In Saxony, fewer children were born last year than at any time since 1995. According to the State Statistical Office, 24,697 children were born alive. This was around 1,500 or 5.7 percent fewer than in the previous year. The trend towards fewer births, which has been ongoing since 2017, is therefore continuing.
Birth drop repeats itself
In the 1990s, there was already a low birth rate in the state. Between 1992 and 1997, fewer than 30,000 children were born each year. Since 2022, the number of births has slipped below the 30,000 mark again.
The average number of children per woman also fell in 2024. Statistically speaking, every woman aged 15 to under 50 gave birth to 1.22 children. Ten years ago, the figure was 1.57.
