ising to 18.3% (from 11.3% in 2000). Births declined to 9,766 in 2024, the crude birth rate stood at 10 per 1,000 people, and the total fertility rate remained unchanged at 1.4, below the replacement level of 2.1 since 1995, while women had their first child at an average age of 30.4 years and the mean age at childbirth was 31.6. Deaths edged up slightly to 6,753, with a crude death rate of 6.9 per 1,000 population, life expectancy increased to 81.4 years for males and 85.8 years for females, and infant mortality fell to three deaths per 1,000 live births. Net migration remained positive at an estimated 13,588, with 40,471 long-term immigrants and 26,883 emigrants, continuing a trend of positive migration since 2016. Meanwhile, total marriages declined to 10,334, including fewer ecclesiastical and civil marriages, many of which involved non-resident foreigners, bringing marriages among residents to 5,709, while divorces fell slightly to 2,107, though the total divorce rate has risen sharply over time to 347.5 divorces per 1,000 marriages, compared with just 41.6 in 1980.