Fall in the number of births in Leitrim
There were 346 births registered in Leitrim last year - down from 381 in 2024.
The number of births in Co Leitrim fell by almost 9 per cent last year with the number of registered births in the State falling by almost 18 per cent in the last decade, according to Central Statistics Office (CSO) data.
There were 346 births registered in Leitrim last year - down from 381 in 2024. Of last year's, 31 of the mothers were aged over 40, and one was under 20.
Births also fell in neiighbouring Roscommon, dropping from 687 in 2024 to 670 in 2025. A total of 60 of last year's mothers were over 40, and six were under 20.
Meanwhile in Longford, births rose from 472 in 2024 to 486 last year.
A total of 65,909 births were registered in 2015, but this fell to 54,125 last year, according to the CSO’s Vital Statistics Yearly Summary for 2025. However, there was a small increase (63) in the number of births between 2024 and last year.
The figure for last year represented an annual birth rate of 9.9 per 1,000 of population, down from 14.1 per 1,000 of population in 2015.