In the first 8 months, slightly more than 112,000 children were born in Romania, which is more than 3,000 less than in January-August 2021, according to data sent on Monday by the National Institute of Statistics.

It only emphasizes demographic problem to which the authorities do not seem to find a solution. As a reminder, 180,000 children were born in 2021, which is less than in 2020 (a little more than 200,000 births).

Last year we had the fewest number of children since 1930

In such conditions, the number of teachers will have to be consistently reduced (they will no longer have anyone to teach), the business of producers of auxiliary materials for school or toys will decrease, and other indirect economic effects will appear.

It is interesting that there are more children born out of wedlock in the village than in the city. Which can also be a blow to the traditional image of the family, which rural communities are trying to promote. There are several counties where the number of children born in rural areas out of wedlock exceeds 50%: Kelerashi, Ialomica, Teleorman or Mures, for example.

Almost three quarters of couples say they do not want children now

Financial aspects – financial situation and uncertainty about job security are decisive in the decision to have (another) child.

“Since 1992, we have seen an increase in the number of births out of wedlock, with their share progressing from 15% (1992) to more than 31% (2020). Paradoxically, the rural environment was more affected by this phenomenon. The majority of children born out of wedlock come from young women under the age of 25 (approximately 60.2%).

The moment of conception of a child, as a rule, precedes the moment of marriage

Of course, these differences between the average age of the first birth and the average age of the first marriage, and especially the negative difference that often occurs after 2003, are also due to the increase in the share of out-of-wedlock births, that is, very young. women who, by not getting married, no longer contribute to the average age at first marriage, although it does contribute to the average age at the birth of the first child,” INS researchers point out in an article on the evolution of fertility and fertility.

Among the counties with a high birth rate, those counties with a lower degree of urbanization and a higher proportion of young population stand out.

Demographic policy measures to ban abortion, adopted at the end of 1966, had the effect of a strong recovery in the birth rate, especially in the first years of the decree’s application, when on average more than 526,000 children were born annually, the rates were 27.4 per mille (in 1967) and 26.7 per mille, respectively (in 1968).

After 1980, there was a decline in the number of live births, averaging below 400,000 children per year, and during the period 1980-1989, the birth rate fluctuated between 14 and 18 per thousand.