In 2018, a total of 1,668,120 live births were registered, which is equivalent to a crude birth rate (CBR) of 15.8 or 16 births per thousand population.

The number of registered live births showed a decreasing trend, noticeably from 2012 to 2018. The decrease in the last six years was 6.8 percent, from 1,790,367 live births in 2012 to 1,668,120 recorded births in 2018. (See Figure 1 and Table 1)

In 2018, the total number of marriages recorded was 449,169. In 2017 and 2018, the percentage change in marriages recorded increased from 3.6 and 3.3, respectively. (See Figure 1 and Table 1)