In 2025, 3722 newborns left the Riga Maternity Hospital for home, including 1959 boys and 1763 girls. The past year was also rich in special events — 66 pairs of twins were born at the hospital, as well as a triplet born on March 21.
Almost one fifth of families (19.8%) welcomed their third, fourth, fifth, sixth, or even seventh child.
The most "fruitful" month of the year was July — 366 newborns, and the richest day was August 21, when 22 children were born.
The number of births over the past four years shows a stable proportion — about 65% of mothers are residents of Riga:
in 2022 — 5083 births, including 3309 Riga residents; in 2023 — 4445 births, including 2874 Riga residents; in 2024 — 3922 births, including 2541 Riga residents; in 2025 — 3690 births, including 2399 Riga residents.
These data confirm that the Riga Maternity Hospital remains the main place where families welcome the birth of their children.
Statistics show that at the Riga Maternity Hospital, children were born to women from more than 40 different nationalities. For example, in 2012 there were 42, in 2019 — 47, and in 2025 — 44. Many nationalities are represented by one or several mothers, while some are represented by two or three women (Nigerian, Turkish, Serbian, German, Filipino, Danish, etc.). Compared to 2012 and 2019, when three women of Indian nationality gave birth at the hospital, last year 20 representatives of this community welcomed children.
The largest share of mothers continues to be Latvians: in 2012 — 57%, in 2019 — 65%, in 2025 — 75%. In 2025, 100 Ukrainian children were also born, and since the beginning of the war, 364 babies from Ukrainian families have been born at the hospital.
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