Partialised Easts, but Albanians Still First in the Region
(8 years ago)The number of births in Kosovo is halved compared to four decades ago. Despite that, Kosovars are the first in the region with natural population growth. Professor Rifat Blaku says the Serbian state mostly fears Kosovars' nightiness. In the last two years, over 600,000 babies have been born in Kosovo. entry [...]
Population growth has declined, but again Kosovars lead the region demographically.
This young woman from Pristina does not want more than two children in the future.
Same as Ardita, other Kosovo residents, unlike several decades ago, have changed their attitude towards family planning, reports. Earlier, most Kosovo Albanian families have had seven, eight children and ten children. Today, the average family in Kosovo is 6 members.
Demography professor Rifat Blaku also finds that the natural growth of the population in Kosovo is halved. Guilty to that, you think, is the economic, social, and psychological factor.
In addition, according to him, Kosovo is vital in demographic terms compared to other countries with the number of births.
Blaku also comments on President Vuciq's statements about the natural growth of the Serbian population.
According to him, Serbs have demographics or fears of increasing Kosovo's population.
But such a policy, according to Blake, doesn't work.
Serbia's President Aleksandar Vuciq has said that within the next four decades, if there is no population increase in Serbia, then the Serbian nation risks extinction. He has even set birth prices.
For each Serbian family that will have the fourth child, Vucic said it will pay 18 thousand euros.
Even in Kosovo, there have been pledges that for each birth the state will share means, but such a promise has never been realised.
In 2016, Kosovars were added to over 30,000 babies. Last year, Kosovars were added to more than 31 thousand babies.