Births

According to the Vital Statistics Bulletin published by the National Statistics Institute (INE), there were 13,123 births in March 2026, a year-on-year increase of 3.5%. Of the total, 51.1% were male and 48.9% were female.

By the mother’s age bracket, the highest percentage of births was to mothers aged 30 to 34 (29.5%, or 3,865 live births), followed by births of mothers aged 25 to 29 years (25.2%, or 3,310 live births).

Marriages and Civil Union Agreements (CUAs)

Vital statistics for March 2026 show 6,441 marriages in Chile, which is equivalent to a 20.6% increase compared to the same month in 2025.

The number of CUAs rose to 2,494, which represents a year-on-year increase of 58%. The majority of CUAs (88.2%) were of opposite-sex couples, while CUAs between men accounted for 5.1% and those between women accounted for 6.7%.

Deaths

In the period of analysis, 9,896 deaths were observed, 5,207 males (52.6%) and 4,688 females (47.4%). There were 401 more deaths than in the same month of the previous year, which represents an increase of 4.2%.

The majority of deaths occurred in persons aged 60 and over, and these deaths were concentrated in the age bracket 80 to 99 years (41.9%, or 4,147 deaths). There were 78 deaths of children aged under one year, which accounts for 0.8% of total deaths of the period.

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