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The analysis of the demographic dynamism of the population and its evolution over time rests on the implementation of demographic statistical operations whose main update sources are the Civil Registers, a census-type administrative register.
The Deaths Statistics (EDEF), included in the group known as Population Movement, update the information on deaths and the causes that have affected residents of the Basque Country, regardless of where they took place.

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Deaths rose by 0.1% in the second quarter of 2025 in the Basque Country (11/17/2025)

Last update > 11/17/2025

Next update: > 02/09/2026

Inter-annual variation (%) (II/2025)

0.1

Accumulated variation (%) (II/2025)

0.6

Press releases
Deaths rose by 0.1% in the second quarter of 2025 in the Basque Country (11/17/2025)	11/17/2025
Deaths in the Basque Country rose by 1% in the first quarter of 2025 (09/15/2025)	09/15/2025
Deaths in the Basque Country increased by 0.4% in 2024 (07/15/2025)	07/15/2025
Deaths in the Basque Country fell by 3.3% in the fourth quarter of 2024 (05/12/2025)	05/12/2025
Deaths increased by 2.1% in the third quarter of 2024 in the Basque Country (02/10/2025)	02/10/2025
Deaths increased by 1.7% in the second quarter of 2024 in the Basque Country (11/19/2024)	11/19/2024
Deaths in the Basque Country rose by 0.4% in the first quarter of 2024 (09/18/2024)	09/18/2024
Deaths in the Basque Country fell by 7.8% in 2023 (07/26/2024)	07/26/2024
Deaths decreased by 3.9% in the fourth quarter of 2023 in the Basque Country (05/13/2024)	05/13/2024
Deaths decreased by 15.6% in the third quarter of 2023 in the Basque Country (02/12/2024)	02/12/2024
Deaths decreased by 9.4% in the second quarter of 2023 in the Basque Country (11/20/2023)	11/20/2023
Deaths fell by 3.6% in the first quarter of 2023 in the Basque Country (09/18/2023)	09/18/2023
The 24,194 deaths in the Basque Country in 2022 represented an increase of 4.9% (07/18/2023)	07/18/2023
Deaths fell by 3.3% in the fourth quarter of 2022 in the Basque Country (05/15/2023)	05/15/2023
Deaths increased by 8.4% in the third quarter of 2022 in the Basque Country (02/13/2023)	02/13/2023
Deaths increased by 6.6% in the second quarter of 2022 in the Basque Country and those caused by COVID-19 were up 14.5% (11/21/2022)	11/21/2022
Deaths increased by 7.3% in the first quarter of 2022 in the Basque Country (09/19/2022)	09/19/2022
Deaths in the Basque Country fell by 4.8% in 2021 (07/26/2022)	07/26/2022
Deaths decreased by 2.8% in the fourth quarter of 2021 in the Basque Country (05/16/2022)	05/16/2022
There was a 2.7% rise in deaths in the Basque Country in the third quarter of 2021 (02/14/2022)	02/14/2022
Deaths in the Basque Country decreased by 10.8% in the second quarter of 2021 (11/24/2021)	11/24/2021
Deaths decreased by 8.2% in the first quarter of 2021 in the Basque Country (09/21/2021)	09/21/2021
In 2020, 24,247 Basque Country residents died, 3,096 due to COVID-19 (07/29/2021)	07/29/2021
The number of deaths exceeded 24,000 in 2020, up 12.4% on the previous year (05/19/2021)	05/19/2021
Deaths in the Basque Country rose by 7.8% in the third quarter of 2020 due to the pandemic (02/16/2021)	02/16/2021
Deaths increased by 19.5% in the second quarter of 2020 in the Basque Country due to COVID-19 (11/16/2020)	11/16/2020
Deaths increased by 7.7% in the first quarter of 2020 in the Basque Country, primarily due to COVID-19 (09/23/2020)	09/23/2020
Deaths in the Basque Country fell by 0.9% in 2019 (07/27/2020)	07/27/2020
Deaths increased by 5% in the fourth quarter of 2019 in the Basque Country (05/18/2020)	05/18/2020
Deaths fell by 3.2% in the third quarter of 2019 (02/17/2020)	02/17/2020
In the second quarter of 2019, 5,052 people died, of which 54 were over 100 years old (11/25/2019)	11/25/2019
Deaths fell by 6.7% in the first quarter of 2019 (09/30/2019)	09/30/2019
The number of deaths in the Basque Country increased by 0.5% in 2018 (07/29/2019)	07/29/2019
Deaths fell by 7.1% in the fourth quarter of 2018 in the Basque Country (05/27/2019)	05/27/2019
