CIA statistics: Hungarian population is decreasing alarmingly
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The predicted changes in European populations are demonstrated on a map, as Hvg.hu reports. The prospects of Hungary are not too bright, the population is still decreasing.
Statistics of seven sources, including CIA, were used in the making of the map of Europe which shows the foreseeable changes that will affect different European countries until 2050 regarding population. While Western-European and Scandinavian countries can expect an increase in the population, in the Eastern part of the continent decrease can be predicted. Naturally, exceptions can be found.
For instance, Germany can count with a decrease of 12.87%. The population of Finland, Denmark and Portugal will have a minor change: in Finland, the population change will be -0.85%, in Denmark, -2.74%, and in Portugal, -3.82%.
In Eastern-Europe, Kosovo is outstanding: it is the only country in the region where, foreseeably, the population will grow, by 17 %. The highest degree of population decrease can be expected in Moldova, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. In Moldova, the population will decrease by 44.18%, in Lithuania, 37.65, in Latvia, 35.86%, in Estonia, 29.41%.
Hungary is loosing almost 24,000 people per year due to more deaths than births. Add to that about 31,000 mostly young, educated people who emigrate annually and you have a population decline of about 55,000 people per year. For a Country of only 9,900,000 this is unsustainable. If this continues, in just 100 years the population will decline by about 5,500,000 to 4,500,000. In less than 180 years the Country will cease to exist.