National Institute of Statistics (Where are you?) It was shown again This Wednesday the Serious demographic problems The province of Cordoba is suffering from the publication of the “Natural Population Movement 2024”. Last year, our lands again suffered a decline … Births and deaths have once again exceeded the number of children born in the world.
According to this study in 2024Produced in Cordoba 5,327 births. They were 185 less than a year ago, so… The decrease was 3.4%. It is not downward, let alone isolated.
This decline is conservative A series of three consecutive years of falls. The last period in which there was an increase was 2021, when there was an increase of 2.7%. But that indicator was only an oasis in the middle of the demographic desert in which our land lives. In the last three decades, in addition to the period mentioned, there were only two others that led to increases that were actually very slight: 2011 and 2014; In both cases, an increase of +0.1%.
Back to 2024However, the decline recorded in these parts had an aggravation factor that very comfortably exceeded what was recorded there Spain. In the country as a whole, the number of births witnessed a 0.8% decrease. It is 2.6 points lower than the decline that occurred here.
After this clear fall in our land, there Various factors. On the one hand there Youth migration (of childbearing age), and they are looking for job opportunities in other more prosperous regions. On the other hand, there is precisely the reality of the traditional weakness – although improving – of the province’s economy. It does not attract foreignerswho have higher birth rates, to come here.
The decline in the number of births in Córdoba (-3.4%) was more pronounced than the national figure (-0.8%).
And a He practices More, they are going too Ten deaths in a row In the governorate They have overstepped to Births. In 2024, 7749 deaths. This number implies a 3.3% decrease When registering 266 less. This caps two years of decline after concluding 2023 with a decline of 7%. Compared to Spain, it is worth noting that the number of deaths last year remained the same.
By intersecting the numbers of births with the numbers of deaths, a difference is discovered. A clear negative balance in Cordoba In 2024. The latter exceeded the former by 2,422. This was the tenth year in a row that the number of people who came into the world fell short of the number who lost their lives.
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