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Bulgaria: Populations Plunging in Croatia and Balkans

2015/05/03

Figures for Croatia’s people in 2014 showed a rapid loss of people, a process that is as well visible in other Balkan nations.

Croatia’s bureau of statistics, DZS, said the new figures on Croatia in 2014 show a rapid decrease in the size of the people.

It said 39,596 people were born in 2014 in the country of 4.2 million inhabitants, which was 2.7 % less than in 2013.

Meanwhile, over the same period, some 52,427 people died, which was 1.4 % additional than died in 2013.

This resulted in a negative people increase of 0.12 % in 2014.

According to the CIA’s World Factbook, the median age in Croatia is presently 42.1 years, while 17.8 % of the people is 65 years old or additional.

An ageing people and low birth rate, half caused by economic recession inclunding by too a lot of young people leaving the country, is not specific to Croatia, however.

The agency for statistics of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which presently has a people of 3.8 million people, said 29,247 people were born in 2014 and 34,824 people died, which represents a negative people increase of 0.11 %, almost the same as in Croatia.

The CIA’s World Factbook says Bosnia still has a slightly younger people than Croatia, with a median age of 40.8 years and only 13.3 % of people aged 65 or older.

Other Balkan states have even bigger problems with depopulation.

With the people of 7.1 million people, 65,554 people were born in Serbia in 2013 and 100,300 died, according to statistical office of the Republic of Serbia.

According to the World Factbook, Serbia has a much worse negative people increase rate than Croatia, of -0.48 % in 2014.

At the same time, the median age remains a little lower than in Croatia, at 41.9 years, while 17.2 % of the people are 65 years or older.

Bulgaria, with 7.3 million inhabitants, saw 68,083 births and 108,952 deaths in 2014, according to national statistical institute.

According to the CIA World Factbook, Bulgaria had a negative people increase of -0.83 % in 2014. At the same time, the median age is 42.6 years, while 19.3 % of the people are 65 years and older

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