27,957 births in the 1st quarter 2022

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27,957 births in the 1st quarter 2022

Statbel publishes today the provisional results of the statistics on births for the 1st quarter 2022.

These first provisional figures show that 9,416 babies were born in January 2022 in Belgium, 8,926 in February and 9,615 in March, i.e. a total of 27,957 births in the 1st quarter 2022. 56.3% of these births took place in Flanders, 31.3% in Wallonia and 12.4% in the Brussels-Capital Region.

These results were calculated based on Demobel, Statbel’s demographic database (source: National Register). As these figures are provisional, it is not yet possible to draw any clear conclusions, either on a monthly or on an annual basis. This will have to wait until the final publication of the population figures on 1 January 2022 mid-2022.

Births per province

Province January 2022 February 2022 March 2022
Province of Antwerp 1,564 1,521 1,669
Province of Flemish Brabant 923 859 901
Province of Walloon Brabant 289 269 323
Province of West Flanders 897 846 929
Province of East Flanders 1,220 1,178 1,293
Province of Hainaut 1,112 1,040 1,071
Province of Liège 932 841 896
Province of Limburg 667 600 670
Province of Luxembourg 252 266 279
Province of Namur 409 360 406