In the Republika Srpska (RS) in 2022, there were 9,118 live births, of which 4,648 were boys and 4,470 were girls. Compared to 2021, the number of live births in 2022 is fewer by 156, the Republic Institute of Statistics announced.
The average age of a mother at the birth of her first child in RS was 27.7 years, i.e. 0.5 years less than in 2021.
The total average age of a mother at the birth of a child in the EU-27, according to the latest available Eurostat data (in 2021), was 31.1 years, while in the RS, the average age in 2022 was 29.5 years.
Of the total number of live births, about 78.7 percent are born when the mother is between 20 and 34 years old. The birth order of the child remained at a similar level as it was in 2021. About 44.9 percent of mothers who gave birth in 2022 gave birth to their first child, about 36.2 percent of mothers gave birth to a second child, and about 18.9 percent of mothers gave birth to a third or more children. About 61.5 percent of mothers who give birth to their first child give birth in the age group of 20-29, about 65.8 percent of mothers who give birth to their second child are in the age group of 25-34, and about 88.9 percent of mothers who give birth to their third child in the age group of 25 – 39 years old.
In 2022, 16,263 people died in the RS, of which 8,469 were men and 7,794 were women. Compared to 2021, 2,739 fewer people died in the RS. The highest number of deaths was in the period January-March 2022, about 35.2 percent, and the lowest number of deaths was in the period October-December 2022, 20.2 percent.
To recall, the Republic Institute previously published preliminary data according to which 8,381 children were born in the RS in 2022.
