8 minutes agoCOVID-19, migration decreases Albania's population
Periskopi(4 years ago)
(4 years ago)Data assessed by the Statistics Institute shows that last year Albania's population was reduced by 1.3% -- an unprecedented phenomenon in the country's history. Over 42 thousand people emigrated. Albania suffered the strongest population decline in its history known during 2021, while the number [...]
Albania suffered the strongest population decline in its history known during 2021, while the death toll rose dramatically and the birth rate declined. But the decline was largely caused by the decision of over 42,000 Albanians to emigrate.
Statistics Institute data released on Friday suggests that on January 1st of this year, the resident population results to be less than 2.8 million people, down 1.3% from the population's assessment on January 1, 2021.
During the year 2021 the natural extension of the population (born-death) was -3.296 inhabitants, marking for the first time the extra natural negative,” disclosed the Instas.
The number of immigrants in 2021 was 9,195, and the number of immigrants was 42,048. Net migration (diversity between immigrants and migrants) experienced an absolute increase, compared to a year ago: from -16.6884 to -32.853 inhabitants in 2021,” is said next in the report.
Less and Older
The total population decline of 1.3% is just one of the alarming indicators of the country's overall situation. The decline of the young population as a result of migration and the growing elderly population, as well as the growth of average population age, are other indicators. According to INSTAT data, the average population age reached 38.2 in 2021 from 37.6 years of age in 2020.
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During the year 2021, the number of Albanians separated from life was over 30,000, about 10,000 more than in the common years, believed because of the pandemic of the new coronary. According to official Health Ministry statistics, as a result of COVID-19 disease, 3495 people have died in Albania. This figure only partially explains the overall surplus of the mortgage in 2020 and 2021 when in Albania it proved that about 17 thousand people died more than the average years before the pandemic.
