2020 witnessed 10% drop in births, 9% increase in deaths report
176,557 live births recorded in Kingdom in 2020 SIGI
By Batool Ghaith - Jul 05,2021 - Last updated at Jul 05,2021
Image couurtesy of SIGI
AMMAN Jordan witnessed a 10 per cent drop in births and a 9 per cent increase in deaths during 2020, according to the Department of Statistics’ annual report.
As per the report, registered births decreased by 56 births per day and deaths increased by 7.7 deaths per day.
According to the local women’s organisation, Solidarity Is Global Institute (SIGI), there were 176,557 live births in the Kingdom in 2020 and 48.7 per cent of them were female. In 2020, there were 32,653 deaths recorded, of which 40.7 per cent were also female, according to the institute.