Deaths rose by 7.4% in the third quarter of 2018 (02/25/2019)	02/25/2019
In the second quarter of 2018, 4,996 people died, of which 70 were over 100 years old (12/03/2018)	12/03/2018
Deaths rose by 2.4% in the first quarter of 2018 (10/01/2018)	10/01/2018
The number of deaths in the Basque Country increased by 1.9% in 2017 (07/26/2018)	07/26/2018
Deaths increased by 3.8% in the fourth quarter of 2017 in the Basque Country (05/28/2018)	05/28/2018
Deaths fell by 7.8% in the third quarter of 2017 (02/26/2018)	02/26/2018
5,000 people died in the second quarter of 2017, 61 of them were over 100 years old (12/05/2017)	12/05/2017
Deaths rose by 9.6% in the first quarter of 2017 (10/02/2017)	10/02/2017
Women accounted for 85% of the total number of deaths of centenarians in the Basque Country in 2016 (07/24/2017)	07/24/2017
Deaths increased by 5.4% in the fourth quarter of 2016 in the Basque Country (05/29/2017)	05/29/2017
Deaths rose by 3.3% in the third quarter of 2016 (03/06/2017)	03/06/2017
In the second quarter of 2016 deaths increased by 0.4% in the Basque Country (12/01/2016)	12/01/2016
The number of deaths in the Basque Country increased by 6.7% in 2015 (11/17/2016)	11/17/2016
Deaths fell by 12.9% in the first quarter of 2016 (09/30/2016)	09/30/2016
Deaths increased by 0.4% in the fourth quarter of 2015 in the Basque Country (06/02/2016)	06/02/2016
Deaths rose by 6.9% in the third quarter of 2015 (03/18/2016)	03/18/2016
In the second quarter of 2015 deaths increased by 2% in the Basque Country (12/04/2015)	12/04/2015
The number of deaths in the Basque Country increased by 2.4% in 2014 (11/16/2015)	11/16/2015
Deaths rose by 16% in the first quarter of 2015 (09/25/2015)	09/25/2015
Deaths rose by 1.3% in the fourth quarter of 2014 (06/05/2015)	06/05/2015
Deaths fell by 3.6% in the third quarter of 2014 (03/18/2015)	03/18/2015
In the second quarter of 2014, 4,700 people died, of which 60 were over 100 years old (12/05/2014)	12/05/2014
The number of deaths in the Basque Country decreased by 3% in 2013 (11/11/2014)	11/11/2014
Deaths rose by 7.3% in the first quarter of 2014 (09/23/2014)	09/23/2014
Deaths rose by nearly 2% in the fourth quarter of 2013 (06/06/2014)	06/06/2014
Deaths rose by 4.2% in the third quarter of 2013 (03/20/2014)	03/20/2014
The number of deaths in the Basque Country increased by 2.3% in 2012 (02/19/2014)	02/19/2014
Deaths fell by 15% in the first quarter of 2013 (09/30/2013)	09/30/2013
Deaths fell by 4% in the fourth quarter of 2012 (06/07/2013)	06/07/2013
Deaths fell by 4.6% in the third quarter of 2012 in the Basque Country (03/21/2013)	03/21/2013
The number of deaths in the Basque Country increased by 2.5% in 2011 (03/05/2013)	03/05/2013
In 2012, 4,532 people died, of which 43 were over 100 years old. (12/21/2012)	12/21/2012
Deaths increased by 11.3% in the first quarter of 2012 in the Basque Country (09/28/2012)	09/28/2012
Deaths fell by 2.7% in the fourth quarter of 2011 in the Basque Country (06/29/2012)	06/29/2012
Deaths increased by 4% in the third quarter of 2011 in the Basque Country (03/30/2012)	03/30/2012
The average age of women who died in 2010 was 81.8 years of age, whilst the average age for men was 74.6 years of age (03/09/2012)	03/09/2012
Deaths fell by 2.3% in the second quarter of 2011 (12/23/2011)	12/23/2011
Deaths in the Basque Country rose by 4.3% in the first quarter of 2011 (09/30/2011)	09/30/2011
The number of deaths increased by 0.9% in the fourth quarter of 2010 (06/24/2011)	06/24/2011
The number of people who died aged 100 or over came to 254 in 2009 (04/20/2011)	04/20/2011
The number of deaths fell by 4.7% in the third quarter of 2010 (03/25/2011)	03/25/2011
The number of deaths fell by 2.8% in the second quarter of 2010 (12/23/2010)	12/23/2010
The number of deaths in the Basque Country fell by 9.7% in the first quarter of 2010 (09/24/2010)	09/24/2010
The number of deaths in the Basque Country fell by 2.9% in the fourth quarter of 2009 (06/25/2010)	06/25/2010
The average age of the deceased increased by 3 years over the last decade (04/22/2010)	04/22/2010
