KSH: Deaths outstrip births in June

The rate of natural decline in the population increased in June, with the number of births declining by 1.6 percent and deaths edging up by 0.4 percent, compared with the previous year, the Central Statistical Office (KSH) said on Thursday. In the period, 7,621 children were born, 122 fewer than in June in the previous year, while 9,764 people died, 41 more than in the same period in 2020. After a substantial increase in the number of deaths in the spring, that number has returned to the level observed in June in previous years, KSH said. The number of marriages increased, with 7,742 couples tying the knot, 31 percent more than in the same period in 2020.