The number of births in Greece decreased by 2,873 or 4.2% in 2025, the Statistics Authority ELSTAT said on Thursday. The largest decline in absolute numbers was among women aged 30-34 years, while the largest increase was recorded among mothers aged 40-44 years.

A decrease of 2,873 births, or 4.2%, was recorded in Greece in 2025, with the number of live births reaching 65,594 (33,620 boys and 31,974 girls), compared with 68,467 (35,216 boys and 33,251 girls) in 2024.

Meanwhile, the number of stillbirths amounted to 420, representing a 7.5% decrease compared with 2024, when 454 stillbirths were recorded, the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) said on Thursday.

The most significant declines in 2025 compared with 2024 were recorded in November and January, with decreases of 10.4% and 10.0% respectively. The largest increases were observed in September and May, at 3.0% and 2.9% respectively.

An analysis of total live births by the mother’s age group in 2025 compared with 2015 shows that the largest decline in absolute numbers was among women aged 30-34 years, down by 12,356 births.

Births in women aged 25-29 years were down by 7,922 births, and for women aged 35-39 years they were down by 4,597 births.

By contrast, the largest increase was recorded among mothers aged 40-44 years, up by 1,031 births, while in those aged 45-49 years they were up by 445 births.

Similarly, a comparison of live births by the mother’s age group in 2025 with those recorded in 2005 shows that the largest decline in absolute terms occurred among women aged 25-29 years, with 20,775 fewer births, followed by those aged 30-34 years, down 13,983 fewer births, and those aged 20-24 years, with 10,177 fewer births.

Conversely, the largest increases were observed among older mothers: rising by 2,955 births for those aged 40-44 years and by 852 births among mothers aged 45-49 years.