The number of deaths fell in the third quarter of 2009 (03/26/2010)	03/26/2010
Rise in the number of deaths in the second quarter of 2009 (12/18/2009)	12/18/2009
The number of deaths fell by 2.2% in the first quarter of 2009 (09/25/2009)	09/25/2009
The number of deaths fell by 2.1% in the fourth quarter of 2008 (06/25/2009)	06/25/2009
The average age of the deceased in the Basque Country in 2007 was 76.8, nearly six years more than in 1990 (04/24/2009)	04/24/2009
The number of deaths increased in the third quarter of 2008 (03/27/2009)	03/27/2009
The mortality figures remained stable in the second quarter of 2008 (12/19/2008)	12/19/2008
The number of deaths increased by 4.3% in the first quarter of 2008 (09/25/2008)	09/25/2008
The number of deaths increased by 9% in the fourth quarter of 2007 (06/27/2008)	06/27/2008
Number of deaths fell by 4.7% in 2006 (04/17/2008)	04/17/2008
The number of deaths decreased in the third quarter of 2007 (04/04/2008)	04/04/2008
The number of deaths increased in the second quarter of 2007 (12/27/2007)	12/27/2007
The first quarter of 2007 saw 4.4% more deaths than in the same period of the previous year (09/28/2007)	09/28/2007
The number of deaths increased by 1.9% in the fourth quarter of 2006 (06/29/2007)	06/29/2007
Tumours and circulatory system diseases were the main causes of death in 2005 (04/19/2007)	04/19/2007
The number of deaths increased by 8.8% in the third quarter of 2006 (03/30/2007)	03/30/2007
Drop in the number of deaths in the second quarter of 2006 (12/20/2006)	12/20/2006
19.4% fewer deaths were registered in the first quarter of 2006 (09/28/2006)	09/28/2006
5.2% fall in the number of deaths in the fourth quarter of 2005 (06/29/2006)	06/29/2006
2004 is the first year since 1990 in which there were more births than deaths (06/09/2006)	06/09/2006
5.4% decrease in deaths in the third quarter of 2005 (02/27/2006)	02/27/2006
The number of deaths remained steady during the second quarter of 2005 (12/21/2005)	12/21/2005
22.6% more deaths were registered in the first quarter of 2005 than in the same period the previous year (10/04/2005)	10/04/2005
The number of deaths rose by 1.7% in the fourth quarter of 2004 (07/04/2005)	07/04/2005
The main causes of death in 2003 were circulatory system diseases and tumours (06/07/2005)	06/07/2005
8.3% fewer deaths were registered in the third quarter of 2004 than in the same period the previous year (04/08/2005)	04/08/2005
5.5% fewer deaths were registered in the second quarter of 2004 than during the same period of last year (12/17/2004)	12/17/2004
1.2% more deaths were registered in the first quarter of 2004 than during the same period last year (10/06/2004)	10/06/2004
The number of deaths rose by 3.1% in the fourth quarter of 2003 (07/07/2004)	07/07/2004
The main causes of death in 2002 were circulatory system illnesses and tumours (06/10/2004)	06/10/2004
In the third quarter of 2003, 8.7% more deaths were registered than during the same period of the previous year (04/05/2004)	04/05/2004
the year before (12/17/2003)	12/17/2003
Number of deaths fell 7% in the first quarter of 2003 (10/08/2003)	10/08/2003
Circulatory system diseases and tumours were the main causes of death in 2002 (07/09/2003)	07/09/2003
The main causes of death in 2001 were circulatory system diseases and tumours (06/10/2003)	06/10/2003
2.9% fall in deaths in the third quarter of 2002 than in the same period in 2001 (04/03/2003)	04/03/2003
THE NUMBER OF DEATHS IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF 2002 FELL WITH REGARD TO THE FIRST THREE MONTHS OF THE YEAR (12/18/2002)	12/18/2002
14.1% INCREASE IN DEATHS IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2002 WITH REGARD TO THE SAME PERIOD THE PREVIOUS YEAR (10/04/2002)	10/04/2002
MORE BIRTHS THAN DEATHS FOR FIRST TIME SINCE 1990 (07/05/2002)	07/05/2002
THE NUMBER OF DEATHS INCREASED 9.5% IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 2001 WITH REGARD TO THE SAME QUARTER THE YEAR BEFORE (04/10/2002)	04/10/2002
TUMOURS WERE THE MAIN CAUSE OF DEATH IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF 2001 (12/11/2001)	12/11/2001