Fewer versus less

Official statistics: 12,374 babies born this February, natural population growth negative

Published by Agerpres on Wed, 04/10/2019 - 10:30

There were 12,374 babies born this February, 4,595 fewer than in January 2019, the National Institute of Statistics (INS) said in a Tuesday release. The number of deaths recorded this February was 22,110, by 4,726 less than in January 2019, but Romania's natural population growth stays in the negative, as the number of deaths was by 9,736 higher than live births.