Number of births registered in Ireland fell by nearly 18% in 10 years

Between 2015 and 2025, the number of births registered in Ireland fell by 11,784, or nearly 18 per cent.

New figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) show that, over the last decade, the number of births registered fell from 65,909 in 2015 to 54,125 in 2025.

Over the last 10 years, the average age of first-time mothers (31.8 years in 2025) increased by 1.1 years when compared with 30.7 in 2015.

Over a 20-year period, this has risen by 3.1 years when the average age was 28.7 years in 2005.

The number of deaths registered in 2025 was 35,587, which was 414 more than the 2024 figure of 35,173.

People aged 65 and over accounted for more than four-fifths (83.3 per cent, or 29,645) of all deaths in 2025.

For those aged under 55, the three most common causes of death were malignant neoplasms (cancer) at 852, external causes of injury and poisoning (631), and diseases of the circulatory system (477).

These three groupings accounted for 67.4 per cent of deaths for this age group.