Croatology, Vol. 14 No. 1, 2023.
Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.59323/k.14.1.1
Croatian Demographic and Migration Disparity
Stjepan Šterc
; Faculty of Croatian Studies, University of Zagreb
Abstract
Demographic trends and indicators, as well as numerous expert and scientific works published earlier, clearly indicate Croatian demographic reality, marked
by demographic and migration disparity that is visible practically in the entirety of Croatian society and area. This has been confirmed with the publication of
the official results of the 2021 population census and is also visible in the level of depopulation, particulary with the publication of the natural decline of the
population over the last three years. Public opinion polls on respondents’ views on emigration conducted in 2019 and 2020, alongside the latest poll conducted in 2022 within the framework of the Project, also clearly confirm processes that are present: continued depopulation, natural decline, disappearance of primary and secondary school students, emptying of Croatian rural areas, endangerment of basic systems and uncertain nature of development. Demographic and migration disparity should be mitigated as a strategic national issue according to the two revitalization incentive models - classic population policy and selective immigration, in the interest of the future of Croatia’s development.
Keywords
demography; destruction; migration; disparity; incentive
Hrčak ID:
306399
URI
Publication date:
1.7.2023.
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