In the 1980s and 1990s, the number of live births averaged 90 000 a year, with figures peaking in 1982 (94 840) and 1992 (95 302). From 2001 to 2011 live births ranged between 75 458 (2001) and 78 968 (2004). Since 2012 the number of live births has been increasing steadily, peaking in 2016 at 87 675. Since then there has been a decrease to 83 603 live births in 2020. This translated into a birth rate of 9.4 per 1,000 of the population.
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