Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.21861/HGG.2013.75.01.05
Ageing of the Population in Croatia–the Current Situation and Perspectives
Ivo Nejašmić
orcid.org/0000-0002-0273-9058
; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Teacher Education, Zagreb, Croatia
Aleksandar Toskić
orcid.org/0000-0002-0273-9058
; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science, Department of Geography, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
The paper deals with the study of changes in the composition according to age of the population of Croatia over three decades (1981 – 2011). Consideration is given to the causes and characteristics of demographic ageing and they are compared with European countries. The degree of population old age is analysed in detail and spatial differentiation is made of the basic features of that process (to the level of the local district/town); emphasis is placed on the current situation (in keeping with 2011 Census data). A projection of the process in question up until 2031 is submitted (the trend in the total number of the population and changes in its composition according to age group and degree of ageing). One of the chapters analyses the consequences of the ageing of the population and endeavours to answer the question of how to mitigate such consequences and to impede this destructive process. It is concluded that far reaching solutions should be sought primarily in increasing fertility, by which gradual rejuvenation of the population’s age composition could be stimulated. The second group of measures relates to immigration, and the third to increasing the employment rate of young people in order to halt their mass emigration.
Keywords
ageing of the population; depopulation; spatial differentiation of population; demographic perspective; Croatia; 1981 - 2031
Hrčak ID:
105890
URI
Publication date:
1.7.2013.
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