The natural population change in Romania stayed negative in September 2025, at minus 4,213, with the number of deaths being 1.3 times higher than that of live births, according to data published on Monday by the National Institute of Statistics (INS).
In September 2025 as against September 2024, the number of birth certificates for live births was higher by 1,328 (+10%) while the number of death certificates increased by 424 (+2.3%), and for children under the age of one who died was 23 lower.
Overall, the natural growth was negative both in September 2025 (-4,213 people) and in September 2024 (-5,117 people).
The number of deaths recorded in September 2025 was 9,553 in urban areas (5,047 men and 4,506 women), and 9,280 in rural areas (4,884 men and 4,396 women).
Year-over-year, the number of registered deaths increased by +2.5% in urban areas (+4% in the case of men and +0.8% in the case of women) and by +2.1% in rural areas (+0.8% in men and +3.6% in women).
In September 2025, 14,620…
