Population info December 2019 - February 2020

Written on 25 April 2020.

Population info
December 2019 - February 2020

All population indicators in Hungary improved during the winter.
The desire to have children has increased significantly in the winter months, according to the latest data from the Central Statistical Office.
Between December 2019 and February 2020, 22,929 children were born in Hungary, which is 8.6%, numerically 1,819 more than in the previous winter. As a result, the so-called fertility rate also increased significantly to 1.55, which is 9.2% more than a year earlier. Between December 2019 and February 2020, 10,616 couples have walked down the aisle, nearly double the number of marriages in the previous winter. The number of abortions was 7.7%, 532 less than a year earlier. The number of deaths was 4409, down 11.5% between December and February. Due to a decrease in mortality and an increase in births, natural weight loss has decreased by 36%.
The current favorable data can be related to the positive effects of the Family Protection Action Plan launched in July 2019.

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Slower population decline, twice as many marriages

Written on 24 March 2020.

According to preliminary data, in January 2020, there were 9.4% more children born than in the first month of the previous year. The number of deaths decreased significantly, by 17% compared to January 2019. As a result, in the first month of 2020, the population decline of 3,486 people was 47% lower than a year earlier.

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The future of Europe is in the hands of young people

Written on 18 February 2020.

MEP György Hölvényi co-hosted a youth conference with the National Association of Large Families in the European Parliament on youth transition, in particular on issues related to the transition from education to the labor market, housing and family formation.

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Families with children pay more attention to environmental protection

Written on 22 April 2020.

Families with children pay more attention to environmental protection
22 April 2020

Hungarian families are well aware of the problems threatening our environment and are willing to act for environmental protection for the future of their children, according to a representative survey of the Mária Kopp Institute for Demography and Families (KINCS) published on the occasion of Earth Day.

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Polish Ministerial Delegation at KINCS

Written on 19 February 2020.

Marlena Maląg, Polish Minister for Family Affairs, Labour and Social Policy, Barbara Socha Government Commissioner for Demography, and Elzbieta Rafalska, former Minister for Family Affairs, present Member of the European Parliament have visited our Institute.

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Cooperation with Catalan family organizations

Written on 06 February 2020.

KINCS President Tünde Fűrész met Raul Sanchez, Secretary General of European Large Families Confederation (ELFAC) in Barcelona. They discussed the details of a joint research of large families in Europe.

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