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Large family of the year: Spanish pair defied doctors to have 18 kids
Doctors warned them not to have any more children after the first three were born with a rare heart condition, but this family has just been honoured as the European Large Family of the Year 2015.
Spaniards have highest life expectancy in Europe
A new study has revealed that Spaniards live the longest in Europe, to an average of 83 years old, while Spanish mothers are the oldest on the continent, delaying having their first child until they reach 30.
1 million fewer children in Spain in 2023: Unicef
In only nine years Spain could have one million fewer children under the age of 10 if the country’s falling birth rate and population exodus aren’t addressed, the UN body warns.
Infertility in Spanish pigs a 'warning' to humans
A Spanish scientist who's investigated the bizarre drop in fertility seen on farms across the country in 2010 has warned her findings could also apply to human sterility.