The birth certificates of 10,881 children were recorded in May 2025, 419 more (+4.0%) than in April 2025.

The birth certificates of 10881 children were recorded in May 2025, 419 more (+4.0%) than in April 2025. The number of death certificates recorded in May 2025 was 18781 (9816 for males and 8965 for females), 746 deaths less than in April 2025, which amounted to a decrease of 3.8% (-2.8% males and -4.9% females). The number of death certificates recorded for children under 1 year in May 2025 was 71, an increase of 10 deaths compared to April 2025.

The natural increase remained negative (-7900) in May 2025; the number of recorded deaths was 1.7 times higher than that of live births.

In May 2025, 41.8% (7851 deaths) of the total number of deaths were recorded for the age group of 80 years and over, 27.0% (5073 deaths) were recorded for persons aged 70-79 and 16.8% (3161 deaths) were for persons aged 60-69. By contrast, the fewest deaths were recorded for the age groups of 0-4 years (81 deaths), 5-19 years (43 deaths) and 20-29 years (69 deaths).

10,285 marriages were recorded at Register Offices in May 2025. 1,426 divorces2 were formally pronounced by final court decree and by agreement between the spouses (via administrative proceedings or by means of a notarial procedure) in May 2025.

The number of birth certificates for live births recorded in May 2025 was lower by 1336 (-10.9%) than in the same month of 2024. The number of death certificates recorded in May 2025 decreased by 573 (-3.0%) compared to May 2024, and the number of death certificates for children under one year who died was smaller by 7 in May 2025 than the one recorded in the same month of 2024. The natural increase was negative both in May 2025 (-7900 persons) and in May 2024 (-7137 persons).

(English version by Catalina Apostoiu)