he four most populated cities in the Canary Islands have the lowest average number of children per woman in all of Spain, since in 2018 La Laguna (0.89), Telde (0.95), Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (0, 96) and Santa Cruz de Tenerife (0.97) did not reach one child per woman, according to the statistics ‘Urban Indicators 2021’ published this Wednesday by the National Institute of Statistics (INE), which shows that the national average it was at 1.26.
By cities, those with the highest average number of children per woman were Melilla (2.17), Lorca (1.66) and Ceuta (1.64), followed by Línea de la Concepción (1.62), Manresa (1 , 55), Almería (1.52), Cartagena (1.52), Parla (1.52), Sanlúcar de Barrameda (1.50), Reus (1.48), Murcia (1.45), Santa Coloma de Gramenet (1.45), Rivas-Vaciamadrid (1.44), Getafe (1.43) and Terrassa (1.43).
On the contrary, the lowest averages were in the Canary Islands, specifically in San Cristóbal de la Laguna (0.89 children per woman), Telde (0.95) and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (0.96). It also refers to Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (0.96), Gijón (0.97), Santa Cruz de Tenerife (0.97), Avilés (1.02), Cádiz (1.02), Oviedo (1 , 02), Ourense (1.03), Cerdanyola del Vallès (1.04), Ferrol (1.05), Fuengirola (1.06), Torrelavega (1.06), Vigo (1.06) and A Coruña (1.07).
The INE defines the average number of children that a woman residing in a municipality would have throughout her fertile life if she maintains the same fertile intensity by age as that observed in a specific year in that municipality.
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