In February of 2023

Number of deaths dropped by 12.4% compared to the same month of the previous year  

In February 2023, 234 deaths were registered in the Autonomous Region of Madeira (ARM), a lower number than in January 2023 (-56 deaths; -19.3%) and than in February 2022 (-33 deaths; -12.4%). No deaths under one year of age or foetal deaths were recorded in the second month of 2023.

Also in February 2023, 133 live births were recorded, corresponding to an increase of 3.1% compared to February 2022 (+4 births).

These values of live births and deaths resulted in a negative natural balance of 101 persons in February 2023, an improvement compared the same of the prior year, in which there was a natural decrease of -138.

In the second month of 2023, 50 marriages were celebrated, corresponding to an increase of 6.4% compared to the number of marriages celebrated in February 2022 (+3 marriages).

DREM releases on its website the publication of "Demographic Statistics of the Autonomous Region of Madeira 2021" and updates the time series of demography

The Regional Directorate of Statistics of Madeira (DREM) makes available today, on its website, the publication of “Demographic Statistics of the Autonomous Region of Madeira 2021”, which presents an analysis of the demographic situation in 2021 and its evolution since 2011. The publication presents indicators relating to the resident population, birth and fertility, mortality, family formation and dissolution (marriages celebrated and dissolved by divorce or death) and foreign population.

This edition simultaneously publishes the series of Final Estimates of the Resident Population 2011-2020 (intercensal estimates referenced to the Census 2021), which revises the series of Provisional Estimates of the Resident Population 2011-2020. Also available are the Provisional Estimates of the Resident Population 2021 (post-census estimates based on Census 2021), which revise the ad hoc population estimation exercise released in June 2022, which was based on the provisional results of Census 2021. Given the availability of these estimates, the demographic indicators for the 2011-2020 period and for 2021 have also been revised.

Main highlights

In 2021, the resident population of the Autonomous Region of Madeira (ARM) was estimated at 252 693 persons, of which 118 555 were men and 134 138 women, representing an increase for the third consecutive year (793 persons more than in 2020). The crude rate of increase was 3.1‰ (4.7‰ in 2020), the result of a positive crude migratory rate (7,6‰), which overlapped with the negative natural growth rate (-4,5‰).

In the same year, there were 1,744 live births to mothers residing in the Region, which is 6.2% (116 children) fewer than in 2020. The average age of the mother at the birth of the first child increased to 30.8 years (30.4 years in 2020).

The number of deaths amounted to 2,875, up by 162 (+6.0%) over 2020. There were 6 infant deaths, resulting in an infant mortality rate of 3.4 deaths per thousand live births (3.2‰ in 2020).

A total of 866 marriages were celebrated, an increase of 254 over 2020 (612), representing a 41.5% growth. The average age at first marriage stood at 34.7 years for men and 32.7 years for women (34.8 years and 33.4 years, respectively, in 2020).

There were 1,104 marriage dissolutions due to the death of the spouse (1,008 in 2020) and 451 divorces were decreed, 60 fewer than in 2020. The average age of the man at divorce reached 48.0 years and of the woman 45.4 years (47.6 years and 44.3 years, respectively, in 2020).

The Venezuelan (22.6%), British (11.7%), Brazilian (9.5%) and German (8.5%) nationalities remain the largest foreign communities residing in the Region.

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