3,992, or 5.1%, from last year.
The rise in births and a drop in deaths means that the rate of population decline slowed by 23 percent compared with the same period last year.